Tang Hao's Frantic Escape

"Heh. Your Excellency Tang Hao, if you defeat me, I'll tell you who I am."

Tang Hao roared and stepped forward. With a sweep of his right hand, a dark-red Clear Sky Hammer appeared in his palm.

"Fine. I'd like to see whether you have what it takes."

"Come."

Lin Xiao's eyes turned cold. He pushed off the ground and shot toward Tang Hao like a bullet.

The Asura Divine Sword in his hand swung out in the same instant.

This was the second time he had wielded the Asura Divine Sword. At that moment, it seemed to feel a trace of excitement, as though it wished to taste Tang Hao's blood.

Tang Hao's expression did not change. The Clear Sky Hammer in his right hand smashed directly toward Lin Xiao's Asura Divine Sword.

Though he was the youngest Titled Douluo, he had no idea that this martial soul was a God-tier Martial Soul, forged personally by the Asura God.

A thunderous boom rang out.

A violent explosion echoed through the air. Tang Hao's eyes reddened as he realized that the ground before him had been blasted apart.

As their martial souls collided, countless sparks scattered in every direction.

The Soul Power Lin Xiao released was certainly no weaker than Tang Hao's.

Moreover, the proud Tang Hao disdained taking advantage of Lin Xiao, which was why this scene had occurred.

Yet just when he believed he had completely suppressed Lin Xiao, he found himself at a complete disadvantage after that strike.

Lin Xiao did not stop. His second sword strike swiftly attacked Tang Hao.

As expected of a Titled Douluo. Although he had suffered in the first clash, Tang Hao reacted quickly.

As his body spun sideways through the air, the fifth soul ring around him lit up, and the muscles throughout his body swelled in an instant.

The Clear Sky Hammer in his right hand seemed to be affected by something, becoming incomparably fierce in an instant.

"Fifth Soul Skill, Soaring Sky Strike!"

Faced with Tang Hao's Fifth Soul Skill, Lin Xiao's expression did not change at all, as if he did not take Tang Hao seriously in the slightest.

Rather than dodge, Lin Xiao swung the Asura Divine Sword in his right hand once more.

A phantom image of a slash formed in midair and charged straight toward Tang Hao's Fifth Soul Skill, Soaring Sky Strike.

Just as the Asura Divine Sword was about to collide with Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer, Lin Xiao's imposing aura suddenly became even more frenzied. With a furious roar, he became like a wrathful Vajra, and his surging momentum shattered the earth and stones beneath him inch by inch.

After their second violent collision, Lin Xiao failed to blast away the Clear Sky Hammer, but the hammer was likewise unable to shake his body.

Tang Hao frowned deeply. He had never expected this young man to erupt with such terrifying strength.

Could this brat truly have reached the level of a Titled Douluo?

Tang Hao leaped into the air and dove down with unrivaled momentum. When his left foot struck the ground again, it stomped a huge crater into the earth.

Amid a thunderous boom, the Clear Sky Hammer expanded against the wind. The already enormous hammer became like a dark cloud, plunging the entire sky into darkness.

Then it smashed ruthlessly down toward Lin Xiao like Mount Tai bearing down on him.

Tang Hao's Soul Power clearly surpassed Lin Xiao's, and his cultivation and combat experience were greater as well. Yet he had been forced completely onto the defensive. How could he possibly endure that?

Lin Xiao placed his left hand behind his back, drove the Asura Divine Sword into the ground, took out a jug of strong liquor from his Soul Tool, and raised it to his head as he drank deeply.

Tang Hao roared, "Arrogant brat! Since you're courting death, I'll send you to the King of Hell!"

Lin Xiao lowered the wine jug and looked at the Clear Sky Hammer growing larger in the air.

"Li Bai, do you think my Sixth Soul Skill can kill him in one blow?"

"Master, with your domain active, any skill above the Fifth Soul Skill can reduce him to ashes."

"Hahaha." Lin Xiao laughed. "Li Bai understands me. But I don't intend to let him die so easily."

Lin Xiao picked up the Asura Divine Sword and raised it high above his head.

Red light suddenly burst from Lin Xiao's body. Not only that—

Red, red, red, red, red, red!

Six hundred-thousand-year soul rings lit up at once, and the entire forest shook violently. Even with Lin Xiao's domain in place, it could not withstand the annihilating effect brought by six hundred-thousand-year soul rings.

At that moment, blood-red clouds covered the sky, and a blood-red greatsword emerged from the bloody clouds.

Tang Hao looked up at the giant sword in midair. "Impossible. You... have Twin Martial Souls, or what?"

"Heh, you really are ignorant. Don't worry, Tang Hao, I won't kill you. I'll capture you and make you live in a place of eternal darkness, suffering the agony of having your bones scraped and marrow drained every day!"

He was not joking. Lin Xiao had inherited the Asura God's bloodline. At the slightest disagreement, he would wipe out an entire family.

"Fourth Soul Skill... Blood Demon's Wrath!"

With an angry shout from Lin Xiao, Soul Power instantly condensed tens of thousands of Asura Divine Swords around him, which shot toward the giant sword in the sky like arrows.

At that very moment—

The Asura Divine Swords gathered together, forming an enormous sword that was no less massive than the huge Clear Sky Hammer in the air.

With a thunderous boom, a dazzling red light suddenly erupted in the sky. Its incomparably violent aura instantly destroyed every tree within a hundred meters.

Everything in its path was reduced to ruins.

If not for Lin Xiao's domain, this place would already have been destroyed. Even Shrek Academy would have been affected. By then, Flender and the others would have had no chance of survival.

Looking at the ruins around him, Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes. "As expected of Tang Hao. He really has something to save his life. Tang Hao, I hope you'll still be this lucky the next time we meet."

As a Titled Douluo, it was not strange for him to possess some life-preserving methods, much less Tang Hao.

At that moment, the auras of two Soul Saints came from the distance. There was no need to guess that they belonged to Flender and Zhao Wuji.

The moment the two sensed this aura, they rushed over. They both knew that even they would be unable to withstand such power.

When they saw Lin Xiao, they became even more convinced that he was a Titled Douluo. Little did they know that Lin Xiao's combat strength had long since surpassed that of a Titled Douluo.

As a God King, the Asura God possessed the ability to judge other gods. Lin Xiao likewise possessed the power to judge martial souls. If he had used his Sixth Soul Skill, Heavenly Demon Judgment, Tang Hao would likely have already become a pile of ashes.

However, Lin Xiao had to rest for a while after every use, and he could only use it once a day. This was also the Asura God's test for his grandson.

Letting him remain so powerful all the time would not be a good thing. He would have to inherit his divine position in the future, so he could not be allowed to have everything go smoothly.

Flender looked at the trees destroyed all around them, his eyes filled with fear.