Ning Fengzhi fled under the protection of Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo's Soul Power.
As he began to flee, Ning Fengzhi spotted Xue Qinghe nearby. He realized that by abandoning Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Hao, he had already offended the Clear Sky Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. If Xue Qinghe died here too, he would have made enemies of every faction involved.
So Ning Fengzhi said to Bone Douluo:
"Take Qinghe with us."
Hearing this, Bone Douluo naturally took Xue Qinghe with him as they prepared to escape.
Seeing what Ning Fengzhi had done, Zhu Lingtian, Yu Yuanzhen, and Tang Hao were furious. They had claimed that the Upper Three Sects stood together, and that they would work together to eliminate Qian Renxue and Tai Yi. But the moment they saw Qian Daoliu, Ning Fengzhi turned tail and ran.
And he had even tried to fool them first.
Qian Daoliu naturally saw the members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect trying to flee. He had no intention of letting those who dared attack his grandson and granddaughter escape.
So, gripping the Holy Sword that came with his Martial Soul, Qian Daoliu swung a sword strike at the four of them.
Seeing this, Sword Douluo chose to take the blow himself. He did so not only to protect Ning Fengzhi, but also because he wanted to see for himself what the strike that had killed his father was like.
Sword Douluo used a technique called My Body as a Sword to meet Qian Daoliu's attack.
When the two attacks collided, a shockwave erupted. The next moment, a scream rang out. Sword Douluo's hand had been severed by Qian Daoliu's strike, and the blow caused his Soul Power to plummet to level ninety-two.
Seeing this, Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo cried out in alarm, but they did not stop. They kept fleeing.
Ning Fengzhi shouted to Sword Douluo:
"Uncle Jian, hurry!"
Hearing him, Sword Douluo looked at his severed hand, then at Qian Daoliu standing in the distance with his sword in hand. He couldn't help but doubt himself. Could his swordsmanship truly be worthy of the title Sword Douluo when measured against Qian Daoliu?
But there was no time to dwell on it. The next moment, Sword Douluo picked up his severed hand and continued fleeing.
As the members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect fled, Tang Hao and the others naturally began thinking of escape too. The people from Spirit Hall had anticipated this, however. Before the group could make a move, Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qianjun Douluo, Xiangmo Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo had already surrounded them from five directions. Above them, Qian Daoliu stood with his sword in hand.
It looked like they were doomed.
Golden Crocodile Douluo called out to Tang Hao:
"Tang Hao, twelve years ago you killed my nephew, Qian Xunji. Today, you'll pay for his life. And this time, you won't be the only one paying for what you did—your son will answer for it too."
Having said that, Golden Crocodile Douluo wasted no more words. He immediately activated his Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, and charged at Tang Hao.
Seeing this, the others attacked as well.
Tang Hao was stunned by Golden Crocodile Douluo's words. He had planned to leave after eliminating Qian Renxue and Tai Yi. Who could have expected that old Qian Daoliu would be here too? Judging by the situation, his chances of dying were ninety-nine point nine nine percent.
Tang Hao wasn't afraid of dying himself. But Golden Crocodile had just said he would kill Tang San too—his son with Ah Yin, the child he had counted on to help him take revenge on Spirit Hall.
Tang Hao also remembered Ah Yin, in the back hills of Holy Soul Village. So he said to Zhu Lingtian and Yu Yuanzhen:
"There's no other way now. We'll have to fight to the death if we want even the slimmest chance of survival."
Yu Yuanzhen, Zhu Lingtian, and the others nodded. They all understood one thing: if they managed to break through the encirclement, they must not flee in the same direction as Tang Hao.
Fleeing together would let them watch each other's backs and face Spirit Hall as a group, easing the pressure.
But they also knew that Tang Hao had a blood feud with Spirit Hall.
So they understood that if they broke through, choosing a direction opposite to Tang Hao's would make Spirit Hall pursue him instead, given the hatred between them.
But it was too soon to think about that. Their priority was figuring out how to escape.
Tang Hao made the first move. He detonated his first six Spirit Rings in succession and activated the Clear Sky Hammer's Martial Soul Avatar. Then he shouted:
"Clear Sky Hammer, Chaotic Wind Splitting!"
The Clear Sky Sect's hammer technique grew stronger with every strike.
Faced with an attack that combined Ring Detonation and a fight to the death, Qian Daoliu and the others had no choice but to proceed cautiously.
Seeing Tang Hao detonate his rings to gain strength, Yu Yuanzhen and Zhu Lingtian's wife naturally didn't hesitate either. Like Tang Hao, they detonated their first six Spirit Rings, trading them for a brief surge of immense power.
Tang Hao looked around. He knew that attacking any of the Spirit Hall Titled Douluo wouldn't help him escape. What he needed to do was attack those two—Qian Renxue and Tai Yi.
When his Chaotic Wind Splitting hammer technique reached the eighty-first strike, Tang Hao abruptly changed direction and struck at Qian Renxue and Tai Yi behind the battlefield. Seeing this, Qian Daoliu moved to protect his grandson and granddaughter, stepping directly in front of them.
Yu Yuanzhen and Zhu Lingtian's wife immediately saw what Tang Hao was planning. They used their Soul Skills:
"Ninth Soul Skill, Thunder Roaring in the Nine Heavens!"
"Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Nether Blood Claws!"
They aimed both attacks at Yue Guan and Gui Mei, since those two were the weakest.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei couldn't withstand attacks like these, so the next moment they sensibly dodged them.
The instant they moved, Tang Hao and the others seized the opening and broke through the encirclement.
Yu Yuanzhen, his younger brother Yu Luomian, and Zhu Lingtian and his wife saw which way Tang Hao had fled. All four immediately ran in the opposite direction.
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