"Hahaha, you want me to teach you a lesson?"
"I truly admire you. How did you find the courage to say that?"
"On the strength of your cultivation?"
After hearing Tang Xiao's words, Tang Chen could not help bursting into laughter, as though he had heard the greatest joke in the world.
As far as he was concerned, although Tang Xiao had improved considerably, he was still nowhere near ready to fight him, even with his cultivation diminished and one arm missing.
Besides, this was Slaughter City-his home ground. Here, he would receive an additional boost, just as Bo Saixi did upon the ocean.
What could Tang Xiao possibly fight him with?
He would have a hard time losing even if he tried.
At that moment, Tang Xiao gave his answer in just three words. "Because it's me!"
His voice boomed like rolling thunder.
"A loud voice won't frighten me, you know?" Tang Chen sneered coldly.
But the very next moment, his smile vanished.
Tang Xiao curled his right hand around empty air, and a massive golden hammer abruptly appeared in his palm.
"Is... is that still the Clear Sky Hammer?"
Tang Chen felt a tremor deep within his soul.
He was utterly astonished.
In his memory, the Clear Sky Hammer had never undergone such a transformation. It completely overturned everything he knew.
Yet Tang Xiao answered him with a vicious hammer strike.
The strike was blindingly fast, tracing a golden afterimage through the air as it came crashing down at Tang Chen.
"Even in a simple attack, I can see traces of the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes. I never imagined you could weave them together so seamlessly."
A flicker of emotion crossed Tang Chen's eyes. Rather than meet it head-on, he shifted aside and evaded the attack.
Boom!
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