Tang Chen used two Nine Heavens Hammer Arts in succession, successfully creating distance from Qian Xunji.
In the void, nine soul rings appeared beneath his feet: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and red.
The scarlet hundred-thousand-year soul ring merged with the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul.
"Ninth Soul Skill, Clear Sky Heavy Cannon!"
A large amount of soul power was compressed into a black soul power cannon beam, shot towards Qian Xunji.
Qian Xunji sidestepped, moving a hundred meters away, dodging the soul power cannon.
Qian Xunji was no stationary turret mage like Bo Saixi; facing the soul power cannon, he did not dodge or weave, choosing instead to tank the blast head-on with a defensive soul skill.
As for the mountain range behind him that bore the brunt of the bombardment and was injured, there was no need to glance at it mid-battle to marvel at the extent of its destruction.
"He dodged it."
"He dodged Grandpa's hundred-thousand-year soul skill so easily?"
"How is this possible!"
Tang Hao, watching from afar, spoke with disbelief.
At the same time, he thought Qian Xunji was a coward for not daring to face his grandfather's long-range, hundred-thousand-year bombardment soul skill head-on.
So, a powerful soul skill like the soul power cannon can be dodged instead of tanked head-on to avoid serious injury, Bibi Dong thought.
Suddenly, she felt like she didn't know how to fight.
Or rather, her combat experience from her previous life was meaningless.
In less than three minutes of battle, Qian Xunji had shocked her twice with his actions, shattering her preconceived notions.
Attacks could be dodged.
Combat wasn't about head-on collisions, where whoever had the more powerful soul skill would win.
Yu Yuanzhen and Gu Rong, two Titled Douluo with dragon-type martial souls, both had their eyes light up.
With the same soul power level, they admitted their heads weren't hard enough to withstand a head-on fight with a Clear Sky Hammer wielder.
But relying on their speed advantage to dodge the Clear Sky Hammer's ultimate skills, which required charging to unleash their immense power and destructive force, wasn't something that required anything more than legs.
Soul Masters with dragon-type martial souls were excellent in attack, defense, and speed.
Soul Masters with wolf or cat martial souls believed they could rely on their speed advantage to dodge attacks from Clear Sky Hammer Soul Masters.
However, their attack power was insufficient to break through defensive soul skills like Clear Sky Guard.
Getsuga Tensho.
With zero frames of startup, he unleashed a golden crescent energy wave with a single sword strike.
The crescent moon was in front, Qian Xunji behind it.
Tang Chen didn't have Qian Xunji's speed and couldn't quickly move to dodge the attack, so he could only choose to swing his hammer.
Absolute of Void, absorbing the enemy's attack, and then Absolute of Seal, firmly confining the golden crescent slash to a corner.
Qian Xunji charged his sword without unleashing the strike, directly engaging in close combat, and with a precise sword thrust, aimed for Tang Chen's neck.
At the critical moment, Tang Chen decisively used Ring Detonation, consecutively detonating his first, second, third, and fourth soul rings.
After detonating the rings, his aura surged, shattering the golden crescent energy wave and sending Qian Xunji flying with a hammer strike.
Flying only a dozen meters, Qian Xunji braked in mid-air, stopping himself.
A dull ache in his chest and a sweetness in his mouth stimulated his nerves.
I'm injured, he thought, his emotions turbulent.
He had been in Douluo Continent for over a year, almost two, and had experienced countless battles, killing countless fallen ones and soul beasts.
He had felt physical pain before.
The ice and fire tempering, the pain all over his body, was still fresh in his memory.
But this was the first time he had been injured and bled in combat.
After all, he had always pursued the goal of killing enemies without taking damage, resolving battles quickly.
The means didn't matter, as long as the enemy could be killed.
If he felt danger, he would run; what was face compared to life?
Therefore, he had never been injured or bled in battle.
Even during that time he was ambushed by Bo Saixi and forced into a fight, he hadn't bled.
Injury and bleeding equaled mortal danger.
The underlying code etched into Qian Xunji's soul was triggered, his adrenaline surging.
He went berserk, attacking with fierce calm.
"So fast."
"So heavy."
Tang Chen was sent flying.
He was counterattacked and beaten into a daze by Qian Xunji, whose combat style had become ferocious. He no longer dodged, willing to trade injury for life just to kill his enemy.
In close-quarters combat, every sword slash unleashed a Getsuga Tensho.
"Ring Detonation, Ring Detonation, Ring Detonation, keep detonating for me!"
To avoid being killed by Qian Xunji, Tang Chen went all out, detonating four ten-thousand-year spirit rings in succession.
Aside from his ninth hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, all his other eight spirit rings were blown up without reservation.
After detonating his spirit rings, this provided him with immense power.
"Great Sumeru Hammer!"
Angel Wings.
Tang Chen watched as Qian Xunji's body flickered and became ethereal. The Clear Sky Hammer passed through the opponent's body, dodging his most powerful ultimate move, and Tang Chen's eyes widened.
He couldn't believe that his attack had been so easily neutralized.
The spectators in the distance.
"That's a spatial spirit ability, body etherealization!" Gu Rong exclaimed, his eyes wide.
The Bone Dragon spirit possessed spatial attributes.
But unfortunately, Gu Rong had not obtained the "Etherealization" spirit ability during the process of absorbing spirit rings.
Gu Rong's words were heard by Yu Yuanzhen beside him.
The spatial spirit ability "Void," which could temporarily etherealize a spirit master's body and protect them from physical attacks, was also recorded in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's library.
It was just that the possessors of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon spirit had never obtained the "Void" spirit ability.
He had never considered using this spirit ability to counter the destructive power of the Clear Sky Hammer spirit before.
But after witnessing it today, he understood the extraordinary nature of the "Void" spirit ability.
His spirit rings were full, but there were still vacant slots for spirit bones.
If he could obtain a spirit bone with the "Void" spirit ability, once fused, he would have more confidence when facing spirit masters from the Clear Sky Sect in the future.
Bibi Dong knew very well from which spirit beast the "Void" spirit ability could be obtained.
Reborn into this life, seeing Qian Xunji display the "Void" spirit ability and etherealize his body, completely dodging the Great Sumeru Hammer's Ring Detonation attack, her heart stirred.
She desperately wanted to grow up quickly and hunt the two hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbits by the Lake of Life in the core region of the Star Dou Forest to obtain the "Void" spirit ability.
"He dodged it, Grandpa's Great Sumeru Hammer with Ring Detonation was actually dodged!"
Tang Hao, his emotions out of control, his eyes red, and his breathing heavy as an ox, stared intently at Qian Xunji.
He wanted to pierce through the armor and see the face hidden by the fully enclosed helmet.
He wanted to know what kind of person could be so cowardly.
"Lost, it's over..." Tang Zhen muttered with a grim expression.
His father, Tang Chen, had detonated eight spirit rings and even used the Great Sumeru Hammer.
Not only was the enemy not severely injured, but he seemed to be getting stronger with every blow.
In contrast, his father, after using the Great Sumeru Hammer with Ring Detonation, suffered a backlash. His spirit power was depleted, and his spirit power recovery could not keep up with the consumption, showing signs of fatigue.
What made Tang Zhen even more desperate was that Qian Xunji's attacks were ruthless, aiming to take his father's life.
And he, a mere Level 93 Titled Douluo, was powerless to participate in a battle between Level 99 Limit Douluos.
A sense of powerlessness bent his once straight back.
At this moment, Tang Zhen was like an incompetent son.
Blood scattered in the void, and the Tang family wailed.
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