"There are only four of you?"
Tang Tieshan puffed out his chest. "Of course!"
"What, scared? I suggest you know what's good for you, or else..."
By this point, Shi Meng had figured things out.
The Clear Sky Sect had sealed off its mountain and withdrawn from the world. These collateral-line disciples had most likely sneaked out, with no elders around to protect them.
Well, well. These walking experience packs have delivered themselves right to my mouth.
Four of them: one at rank forty-two, one stuck at rank forty, and two in their thirties.
Ordinarily, those four would have been a force to reckon with. Unfortunately, today they had run into a man with cheats.
Shi Meng leaned toward Hu Liena's ear and asked in a low voice:
"Senior Sister, how many people can your Sky Fox Martial Soul's mental charm hold at once?"
Hu Liena froze for a moment, then understood what Shi Meng meant.
"All four together? Three seconds at most."
"Three seconds is enough."
"But Junior Brother, all four have higher soul power than us. And Tang Tieshan is rank forty-two..."
"Trust me."
Those two words from Shi Meng immediately silenced Hu Liena.
She didn't know why, but when her junior brother told her to trust him, she simply felt she could.
That feeling was probably just as irrational as how she had taken a liking to him the very first time they met.
Tang Tieshan was still standing there smugly, utterly dismissive of the two children before him.
As far as he was concerned, his side had four Soul Elders, with him being a Soul Ancestor to boot, while those two little brats opposite them looked as though they might not even have reached the teens in rank.
The advantage is mine! This is in the bag!
Little did they know, this was a classic case of popping the champagne at halftime. Shi Meng had already taken their measurements for their coffins.
Just then, Hu Liena moved.
Her Demon Fox Martial Soul possessed her!
"Charm!"
Tang Tieshan and the other three felt a buzz in their heads, and the scene before their eyes began to warp.
"Now! Sword, come!"
Shi Meng immediately transformed the pointer into a blade and charged straight at Tang Tieshan.
"First Soul Skill, Time's Continuous Slash!"
Shi Meng slashed. Before Tang Tieshan could react, a deep gash had opened across his chest.
Blue flames immediately crawled over his body.
"Hungryyy-!"
"Hungry? Then have a taste of this!"
Shi Meng swung his sword again.
Tang Tieshan screamed once more. The Weight of Ages began to take effect, and his strength drained away at a visibly alarming rate!
But Shi Meng still didn't stop. The pointer swung relentlessly in his hands, every strike landing precisely on one of the four.
One slash, two slashes, three!
Shi Meng's slashes grew faster and faster. Although none struck a vital spot, each left them in such agony that they wished they were dead.
Tang Tieshan tried to raise his hammer to fight back, only to discover that his arms had gone limp. No matter what he did, he couldn't lift them.
In no time at all, all four lay on the ground.
They were all conscious, but the Weight of Ages had drained most of their soul power. Combined with their injuries, it left them completely unable to fight.
Tang Tieshan lay facedown, baring his teeth in pain, without even the strength to get up.
His head was buzzing now.
How had four experts at Soul Elder or above been taken down by two children?
Defeating all four had taken almost everything Shi Meng had. His soul power was now completely exhausted.
Hu Liena's charm had also just reached its limit. She swayed, about to collapse, but Shi Meng caught her in time.
"Senior Sister, are you all right?"
"I'm fine, Junior Brother. Hurry and call Teacher and the others over."
Shi Meng nodded.
"Teacher! Uncle Ju! Uncle Ghost!"
The moment Shi Meng's voice rang out, three figures appeared in the clearing at once.
Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo arrived together.
Nine rings blazed around each of them, and three torrents of pressure belonging solely to Titled Douluos swept toward Tang Tieshan and the other three, blotting out heaven and earth.
"T-Titled Douluos?!"
The four were already sprawled on the ground, unable to rise. Under that crushing pressure, three of them were driven deep into the dirt.
Tang Tieshan was utterly stunned.
He didn't know what Spirit Hall was, but he understood all too well what a Titled Douluo represented.
How many Titled Douluos had their Clear Sky Sect possessed at its peak? Three had suddenly appeared right before his eyes.
Just who were these two children? How could their backgrounds be so terrifying?!
The other three were already shaking like sieves.
Their earlier swagger of "our Clear Sky Sect is number one under heaven" shattered into pieces before Bibi Dong and the other two.
They had truly kicked an iron plate this time. No, a titanium-alloy steel plate-and with infected ingrown toenails to boot.
Bibi Dong glanced down at Shi Meng's slightly pale face, and her eyes turned cold.
"Meng, how do you want to deal with these people?"
Shi Meng's gaze chilled.
"Kill them all. Leave none alive."
Others might fear the Clear Sky Sect, but Shi Meng did not.
These four collateral-line disciples had sneaked out. If he killed them, so be it.
As long as he finished them all off, no one would know he had done it. The Clear Sky Sect could only swallow its bad luck.
Even if the Clear Sky Sect really found out, so what? With a demon queen like Bibi Dong backing him, they could come attack if they had the guts. Why the hell should he fear their damned hammers?!
Bibi Dong nodded slightly, the corners of her lips curving upward.
Even after being reborn, Shi Meng remained as decisive and ruthless as he had been in his previous life!
"Elder Ju."
"As you command."
Chrysanthemum Douluo stepped forward with a smile, the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum in his hand slowly beginning to turn.
All four went pale and repeatedly knocked their heads against the ground.
"Spare us! Please spare us, my lord! We didn't know... argh!"
Four petals struck with perfect accuracy. In an instant, all four had fallen to the ground, never to make another sound.
Without sparing them a glance, Shi Meng turned and walked over to the Thunderfire Falcon.
The Thunderfire Falcon had already awakened. As Shi Meng approached, only helpless terror remained in his eyes.
"Don't be afraid. It'll be quick."
Shi Meng grabbed his head and finished him off cleanly.
"Cluck..."
A deep-purple soul ring rose, and Shi Meng hurriedly sat down cross-legged.
Chrysanthemum Douluo helped Hu Liena to one side. Watching Shi Meng sit down to absorb the soul ring, she felt her heart rise into her throat.
"Teacher, can Junior Brother really absorb a five-thousand-year soul ring?"
"He can. We just need to wait here."
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo exchanged a glance.
Someone else might not manage it, but this was Lord Time Douluo.
He was the man who had turned so many impossibilities into possibilities!
Even so, they were still somewhat shaken.
After all, in his previous life, their lord's second ring had only been two thousand years old!
In this life, its age had more than doubled.
Five thousand years!
This shattered the human limit recorded by their Spirit Hall!
What? That theory about the limit belonged to a certain Grandmaster?
That roadside nobody whom Her Holiness the Pope had sent flying with a kick over a decade ago, back when she was still the Holy Maiden? He had no business claiming any connection here.
What theories? Before Lord Time Douluo, they were all nothing but clay chickens and pottery dogs!
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