Tang Hao's Collapse

He arrived at the stone and Tang Hao could clearly see the three words on it: "Clear Sky Tomb".

At this moment, Tang Hao's pupils contracted sharply. A reality he couldn't believe lay before him.

The Clear Sky Sect had been annihilated, and they had deliberately placed this stone inscribed with "Clear Sky Tomb" here as a form of humiliation.

Tang San caught up and also saw the three words, but he didn't understand.

He thought they had come to the wrong place, to the cemetery where the Clear Sky Sect buried their clansmen. But he didn't see any graves here either.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, Tang Hao shouted, his Spirit Power surging. The resulting Spirit Power Pressure instantly pinned Tang San to the ground.

His face was pressed into the snow, making it extremely difficult to breathe, let alone speak.

What exactly happened? Why did Father suddenly go crazy!

Someone save me, I don't want to die so miserably!

If he were to suffocate to death in the snow, it would certainly be a first.

Puff! Tang Hao's Spirit Power faltered, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. Clearly, his rage had aggravated an old injury.

Tang San felt the pressure on him vanish abruptly and quickly scrambled to his feet, gasping for air.

"Hoo! Hoo! Thankfully, thankfully, I'm alive."

After calming his breathing, he looked at Tang Hao again and saw him spitting blood. He hurried over to support him.

"Father, what's wrong? What happened?"

"Cough... cough, go! Take out the Clear Sky Hammer and smash that stone for me."

Although he didn't understand why, Tang San still obeyed Tang Hao's command.

"Yes, Father."

Summoning his martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang San swung it with all his might.

Boom! A small piece of the stone broke off. Although the stone wasn't made of any special material, with Tang San's current strength, smashing it with one hammer blow was a pipe dream.

After chipping away for half an hour, only half of it was broken.

Tang Hao, having recovered some strength, walked over and pushed Tang San aside.

"Move aside!"

Tang Hao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and, with a furious blow, smashed the remaining half to pieces.

From the shattered stones, a scroll popped out, landing right in front of Tang San. Tang San casually grabbed it.

He looked up at Tang Hao, who snatched the scroll away.

This scroll was naturally left by Xiao Chenlong, containing a message for Tang Hao and his son.

"The Clear Sky Sect has been destroyed. You father and son are now completely homeless stray dogs. How does that feel?"

"I can also tell you that the Clear Sky Sect was destroyed because of you, Tang Hao. If it weren't for you, the Clear Sky Sect would surely have returned intact. When you die, I wonder if you'll have the face to meet your ancestors."

"Oh, and the bodies of your Elder Brother Tang Xiao and the five elders have no one to collect them. They are scattered near that rock. I hope you didn't accidentally turn your Elder Brother into scattered dust and bones."

"If you want to find me, you can come anytime. I am at the Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City. Signed, Holy Lord."

"Ah!"

Tang Hao, filled with rage, tore the scroll to shreds. The moment the scroll was torn, poison gas spread out.

In his fury, Tang Hao didn't expect this at all and inhaled the poison gas without hesitation.

The poison acted extremely quickly. Tang Hao immediately felt dizzy. Tang San reacted, realizing this technique of hiding poison in a letter was clearly Tang Sect Methods.

But there was no time for him to think. Tang San quickly dragged Tang Hao out of the poison gas range and then tried to find a way to detoxify him.

Tang San unbuttoned Tang Hao's clothes and saw that his skin had turned a dark blue-black. He thought, Such potent poison! And I've never seen it before. We can only leave it to Heaven's Will.

Tang San took out a small knife and made an incision along a vein to let Tang Hao bleed, expelling the poisoned blood. This was the most direct and effective method.

This poison, besides using Tang Sect Methods, also had a bit of the Holy Lord's magic mixed in.

Ordinary detoxification methods would be useless. However, Tang San's direct bloodletting for Tang Hao was indeed effective, but it could only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.

After Tang San let Tang Hao bleed out the poisoned blood and gave him a Detox Pill he had personally concocted, all they could do was wait for Tang Hao to wake up on his own.

Up to this point, Tang San still didn't understand what had happened, but from Tang Hao's reaction, he could guess one or two things: the Clear Sky Sect might already be gone.

Tang San was now almost despairing about his own future.

Meanwhile, in the Star Luo Empire, the Star Luo Emperor received a letter from Emperor Xue Ye. The letter asked the Star Luo Empire to send people to discuss matters regarding the All-Continent High-Level Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.

The Star Luo Emperor found it a bit strange. What was there to discuss about this matter? They should just follow the original regulations.

"Could it be that old fellow Xue Ye thinks the Heaven Dou Empire doesn't have any decent contestants this year, so he wants to change the rules?"

This thought was quite normal. The host of each tournament would add some harmless rules that were beneficial to them.

However, usually, such minor rule changes wouldn't require a special discussion.

Since it was a personal letter from Emperor Xue Ye, the Star Luo Empire had to show some respect.

So, the Star Luo Empire summoned Duke Youming.

"Your Majesty!"

"Mm, take a look at this letter."

After Duke Youming finished reading, he looked at the Star Luo Emperor.

"Your Majesty means for me to make a trip."

"Mm, that's right. Not just you, have Davis and your Eldest Daughter go along as well."

"Yes, I understand."

"Good. Absolutely do not let me, the Star Luo Empire, lose face."

The letter from Emperor Xue Ye was naturally arranged by Xiao Chenlong. For this All-Continent High-Level Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, he wanted to involve the sect powers, just like in the Peerless Tang Sect era.

Using this tournament as a springboard, he would gather the major and minor sects of the Douluo Continent, as well as the Spirit Master Academies, and establish some rules under the name of Spirit Hall.

As for who the Star Luo Empire would send to discuss this matter, Xiao Chenlong didn't care at all. No matter who it was, they couldn't change the plan he had set.

At the same time, Xiao Chenlong also published the news of the Annihilate Clear Sky Sect by Spirit Hall, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect in the newspapers.

And after this information spread, the shock to the Spirit Master World was immense.

The Clear Sky Sect had a formidable reputation throughout the entire Spirit Master World. To be annihilated so quietly, some found it hard to believe, but most people did.

After all, Spirit Hall, in alliance with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, indeed possessed the strength to destroy the Clear Sky Sect.

The original Lower Four Sects, upon seeing this news, also harbored different thoughts.

Spirit Hall, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect must have paid a considerable price to annihilate the Clear Sky Sect.

Perhaps their Lower Four Sects could seize this opportunity to contend for the position of the Upper Three Sects.

However, the Lower Four Sects would never have imagined that the annihilation of the Clear Sky Sect incurred no losses whatsoever for Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, or the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.