Battle! Why...

On the outskirts of Eastsea City.

Boom!

The enormous black Clear Sky Hammer came crashing down, carrying Plane Power.

The surrounding space groaned under the crushing burden, as though it might collapse at any moment.

The Silver Dragon and the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King were both hammered downward, slamming into the ground and leaving an enormous crater.

Tang Hao stood in midair, his gray robe snapping in the wind.

"You two beasts dare defy heaven?"

The Silver Dragon Gu Yue had become soared out of the crater. Her multicolored scales had shattered in several places, and dragon blood spilled through the air.

"Defy heaven? Does your Tang Family even deserve to speak for heaven?"

Gu Yue threw back her head and let out a piercing dragon roar.

In the underground chamber, the intricate magic array originally meant to conceal their auras suddenly blazed with light.

The blue array patterns instantly turned a blinding blood-red!

This was the Killing Array Gu Yue had laid in advance.

She had prepared far too long for this day. How could she not have taken precautions against the Tang Family's hidden moves?

Countless blood-red pillars of light shot up from underground, weaving into an enormous net that trapped Tang Hao and Tang San's phantom within it.

Elemental Stripping!

Every element between heaven and earth within the magic array's range was forcibly drained away at that instant.

Fire, water, earth, wind, light, darkness-all elements were expelled.

Tang Hao's brows knitted tightly. He realized that he was drawing on Plane Power more slowly.

Cut off from the energy between heaven and earth, he could only rely on his own strength to withstand the blood-red array.

"Di Tian, attack!" Gu Yue shouted.

The Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King roared and charged into the air, spewing Destruction Dragon Flame in a frenzy. It became a black pillar of fire that rushed straight at Tang Hao's face.

Black Flame Dragon Breath!

At the center.

Na'er's face was pale, her forehead covered in cold sweat. Her clothes were already soaked through.

She maintained a hand seal with both hands, her purple eyes fixed on Tang Wulin at the center of the array.

The first seal inside Tang Wulin had already broken, and that portion of the Golden Dragon King bloodline had completely fused with his bones and blood.

Extracting it now required drawing out his blood and filtering his marrow.

Threads of golden blood seeped from Tang Wulin's pores, gathering in midair into a mass of savage golden energy.

Faint dragon roars came from within that energy, carrying a brutal aura that could destroy heaven and earth.

"Aah!"

The excruciating pain jolted Tang Wulin out of unconsciousness.

His entire body convulsed. Both hands clawed desperately at the ground, bending his nails backward and leaving them drenched in blood.

It hurt! It hurt so much!

This pain was a hundred times worse than what he had felt when breaking the seal, as though someone were scraping the marrow from his bones, bit by bit, with a dull knife.

Through his daze, Tang Wulin's eyes reflected the illusory figure holding a trident in midair.

That face was so unfamiliar, yet so familiar.

Tang Wulin could not help calling out-

"Dad..."

His voice was hoarse and choked with tears as he instinctively pleaded with that figure for help.

Tang San's phantom heard the call and looked down.

"Lin'er." Tang San's phantom spoke with authority. "Wait there. Dad will take the Golden Dragon King back for you right now!"

Gu Yue gave a cold snort in midair, her voice steeped in mockery.

"Keep dreaming! This belonged to our dragon race to begin with. No one is taking it away today!"

Tang Wulin cried out hoarsely. He raised his head to look at the phantom high above, his face full of bewilderment.

"Dad... I don't want it..."

Tang Wulin shook his head desperately, tears mixing with sweat as they fell to the ground. "I don't need this thing... It'll kill me..."

Ever since he was little, that mysterious Old Tang had told him that the Golden Dragon King bloodline was a bomb that could explode at any moment.

Every day, he forged desperately and earned money desperately, all to buy spiritual treasures to break through the seals and avoid death.

How much had he suffered just to stay alive?

Now someone was finally going to take this death warrant away. Why?

Why did his father insist on forcing it back into him?

Tang San's phantom turned a deaf ear, caring nothing for Tang Wulin's pain or pleas.

"The Golden Dragon King bloodline must never be returned to the soul beasts!"

The Sea God Trident in Tang San's hand erupted with dazzling blue-gold light.

"This is the foundation of your ascension to godhood, the Tang Family's legacy!"

At those words, Tang Wulin's mind rang with a sudden buzz.

The foundation of my ascension to godhood? The Tang Family's legacy?

Then what about my life?

What does my suffering count for?

The agony struck again, and Tang Wulin's vision went completely black.

In the final second before he lost consciousness, only one thought remained in his mind.

It clearly threatened my life. Why did Dad want to take it back?

Why...

Boom!

The Clear Sky Hammer in Tang Hao's hands grew larger again, its dark-red patterns flashing wildly.

"I have no time to waste on you!"

Gripping the hammer with both hands, Tang Hao smashed it down at the blood-red magic array below.

Plane Power poured out. The Magic Array's light dimmed instantly, and its blood-red pillars shattered one after another.

In the face of absolute power, Gu Yue's Killing Array ultimately could not hold.

Gu Yue and Di Tian both spat out blood. Their enormous bodies were smashed back to the ground, breaking more than a dozen thick stone pillars.

Tang San's phantom also raised his trident, his divine consciousness beginning to burn.

He needed to end this quickly. He absolutely could not let the Golden Dragon King bloodline fall into the Silver Dragon King's hands.

"White clouds drift through a thousand years of emptiness!"

Layer upon layer of blue-gold rings closed in on Na'er, seeking to forcibly interrupt her extraction ritual.

Suddenly, everything changed!

The Clear Sky Hammer Tang Hao had just raised began trembling violently.

The thick layer of Plane Power wrapped around the hammer went berserk without warning!

The Plane Origin, which had obeyed Tang Hao's commands, actually surged backward into his meridians!

"What's going on?!"

Tang Hao's expression changed drastically. He almost lost his grip on the Clear Sky Hammer.

The sky above the Douluo Continent instantly turned dark red, and thunder resounded through the heavens.

This was not Tang Hao's power.

This was the fury of the plane itself!

An extremely pure golden life force appeared out of thin air in the underground chamber.

That life force slammed straight into the Unfixed Storm released by Tang San's phantom!

Bang!

The blue-gold rings collapsed instantly, turning into specks of starlight that vanished into the air.

Tang San's phantom shook violently. His already transparent body flickered in and out of sight, on the verge of collapsing at any moment.

"The Plane Spirit?!"

Tang Hao gritted his teeth. The muscles beneath his gray robe bulged as he desperately suppressed the rampaging Plane Power.

"You old thing! You still dare resist!"

An aged voice rang out in midair, seeming to come from every direction, laden with the weight of countless years.

"Tang Hao, you stole the Plane Origin. Do you truly think the Douluo Continent is your Tang Family's private backyard?!"

Savage plane repulsion crushed inward from every direction. Tang Hao grunted, blood dripping down his chin.

He had yet to complete his possession. By forcibly drawing on Plane Power to fight Gu Yue and Di Tian, he had left a gap in his suppression of the Plane Spirit.

Now, the backlash had come!