Tang San Exposed, Tang Hao to the Rescue!

Chapter 12: Tang San Exposed, Tang Hao to the Rescue!

"Oh no, San!"

Yu Xiaogang's head was covered in cold sweat as his mind raced.

I absolutely cannot let him be exposed now.

At least not before I contact the Two Great Empires and all the nobles.

Clear Sky Douluo... no, my idol cannot act yet. My only option is...

Yu Xiaogang rushed out of his office and kicked open the door to the headmaster's office next door.

"Headmaster, outsiders have entered Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy and are bullying your students! Are you going to do anything about it?"

The headmaster flew into a rage and slammed his hands on his desk, springing to his feet.

White, yellow, yellow, purple... four Soul Rings shone.

"How dare they! I am the headmaster of Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, the second-strongest man in Nuoding City..."

"Who dares bully my students?!"

A figure instantly rushed into Nuoding Square, standing before all the teachers and students of Nuoding Academy.

The headmaster raised his head dashingly, gazing up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle. The next instant, three figures appeared in the sky.

A silver-white high heel stomped heavily onto the headmaster's face.

Bibi Dong frowned.

"Where did this speed bump come from?"

"Never mind."

"Don't let the one who slipped through our net back then escape!"

Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo exchanged a glance, then released their Soul Rings and Martial Soul Avatars.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black: "Gui Mei Avatar!"

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black: "Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum!"

Yellow, purple, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red: "Death Spider Emperor!"

The terrifying pressure of three Titled Douluos formed a triangular formation, sealing off every escape route for Xiao Wu and Tang San.

Tang San's and Xiao Wu's Martial Souls appeared instantly, and two yellow hundred-year Soul Rings flew out from their bodies.

Boom!

For an instant, everyone's mind rang with a deafening buzz.

The headmaster of Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy was dumbstruck.

"T-Titled Douluos!"

"And... three of them!"

"I'm a level-forty Soul Ancestor, and you want me to fight three Titled Douluos, one of whom even has a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring?"

The headmaster, whom Bibi Dong had stomped into the ground, was utterly stunned.

Yu Xiaogang came rushing over in long strides.

He had not gone through the window like the headmaster or jumped straight down from the third floor like Tang San. His strength did not permit it, so he had taken the stairs.

This is bad. Three Titled Douluos...

No... San cannot withstand a Titled Douluo's pressure.

If San's second Martial Soul is exposed, his identity will surely be exposed as well. Then things will become even more troublesome.

Yu Xiaogang turned toward the headmaster.

"Go protect your students!"

"If anyone hurts my disciple!"

"I will destroy your Nuoding at any cost...!"

Before Yu Xiaogang could finish, the headmaster exploded in anger.

"You do it! You do it! You're so great, so high and mighty!"

"You want a Soul Ancestor like me to fight Titled Douluos? Three of them, for fuck's sake!"

"Yes, I'm the headmaster of Nuoding Academy, but you're also Tang Yin's teacher! Yes, I should protect my students, but shouldn't you protect your own disciple too?"

Yu Xiaogang's face instantly flushed red.

"How can you lump those together? I'm only a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster... and my Martial Soul has no offensive power whatsoever."

Turning around, Yu Xiaogang began threatening Bibi Dong instead.

"Bibi Dong, if you dare hurt my only disciple!"

"Then I, Yu Xiaogang, will destroy your Spirit Hall at any cost!"

"He's my only disciple! If you dare touch him, I'll never speak to you again for the rest of my life!"

At Bibi Dong's sides, Chrysanthemum Douluo's and Ghost Douluo's mouths twitched furiously at Yu Xiaogang's words.

They were about to slap Yu Xiaogang dead, but Bibi Dong raised a hand to stop them.

"Brother San!"

Hearing Xiao Wu's call behind him, Tang San clenched his fists under the immense pressure of the Titled Douluos.

"Xiao Wu, you're my little sister..."

"I swore that if anyone dared hurt you..."

"They would have to step over my corpse first!"

Xiao Wu's eyes instantly reddened.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Just then, two sharp whistles tore through the air.

Two figures, one gold and one black, reached for Xiao Wu at incredible speed.

"Blue Silver Grass... Entanglement!"

Withstanding the immense pressure of the Titled Douluos, Tang San unleashed his Soul Skill.

The next instant, their terrifying pressure crushed the Blue Silver Grass to dust.

"Tang Sect Hidden Weapons... Sleeve Sword!"

In desperation, Tang San raised both hands, aiming at Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo as he fired his Tang Sect Hidden Weapons.

The two stopped their advance toward Xiao Wu.

Just then, Bibi Dong moved, instantly switching to her second Martial Soul.

Black, black, black, black, black, black, red-seven Soul Rings shone.

The Death Spider Ring's spider legs sprang out, and Bibi Dong appeared before Tang San in an instant.

Her right hand reached past Tang San toward Xiao Wu behind him, while the spider legs on her back stabbed viciously at Xiao Wu without the slightest hesitation. She clearly intended to kill Xiao Wu outright and absorb her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring on the spot.

Behind Tang San, Xiao Wu sensed a familiar aura and instantly looked up, meeting Bibi Dong's eyes.

Xiao Wu's gaze fell upon the Seventh Soul Ring of Bibi Dong's second Martial Soul-the blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

The aura emanating from that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring was all too familiar. Her mind was instantly dragged back to that year.

"Mom! It was you... you killed my mom!"

A smile slowly curled at the corners of Bibi Dong's lips. The next instant, her spider legs plunged viciously toward Xiao Wu.

Crack-boom!

Just then, the wind and clouds changed violently. The sky thundered, thick with lightning...

(If Mosheng Fei had been here, he would definitely have written a passage about demonic devil power.)

Tang San, shielding Xiao Wu behind him, abruptly raised his head, revealing blood-red eyes.

He thrust up his left hand, and a hammer wreathed in lightning instantly appeared.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Chrysanthemum Douluo's and Ghost Douluo's pupils contracted sharply.

"A second Martial Soul!"

Just as Bibi Dong's spider legs were about to strike Xiao Wu, Tang San unleashed his second Martial Soul and smashed it fiercely against the spider legs of Bibi Dong's second Martial Soul.

"You will not... hurt... my... Xiao Wu!"

Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes narrowed.

"The Clear Sky Hammer?"

Her mind raced.

"Blue Silver Grass concealed your second Martial Soul. Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer... you aren't Tang Yin. You're the Outer Realm Demonic Devil, Tang San!"

"The first Beastman human born from Tang Hao's illicit union with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form!"

In a single instant, Bibi Dong deduced Tang San's identity.

"If this were twenty years from now, I might be wary of you. But as you are now..."

"Unfortunately, your second Martial Soul doesn't even have a Soul Ring attached. Even if I let you hit me, what damage could you possibly do?"

Forty for the little hammer!

Tang San raised his second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, and slammed it against Bibi Dong's spider legs. Yet her spider legs did not budge.

"Heh, just as I thought."

Bibi Dong ignored Tang San, preparing to kill Xiao Wu first and deal with the Outer Realm Demonic Devil Tang San afterward.

Tang San plunged into despair and resolutely raised it again... the next instant, the sky suddenly darkened.

"Xiao Wu... no!"

Tang San watched the descending spider legs in despair.

"Brother San!"

"You really acted according to your oath. Although the enemy was too strong and you couldn't fulfill it... I saw you trying your hardest to save me!"

"You are my big brother!"

Xiao Wu closed her eyes in despair, tears slipping from them.

Heaven and earth thundered... time seemed to slow in an instant.

Strains of sorrowful music from beyond this realm suddenly sounded in Tang San's and Xiao Wu's hearts.

[If I open my eyes within a nightmare~!]

[And face this cruel world~!!]

[Whose heartstrings did the storm stir~!!!]

[Holding your hand...]

Tang San held Xiao Wu's hand tightly.

Just then... the Clear Sky Hammer Tang San had raised was reflected across the heavens.

High above, an enormous phantom of the Clear Sky Hammer appeared in an instant.

Bibi Dong, standing beneath the heavens, did not notice at all.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, however, saw the darkening sky and the enormous Clear Sky Hammer phantom above, and their expressions changed drastically.

"Your Holiness... watch out!"

"Martial Soul Fusion Skill!"

"Bipolar Static Field..."

Thud!

High in the sky stood a figure dressed in black robes, with only a little stubble showing.

Wielding an enormous Clear Sky Hammer and radiating a powerful aura, Tang Hao made his entrance with his own soundtrack.

Tang Hao stared coldly at Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo as they flew swiftly into the air, preparing to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to stop his arrival.

Years ago... he too had fallen prey to that move of theirs. In the end, he had been gravely injured, and Ah Yin had been forced to leave.

But now...

"A chrysanthemum and a little ghost!"

"The likes of you dare hurt my son?!"

"Get lost!"

The enormous Clear Sky Hammer phantom in the sky crashed down.

Just as Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo were about to complete their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, it was interrupted, and the hammer sent them flying.

Spurt!

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo spat blood, staring in terror at the figure descending heavily with an enormous Clear Sky Hammer in hand.

"Your Holiness, watch out!"

Just as Bibi Dong was about to succeed, she suddenly sensed a familiar killing intent and looked up. The next instant, her blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring flashed.

Eighty for the big hammer!

Bang!

Bibi Dong's figure shattered instantly, then re-formed a short distance away.

Bibi Dong clenched her fists, looking at her shattered double and the black-robed man standing before Tang San and Xiao Wu.

"Tang Hao!"

[Shatter... destiny's curse~!!!]

The music from beyond this realm continued to play.

Holding Xiao Wu's hand, Tang San looked up in shock and saw a familiar figure.

"Dad!"

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red-nine Soul Rings, two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red, flashed wildly.

His immense, berserk Soul Power suppressed all three Titled Douluos: Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo.

Not far away, Yu Xiaogang looked up in excitement.

"My idol!"

"He came with his own BGM and overwhelmed three Titled Douluos the moment he appeared!!"

"That's my idol for you!!!"

Bibi Dong frowned.

"You're not the only one with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!"

"You showed up alone. Between your son and that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form... at least one of them must stay!!"

"Stop them from leaving!!!"

Bibi Dong instantly switched to her First Martial Soul.

Looking at the ruined Nuoding Academy, its countless dead and injured teachers and students, and the excited Yu Xiaogang, the headmaster of Nuoding Academy broke down on the spot.

"Don't fight, don't fight... stop fighting!"

"If you have to fight, take it outside!!"

"Don't fight in my academy, damn it!!!"

But Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Tang Hao paid this clown no mind.

Facing Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo's attacks, Tang Hao struck each of them with a single hammer blow, utterly crushing his fellow Titled Douluos in combat.

[Mini-theater, Honor of Kings commentary:]

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo left the field severely injured [critically low HP]. Their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had been interrupted [all skills on cooldown], leaving them unable to rejoin the fight anytime soon. Basically, their backline had been dived.

The enemy spider-spirit jungler (Min Yue), with 18,000 gold, relied on Undying True Body to become untargetable as she fought the fully built, six-item Hammer King Tang Hao, who also had to protect two carries that had yet to scale.

Instead of figuring out how to dive the backline, the spider spirit insisted on testing just how absurd the power gap between the junglers was.

"I refuse to believe Qian Xunji didn't leave any lasting damage on you back then!"

Pfft~!!!

His old hidden injuries flared up, and Tang Hao instantly spat out blood.

Bibi Dong seized the opportunity and instantly switched to her Second Martial Soul.

"Eternal Wound!!!"

Tang Hao was grievously wounded in an instant, triggering his Death Scythe's death immunity. Just then, the sky suddenly turned crimson.

The Asura God Mark on Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul flickered faintly.

Afraid that Tang San would die here, a certain deity secretly gave Tang Hao another cheat.

Tang Hao's eyes instantly turned blood-red again.

"Ah Yin!"

"I failed to protect you back then, but our son... I'll protect him no matter what!!"

"Ring Detonation! Ah Yin, let me love you one more time!!!"

Tang Hao's nine Soul Rings instantly merged into one. A blood-red Soul Ring... shimmering with the Asura God's light shattered with a thunderous crash.

Hum~ BOOM!!!

Bibi Dong was instantly blasted away and grievously injured. In the end, she could only watch helplessly as Tang Hao left with Tang San and Xiao Wu.

"Bibi Dong, one day, I'll destroy your Spirit Hall!"

Hot blood rushing to his head, Yu Xiaogang instantly activated his minion taunt.

With Tang San's identity exposed, Tang Hao had originally intended to abandon Yu Xiaogang.

But then he remembered the historical revelations, in which Yu Xiaogang would eventually lead the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire to destroy Spirit Hall and the Spirit Hall Empire... His son would need Yu Xiaogang's guidance to become a god someday, so he took him along as well.

"Your Holiness, are you all right?"

Bibi Dong clenched both fists and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.

"Back to Spirit Hall!"

After leaving Fasinuo Province, Tang Hao collapsed and entered a period of weakness.

"My turn to carry."

Yu Xiaogang raised his head and began supporting Tang San with his world-shaking wisdom.

"Little San, now that your identity has been exposed, Spirit Hall will certainly hunt you down."

"But that's all right. Spirit Hall isn't the only one looking for you now."

"The Two Great Empires, the Upper Three Sects, and all the nobles are looking for you too. As they say, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Since you're destined to become a god, and they supported you in the future, all we have to do is show ourselves... and they'll naturally invest in us again. After all, everything they enjoy ten thousand years from now was won through our hard work."

Heaven Dou City, capital of the Heaven Dou Empire.

"Reporting to Your Majesty! The Imperial Preceptor... and the future Lord Sea God have been found!"

BOOM~!!!

Xue Ye instantly rose to his feet in excitement.

In the shadows, Xue Qinghe-Qian Renxue in disguise-felt her heart sink, and killing intent slowly surfaced in her eyes.

The Outer Realm Demonic Devil Tang San has finally appeared.

You never could have imagined that I'd be undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire...

Waiting for you to show up, could you?

"Snake Lance, go back and report to Grandfather. The people who will destroy Spirit Hall and sever the Angel Inheritance have appeared in Heaven Dou City!!"

"This time, I'll make sure the Outer Realm Demonic Devil can't escape even if he sprouts wings!!!"

Just as Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi, sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, were eagerly preparing to invest in Tang San and Yu Xiaogang and hasten their rise...

The sky thundered!

The sky above the Douluo Continent slowly split open. Lines of black text instantly shone across the Three Realms, their words falling into images.

The historical revelations appeared once again.

[Historical Records, Douluo Calendar Year 12666: The World's Reckoning!]

[The world's will awakened, and the Sun Moon Continent collided with the Douluo Continent... The Sun Moon Empire became the world's representative. With the world's will upon it, it brought a reckoning upon the handiwork left behind by the Outer Realm Demonic Devil, and upon the empires, sects... and every other force that had once supported him!]

[As the empire that had given the Outer Realm Demonic Devil the most support ten thousand years earlier, the Heaven Dou Empire, ten thousand years later... was struck from existence. Every member of the royal family's main bloodline was slaughtered to the last, their nation destroyed and their lineage exterminated... From then on, the Heaven Dou Empire's royal Xue Family ceased to exist!]