Exploding Ring and Invincible Golden Body

Lin Feng watched Tang Hao fly towards him, and after noticing his skin was slightly flushed, couldn't help but smirk.

Those unfamiliar with Tang Hao might think he was just releasing too much Blood Essence in battle, but Lin Feng, who knew of Tang Hao's injuries, understood that Tang Hao's old wounds were beginning to act up.

Moreover, this flare-up would only worsen with time, potentially becoming something that could cost him his life.

"Wind Spirit · Fractal Sword!"

The folding fan in Lin Feng's hand quickly transformed into a long sword. Then, the black Soul Ring, ranked second on Lin Feng, lit up. His second Soul Skill, Wind Spirit · Fractal Sword, was activated.

Seven swords condensed from wind suddenly appeared around Lin Feng, shooting towards Tang Hao at terrifying speed.

This was a twenty-thousand-year Soul Skill. In a battle between Titled Douluo, such an attack was considered a basic strike, unlikely to kill but impossible to completely ignore.

"Hmph, overestimating yourself."

Tang Hao sneered at the seven swords condensed from wind. He then spun the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand, and the seven swords cracked under its immense power. In just a few breaths, the Soul Skill was forcefully neutralized by Tang Hao.

However, just as Tang Hao prepared to press his advantage, he suddenly realized that the distance between him and Lin Feng seemed to have increased.

"Wind Spirit · Fractal Sword!"

Another seven swords appeared, once again shooting towards Tang Hao from a distance. Tang Hao frowned slightly, but he still shattered each of the seven swords with his hammer. Tang Hao remained calm until...

"Wind Spirit · Fractal Sword!"

When Lin Feng used Wind Spirit · Fractal Sword for the third time, Tang Hao lost his composure.

Using a twenty-thousand-year Soul Skill for probing was understandable, but who probes repeatedly like this? Moreover, he had shattered the attacks from the previous two attempts with absolute dominance. Logically, such probing should have stopped, but Lin Feng seemed intent on continuing, as if he wanted to compete in a war of attrition.

Thinking of attrition, Tang Hao's expression darkened.

The Clear Sky Hammer was inherently a powerful Martial Soul, known for its immense attack power and explosive force. Techniques like Exploding Ring pushed that explosive force to its absolute limit.

However, the drawback of such a technique was its lack of sustainability. Furthermore, unlike other members of the Clear Sky Sect, his injuries from the great battle with the Martial Soul Hall, due to a lack of treatment, continued to plague his body. Especially after using Exploding Ring again just now, his entire body ached.

In this state, his endurance would only be shorter. Realizing that the longer the fight dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for him, Tang Hao felt a sense of dread.

Without any hesitation, his first and second Soul Rings shattered. Then, the Soul Bone on his right leg erupted with light. The three-thousand-year Giant Strength Mantis Right Leg Bone Soul Skill · Explosive Leap!

With the shattering of two Soul Rings and the Soul Skill from the Soul Bone, coupled with his immense strength, Tang Hao achieved a terrifying speed, closing in on Lin Feng like a cannonball.

"A Titled Douluo with all six Soul Bones is truly terrifying," Lin Feng remarked about Tang Hao's fearsomeness, yet his face showed no panic. As his fourth Soul Ring lit up, the Winged Tiger gripping him behind spat out a large amount of mist – Lin Feng's fourth Soul Skill, Cloud Mist Control.

Under Soul Power comparable to a Titled Douluo, the mist instantly enveloped several thousand meters around them, making Tang Hao want to curse.

He had detonated two Soul Rings to get close to Lin Feng quickly, only for Lin Feng to use Cloud Mist Control, leaving him unable to even locate Lin Feng.

Furthermore, aside from not knowing Lin Feng's whereabouts, the mist also gave him a very bad premonition.

Tang Hao's premonition was correct. After a few breaths, Tang Hao spat out a mouthful of blood.

It wasn't that the mist was poisonous, but rather that Lin Feng's Soul Skill was Cloud Mist Control, meaning the mist was under Lin Feng's control.

Once the mist was inhaled, Lin Feng could naturally use his control over the mist to cause internal damage to Tang Hao, worsening his injuries.

Tang Hao, caught off guard, had his existing injuries aggravated by the inhaled mist, making his body gradually unable to cope.

Fortunately, Tang Hao was, after all, a Titled Douluo with level ninety-five Soul Power, and the amount of mist Lin Feng could make him absorb undetected in a short period was minimal. Therefore, Tang Hao's injuries could be temporarily suppressed.

However, this state of suppressed injuries was unsustainable, so Tang Hao knew he couldn't just wait to die.

Forcing down the metallic taste in his throat, Tang Hao's seventh Soul Ring shattered, using his immense Soul Power to forcefully push back Lin Feng's mist.

Immediately after, as Lin Feng reappeared within Tang Hao's sight, the Soul Bone on his head lit up. This was the only Soul Bone on his body that didn't increase strength, and its skill was tracking, ensuring his Clear Sky Hammer strike would hit its mark.

Zhao Wuji also possessed this Soul Skill, but his was only a thousand-year one, requiring him to release a Soul Ring to implant it for it to take effect. However, Tang Hao's Soul Bone was ten-thousand-year, and even a twenty-thousand-year grade one. Thus, merely by focusing his gaze, he could achieve mental tracking and locking.

"This is the end!"

Tang Hao swung the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand. Then, the sixth Soul Ring of the Clear Sky Hammer shattered, and the hammer, imbued with world-destroying might, smashed towards Lin Feng.

Facing the surging Clear Sky Hammer, Lin Feng instantly teleported a hundred meters away. But then, Lin Feng found that Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer, having missed its target, continued to fly towards him with undiminished power.

"It's useless, this Soul Skill is designed to counter teleportation Soul Skills like yours!" Tang Hao gritted out.

Initially, he had underestimated Lin Feng, which led him to not use this tracking ability immediately. The result was that he had to detonate two hundred-year Soul Rings and two ten-thousand-year Soul Rings. Now, his injuries had reached a terrifying level. If he were to detonate his last ten-thousand-year Soul Ring or the hundred-thousand-year one, Tang Hao felt he might die right there.

"Clear Sky Hammer plus tracking, how terrifying!" Lin Feng said expressionlessly, then allowed the Clear Sky Hammer to approach him.

Just as the Clear Sky Hammer was about to smash Lin Feng into a pulp, the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Bone on Lin Feng's left leg lit up. The hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone Skill, Invincible Golden Body!

As the Clear Sky Hammer collided with Lin Feng's body, Tang Hao felt a tearing pain in his tiger's mouth. The next second, Lin Feng's body was sent flying backward by the Clear Sky Hammer, but not a single trace of injury was visible on his body.

Tang Hao: "..."

Dragon Duke: "..."

Snake Dowager: "..."

Wait, taking a Clear Sky Hammer strike with an unharmed body, is that even right?

PS: Some people aren't very clear about the protagonist's Martial Soul, so I'll explain it here.

Martial Soul: Soul, capable of a secondary awakening.

Soul Spirit: First Soul Spirit, the folding fan in the protagonist's hand can transform into a long sword, made of special metal. It's an upgraded version of Xie Xie's first Soul Spirit in Dou San, upgraded from a hundred-year to a twenty-thousand-year, granting the first Soul Skill, Wind Blade.

Second Soul Skill: Wind Spirit · Fractal Sword.

Third Soul Skill, Wind Bind.

Second Soul Spirit, the winged tiger disguised as a cat on the protagonist's shoulder, leveled up from ten thousand years to thirty thousand years, granting the Fourth Soul Skill, Cloud Mist Control.

Fifth Soul Skill, Wind Extreme · Meteor Kill.

Sixth Soul Skill, Xiao Wu's Soul Ring: Clone, Void.

To say why the soul's Soul Skills are all wind-based, first, controlling elements with spiritual power is something Dou Er and Dou San both have.

Second, spiritual attacks were not a good choice early on. Xiao Wu's charm against Zhao Wuji backfired, and the entire Blue Sunshine Academy was retaliated against, leaving them all in a vegetative state. With insufficient soul power, Soul Skills carried too much risk. Therefore, the protagonist followed a path similar to Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, focusing on adding Soul Rings. However, with Tian Meng, a Million-Year Soul Ring, present, there was no fear of taking the wrong path early on.