You Will Meet a Terrible End

"Do the two Elders truly intend to do this?"

Tang Xiao's expression was incredibly grim.

The Great Elder and the Sixth Elder were not weak; if the two of them joined forces, he would truly be unable to break free for some time.

The Title Douluo of the Martial Soul Hall were still hiding in the shadows. If they fought to the death here and the opposition took advantage of the situation, the Clear Sky Sect would truly be in trouble!

"Sect Master, this matter..."

"Big Brother, stop wasting your breath. To protect his own brother, Tang Xiao has treated our juniors like cannon fodder. Old Seven's son died in battle just yesterday." The Sixth Elder interrupted the Great Elder's defense.

"Tang Xiao! Come!"

"This..." The Great Elder looked bewildered.

What the hell is even going on?

Has Old Six actually joined forces with the Martial Soul Hall?

"If that is the case, then Tang Xiao will have to offend you!" Hearing the Sixth Elder's resolute words and connecting them to what had just happened, Tang Xiao knew that this battle was unavoidable.

To prevent the Martial Soul Hall's Title Douluo from taking advantage of the opening, he had no choice but to strike first!

"Clear Sky Avatar!"

A black Spirit Ring flashed violently. The Clear Sky Hammer in Tang Xiao's hand instantly transformed into a giant hammer over a hundred meters long, hovering in the air.

A terrifying power brewed in Tang Xiao's hands, and the entire battlefield was shrouded in this immense pressure.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei, hiding in the shadows, looked grave.

It was fortunate they hadn't attacked directly. Tang Xiao had been a Title Douluo for many years, and his strength was even above that of Tang Hao. If they had struck first, they feared they would have repeated the tragedy from before.

However, looking at Nan Feng, who was still sitting on the battlefield without moving, the two of them exchanged a glance, filled with admiration!

As expected of the Pope's little lover!

He could remain calm even when facing the Martial Soul Avatar unleashed by a Title Douluo powerhouse!

"..."

On the battlefield, looking at the towering giant hammer only a few hundred meters away, Nan Feng was having a mental breakdown!

Damn it! Gui Mei! Save me!

His Spiritual Power was overdrawn; he didn't even have the strength to stand up right now!

He didn't even have the strength to scream for help, let alone run!

Damn it!

If Tang Xiao happened to take a whim and swung his Hammer in his direction, he would be shattered to pieces!

Damn it! He only had nine charges of Name Blade left!

In a battle between a Title Douluo and a Spirit Douluo, even a stray ripple hitting him would definitely be a fatal wound!

F***!!!

Gui Mei! Are you freaking blind?!

Come and save me, damn it!!

"That kid is a bit interesting," Guang Ling chuckled.

"In this kind of situation, even an average person would run faster than a rabbit just from watching, yet he isn't even the slightest bit panicked."

The pressure from Tang Xiao's Clear Sky Hammer was enough to crush a Spirit Saint with its aura alone; even a Spirit Douluo would instinctively flee when faced with such a scene.

To face this head-on and show no reaction—although his cultivation level isn't high, his state of mind is far beyond that of an ordinary person.

"I wonder where Bibi Dong found him," Golden Crocodile said, a look of contemplation on his face.

"What, Second Brother, are you thinking of poaching him?" Guang Ling said.

"It's not impossible," Golden Crocodile replied.

"Whatever Bibi Dong can give him, we can give as well. And what we can give, Bibi Dong might not necessarily be able to."

Qian Xunji died at the hands of Bibi Dong; Qian Daoliu had already told him about this. After all, losing a son in his old age brought a bitterness to his heart that he needed someone to talk to.

Within Martial Soul Hall, he was considered an elder to Qian Daoliu, and thus became the target for this outpouring of grief.

Although Qian Daoliu had placed Bibi Dong on the throne of Pope, it didn't mean he truly supported it; it was simply because he couldn't find a suitable candidate at the time.

The other High Priests were all focused on cultivation and knew nothing about politics, and he himself was too old—over a hundred, nearly two hundred years old—so Qian Daoliu felt bad about asking him to come out of retirement.

As for the other Title Douluo elders in the Elder Hall, those he could trust didn't have the ability, and those who had the ability, he dared not use.

After all was said and done, only Bibi Dong was the most suitable.

Anyway, they were just watching from the sidelines. If Bibi Dong didn't have the capability, the Elder Hall could convene a meeting at any time to strip her of her position as Pope.

However, due to their own personal agendas, they didn't actually want Bibi Dong to sit firmly in that position.

After all, it was they who had proposed pushing Bibi Dong up. If this woman truly had the capability, then unless she committed some major error, even they couldn't strip Bibi Dong of her position as Pope for no reason.

Unclear rewards and punishments easily lead to instability within the Martial Soul Hall, not to mention when the person in question is the Pope.

If even the Pope can be dismissed for no reason, what would the people below think?

After working so hard, if someone can just strip you of your position with a single word, once that kind of panic sets in, who would still be willing to work for the Martial Soul Hall?

Regarding Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu's attitude was complex; he both hoped she would do well and yet did not truly want her to succeed.

Now, he could see that Bibi Dong held this boy, who had appeared out of nowhere, in high regard. Even the two Title Douluo, Ju and Gui, treated him with great respect. He truly did not want to yield such a capable person to Bibi Dong...

"Tang Xiao! I didn't expect you to eliminate dissent at a time like this!"

A Title Douluo is a Title Douluo after all. Although Tang Xiao was fighting two opponents at once, the Great Elder and the Sixth Elder were actually in a state of confusion and were not truly fighting with their full strength. Tang Xiao, however, was worried about a sneak attack from the Martial Soul Hall hidden in the shadows. He was focused on a quick victory so he could rush back to the sect to stabilize the situation and, incidentally, find out if any other elders had leaned toward the Martial Soul Hall, so he did not hold back.

In less than ten rounds, the Great Elder and the Sixth Elder were defeated. The Sixth Elder, in particular, took a heavy blow from the hammer and was severely injured on the spot.

"We've reached this point, Sixth Elder; there's no need to keep up the pretense." Tang Xiao's attitude was extremely cold.

He never imagined that these elders would be so muddled as to think of defecting to the Martial Soul Hall just to avoid a fight!

"Heh!" The Sixth Elder sneered.

Things had reached this point, and he could see that Tang Xiao would not let them go. After all, if a Sect Master kills his own elders, unless he leaves no witnesses, once they returned to the sect and the other elders joined forces to oppose him, Tang Xiao would not be able to keep his position as Sect Master.

"Tang Xiao, I thought you were a steady man. I never expected you to strike such heavy blows against the sect's elders just because of a few provocative words from the Martial Soul Hall." The elderly Great Elder was also about to explode with rage.

He and the Sixth Elder clearly hadn't been using their full strength earlier; they had been holding back. He hadn't expected Tang Xiao to go for the kill right from the start!

They had been at a disadvantage from the opening move, suppressed in both momentum and technique. Even if they had regained their senses and wanted to exert their power, it was already too late.

"..."

Seeing the reaction of the two elders and connecting it to the power he felt during the battle, Tang Xiao suddenly felt a bit unsure of himself.

Could it be that he had misunderstood?

Were the two elders merely trying to feign infighting to lure out the Title Douluo elders of the Martial Soul Hall?

Damn it! That must be it!

Even if the Sixth Elder held a grudge against Tang Hao, the Great Elder was a man of high virtue and prestige; it was absolutely impossible for him to be mixed up with the Martial Soul Hall!

But why didn't they inform him of such a plan beforehand!

Thinking of this, Tang Xiao put away his Clear Sky Hammer and walked quickly toward the Great Elder, asking via voice transmission: "Great Elder, if there was a plan, why didn't you tell me first?"

A plan?

The Great Elder spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot.

I don't have a damn plan!

"Big Brother! Watch out!" the Sixth Elder shouted.

"This Tang Xiao must be determined to protect Tang Hao at all costs, so he wants to kill us here! Once he returns to the sect, he can use this as a pretext to cast suspicion on the other elders and justify protecting Tang Hao!"

"I..." Tang Xiao was stunned. Before he could say anything, a sudden palpitation struck him. He saw that the Great Elder, whom he had been supporting, had summoned his Clear Sky Hammer at some point and was about to smash it down onto him.

"Damn it!" Tang Xiao's fury burned. He hurriedly dodged to put some distance between them, bringing out his own Clear Sky Hammer as a black Spirit Ring lit up.

This time, Tang Xiao held nothing back, swinging his hammer down toward the Great Elder's head.

Before the Great Elder, who had just regained his senses, could react, Tang Xiao's massive hammer had already descended.

BOOM!!!

"Big Brother!!"

Watching the Great Elder get smashed to death by Tang Xiao's hammer, the Sixth Elder broke down. He summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, concentrated all his power, activated his Clear Sky Avatar, and threw everything he had into a strike aimed at Tang Xiao.

Seeing this, the last shred of doubt in Tang Xiao's heart vanished.

However, even he dared not take the Sixth Elder's desperate final counterattack head-on.

Considering the Title Douluo secretly lying in ambush for Martial Soul Hall, Tang Xiao feigned activating his Clear Sky Avatar to clash with the Sixth Elder, but at the moment of impact, he rapidly withdrew his power and fled the battlefield!

BOOM!!!

The Sixth Elder's full-force strike missed, slamming into the ground and creating a massive crater in the center of the battlefield.

"Tang Xiao!!!"

"You will die a horrible death!!"

With one final, furious curse, the Sixth Elder spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed heavily to the ground.

There was no more sound.

At this moment, the sun had completely set.

The world fell into absolute silence.