Clear Sky vs. Blue Lightning

"Tang Zhen! It's time for my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to sit in the position of Number One Sect Under Heaven!"

Yu Yuanzhen exuded overwhelming dominance. His Soul Power had originally been Level 92, but just a month ago, he had successfully broken through to Level 93.

Given the sheer strength of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, fighting across two levels was not impossible. Besides, Tang Zhen was not in particularly good health. As Titled Douluo, everyone could sense it.

Yu Yuanzhen had a reason for challenging Tang Zhen first. If he won and secured the position of the Number One Sect, Tang Zhen would then have to fight Chen Xin and Gu Rong. Yu Yuanzhen would have ample time to recover.

By then, he could wait in comfort for his exhausted opponents. Even if he ultimately lost, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would still be the second sect under heaven, so there would not be much difference. But if the Clear Sky Sect fell to third place, that would be quite entertaining.

At the Seven Great Sects Re-selection Assembly before last, he had still been a young man. He had witnessed Tang Chen claim the title of Number One Sect Under Heaven through his own strength alone.

The previous sect leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Tyrant Dragon Douluo, had also had his competitive spirit utterly crushed by Tang Chen in that battle. His cultivation had stagnated at Level 96, and his health had deteriorated as well.

This time, Yu Yuanzhen would reclaim everything that had been lost back then!

"Hmph, Yu Yuanzhen, you think you can take the Number One Sect Under Heaven title from my Clear Sky Sect? You're not qualified!"

Tang Zhen responded just as domineeringly. He rose to his feet, stepped through the air, and flew into the sky. Yu Yuanzhen followed him into the air.

Titled Douluo could walk upon empty space, attaching their own Soul Power to their feet and stepping through the void.

Normally, Soul Saint-level powerhouses could achieve this as well, but only a rare few could do so. Walking through the air required an extremely profound level of control over Soul Power.

Titled Douluo, on the other hand, were no longer ordinary humans in essence. For example, if another Spirit Master had a hole punched through their abdomen, they might die. But if a Titled Douluo had a hole in their abdomen, as long as it did not strike a vital point, they would recover before long.

Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Zhen chose to fight in the sky because the arena was too small for them to fully unleash their strength. A Titled Douluo's battlefield was generally in the heavens.

"Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Possession!"

Roar—

Yu Yuanzhen let out a dragon roar, then his body shuddered. Two yellow, two purple, and five black—the optimal Spirit Ring Configuration—appeared around him.

Yu Yuanzhen's Ninth Spirit Ring carried a faint trace of red, indicating that it was a ninety-thousand-year Spirit Ring.

At that moment, Yu Yuanzhen transformed directly into a blue-purple giant dragon over ten meters long. This was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's Martial Soul Avatar.

His body was covered in hard blue-purple dragon scales, and a pair of enormous dragon wings spread wide, seeming to blot out the sky.

Its tail was long and powerful, capable of easily destroying any obstacle. A hard Dragon Horn protruded from its head, displaying its noble status.

Having unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, Yu Yuanzhen was completely like a true dragon. His incomparably majestic pressure bore directly down upon Tang Zhen.

Among the spectators, Spirit Masters with dragon-related Martial Souls felt their Martial Souls tremble. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was a True Dragon Species Martial Soul and possessed an immensely powerful bloodline suppression over certain dragon-type Martial Souls.

There were exceptions, of course. Chen Xilin was filled with excitement. The Dark Holy Dragon bloodline within him stirred restlessly, wanting to tear this Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon apart and bathe in its Dragon Blood.

"Hmph!"

Tang Zhen snorted coldly, and Yu Yuanzhen's Soul Power pressure immediately dissipated. Tang Zhen reached out with his right hand as black light surged forth, and a pitch-black hammer appeared. Its hammerhead was outrageously massive, thicker than a water vat.

Two yellow, two purple, and five black Spirit Rings—the same optimal Spirit Ring Configuration—appeared around Tang Zhen. Like Yu Yuanzhen, his Ninth Spirit Ring also bore a faint red hue. It was likewise a ninety-thousand-year Spirit Ring.

"Come fight! ×2"

Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Zhen charged at one another simultaneously. Although Yu Yuanzhen was two levels below Tang Zhen, his aura was not inferior in the slightest!

"Thunder Dragon Claw!"

"Break Art!"

Boom—

Powerful force and rampaging lightning filled the sky as the incomparably fierce strength of the Clear Sky Hammer collided with the explosive lightning of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

Yu Yuanzhen had used Thunder Dragon Claw, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's exclusive First Soul Skill. Normally, high-level Spirit Masters rarely used their First Soul Skill unless they were crushing weaker opponents.

But Yu Yuanzhen was a Titled Douluo. At his level, even if his First Soul Skill was only a four-hundred-year one, when unleashed with his Soul Power, even a Spirit Douluo would be in trouble if struck by it.

Tang Zhen, meanwhile, had used the Clear Sky Sect's inherited Self-Created Soul Skill, the Break Art from the Haotian Nine Arts. Break Art: combine force and strike swiftly to break through.

Their first clash alone produced immense destructive power.

"Thunderous Might!"

"Earth-Shaking Art!"

"Wrath of Thunder! Blue Lightning Dragon Dash!"

"Haotian Bodyguard!"

High in the sky, the blue-purple Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Yu Yuanzhen had transformed into collided continuously with the enormous Clear Sky Hammer.

At first, both sides handled their exchanges with ease. The Clear Sky Hammer was fierce and forceful, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was explosive and violent.

Although Yu Yuanzhen's level was lower than Tang Zhen's, the strength he displayed was in no way inferior. His two claws and tail attacked repeatedly, leaving Tang Zhen somewhat strained.

However, as time passed, Yu Yuanzhen gradually became unable to keep up. His dragon claws had turned bloody, and his entire dragon arms trembled.

It was rather amusing when one thought about it. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was clearly an extremely well-rounded Martial Soul. Aside from lacking the ability to support others, it basically had no weaknesses. The Clear Sky Hammer, on the other hand, had quite a few flaws, such as in agility and defense.

The Clear Sky Sect's Haotian Nine Arts were supreme techniques created specifically to compensate for the Clear Sky Hammer's shortcomings. Though they could make up for those weaknesses, flaws would inevitably appear in battle.

If the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon fought steadily and reliably, it should have been able to suppress the Clear Sky Hammer. Yet Yu Yuanzhen insisted on meeting it head-on.

The other side had a top-tier weapon Martial Soul—a massive hammer—yet he was using his own dragon claws to clash with it directly. Wasn't he just putting himself at a disadvantage? Why not dodge instead of continuously fighting head-on?

Chen Xilin found it hard to understand. Was Douluo Continent some kind of hardheaded continent? That hammer was so huge—he could clearly dodge it, yet he insisted on confronting it directly. Wasn't that just asking for trouble?

Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Zhen had originally been evenly matched, but now Yu Yuanzhen's arms were nearly crippled. The situation had begun to turn around.

"Damn it! Eighth Spirit Skill, Dragon Soaring Heavenly Thunder Blast!"

Lightning surged all over Yu Yuanzhen's body. Even the sky darkened in response, clouds blanketing the heavens.

Boom—

The clouds overhead transformed into thunderclouds as lightning condensed into countless phantom thunder dragons, which struck toward Tang Zhen.

"Haotian Nine Arts: Empty, Seal, Pierce, Penetrate, Bind, Shake, Break, Kill, Collapse. Nine Arts as One!"

Tang Zhen's figure split into nine Afterimages, each using one of the Haotian Nine Arts. In the end, the nine Afterimages merged into one, unleashing an infinitely powerful strike!

Tang Zhen's talent could not compare to that of his father, Tang Chen. He could not inherit the Great Sumeru Hammer, something Tang Chen had always regretted. Tang Zhen also could not compare to his two sons, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao.

Tang Zhen was now in the awkward position of being inferior to his elders and inferior to his juniors, stuck in the middle.

Yet he had not been discouraged. He truly could not wield the Great Sumeru Hammer perfectly, but his mastery of the Haotian Nine Arts had already reached an extraordinarily profound level.

Even Tang Chen had once praised Tang Zhen's Haotian Nine Arts.

It could be said that Tang Zhen was currently the person in the Clear Sky Sect who wielded the Haotian Nine Arts best.

Rumble—

The collision between the Clear Sky Hammer and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon once again swept across the sky.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin said, "That old dragon, Yu Yuanzhen, is truly powerful. If I fought him, the outcome would still be uncertain."

Bone Douluo Gu Rong said, "However, it looks like the old dragon can't keep going. He no longer has the fierce momentum he had at the start. His hands are nearly ruined, while Tang Zhen still has strength to spare."