The entire hotel fell silent in an instant.
The diners in the lobby froze, their hands hanging in midair, their wine cups raised to their lips and forgotten.
"I... I didn't see that wrong, did I?"
"The one who just went flying... was that Tang Hao? Tang Hao, one of the Clear Sky Twins?!"
"Impossible! Tang Hao broke through to Soul Sage at just thirty years old—level seventy-one! He's the Clear Sky Sect's once-in-a-century genius. How could he be sent flying with one punch by some little girl?"
"Are you blind? She didn't even activate her Soul Rings!"
The chatter burst forth like a rushing tide.
Tang Xiao's face darkened in an instant.
He glared at Liu Erlong, fists clenched so tightly his knuckles cracked.
"You're asking for death!"
The next second—
Two yellow, two purple, four black.
Eight Soul Rings erupted from beneath his feet, their dazzling light illuminating the entire hotel as bright as day.
His terrifying Soul Power pressure crashed down like a collapsing mountain. The tables and chairs around them were swept away by the gusting force, and wine and dishes spilled across the floor.
The onlookers hurriedly backed away. Someone cried, "An Eight-Ring Soul Douluo! It's Tang Xiao, the Clear Sky Sect's strongest successor!"
Tang Xiao stepped forward, his fist hurtling toward Liu Erlong with the force of thunder.
However—
Liu Erlong was faster.
Her figure left a fading afterimage behind as she vanished from the spot like a ghost.
Tang Xiao's pupils contracted sharply.
The next moment,
A long, shapely leg tore through the air with a shrill whistle and swept hard into his side.
Divine Dragon Tail Whip!
Bang!
Tang Xiao grunted. He went flying as if he'd been hit by a truck, crashing straight into Tang Hao, who was charging in behind him.
The brothers collided and rolled through the mud for more than ten turns before coming to a stop.
The entire hall fell silent.
"This..."
"She kicked an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo flying?"
"She didn't even activate her Soul Rings!!"
"What the hell is that monster?"
The Soul Masters in the hotel stared wide-eyed, their jaws nearly hitting the floor.
Ye Yinling's little face flushed red. She clenched her fists and stamped her feet with excitement. "Senior Sister is so cool!"
Tang Yuehua wore a mask, her fingers trembling slightly.
Her second brother, Tang Hao, and her eldest brother, Tang Xiao.
Since childhood, those two brothers had been synonymous with genius in her eyes, towering mountains no one could surpass.
But now...
The Grand Senior Sister had kicked them away like balls.
If you went up, you could beat them to a pulp just as easily.
Jiang Ce's voice rang in her mind, laced with teasing.
Tang Yuehua's eyes trembled. She said nothing, but her heart beat a little faster.
Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin stood to one side, her mouth slightly agape, her blue eyes filled with disbelief.
This girl, who looked barely into her teens, had sent the Clear Sky Twins flying with just one punch and one kick?
Who exactly was she?
Amid the dust, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao climbed to their feet.
Their faces were livid, their eyes burning with fury.
Tang Hao rubbed the bruise on his face, spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, and glared at the black figure in the doorway.
"Who the hell are you?"
His voice was low, his anger barely contained.
Liu Erlong folded her arms and slowly walked out of the hotel.
Her black dress swayed gently in the breeze, and her golden, slit-pupiled eyes gleamed eerily in the shadows.
She tilted the corner of her mouth but didn't answer.
The next moment—
Two yellow, one purple, three black.
Six Soul Rings appeared beneath her feet, slowly revolving around her.
Soul Emperor!
A Six-Ring Soul Emperor!
And—
Her fourth ring was a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring!
"A Ten Thousand Year Fourth Ring?! How is that possible!"
"How did she manage that? Absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring beyond your limits kills you!"
"A Six-Ring Soul Emperor... but she beat a Soul Sage and a Soul Douluo without even activating her rings?"
"And look at her age. She can't be older than thirteen or fourteen! Where the hell did this monster come from?! A Six-Ring Soul Emperor in her teens!"
The entire hall erupted in an uproar.
Tang Hao and Tang Xiao exchanged glances, both seeing shock and suspicion in the other's eyes.
This girl was far younger than they were. Even if she was a genius, she should be no more than a Soul Elder.
But her Soul Ring Configuration and strength were completely beyond anything they could comprehend.
"You've really made something of yourselves," Liu Erlong sneered. "The Clear Sky Twins. One of the Upper Three Sects. The world's greatest Tool Martial Soul."
"That's it?"
Tang Hao's face turned red. "You—"
"You're no match for me."
Liu Erlong cut him off. She raised her right hand and beckoned to them with her index finger.
"Come at me together."
The moment she said it, the entire hall exploded.
"What? She's taking on both of them?"
"A Six-Ring Soul Emperor against a Seven-Ring Soul Sage and an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo? Has she gone mad?"
"If she really wins... this is the kind of battle that'll go down in the history of the Soul Master World!"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! There are two entire major ranks between a Soul Emperor and a Soul Douluo!"
The Soul Masters in the hotel erupted with excitement. Some slapped the tables, while others stared in disbelief.
Ah Yin's mouth hung open as she stared at Liu Erlong, stunned.
This girl... was far too arrogant.
And yet her arrogance didn't inspire resentment. It only set their blood boiling.
"Miss," Ah Yin couldn't help saying gently, "we were in the wrong earlier, and you've already taught them a lesson. Why don't we leave it at that?"
She looked at Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, her eyes pleading.
"You two, apologize to her, and we can put this behind us."
Ah Yin didn't want to see the conflict escalate, let alone see this young girl get hurt.
However—
Her words only poured oil on the fire.
Tang Hao's face turned the color of pig liver.
He'd been punched flying by a girl younger than him in front of the woman he loved, and now he was supposed to apologize?
What a joke!
"Ah Yin, stay out of this!"
Tang Hao took a deep breath, his fists clenched until his knuckles cracked.
"We can't just let this go!"
Tang Xiao's expression darkened too as he glared at Liu Erlong.
The Clear Sky Sect's dignity could not be challenged. Hmph.
Especially not in front of Ah Yin.
"Little girl," Tang Xiao said in a low voice, "you do have some skill, but you're far too arrogant. You can't just trample on the Clear Sky Sect's name because you're a Soul Emperor."
Liu Erlong tilted her head, the curve of her smile growing wider.
"You talk too much."
She raised her right foot and stomped hard on the ground.
Boom!
Cracks radiated through the earth around her, and fragments of stone flew everywhere.
"Come on, then. Let me see how much the Clear Sky Sect is really worth."
Tang Hao and Tang Xiao exchanged a glance and moved at the same time.
"Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer!"
Tang Hao struck first. The Clear Sky Hammer appeared in his hand out of thin air, its massive head whooshing toward Liu Erlong.
One swing, two, three—
Each blow carried more force than the last. Rings of shock waves burst through the air, the stone tiles tore free from the ground, and shards scattered everywhere.
Tang Xiao flanked her from the side, sweeping his Clear Sky Hammer toward Liu Erlong's legs.
The brothers worked together seamlessly, striking high and low, one direct and one unpredictable, sealing off every escape route.
The onlookers cried out, "Amazing! So this is how the Clear Sky Twins fight together? That little girl is finished!"
However—
Liu Erlong stepped forward and abruptly raised her right arm.
First Soul Skill: Golden Holy Flame Possession.
All attributes doubled.
Second Soul Skill: Golden Holy Flame Dragon Arm.
Strength and attack power in her right arm doubled.
A Golden Holy Flame Dragon roared around her, its terrifying might spilling outward.
Liu Erlong's eyes turned golden, like a dragon's, and faint golden scales appeared on her body.
A pale golden light shimmered over her right arm, the phantom of dragon scales appearing and vanishing.
Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer?
Its power kept stacking with every swing.
What idiot would give you that kind of chance?
She simply reached out with her left hand, her fingers like iron pincers, and grabbed the head of Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer.
Boom!
A terrifying shock wave exploded from her palm. The ground beneath her feet cracked instantly, fissures spreading out like a spiderweb.
But Liu Erlong didn't budge an inch.
Tang Hao's pupils shrank. "What?!"
His Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer hadn't even stacked to five strikes yet, but even a Soul Sage would have to avoid its edge.
But now—
A Soul Emperor had caught it with her bare hands?
And... her hand hadn't even trembled?
"That's it?"
Liu Erlong gave a mocking laugh and tightened her fingers.
Crack.
Fine cracks appeared on the Clear Sky Hammer?!
Tang Hao's expression changed dramatically. He tried to pull the Clear Sky Hammer back, only to find it stuck in Liu Erlong's grip as if it had been welded there, completely immovable.
Just then, Tang Xiao's sweeping blow came crashing in.
Liu Erlong swung her right hand and met Tang Xiao's Clear Sky Hammer head-on.
Bang!
Another muffled impact.
Even Tang Xiao's strike, delivered by an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo, was blocked with one hand.
Her feet sank half an inch into the ground, but she remained as steady as a mountain.
After all, Liu Erlong had activated her first and second Soul Skills.
All her attributes had doubled, and her right arm's attack power and strength had doubled as well.
Combined with Jiang Ce's fivefold Independent Multiplier.
Liu Erlong's attributes had increased fifteenfold, while her strength and attack power had increased by an additional fifteenfold!
The entire hall fell silent.
"Catching a Clear Sky Hammer with her bare hands..."
"Taking on both at once..."
"Is she really only a Soul Emperor?"
Cold sweat beaded on Tang Hao and Tang Xiao's foreheads.
The strength of the young woman before them was simply inhuman.
Liu Erlong suddenly shoved with both hands, knocking their Clear Sky Hammers aside at the same time. Tang Hao and Tang Xiao staggered back several steps.
"That's it? The greatest weapon-type Martial Soul under heaven?"
Liu Erlong shook out her hands, her eyes full of disdain.
"Are your hammers made of paper?"
Tang Hao's face turned livid. He roared, and all seven of his Soul Rings lit up at once.
"Clear Sky True Body!"
The Clear Sky Hammer swelled several times in size, its hammerhead like a small mountain as it crashed down with the might to destroy heaven and earth.
Tang Xiao activated it at the same time. "Clear Sky True Body!"
The two Clear Sky Hammers, one large and one small, thundered toward Liu Erlong with the force of a storm.
This was the Clear Sky Sect's signature combined attack. With the two brothers working together, even a Titled Douluo would have to avoid its sharp edge.
Liu Erlong sneered.
"Now that's more like it."
She stomped hard against the ground and shot forward like a cannonball.
Her fist slammed into Tang Xiao's Clear Sky Hammer.
Rumble!
A terrifying blast erupted. The shock wave uprooted trees for dozens of meters around them, and every window in the hotel shattered.
Tang Xiao's Clear Sky Hammer was knocked violently off course. The tremendous recoil split his palm open, and blood streamed down.
Liu Erlong spun around and drove a roundhouse kick into the hammer's face.
Bang!
Tang Xiao, hammer and all, went flying and crashed through three trees before coming to a stop.
"Impossible..."
Tang Xiao clutched his hand. Blood dripped from it, and disbelief filled his eyes.
A fist mark had appeared on his Clear Sky Hammer.
A fist mark on the Clear Sky Hammer?
What the hell was this monster?
Liu Erlong drew back her fist, her golden, slit-pupiled eyes sweeping over the crowd.
"The Clear Sky Sect? Hmph."
She turned her back on the two men, her voice cold.
"Nothing special."
Her black dress snapped in the wind. The golden light of her dragon scales gradually faded, leaving only her proud, upright silhouette.
The entire crowd fell silent.
All the onlookers stared wide-eyed, their throats dry, unable to say a word.
A Six-Ring Soul Emperor.
One against two.
Overwhelming a Seven-Ring Soul Sage and an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo.
Catching the Clear Sky Hammer barehanded.
Leaving a hammer-shaped imprint with her fist.
Was this a myth?
Ah Yin covered her mouth, shock filling her blue eyes.
Ye Yinling jumped up in excitement. "Big Sis is amazing!"
Tang Yuehua's eyes reddened slightly beneath her mask.
She looked at her two battered brothers, then at Liu Erlong's retreating figure.
By now, her blood was boiling too. She wanted to give her two brothers a beating herself.
It wasn't as if they weren't tough.
A good thrashing shouldn't hurt them.
She'd just have to know when to stop.
Tang Hao and Tang Xiao helped each other to their feet, their faces filled with humiliation and resentment.
They wanted to say something, but their throats felt blocked.
Liu Erlong's voice reached their ears.
"Remember, the one who beat you up today was Liu Erlong."
"Not satisfied? Come find me anytime."
With that, she strode toward the hotel.
If not for Tang Yuehua's sake, she would've beaten the shit right out of them.
What she didn't know was that Tang Yuehua, seeing her beat up her two brothers, was itching to have a go herself.
Now that was sibling love and harmony!
Tang Hao and Tang Xiao's faces were livid. Their fists clenched with a crackle, but they couldn't squeeze out a single word of protest.
It wasn't that they couldn't fight anymore.
They just couldn't bear to fight on.
Two grown men, one a Soul Sage and the other a Soul Douluo, had been pinned down and beaten in front of everyone by a little six-ring girl—
They'd already lost after fighting two against one. Charging back in now?
That wouldn't be bravery. It would just mean they hadn't lost enough face yet.
The surrounding spectators' comments stabbed at them like knives:
"The Clear Sky Twins... got crushed?"
"A six-ring beat an eight-ring? And won? Is something wrong with my ears?"
"Her Martial Soul's a Golden Dragon. Who is she? Since when did the continent have a freak like this?"
"A Soul Emperor in her teens, crushing two opponents at once... I've wasted half my life."
Tang Hao's ears buzzed.
He didn't dare look Ah Yin in the eye.
Getting beaten like a dead dog in front of the woman he loved—
He and his brother had shamed every ancestor of the Clear Sky Sect today.
Just then, a hearty voice rang out.
"Miss, do you like Heaven Snow Spirit Soup? Let me treat you to some."
"Huh? No... don't be like that, little sister..."
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