Tang Hao had already summoned the Clear Sky Hammer.
His first eight Soul Rings had the optimal configuration, while his ninth was a scarlet Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, born of the Blue Silver Emperor's sacrifice.
Tang Hao's killing intent had reached its peak, and his Divine Slaughter's Domain unfolded in an instant.
An unparalleled temptation stirred the greed in Tang Hao's heart.
Four Soul Bones over a hundred thousand years old-anyone who learned of them would go mad!
Tang Hao was already imagining Tang San fully equipped with hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones.
There were four beasts here, and that rabbit was certain to yield a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone as well. That made five!
If he caught one more Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Tang San could have Soul Bones over a hundred thousand years old throughout his entire body!
Tang San also possessed Twin Martial Souls. His future was limitless!
As long as Tang San could grow strong... there was hope for revenge!
Why was Tang Hao so confident?
Because Tang Hao believed in the Clear Sky Hammer!
The Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, the secret art of Ring Detonation, Divine Slaughter's Domain, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring...
With all these advantages, Tang Hao's confidence soared to an unprecedented peak!
So what if he was injured?
Even if it left him at death's door, he would slaughter every one of these Soul Beasts today!
With the bones of Soul Beasts, he would forge Tang San's path to godhood!
Just then, Jin Jiuxiao spoke. "Tang Hao, you wouldn't want to kill your own wife with your own hands, would you?"
Jin Jiuxiao tapped the ground beneath his feet. "Are you sure you want to fight here?"
Tang Hao's aura grew even more violent, but his voice became much calmer. "Follow me if you have the guts."
He had already failed Ah Yin twice...
If his battle with these Soul Beasts caused Ah Yin to die by his hand...
He would never forgive himself for the rest of his life.
These Ferocious Beasts probably wanted to take the Blue Silver Emperor back with them, too.
That meant he need not worry about them using Ah Yin to threaten him for the moment.
He moved off into the distance.
"Let's go. We'll follow him." Jin Jiuxiao smiled faintly. Nothing could be better than Tang Hao choosing to move away from the Blue Silver Emperor.
He did not want the Blue Silver Emperor killed by the shock waves of their battle.
Tang Hao traveled a long way before stopping deep within a valley.
Wings of lightning spread behind Jin Jiuxiao as he brought the three Ferocious Beasts to the same spot.
He surveyed their surroundings. "You've picked quite a suitable grave for yourself."
Tang Hao replied icily, "This place does make a fine grave."
"But not for me. For you."
"I'll come tend your graves every year, to thank you for contributing four Soul Bones and helping my son become peerless."
Xiong Jun instantly reverted to his true form. His aura erupted, no longer concealing his four hundred and twenty thousand years of cultivation.
His Dark Gold Domain unfolded instantly, and a plume of white vapor snorted from his nostrils.
A vicious glint flashed through his dark gold bear eyes. "It's been a long time since anyone dared speak to me like that."
Like a mountain, he shielded Bi Ji and Jin Jiuxiao behind him.
Zi JI leaped up and revealed her true form as the Hell Demon Dragon King. Her dragon wings blotted out the sky and sun as she soared overhead.
Her devouring domain overlapped with Xiong Jun's Dark Gold Domain.
She instantly seized control of the skies, cutting off Tang Hao's retreat.
At the same moment, Bi Ji unfolded her Life Domain, granting the other three an additional boost.
"Your son?" Jin Jiuxiao sneered. "Is Tang San really your son?"
"As a Titled Douluo, even if you willingly sank into depravity and despair, could you really fail to notice that Tang San was cultivating something else?"
"A cultivation method, secret arts for his eyes and hands, unique footwork, and Hidden Weapon techniques that don't belong to this world at all."
"Where did they come from?"
"Is he really your son? Have you truly treated him as your own son?"
"Or have you merely treated Tang San as a tool for revenge?"
Tang Hao's movements faltered, and he fell somewhat silent.
Every word Jin Jiuxiao spoke stabbed him in the heart.
He had not noticed? How could he possibly not have noticed?!
Tang San was nothing like a normal child.
He had never taught Tang San how to cultivate, yet Tang San knew how!
He had even practiced many secret arts that Tang Hao did not recognize at all.
Tang Hao had no desire to intervene or pay any attention.
He had left Tang San to fend for himself.
Yet Tang San had ended up caring for him instead.
Although it had moved him somewhat, he had still been unwilling to acknowledge it in his heart.
Until Tang San awakened his Twin Martial Souls...
At that moment, he had suddenly realized... did it matter whether Tang San's soul was truly that of his son?
They were connected by blood, and Tang San acknowledged him as his father. Why, then, could Tang San not be his son?
The Clear Sky Hammer had rekindled a spark of hope in Tang Hao.
It was only at that moment that Tang Hao had truly begun to take Tang San seriously.
"That's none of your business." Tang Hao's knuckles whitened slightly around the Clear Sky Hammer.
It was a sign that he was gripping it too hard.
But the next words shattered Tang Hao's defenses completely.
Jin Jiuxiao spoke bluntly. "Then what about Ah Yin? You had so many chances to protect her, yet you deliberately pushed her toward certain death."
"Did you really love her?"
"That Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring is quite useful, isn't it?"
He did not deny that Tang Hao had indeed loved Ah Yin.
But the logic behind Tang Hao's subsequent actions made no sense at all.
He knew full well that Ah Yin's identity could not be exposed, yet he had continued taking her around the Human World.
Jin Jiuxiao could only conclude that Tang Hao's greed had been at work.
Why had they happened to be surrounded and attacked precisely when he was at rank eighty-nine?
Why had their pursuers caught up with them at that exact moment?
Could Tang Hao possibly have been unaware of what happened when a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form was discovered in the Human World?
Tang Hao knew. Once that information got out, no one could resist the temptation.
When the situation became certain death, what choice would Ah Yin make?
Tang Hao had been at rank eighty-nine, on the verge of a breakthrough.
Rather than let Spirit Hall seize her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, she might as well sacrifice herself to Tang Hao and help him succeed.
"A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring-how many Soul Masters dream of such a treasure?"
Tang Hao's defenses crumbled completely. His eyes turned blood-red, and he looked as though he had been possessed. "Shut your mouth! That's not how it was... that's not how it was!"
Tang Hao raised the Clear Sky Hammer and smashed it straight toward Jin Jiuxiao. "Die!"
Xiong Jun raised his Dark Gold Dreadclaw without yielding an inch. "It seems you don't take me, Xiong Jun, seriously at all. Get lost."
The Dark Gold Dreadclaw and the Clear Sky Hammer collided head-on.
The resulting shock waves shredded the surrounding vegetation.
Tang Hao was sent flying backward.
Clashing head-on with a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's Dark Gold Dreadclaw-trying to compete in offensive power? In strength? He must have lost his mind.
Jin Jiuxiao was not slow to act either.
He completed his Martial Soul Possession in an instant.
Black, black, black-three Soul Rings appeared in succession.
His First Soul Ring and Second Soul Ring lit up in turn.
First Soul Skill-Charge!
Second Soul Skill-Thunder Sacrifice!
Thunder Sacrifice: a 100% chance of inflicting paralysis on the enemy!
Thunder Sacrifice struck Tang Hao as he flew backward, and the paralysis took effect.
Although the enormous gap in their levels greatly reduced the paralysis, it was enough.
In a battle of this caliber, even an instant of stiffness was enough for an opponent to seize that sliver of an opening.
Zi JI, circling in the sky, seized precisely that opportunity.
Dragon Breath blasted him in the face, leaving no way to dodge!
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