Brother Hao, Stop!

Tang Hao suddenly realized what was going on and hurriedly shouted, "Elders, it isn't what you think!"

"What's there left to say, Tang Hao? For the sake of this demoness, you not only came back to hold your wedding near the Clear Sky Sect, you even beat and injured so many of our disciples. You didn't spare even your beloved Fifth Uncle. You're nothing but a beast!" Second Elder roared.

"No! They were trying to kill my Ah Yin. I had no choice but to fight back," Tang Hao said again and again.

Tang Lie was even more furious. "So she really is a demoness! She's bewitched you, Hao'er, and made you violate the Clear Sky Sect's greatest taboo: turning against your own!"

"No, Ah Yin didn't..." Tang Hao kept trying to explain, while blood continued to drip from his Clear Sky Hammer.

Ah Yin stepped forward to explain. "Elders of the Clear Sky Sect, every bit of blame rests with me. I'm the reason Brother Hao committed such a grave offense. Please forgive him. I'll take responsibility for everything."

Tang Hao panicked. "No! Ah Yin, this isn't your fault. If you want someone to blame, blame me!"

Ah Yin shook her head. "Brother Hao, you should return to your sect. I'm already content to have met such a good man as you. I only hope we can meet again in our next lives, when I can be an ordinary woman."

She turned to the Clear Sky Sect and continued, "I'm willing to submit to the Clear Sky Sect's judgment and accept whatever punishment you decide. I only hope that, in the end, I can still become Brother Hao's Soul Ring and Soul Bone!"

The Clear Sky Sect elders had been prepared to agree, but they couldn't accept her final request.

Tang Lie scolded her. "Impossible! Because of you, the Clear Sky Sect has become a laughingstock. You still want to become Tang Hao's Soul Ring and Soul Bone? Only by sending you to the tribunal before the entire continent and having you die under a thousand cuts can we wash away all the humiliation the Clear Sky Sect has suffered these past days!"

"Good! That's what I deserve!" Ah Yin nodded.

Tang Hao was nearly out of his mind. "No, absolutely not! I won't let that happen. Without you, my life would have no meaning. Whoever dares to touch you, I'll fight them to the death—even if it's the Clear Sky Sect!"

"So you really would abandon your sect for a woman!" Third Elder was furious too.

"Tang Xiao, this is your younger brother! And that woman—look at what she's done to him!"

Tang Xiao couldn't believe things had come to this. Was she still the woman he loved?

"What are you waiting for? Attack together and take them all down!" Tang Lie pulled out his Clear Sky Hammer and charged!

"Don't force me!"

Aaaah!

Tang Hao erupted once more, unleashing the Clear Sky Hammer's absolute peak strength, bolstered by the Divine Slaughter's Domain.

The other elders all joined the fight. Even Tang Xiao had no choice but to make a move. "Brother Hao, stop! These are all your uncles!"

"Big Brother, Ah Yin is someone you love too! How can you bear to let her die?" Tang Hao shouted as he fought back.

Tang Lie shouted to his brothers, "Brothers, this is an emergency! Let's kill the traitor Tang Hao!"

Sixth Elder agreed. "There's no saving this brat. He has the Divine Slaughter's Domain, and it suppresses our strength by two or three tenths. We'll use the Clear Sky Formation and kill both of them!"

"Even with all his talent, Tang Hao won't stand a chance against the Clear Sky Formation!"

The five elders immediately formed a polygonal formation. The more Clear Sky Sect disciples there were, the more powerful it became.

Seeing that Tang Xiao hadn't joined them, Tang Lie cursed him out. "Tang Xiao, do you want to betray the Clear Sky Sect too?"

Tang Xiao panicked. "I don't!"

With no other choice, Tang Xiao entered the formation and took his place.

"Second Brother, take the central position!"

Second Elder immediately took the central position. With four Soul Douluo and one Titled Douluo lending him their strength, Second Elder reached the power of a rank-ninety-five Titled Douluo.

A terrifying pressure bore down on them like a mountain.

Tang Hao followed the path of overwhelming force, relying on sheer strength to overcome all techniques, so he could withstand it. Ah Yin was different. She hadn't yet reached level seventy, the point at which she would mature, much less the realm of a Titled Douluo.

She immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, splattering it across Tang Hao.

Feeling the warm, bloody spray, Tang Hao erupted once more.

His eyes were bloodshot, veins stood out at their corners, and he panted like a bull.

"Ah Yin!"

"Aaaah!"

"Everyone who hurt Ah Yin must die!"

"Clear Sky Secret Technique, Ring Detonation, Great Sumeru Hammer!"

Tang Hao detonated his first three Soul Rings, turning them into pure energy that surged wildly through his body.

Under pressure from his sect, he had chosen his wife once again.

Feeling the power surging through him, he immediately swung his massive hammer at the Clear Sky Sect elders.

The Clear Sky Hammer grew larger and larger, until in an instant it was as big as a small mountain.

The Clear Sky Sect elders could feel the terrifying power in Tang Hao's hammer. It was no weaker than a full-strength strike under their current conditions.

"Damn beast! You're using that move against us!"

"He's no longer a disciple of the Clear Sky Sect. He's a traitor to the sect, a traitor to humanity!"

"Second Brother, give it everything you've got!"

Second Elder gathered his strength. Countless bolts of lightning surged from his Clear Sky Hammer, and he swung it at Tang Hao with the power of Thunderbolt.

Boom!

The two enormous hammers collided, producing a deafening crash.

"Aaaah!"

Tang Hao roared.

"Aaaah!"

The elders roared too.

But Tang Hao had the upper hand. The elders' Clear Sky Hammers began to crumble.

Tang Lie shouted, "Hold the line!"

The other elders shouted, "Hold!"

For a moment, they really managed to hold their ground—and even began to push Tang Hao back.

Tang Hao detonated another Soul Ring. The balance of power shifted once more, and the elders could no longer hold on. The Clear Sky Formation shattered in an instant, and the elders were sent flying, spitting blood.

Tang Hao was overjoyed. He immediately turned to leave with Ah Yin.

But the sight before him made his eyes nearly burst with rage.

His Fifth Uncle, Tang Kun, had plunged a knife into Ah Yin's body.

"Brother Hao..."

Ah Yin's lips were stained with blood as she called out weakly.

"Hao'er, this demoness is about to die. You should come to your senses now," Tang Kun said with a smile. He had been waiting for this chance throughout the battle.

"Aaaah!"

"Ah Yin!"

"My Ah Yin!"

This time, tears streamed from Tang Hao's eyes. Carrying his Clear Sky Hammer and loudspeaker, he glared at Tang Kun like Asura returned from hell, unleashing a soul-shaking roar that seemed to rise from the underworld.

In an instant, Tang Hao smashed Tang Kun's head with his Clear Sky Hammer. But that wasn't enough. He kept swinging the hammer, smashing him again and again, hundreds of times.

Eighty! Eighty! Eighty!