Without giving the three of them even a moment to prepare, a pair of terrifying vertical pupils locked onto them!
The Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard charged forward. As its massive jaws tore down, Yu Xiaogang, who bore the brunt of it, went pale!
"Fart like thunder! Heaven-shaking, earth-splitting Luo Sanpao!"
As the soul incantation left his lips, an explosive cloud of mist burst from the purple-skinned piglet's rear!
But in the next instant, that nauseating stench was completely crushed by the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard's soaring bloody aura!
Having missed its bite, the blood lizard's bloodshot vertical pupils became even more savage!
With a sweep of its claws, the bloated Luo Sanpao was sent flying with a single slap!
In an instant, Yu Xiaogang's face turned white as paper. He spat out a mouthful of blood, collapsed bonelessly to the ground, and fainted.
"Brother Lin, run first! I'll hold it back!"
Both of her companions had crumbled at the blood lizard's attack. Tang Yin clenched her silver teeth, traces of blood spilling from the corner of her lips.
She tried to stop the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard with her strengthened Blue Silver Grass, only to find that she simply could not do it!
This Soul Beast, driven to utter fury, was already far beyond what the current Blue Silver Grass could hinder.
Whether in speed or strength, it had already surged beyond the level of a Millennium Soul Beast.
With such an enormous gap in strength, trying to stall until it died of exhaustion was nothing but a fool's dream. The only option was to confront it head-on.
"My poison is used up, Brother Lin. Go... it's just... I'm sorry... Ah Yin can no longer repay the care you've shown me..."
Tang Yin gripped the pitch-black Clear Sky Hammer in her hand. Her long hair fluttered as she raised her head to confront the crimson giant beast, despair leaking from her heart.
A level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster had fallen in a single blow, and even a level thirty-seven Soul Elder was no match for this monster.
She did not know how she could defeat a Soul Beast of this level...
But she knew that even if it cost her life, she had to make sure Brother Lin survived!
For that, she would pay any price!!!
[Ding, commission from Tang Yin—Survive] [Mission: Escape the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard's hunt and flee the Soul Hunting Forest] [Mission Reward: Complete set of Tang Sect techniques, Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer twin martial souls, Blue Silver Emperor bloodline...]
Heh... what an extravagantly generous reward. Something he had never seen before...
Just how badly did she want him to abandon her and run?
But...
"I refuse."
"At a time like this, why are you still talking such nonsense?"
Boiling blood energy blazed within his left arm, just like Lin Yue's surging fury.
Taking a step forward in rage, Lin Yue stood firmly beside Tang Yin, grasping her cold, slightly trembling little hand. Together, they looked up at the massive silhouette spewing blood mist.
He slowly closed his eyes, sensing and drawing upon every bit of power within his body.
"Run!"
Tears welled at the corners of Tang Yin's eyes. With a sob in her voice, she swung her left hand, trying to shake off the hand that gripped hers so tightly.
Yet no matter how hard she tried, that warm hand continued to envelop hers...
Just like when they had first met three years ago.
No matter how she struggled, she could not shake free of Lin Yue's warm, powerful hand... nor could she escape that boy's unwavering eyes...
A girl whom no one cared for and no one looked after had been brought into his home, where he shared half his food with her.
From that day onward, no matter what it was... she would receive half from his hand. She was given no choice and had no way to escape...
"Why... why are you doing this..."
With tears streaming down her face, memories of the past flashed through the girl's mind. She bit her lips as her petite body trembled uncontrollably.
He was clearly the person she treasured most, the one she would give everything to protect, yet he stubbornly refused to listen and insisted on staying by her side...
"If I ran away at a time like this, how would I be any different from a beast like Yu Xiaogang?"
Lin Yue grinned and turned slightly, taking Tang Yin's other hand and interlocking their fingers.
The next moment, his forehead gently touched the girl's—
"Tch..."
Beyond the nearby forest, Tang Hao watched the boy step forward. Rather than fleeing, he had instead gone to his daughter's side. Fury instantly rose in Tang Hao's heart, and a trace of a Titled Douluo's aura leaked out, startling the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard into freezing for a moment.
"Hmph! That damn brat got to show off again."
Seeing that his daughter had even summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and was willing to sacrifice herself to protect that little bastard, Tang Hao felt deeply unwilling.
He had been hoping that the damned fool would abandon Xiao San and run. Then he could have stepped in decisively at the very last moment!
Once that boy exposed his cowardly, evasive nature, Tang Hao could make a brilliant entrance, block the giant lizard's claws just as Xiao San was about to die, and save her like a god descending from heaven.
Not only would he let his foolish daughter see that brat's cowardly nature, he could also earn some goodwill from her and establish the image of himself as a mighty father.
Yet he had never expected this brat to truly be so stubborn, willing to stay here and die with her rather than retreat even half a step...
"Hmph, at least he's still a man..."
Muttering that, Tang Hao spat out the dogtail grass in his mouth, his expression turning solemn.
Fine, he would act now. Once he smashed that bastard lizard to death with one hammer, he would give that useless little fool a harsh lesson and see whether he still dared to behave improperly toward Xiao San in the future!
With a fierce grin and murderous light in his eyes, Tang Hao opened his right hand. Just as he was about to summon the Clear Sky Hammer, which had not appeared for six years, he sensed a terrifying aura slowly awakening in the air...
Tang Hao's expression changed drastically as he looked at the two figures standing together before the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard!
Feeling both her hands tightly held by Lin Yue, Tang Yin unexpectedly felt a faint sense of relief amid her quiet sorrow.
Had Brother Lin given up resisting?
Perhaps... this was not so bad.
To die together with Brother Lin...
It was just that, if they died, she would never again see Brother Lin's face or feel Brother Lin's warmth...
A few tears slid from the corners of her eyes. Tang Yin gave a miserable smile, but suddenly sensed that the heavy Clear Sky Hammer in her right hand seemed to be faintly trembling...
In the next instant, a violent killing intent surged madly into her sea of consciousness!
Violence, bloodlust, madness, obsession...
Countless frenzied thoughts echoed through her mind, battering her spirit!
But when she abruptly opened her eyes, she saw that Purple Demon Eyes had activated at some point. Within her bright purple pupils, threads of blood were truly beginning to spread toward the centers.
A terrifying pressure slowly began to form behind them.
So this is what it feels like when Brother Lin uses his martial soul...
As her spirit completely resisted that violent, twisted negative emotion in her mind, Tang Yin suddenly felt herself enter a profound and powerful state.
The boiling blood energy that represented Brother Lin swirled around her body. Strands of bloody light spread along her body and flowed into the Clear Sky Hammer in her right hand.
"Come. Gather all your strength."
Brother Lin's voice rang within her mind, prompting Tang Yin to slowly raise her right hand.
Their hands were clasped tightly as a scarlet phantom of a demon god emerged behind them!
In its especially solid left hand, a pitch-black hammer was drenched in blood energy that represented destruction. It expanded with the wind, while layers of blood threads across it formed one terrifying inscription after another—
Pure power of destruction was wholly added to the Clear Sky Hammer! It radiated terrifying fluctuations that made one's heart tremble with fear!!
Hellblood Demon God—Great Annihilation Hammer!
The Clear Sky Hammer, stained with bloody threads, crashed down with the force of a thousand jun!
"Roar!!"
Snapping out of its shock at the Titled Douluo's aura, the unwilling Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard let out a roar and leaped up, charging straight at the enormous hammer descending from the sky!
That figure, like a mayfly trying to topple a tree, vanished in an instant beneath the giant hammer's blow!
A terrifying shockwave spread outward from where the hammer landed, annihilating everything caught within it!
Everything returned to annihilation!