"I am not reconciled, I am not reconciled to just killing you to take your ring like that!"
"If I did that, I would never have peace of mind! So I want to force you, force you to offer yourself as a sacrifice to me voluntarily!"
"This way, I can obtain your spirit ring and spirit bone with a clear conscience, and even carry the good reputation of having fought against Martial Soul Hall for love!"
"Hahahaha... I, Tang Hao, am truly a genius, am I not?"
He laughed, yet tears rolled down his scruffy, bearded cheeks.
"But I was wrong... I was wrong, so terribly wrong..."
"In all these years, I haven't had a single good night's sleep. Every time I close my eyes, it's the image of you sacrificing yourself, the faces of those scumbags from Martial Soul Hall that I smashed to death!"
"In my dreams, they question me: why... why was it me who led them there!"
"Ah Yin, I am in so much pain, I am truly in so much pain..."
"Will you forgive me, please? I beg you, forgive me..."
The man sobbed uncontrollably, burying his head between his knees, his body convulsing violently.
And before him, that stalk of Blue Silver Grass named Ah Yin had stopped trembling.
A silent, extreme sorrow and agony began to permeate from its fragile leaves.
So that was it.
So, that so-called meeting, knowing, and loving, from beginning to end, was nothing more than a meticulously planned deception.
So, the pursuit by Martial Soul Hall had been guided by his own hand.
Her own sacrifice, her own offering, in the end, had only served to fulfill his scheme to obtain a spirit ring.
Regret.
Endless regret drowned her remaining consciousness.
Regret for why she had been deceived by this man's flowery words back then.
Following it came monstrous hatred.
The intensity of the hatred was so strong that the golden veins of the entire Blue Silver Grass dimmed, as if it might wither at any moment.
Just then.
Tang Hao, immersed in his pain, suddenly raised his head, a sharp light erupting from his turbid eyes.
He felt it.
Two powerful auras were approaching.
"..."
Tang Hao rose abruptly, gripping the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand, and looked vigilantly in the direction from which the auras came.
In his line of sight, a cyan figure approached from afar, walking with leisurely steps, reaching the hillside in just a few strides.
The newcomer was a youth who looked extremely young, dressed in cyan robes, his temperament transcendent and refined.
Tang Hao's pupils constricted sharply.
This attire, this aura of closeness to nature...
It was actually someone from the Heaven Dou Empire!
Tang Hao's pupils constricted sharply.
The person who had come was not a guard of the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family, but a Title Douluo from the Elder Hall of Martial Soul Hall!
The one on the left, with a lean figure like a javelin, was none other than the Snake Lance Douluo, whose martial soul was a snake lance.
The one on the right, with a strange and treacherous aura, was the Pufferfish Douluo, whose martial soul was a Pufferfish.
The two great offerings of Martial Soul Hall had actually appeared here together.
And the one who made these two willing to stay behind him was the youth in the lead.
The youth looked to be only about twenty years old, wearing a light golden combat suit, a purple-gold crown on his head, his face like fine jade, his temperament graceful and noble, carrying an innate aura of a superior in every gesture.
Only those eyes, clearly as clear as water, revealed a depth inconsistent with his age, and... bone-deep hatred.
Tang Hao was certain he had never seen this youth before.
Where did this hatred come from?
At this moment.
Qian Renxue, disguised as the Heaven Dou Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, felt her heart beating violently.
It was him!
It was this man!
The culprit who caused her father's death, forced her to live in pain, and made her lose her father's love from a young age!
Even though he was scruffy and decadent right now, Qian Renxue would never forget that face, that incomparably overbearing aura, for the rest of her life!
She clenched her fists so tightly that her nails almost embedded into her palms, only then barely suppressing the urge to tear him to pieces on the spot.
"Tang Hao."
Qian Renxue spoke slowly, her voice clear and resonant, yet carrying an irrepressible tremor.
"We have finally found you."
Tang Hao frowned, tossed the wine flask in his hand to the side, and said in a deep voice:
"Who are you?"
A mocking smile appeared on Qian Renxue's face.
"Who I am is something you do not need to know."
"You only need to know that today is the day you die!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Hao threw his head back and laughed, his laughter filled with disdain and wild arrogance.
"The day I die?"
"Just by relying on these two pieces of trash beside you?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of She Long and Pufferfish turned livid instantly.
"Tang Hao! Do not be so arrogant!"
Serpent Spear Douluo roared and took a step forward.
"Boom!"
A majestic aura surged into the sky.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black!
Nine soul rings suddenly appeared, coiling around his body.
A dark green spear appeared in his hand, its tip spitting out terrifying sharpness, causing the very air to distort.
"Roar!"
Pufferfish Douluo also released his martial soul.
It was likewise nine soul rings with standard configurations.
His body instantly expanded, sharp bone spurs grew all over his skin, and he transformed into a giant Pufferfish, radiating an aura of deadly poison.
With two Title Douluo above level 95 unleashing their full aura, the entire hillside trembled under their pressure; loose stones flew, and trees and grass were snapped in two!
Yet, facing this terrifying pressure capable of changing the color of the heavens and earth, Tang Hao merely curled his lips in contempt.
"Hum—"
A dull hum resonated.
In Tang Hao's right hand, a pitch-black giant hammer appeared out of thin air.
The hammer head was massive, the handle thick and long, covered in ancient, primitive patterns.
There was no flashy light, no terrifying momentum.
But the moment this hammer appeared, the combined pressure released by She Long and Chi Xue was forcibly pushed back!
A more savage, more domineering will enveloped the entire scene.
It was the aura of a king reigning over the world!
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red!
Nine soul rings emerged beneath Tang Hao's feet, and the last soul ring, that bewitching crimson red, made the pupils of She Long and Pufferfish shrink violently.
A hundred-thousand-year soul ring!
Although Tang Hao's Soul Power Level appeared slightly lower than theirs, the pressure brought upon them by the world's number one tool martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, and that scarlet tenth soul ring was undeniably real!
Serpent Spear Douluo was secretly alarmed.
Is this the Clear Sky Hammer? It truly lives up to its reputation!
Chi Xue Douluo also wore a grave expression.
This man, even after being severely injured for many years, remains unfathomable in strength!
Standing in the rear, Qian Renxue felt it most acutely.
The moment that black hammer appeared, she felt her very soul trembling.
With her soul power only at the level of sixty-something, she felt as insignificant as an ant in a confrontation of this magnitude.
But!
The hatred for a father's murder is irreconcilable!
Today, no matter the cost, he must be slain here!
"Do it!"
Qian Renxue stared at Tang Hao, her beautiful eyes filled with hatred, and gave the order.