Tang Hao Makes a Fool of Himself! So What If He Makes the Ranking?!

"The strong prey on the weak. That has always been the law of this world."

"Your Blue Silver God King origin can revive Ah Yin, so it should belong to me."

Tang Hao's voice was as heavy as a mountain. The Clear Sky Hammer in his hand hummed, as though it could come crashing down at any moment.

Gu Nian waved a hand, signaling his two disciples to step back.

"Stand farther away. You wouldn't want to get blood all over yourselves."

He slowly stepped forward and faced Tang Hao from afar, his white robes fluttering lightly in the turbulent currents of Soul Power.

"You're right. The strong prey on the weak."

"So today, both you and the law you speak of will be trampled beneath my feet."

The instant his words fell, Gu Nian stopped holding back.

Buzz—!

An indescribable Life Aura erupted from him with a thunderous force!

It was neither a soul ring nor a soul skill.

It was simply the pure manifestation of his Martial Soul.

In an instant, the entire Sunset Forest seemed to come alive!

Every inconspicuous blade of Blue Silver Grass on the ground bloomed with dazzling Blue-Gold Light, its leaves growing wildly into tough vines.

Every Towering Ancient Tree in the forest lowered countless branches glowing with holy radiance, shrouding this stretch of Heaven and Earth like curtains.

The air was filled with Life Energy so dense it could not be dispersed, pure yet tyrannical.

This place had become a sea of blue gold.

And Gu Nian was the sole ruler of that sea.

Blue Silver God King, Martial Soul awakened!

"This... this is..."

Dugu Yan stood dumbfounded. Feeling the gentle yet boundlessly majestic power around her, her mind became A Blank Slate.

"A domain? No! I've seen Grandpa's domain before. It didn't feel anything like this!"

Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul emerged on its own. Its Petals swayed gently, seemingly expressing submission and closeness toward this power.

She murmured to herself.

"This isn't a domain... A domain changes the Rules within an area."

"But Master has created an area!"

"Here, he is the world. He is the Rules!"

On the other side, Tang Hao's experience was completely different from theirs.

The moment this blue-gold world descended, he felt as though he had instantly fallen into a swamp at the bottom of a bottomless abyss.

The air became incomparably viscous, and every breath felt like swallowing mercury.

The earth beneath his feet no longer gave him the slightest strength. Instead, it radiated a sense of rejection.

His pride and joy, Divine Slaughter's Domain, was like thin ice beneath the sun before this holy realm. It melted away in an instant, leaving behind not even the slightest trace.

The Clear Sky Hammer in his hand—the Clear Sky Hammer proclaimed to be the Number One Tool Martial Soul Under Heaven—had become incomparably heavy, as though it no longer belonged to him.

"That's impossible!"

Tang Hao's pupils suddenly contracted. He stared at Gu Nian as if he were looking at a monster.

"Blue Silver Grass... how could it possess such power!"

"Even a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor could never possibly..."

He thought of his wife, Ah Yin. She too had stood at the pinnacle of Blue Silver Grass, but compared to the scene before him, Ah Yin's Blue Silver Emperor Domain was like a firefly before the bright moon!

This was not power on the same level!

"What ignorance."

Gu Nian's voice came from all directions, ethereal and majestic.

"How could mortals possibly fathom the might of a God King?"

Tang Hao roared, forcibly suppressing the shock in his heart as he poured every last bit of Soul Power into the Clear Sky Hammer.

"Stop pretending to be some God!"

"Great Sumeru Hammer!"

He swung the massive hammer and brought it crashing down toward Gu Nian with all his strength!

This strike was enough to split mountains and shatter rocks!

Yet before the hammer could arrive, a sudden change occurred.

Thousands upon thousands of blue-gold vines burst from the ground like awakened flood dragons, instantly wrapping around Tang Hao's limbs, waist, abdomen, and even his neck!

Blue-Gold Light flowed along the vines as a terrifying Binding Force and Devouring Force erupted at the same time.

Tang Hao felt the Soul Power in his body draining away like floodwaters through an opened sluice gate. The Clear Sky Hammer, which contained the strength of his entire life, was forcibly stopped by countless vines more than ten meters away from Gu Nian, unable to advance another inch!

"Break... open!"

Tang Hao's Eyes Reddened, his muscles bulging as he tried to break free.

But the vines were tough to the extreme. No matter how much force he exerted, they did not budge in the slightest.

Gu Nian slowly walked up to him, extended one finger, and lightly tapped the surface of the enormous Clear Sky Hammer.

"I told you. You're too weak."

Crack—!

A crisp sound rang out.

Centered on where Gu Nian's finger had touched, spiderweb-like cracks spread across the Clear Sky Hammer's Martial Soul Avatar.

Pfft!

Tang Hao seemed to have been struck by lightning. He violently spat out a mouthful of blood, and his Aura instantly withered.

His Martial Soul had been damaged. This was far more serious than any physical injury!

As he looked at Gu Nian, a trace of fear finally appeared in his eyes.

The man before him was simply not someone he could contend against.

What Titled Douluo? What Clear Sky Douluo? Before this absolute power, they were all nothing but a joke.

Gu Nian withdrew his finger, his expression indifferent.

"Since you enjoy using other people's things to fulfill yourself so much, I'll follow your example today."

He raised a hand and made a grasping motion toward Tang Hao, who was bound by vines like a dumpling.

"Lash."

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The next moment, countless thinner Blue Silver Grass blades gleaming with Golden Light shot in from all directions. Like whips with eyes, they lashed Tang Hao across the head and face.

Every lash left behind a bloody mark.

Every lash scattered a portion of Tang Hao's Soul Power.

This was not merely physical torment, but mental devastation and suppression as well.

The dignified Clear Sky Douluo, the youngest Titled Douluo on the continent, was now like a prisoner utterly incapable of resisting, locked within this blue-gold Divine Kingdom and enduring the most primitive and humiliating punishment.

At that moment, the Golden Light that had only recently dispersed in the Sky Vault gathered once more!

A grand and solemn voice rang throughout the Douluo Continent for the third time.

[Martial Soul Golden Ranking, announcing eighth place!]

This sudden development once again sent countless eagerly awaiting Spirit Masters across the continent into a frenzy.

Meanwhile, at the distant Clear Sky Sect.

Within the mountain gate that had remained hidden from the world for years, several Old Men with White Hair and Beard sat in a circle, staring gravely at the sky.

When the voice rang out, a dignified middle-aged man who somewhat resembled Tang Hao—Tang Xiao, the Clear Sky Sect's Sect Master—suddenly rose to his feet.

"Eighth place... could it be someone from the Clear Sky Sect?"

"It must be someone from our sect! My Clear Sky Hammer is number one under Heaven and Earth!"

"If Roaring Sky Douluo makes the ranking, our sect's prestige will surely be restored!"

Several elders discussed it animatedly, their voices filled with anticipation.

At last, ancient golden characters slowly emerged upon the Sky Screen.

[Eighth Place: Tang Hao!]

[Martial Soul: Clear Sky Hammer!]

"It's Tang Hao!"