Tang Hao's Completely Misguided Assumption

"Teacher, why did my father become enemies with Spirit Hall?"

Before this, Tang San had held a fairly positive impression of Spirit Hall, so he could not understand why his father had clashed with them.

"I'm not particularly clear on the specifics either. I'm afraid Clear Sky Douluo will have to wake up before he can tell you the complete truth."

Yu Xiaogang shook his head.

He had only heard a few clues and did not know the full picture.

Tang San grew even more anxious at this.

The answer was right in front of him, yet he had no way of learning it. The feeling was truly agonizing!

However, just then, a pained groan sounded.

Tang Hao, lying on a wooden stretcher, slowly opened his eyes.

"Dad!" Tang San cried out in alarm.

Hearing his voice, Tang Hao struggled to raise his head slightly. Tang San, who was supporting the wooden board above him, entered his field of vision.

"Xiao San, cough, cough!"

Tang Hao seemed to want to say something, but he broke into a violent coughing fit as soon as he opened his mouth.

Blood spilled from his mouth.

In his final clash with Luo Li, he had not only lost his right arm, but his internal organs had also suffered varying degrees of damage.

Combined with the backlash from forcibly using Exploding Ring, Tang Hao's body was practically in ruins.

"Dad!"

Tang San could not help but panic at the sight.

He had had no family in his previous life, so in this life, he regarded Tang Hao, his father, as exceptionally important.

That was why, even though Tang Hao had not cared for Tang San in his early years and had even made Tang San, still physically a child, take care of him, Tang San had never voiced a single complaint.

"I'm fine."

Tang Hao raised his hand and steadied the chaotic energy within his body.

"Dad, who hurt you like this?"

"Was it Spirit Hall?" Tang San asked, his voice laced with hatred.

Whoever it was, anyone who had injured his father to this extent had earned a death sentence!

Tang Hao was slightly stunned when Tang San mentioned Spirit Hall.

"Xiao San, you know?"

Yu Xiaogang spoke from the side in his somewhat shrill voice.

"My apologies, Clear Sky Douluo. I believed Xiao San had the right to know these things, so I told him what I knew."

Tang Hao did not say much upon hearing that.

He had never intended to hide this matter from Tang San forever.

On the day Tang San's martial soul awakened, after learning that he possessed Twin Martial Souls, Tang Hao had regarded him as his hope for revenge.

That was also why Tang Hao had previously neglected Tang San entirely, only to undergo such a drastic change in attitude and become responsible after Tang San awakened Twin Martial Souls.

"I never thought you would learn about it this early." Tang Hao let out a deliberately helpless sigh.

"That's right. Our family and Spirit Hall do indeed share a deep and bitter hatred."

"Because your mother was killed by those people!"

Tang Hao's tone noticeably grew heavier as he spoke.

His emotions surged violently, and the energy he had only just calmed became chaotic once more.

The damaged organs that had been sustained by Soul Power were affected again.

After another series of violent coughs, Tang Hao coughed up several more mouthfuls of blood.

Fortunately, he still had the foundation of a Titled Douluo.

Otherwise, with the amount of blood he had lost today, an ordinary person would have died long ago.

Hearing Tang Hao's words, the hatred in Tang San's eyes deepened.

His mother, whom he had never met, had actually been killed by Spirit Hall?!

"This is what happened back then..."

Tang Hao slowly recounted the events of that year.

By the time Tang San finished listening, his eyes were bloodshot and he was breathing heavily.

Spirit Hall had earned a death sentence!

"Dad, were your injuries also inflicted by someone from Spirit Hall?" Tang San bit down hard on his lip, and traces of blood with a rusty taste seeped from it.

"I think so," Tang Hao answered.

"You think so?"

The answer was strange, and none of them understood what Tang Hao meant.

Amid the silent, puzzled atmosphere, Tang Hao continued.

"I fought King Frost Extreme, Luo Li. He truly lived up to his formidable reputation."

"He is only a Soul Douluo, yet his combat strength far surpasses that of ordinary Super Douluos."

"I was no match for him and could only rely on a special method to escape."

"Even so, I still lost an arm, and my physical condition is far from optimistic."

Tang Hao's voice was filled with wistfulness.

A peerless genius once renowned throughout the continent had been utterly and mercilessly crushed by a younger talent!

King Frost Extreme, Luo Li?

The moment that name was spoken, Tang San and the others were all stunned.

The shadow that had yet to fully dissipate once again enveloped their hearts.

Flender and Zhao Wuji even trembled all over, feeling a chill run through their bodies.

They had not expected the one who had injured Tang Hao so badly to be that man as well.

Could it be...

"Dad, was the strange change in the heavens and earth outside Aosidela City's eastern gate caused by your battle with him?"

Tang San suddenly realized something.

Luo Li had stirred the heavens and earth, turning noon into darkness. There was no way they could have failed to notice such a disturbance.

They had also guessed that Luo Li might have been fighting someone.

But they had never imagined that the one fighting Luo Li had been Tang Hao!

"That's right." Tang Hao nodded slightly.

"Though Luo Li is young, his attainments in the sword path have already surpassed Chen Xin, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Sword Douluo."

"Changing the color of the heavens—that is a sword technique even Chen Xin cannot accomplish!"

Tang Hao believed that Luo Li had completely surpassed Chen Xin in the sword path.

After all, he did not believe Chen Xin could have forced him into such a state.

However, Yu Xiaogang noticed another issue.

"Lord Haotian, why do you say that Spirit Hall was probably behind it?"

"Could King Frost Extreme, Luo Li, be..."

A terrifying guess surfaced in his mind!

Tang Hao nodded and voiced his thoughts.

"I believe King Frost Extreme, Luo Li, is very likely a member of Spirit Hall!"

The moment those words came out, no one could remain calm.

Even Tang San, who had already placed Luo Li on his list of those who deserved death, was no exception.

"Why? Lord Haotian, why have you reached such a conclusion?" Flender asked in astonishment, unable to believe it.

Who was King Frost Extreme, Luo Li?

He was now an indisputably powerful figure in the Heaven Dou Empire.

He could be said to cover half the empire's sky!

Could such a person be from Spirit Hall?!

"At first, I never considered the two together either."

"However, the first people to fight me today were not Luo Li, but two Titled Douluos from Spirit Hall."

"Why would Spirit Hall's Titled Douluos appear here?"

"Other than because of Luo Li, who likewise should not have been here, I can think of no other reason."

"And in the end, the blonde woman among Luo Li's group stood beside those two Titled Douluos from Spirit Hall."

"That undoubtedly confirmed my suspicion."

"Spirit Hall is playing a grand game in the Heaven Dou Empire!"

"By now, they have already succeeded for the most part."

"Heaven Dou's Young King is one of their people—he may even be Spirit Hall's hidden Holy Son!"