In a concealed corner of the small village, a man clad entirely in black, his face hidden beneath a black hood, watched everything unfolding in the open clearing.
When Gu Yi's four soul rings appeared, Tang Hao was stunned as well.
Over the previous six years, Gu Yi had never once revealed his soul rings, not even when fighting Tang San.
Moreover, the method Gu Yi had learned from Elder Bei for concealing his aura was exceptionally sophisticated.
Thus, Tang Hao had always believed that Gu Yi's cultivation was at most that of a level-thirty Soul Elder, only a few levels higher than Tang San.
In his eyes, Gu Yi had repeatedly defeated Tang San in battle because of his innate divine strength, with another part of the reason being his impressive spear and archery skills.
But he had never considered innate divine strength, spear techniques, or archery particularly remarkable.
They could only give Gu Yi a slight advantage in the early stages.
Once Little San grew into a Soul Sage or above, gained his Martial Soul Avatar, and began cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer, Gu Yi's meager advantages would be nothing worth mentioning.
After all, their martial soul was the Douluo Continent's number one assault-type martial soul—the Clear Sky Hammer. When it first awakened, it already weighed five hundred jin, and its weight would continue increasing as one's cultivation improved.
Once he reached Soul Sage, Little San's strength would only surpass Gu Yi's.
Furthermore, the Clear Sky Sect's Nine Ultimate Clear Sky Techniques were countless times stronger than Gu Yi's military spear techniques.
That was why Tang Hao had always regarded Gu Yi as a whetstone for Tang San, a subordinate reserved for Tang San to subdue.
Therefore, seeing that Gu Yi and Xiao Wu were close, Tang Hao