"Tang Hao is done for!"
Gu Ping'an gazed up at the star-filled night sky.
Tang San was still far from inheriting his divine seat, so the Asura God could not help Tang Hao without restraint at this stage.
After all, the Destruction God King was still watching in the Divine Realm.
Tang Hao walked through the wilderness, occasionally raising his bottle and pouring liquor into his mouth.
As he walked, Tang Hao abruptly stopped and scanned his surroundings warily, most of the drunkenness vanishing from his face.
Killing intent!
As someone who possessed Divine Slaughter's Domain, he was especially sensitive to killing intent.
"Tang Hao, to think you wanted to destroy Spirit Hall. It seems I cannot let you live today."
Qian Daoliu stood at the forefront, his icy gaze fixed on Tang Hao.
Golden Crocodile, Azure Luan, and the others had already taken positions on all sides, trapping Tang Hao in the middle.
She Long stood nearby, looking for a chance to lend a hand.
"Qian Daoliu, are you really going to hunt me down to the bitter end?
Don't forget that my grandfather Tang Chen is still alive."
Tang Hao's gaze kept sweeping between Qian Daoliu and the others.
Fight?
That was out of the question!
Never mind Qian Daoliu; he could not even defeat Golden Crocodile Douluo alone.
He could only try talking his way out. Whether his grandfather was dead or alive, whether invoking his name would help or not, he would bring him up first.
At the mention of Tang Chen, the killing intent in Qian Daoliu's eyes grew even stronger.
Never mind Tang Chen-for his granddaughter's sake, he would even dare to kill Bo Saixi.
"Tang Hao, don't even think about escaping. You're going to die today."
Golden Crocodile watched Tang Hao's darting eyes and immediately guessed what he was planning.
"Attack together!" To prevent any unforeseen complications, Qian Daoliu gave the order at once.
The next instant!
Boom!
Brilliant golden light rose from beneath Qian Daoliu's feet.
An enormous phantom of a six-winged angel appeared behind him, its radiating golden light illuminating the entire wilderness and even reaching distant Nuoding City.
The aura of a Limit Douluo erupted at full force.
Golden Crocodile Douluo was enveloped in a luminous image of the Golden Crocodile King, blocking Tang Hao's path like an unshakable mountain.
Azure Luan, Lion, Guang Ling, and the others summoned their Martial Souls.
"What's happening over there?"
"What a terrifying aura!"
In the dead of night, the residents and Soul Masters of Nuoding City all sensed several oppressive auras coming from outside the city.
"Is that a Titled Douluo?" Yu Xiaogang jolted awake.
"Teacher, do you know what's happening outside the city? That aura is terrifying." Tang San sought out Yu Xiaogang as soon as he woke.
Yu Xiaogang held one hand behind his back and gently stroked Tang San's head with the other.
"Xiao San, there's no need to panic. I won't hide it from you any longer.
I am one of Spirit Hall's elders. Even a Titled Douluo has to show me some respect."
"You're amazing, Teacher!"
Tang San looked at Yu Xiaogang with eyes full of admiration.
In another direction outside Nuoding City, the late-arriving Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei sensed the disturbance and stopped.
"You two, go and see what's happening."
Bibi Dong gave the order to Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
"Yes, Your Holiness!"
Once Yue Guan and Gui Mei left, Bibi Dong turned and flew into Nuoding City.
She needed to make sure Yu Xiaogang was safe.
"How did a perfectly fine woman fall for that ass?"
Hidden in the shadows, Gu Ping'an glanced in Bibi Dong's direction and shook his head.
Bibi Dong's entire life had been ruined at Yu Xiaogang's hands.
If she had not tried to run away with Yu Xiaogang, Qian Xunji might not have laid hands on her.
Even if he had, Qian Daoliu would very likely have stopped him.
"More people are coming!" Dugu Bo exclaimed in surprise.
"It's Chrysanthemum Guan and Gui Mei. And someone else went to Nuoding City?"
Chrysanthemum Guan and Gui Mei had hunted him before, so he recognized their auras the instant they appeared.
The only thing that puzzled him was why a Titled Douluo would head into Nuoding City now. Shouldn't they be coming this way?
Summoning their Martial Souls and attacking took only an instant.
"Qian Daoliu! You've gone too far!"
Tang Hao's eyes were bloodshot, his breath coming like a panting bull's, and his furious roar rolled out in all directions like thunder.
"Even if I die today, I'll drag one of you down with me!"
"Nine-Ring Detonation!"
Yellow, yellow, purple... red.
Nine Soul Rings exploded one after another.
Tang Hao's eyes shone with a dark crimson light as he charged toward Qian Jun and Jiang Mo, whose auras were the weakest, looking ready to take them down with him.
Empowered by Nine-Ring Detonation, the Clear Sky Hammer radiated overwhelming might. A sweep of its head sent Qian Jun and Jiang Mo flying.
"Divine Crocodile Devours the Heavens!"
"Doomsday Wind Ball!"
"Angel's Judgment!"
In the time it took Tang Hao to knock Qian Jun and Jiang Mo away, several terrifyingly powerful Soul Skills descended upon him.
But just as the Soul Skills were about to strike, a layer of dark crimson radiance flashed over Tang Hao's body.
Most of the Soul Skills crumbled the instant they touched that dark crimson light.
Only a golden sword image forcibly pierced its defenses and slashed across Tang Hao's right shoulder.
Blood sprayed, and his arm flew through the air.
"Aaargh!"
Agonizing pain shot through his shoulder, and Tang Hao could not hold back a scream.
With death looming over him, Tang Hao quickly forced down the pain. All his Soul Power erupted, and he vanished in the blink of an eye, trailing a streak of dark crimson light.
"After him!"
Qian Daoliu's expression was utterly grim as he led the pursuit in the direction Tang Hao had disappeared.
Something was wrong!
Something was wrong with Tang Hao!
He had used a portion of divine power in that last strike, which should have cleaved Tang Hao in two. Yet the dark crimson light on Tang Hao had bought him enough time to dodge a fatal blow, leaving only an arm behind.
Divine power!
That was divine power!
A god had left it within Tang Hao to preserve his life.
He absolutely could not let Tang Hao live any longer.
Seeing the Worship Hall members disappear into the distance, She Long hurried forward and picked up Tang Hao's arm.
"A Soul Bone?"
She Long glanced back toward Yue Guan and Gui Mei, coughed twice, and stowed Tang Hao's arm in his Storage Soul Tool as though nothing had happened.
Then he continued after the Worship Hall members.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who had been observing from a distance, exchanged a look and silently fell in behind She Long.
"We'll follow too!" Dugu Bo's eyes burned with eagerness as he took Gu Ping'an along behind Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
"Old Poison?"
Sensing someone behind him, Yue Guan glanced back without slowing his pursuit of She Long in the slightest.
Were Spirit Hall's seven great enshrined not enough?
"Gu brat, do you have a way?"
Dugu Bo had never expected Tang Hao to actually escape the encirclement of the seven great enshrined.
He had clearly taken the full-force attacks of several Titled Douluo and still survived.
His survival... meant they still had a chance.
But snatching a Soul Bone right under Qian Daoliu's nose would be no ordinary feat.
"I'm not sure. Let's keep up first!"
By all rights, a combined full-force strike from five Super Titled Douluo should have come close to reducing Tang Hao to nothing, if it had not obliterated him outright.
Yet Tang Hao had not only survived, but broken through the encirclement at the cost of just one arm.
"Dugu Bo, don't you think there's something very wrong with Tang Hao's speed?" Gu Ping'an suddenly asked.
Tang Hao's specialty was strength.
Qian Daoliu's six-winged angel Martial Soul possessed both speed and strength.
Azure Luan Douluo possessed a top-tier flying beast Martial Soul.
Those two should have been able to catch Tang Hao easily.
"Something does seem off!" Dugu Bo said after watching ahead for a moment with furrowed brows.
Despite losing an arm, Tang Hao was no slower than Qian Daoliu and Azure Luan Douluo. He was even a little faster.
As time passed, the distance between them continued to widen.
At this rate, they would very likely lose him before long.
"I'll do it!"
To keep them from falling behind, Gu Ping'an grabbed Dugu Bo and teleported beside She Long, then took both men with him as he flickered forward through repeated teleportations.
Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others were not adept at speed. They could only trail behind Qian Daoliu and Azure Luan Douluo, watching the two draw farther and farther away.
"Hm? What was that?"
As Yue Guan and Gui Mei chased with all their might, they noticed something flash past them. A few flickers later, it appeared between Golden Crocodile Douluo's group and Qian Daoliu and Azure Luan Douluo.
Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others stared in astonishment at the three figures that had appeared between them and Qian Daoliu.
They even recognized one of them: She Long, a former elder of Spirit Hall.
"Old sir, I'll help you catch him. How about giving me half his Soul Bones?" Gu Ping'an teleported again, appearing beside Qian Daoliu.
Seeing several people suddenly appear beside him, Qian Daoliu agreed with a nod almost without thinking.
To him, what mattered was Tang Hao, Tang San, and the schemes of the god behind Tang San. Everything else was negotiable.
"How generous, old sir!"
With Qian Daoliu in tow, Gu Ping'an teleported ahead of Tang Hao in an instant.
"Tang Hao! Come and die!"
"Angel's Trial!"
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