Tang Chen

"Ding! The host has successfully destroyed Soul Masters on a large scale. Soul Power has risen to level ninety-eight!"

At that moment, the system notification sounded.

"Ah!"

Although the enforcers were all physically unharmed, they had long since been frightened beyond resistance or movement.

What had they just experienced? They had brushed past death itself, and that terror had reached into the depths of their souls, robbing them of any will to fight.

One after another, they cast aside their weapons and armor and dropped to their knees.

The King of Slaughter was dumbfounded as well. How was the Qian Renchu before him even human?

He was practically an Asura from hell, come to claim lives!

"Are you human or a ghost?" Fear appeared on the King of Slaughter's face. As the ruler of Slaughter City, he had rarely felt such emotions.

But at this moment, he was truly terrified. Even his soul was trembling.

"I am a god!" Qian Renchu gave a chilling smile, gripping the Destruction Scepter. Though his Soul Power was only level ninety-eight and he was still bound by restrictions, with his master's Destruction Scepter, he could still reach peak strength.

In this world, unless a true god descended, it would be difficult for anyone to fight Qian Renchu.

"A god!" The King of Slaughter looked horrified.

"You are no match for me!" Qian Renchu sneered. "Tell Tang Chen to get the hell out here, or I haven't killed to my heart's content yet!"

Qian Renchu wanted to kill Tang Chen, the last remaining member of the Tang Family. He had no interest whatsoever in the Nine-Headed Scarlet Bat King that was the King of Slaughter. Even if he killed it, he would not receive any substantial rewards.

The King of Slaughter looked astonished and trembled.

If he allowed Tang Chen's consciousness to awaken, he would no longer be able to seize Tang Chen's mind or possess that Demigod body.

But if he did not, Qian Renchu would never spare his life.

"Fine, then let us perish together!" the King of Slaughter roared. "Your wish has finally been fulfilled. You are free!"

As soon as the King of Slaughter finished speaking, a miserable howl erupted from his mouth, while an endless stream of scarlet energy spewed forth.

In an instant, the energy that had belonged to the King of Slaughter vanished, replaced by an even stronger and more violent force.

The King of Slaughter's body began to shrink, his wings slowly disappearing. He transformed from a blood-red monster into a white-haired old man!

"The King of Slaughter changed?"

"W-what a terrifying aura! It is even more terrifying than the King of Slaughter!"

"W-who is he?!" The enforcers of Slaughter City were all utterly terrified.

The corners of Qian Renchu's lips rose slightly. He knew that the person he had been waiting for had finally appeared.

"Tang Chen, I have been waiting for you for a long time." Holding the Destruction Scepter, Qian Renchu calmly looked at Tang Chen before him.

"Who... who are you?" Tang Chen demanded furiously. "Did you really destroy my Clear Sky Sect?!"

Tang Chen had just heard that Qian Renchu had destroyed the Clear Sky Sect.

If that was true, he would smash Qian Renchu into pulp!

"That is correct." Qian Renchu nodded and said calmly, "Your grandsons Tang Hao and Tang Xiao were both killed by me. The Clear Sky Sect was personally buried by my hand as well!"

"Ah!" Tang Chen let out a furious roar. Eight black and one red Soul Rings flashed beneath his feet, while a Clear Sky Hammer covered in dark-red lightning appeared in his hand!

Vast power surged forth like a tsunami, shaking the very space around them.

"Tang Chen!"

"The Clear Sky Hammer!" Everyone in Slaughter City was stunned.

They had never expected that the King of Slaughter was actually Tang Chen, the former sect master of the Clear Sky Sect, who possessed the world's number one tool Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer.

"Killing Domain, activate!"

"Third Soul Skill: Heavenly Hammer Redemption!"

Tang Chen roared, and a blood-red domain shot out from beneath his feet at high speed, trapping Qian Renchu within its restrictions.

Then, wielding the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang Chen teleported before Qian Renchu and smashed down with a mighty swing!

"Boom!" This hammer strike was truly extraordinary. The moment it descended, a hundred-meter-tall scarlet phantom appeared behind Tang Chen.

The scarlet phantom then wielded a Clear Sky Hammer and smashed it down toward Qian Renchu.

"Destruction Angel Realm!" Facing Tang Chen's attack, Qian Renchu remained utterly fearless. Even though he could not use Soul Rings or Soul Skills, the Destruction Scepter in his hand tore open a stretch of space beneath his feet as though a demon god had ripped it apart.

Within that space, ghosts wailed and gods howled, while endless destruction aura churned.

In that instant, the suppression of Tang Chen's Killing Domain over Qian Renchu was completely shattered. In a sense, the Destruction Angel Realm was also a type of domain belonging to Qian Renchu.

It was even more domineering than the Killing Domain. Formed from the combined power of destruction and angelic power, then personally guided by the Destruction God King, it was far beyond Tang Chen's Killing Domain.

Perhaps only the superior Asura Domain could be considered comparable to the Destruction Angel Domain to some extent!

Not only that, the moment Tang Chen's Clear Sky Hammer descended, a massive Destruction Black Dragon appeared within the Destruction Domain.

"Rumble!" Amid a violent explosion, Tang Chen's Clear Sky Hammer collided fiercely with the Destruction Black Dragon. The powerful shockwave instantly swept across the area, making the void boil and tremble.

The two forces intertwined, forming a terrifying energy vortex.

The enforcers of Slaughter City quickly retreated, afraid that they would be swept into the energy vortex and reduced to nothing but dust!

The stalemate lasted only a moment.

In the end, the Destruction Black Dragon swallowed Tang Chen's Clear Sky Hammer phantom in a single bite.

The scarlet phantom behind Tang Chen was shattered directly.

Tang Chen himself suffered the backlash. After staggering back several meters, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Impossible! You cannot use Soul Skills, yet you are still this powerful!" Tang Chen stared at Qian Renchu in shock.

He had once fought Qian Daoliu for the title of the strongest in the world and narrowly won by half a move.

He had believed himself invincible among mortals, yet now he was in such a miserable state before a junior as young as Qian Renchu.

"You are also an inheritor of a god!" Tang Chen exclaimed in shock. He believed Qian Renchu had to be a god's inheritor; otherwise, how could his strength be so terrifying?

"Take a guess." Qian Renchu smiled coldly. "If this is all the strength you possess, Tang Chen, then you will undoubtedly die today!"

"Hmph, do not get carried away!" Tang Chen roared. "Do you really think a brat still wet behind the ears can defeat a Demigod over a hundred years old like me?"

"Let me show you the true power of the Clear Sky Hammer!"

"Great Sumeru Hammer!" As Tang Chen's words fell, his right foot stepped into the void. Visible waves of killing energy burst from his body, one ring after another, forming three concentric circles!

Then, the Soul Rings beneath his feet began flying toward the top of Tang Chen's head, one after another!