Tang Hao: It's Over, That Kid Has Completely Won Him Over

In the forest, Tang Hao stared at the terrifying scene before him. His right hand had already dug deeply into the tree trunk, and his entire body trembled uncontrollably.

"Martial Soul Fusion Skill... This is actually a Martial Soul Fusion Skill! That brat's martial soul can actually fuse with the Clear Sky Hammer!"

Majestic Clear Sky Sect, radiant Clear Sky Hammer... The continent's number one sect, the number one tool martial soul—there had never been an example of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Yet now, that terrifying crimson phantom...

The Clear Sky Hammer had actually resonated with that brat's blood energy, unleashing unprecedented destructive power!

The Clear Sky Hammer suspended in the sky just now, outlined by threads of blood, had actually emitted such terrifying pressure. It even seemed to carry the bloodline suppression of a higher plane, making even him, a Titled Douluo, unable to stop trembling, as though the Clear Sky Hammer within him was submitting beneath that immense pressure.

This kind of power...

"How am I supposed to look at that brat from now on?!"

With a fierce punch, Tang Hao shattered the tree trunk beside him. Excitement mingled with traces of unwillingness in his eyes.

Xiao San's Clear Sky Hammer now had someone it could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with. This meant that when Xiao San restored the Clear Sky Sect's glory in the future, he would have even greater confidence. No one would be able to stop him!

But... this also seemed to mean that he would never again be able to change Xiao San's feelings for that bastard Lin Yue!

"Damn it!"

Tang Hao cursed under his breath unwillingly and gritted his teeth.

Why did it have to be this guy's martial soul? Why could it actually resonate with the Clear Sky Hammer...

Sigh, forget it. Things had already come to this. No matter how he looked at it, he no longer had any reason to stop him and Xiao San from getting together...

He could only hope that the brat would behave himself and treat Xiao San wholeheartedly.

No longer sensing even the slightest trace of the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard, Tang Hao calmed himself and retreated back into the shadows. Silent and unnoticed, he had never been discovered or sensed by anyone from beginning to end...

"Ha... ha..."

Tang Yin panted heavily, her body going limp as she was about to collapse to the ground. Lin Yue reached out and caught her in his arms.

"Are you all right?"

"I'm fine, Brother Lin. I'm just a little exhausted."

Feeling the wildly surging, violent killing intent in her mind just now—the pure madness and bloody aura that brought destruction—Tang Yin's face turned pale, and she could not control herself.

Was that the power Brother Lin had always been controlling?

If he felt such terrifying power every time he used his martial soul, how much mental pressure had Brother Lin endured without collapsing?

In that instant, Tang Yin seemed to realize why the spiritual power she had sensed just now had been so immense.

"That was a Martial Soul Fusion Skill just now. I didn't expect we could actually use one."

The moment Tang Yin grasped the Clear Sky Hammer, Lin Yue sensed that trace of resonance.

Lin Yue gave it a try and had not expected that they could truly use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill—and kill the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard, whose combat strength surpassed that of a Millennium Soul Beast, in a single strike.

If they could not even use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, he would have had no choice but to consider using the sword in his right hand. He did not even know whether he could have taken it down...

While catching her breath, Tang Yin saw Lin Yue offer her a bottle of potion. She did not reach for it. A faint blush appeared on her pale face. She parted her lips, held the bottle between them, and looked at Lin Yue with tender eyes as she obediently tipped her head back and drank the potion in one gulp.

Her depleted Soul Power, trembling arms, and shattered meridians began recovering rapidly. In the blink of an eye, she could move without any trouble.

"Brother Lin, this is...?"

Tang Yin looked at Lin Yue in surprise. She had never imagined that such a miraculous medicine existed in this world.

Most frightening of all, despite being well versed in both medicine and poisons, she could not even identify a single medicinal ingredient in the potion. It was as though it had been formed by nature itself.

"A medicine I brewed, just in case."

After downing two bottles himself and wiping his mouth, Lin Yue pointed at Su Yan and Yu Xiaogang ahead.

"Wake them up and give them two bottles each. Say the potion was prepared by a healing Soul Master using a soul skill. Don't say I brewed it."

"Mhm, all right!"

Knowing that the potion had to be another extremely important secret treasure, Tang Yin smiled and nodded. She was not surprised in the least. She merely felt that another little secret now existed between her and Brother Lin, and her heart was filled with sweetness.

Whether it was the Martial Soul Fusion Skill just now or their experience facing life and death together, both made Tang Yin feel heartfelt joy. She now had even more intimate memories with Brother Lin.

As she thought about it, Tang Yin walked toward Su Yan and poured two bottles of potion down his throat one after another.

Lin Yue, meanwhile, helped up the limp Yu Xiaogang and fed him two bottles of potion.

The two opened their eyes almost the instant the potion entered their stomachs and looked around blankly.

"What happened?"

Su Yan, only now realizing what had happened, rubbed his head and felt that his body still ached faintly.

He only remembered activating his third soul skill and attacking that frenzied blood lizard with all his strength, leaving no Soul Power behind for defense.

What happened after that, he had no idea.

But when he looked up now, all he could see was devastation everywhere and the corpse of a massive blood lizard.

"Teacher Su, that blood lizard was an extremely offense-oriented Soul Beast. It completely abandoned its defenses, and your attack left it severely wounded."

Instantly understanding Lin Yue's intention, Tang Yin nodded repeatedly. A trace of feigned admiration flashed across her little face as she pretended to say,

"Yes, yes. Without your help, Brother Lin and I definitely couldn't have killed it."

"Really? I was that amazing?"

As Su Yan slowly got to his feet, he suddenly felt rather embarrassed. He had thought he had been instantly killed by a single blow, and his face burned with shame.

"Was that really the case? But I clearly remember it still being full of life just now."

Yu Xiaogang barely managed to stand. His entire body ached, and the near-death agony from when he had been hit remained vivid in his mind. How had his body suddenly recovered so much?

"This blood lizard looked ferocious because its trait seemed to be that the more severely wounded it was, the stronger its combat strength became. It looked powerful on the surface, but it was actually already on its last legs."

Lin Yue made it up on the spot, but his words made the two nod half-believingly. They soon let the matter go.

After all, the world was vast, and all kinds of Soul Beasts existed. After the tragedy just now, as long as everyone was still alive and had not suffered any lasting injuries, they were already fortunate enough.

Only Tang Hao, hidden behind the forest shadows, twitched at the corner of his mouth and cursed inwardly!

Damn it, that brat was such a smooth talker and liar. No wonder Xiao San would rather sacrifice himself to save his life. He must have been deceived by that brat's sweet words.

"All right, since that's the case, Little Lin, hurry and absorb the Spirit Ring. A Soul Beast of this level is already at the top of Beast Soul Forest. Its presence must have scared off all the nearby Soul Beasts. We should absorb it quickly and leave, lest something unexpected happen."

Su Yan looked anxiously around before summoning his martial soul again and jumping onto a branch to stand guard.

"All right." Lin Yue nodded, sat cross-legged before the Spirit Ring, and began absorbing it.

"Xiao San, were you all right just now? Didn't I tell you to run? How could you fight it?"

Having recovered some ability to move, Yu Xiaogang came over to Tang Yin again. Tang Yin turned her head away, a trace of disgust flashing through her eyes. She toyed with silver needles in her delicate fingers, as though considering when to strike ruthlessly.

"By the way, Little Tang, what was that medicine we drank just now?"

Feeling the Soul Power and injuries within his body recovering rapidly, Su Yan, who was scouting from the branch, could not help asking curiously.

"Ah, Brother Lin said it was supplies he prepared beforehand. He bought it from a healing-type Soul Master in Nuoding City. It came just in time. Our Soul Power was almost gone."

"I see. Then it really saved our lives. A soul skill that can be stored for so long... that healing-type Soul Master must be very powerful. No wonder the effect was so good."

At that, Su Yan nodded repeatedly.

Food-type Soul Masters were quite rare, yet that kid had even prepared something like this. He truly was meticulous. No wonder he had discovered the blood lizard's weakness and defeated it in one blow.

However, as he looked at the boy's back while he absorbed the Spirit Ring ahead, Su Yan could not help shaking his head and clicking his tongue.

These two little geniuses could no longer be called geniuses. They should be called monsters.

For their First Spirit Rings, one had chosen a Jade Bamboo Grove close to seven hundred years old, while the other had chosen a Crimson-Scaled Blood Lizard over seven hundred years old. The bloodlines and combat strength of both Soul Beasts were unusual, no weaker than Millennium Soul Beasts... Ordinary Soul Masters could not obtain Spirit Rings of this caliber even for their second rings.

If this continued, the second Spirit Rings of these two little monsters might directly reach the thousand-year purple level. No one in all of Nuoding City could help hunt them...

Su Yan's gaze swept over the Red Flood Dragon Blood Lizard on the ground, which had completely breathed its last, and curiosity rose in his heart.

With such a powerful Soul Beast, he wondered what kind of outrageous soul skill it would produce.