Dragon Phoenix: Absolute Chant
In Holy Soul Village, Tang Hao, reeking of alcohol, kicked open the door.
He collapsed onto the bed, dead drunk. The stench of sweat had practically soaked into the bed frame.
As he slept, Tang San felt as if something sinister was pinning him down.
Tang Hao's sweat-soaked body pressed down on him, leaving him unable to move. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't get up.
"Dad..."
Tang San's short legs thrashed nonstop. His face gradually flushed red from lack of oxygen.
Just as Tang San felt he was about to suffocate, Tang Hao suddenly opened his eyes. His bleary gaze turned sharp.
He got to his feet and hitched up his pants, then glanced at Tang San, who was completely exhausted.
Tang Hao froze for a moment.
Then he walked out of the room.
High above Holy Soul Village, Ye Yuan'er flew past without a care in the world.
She sensed someone pursuing her.
Beneath her cloak, the corner of her mouth lifted slightly, though worry creased her brow.
I hope Xiao Wen's doing all right!
"Don't think you're getting away!"
Tang Hao chased after her with the Clear Sky Hammer in hand.
He had never imagined that Spirit Hall would find this remote, backwater place.
No matter what, he had to kill her.
If he let her escape, she would surely bring Spirit Hall's powerful fighters down on him.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Tang Hao gripped the Clear Sky Hammer as nine Spirit Rings rose in succession beneath his feet.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red.
When the ninth Spirit Ring appeared, the full power of a Titled Douluo burst forth.
Tang Hao accelerated. Just as he was about to catch up with Ye Lingyuan, he swung the Clear Sky Hammer down at her with crushing force.
Ye Yuan'er had never planned to run. If she didn't trade a few blows with him, she would arouse his suspicions.
As a deafening boom rang out, all nine Spirit Rings appeared at once.
Her Seventh Soul Ring lit up.
A powerful aura spread from Ye Yuan'er.
Tang Hao caught sight of her red Spirit Ring and was momentarily stunned.
But the arrow was already nocked; he had no choice but to let it fly. As the hammer came down, it struck the flames, which instantly scattered before rapidly gathering again. With a phoenix's cry, a Blazing Fire Phoenix soared out of the flames.
As the phoenix spread its wings and took flight, the violent force of the tornado it whipped up sent Tang Hao flying a hundred meters.
"Who are you?"
Tang Hao steadied himself in midair and stared at her in shock.
A Fire Phoenix Martial Soul!
Spirit Hall had never seen anyone like her, let alone a Titled Douluo with a red Spirit Ring just like his.
"And who are you?"
Ye Yuan'er changed back into human form. Still cloaked, she revealed only the flames dancing in her pupils.
Her hood concealed her figure, and her mask hid her face.
"Quit playing mysterious. Take off your hood!"
Tang Hao couldn't afford to worry about anything else. Whether or not she was from Spirit Hall, she had seen his Clear Sky Hammer.
She would soon work out who he was, and then Spirit Hall would come after him anyway.
"Hah. You're asking for death!"
Ye Yuan'er shouted angrily and instantly engaged him in battle.
She used a hit-and-run strategy, keeping as far away from Holy Soul Village as possible.
Meanwhile.
Hearing the sounds of battle, Su Wen hurried toward the back mountain of Holy Soul Village.
He remembered that Tang Hao had hidden the Blue Silver Emperor and the Blue Silver Emperor's Right Leg Bone in a cave behind a waterfall.
Finding the water was easy.
Su Wen reached the foot of the waterfall and casually raised a hand. A red Oil-paper Umbrella appeared in his grasp.
As he opened it, a cloud of red smoke drifted out.
"Hongdou, give me a hand. Take me to the cave inside."
The Ghost Bride floated before Su Wen, a chain of dark, netherworldly iron in her hand. A chilling aura surrounded her.
When her First Soul Ring lit up, the chain quickly grew and wrapped around Su Wen's waist. The flames that could set anything alight had no effect on him. The chain gently lifted him and carried him into the cave.
The Ghost Bride turned into a cloud of smoke and drifted back into the red Oil-paper Umbrella.
The damp cave was extremely dark.
Only a small hole let in a little light from outside.
The light fell directly on a Blue Silver Grass growing in the middle of the cave.
Su Wen walked up and found that this Blue Silver Grass looked slightly different from the ones outside. Golden patterns lined the inside of its stalk, and a faint aura of life surrounded it.
"This should be the Blue Silver Emperor!"
"Tsk, what a strange sight. A plant growing in a place like this only gets a brief moment of sunlight at sunset. It's lucky to be the Blue Silver Emperor. Ordinary Blue Silver Grass would probably have withered long ago."
"I wonder if Tang Hao planted you here hoping you'd recover to a hundred thousand years, or hoping you wouldn't."
As Su Wen muttered, he kept scanning the area.
The Blue Silver Emperor's Spirit Bone should be nearby.
Tang Hao hadn't absorbed it.
That was entirely because he already had a full set of Spirit Bones.
Su Wen called Hongdou out to help him search.
When Hongdou appeared, the Blue Silver Emperor's branches clearly shrank back.
"Oh? It's conscious. Is that instinct, or the Blue Silver Emperor's own awareness?"
Su Wen reached out and tugged at the Blue Silver Emperor. It immediately slapped the back of his hand with a branch.
Su Wen simply pulled it out of the ground, roots and all.
The Blue Silver Emperor struggled fiercely, its branches beating at him nonstop,
but it was utterly powerless.
Su Wen stuffed the Blue Silver Emperor into his Soul Tool. Hongdou floated over, holding a lead box.
Su Wen's eyes lit up, and he eagerly opened it.
Inside lay a Spirit Bone that was blue-gold all over,
radiating an intense aura of life.
"Got the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. Hongdou, let's go."
Just as Su Wen turned around, he suddenly remembered something.
He took a Blue Silver Grass he had prepared earlier out of his Soul Tool and planted it where the Blue Silver Emperor had been, restoring the surroundings to how they had looked before.
He took the Spirit Bone and put the lead box back where it had been.
That Blue Silver Grass might fool Tang Hao. And if it didn't, Su Wen hadn't lost anything.
After leaving the cave, Su Wen sped away at full tilt, putting as much distance as he could between himself and Holy Soul Village.
Hongdou floated behind him in her blood-red wedding dress, looking terrifyingly eerie.
Tang Hao was still keeping Ye Yuan'er occupied.
As Ye Yuan'er's Sixth Soul Ring blazed, the enormous phantom of a Fire Phoenix appeared above Tang Hao. The phoenix spat out a pillar of flame.
Its wings beat, whipping up tornado after tornado. In a terrifying instant, a sea of fire surrounded them, the heat soaring.
"Luan Pi Feng Hammer!"
Tang Hao swung the Clear Sky Hammer from side to side, turning the force against his opponents. He knocked the tornadoes and pillars of flame aside as they struck, each blow stronger than the last.
Ye Yuan'er could tell the time she had agreed on with Su Wen was up.
But she was worried they hadn't had enough time, so she continued to stall Tang Hao for another half a stick of incense before leaving.
As Ye Yuan'er watched Tang Hao grow stronger with every exchange, her caution deepened.
"Ninth Soul Skill: Dragon Phoenix Absolute Chant!"
As Ye Yuan'er's red Spirit Ring flashed, a violent blaze suddenly erupted, taking the shape of a Fire Phoenix that blotted out the sky. A phantom fire dragon coiled around it.
At the phoenix's appearance, the sky filled with burning red clouds. Its domineering, savage, and cruel aura swept across the world.
The Fire Phoenix spread its wings and soared. Everything in its path turned into a sea of fire.
It let out a phoenix cry at Tang Hao, its eyes burning with a desperate resolve to perish alongside him.
"Ring Detonation!"
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