Battle Against Nuoding City Lord

"Who am I, where am I, what am I supposed to do...?"

Countless questions flashed through Flender's mind. He was completely dazed, and his face beneath the mask twisted horribly.

As clever as he was, he had actually been tricked by some little brat. Flender felt as if his intelligence had been pinned to the ground and rubbed raw. It was all greed's fault!

He looked around blankly, then muttered, "Sorry, wrong door!"

With that, he bolted out of the City Lord's Mansion, leaving the Nuoding City Lord and the others staring at one another!

"Brat, your helper ran away!"

After a brief stunned pause, the Nuoding City Lord's face filled with delight. It seemed Tang Jiu's helper feared Spirit Hall. Didn't that mean Tang Jiu had walked right into a trap?

"He left, but I can still hammer you all to death!"

Tang Jiu seemed unconcerned. He was not surprised that Flender had fled at the last moment. After all, Flender had a family to look after and would not fight Spirit Hall to the death.

However, even if Flender had a hundred times more courage, he would not dare truly leave now. If Tang Jiu died here, Flender would not fare well either.

So at this moment, Flender had to be watching the battlefield from somewhere, waiting for Tang Jiu to be seriously injured before rescuing him.

That was enough!

He was going all out!

"Release your spirits!" the Nuoding City Lord roared, immediately activating his spirit.

"Level 42 Control Type Tool Soul Sect Master. Martial soul, Blood Vine!"

A blood-red vine appeared in his hand, while four spirit rings emerged around him: Yellow Yellow Purple Purple.

"To deal with a mere child, you're actually going all out? Aren't you afraid of scaring him to death?" one of Spirit Hall's Enforcement Team members sneered arrogantly.

They activated their spirits as well, not to deal with Tang Jiu, but to guard against Flander returning.

"Level 41 Agile Attack Type Battle Soul Sect Master. Martial soul, Lightning Leopard! Two Yellow Two Purple spirit rings."

"Level 43 Support Type Tool Soul Sect Master. Martial soul, Five Leaf Clover! Two Yellow Two Purple spirit rings."

"Level 42 Assault Type Battle Soul Sect Master. Martial soul, Flame Bird! Two Yellow Two Purple spirit rings."

The three revealed their martial souls, dazzling spirit rings appearing around each of them. Then, they all looked toward the last person.

A faint smile curled across his lips as a purple gemstone appeared in his hand.

"Level 44 Assault Type Tool Soul Sect Master. Martial soul, Amethyst! Two Yellow Two Purple spirit rings."

Tang Jiu frowned. According to Master's theory, gemstone-type martial souls were mostly capable of Mental Attack.

Tang Jiu quickly activated his own spirit as well. Bullet Ant Spirit Possession. He held his Spirit Ring Spirit in his hand, while a purple spirit ring appeared around his body.

"Thousand-Year First Ring!" The four members of Spirit Hall's Enforcement Team could not help crying out.

"No wonder he dared cause trouble at the City Lord's Mansion!" They finally understood Tang Jiu's confidence. But even with a Thousand-Year First Ring, he was still no match for a Soul Ancestor.

The Nuoding City Lord said to Spirit Hall's Enforcement Team, "I'll deal with this brat. Everyone, keep watch and prevent his accomplice from launching a sneak attack. Afterward, I'll reward you handsomely."

The Nuoding City Lord did not want them to interfere. If Tang Jiu died by someone else's hand, how was he supposed to claim the bounty?

"Please, City Lord." Spirit Hall's Enforcement Team nodded with indifferent smiles. Tang Jiu, an Assault Type spirit master, was clearly completely restrained by the City Lord's Control Type martial soul. They could not even be bothered to act.

Tang Jiu pulled out a war hammer weighing [garbled] jin from the Twelve Golden Hairpins and assumed a fighting stance.

"A Tool Spirit? Twin Martial Souls?"

"No, the Soul Power fluctuations are weak. That's an ordinary hammer!"

"That belt is a Space Soul Tool! He took the hammer out from there."

The moment Spirit Hall's Enforcement Team saw Tang Jiu's war hammer, their eyes lit up. They had thought it was the Clear Sky Hammer, but quickly realized something was off. Even so, greed flashed in every one of their eyes. A Space Soul Tool was just as valuable!

The Nuoding City Lord also recognized the Soul Tool and silently lamented that he would not be able to keep it all for himself.

"Die, brat! First Spirit Skill, Entanglement!"

Not wanting to drag things out, the Nuoding City Lord immediately used a spirit skill. The Blood Vine rapidly grew and lashed toward Tang Jiu.

"Berserk!"

Tang Jiu directly activated his Spirit Bone Skill. His strength and speed surged as he swung his war hammer and smashed it viciously into the Blood Vine.

With a thunderous boom, the Blood Vine that had lashed toward him was shattered by a single hammer blow, dissolving into Original Spirit Power.

"What terrifying strength!" the Flame Bird Spirit Master exclaimed.

"Second Spirit Skill, Blood Vine Cage!"

The Nuoding City Lord did not want to waste time. Against an Assault Type spirit master, controlling the opponent meant the battle was over. A cluster of Blood Vines suddenly burst from beneath Tang Jiu's feet, forming a cage that trapped him tightly inside.

"Break!"

Tang Jiu swung his war hammer and smashed down hard. The Blood Vine Cage shook, but did not shatter.

"My spirit ring came from a Bitter Bamboo Soul Beast. It's extraordinarily tough. There's no way you can break it!" the Nuoding City Lord snorted coldly.

Then his third purple spirit ring lit up.

"Third Spirit Skill, Thorn Blood Spikes!"

This was the Blood Vine's innate skill. Long wooden spikes grew from the vines. Once they pierced an enemy's body, they could suck their blood. Blood Vines were rare carnivorous plants.

Long wooden spikes extended outward as the cage trapping Tang Jiu began to contract. One spike after another stabbed toward Tang Jiu's body like daggers.

"This kid is finished! The City Lord's Blood Vine isn't something he can easily smash apart." As a Plant System spirit master himself, Five Leaf Clover understood the situation clearly. He did not believe an Assault Type spirit master with only one spirit ring could use brute force to break through the Blood Vine Cage.

But in the next second, his mouth fell open.

"First Spirit Skill, Fury!"

Tang Jiu finally used his thousand-year spirit skill. His strength reached a peak of [garbled] jin, and one strike shattered the Blood Vine Cage while also disrupting the Nuoding City Lord's Third Spirit Skill.

After breaking free from the cage, Tang Jiu charged fiercely toward the Nuoding City Lord.

"Fourth Spirit Skill, Ten-Vine Wild Dance!"

Seeing Tang Jiu's speed suddenly soar as he pounced at him, the Nuoding City Lord gritted his teeth and immediately tried to activate his Fourth Spirit Skill. This skill could turn one Blood Vine into ten. Though it consumed much Soul Power, both its offense and defense would greatly increase.

But at that moment, Tang Jiu's Spirit Ring Spirit, which had never acted before, finally moved. It slipped around the Nuoding City Lord's body.

The Nuoding City Lord's fourth spirit ring silently vanished. Though he had recited the Spirit Incantation, the spirit skill failed to activate.

"First Spirit Skill, Evil Ring of Speed!"

Tang Jiu immediately drained the Nuoding City Lord's speed. A purple ring flashed across the City Lord's body. Tang Jiu became a little faster, while the Nuoding City Lord felt his speed fall. In that brief delay, Tang Jiu had already rushed before him. He leaped high into the air, his massive hammer crashing down toward the City Lord's head.

"This kid's combat talent is truly incredible!" Flender, watching from above, secretly gasped. Tang Jiu had held back the Spirit Ring Spirit's skill all along. He had not competed with the enemy in Soul Power, instead relying on his explosive advantage for this thunderous blow.

The moment he attacked, it was a killing move!

"Second Spirit Skill, Blood Vine Cage!"

As a vine martial soul, it could attack and defend. The Nuoding City Lord's defense was not lacking in the slightest. He immediately wrapped himself in a Blood Vine Cage. Fearing one would not be enough, he even expended more Soul Power to summon a second cage around himself as the war hammer descended.

"Fury!"

A flash of madness crossed Tang Jiu's eyes. He used his First Spirit Skill again, drawing out every bit of his strength as he smashed down brutally.

Boom!

Even the two layers of Blood Vine Cage could not withstand that furious blow. They shattered in a single strike. The Nuoding City Lord's body snapped backward. Though he avoided having his head struck, the hammer landed solidly on his chest, sending him flying like a kite with its string cut.

"How is this possible?!"

Everyone in Spirit Hall's Enforcement Team was utterly shocked. They could not believe what they were seeing. A one-ring spirit master had defeated a four-ring Soul Ancestor in only a few dozen seconds!