"Qian Daoliu, your Spirit Hall forced me to do this!"
"Explode!"
Tang Chen noticed the situation over by Tang Xiao. He hadn't expected the Spirit Hall to have so many Titled Douluo.
To make the Spirit Hall back down and buy Tang Xiao and the others a chance to leave, Tang Chen had no choice but to unleash all his strength, using Asura Divine Power and the divine Ring Detonation skill.
Power erupted in an instant. With Asura Divine Power combined with Ring Detonation, Tang Chen surpassed the limits, temporarily breaking through to Level 100 and wielding the power of a Level 100 god.
He swung his hammer, and heaven and earth split apart.
The terrifying force of destruction could erase all of Spirit City.
Sensing this power, Qian Daoliu turned pale with shock. He hurriedly summoned the Angel God's power, pushing his cultivation to its limits. He gathered all his strength into the index finger of his right hand and thrust it out.
This was the most powerful move Duan Changsheng had taught him: One Finger Zen!
A concentrated beam of power shot from his fingertip, striking the Clear Sky Hammer bearing down on him.
Power erupted in that instant.
Qian Daoliu relied on this one move to meet Tang Hao's hammer, which rivaled the might of a Level 100 god.
But the attack also drained most of Qian Daoliu's Soul Power and Angel Divine Power.
The energy waves generated by their clash, however, spread downward at tremendous speed, knocking back Bibi Dong and the others, who had been hovering high in the air, ready to fight.
The powerful shockwaves showed no sign of dissipating. It seemed they wouldn't stop until they had destroyed Spirit City.
But just then, Duan Changsheng, disguised as Masked Rider, appeared out of nowhere above Spirit City.
With a casual wave of his hand, he easily held back the shockwaves, preventing them from harming the innocent people in Spirit City.
Bibi Dong and the others were stunned when they saw Duan Changsheng.
Who was this man? His cultivation was astonishingly powerful.
With only a casual wave, he had easily held back the shockwaves.
Even Bibi Dong and Golden Crocodile Douluo, both Level 98 Super Douluo, couldn't do that.
Could he be another Limit Douluo like Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen?
At the thought, everyone felt disheartened.
So many powerful figures had been hiding on Douluo Continent all along.
"Great Sumeru Hammer!"
Tang Chen hadn't expected Qian Daoliu to have such a powerful move.
In all their previous clashes, he had never shown it.
While the power of Ring Detonation had yet to fade, Tang Chen unleashed the strongest hammer blow of his life.
It was the ultimate secret of the Clear Sky Hammer.
The hammer had not even fallen, yet its terrifying force of destruction had already plunged Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, and the other Titled Douluo into despair.
This blow had clearly surpassed the limits of mortals and reached the realm of a true Level 100 god.
Beneath the gods, all mortals were ants.
Even Qian Daoliu, a Level 99 Limit Douluo infinitely close to becoming a Level 100 god, was still an ant.
Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, and everyone else in Spirit City had given up resisting. They were utterly despairing, waiting quietly for death to come.
"Stop!"
Suddenly, a contemptuous, soft voice rang out.
Duan Changsheng lightly tapped the air with his right index finger, and the flow of time and space throughout the world suddenly stopped.
Even Tang Chen, holding the Clear Sky Hammer aloft, froze in midair.
With everyone watching, Duan Changsheng stepped through the air and strolled leisurely toward Tang Chen.
Everyone was utterly shocked by the sight.
Good heavens!
Was he a god?
He could freeze time and space, ignoring Tang Chen's hammer, which had surpassed the limits.
He was simply too powerful!
Unable to move, Wang Yuyan watched the way Duan Changsheng walked and stared in surprise.
That lazy, swaggering gait—why did it look so much like her dad's?
Could this strangely dressed man be her father?
No way!
Her father was an ordinary man. Every day, all he did was drink and flirt with women. How could he be an unrivaled powerhouse?
She must have been mistaken!
It was impossible!
"Tang Chen, with your body in its current state, you used divine power and forcibly activated Ring Detonation to unleash a hammer blow that surpassed the limits."
"Even if you win, will you still be alive?"
"Will anyone in Spirit City still be alive?"
"Tang Chen, you're too selfish!"
Duan Changsheng walked up to Tang Chen and looked at the young man before him with great admiration.
Tang Chen's talent made him very tempted to take him on as a disciple.
What a pity. Tang Chen was too much of a gambler and prone to losing control of his emotions. His will could easily be compromised again by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King, so he had already lost the chance to become a god—and the chance to become Duan Changsheng's disciple.
As Tang Chen looked at Duan Changsheng, a storm surged in his heart.
He knew his own condition very well, and he knew his hammer blow had definitely reached the level of a Level 100 god.
Yet this man before him could control time and space, easily restraining him and halting the hammer in mid-swing.
Was this the true power of a god?
Even after temporarily breaking through his limits, he was still nowhere close.
"Ah, forget it. I see how hard you've worked to cultivate, young man. I'll help you this once."
"But you nearly caused a catastrophe, so I can't let you go unpunished."
"I'll knock your cultivation back down to Level 98 as a lesson."
"If you can reach Level 99 again in this lifetime, I'll make an exception and take you as my disciple!"
Duan Changsheng sighed and lightly tapped the face of the Clear Sky Hammer with his right index finger.
In an instant, Time-Space Stasis ended, and everyone could move again.
But the Clear Sky Hammer, which had contained enough destructive force to shatter heaven and earth, rapidly dwindled to the size of an ordinary hammer and returned to Tang Chen's hand.
Then Duan Changsheng fired several beams of light into Tang Chen's body, dropping his cultivation to Level 98.
At the same time, he saved Tang Chen's life and completely destroyed the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King inside him.
Hearing this, Qian Daoliu's eyes flickered, and his face showed his unwillingness.
He could tell who this Masked Superman was.
Wasn't he his own teacher?
Those beams of light he had just shot out looked very much like the One Finger Zen his teacher had taught him.
They could even be considered an upgraded version of One Finger Zen.
And Duan Changsheng's words struck directly at his pride.
His teacher wanted to take Tang Chen as a disciple, yet had never been willing to acknowledge Qian Daoliu as one.
Didn't that mean his talent was far inferior to Tang Chen's?
At the thought, Qian Daoliu was heartbroken.
But after thinking it over, he knew it made sense.
Tang Chen had cultivated to Level 99 through his own strength and defeated him, while he had needed to rely on the Angel Nine Trials.
Perhaps that was the difference between them.
"Thank you, Senior. I'll remember your words!"
"One day, I'll become your disciple."
"May I ask how I should address you, Senior? I'll be sure to remember it."
Tang Chen was thoroughly impressed by Duan Changsheng's abilities. He bowed to him in respect.
He had roamed Douluo Continent for so many years, yet this was the first time he had encountered someone even stronger than himself.
The difference wasn't merely a small advantage. It was a difference of tens of thousands of times.
In this man's presence, he wasn't even worthy of being called an ant.
"I am Formless. You may call me the Formless God."
"Everyone, disperse. Go home, each to your own family and your own mother."
"If anyone dares to object, I'll make the sky look like this!"
Duan Changsheng replied, raised his hand, and threw a punch, blasting a black hole into the sky.