Slapping Tang Hao Away

Tang Hao was utterly shocked when he sensed Ao Tian's aura become even more terrifying.

Soul Power coursed rapidly through his body, allowing him to barely withstand the dreadful pressure bearing down on him.

He said in a deep voice, "No Soul Master would remain unmoved after discovering a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

"You've already become a Titled Douluo. If I'm not mistaken, you either want her Soul Bone or intend to imprison her and leave her Soul Ring for someone else to absorb in the future," Ao Tian said.

Tang Hao sneered. "Aren't you thinking the same way? Who wouldn't want a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone within easy reach?"

"Not every Soul Beast means to harm people. Must they all be exterminated?" Ao Tian asked.

"Soul Masters kill Soul Beasts and absorb their Soul Rings and Soul Bones. It is only natural; it has been this way since ancient times. What is wrong with that?" Tang Hao retorted.

"Well said." Ao Tian applauded, mocking him. "If I remember correctly, a few years ago, you were hunted down by the Pope of Spirit Hall because of your Soul Beast wife. Your own wife was a Soul Beast, yet you claim that Soul Masters killing Soul Beasts is only natural. How laughable."

Tang Hao's expression changed, his face darkening as he roared, "Ah Yin was not a Soul Beast. In my eyes, she was a true human. She was kind, beautiful, and virtuous. Everyone from Spirit Hall deserves to die!"

"As for whether other Soul Beasts live or die, what does that have to do with me?"

If Tang San, rather than me, had become friends with Xiao Wu from the beginning, he probably wouldn't think this way, Ao Tian thought.

Tang Hao's aura surged, his robes fluttering wildly. The hood over his head was blown back, revealing his gloomy face.

"Dragon Ancestor, since you have your eye on that Soul Beast as well, a battle between us is unavoidable. If I lose, I will never set foot in Nuoding Academy again. If you lose, I will take that Soul Beast away. What do you say?"

"Fine," Ao Tian agreed.

Tang Hao nodded. With a thought, he summoned the Clear Sky Hammer.

An incomparably massive black hammer appeared behind him, floating in the air.

Complex patterns covered both ends of the black hammer, giving off a terrifying aura of slaughter.

Soul Rings rose one by one from beneath his feet. With every Soul Ring that appeared, Tang Hao's aura grew more powerful.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red!

Tang Hao's final Soul Ring was astonishingly a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

His aura reached its peak, and a terrifying gleam burst from his eyes as they opened and closed.

Tang Hao's eyes flashed like lightning as he stared at Ao Tian. "Tang Hao, Martial Soul: Clear Sky Hammer, level ninety-five Assault System Titled Douluo. Please enlighten me!"

"Dragon Ancestor, Martial Soul: Golden Dragon. Make your move." Even in the face of Tang Hao's overwhelming aura, Ao Tian remained calm and unconcerned.

Tang Hao frowned. "Where is your Martial Soul?"

Ao Tian replied flatly, "You are not worthy of making me use my Martial Soul."

"Arrogant!" Tang Hao flew into a rage, believing that Ao Tian was deliberately humiliating him.

"Then let me show you whether I am truly arrogant." Ao Tian chuckled and raised his right hand, fiercely clenching his five fingers inward.

Rumble—

The ground shook as five colossal stone pillars suddenly shot up from the earth around Tang Hao. Like Ao Tian's five fingers, they swiftly closed in around Tang Hao.

How was this possible?!

Tang Hao was horrified. Without even using a Soul Ring, he could create such an attack out of thin air. Was this young man called Dragon Ancestor even human?

Though shaken to the core, Tang Hao possessed abundant combat experience and reacted immediately.

The five stone pillars bent like fingers, trapping Tang Hao inside a cage in the blink of an eye.

The Clear Sky Hammer in Tang Hao's hand swung frantically, smashing into the stone walls around him.

However, the cage merely trembled and was not shattered by his Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang Hao grew increasingly shocked. His opponent had merely moved a finger and trapped him here. Such a method was simply beyond the ability of mortals.

The Clear Sky Hammer's technique suddenly changed as the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer was unleashed, blow after blow crashing into the stone walls.

Tang Hao's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer had already reached great mastery. In the blink of an eye, he had swung more than a dozen blows, their power rising in a straight line.

From the outside, the cage formed by the five stone pillars resembled a huge cocoon, shaking violently as thunderous crashes sounded without end.

Ao Tian waved a hand, and Divine Power formed a transparent barrier within a radius of a thousand meters.

The sounds, like muffled thunder exploding, were completely sealed within the barrier.

No one outside the barrier could sense the fluctuations of the battle within.

Ao Tian could clearly see Tang Hao inside the cage. The power of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer was increasing at an astonishing rate. Within a few breaths, Tang Hao had already swung seventy-two blows.

Cracks gradually appeared on the cage's stone walls, spreading ever more densely like a spiderweb.

Ao Tian nodded. "Mm, not bad. You still have some strength. The Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer truly deserves to be called a Soul Skill capable of threatening gods."

The moment that thought crossed his mind, the crude cage he had created with a single thought was shattered by Tang Hao.

"Dragon Ancestor, take this hammer strike!" Tang Hao's aura was incomparably violent. He stomped both feet down and launched himself toward Ao Tian, swinging the Clear Sky Hammer.

The Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer had reached its seventy-sixth blow. Tang Hao firmly believed that even a level ninety-nine Titled Douluo would not dare to be careless against this seventy-sixth strike.

At this moment, he no longer held even the slightest contempt for Ao Tian.

His opponent's methods were unfathomable, enough to make him go all out.

With a single leap, Tang Hao crossed more than fifty meters, bringing the enormous black hammer down toward Ao Tian's head.

Ao Tian did not react at all, allowing Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer to strike his head.

With a clang, the domineering Clear Sky Hammer seemed to have struck a piece of Immortal Gold, failing to leave even the slightest mark on it.

Before Tang Hao's shocked eyes, the Clear Sky Hammer rebounded high into the air. The enormous recoil numbed both his hands, and the hammer nearly flew from his grasp.

"Your strength is decent. It can barely give me a massage." Ao Tian grinned.

Those words frightened Tang Hao so badly that his heart nearly leaped out of his chest.

His body spun, dissipating the immense recoil and converting it into the strength for his next blow as he smashed the hammer toward Ao Tian's head again.

Sounds like Yellow Bell Great Bell rang out continuously throughout the thousand-meter area.

By the end, Tang Hao's shocked heart had nearly gone numb.

He even began to wonder whether he was hallucinating, whether there was no opponent called Dragon Ancestor at all and everything before him was merely an illusion.

But then he reconsidered. His Mental Power was already extraordinarily powerful, so how could he possibly hallucinate?

On the eightieth blow, the complex patterns on the Clear Sky Hammer lit up. They were the Divine Slaughter's Domain attached to it.

As the Divine Slaughter's Domain was released, his own strength increased while his enemy's strength was suppressed.

A chilling killing intent spread outward.

"You are too weak." Ao Tian had already lost interest.

Tang Hao, the legendary figure of Douluo Continent, was nothing more than this.

Faced with this strike, he finally made his move.

As the Clear Sky Hammer descended, his right hand gave a light wave and struck the hammerhead.

Tang Hao's earth-shattering attack was casually slapped away by Ao Tian, sending both man and hammer flying.