The instant Acheron placed her hand on her sword.
A chilling aura erupted from her.
She looked like a ghostly god who had just crawled out of hell.
When Lu Jiang saw this, he hurriedly reached out and pressed Acheron down.
"No rush. The Titled Douluo hasn't made a move yet. When would it be our turn?"
After saying that, Lu Jiang gestured with his chin toward the distance.
Although Acheron did not understand what Lu Jiang meant, she obediently listened and lowered her hand from her katana.
At that moment, Firefly slowly walked over and said to Lu Jiang:
"Could it be that the Trailblazer is afraid that person will notice us?"
"That's why you won't let Acheron make a move?"
"Don't worry. No matter how powerful the enemy is, I'll definitely protect you."
Lu Jiang looked at Firefly with a face full of emotion.
Once again, he felt how dependable Firefly was.
As expected of someone with a military background. That damned sense of security.
Just as Lu Jiang was deeply moved, Sparkle appeared beside him at the most inopportune moment.
Then, covering her mouth, she secretly giggled and said:
"I think Little Grey Hair just wants to steal the kill, right?"
"Once those two fight until both sides are badly hurt, we can reap the rewards without lifting a finger. Isn't that right?"
Sparkle looked as though she had seen right through Lu Jiang as she spoke.
However, Lu Jiang shook his head.
"That's a Titled Douluo. Even badly injured, he'd still be stronger than most."
"Why bother claiming a kill that risky?"
"Wouldn't it be better to watch the show from the sidelines?"
After saying that, Lu Jiang sat down on a nearby rock.
Upon hearing this, Sparkle's eyes curved into crescents.
Then she skipped over to Lu Jiang's side.
"Exactly. Having fun is what matters most. You really do understand me."
"I like you, Little Grey Hair!"
Sparkle flashed Lu Jiang a sly smile.
When Firefly saw that, her cheeks instantly puffed up like buns.
Fuming, she walked over and sat beside Lu Jiang.
"Fine. Then I'll watch with the Trailblazer too."
Acheron still had not figured out what was going on.
She could only stand dazedly behind Lu Jiang.
Quietly waiting for his words.
Meanwhile, Qian Renxue and Tang Hao remained locked in confrontation.
An intense scent of gunpowder filled the air around them.
The battle between the two Titled Douluo seemed ready to erupt at any moment.
Tang Hao could endure Pufferfish insulting him, but Pufferfish had even dared to insult Ah Yin.
To avoid being tracked down by Spirit Hall, Tang Hao had not intended to act.
But since they were so eager to court death, he could only fight Spirit Hall to the bitter end.
"You're merely Spirit Hall's lapdogs. Who are you to speak of Ah Yin?"
A suffocating killing intent instantly burst from Tang Hao.
Then, a layer of bronze armor slowly covered his body.
This was his Seventh Spirit Skill, Martial Soul Avatar.
It perfectly fused the power of the Clear Sky Hammer with his physical body.
Seeing Tang Hao getting serious, Pufferfish gave a disdainful laugh.
A blood-red glow immediately covered his body.
"A defeated subordinate of Spirit Hall dares to talk so boldly?"
"Watch me take you down here today!"
After Pufferfish spoke, countless bone spikes instantly grew from his body.
Then, with a furious shout, all those bone spikes detached from his body and shot toward Tang Hao.
Tang Hao coldly watched Ci Xue, then reached out and grabbed at the air before him.
An invisible force instantly pressed in from all directions.
It froze all the bone spikes in midair, as though time itself had stopped.
Pufferfish stared at Tang Hao in surprise. In less than five short years, Tang Hao had grown to this extent.
As a level ninety-two Titled Douluo, he could actually feel a trace of pressure before Tang Hao.
It seemed Tang Hao had improved considerably over these past five years.
He could already move with ease within the realm of Titled Douluo.
"Hmph, so what if you're a Titled Douluo? You only broke through by sheer luck. In the end, you're just some self-taught nobody."
"I'm a legitimate Titled Douluo of Spirit Hall. Why would I fear you?"
Pufferfish shouted, then condensed even larger spikes before him.
"Fifth Spirit Skill. Thorn Bone Spikes!"
The bone spikes fired instantly, carrying Pufferfish poison that Ci Xue had refined after entering the realm of Titled Douluo.
It could be called the foremost of all poisons. Even if that old fellow Dugu Bo came, he could only concede defeat!
However, this skill had a flaw: spirit poison could not be produced quickly.
It could only be condensed bit by bit through his own efforts.
Thus, even now, the spirit poison he had refined was only barely enough for a dozen or so shots.
Every use meant one less remaining.
Still, using it against Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao was not much of a loss.
As long as he could capture Tang Hao, the rewards he would receive upon returning to Spirit Hall would be far more valuable than this small expenditure.
Tang Hao merely snorted as he watched the bone spikes flying toward him.
Then he summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and charged straight at them.
At the instant he was about to collide with the bone spikes, Tang Hao concentrated all his power into the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand.
"Clear Sky Nine Arts, Piercing Art!"
What Tang Hao used was the supreme inheritance of the Clear Sky Sect—the Clear Sky Nine Arts.
The so-called Clear Sky Nine Arts referred to the application of strength from different angles.
They could maximize the power of the Clear Sky Hammer.
However, their drawback was that only direct descendants of the Clear Sky Sect could learn them. Otherwise, insufficient talent would lead to a backlash, driving the user into madness.
The Piercing Art linked attacks together in one unbroken flow, layering offensive force upon offensive force.
It unleashed power repeatedly in a single burst, granting the hammer a piercing effect.
Tang Hao smashed the bone spikes into fragments with a single blow.
Then he charged directly toward Pufferfish's face.
"Spirit Hall lapdog, die!"
Pufferfish was thoroughly enraged by Tang Hao as well. He released a massive Pufferfish that floated in the air.
It opened its huge mouth and began inhaling and exhaling, forming a powerful suction force.
"You insignificant wretch, don't get too arrogant!"
Pufferfish shouted, but in the next second, Tang Hao smashed his Martial Soul Avatar apart with one blow.
"No, that's impossible."
Pufferfish stared at everything before him in disbelief.
Even if Tang Hao had broken through to level ninety-two, it should have been impossible for him to defeat his Martial Soul Avatar so easily.
Was this the foundation of the world's strongest offensive Weapon Martial Soul?
In Pufferfish's eyes, Tang Hao's figure gradually grew larger.
His raised hammer and furious expression were exceptionally clear in Pufferfish's vision.
"Clear Sky Nine Arts. Penetrating Art!"
Concentrate force on one point, then spread it across the whole.
This move was specifically meant to break through an enemy's defenses.
Before Pufferfish could dodge, Tang Hao shattered all the golden armor on his body with one blow.
They were both Titled Douluo—how could the gap between them be this great?
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