Clear Sky Hammer

The battlefield was thick with smoke.

Although Su Yun had just wiped out most of the fodder, the most infuriating thing about Plant-type Soul Beasts was that they really were like chives: cut down one patch, and another would grow right back.

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

The ground bulged again as more Jade Marble Flowers and Frost Breath Grass sprouted from blind spots on both sides. Another dense barrage sealed off Tang San's path forward.

Tang San's movement technique was bizarre, but under this indiscriminate, saturating barrage, even he was looking a little ragged.

He pushed Purple Extreme Demon Eye to its limit. His eyes even reddened slightly from the strain.

"Damn it... There are too many! I can't get through!"

Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to narrowly dodge two ice balls, only to be knocked off balance by a Nut Beast slamming into him from the side. He was about to be surrounded.

Just then.

A voice cut through the battlefield's clamor and rang clearly in Tang San's ears.

"Xiao San, I'm coming to help!"

Tang San turned around instinctively.

Su Yun stood proudly amid the billowing smoke, holding a gun in one hand.

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

Humm!

The scholar phantom transformed into a surge of righteous energy and crossed dozens of meters in an instant, hovering lightly behind Tang San.

"Since you've seen the future, why not bow before it?"

Boom!

The instant the scholar phantom took its place, Tang San felt as if a cool spring had poured into his mind.

The nerves that had grown sore and swollen from his intense calculations relaxed at once. Then the world before his eyes... changed completely.

The chaotic seeds and ice balls flying everywhere suddenly seemed incredibly slow in Tang San's sight.

A clear red line extended from the front of every projectile, tracing its future trajectory.

"This is... the world as Big Brother Su sees it?"

Tang San was so shocked he could hardly believe it.

How was this a battle?

It was like solving a problem with the answer key in hand!

In this field of vision, every move the enemy made was like a clumsy rehearsal!

"What are you staring at? Hurry up and attack!"

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

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Su Yun was like an unstoppable bulldozer.

He didn't need to aim. The scholar phantom beside him pointed, and he fired.

Every time a high-explosive shell left the barrel, it was followed by a violent blast that blew apart the plants trying to block Tang San.

He blasted a path through the airtight plant defenses, carving a route straight to the Boss!

"Right!"

Tang San's eyes sharpened. He stepped into Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and shot forward like a black bolt of lightning along the path Su Yun had opened.

This time, he wasn't just taking a beating.

An ice ball flew straight at him, but Tang San didn't even slow down. He merely tilted his head slightly in accordance with the red line.

Whoosh! The ice ball skimmed past his ear without even touching a strand of hair.

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

Tang San ran faster and faster, exhilaration surging through him beyond words.

He and Su Yun were like two blades, one behind the other, piercing through the plant army's defenses in an instant!

"Roar—!!"

As the tiny human charged right up to it, the Golden Sun Crown Sunflower went completely berserk.

This four-hundred-year-old king among Plant-type Soul Beasts sensed a deadly threat.

Its crimson-gold flower head spun furiously. The flames around its petals drew inward, and the solar energy it had been building up erupted into a thick golden heat ray. Hot enough to melt steel, it bore down on Tang San!

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

Yu Xiaogang shouted in terror from a distance. "Dodge! You'll be reduced to ashes!"

Dodge? That word wasn't in Tang San's dictionary anymore.

"Big Brother Su!" Tang San shouted without looking back.

"Got it!" Su Yun's lips curled as he suddenly flung up his left hand.

Pfft—!

Two specially made tactical smoke grenades burst against the Golden Sun Crown Sunflower's face, and thick white smoke instantly blocked its vision.

At the same time, Su Yun unleashed a full barrage from his AA-12. A string of high-explosive shells hammered the point where the Golden Sun Crown Sunflower's stalk connected, and the violent shaking interrupted its attack.

Szzzt—!

Deprived of its vision and stability, the beam instantly veered off course. It swept over the ground beside Tang San, vitrifying the soil and sending up wisps of smoke.

Tang San had already used the opening to leap high into the air, landing in front of the Golden Sun Crown Sunflower's main stalk.

"Silent Sleeve Arrow!"

Using the smoke as cover, Tang San rushed up to the Golden Sun Crown Sunflower. His wrist flicked, and three Bone-Piercing Nails shot toward the vulnerable joints in its crimson-gold stalk.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Three crisp, despairing impacts rang out.

The Bone-Piercing Nails, powerful enough to pierce iron plates, struck its crimson-gold skin and merely threw off a few sparks before bouncing away uselessly. They didn't even leave a white mark!

"What?!"

Tang San's pupils contracted sharply.

"Roar—!"

Although the Golden Sun Crown Sunflower's attack had been interrupted, its physical defense was still impenetrable.

It swung its huge leaves like two broad, sword-shaped doors, sweeping toward Tang San with a roar of wind.

Tang San's gaze turned razor-sharp.

At this life-or-death moment, even the warning that he must never reveal his Twin Martial Souls was pushed aside.

There was only one choice.

Tang San twisted in midair, dodging the sweeping leaves.

The purple light in his eyes surged. His left hand, which had been gripping a Hidden Weapon, opened, and a heart-stirring black glow welled up in his palm.

Without the slightest hesitation.

Without holding back at all.

Humm!

The air suddenly grew heavy.

A jet-black hammer appeared in Tang San's left hand. Its head was as large as a bucket, and it was entirely unadorned.

It had no Soul Rings, and looked plain and unremarkable. Yet the moment it appeared, the domineering pressure crushed the falling leaves around it into powder.

Clear Sky Hammer!

"Break... for me!!"

Tang San gripped the handle with both hands and forced his body to twist halfway around in midair. He poured all the Mysterious Heaven Skill inner power in his body into the strike, drawing on the immense force of his fall.

Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer!

Clang—!!!

A thunderous crash shook the mountain forest.

The crimson-gold stalk finally gave way before the Clear Sky Hammer's unreasonable, overwhelming force.

Its outer layer split apart, and its fibers snapped!

"Eee—"

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

Its blazing golden flames quickly dimmed. Its leaves withered, and it was left twitching faintly on the ground, clinging to its last breath.

"W-We... won?!"

The four members of Red Hair's Group, hiding in the distance, gaped in disbelief.

Yu Xiaogang plopped down on the ground. He stared blankly at the hammer in Tang San's hand, his lips trembling.

"Clear Sky... That's the Clear Sky..."