The Eight-Treasure Chicken vs. the Clear Sky Douluo, the Willow Deity's Glory, and the Goddess of Life Breaks Down!

After coming out, Little One blinked his big, bewildered eyes at the scruffy, tattered man in front of him and asked in a childish voice:

"Uncle, who are you?"

"Are you here to beg for food in our village?"

"Grandpa Village Chief said we can give beggars some jerky, but we can't give them milk. Little One is still growing."

B-Begging for food?

Hearing that, Tang Hao's face instantly turned the color of pork liver!

He was the mighty Clear Sky Douluo, the man who had once beaten the Pope to a pulp, and this ignorant little brat thought he was a beggar?

"Impudent!" Tang Hao flew into a rage and slammed the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand into the ground. Not a speck of dust rose.

"Foolish child, since you don't know what's good for you, don't blame me for forcing you to submit! Watch closely!"

Boom!!!

In an instant, Tang Hao decided to stop holding back. The terrifying Soul Power of a Level 95 Titled Douluo erupted in full force!

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red!

Nine dazzling Soul Rings rose from beneath his feet. The last one, a blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, exuded an especially oppressive aura.

"Clear Sky Avatar!"

And that wasn't all. Tang Hao roared as the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand rapidly grew, transforming in an instant into a gigantic black hammer a hundred meters long, hovering above Stone Village!

A vast shadow appeared, instantly blanketing the entire village.

"Huh? What's that?"

"That's one huge hammer. Is he an outsider?"

"Village Chief, that outsider seems hostile toward us... Wait, why is he so weak?"

As the Clear Sky Avatar loomed overhead, the villagers of Stone Village were finally roused. They hurried outside and looked at Tang Hao at the village entrance and the giant hammer in the sky, their faces full of suspicion.

But in Tang Hao's eyes, their expressions looked entirely different.

"Hmph! Scared now?"

He was about to keep showing off and force these ignorant, backward villagers and that willow tree to submit to him, when a clucking sound came from behind him.

"Hmm?" Tang Hao turned around suspiciously, but saw no one. Only when he looked down did he realize that his Clear Sky Hammer, planted in the ground, was blocking a foraging hen.

"Cluck-cluck!"

The hen tilted its head to look at the enormous hammer, then at its owner. It let out an annoyed cluck, its tiny, bead-like eyes flashing with an unmistakably human irritation!

Ever since moving to Stone Village, it had been bullied by Little One so often that the feathers on its backside were nearly plucked bare. Life was miserable, and it could only take its frustration out on venomous insects and the like.

And now some clueless human was waving a lump of black iron in front of it? He even dared to look at it like that. This was more than it could bear!

"Cluck!"

The Eight-Treasure Chicken was furious.

It flapped its nearly featherless wings and shot toward the Clear Sky Hammer in Tang Hao's hand like a bolt of lightning!

"Hmph, how dare a mere beast act up?" Tang Hao sneered when he saw the Eight-Treasure Chicken charging at his Clear Sky Hammer, his eyes full of disdain.

"This is the number one weapon-type Martial Soul. Do you think it's made of paper?"

Tang Hao couldn't even be bothered to strike with his hammer. He simply released his protective Soul Power, intending to shake the chicken to death.

But the next moment, something happened that made all of Douluo Continent question reality.

"Clang!"

A piercing metallic ring sounded. The seemingly ordinary hen pecked the Clear Sky Hammer with its beak—

And the supposedly indestructible number one weapon-type Martial Soul, the one that had dared to smash the Pope Palace, was pecked straight through!

"Cluck-cluck-cluck-cluck-cluck!"

The Eight-Treasure Chicken still seemed unsatisfied. It pecked at the Clear Sky Hammer in a frenzy, like a chicken pecking grain!

With every peck, another clean hole appeared in the hammer!

In just three breaths, the enormous Clear Sky Hammer had been pecked full of holes!

The moment his Martial Soul was damaged, Tang Hao shuddered as if struck by lightning. Blood gushed from his mouth, and his eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.

"My... my Clear Sky Hammer..."

Tang Hao was devastated. He had never imagined that the Martial Soul he was so proud of couldn't even beat a chicken at the village entrance!

"Cluck!"

The Eight-Treasure Chicken seemed to hold a grudge. After pecking Tang Hao's hammer to pieces, it fixed its bead-like eyes on his thigh, looking downright malicious.

Seeing the beast charge again, Tang Hao didn't dare take it lightly. He hurriedly dodged.

But though he was fast, the Eight-Treasure Chicken was faster. Especially in this environment of increased gravity, it was right at home, as if nothing could impede it.

Tang Hao, on the other hand, was at a disadvantage. Already weakened by the pressure of gravity, he became even slower after being badly injured.

He failed to dodge in time, and the Eight-Treasure Chicken's wing came straight at him.

The wing looked light as a feather, yet carried terrifying force!

With a thump, Tang Hao was sent flying dozens of meters. Like a human-shaped sandbag, he slammed into the ground beside the village entrance, half his body buried in the dirt.

Meanwhile, everyone else on Douluo Continent was completely dumbfounded.

Whether at Shrek Academy, Spirit Hall, or the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, everyone stood with mouths agape, watching the Clear Sky Douluo get chased and beaten by a chicken, not daring to make a sound.

But unlike them, the gods in the Divine Realm had already been watching that scorched willow tree from the moment Tang Hao arrived at the entrance to Stone Village.

Douluo God Realm, Forest of Life.

The Goddess of Life stared fixedly through the Sky Screen at the charred willow tree.

As the God King who governed the universe's laws of life, she was the most sensitive to the aura of life. It was also what she took the greatest pride in.

But the moment the willow tree appeared, this supreme goddess of the Divine Realm fixed her gaze on its single, gently swaying strand of willow fluff. Her body trembled uncontrollably, her face filled with fear.

"That... that aura..."

At that moment, the Goddess of Life felt her voice trembling. It was almost a sob:

"That isn't ordinary life force. It's supreme vitality born from death!"

"The laws of life contained in that single branch are probably hundreds of millions of times more vast than my entire Forest of Life!"

Hearing her words, God of Destruction furrowed his brow and stepped forward to look at the little village and charred willow tree beyond the Sky Screen, clearly unconvinced.

"Xiao Lu, are you saying that tree has more life force than you?"

The Goddess of Life gave a bitter laugh, her eyes revealing a deep sense of helplessness. "More than me?"

"No, Hui Mie."

"Before it, I feel like a seed that has only just sprouted, while it is the whole boundless forest, vast enough to blot out the sky!"