One Spear Suppresses the Clear Sky Twins

"Oh?" Ye Xunfeng sized Tang Hao up and down, completely unable to understand where his baffling confidence came from.

This was the Soul Beast Forest. How could an ordinary person possibly come here?

"Clear Sky Sect." Ye Xunfeng's tone was filled with disdain, as if he were talking about something unworthy of mention. "I thought you were some prestigious righteous sect. So this is all the backbone you have?"

Tang Hao's face instantly flushed red, veins bulging across his forehead.

Seeing Tang Hao's expression, Ye Xunfeng immediately laughed, with genuine puzzlement in his voice. "Seriously, shouldn't your Clear Sky Sect change its name to the Rat Sect? Hiding in the shadows all day, sneaking around, too ashamed to see the light."

The moment those words fell, the surrounding air froze, while the Blue Silver Grass beneath their feet swayed frantically.

The veins on Tang Hao's hand gripping the Clear Sky Hammer bulged. Killing intent poured from his body as though it had substance, crashing toward them head-on.

But before he could make a move, an even heavier roar exploded from behind.

"Insolence!" Tang Xiao bellowed as he strode forward from the rear.

Tang Xiao stood beside Tang Hao, a Clear Sky Hammer instantly appearing in his hand. Black light flowed across the hammer's surface, and his gaze was terrifyingly cold. "You dare insult the Clear Sky Sect? How many lives do you have to answer for it?"

Ye Xunfeng glanced at the Tang brothers, then looked back at Ah Yin behind him and said softly, "Step back."

Only after Ah Yin retreated several steps did he turn his head and give the brothers a slight nod. His tone was as casual as if asking whether they had eaten. "Stop wasting time. Come at me together."

Tang Hao moved first.

The moment he attacked, he showed no mercy. He directly unleashed his sixth soul skill, Mountain Suppressor. His killing intent condensed into tangible force, and when the Clear Sky Hammer crashed down, the entire earth seemed to be pressed down by a giant hand. Within a hundred-meter radius, dirt and shattered stones all appeared to sink half a foot, while even the air grew crushingly heavy, making it hard to breathe.

Divine Slaughter's Domain.

It seemed Tang Hao had already been to Slaughter City.

This hammer strike was immensely powerful. Even formidable soul masters would not dare receive it head-on. He intended to smash this arrogant brat straight into the ground with a single blow.

Tang Xiao moved almost in sync with him. The brothers coordinated with perfect understanding.

Tang Hao suppressed the ground, while Tang Xiao sealed off the sky. He unleashed his sixth soul skill, Thunder Prison Myriad Might. The Clear Sky Hammer drew down endless bolts of heavenly lightning, thoroughly blocking every route Ye Xunfeng could take.

One suppressed from below, while the other bombarded from above. They attacked from both directions, leaving not a single blind spot.

The two Clear Sky Hammers carried two world-destroying auras as they smashed toward Ye Xunfeng at the same time.

Ye Xunfeng finally moved.

He neither dodged nor retreated. With a flick of his wrist, the Atlas Spear appeared in his hand.

Black, black, red, red, red, red, red, orange, orange. Nine soul rings lit up in succession.

To any soul master, such a lineup was monstrous.

But in Tang Hao's eyes, someone so young had to be a fraud. How could those soul rings possibly be real? They had to be fabricated.

After all, no one on Douluo Continent had ever possessed such a configuration, much less orange soul rings.

Tang Hao even sneered inwardly, If he was going to fake soul rings, he could at least fake normal ones.

Ye Xunfeng merely gripped his spear and gave his wrist a light shake. Without any flashy flourishes, he directly unleashed his sixth soul skill, Pride of Heaven-Propping.

This was not defense at all. It was a genuine counterattack.

Soul Power and spiritual power gathered at the spearhead as a straight streak of light tore through the void.

Tang Xiao's cascade of lightning was instantly ripped apart down the middle by that spear strike, effortlessly.

Tang Hao's earth-suppressing aura was even more useless before the spearhead.

This strike inherently ignored intangible pressure fields like that. It pierced straight through and shot toward Tang Xiao's face.

Tang Xiao's pupils abruptly contracted. Without a second thought, he hurriedly raised his Clear Sky Hammer to block it.

But he could not block it at all. The strike carried absolute destructive force and specialized in breaking defenses. The spearhead viciously struck the hammer's surface, producing a dull metallic boom.

Tang Xiao and his hammer were blasted backward together. His feet plowed two deep trenches more than ten meters long through the earth before he barely stabilized himself.

One spear strike had directly broken the brothers' combined technique.

Tang Hao reacted extremely quickly. The instant Tang Xiao was knocked back, he immediately changed tactics. His fifth soul skill, Heart of Clear Sky, activated, causing all his attributes to erupt at once. His defense and resistance to control were pushed to their limits. Then he unleashed his second soul skill, Clear Sky Charge, and rushed forward while clutching the Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang Hao hurtled toward Ye Xunfeng like a meteor, carrying a desperate, reckless momentum.

He knew Tang Xiao would definitely follow. The brothers had always fought side by side.

Sure enough, Tang Xiao forcefully stabilized himself in midair. His Clear Sky Hammer slammed down toward the ground as he unleashed his fourth soul skill, Sky-Surpassing Strike, concentrating all his Soul Power into one hammer blow.

This was his strongest single-target defense-breaking skill, smashing fiercely toward Ye Xunfeng from the side.

One attacked head-on while the other attacked from the flank, forming another pincer attack. Their coordination was flawless, as though they shared one mind.

It had to be said that the Clear Sky Twins had their strengths.

Yet Ye Xunfeng remained completely calm, lightly turning his spearhead.

He unleashed his second soul skill, Heaven-Propping Bane.

The spear tip touched the ground, and an immensely powerful energy ripple instantly spread outward.

Tang Hao's charging body suddenly stiffened. He felt an irresistible pressure weighing down on him, reducing his speed by thirty percent.

Worse still, just as he tried to leap into the air and ram forward, a force violently dragged him back to the ground. His feet could not leave the earth at the same time, and Clear Sky Charge was immediately crippled by half.

On the other side, Tang Xiao's Sky-Surpassing Strike was also disrupted by the ripple. The power he had gathered was forcibly interrupted, leaving him no choice but to adjust again.

Ye Xunfeng gave them no chance to catch their breath.

He unleashed his fourth soul skill, Dance of the Heaven-Propping.

The long spear spun rapidly as it began gathering power. All his abilities instantly increased by one and a half times.

The spearhead also generated immense gravitational force, forcibly pulling the Tang brothers toward him.

Both of them felt their bodies slipping out of control, and panic instantly rose in their hearts. They knew all too well that being dragged close to Ye Xunfeng meant certain death.

Tang Xiao shouted in a low voice, "Clear Sky Avatar!"

His seventh soul skill, Clear Sky Avatar, activated. The Clear Sky Hammer instantly expanded to dozens of meters, stretching across in front of him as all his attributes surged.

His strength, defense, and speed all doubled. Only by relying on the Clear Sky Avatar did he barely stabilize himself and use the giant hammer to withstand that gravitational force.

But Tang Hao did not have an avatar. Though he had reached rank seventy, he had yet to attach his seventh soul ring and could not use Weapon Soul Avatar at all.

But he had an even more ruthless move.

Great Sumeru Hammer—Ring Detonation!

At that moment, Tang Hao's eyes had begun to faintly redden. He charged forward like a bull, unstoppable.

His first soul ring detonated. His second soul ring detonated. Six soul rings exploded in succession, one after another, as terrifying power surged wildly within his body.

His eyes instantly turned blood-red, and his aura soared directly to a level approaching that of a Soul Douluo.

He completely abandoned defense and poured all his power into the Clear Sky Hammer. He swung it toward Ye Xunfeng. There was no technique in this strike at all, only violence refined to the extreme. It was a contest of who could be more ruthless.

At the same time, Tang Xiao shifted from defense to offense. In his Clear Sky Avatar state, he unleashed his fifth soul skill, Hammer Shakes the Heavens and Earth. The enormous Clear Sky Hammer smashed into the ground, instantly making the earth quake and the mountains tremble. Cracks spread across the ground, sealing off Ye Xunfeng's footing and giving him no room to evade.

One used Ring Detonation to unleash his full power in a frontal clash, while the other used his avatar's area skill to seal off the escape route. The brothers had brought the Clear Sky Sect's tyranny and coordination to their peak.

Yet Ye Xunfeng's spear never stopped.

The charge of Dance of the Heaven-Propping had just completed.

The gravitational force reached its peak in that instant. Even Tang Xiao's Clear Sky Avatar began to sway slightly, while Tang Hao's berserk charge after Ring Detonation was dragged off course by the force.

Ye Xunfeng spun, sweeping his long spear viciously across. This was no ordinary sweep, but a full-force strike after his charged abilities had increased, combined with the gravitational pull that had dragged both men into close range.

This spear strike struck both of them at once.

Tang Hao was viciously smashed across the chest by the spear shaft. The berserk power brought by Ring Detonation was directly dispersed by more than half. He flew away like a kite with its string cut, smashing through three massive boulders before crashing heavily onto the ground, unable to get up for a long while.

Tang Xiao relied on the Clear Sky Avatar to take the blow head-on, with the giant hammer dozens of meters long blocking before him. Yet that destructive force still traveled through the hammer into his body. His throat sweetened as blood surged into his mouth and flowed from the corner of his lips. He staggered back several steps before finally steadying himself.

Ye Xunfeng did not pursue them.

He simply stood where he was, the Atlas Spear angled toward the ground. Not a single drop of blood stained its tip.

The wind blew from behind him, making his robes snap loudly. The aura around him was chillingly cold.

"Is that all?" he said blandly, his tone full of contempt.

Tang Hao struggled up from the rubble, blood hanging from the corner of his mouth. His eyes were terrifyingly red, filled with unwillingness.

He could not accept it. He was a genius of the Clear Sky Sect, with rank-seventy Soul Power. After Ring Detonation, he had even dared to contend with a Titled Douluo. How could he have been sent flying by a single spear strike from a fraud younger than himself?

He clenched his hammer and wanted to charge forward again.

Tang Xiao reached out and firmly pressed a hand onto his shoulder, refusing to let go.

"Enough." Tang Xiao's voice was low and hoarse as he stared fixedly at the Atlas Spear in Ye Xunfeng's hand.

He understood more clearly than Tang Hao. In that battle, Ye Xunfeng had used only four soul skills, each one at the most critical moment.

There had not been a single unnecessary movement. His spear techniques were clean and sharp, every move aimed at a vital point. Even the gaps in the brothers' coordination had been seized with deadly precision.

Ye Xunfeng put away his spear and turned toward Ah Yin. From beginning to end, he did not look at the Tang brothers again, but his voice carried to them with perfect clarity. "Rat Sect, remember this. If anyone dares lay a hand on someone they should not touch again, I will not be using the spear shaft next time."

He paused, his tone cold enough to pierce bone. "I will destroy your Rat Sect."

Tang Hao's fists clenched until they cracked, but Tang Xiao's hand remained on his shoulder, gripping hard enough that he could not move.

The two could only stand there and watch as Ye Xunfeng protected Ah Yin, their figures gradually disappearing into the twilight.

Tang Xiao slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and lowered his head to look at his Clear Sky Hammer. A tiny spear mark was clearly visible on its surface, left behind by Pride of Heaven-Propping.

It was absolute defense-breaking damage. In the end, his Clear Sky Avatar had failed to block it.

Tang Hao suddenly threw his head back and let out a long howl. He felt that every meridian in his body had become completely twisted.

There was also a strand of purple Soul Power covering those damaged meridians, and no matter what he did, he could not purge it away.