Barren Land

Long before Tang Hao reached the valley, Mu Zhe had already flown a thousand zhang into the sky and released that meteor.

Mu Zhe's Third Soul Skill, Barren Land, could carve out an extradimensional space within his martial soul.

He had obtained it by hunting a four-thousand-year-old kangaroo. The pouch in front of a kangaroo-type soul beast was an extradimensional space that could store anything except itself.

After summing up the patterns of his first two soul skills, Mu Zhe had deliberated for a long time before deciding to hunt this kind of soul beast.

Of course, even if it had not yielded his ideal soul skill, it would still have been related to space and well suited to his martial soul.

The result had not disappointed him either. The soul skill he gained was indeed an extradimensional space.

Although an extradimensional space opened within his body seemed rather useless, Mu Zhe believed it would definitely prove useful later on.

And if used properly, it would not seem so useless after all.

That meteor was actually a mountain he had stored away while in the Star Dou Great Forest.

The only regret was that the mountain was incomplete. His Soul Power and Spiritual Power had not been enough to store an entire mountain at once, so he could only collect it in sections.

"Ah Yin, don't you have anything to say?"

Mu Zhe raised his wrist and looked at Ah Yin coiled around it. His eyes were especially clear, yet he was probing her again without seeming to.

"Hm? What is there to say? Tang Hao deserved to die in the first place, but unfortunately, we can't kill him outright this time!"

Ah Yin's voice was filled with indignation. During this period, she had looked through Tang San's memories.

From jumping off a cliff in his previous life, to crossing over into the Douluo Continent and possessing another body, along with all sorts of cultivation techniques and hidden weapons.

Though they were not all his memories, they were enough to prove that Tang San had arrived through body possession.

Everything proved that Mu Zhe had not lied to her. That meant Tang Hao was certainly the scum who had killed her for her Spirit Ring and soul bone.

At this moment, seeing the mountain about to fall onto Tang Hao's head, Ah Yin actually felt a surge of exhilaration.

The mountain fell from a thousand zhang up. Even for Tang Hao, a Super Douluo, dealing with it would not be easy.

Given his arrogant and conceited nature, he might even still be foolishly playing around with Mu Zhe's shadow, completely unaware that a terrifying attack had already gathered above his head.

In the valley, Tang Hao's eyes widened in alarm. In the instant he lost focus, the meteor accelerated further, already far surpassing the flying speed of a Titled Douluo.

I... fuck!

Why?!

This was a world of soul masters, yet this attack did not leak the slightest fluctuation of Soul Power.

If it contained even a trace of Soul Power, he would have noticed it immediately. But now, if he had not heard the sound, he would not even have realized that a meteor was about to smash into his face!

And besides!

That figure had said this was a gift for him, but was this really something a soul master could achieve?

Splitting mountains and seas, perhaps soul masters could manage that. But moving mountains and filling seas...

Heh—ptui!

Did he think I've never cultivated Soul Power before? I'm already a level ninety-six Super Douluo, yet I still can't lift... a mountain?

In the end, Tang Hao forcibly suppressed the alarm in his heart. Four of the Spirit Rings around him exploded, their Soul Power all pouring into the Clear Sky Hammer. He still chose to trust in his own strength...

Fuck!

Did he think Tang Hao did not want to run?

But that meteor was growing faster and faster, having long since surpassed the speed of a Titled Douluo.

If he failed to escape in time, would he not simply die on the spot?

"Martial Soul Avatar! Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, Shock Absolute!"

The next instant, Tang Hao's figure vanished. In its place appeared an enormous Clear Sky Hammer, which swung savagely at the falling meteor.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The collision resounded through the heavens, its soundwaves sweeping through the entire valley like a flood.

Trees were shaken until they toppled every which way, while the beasts across the mountains and plains were frightened weak in the legs in an instant.

PFFT!

Tang Hao's blood-spitting was mixed in as well, though no one but him could hear it.

Ah Yin was now too shocked to speak, while even Mu Zhe's face, which had been filled with inexplicable confidence, showed surprise.

After the mountain collided with the Clear Sky Hammer, the hammer vanished instantly, while the meteor turned into fragments of stone that rained down across the valley.

At first, they fell sparsely, smashing deep pits into the ground. But before long, they poured down like a torrential rain, burying the entire valley.

The countless trees and soul beasts in the valley could not escape being buried. The valley, originally extremely low-lying, was filled with rubble up to the mountainside in the blink of an eye.

Tang Hao stood at the very center. Yet because he was at the center of his own attack, only a small amount of rubble buried him, causing little additional damage.

In just moments, a cloud of dust surged into the sky, instantly blocking Mu Zhe's view.

Mu Zhe frowned slightly. Though he had used the right timing, terrain, and circumstances to launch a powerful attack on Tang Hao this time...

He still did not think Tang Hao would die from this. After all, the Tang family always had a knack for sudden power-ups.

Besides!

This mountain had never been whole to begin with. He had moved it into his Inner Space in countless sections. With Tang Hao's combat instincts, he would surely choose to blast it apart.

In the valley, beneath countless chunks of rubble, a trace of blood flashed through Tang Hao's eyes. Just as he tried to move, excruciating pain instantly coursed through his entire body.

Being buried beneath the rubble had not hurt him much. The main issue was that meteor's impact had been far too violent.

Right now, he only felt his blood and qi churning chaotically, the meridians in his body tangled like a mess of thread, while his internal organs had suffered considerable damage as well.

If he had not decisively detonated his rings, unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, and cleverly used Shock Absolute, he likely would have perished on the spot!

In the end, Tang Hao endured the searing pain as Soul Power surged throughout his body, instantly blasting away every piece of rubble pressing down on him.

Pfft!

Yet the moment he used his Soul Power, he could not help coughing up another mouthful of old blood, mixed with quite a few fragments of internal organs.

His body had already been in utter disarray, and using Soul Power again immediately brought another violent backlash.

"Cough, cough... Aaargh!"

"Damn it! Just who are you?!"

Tang Hao raised his head toward the sky and let out an enraged roar.

At that moment, he was certain that the other party was not from Spirit Hall. If Spirit Hall had discovered that he was in Nuoding City, they would not have sent some sneaky little brat—they would have sent a group of Titled Douluo.

Pfft!

But when he thought of how his opponent was just a brat with Soul Power around the level of a Soul Ancestor, yet had still played him like a fool, another mouthful of blood burst from Tang Hao's lips.

This time, he had been angered into coughing blood.

First, the brat had used a clone to waste his time. Then he had used battle to confuse him. The moment Tang Hao lowered his guard, a mountain had dropped straight down from the sky.

Damn it!

Just how had he done that?!

If such a method appeared on the Douluo Continent, wouldn't he be able to wipe out any force he wanted?

Yet after coughing blood for only a moment, Tang Hao's heart suddenly lurched. His eyes turned toward Nuoding City.

"Not good! His target is Little San—this is a diversion!"

It was no wonder he thought that way. After all, he did not believe that thief had merely stopped to toy with him.

Thus, Tang Hao ignored his grievously injured body and instantly transformed into a streak of red light, shooting toward Nuoding City.

High in the sky, within the void, shock filled Mu Zhe's eyes.

I... damn!

After all that, Tang Hao was still full of life?!

And also, damn it!

Why hadn't he run? Why had he stopped here? Aside from dropping a mountain on Tang Hao, it seemed to have accomplished nothing at all.

Mu Zhe touched his cheek in alarm. That inexplicable confidence was gone from his face.

Yet he could still clearly recall how he had felt just now—arrogant, confident, conceited. He had believed that with a few casual tricks, he could toy with Tang Hao in the palm of his hand.

He had unconsciously fallen into that strange state again!

Had Tang Hao not suddenly sped away, he would not even have realized it.

At that moment, Ah Yin's vine tightened around Mu Zhe's wrist, and she said faintly, "Have you finally woken up?"

Only then did Mu Zhe look at Ah Yin. "Why didn't you remind me earlier? Otherwise, we'd have escaped by now."

"Well... I saw that you weren't in any danger, so I forgot for a moment."

Ah Yin seemed a little embarrassed, but she had her own private thoughts. She had only mentioned one reason; deep down, there was another.

She absolutely could not refuse when Mu Zhe wanted to attack Tang Hao. She wished Tang Hao would perish on the spot.