Angel Legion VS Hammer Men (Part 1)

Spirit City, courtyard.

After a war without smoke came to an end, Wang Zhao leisurely drank the juice Sister Die had brought him.

As for the teacup?

He had thrown it away.

"You brat, how did you even come up with this kind of chess? The greatest complexity reduced to the utmost simplicity—truly profound."

Across from him, Qian Daoliu sighed in admiration.

"Is that so?"

Wang Zhao looked utterly innocent.

"Isn't it just white stones surrounding black stones, black stones surrounding white stones? You just surround them, that's all."

"I really don't know whether you're genuinely pure, still possess a childlike heart, or..."

Qian Daoliu's gaze was meaningful.

"Forget it. A childlike heart has nothing whatsoever to do with you."

Outside the Clear Sky Sect's grounds.

A group of Hammer Men voiced their support for their sect master's words—

"Well said, Sect Master! We should have done this long ago!"

"We absolutely cannot let Spirit Hall butcher us at will!"

"My poor son, who just died... If only he could have held on until now, he wouldn't have suffered such a humiliating death!"

"Even if we die, we must die on the battlefield!"

"The Breaking Clan is willing to—"

"Quiet!"

At that moment, the Grand Elder of Clear Sky Sect, who had kept his eyes closed and remained silent, once again shouted his command.

On the Breaking Clan's side, Clan Chief Yang Wudi's expression darkened slightly, but no one paid attention to him at the moment.

The Grand Elder then lowered his stance and looked toward Spirit Hall's camp, speaking with what could practically be called a plea:

"Is there truly no room for compromise?"

Bibi Dong considered it for a moment.

"I can spare the old women. As for the young ones, if they come to Spirit Hall, I can guarantee they will not suffer any mistreatment."

"This..."

The Grand Elder could not help falling silent.

This was not the answer he wanted!

But...

They had indeed made a concession.

If they kept arguing, it might really lead to an all-out war!

But could they simply stand by and watch the wives and daughters of Clear Sky Sect be taken away?

Absolutely not!

Then Bibi Dong spoke again:

"How about this? I will not make things difficult for you by demanding that you do nothing under these circumstances. Spirit Hall will send out only the Angel Legion, while Clear Sky Sect may not deploy any Titled Douluo. At most one Soul Douluo, at most five Soul Saints; the rest are unrestricted, but the total number may not exceed two hundred, and the Four Single-Attribute Clans may not participate in the battle."

"Neither side may harm the other's lives. Fight as you please and rely on your own abilities. If Spirit Hall wins, Clear Sky Sect will immediately hand over the wives and daughters. If Spirit Hall loses, we will put this matter aside for the time being."

"This is equivalent to having your three rather unimpressive Titled Douluo hold back our four Titled Douluo, including Golden Crocodile Priest. And even if you are ultimately defeated, there will be no deaths on either side. What do you say?"

"Can you accept these terms?"

If that was the case...

Upon hearing this, Tang Xiao and the other elders were all somewhat tempted.

Earlier, the Grand Elder had quietly established communication with them through voice transmission and analyzed that this was already the greatest concession Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall could make.

Otherwise, did they really expect to quell Spirit Hall's anger without suffering any losses?

That was impossible even to imagine.

Besides, even if they were ultimately forced into it and the wives and daughters of Clear Sky Sect were taken away by Spirit Hall, it was not as though they would have no chance to rescue them in the future, right?

Though by then, they might all be black...

Pah, pah, pah!

What were they thinking?!

What were their Clear Sky Hammers for?

Of course, they were for smashing angels!

The Clear Sky Hammer could smash even real angels, let alone those fake angels from the Angel Legion!

Hiss~

Looking at it that way...

As the big hammer-wielding men thought this, they became even more tempted.

They exchanged glances, then ultimately turned to Spirit Hall's camp and nodded.

"We accept. We hope Spirit Hall will keep its promise in the end."

"Of course."

The corners of Bibi Dong's lips curled imperceptibly before quickly returning to normal.

The same was true of the four elders around her.

During the past few days of marching, Bibi Dong had hardly been idle...

Did they really think she had said this without any preparations?

Did they really think that when she had assembled her troops in Spirit City and said she wanted to see whether "Clear Sky could truly smash angels generation after generation," she had merely been joking?

Bibi Dong played for real!

Tremble, Hammer Men of Clear Sky Sect~

Hehehe!

At this moment, within Clear Sky Sect's camp.

Facing the Clear Sky disciples, Tang Xiao spoke in an impassioned tone, encouraging them.

"Brothers and sisters of Clear Sky Sect!"

"Spirit Hall has bullied our sect far too much. Those villains have not given up, and now we finally have a chance to make them suffer a silent loss as well!"

"Are you ready?"

Upon hearing this, a male disciple immediately summoned a Clear Sky Hammer into his hand and answered Tang Xiao:

"Sect Master, my Clear Sky Hammer is already starving for battle!"

The other Hammer Men soon echoed him.

"Yeah, I can't wait either!"

"I've been ready for ages!"

"Let me fight..."

Looking at these excited disciples, Tang Xiao nodded in satisfaction. He then had the elders assist him in selecting the finest fighters.

If they won this battle, not only would they make Spirit Hall suffer a silent loss and wash away their shame, but they could also restore Clear Sky Sect's vitality.

Otherwise, had they not seen how, after Spirit Hall's series of moves, Clear Sky Sect was practically becoming the Rat Sect, with everyone shrinking back in fear?

It was simply disgraceful!

However, Tang Xiao suddenly considered whether Spirit Hall's confidence meant they truly had some hidden trump card.

After all, no matter how much they looked down on Clear Sky Sect, they could not be foolish enough to send the Angel Legion, whose Martial Soul quality was mostly rather mediocre, against Clear Sky disciples whose Martial Souls were all genuinely top-tier Tool Martial Souls.

Could it be simply because the Angel Legion could fly?

What was so impressive about that...

After thinking it over, Tang Xiao still could not figure it out. He could only notify the Clear Sky disciples who had been chosen for the upcoming battle to remain vigilant.

However, most of these Hammer Men did not take it too seriously.

After all, those selected basically all possessed the move Disordered Cloak.

Moreover, all their Martial Souls were Clear Sky Hammers. What could the Angel Legion possibly use to compete with them?

Among two hundred members of the Angel Legion, they did not even know whether three-quarters would possess high-grade Martial Souls. Although Spirit Hall's influence spanned the continent, it was not so easy to assemble an entire legion of Soul Masters with high-grade Martial Souls.

So what did they have to fear?

Even if the Angel Legion could all fly, so what? Having received the sect's inheritance, they already possessed effective methods for dealing with Flying Soul Masters.

Before long.

The Third Elder of Clear Sky Sect led a group of disciples out of Clear Sky Sect's camp.

The Third Elder was now an eighty-eighth-rank Soul Douluo. Though he was one rank weaker than Ling Yuan in soul power, he was already Clear Sky Sect's fourth-strongest member and the best Soul Douluo candidate they could currently send out.

At the same time, Ling Yuan, who had long been poised for action, descended with the Angel Legion some distance away, facing Clear Sky Sect's two-hundred-man squad from afar.

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(Important things must be said three times. Two more chapters will be posted later.)