Explode Ring

As Dugu Aotian's resentful voice fell, the enormous Thousand Poison Flood Dragon hissed, its forked tongue flickering.

Without a word or rebuttal, the Thousand Poison Flood Dragon opened its jaws and spewed a dense cloud of poison mist at Tang Hao.

Howling winds fanned the flames, sweeping up the poisonous mist like a savage toxic dragon as it roared toward Tang Hao to kill him.

Poison gas spread, its virulence corroding the earth!

The dark purple poisonous mist was enough to drive anyone to despair at a glance. The Golden-Haired Youth and the others, positioned downwind, turned deathly pale.

They were Dugu Aotian's teammates and knew perfectly well just how poisonous their captain's venom was. Even a trace of it could poison a Soul Elder to death.

Not to mention that this time, the poison mist had been spewed by the even more terrifying Thousand Poison Flood Dragon. Even a Titled Douluo would have to change expression and temporarily avoid its edge.

However, Tang Hao narrowed his eyes. To him, in a battle between Titled Douluos, one retreat meant retreating step by step—and step-by-step retreat meant death!

And he would absolutely not be the one to die!

Nor did he want to flee!

He wanted his opponent dead!

So—

"First Ring, explode!" Tang Hao shouted in a low voice.

Explode Ring!

A Secret Art that detonated a soul ring to unleash power greater than before!

And right now, he needed to be stronger than ever!

Bang!

Carrying the force of Explode Ring, Tang Hao stomped heavily on the ground. His violent power drove the surrounding air as he roared and raised his hammer, charging into the dense purple poison mist!

The toxic dragon exploded, and the purple mist scattered, revealing nothing but empty ground behind it. Tang Hao froze.

Looking ahead again, the Thousand Poison Flood Dragon had already become a black speck on the horizon, about to escape his sight.

"Damn it, you've got no honor!"

Tang Hao glared. This bastard had no honor at all—he had actually chosen to run.

But then, Tang Hao's lips curled into a grin.

Run?

A mere soul body that had only barely crossed into the aura of a Titled Douluo wanted to escape before him?

Wishful thinking!

"Second Ring, shatter!"

Tang Hao shouted again, violent power flooding his entire body. He stomped hard against the ground, and his body shot forward like an arrow released from a drawn bow, instantly closing half the distance between himself and the Thousand Poison Flood Dragon!

He knew no movement techniques, nor did he possess any speed-type Soul Skills.

But he understood that overwhelming strength could crush all techniques—and that with enough force, even a brick could fly!

As Dugu Aotian fled frantically ahead, he turned around and discovered that Tang Hao had suddenly closed half the distance between them. He was so terrified that his soul nearly left his body.

He desperately urged Elder Hui to fly faster!

Yet in the very next moment, an even more massive Explode Ring aura erupted from behind them. Elder Hui sighed softly, halted his soul body, and turned to face the rapidly approaching Tang Hao.

"My disciple, this is as far as I can guide you. I only hope that when you walk the road of reincarnation in the future, you will not blame your master."

Dugu Aotian froze, still not quite understanding what was happening. But in the next instant, intense pain surged from within his body.

He stared in shock at his body, which had somehow already been poisoned. Blood spilled from his mouth as his lips moved. Before he could say anything, he dissolved into a pile of bloody pus and merged into the Thousand Poison Flood Dragon's soul body.

Only two Spirit Bones and a Storage Soul Tool remained behind, gleaming brightly where they lay.

Elder Hui calmly used a Secret Art, tearfully absorbing all of his disciple's possessions. Then he turned to Tang Hao, who was rushing over in a burst of killing intent, and spoke rapidly:

"Fellow Daoist, the chief culprit has already been executed. There is no irreconcilable enmity between us that demands one of us must die. Rather than continue fighting and let others reap the benefits, why not divide the possessions of this person from another world between us?"

"Besides, I know where your wife is."

His voice carried a bewitching quality, whispering temptation into Tang Hao's ear. Any ordinary person who heard those words would find them reasonable and stop to consider them.

But Tang Hao, his eyes bloodshot with slaughter, merely flew above the Thousand Poison Flood Dragon with a low roar. Every soul ring on his body shone brightly.

He roared:

"Fourth Ring, explode!"

Boom!

The pitch-black Clear Sky Hammer suddenly expanded, transforming into a small mountain as it smashed down upon the Thousand Poison Flood Dragon!

The Thousand Poison Flood Dragon's expression changed drastically. Damn it, he hated brainless brutes who only knew how to charge head-on.

His body rose as he opened his mouth and spat fiercely at the Clear Sky Hammer. A torrential rain suddenly descended, mixed with terrifying venom as it surged toward the Clear Sky Hammer.

The rain was the rain of Call Wind and Rain, while the poison was the poison of his natal toxic mist.

Under the corrosion of rainwater and poisonous mist, even a small mountain would dissolve into a puddle of mud!

But Tang Hao paid no heed, roaring as he drove the Clear Sky Hammer down toward the Thousand Poison Flood Dragon.

Purple, black, black, black...

Every ring that could be exploded, he exploded!

All of them!

Boom!

All eight rings exploded at once. The enormous Clear Sky Hammer instantly crushed through the dense poisonous mist, smashing down with savage force and blasting a massive crater over fifty meters wide into the ground!

Dust surged into the air!

Fierce shockwaves swept outward like a tornado!

Blocking everyone's view.

Until—

Thud!

Tang Hao stomped his foot, and the Clear Sky Hammer scattered the shroud of dust. Panting heavily, he stood outside the crater.

He watched as the dust at the bottom of the crater dispersed, revealing the Thousand Poison Flood Dragon.

Its figure was incomparably illusory, as though it might dissipate into the air at any moment.

Yet it was clear that, lying at the bottom of the crater, the Thousand Poison Flood Dragon's draconic body writhed and trembled. Its forked tongue flickered, and it still had the strength to fight!

Tang Hao could not help but curse inwardly.

Damn it, why were these Transmigrators so hard to kill?

By all rights, even a Super Douluo would have been brought to their knees if they took that blow head-on.

Let alone the Thousand Poison Flood Dragon, whose aura should originally have only just reached the Titled Douluo level.

Those damn cheats with Golden Fingers were really infuriatingly enviable.

Tang Hao took a deep breath, suppressing the weakness in his body. With a wave of his hand, the Clear Sky Hammer reappeared in his grasp.

Just as he was about to finish off the Thousand Poison Flood Dragon below, the clouds in the sky parted slightly, revealing the dazzling sun. Sunlight poured down onto the incomparably illusory Thousand Poison Flood Dragon.

The Thousand Poison Flood Dragon, which had just been so difficult to kill and had been prepared to continue fighting Tang Hao to the death—

Now looked as if it had seen its natural enemy. Its face turned deathly pale, and its body twisted violently as it tried to evade.

But sunlight traveled too fast. Before Tang Hao could even react, the Thousand Poison Flood Dragon, which had been alive just moments ago, let out a terrified wail and vanished completely, its soul scattered.

Tang Hao froze, wondering whether the fellow was pulling some trick again—playing dead before escaping later.

However, after concentrating Soul Power in his eyes and carefully examining the bottom of the crater, Tang Hao discovered that not only had the Thousand Poison Flood Dragon's figure disappeared, even its aura was gone.

It had truly died completely.

"Could it be that it couldn't stand sunlight?" Tang Hao's expression was strange.

"Or was it that once a soul body became weakened, it could no longer withstand the sun?"

In some immortal cultivation worlds, souls were inherently yin in nature, so a blast of the supremely firm and yang sun would scatter them completely.

Only powerful souls could fearlessly walk beneath the sunlight.

The Thousand Poison Flood Dragon should have been one such powerful soul.

Unfortunately, that had been in the past.

Now—

Under the sun, all beings were equal. If it was meant to die, it would die.

Taking another deep breath and suppressing the weakness that came after Explode Ring, Tang Hao reached out and collected all the spoils at the bottom of the crater.

He stored them in his Storage Soul Tool.

Then, with a flash, he departed.

Since the Transmigrator who bore hostility toward him had already been killed, it was time for him to find somewhere to rest properly.

After killing someone, flee a thousand miles away, lest someone take advantage of the aftermath.

Besides, it was time to begin his treatment plan.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy, on a distant road.

An elderly man of average height and thin build suddenly appeared beside Ye Lingling and the others.

Looking at the chaotic traces of battle here, Meng Shenji frowned. "What happened?"