Chen Feng said nothing more.
He let her clutch his sleeve.
Their figures gradually disappeared deeper into the valley.
Just then, the Chat Group panel unfolded before Chen Feng.
Little Witch: [Big Brother Group Leader, is Xiao Wu safe now?] Poison Fairy: [Chen Feng has taken Xiao Wu out of Spirit City.] Fiery Chili Pepper: [There are no pursuers outside Spirit City for the moment.] Loves Carrots: [Xiao Wu is safe now.] Little Witch: [That's good.] My Cat Is White and Big: [Her Holiness the Pope, are you still not sending anyone after them?] Her Holiness the Pope: [I said I would not hunt Xiao Wu.] I Have No Mother: [You'd better remember those words.] Her Holiness the Pope: [It isn't your place to remind me how I conduct myself.]
Chen Feng did not join the argument.
His gaze fell upon the synchronized image that had suddenly appeared in the group.
It showed the battle before the Papal Palace in Spirit City.
Tang Hao still held the Clear Sky Hammer.
Crimson light covered the entire massive hammer.
After Ring Detonation, Tang Hao's strength had reached an extremely terrifying level.
Even with Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo joining forces, they were still forced back again and again by the Clear Sky Hammer.
More than half the white jade steps before the Papal Palace had shattered.
Golden petals lay scattered across the ground.
Black ghostly shadows were torn apart by the hammer's wind.
Bibi Dong retreated several steps in succession, each one leaving a deep crack behind.
Tang Hao swung the Clear Sky Hammer and smashed it forward once more.
"Heavenly Hammer Nine Absolutes, Tremor!"
A colossal hammer shadow descended from the sky.
The petal domain released by Chrysanthemum Douluo shattered on the spot.
Ghost Douluo transformed into a black shadow and swept past the edge of the hammer shadow.
Bibi Dong raised both arms.
The Death Spider Emperor's eight forelimbs crossed before her, and purple-black poisonous light condensed into a heavy barrier.
Boom!
The Clear Sky Hammer struck the barrier.
A violent shockwave spread outward.
Bibi Dong's body slid back more than ten meters.
Her purple papal robes fluttered wildly in the gale.
She raised a hand to hold down her robes and regained her footing.
All the soul masters before the Papal Palace looked toward Bibi Dong.
Tang Hao also stopped moving.
"Bibi Dong."
"Is this all the strength you have?"
Bibi Dong did not answer.
She raised her eyes to Tang Hao, the Death Spider Emperor in her palm slowly drawing inward.
The next moment.
An even more immense soul power spread from within her body.
Of her original nine Soul Rings, eight rose at the same time.
Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black.
The eight Soul Rings arranged themselves behind Bibi Dong.
The glow of the eighth black Soul Ring far surpassed the ones before it.
Immediately after.
The soul power pressure of a rank ninety-eight Titled Douluo abruptly blanketed the entire Papal Palace plaza.
The surrounding soul masters' expressions changed dramatically.
Several Soul Douluo retreated at once.
Even the defensive barrier maintained by the red-robed bishops rapidly warped beneath that pressure.
The Clear Sky Hammer in Tang Hao's hand stopped in midair.
As he watched the fluctuations of Bibi Dong's soul power, his expression changed for the first time.
"Rank ninety-eight?"
Bibi Dong raised the Papal Scepter.
"Tang Hao."
"Did you think I was only rank ninety-seven?"
The Death Spider Emperor phantom behind her rapidly expanded.
All eight spider legs stabbed into the ground at once.
Deep purple light spread across the white jade tiles, covering the entire plaza in the blink of an eye.
Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived at Bibi Dong's side together.
The soul powers of the three connected once more.
The Chrysanthemum-Ghost Domain overlapped with the Death Spider Emperor domain.
The space around Tang Hao froze again.
This time.
Even the crimson radiance on the Clear Sky Hammer visibly slowed.
Bibi Dong raised her hand.
The eighth black Soul Ring suddenly lit up.
"Eighth Soul Skill, Spider Emperor Clone."
Two enormous Death Spider Emperors emerged from the purple poisonous light.
Each clone possessed more than half the original body's strength.
The three Death Spider Emperors opened their forelimbs at once and closed in on Tang Hao.
Tang Hao's expression darkened.
He had already detonated his ninth Soul Ring and could not use the same method again anytime soon.
Yet the Clear Sky Hammer's might did not diminish in the slightest.
"Heavenly Hammer Nine Absolutes, Break!"
The massive hammer swept across.
One Death Spider Emperor clone was struck head-on, its huge body flying backward.
The other clone thrust out a spider leg from the side.
Tang Hao raised his left arm to block.
Purple poisonous light instantly pierced through the Clear Sky Hammer's defense and landed on his shoulder.
Tang Hao's body swayed.
Seizing the chance, Bibi Dong thrust out all eight spider legs at once.
Tang Hao swung the Clear Sky Hammer and knocked back four of them.
The remaining four spider legs descended from different directions.
One pierced through his black robes.
Another grazed his chest, bringing up a spray of blood.
Seeing this, Tang San immediately rushed forward.
"Dad!"
Bibi Dong raised her eyes toward Tang San.
"You want to go over?"
A Death Spider Emperor clone raised its forelimb and forced Tang San back.
The Clear Sky Hammer in Tang San's hand swung again and again.
But before a Titled Douluo, his attacks could not change the course of the battle at all.
Xiao Wu had already left with Chen Feng.
Tang Hao was also being suppressed by Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo working together.
The situation before the Papal Palace began to change.
Bibi Dong raised her scepter.
The power of her eighth Soul Skill was fully unleashed.
All three Death Spider Emperors pounced on Tang Hao at once.
Tang Hao gripped the Clear Sky Hammer tightly and forcibly mobilized the soul power within his body.
But the backlash from Ring Detonation had begun to take effect.
His aura was weakening.
Watching Tang Hao surrounded by the three Death Spider Emperors, Bibi Dong finally displayed the true power of a rank ninety-eight Titled Douluo.
"Tang Hao."
"Today, you will not leave."
Before the Papal Palace.
The three Death Spider Emperors surrounded Tang Hao at once.
Purple-black poison covered the ground.
Tang Hao gripped the Clear Sky Hammer and drove back two Spider Emperor clones in succession.
But the third Death Spider Emperor had already arrived behind him.
A sharp spider leg struck Tang Hao's back.
His black robes shattered instantly.
A large amount of blood flowed down from the wound.
Tang Hao staggered several steps forward.
The Clear Sky Hammer in his hand slammed heavily into the ground, and only then did he barely steady himself.
The backlash from Ring Detonation grew stronger and stronger.
The soul power in his meridians had begun to lose control.
Bibi Dong stood at the center of the Death Spider Emperor True Body.
Her rank ninety-eight soul power continuously bore down upon Tang Hao.
"Tang Hao."
"Even in your prime, you could not destroy Spirit Hall."
"Now, with old wounds plaguing you, you still dared to charge into Spirit City alone."
Tang Hao raised the Clear Sky Hammer.
"Whether I can leave or not, we'll find out after we fight."
The eighth black Soul Ring lit up.
Cracks rapidly appeared across its surface.
Bibi Dong immediately saw what Tang Hao intended to do.
"You still want to detonate a Soul Ring?"
"Can your body endure it?"
Tang Hao did not answer.
The eighth Soul Ring exploded with a thunderous blast.
Vast energy surged into the Clear Sky Hammer.
The wound on Tang Hao's shoulder split open again, blood soaking half his black robes.
Yet he did not stop.
The Clear Sky Hammer swept outward.
The purple-black spiderweb shattered from the center.
Two Death Spider Emperor clones were forced back at once.
Tang Hao took a step forward.
A colossal hammer shadow shot straight toward Bibi Dong's true body.
Bibi Dong raised the Papal Scepter.
"Sixth Soul Skill, Eternal Wound!"
Two emerald-green light blades flew out in a crossing pattern.
The light blades collided head-on with the Clear Sky Hammer.
Tang Hao's body abruptly halted.
The emerald-green light blades passed through the hammer shadow, leaving two crossed wounds across his chest.
Blood sprayed through the air.
Tang Hao stepped backward.
The red brilliance on the Clear Sky Hammer rapidly dimmed.
Chrysanthemum Douluo seized the opportunity.
The Heaven-Piercing Velvet Chrysanthemum bloomed in midair.
Hundreds of golden petals converged into a long blade, slashing directly toward Tang Hao's right arm.
Ghost Douluo also emerged from the shadows.
Black ghostly claws descended toward the center of Tang Hao's back.
Tang Hao forced himself to turn around.
The Clear Sky Hammer blocked the golden long blade.
Yet the ghostly claws landed solidly on his back.
Bang!
Tang Hao flew back several dozen meters.
His tall physique crashed into the shattered white jade steps.
The Clear Sky Hammer slipped from his hand and hit the ground.
The soul power swirling around his body became extremely chaotic.
Tang San looked at his father, who had collapsed into the ruins, and immediately rushed over.
"Father!"
Tang Hao propped himself up on a stone slab with one hand and stood back up.
He glanced in the direction where Xiao Wu had departed.
The Azure Lotus Sword light was no longer visible there.
Chen Feng has already taken Xiao Wu away.
At least she is safe for the time being.
Tang San arrived by Tang Hao's side.
"Father, let's fight our way out together."
Tang Hao turned his head to look at Tang San.
"Little San."
"Hold onto me tightly now."
Tang San had not yet understood the meaning of those words.
Tang Hao's seventh soul ring had already begun to vibrate.
Bibi Dong's gaze tightened.
"Stop him!"
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo struck simultaneously.
Two streams of Titled Douluo soul power descended from the left and right.
Tang Hao reached out and grabbed Tang San's shoulder.
The seventh soul ring burst apart with a deafening roar.
The remaining power surged entirely into the Clear Sky Hammer.
The giant Clear Sky Hammer flew up from the ruins.
Tang Hao gripped the hammer handle with both hands and smashed it with all his might toward the upper part of the Papal Palace.
"Heavenly Hammer Nine Absolutes, Void!"
The hammer image did not attack Bibi Dong.
It smashed directly toward the sky above Spirit City.
Rumble!
The air was forcibly torn open.
Rampant soul power surged in all directions.
The golden petals released by Chrysanthemum Douluo were all knocked off course.
The black palm condensed by Ghost Douluo was also pierced right through the middle by the Clear Sky Hammer.
Leveraging the recoil of the soul power, Tang Hao carried Tang San and flew toward the outside of Spirit City.
Bibi Dong raised her scepter.
The forelimbs of the Death Spider Emperor stabbed toward midair.
A spider leg pierced through Tang Hao's right shoulder.
Tang Hao did not look back.
He stubbornly endured this strike and continued into the distance with Tang San.
Chrysanthemum Douluo prepared to give chase.
Bibi Dong, however, raised her hand to stop him.
"Your Holiness."
"Tang Hao is already heavily injured."
"If we pursue him now, we can definitely trap him here."
Bibi Dong gazed at the shrinking black shadow in the distance.
"Tang Hao detonated three soul rings in succession."
"His old injuries have also erupted comprehensively."
"Even if he escapes, he will pay a heavy price."
Ghost Douluo returned to the front of the papal platform.
"Do we need to send people to search?"
"Send out the Spirit Hall soul masters to find out where they are heading."
Bibi Dong put away her Death Spider Emperor True Body.
"Do not engage in direct combat."
"Tang Hao has already been defeated."
"Yet a Clear Sky Douluo driven into a desperate situation can still take away quite a few people."
The Papal Palace square gradually returned to peace.
The ground was covered with cracks.
More than half of the white jade steps had collapsed.
The Golden Generation stood in the distance.
Hu Liena looked in the direction where Xiao Wu and Chen Feng had left.
Inside the chat group:
Fragrant Fox:[Tang Hao took Tang San and escaped.]
Poison Fairy:[Xiao Wu has already left Spirit City.]
Little Witch:[Where is Brother Chen Feng?]
Poison Fairy:[He is with Xiao Wu.]
Fiery Chili Pepper:[As long as Chen Feng is around, Xiao Wu will not encounter danger.]
Her Holiness the Pope:[This seat will not continue to pursue Xiao Wu.]
I No Longer Have a Mother:[You had better mean what you say.]
Her Holiness the Pope:[Do not push your luck.]
Chat Group Owner:[This matter ends here.]
Chat Group Owner:[If Spirit Hall continues to pursue Xiao Wu, it will be another violation of the group rules.]
Bibi Dong looked at the message sent by the group owner.
Her fingers holding the Papal Scepter paused for a moment.
Her Holiness the Pope:[This seat understands.]
Outside Spirit City.
Deep within a mountain valley.
Chen Feng stopped beside a stream.
The Azure Lotus Sword flew past the woods.
Several withered branches were severed by the sword energy and fell neatly onto the open ground.
A crimson flame rose from the sword blade.
The campfire was quickly ignited.
Xiao Wu sat on a blue stone nearby.
She hugged her knees with both hands, her gaze fixed constantly on Chen Feng.
Chen Feng put away the Azure Lotus Sword.
"You have been looking for a long time."
"Xiao Wu just wanted to confirm one thing."
"What thing?"
Xiao Wu stood up.
She came before Chen Feng and carefully scrutinized that familiar face.
"Are you the group owner?"
"Didn't you already guess it?"
"Guessing is one thing."
"Hearing you admit it with my own ears is another thing entirely."
Xiao Wu recalled the various events within the chat group.
The group owner knew Tang San's past life.
The group owner was able to capture fragments of the future.
The group owner knew about the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.
The group owner could even allow A Yin to recover her origin.
The Chen Feng in reality likewise possessed advancements that repeatedly defied conventional logic.
Xiao Wu nodded gently.
"No wonder the group owner always knew about Chen Feng's affairs."
"Because you were the same person all along."
Chen Feng looked at her.
"My identity cannot be told to the other group members."
"Xiao Wu will definitely keep it a secret."
Xiao Wu raised her right hand.
"If Xiao Wu spills this secret, may Xiao Wu never get to eat carrots for the rest of her life."
Chen Feng glanced at the scorpion braid behind her.
"That oath is indeed very heavy for you."
Xiao Wu lowered her palm.
"Of course."
"Carrots are Xiao Wu's favorite thing."
She turned and went to the stream.
Xiao Wu took out a few carrots from her soul tool and carefully washed them with the stream water.
Chen Feng looked at the items in her hand.
"Are you preparing to eat dinner?"
"This is a token of gratitude for saving my life."
Xiao Wu returned to the campfire holding the washed carrots.
She picked out the largest one and handed it to Chen Feng.
"Here."
Chen Feng did not reach out.
"You're using a carrot to thank your savior?"
Xiao Wu blinked her eyes.
"This is the most precious food Xiao Wu has."
"More precious than soul coins?"
"Soul coins can buy a lot of carrots."
Xiao Wu rethought it for a moment.
She took out a money pouch from her soul tool as well.
"These are for you too."
Chen Feng took the money pouch.
Inside were only a dozen or so gold soul coins.
Xiao Wu hurriedly explained.
"Xiao Wu left too in a hurry and didn't have time to pack things."
"When Xiao Wu has money in the future, I will make it up to you."
Chen Feng put the money pouch back into her hand.
"Keep it for yourself."
"What about the carrot?"
"Eat it yourself."
Xiao Wu sat back down beside the campfire.
She picked up a carrot and began nibbling on it.
The red firelight fell across her face.
After a while.
Xiao Wu suddenly spoke.
"Lord Group Leader."
"In the future, how should Xiao Wu address you in the real world?"
"Just call me by my name."
"Chen Feng?"
"Mm."
Xiao Wu softly repeated it several times.
"Chen Feng."
"Brother Chen Feng."
She raised her eyes to look at the man in white.
"The second one rolls off the tongue better."
Chen Feng did not correct her.
Xiao Wu set the half-eaten carrot aside.
"Brother Chen Feng."
"Do you really want Xiao Wu to stay with you forever?"
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