No, He Couldn't Give Up

The enormous Clear Sky Hammer seemed unable to withstand this immense force, letting out a trembling hum. Yet the might it radiated had also reached an unprecedented peak.

Tang Hao gripped the hammer with both hands, his eyes nearly splitting from their sockets, and charged toward the vines that blotted out the sky.

Under this devastating strike, the surging flood of Demon Vines was forcibly blasted open, creating a massive gap. Even space itself showed faint signs of distortion.

Using the terrifying recoil generated by detonating three Soul Rings, Tang Hao was struck hard by an invisible giant hand. He spat out a large mouthful of blood, and his body flew backward like a broken kite, faster than when he had arrived. In a sorry state, he shot out of the Icefire Yin Yang Well's range in an instant, disappeared into the Sunset Forest outside, and vanished from sight.

He did not even dare to look back. Risking further aggravation of his injuries, he pushed his speed to the limit, wanting only to get as far away as possible from that terrifying woman and the strange spring.

Within the Icefire Yin Yang Well, the world-shaking energy fluctuations gradually subsided.

The dark green flames slowly went out. After losing their source of power, the frenzied Demon Vines drooped limply, with many of them turning to ash.

At that moment, the Icefire Yin Yang Well was in complete disarray.

The valley, which had originally been carefully maintained, was now covered in pits and hollows. Charred marks and deep craters corroded by venom were everywhere, while many of the poisonous flowers and herbs Ge Duo had transplanted later were reduced to ashes in the earlier clash and Tang Hao's final Ring Detonation.

Ge Duo stood before the cottage, her chest rising and