Only a Fool Wouldn't Dodge

Detonating six rings was already Tang Hao's absolute limit in his current physical state, but even just detonating six rings made the technique of the Great Clear Sky Hammer swell to an immense scale.

At that moment, Bifulong's voice rang in Xiao Wu's ear, "Are you an idiot? Why aren't you telling this big fool to run away? Don't tell me you actually want to stupidly take a hammer like that?"

"Sage Lord! I understand. Erming, run!"

The Titan Gorilla clearly wore a puzzled look.

"Don't ask so many questions, just run!"

Given the Titan Gorilla's stubborn mindset, he desperately wanted to test Tang Hao's Great Clear Sky Hammer, but he would not disobey Xiao Wu's order.

He immediately turned and ran, sprinting as fast as he possibly could, which in turn left Tang Hao dumbfounded.

The Great Clear Sky Hammer technique was never a lock-on ability, and its activation time was extremely slow.

The only reason this technique was hyped up to be so overpowered was because everyone who had ever been hammered by it was stubbornly stiff-minded.

Whether it was Qian Daoliu or Qian Xunji, either of them could easily have left the attack range of the Great Clear Sky Hammer during its activation period.

Now, watching the Titan Gorilla bolt out of the Great Clear Sky Hammer's attack range, Tang Hao could do nothing.

With no other choice, Tang Hao had to shift his target to the Jadeplume Terrorshroom.

"Since that beast ran away, you can take this hammer instead."

The head of the Great Clear Sky Hammer came crashing down, instantly flattening the Jadeplume Terrorshroom.

Furious power surged in all directions, and the entire ground caved in to form a massive crater, showing just how terrifyingly powerful the Great Clear Sky Hammer really was.

However, Tang Hao clearly had not learned his lesson from the last time, as Electro elements would only drive beasts into a catalyzed state.

The violent Electro element energy accompanying Tang Hao's Great Clear Sky Hammer completely catalyzed the subterranean Mycelium Network in this area as well.

Taking advantage of this, Lan Yu summoned a catalyzed Jadeplume Terrorshroom. Seeing the Jadeplume Terrorshroom reappear, Tang Hao was even more astonished.

"What on earth is this thing? Not even the Great Clear Sky Hammer can kill it!"

The Jadeplume Terrorshroom cared nothing for what Tang Hao was thinking as Catalyzing Plumage activated, and countless Dendro element missiles shot toward Tang Hao once more.

Having just finished using ring-detonation and the Great Clear Sky Hammer, Tang Hao was in a weakened state. Facing the Jadeplume Terrorshroom's attacks, he could only dodge, and use the Clear Sky Hammer to block whatever he could not evade.

Catalyzing Unbridled Stride!

The Jadeplume Terrorshroom charged directly at Tang Hao at an extremely fast speed. Tang Hao had no way to dodge it, and could only watch helplessly as the Jadeplume Terrorshroom slammed into him.

Spit! Another mouthful of blood sprayed out, and by this point, Tang Hao's injuries had already damaged his foundation.

Tang Hao tried to crawl up and run, but the hooked beak of the Jadeplume Terrorshroom pecked straight into his left leg. The Jadeplume Terrorshroom's beak was exceptionally hard, snapping Tang Hao's left leg clean off.

"Ah..."

The agony of the broken leg forced a miserable scream from Tang Hao. Lan Yu did not lower his guard, staring fixedly at Tang Hao.

The Jadeplume Terrorshroom moved its beak once more, this time aiming for Tang Hao's head.

Logically speaking, Tang Hao was in an inescapable predicament, but Lan Yu had a hunch that Tang Hao would not die so easily.

And indeed, right as Tang Hao was about to have his skull cracked open by the Jadeplume Terrorshroom, a bloody crimson light enveloped Tang Hao's entire body and snatched him away, leaving only a severed leg behind on the spot.

"Just as I thought, Tang Hao is the guardian arranged by the Asura God for Tang San. There's no way they'd let him die this easily. Having a background and backers really is nice!"

"What do you mean by that? Aren't I your backer too? Is my backing not hard enough?"

Bifulong popped out and said with dissatisfaction.

"Hard enough, hard enough. Then tell me, when will you be able to smash those God Kings of the Douluo World?"

"I don't even know what kind of strength these God Kings you speak of have, how am I supposed to compare? If they were as powerful as Ahmar..."

Many of the Demon Gods of the Sumeru Desert referred to King Deshret Ahmar as a God King.

Even at his peak, Bifulong could not compare to Ahmar.

"Don't worry, the God Kings of the Douluo God Realm are far inferior to Demon Gods of Ahmar's level."

Lan Yu did not continue discussing the topic, walking over instead to pick up Tang Hao's severed leg.

There was a 10,000-year spirit bone here. Lan Yu could not remember whether this was the Clear Sky School's inherited spirit bone, but that did not really matter—a 10,000-year spirit bone was already precious enough on its own.

At that moment, a rumbling sound echoed as the ground shook with a small tremor once again.

Immediately afterward, the massive figure of the Titan Gorilla came into view standing not far from Lan Yu. He was sizing up Lan Yu, and Lan Yu was sizing him up in return.

Xiao Wu hopped down happily from the Titan Gorilla's body and ran up to Lan Yu.

"Lan Yu, where did that bad guy go?"

"He left a severed leg behind and ran off."

"Ah! You chopped off one of his legs, that's amazing! So I'm really free now, that's wonderful."

"Mm, you can consider yourself free now. Before you cultivate to maturity, it's best not to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, or ideally wait until you reach the strength of a Title Douluo before leaving."

"Lan Yu, you might not know this, but if transformed spirit beasts don't leave the forest and head to the human world, their cultivation has no way of progressing."

"You are now also a follower of the Sage Lord of Fungi, do you think this will still be a problem?"

"The Sage Lord really has a way for me to cultivate without leaving the forest?"

"Of course. However, first have your little brother put away his hostility toward me."

"Sorry! Erming, don't scare my friend."

The Titan Gorilla looked at Xiao Wu with her hands on her hips and wore a aggrieved expression.

At that moment, Daming the Azure Bull Python arrived as well, and his massive ox head truly possessed very distinct features.

"Little Wu, you cannot blindly trust humans. Humans are always coveting our spirit rings and spirit bones."

"Daming, it's not like that. Um... anyway, I can't explain it well, just trust me."

Lan Yu smiled instead. "There's nothing hard to explain. I am a sage of the Sage Lord of Fungi, and your Little Wu is a follower of the Sage Lord of Fungi.

Titan Gorilla, Azure Bull Python, if you are willing, the Sage Lord of Fungi is also willing to accept your faith."

As Lan Yu spoke, the surrounding trees and the ground rapidly sprouted mushrooms.

"Human, are you saying that a god stands behind you, and you are pioneering faith for the god behind you?

You actually expect us spirit beasts to worship a human god, don't you find that laughable?"

"Daming, no, the Sage Lord of Fungi isn't human, he's a big mushroom, very cute..."

"Hey! You rabbit, don't use the word cute to describe this Sage Lord. This Sage Lord is majestic and great."

Bifulong popped out to correct Xiao Wu. Daming and Erming were not within Bifulong's system, so they could not hear him.

"Little Wu?"

"Ah, the Sage Lord of Fungi just spoke to me. You guys have to believe me, would I lie to you?"

"Little Wu, it's not that we don't believe you, but we're afraid you've been tricked by this human.

Human, if you can let us see the god you speak of, we will believe you, and following the god behind you just like Little Wu does won't be entirely out of the question."

"Fine, it's a deal!"