Acheron's Blade Shatters the Void, This is the Void Emanator!

The moment the Clear Sky Hammer shattered, Tang Hao's eyes widened in disbelief.

The next second, blade qi pierced through his body.

He could clearly see his lower half appear before his eyes.

Just like that. Dead?

He, a dignified Titled Douluo, not only had his Martial Soul shattered by a single blade.

He couldn't even withstand a single move from the opponent with his own body.

Tang Hao's eyes were filled with incredulity.

"So, this is what death feels like?"

Even five years ago, when he was being hunted by Martial Soul Hall and was on the verge of death, the feeling of death was far less intense than it was now.

Just as he was about to close his eyes.

The surrounding environment instantly changed, the forest transforming into a purgatory.

Scorching magma erupted from beneath Tang Hao.

And his lower body had miraculously returned to its place.

"What on earth is… going on?"

Suddenly, Tang Hao had a flash of realization.

It was an illusion!

Tang Hao suddenly looked up and saw the little girl with black hair and twin ponytails who had been sitting behind Lu Jiang.

She was now standing before him with a yandere-like smile.

Her eyes flashed with red light, complementing the blood-red moon behind her.

"Oh my, you figured it out so quickly."

"I thought I could stall for a little longer."

"But, this amount of time should be enough for Acheron."

Tang Hao's eyes slowly widened.

What did she mean by stalling for time?

Sparkle turned around, her bare feet hopping and skipping on the ground.

Every time her feet touched the ground, ripples spread out like water.

Tang Hao was gradually captivated by these dreamlike ripples.

However, at this moment, Tang Hao, realizing he was trapped in an illusion, suddenly let out a roar to the heavens.

Nine Soul Rings immediately flew out around his body.

The light emitted from the Soul Rings pierced through the environment.

The purgatory-like scene instantly shattered, and Tang Hao returned to the original forest.

Tang Hao gasped for air, then looked in Lu Jiang's direction.

At this moment, Acheron had just walked out of the group, her hair still a blue-purple.

And behind Lu Jiang stood Sparkle, wearing a sly smile.

It seemed the environment he had just experienced was her doing.

Was she trying to make him understand the gap in strength between him and this young girl in advance?

What a joke! He was the Clear Sky Douluo!

On the Douluo Continent, the number of people stronger than him could be counted on one hand.

How could this teenage girl possibly...?

In his rage, Tang Hao summoned his Martial Soul True Body again.

A suit of red armor slowly enveloped his body.

Facing Tang Hao's outburst, Acheron maintained a cold expression.

It was as if she couldn't feel Tang Hao's strength at all.

No, Tang Hao quickly dismissed that thought.

Because Acheron's expression wasn't one of ignorance, but of indifference.

She didn't care about his strength at all, nor did she care what kind of moves he would use to fight her.

She looked at him with eyes as if he were already dead, which made Tang Hao somewhat angry.

At this moment, Acheron had already walked up to Tang Hao.

She once again placed her hand on the katana at her waist.

Is it coming? That same slash he saw in the illusion earlier.

Tang Hao entered a fighting stance.

The instant Acheron drew her blade from its sheath, the surrounding colors were instantly stripped away.

The once solid ground also transformed, resembling the surface of a lake.

Ripples spread out from beneath their feet.

Wherever they passed, countless red Higanbana flowers bloomed.

A massive black hole suddenly appeared behind Tang Hao, as if it were sucking everything in the world into itself.

"Another illusion?"

"The same trick, I won't fall for it twice!"

Tang Hao shouted, then summoned his true Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, into his hand.

"I weep for the departed."

Acheron spoke the same words Tang Hao had heard in the illusion.

Tang Hao froze. Had the events that transpired in the illusion truly come to pass in reality?

"No, that's absolutely impossible!"

Tang Hao opened his mouth to refute it, only to find he couldn't make a sound.

In this world of absolute stillness, even his life had fallen into nothingness.

Acheron slowly walked towards him, flicked her finger on the tsuba, and drew the katana from its sheath.

Then, she slowly placed her other hand on the hilt.

Instantly, lightning flashed around Acheron, and a deathly, suffocating sensation enveloped Tang Hao.

This time, the feeling was even more real than what he had encountered in the illusion.

Tang Hao stood frozen in shock.

"Tears fall like rain, filling the river, surging like the tide, leading you home..."

The next moment, Acheron drew her katana in front of her, her hair instantly turning ash-white.

Only two Higanbana flowers, as red as blood, adorned her ears.

Then, Acheron unleashed a slash.

The blade light flashed, and the entire sky was torn open by a massive rift.

Immediately after, two more slashes followed, three rifts cutting across Tang Hao.

Tang Hao could only hastily defend with the Clear Sky Hammer.

After personally experiencing the power of these slashes, Tang Hao completely panicked.

A single strike could sever the void?

This was the level a Titled Douluo could display!

And it would have to be a spatial-attribute specialized Martial Soul to achieve it.

Relying on brute force alone, unless one were a legendary god, no one could withstand such an attack.

Just as Tang Hao thought these three slashes were Acheron's limit.

A stream of blood tears slowly flowed from Acheron's eyes.

Her entire appearance became even more stunning, possessing a breathtaking beauty like that of a Higanbana.

"My name is Acheron, from the Void."

"You can also call me, Lightning Forgetfulness River Guardian. Mei."

After speaking, Acheron channeled all her power into her blade.

Then, she slowly unleashed a slash that tore through heaven and earth.

This strike landed on the previous three rifts, forming an even larger one.

Tang Hao could only muster all his strength to resist.

"Clear Sky Nine Arts, Collapse Art!"

"Great Sumeru Hammer!"

Tang Hao unleashed the strongest power he could currently muster.

This move directly drew upon a trace of divine power.

It came at the cost of shattering a portion of his Soul Rings, exchanging it for unparalleled destructive force.

This was also the skill he used to escape the encirclement of the Martial Soul Hall elders back then.

However, even so, those rifts were like laws, leaving him unable to resist.

He could only watch as his Clear Sky Hammer shattered before his eyes.

This time, it was the true shattering of his Martial Soul.

This was not an illusion created by Sparkle.

Tang Hao spat out a large mouthful of blood and then knelt on the ground.

Acheron slowly closed her eyes.

Then she sheathed her katana.

The surrounding illusions instantly vanished, as if the great battle that had just occurred had never happened.

Except for Tang Hao, who was kneeling on the ground.