Clear Sky Hammer

The battlefield was thick with smoke.

Although Su Yun had cleared out most of the miscellaneous enemies with that last wave, the most disgusting thing about plant-type soul beasts was that they truly were like chives—cut one batch, and another grew right back.

"Puff puff puff!"

The ground bulged again as more Jade Marble Flowers and Frost Breath Grass emerged from blind spots on both sides, their dense barrages once again sealing off Tang San's path forward.

Despite his uncanny movement technique, Tang San looked somewhat harried under this indiscriminate, saturation-level blanket attack.

His Purple Extreme Demon Eye operated at full capacity, the corners of his eyes even flushing red from the strain.

"Damn... too many of them! I can't break through!"

Tang San barely dodged two ice orbs with a Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, only to have his momentum halted by a Nut Beast slamming into him from the side. He was on the verge of being surrounded.

Just then.

A voice cut through the clamor of battle, ringing clearly in Tang San's ears.

"Xiao San, I'll help you!"

Tang San turned his head instinctively.

He saw Su Yun standing proudly amidst the swirling smoke, holding his gun with one hand.

Among the three scholar projections floating beside him, one suddenly closed the bamboo scroll in its hands.

Hum!

That scholar projection transformed into a surge of righteous energy, instantly crossing dozens of meters to hover lightly behind Tang San.

"Since you see the future, why not bow?"

Boom!

The moment the scholar projection took its place, Tang San felt as if a cool spring had been injected into his brain.

The soreness in his nerves from the intense calculations instantly eased, and then... the world in his eyes changed completely.

The once chaotic, flying pea seeds and ice orbs suddenly became excruciatingly slow in Tang San's vision.

In front of each projectile, a clear red dashed line extended—their future trajectories.

"Is this... the world Brother Su sees?"

Tang San's heart was shaken beyond words.

How was this a battle?

It was like taking a test with the answer key right in front of you!

In this field of vision, every enemy move looked like a clumsy rehearsal!

"What are you spacing out for? Get moving!"

Su Yun's sharp shout came, followed by the low roar of the AA-12 shotgun in his hands.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Su Yun was like a relentless bulldozer.

He didn't need to aim; the scholar projection beside him pointed wherever to shoot.

Every high-explosive shell that left the barrel was accompanied by a violent explosion, shredding several plants that tried to block Tang San into countless fragments.

He forcibly tore open a path through the impenetrable plant defense line with gunpowder, straight toward the Boss!

"Yes!"

Tang San's eyes sharpened. Stepping into Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, he turned into a black lightning bolt, charging out along the path Su Yun had carved.

This time, he was no longer on the defensive.

An ice orb flew straight at him. Tang San didn't even slow down; he simply tilted his head slightly as the red line indicated.

Whoosh!

The ice orb grazed past his ear without touching a single strand of hair.

"So this is... the realm of omniscience?"

Tang San ran faster and faster, the exhilaration in his heart beyond words.

He and Su Yun, one ahead and one behind, pierced through the plant army's defenses like two sharp blades!

"Roar—!!"

Seeing the insignificant human charge right up to it, the Golden Sun Crown Sunflower went completely berserk.

This four-hundred-year plant king sensed a lethal threat.

Its crimson-gold flower disk spun wildly, the light flames at the edges of its petals contracting instantly. The accumulated solar energy condensed into a thick, golden heat ray, carrying enough heat to melt steel, bearing down on Tang San's head!

"Watch out! That's Concentrated Solar Flame!"

Yu Xiaogang shouted in terror from afar, "Dodge! It'll turn you to ash!"

Dodge? That word no longer existed in Tang San's dictionary.

"Brother Su!" Tang San shouted without turning his head.

"Got it!" Su Yun's lips curled slightly as his left hand snapped upward.

Puff—!

Two specially made tactical smoke grenades burst open right on the Golden Sun Crown Sunflower's massive face, thick white smoke instantly blinding its vision.

At the same time, Su Yun's AA-12 opened up at full power, a chain of high-explosive rounds slamming into the connecting point of the Golden Sun Crown Sunflower's stem. The violent tremors interrupted its spellcasting.

Zzz—!

Deprived of both sight and stability, the light beam shot wide, grazing past Tang San's body and scorching the ground. The soil instantly vitrified, wisps of green smoke rising.

And Tang San, using that opening, had already leaped high into the air, landing right before the Golden Sun Crown Sunflower's main stem.

"Silent Sleeve Arrow!"

Shrouded by the smoke, Tang San charged to the front of the Golden Sun Crown Sunflower. His wrists twisted, and three Bone-Piercing Nails shot out, aiming straight for the weak joints of that red-gold stem.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Three crisp, despair-inducing impacts rang out.

The Bone-Piercing Nails, strong enough to punch through iron plates, struck that red-gold skin—only to spark a few tiny flecks of light before bouncing off weakly. Not even a white scratch remained!

"What?!"

Tang San's pupils contracted sharply.

"Roar—!"

Though its spellcasting had been interrupted, the Golden Sun Crown Sunflower's physical defense remained unbreakable.

It swung its enormous leaves like two broad door-plank greatswords, howling through the air as they swept toward Tang San.

Tang San's gaze turned razor-sharp in an instant.

At this life-or-death moment, even the teaching that Twin Martial Souls must never be revealed was temporarily set aside.

There was only one option left.

Tang San twisted sharply midair, dodging the leaf's horizontal sweep.

The purple light in his eyes flared. His left hand, which had been gripping hidden weapons, released them. In his palm, a chilling jet-black radiance surged forth.

No hesitation.

No holding back.

Hum!

The air suddenly grew heavy.

A pitch-black hammer, its head as large as a bucket, completely unadorned with any patterns, materialized in Tang San's left hand.

Though it bore no Soul Rings, though it looked plain and unassuming, the moment it appeared, the falling leaves around him were instantly crushed to powder by that overbearing pressure.

Clear Sky Hammer!

"Break... for me!!"

Tang San gripped the hammer handle with both hands, twisting his body half a turn in the air. Harnessing the immense potential energy of his descent, he poured every ounce of his Mysterious Heaven Skill internal energy into this single strike.

Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer!

Dong—!!!

A thunderous roar shook the forest.

That red-gold stem, faced with the sheer, unreasonable brute force of the Clear Sky Hammer, finally gave way.

Its skin cracked. Its fibers snapped!

"Eee—"

The Golden Sun Crown Sunflower let out a shrill, mournful cry. Its massive flower head lost support and crashed to the ground with a heavy thud, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The golden flame that had blazed on it dimmed rapidly. Its leaves withered. It lay there, twitching faintly, clinging to its last breath.

"W-We... won?!"

Red Hair's Group, hiding in the distance, watched with their jaws practically unhinged.

Yu Xiaogang slumped to the ground, staring blankly at the hammer in Tang San's hand, his lips trembling.

"Clear Sky... that's Clear Sky..."