A Terrifying Blow

"Clear Sky Douluo, weren't you arrogant before? Didn't you say that might made right? Then let's see who dares come reason with me after I beat you to death."

Bai Yuan took a step forward, and the ground shattered beneath his foot.

"Boom!"

A fist of flesh and blood collided head-on with the Clear Sky Hammer.

Terrifying vibrations and energy erupted.

Yet unbelievably, Tang Hao was sent flying hundreds of meters by that plain, unadorned punch. The ground along his path collapsed completely, leaving him at an absolute disadvantage.

Level ninety-nine, a Peerless Douluo!

Tang Hao instantly determined Bai Yuan's strength.

"Bai Yuan, I admit that you're strong, but if we truly fight, your disciple will definitely die here!" The hand Tang Hao used to grip the Clear Sky Hammer trembled slightly.

The force behind Bai Yuan's punch was truly astounding. What shocked Tang Hao even more was that his opponent had not used a soul skill, nor had he even summoned a martial soul.

However, Tang Hao likely could not have imagined even in his dreams that Bai Yuan had no soul skills at all, much less a martial soul.

Bai Yuan gave a cold chuckle and extended his left hand. Bai Yu rose into the air out of nowhere until she sat atop his left palm.

"One hand is enough to suppress you!"

Bai Yu promptly wrapped her arms around Bai Yuan's neck, afraid she might accidentally fall and die from the aftershocks of the battle.

"Arrogant!" Tang Hao did not understand why Bai Yuan had suddenly become so powerful, but he could only force himself to fight.

A terrifying battle unfolded within the forest.

The earth collapsed amid one devastating clash after another.

Such an enormous disturbance left the soul masters still hunting in the Soul Hunting Forest trembling in fear. From far away, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San watched in utter shock as well.

"Teacher, what kind of powerful experts are fighting?"

Yu Xiaogang pondered for a moment, then said gravely, "At the very least, they are Titled Douluo-level experts. And they may not be ordinary Titled Douluo."

Neither of them could have guessed that one of the central figures in this great battle was Bai Yuan, the fraud in their eyes.

Terrifying power ravaged the heavens and earth. Thick, towering trees were as fragile as paper, shattering under the aftershocks of the collisions.

The once-flat ground had become a sinkhole hundreds of meters wide. The two fought from the ground into the sky, locked in an intense battle with neither able to gain the upper hand.

"This power doesn't belong to you, does it?" Tang Hao noticed something unusual about Bai Yuan and asked.

Bai Yuan said nothing, feeling rather frustrated. As a transmigrator with a system, he was actually being challenged by someone below his level.

There was nothing he could do. Bai Yuan did not know any spells yet and could only use one hand, relying entirely on his cultivation to suppress Tang Hao.

Of course, even if he used both hands, Bai Yuan could only gain an absolute upper hand. He still could not kill Tang Hao.

There was still a difference between power tempered through the years and power suddenly obtained.

Outwardly, however, Bai Yuan merely snorted. "So what if it doesn't belong to me? It's enough to kill you!"

Tang Hao's heart shook.

That was the power of a Peerless Douluo, yet someone could casually bestow it upon an ordinary person.

It was simply terrifying.

Tang Hao did not dare linger any longer. After withstanding Bai Yuan's punch, he circulated all his Soul Power and hurriedly flew toward the horizon.

He did not want to keep fighting.

Bai Yuan immediately panicked at the sight. He could feel the boundless Spiritual Qi within him, along with that flawless Golden Core, beginning to dissipate the moment Tang Hao turned to leave!

"I can't let him escape like this."

Bai Yuan hardened his heart as several thoughts flashed through his mind.

If he let Tang Hao go this time, and Tang Hao returned after sensing that Bai Yuan's power had vanished, both he and Bai Yu would die.

Without further hesitation, Bai Yuan struck Bai Yu's back with his palm.

"Bai Yu, use the strongest spell you know and kill him!"

A trace of confusion flashed through Bai Yu's innocent eyes.

Kill that person from before?

She was so weak right now. How could she kill him?

Bai Yu pushed aside the doubt in her heart. She only felt a vast surge of energy forcefully pour into her body from behind, filling her completely.

The sensation that she might explode at any moment arose in Bai Yu's mind.

"No, I have to release it."

Following Bai Yuan's instructions, Bai Yu formed a sun seal with her left hand and a moon seal with her right. It was as though the sun and moon appeared in her palms.

In an instant, terrifying power erupted.

In the distance, Tang Hao had already flown tens of thousands of meters away in mere seconds when he suddenly felt the aura of death rise in his heart.

He hurriedly looked back and saw a rotating Taiji Diagram, half black and half white, with white within black and black within white, descending to suppress him.

Tang Hao's expression turned incomparably grave. He burst sideways at full speed, trying to evade this attack.

Yet aside from drawing much closer to him, the Taiji Diagram showed no other change, still pressing straight down upon him.

There was no avoiding it!

A massive Clear Sky Hammer appeared out of thin air. Tang Hao gripped it tightly with both hands. In an instant, yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red—nine Soul Rings in total exploded at once!

Exploding Ring—among the Clear Sky Sect's Great Sumeru Hammer techniques, it was one of the most tyrannical ultimate arts. Every Soul Ring could be exploded once.

After a Soul Ring exploded, its power would erupt completely, instantly becoming one's own strength and merging into that attack.

It produced power far beyond one's original limits.

The higher the quality of the Soul Rings exploded, the greater their effect.

For Tang Hao to explode all nine rings at once was practically a desperate, life-or-death strike—and also his most powerful attack!

The massive Clear Sky Hammer collided with the Taiji Diagram.

Amid that terrifying clash, it seemed as though time itself had stopped. Everything between heaven and earth appeared frozen solid.

Suddenly, a deafening boom rang out. Mountains, rivers, and earth shattered in response, as though the world had fallen into an apocalypse, and the heavens and earth grew dim because of it.

The entire world seemed to tremble, frightening the nearby ordinary residents into fleeing in haste.

Soul Hunting Forest.

Bai Yuan drifted down gently. Looking at Bai Yu, who was exceedingly weak and lying limply in his arms, his heart ached terribly.

"Bai Yu, don't let anything happen to you!"

Bai Yuan knew that he had been too anxious just now.

That was why he had given Bai Yu the last of his spiritual power from the Peak Golden Core Stage. But there had been no other choice.

If he did not deal with Tang Hao, then once he lost that power, he would no longer have the qualifications to contend with Tang Hao.

"Master, I'm fine. It's just that your disciple probably didn't kill him and has disappointed Master," Bai Yu said weakly.

Bai Yuan froze, then let out a sigh of relief. "It's good that you're fine. Those things aren't important. Your master was too anxious this time. Your master isn't strong enough. Your master will definitely study spells diligently in the future."

With cultivation but no knowledge of spells, Bai Yuan did not even know what to say about himself. He possessed strength equivalent to a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, yet he still could not defeat Tang Hao.

Bai Yuan decisively fled with Bai Yu.

Since Bai Yu had failed to kill Tang Hao, Tang Hao could return at any time. Even if Tang Hao was severely wounded now, crushing two ants at the Qi Refining Third Layer would still be effortless.