Tang Clan Gambling Method

Chapter 31: Tang Clan Gambling Method

Another hour passed before Bone Douluo leaped onto the arena and called out, "Tang Zhen! Come on. After all this time, I know you've recovered!"

"Sect Master!"

"Father!"

Unlike the Clear Sky Sect, which had celebrated as though it were New Year's when Yu Yuanzhen was defeated, the Clear Sky Sect elders, Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Tang Yuehua were now full of worry. Tang Zhen had indeed recovered to his peak condition, but the backlash from his failed cultivation of the Great Sumeru Hammer during his previous battle with Yu Yuanzhen had aggravated some of his old internal injuries.

"Don't show such expressions, or Bone Douluo will see through your father's physical condition! The title of the world's number one sect that Father built cannot be ruined in my hands!"

Tang Zhen rose from his chair. Though he was strong on the outside but weak within, he still put on an extremely imposing appearance and leaped onto the arena.

"Tang Zhen, come on. Let me properly experience just how powerful the world's number one Tool Martial Soul truly is!"

Nine spirit rings—two yellow, two purple, and five black—lit up beneath Bone Douluo's feet. A dark, sinister aura surged forth and enveloped him.

Within the black mist, a massive Bone Dragon dozens of meters long appeared, its body devoid of flesh and made entirely of ghastly white bones as it beat its wings.

Tang Zhen looked at the Bone Dragon and felt the state of his body, his heart growing heavy. He had heard of Bone Douluo's terrifying defense. To defeat Bone Douluo, he would likewise have to go all out. But even if he defeated Bone Douluo, Sword Douluo was still waiting. The Seven Kill Sword's terror had been forged through generations of Sword Douluos from the Chen Family. Even if he could recover to his peak again, his body would not be able to endure it.

"Tang Zhen, aren't you attacking? Since you won't make a move, then I will!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Zhen said, "Bone Douluo, I heard your defense is impregnable and cannot be broken by anyone. Is that right?"

"Of course!"

When it came to defense, Bone Douluo was immensely proud.

A nearly imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of Tang Zhen's mouth. "In that case, how about we make a wager? Let's see whether my Clear Sky Hammer can shatter your defense."

Bone Douluo became interested upon hearing this. "What kind of wager?"

"How about this? You don't use spirit skills, and neither do I. We'll simply see whether my Clear Sky Hammer can break through your defense. If I fail, I, Tang Zhen, will immediately admit defeat and surrender the position of the world's number one sect!"

"Fine!" Bone Douluo agreed without even thinking, before Ning Fengzhi could stop him.

"Uncle Bone!"

Ning Fengzhi stamped his cane and sighed repeatedly.

Bibi Dong asked in confusion, "Brother Fengzhi, why are you sighing? Even Uncle Sword can't break Uncle Bone's defense. No matter how powerful the Clear Sky Hammer is, how could it break Uncle Bone's defense without spirit skills?"

"Dong'er, you don't understand. The Clear Sky Sect has a supreme technique called the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. With every swing, the power of the Clear Sky Hammer can stack, up to eighty-one hammer strikes. It is said that once it reaches eighty-one strikes, its power can destroy heaven and earth!"

Ning Fengzhi let out a deep sigh. "Uncle Bone was far too impulsive!"

"Fengzhi, even if that old bag of bones loses, you still have me. I won't be as reckless as he was." Sword Douluo spoke calmly. Although Bone Douluo had been stupid enough to fall into the Clear Sky Sect's trap, he remained extremely confident about the position of the world's number one sect.

When Qian Xunji saw Bone Douluo agree so readily, he felt that he had overestimated the average intelligence of this continent. The Tang Clan Gambling Method truly never failed.

Wild Cloak!

Just as Ning Fengzhi had expected, Tang Zhen did not use the Haotian Nine Wonders. Instead, he immediately unleashed the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, striking one spot on the massive Bone Dragon again and again as though he were forging iron.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

One deafening impact after another rang out from Bone Douluo's body. With every swing, the black light around the Clear Sky Hammer grew stronger, quickly engulfing Tang Zhen completely.

Gales continuously rose across the arena, slashing toward the venue like blades.

Suddenly, the enormous sounds of metal clashing stopped. The violent winds cutting toward the surrounding walls actually formed into a tornado. At the center of the tornado stood the enormous Bone Dragon, and naturally, Tang Zhen was the one who had unleashed it.

Tang Zhen had struck Bone Douluo thirty times like a blacksmith hammering iron. To his surprise, Bone Douluo had endured every blow, with only a tiny crack appearing in his bones.

Bone Douluo could withstand it, but the burden that the rebounding force placed on his body made Tang Zhen increasingly unable to suppress his internal injuries.

Thus, Tang Zhen stopped swinging his hammer wildly at Bone Douluo and instead began stacking the eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer directly.

As the black light surged, the darkness around Tang Zhen gradually formed into a dragon-shaped wave of energy. Its head, eyes, whiskers, horns, body, and scales were all lifelike.

Sensing the power of that dragon-shaped wave, Bone Douluo, who had been utterly confident in his defense, began to panic.

Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, Eighty-One Strikes!

The dragon-shaped wave smashed toward Bone Douluo along with the Clear Sky Hammer. Its gaping maw was the hammerhead itself.

Bone Douluo sensed the aura of death. If he took this blow head-on without using a spirit skill, he would certainly die. The ninth spirit ring beneath his feet suddenly lit up.

Ninth Spirit Skill, Bone Transformation Dragon, Armored Assault!

Boom!

A massive explosion erupted. The arena sank a full five meters, and the terrifying energy fluctuations nearly destroyed it. Every spirit master in the venue activated their Martial Souls to protect themselves, and even Qian Xunji was no exception.

As the energy ripples faded, the Bone Dragon, having used its ninth spirit skill and donned a layer of incomparably hard black armor, had forcibly endured the eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. However, deep cracks had still appeared across the black Bone Dragon, and its defense had nearly been destroyed.

Pfft!

Tang Zhen threw back his head and spat out a mouthful of blood. His internal injuries could no longer be suppressed, and he collapsed to the ground. His jet-black hair turned gray-white in an instant.

"Father!"

"Sect Master!"

Tang Xiao and Tang Hao both leaped down from the arena and lifted Tang Zhen up. Healing-type spirit masters threw spirit skill after spirit skill onto Tang Zhen as though they cost nothing.

The Clear Sky Sect group glared furiously at the people from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The Second Elder even demanded, "Bone Douluo, you clearly promised the Sect Master that neither side would use spirit skills, merely to test whether the Sect Master could break your defense. Why did you violate the wager and use a spirit skill?"

Bone Douluo was silent for a moment. He could hardly say that he might have been beaten to death if he had not used a spirit skill—that would have been too humiliating. Besides, he also felt that he had violated the wager. They had agreed not to use spirit skills, yet he had used one.

"I lost this match!"

Bone Douluo knew he was in the wrong, so he admitted defeat and returned to the spectator stands.

The venue fell silent. Of the four Titled Douluos, Tang Zhen's internal injuries had flared up, causing him to vomit blood, and even his hair had turned white. He was clearly no longer able to fight. Yu Yuanzhen had already lost to Bone Douluo and had previously lost to Tang Zhen as well. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's position as third among the Upper Three Sects was now set in stone.

Only Sword Douluo remained at full strength without having fought yet. It seemed that in this Seven Great Sects reelection tournament, the world's number one sect would be the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.