Clear Sky Sect, Severed with One Slash!

Tang Yuan said nothing.

He raised his right hand, and the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul appeared in his palm.

The instant the pitch-black giant hammer appeared, the surrounding air abruptly froze.

The man in black turned deathly pale.

"Senior Tang, you can't kill me!"

"If I die here, the sect will investigate this to the end."

Tang Yuan stepped forward.

"Since you were ordered to kill us, you should have been prepared to be killed."

The man in black hurriedly retreated.

But under the pressure of a Soul Douluo, he could not even escape.

Tang Yuan raised the Clear Sky Hammer.

Vast Soul Power gathered over the hammerhead.

The next moment, he was about to smash the man before him to death.

"Grandpa."

Tang Chen suddenly spoke.

Tang Yuan stopped and turned to look at his grandson.

"What is it?"

"Let me do it."

Tang Chen walked past Tang Yuan and headed toward the man in black.

Confusion appeared in the old man's eyes.

"You want to do it yourself?"

"The first Destruction Divine Trial is to kill a Soul Master above my level."

"This man is just right."

After hearing this, Tang Yuan put away the Clear Sky Hammer.

Though he was worried about Tang Chen's safety, he also knew that the man in black had already been completely suppressed by him.

As long as he watched from the side, he would not let anything happen to Tang Chen.

Tang Yuan stepped back, giving the open space ahead to his grandson.

The man in black had heard their conversation.

His gaze fell on Tang Chen.

"You want to kill me?"

Tang Chen did not answer.

He raised his right hand.

Purple-black light rose from his palm.

A dark scepter slowly emerged.

At the top of the scepter, a deep-purple crystal released an intense aura of destruction.

Cracks appeared across the surrounding trees one after another.

The broken stones on the ground silently crumbled into powder as well.

The man in black stared at Tang Chen's Martial Soul, his expression constantly changing.

"This isn't that little sapling."

"Isn't your Martial Soul a sapling?"

Behind Tang Chen, emerald radiance bloomed.

The phantom of a towering ancient tree appeared amid the forest.

As its branches and leaves spread, a dense life aura covered the surroundings.

The withered yellow weeds began growing again.

The leaves that had been shaken down by Soul Power moments ago were also dyed green in midair.

The Life Ancient Tree and the Destruction Scepter appeared at the same time.

One brimmed with vitality.

The other overflowed with destructive aura.

The two powers slowly revolved around Tang Chen, never showing the slightest rejection of each other.

The pupils of the man in black suddenly contracted.

"Twin Martial Souls?"

"How is that possible?"

Beneath Tang Chen's feet, his only purple Soul Ring rose.

The aura of a Millennium Soul Ring spread outward.

Looking at that purple Soul Ring, the man in black no longer retained his earlier composure.

A Soul Grandmaster with twenty levels of Soul Power actually possessed a Millennium Soul Ring.

And he had Twin Martial Souls as well.

The aura emanating from the Destruction Scepter made him feel death drawing near.

"Who exactly are you?"

Tang Chen gripped the scepter.

"Someone driven out by the Clear Sky Sect."

"Now, you can die."

Three Soul Rings beneath the man in black lit up at once.

He no longer held back any Soul Power.

The pitch-black dagger erupted with dazzling black light. Its blade rapidly expanded, turning into a blade shadow several meters long.

Gripping the dagger with both hands, the man slashed down at Tang Chen head-on.

"Third Soul Skill, Black Blade Cleaves the Void!"

The blade shadow descended.

The air before it was ripped open, leaving behind a long gash.

Tang Chen raised his right hand.

The purple crystal atop the Destruction Scepter suddenly lit up.

Purple-black Soul Power surged from his body, all of it gathering in his palm.

That power did not spread into the surroundings.

All the Soul Power was compressed into a single point.

A fist-sized ball of purple-black light appeared in Tang Chen's hand.

The space around it constantly twisted.

Before the dust on the ground could even approach, it was completely broken down by the destructive aura within.

Tang Chen's Millennium Soul Ring lit up.

"First Soul Skill."

"Destruction Judgment."

As his words fell.

Tang Chen pushed his right hand forward.

The purple-black light instantly left his palm.

It made no unnecessary sound as it shot straight toward the chest of the man in black.

The man in black's expression changed drastically.

He held the dagger horizontally before him, pouring all the Soul Power in his body into the blade.

All three Soul Rings released light at once.

A pitch-black barrier formed before him.

The purple-black light struck the barrier.

Boom!

The black barrier lasted only a moment before being pierced through by the power of destruction.

The blade shadow shattered on the spot.

The black-clad man's arms were torn apart by the destructive power, and his body was pierced through by the purple-black light at that very moment.

His Soul Power defense rapidly collapsed.

The destructive aura entered his body through the wound. Wherever it passed, his meridians, bones, and flesh crumbled at once.

The man opened his mouth, but could not make a sound.

The dagger fell from his hand.

The next moment, his body completely turned into scattered black motes of light.

Even his Soul Power was ground away by the force of destruction.

A Soul Elder.

Had been slain by Tang Chen in a single strike.

Silence returned to the forest.

Tang Chen withdrew the Destruction Scepter.

The phantom of the Life Ancient Tree dissipated as well, and the surroundings returned to calm.

At that moment, a system notification appeared in his mind.

[The first Destruction Divine Trial has been completed.]

[Trial objective: Kill a Soul Master above your level.]

[Trial rewards are being distributed.]

[Affinity with the power of destruction increased by ten percent.]

[Level increased by three.]

[First Soul Ring age increased by one thousand years.]

Several streams of light entered Tang Chen's body.

The Destruction Scepter Martial Soul trembled gently.

A purer force of destruction flowed through his meridians.

Tang Chen carefully sensed the changes within his body, delight flashing through his eyes.

"An increase in affinity with the power of destruction means I'll be able to control this power more easily in the future."

"Destruction Judgment can also be upgraded."

His gaze fell to his feet.

The purple Soul Ring from before had become a deeper color.

The power contained within it was also far greater than before.

Tang Chen circulated his Soul Power to examine it.

A moment later, he confirmed the Soul Ring's age.

Two thousand years.

His first Soul Ring had reached two thousand years.

"The rewards from the Divine Examination can directly increase the level of Soul Skills too."

"With this, Destruction Judgment will become even more powerful."

Tang Yuan walked over to where the corpse had vanished.

Only several pieces of torn clothing and the now-dull dagger remained on the ground.

The old man bent down, picked up the dagger, and inspected it carefully for a moment.

There was no residual Soul Power on it.

The aura of the man in black had also completely disappeared.

Tang Yuan looked up at Tang Chen.

"Twenty levels of Soul Power, yet you killed a Soul Elder above your level."

"And you did it in one strike."

The old man looked his grandson up and down, the smile on his face growing wider.

"Good!"

"This is the grandson of Tang Yuan!"

"My grandson has the makings of an emperor!"

Tang Chen put away his Martial Soul.

"Grandpa, how did it feel when you summoned your Soul Rings again just now?"

Tang Yuan moved his arms.

The aura around him was even more vigorous than before.

"My injuries have completely healed."

"My meridians and dantian have both recovered."

The old man raised a hand and clenched it into a fist, vast Soul Power flowing through his palm.

"Not only have I recovered my eighty-third level of Soul Power, my body has also returned to its peak condition."

"If I continue cultivating, perhaps I can still make a run at becoming a Titled Douluo."