Clouds-Deep-Unknown Place!
The once imposing, majestic mountain gates of the Clear Sky Sect had been reduced to ruins.
The bodies of the slain Clear Sky Sect disciples were slowly rotting, filling the grounds inside and outside the gates with a foul stench.
When Golden Crocodile had led his men away, he had destroyed the chains connecting the rear mountain to the front mountain.
The point was to keep anyone from coming to the Clear Sky Sect's mountain gates again.
But destroying the chains could stop ordinary people, not Tang Chen.
Expressionless, Tang Chen walked step by step from outside the mountain gates to the assembly hall, staring at the buildings that had been burned to ruins.
He gritted his teeth, and a formidable aura erupted from his body, tearing a massive hole through the clouds overhead.
At first glance, it looked as though the firmament had shattered.
"Spirit Hall! Qian Daoliu!"
"Fuck your ancestors!"
"You dared wipe out my Clear Sky Sect! I'll make sure every last one of you in Spirit Hall dies!"
Tang Chen roared, his eyes bloodshot and his breath heaving like a bull's. He turned into a streak of dark light and shot into the sky, swiftly vanishing beyond the horizon.
An hour later!
Spirit Hall!
"Sky-Piercing Strike!"
Tang Chen wasted not a single word. He did not even ask Qian Daoliu why he had sent people to wipe out his Clear Sky Sect.
The moment he arrived at Spirit Hall, he swung his hammer straight at the Papal Hall.
The Papal Hall truly had rotten luck!
During the Soul Master Tournament, Tang Hao had already smashed it once with his Clear Sky Hammer.
Now, by the look of things, Tang Chen was about to smash it with his Clear Sky Hammer again.
"Who dares act so brazenly!"
Bibi Dong let out a piercing cry from inside the Papal Hall.
Her mood had already been foul since returning from the Heaven Dou Empire after retrieving Yu Xiaogang's body.
And now someone actually dared come and smash her Papal Hall!
Bibi Dong unleashed her soul power to block the attack.
But with a thunderous crash, the Papal Hall became a field of rubble. Dust and smoke billowed, and the entire Spirit City trembled slightly under the mighty blow.
Bibi Dong could not even defeat Qian Daoliu. She was nowhere near qualified to face Tang Chen head-on.
Much less withstand a full-strength strike from Tang Chen in his fury.
Even Qian Daoliu would probably have had a hard time taking that blow head-on.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Bibi Dong coughed several times and flew out of the ruins, her clothes in tatters.
With venom in her eyes, she raised her head and looked at the figure standing in the sky.
The longer she looked, the more familiar he seemed!
Suddenly, her pupils contracted to pinpoints.
Bibi Dong screamed involuntarily,
"It's you! Tang Chen!"
Soon, the Worship Hall reacted as well.
Seven formidable auras shot into the sky, standing against the murderous Tang Chen as equals.
Qian Daoliu's expression darkened. His unblinking eyes fixed on Tang Chen, he drew a deep breath and slowly exhaled before speaking in astonishment:
"Tang Chen, you actually came back alive!"
"That's not right... According to what Xiao Ran said on the Sky Screen, you shouldn't have regained your senses!"
Tang Chen stared fixedly at Qian Daoliu, his voice as cold as the winds of the Far North.
"Qian Daoliu, I wondered why that blow didn't smash you to death. So you're no longer the Pope of Spirit Hall."
"Since I didn't smash you to death just now, I'll do it now."
"I'll take the lives of everyone in your Spirit Hall to pay for the lives of everyone in my Clear Sky Sect."
"Clear Sky Nine Absolutes!"
Tang Chen was now of the mind that right or wrong, he no longer cared to argue. Since the Clear Sky Sect was gone, Spirit Hall would have to disappear as well.
Qian Daoliu instantly completed Martial Soul Possession, then raised his hand and sent a summons toward the Worship Hall. The Angel Holy Sword, which had long lain dormant deep within the Worship Hall beneath the angel's sacred statue, swiftly flew over and landed in his hand.
"Tang Chen, if you want a fight, I'll give you all the fighting you want!"
"Though I promised you back then that no one belonging to Spirit Hall would ever set foot on the mountain where the Clear Sky Sect stood."
"Times have changed."
"A great deal has happened in between. You probably don't want to hear it, so I won't say any more. Let me see how much you've improved over the years."
Clang!
With an explosive crash, Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen clashed. In the collision between the Angel Holy Sword and the Clear Sky Hammer, the Angel Holy Sword ultimately proved superior.
It was a true divine artifact, after all!
Tang Chen looked at the enormous gash cut into his Clear Sky Hammer. The backlash from his martial soul's fracture left his very innards burning.
"So this is the Angel God's divine artifact, the Angel Holy Sword."
"I've never seen you use it before. It seems you've brought out the Angel God's divine artifact this time because you're determined to kill me."
"However..."
"Qian Daoliu, I'm no longer the man I once was. I, too, have gained a deity's favor-and the divine power of none other than the Asura God, a God King of the Divine Realm, one of its five committee members, and its law enforcer."
"Have a taste of the Asura God's Super Divine Artifact, the Asura Demon Sword."
The blood-colored little sword mark on Tang Chen's forehead grew scorching hot, radiating a dazzling red light.
The next instant.
The dark-gold Clear Sky Hammer in his hand melted into liquid and reshaped itself into a two-meter-long, blood-colored greatsword.
Its crossguard took the shape of a blood bat, and countless demonic markings covered its blade. The entire blood-colored sword radiated a bloodthirsty, savage aura.
Even Qian Daoliu felt his heart tremble. The terrifying murderous intent, malice, and ferocity of the Asura Demon Sword were unlike anything he had ever encountered in his life.
Even the Angel Holy Sword fell far short before the Asura Demon Sword.
Qian Daoliu inwardly noted this unforeseen turn. It seemed his slaughter of the imperial families of Star Luo Empire and Heaven Dou had caused the original future to change drastically.
Tang Chen should not have regained his senses. He should only have been awakened by Tang San's Sea God's Light when he came out to take revenge on Tang San after Slaughter City's destruction.
Yet now he had awakened ahead of time...
Qian Daoliu was no fool. Who could awaken Tang Chen while he was possessed by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King? It could only be Tang San's bastard of a backer, the Asura God.
The Asura God feared that he would go kill Tang San, so he had awakened Tang Chen and sent him to intercept Qian Daoliu ahead of time.
Fine, fine, fine!
As the Divine Realm's God of Law Enforcement, he knowingly broke the law, disregarding the Divine Realm's rules to interfere in the lower realm.
Qian Daoliu was utterly sickened.
Clang!
Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen clashed once again. In a contest between the Angel Holy Sword and the Asura Demon Sword, the Asura Demon Sword naturally held the advantage.
But this was Spirit Hall, the site of the Angel God's inheritance, where the power of faith she had accumulated over more than ten thousand years resided.
As the Angel God's Divine Servant, Qian Daoliu could borrow Angel Divine Power in battle. With ample reserves to sustain him, he could barely make up for the gap between the Angel Holy Sword and the Asura Demon Sword.
Their great battle shook heaven and earth!
The entire sky split into two colors, one half golden and the other blood-red. Terrifying energies collided, tearing space into scattered shreds.
When two level-99 Peerless Douluo fought, they often exchanged dozens of blows in the span of a single breath.
Any stray shock wave from their battle was enough to kill a Titled Douluo below level 95.
Tang Chen's eyes were bloodshot, his breath heaving like a bull's.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
His eyes brimmed with murderous intent. All he wanted was to kill Qian Daoliu.
Qian Daoliu's expression was equally resolute. If he could not kill Tang Chen today, how could he even speak of killing Tang San in the future?
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