"Lin..."
The light around Bibi Dong's enormous true forms of her twin martial souls flickered faintly.
The initial shock and astonishment in her beautiful violet eyes were rapidly fading.
In their place came understanding, relief, and a trace of... fond exasperation.
That golden emperor flame, that azure lotus flame.
Yes.
That familiar feeling.
Back then, this man had used those mysterious, overbearing flames to help her refine the Rakshasa God's trial and restore her path to godhood.
This man always brought her unexpected "surprises" at the most critical moments.
She had thought he was truly willing to endure such humiliation to keep himself hidden.
As it turned out... he had made his own plans long ago.
The softest place in Bibi Dong's heart was gently touched. Then towering murderous intent erupted from her, impossible to contain any longer!
Since you are safe, no one under heaven can bind me any longer!
Bibi Dong slowly turned her gaze.
She no longer looked at Tang San, at Chen Xin, or at anyone from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
Her gaze passed through the crowds and over the raging shock waves of energy, finally locking onto the man holding a massive hammer, his face filled with shock and uncertainty.
Tang Hao!
Feeling that gaze, Tang Hao's heart clenched. A shudder from the depths of his soul made him instinctively tighten his grip on the Clear Sky Hammer.
He saw it.
That graceful, magnificent empress, peerless in her splendor, curled her lips into a chilling smile at him.
"Tang Hao."
Bibi Dong's voice was quiet, yet carried the finality of a death sentence.
"This time."
"Let's see where you can run!"
Before her words had even faded!
Boom!!!
The true forms of the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor and the Death Spider Emperor merged in an instant. Dark green and purple-black divine light soared from her enormous divine body, staining the sky over all of Heaven Dou City with the color of despair!
She abandoned every other opponent!
She ignored the attacks coming from every direction!
She let Chen Xin's Seven Kill Sword energy and Yang Wudi's Soul Breaking Spear radiance slash into her divine body, sending up showers of sparks and leaving streaks of white!
She did not even attempt to defend herself!
All her focus, all her power, and all her murderous intent became a purple-black pillar of light that pierced heaven and earth, blasting toward a single target!
Tang Hao!
"No!"
Tang Hao was scared out of his wits. Within that pillar of light, he sensed the breath of true death!
This madwoman!
She would rather be injured herself than let me live?!
"Great Sumeru Hammer! Ring Detonation!"
At the brink of life and death, Tang Hao dared not hold anything back. His ninth soul ring exploded!
All his power poured into the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand!
An enormous energy hammer, seemingly capable of smashing through the heavens, slammed fearlessly into the purple-black pillar of light!
And yet.
Bang!!!
There was no earth-shaking crash, only a dull sound of shattering.
The Great Sumeru Hammer, containing Tang Hao's lifetime of cultivation and unleashed even at the cost of detonating a ring, shattered like fragile glass the instant it touched the purple-black pillar. Starting at its head, it broke apart inch by inch, scattering into a sky full of light!
"Pfft!"
Tang Hao reeled as though struck by lightning. He spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward, smashing into the distant buildings and raising clouds of dust!
One strike!
Just one strike!
The most domineering power attack system Titled Douluo of this age, Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, had been defeated!
"Father!"
"Your Excellency Haotian!"
Cries of alarm rose on every side.
But Bibi Dong's assault did not pause for an instant.
Her enormous divine body became a streak of light, chasing into the dust in a flash. A carapace-covered spider leg stabbed viciously toward Tang Hao's heart like a spear of heavenly punishment!
"Not a chance!"
Tang Hao shot skyward from the ruins, his hair disheveled and his appearance utterly wretched. One arm was twisted at an unnatural angle, its bones clearly shattered.
He dared not fight again. Turning, he tried to become a streak of bloody light and flee beyond the city!
He was afraid.
He was truly afraid!
This woman's strength had completely surpassed his understanding!
"Do you think you can escape before this empress?"
Bibi Dong's voice sounded in his ear, clinging to him like maggots burrowing into bone.
At that moment, space became as thick as a mire.
The Death Spider Emperor Domain activated at full power!
Tang Hao felt as though his body were a flying insect trapped in a spiderweb. Every movement was agonizingly difficult!
He could only watch helplessly as that lethal spider leg grew larger and larger in his pupils!
Clang!
At the very last instant, a clear sword cry rang out.
Sword Douluo Chen Xin became one with his sword, transforming into a gigantic blade that spanned heaven and earth, barely managing to block the spider leg.
Crack!
Cracks spread across the gigantic sword.
Chen Xin grunted, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth as his face turned as pale as paper.
"Get out of my way!"
Bibi Dong barked. Her divine body shook, unleashing a vast surge of divine power.
The gigantic sword Chen Xin had become shattered on the spot!
He was hurled far away like a kite with its string cut, his fate unknown.
Seizing the chance, Tang Hao burned his soul power again and fled desperately. There was not a trace of the Clear Sky Douluo's imposing bearing left in him. He looked even more wretched than a homeless dog!
Meanwhile, at the other end of the battlefield.
Tang San stood rigidly in place.
His hands and feet were numb.
He watched the woman chasing his father until there was no road to heaven and no door into the earth, then looked at Ning Lin on the Judgment Platform, who had suppressed Ma Hongjun with a turn of his hand.
Tang San's mind went blank.
Defeat.
Today, he had lost.
His Tang Sect had lost.
Lost... in an utter rout.
The outcome was already beyond doubt.
Tang San could clearly sense that even now, Bibi Dong had yet to unleash her full strength!
She still had at least two trump cards she had not used.
And her Undying Domain made her unbeatable!
But what about him?
He had already borrowed the Sea God Trident's power.
The Tang Sect Hidden Weapons were exhausted.
His father, Tang Hao, was being hunted like a dog.
Sword Douluo's fate was unknown.
Every trump card had already been played!
Especially that useless Ma Hongjun!
He could accomplish nothing, but ruin everything!
He was supposed to be a pawn used to drive Bibi Dong mad, yet someone I considered an "ordinary man" had turned the tables and defeated him with ease!
One wrong move, and the entire game was lost!
At that moment, Tang San had none of his lofty air of standing above everyone and plotting against the world.
After a moment of blankness, his mind began racing at an unprecedented speed.
Think.
Think of a way out!
How can I escape this certain death?!
On the Judgment Platform.
Ma Hongjun's screams had grown faint.
His bloated body had been roasted crisp outside and tender within, giving off a peculiar aroma of meat. He lay curled on the ground, with nothing left but instinctive twitching.
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