Huo Yuhao was scared stiff by Tang Chuan's sudden hammer strike. Almost instinctively, he released his Soul Power to cloak his body, but even so, the blow sent him flying backward.
Boom!
Huo Yuhao fell from the sky, even smashing a large crater into the ground. Inside it, he kept coughing up blood, badly injured.
"Teacher, why..."
Huo Yuhao felt like crying. Had he done something so utterly treacherous that Tang Chuan wanted to purge him from his tutelage? Then he should at least let him know why the hell he had to die.
"Yuhao, I told you I wouldn't harm you."
Tang Chuan walked slowly toward him, Clear Sky Hammer in hand.
Boom!
A jade-green light burst from Huo Yuhao's body, followed by the spread of an ultimate ice attribute. It was the Ice Empress.
The Ice Empress stared coldly at Tang Chuan, her eyes filled with killing intent.
"Bingbing, why don't we ask what's going on first..."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm also appeared and tried to persuade her.
The Ice Empress remained unmoved. She had already given up everything in the hope that Huo Yuhao could become a god. If he was beaten to death just like this, wouldn't she die with him?
"Enough nonsense!"
The aura of Ultimate Ice erupted, blasting toward Tang Chuan, only to be repelled by the ultimate blood energy emanating from the Golden Dragon Clear Sky Hammer in his hand. Huo Yuhao forced himself to his feet.
Tang Chuan watched Huo Yuhao calmly.
"Teacher..."
"He wouldn't harm me!"
Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth and chose to trust Tang Chuan.
If Tang Chuan truly wanted to kill him, there was no need to go to so much trouble. Besides, Tang Chuan had treated him so well before. That concern couldn't have been fake.
Huo Yuhao refused to believe it!
"Ice Empress, trust me."
Huo Yuhao spoke in a low voice through gritted teeth.
"..."
The Ice Empress truly couldn't understand. Tang Chuan looked as though he wanted to kill him, yet he still chose to trust him. Could someone like this really become a god?
"Teacher, come on."
Huo Yuhao focused his Spirit Eyes and released his spiritual power, then unleashed Soul Shock and Spiritual Detection. Seeing Huo Yuhao grow serious as well, the faintest hint of a smile curled Tang Chuan's lips.
Whoosh!
His figure vanished instantly, then appeared behind Huo Yuhao, striking him in the back with a palm.
The ground shattered immediately afterward.
A Blue Silver Emperor gathering blue-gold light shot straight toward Huo Yuhao. If he failed to dodge in time, it would surely pierce his chest!
Huo Yuhao's pupils contracted sharply.
"Purple Demon Eye, Soul Shock!"
"Ten Thousand Purple Divine Light!"
Boom!
As the Ten Thousand Purple Divine Light unleashed through their fusion blasted toward the Blue Silver Emperor, Huo Yuhao instantly unleashed his Second Martial Soul, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion!
Tang Chuan's strength was too great.
His Spirit Eyes were no match for him at all. Only by unleashing the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion with its Ultimate Ice attribute could he have a sliver of hope of survival.
Crack!
Even space itself seemed about to freeze.
Then the figure of the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion slowly formed behind Huo Yuhao, along with his slowly rising First Soul Ring.
"Ice Emperor's Wrath!"
Huo Yuhao spoke in a low voice.
Boom!
Shattered ice swept forth. Ultimate Ice exploded at that moment, sending an exceedingly violent, domineering force blasting toward Tang Chuan. Tang Chuan drew a deep breath.
A dragon's roar seemed to erupt from the Golden Dragon Clear Sky Hammer. One swing unleashed an immensely domineering golden hammer gale, meeting Huo Yuhao's attack head-on like a golden dragon tearing through the heavens.
Pfft!
Huo Yuhao spat blood and was sent flying again.
By the time he reacted, his expression changed abruptly. Tang Chuan had already appeared behind him and swung his hammer again.
"Yuhao!"
Even the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's expression changed at this blow. Why did it feel as though Tang Chuan had no intention of holding back at all? Was he really going to beat Huo Yuhao to death?!
"Tian Meng, you brainless fool, what are you still waiting for? Are you really going to watch Yuhao get beaten to death?"
The Ice Empress grew anxious too.
"..."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was hesitating over whether to intervene when he saw Tang Chuan grab Huo Yuhao. After enduring Tang Chuan's repeated heavy blows, Huo Yuhao was covered in blood, a truly wretched sight.
"Has he overdrawn his strength? It doesn't seem so..."
Tang Chuan shook his head.
Boom!
Just then, Huo Yuhao's gaze suddenly turned savage, like a wild beast making a desperate last stand.
He unleashed the full might of Ten Thousand Purple Divine Light!
Tang Chuan felt his Sea of Consciousness shudder violently, clearly affected by Huo Yuhao's attack. Seizing the opportunity, Huo Yuhao broke free of his grasp.
"Not bad."
Tang Chuan smiled and nodded.
Huo Yuhao looked up at Tang Chuan, gasping for breath. He seemed unable to hold on any longer and could only stake his life on a final struggle.
"..."
Huo Yuhao's facial muscles twitched as he unleashed every bit of his potential. Suddenly, Tang Chuan noticed that Huo Yuhao's spiritual power seemed to have fully coalesced.
Boom!
The instant Huo Yuhao completely overdrawn his spiritual power, his Martial Soul switched to the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion. The spiritual power he had gathered earlier transformed directly into a surge of the purest energy.
Together with the destructive power of Ultimate Ice, it blasted toward Tang Chuan!
Tang Chuan was utterly astonished.
"This is..."
"The Twin Souls Co-Soul Method?"
Tang Chuan was indeed deeply shocked. Huo Yuhao hadn't possessed Twin Martial Souls before, so he hadn't taught it to him. Yet...
Huo Yuhao had actually learned it on his own?
Boom!
With a boom, Tang Chuan was driven back.
After taking Huo Yuhao's attack, Tang Chuan staggered backward repeatedly, his arms even trembling. That instantaneous burst of power could indeed be called terrifying, but it had also completely exhausted all of Huo Yuhao's strength.
"It's over, Yuhao."
Tang Chuan spoke softly.
"Do you trust me?"
At those words, Huo Yuhao's lips moved. Should he trust him?
"Teacher... you're the second person in my life who's ever treated me sincerely... I trust you..."
Huo Yuhao's voice trembled, yet it was utterly resolute.
Pfft!
Tang Chuan smiled faintly. He stepped forward and caught Huo Yuhao, then, under Huo Yuhao's somewhat bewildered gaze, took out the Dragon Core and stuffed it straight into his mouth.
"I'll personally stand guard over you. Absorb it as quickly as you can."
Tang Chuan's expression was serious, his tone utterly calm.
"Yes."
Huo Yuhao understood too, or rather, he had already guessed Tang Chuan's intent. He immediately felt the Dragon Core's power merge into his body, but that power was exceedingly violent. Tang Chuan channeled his own Soul Power into Huo Yuhao's body.
"Yuhao, I injured you earlier only because the Dragon Core must be absorbed when your body has completely collapsed. Now is the best opportunity."
Tang Chuan manifested the Life Dragon Wings.
That surging vitality did not directly participate in Huo Yuhao's absorption of the Dragon Core. Instead, it protected him, keeping the Dragon Core's violent power from harming him.
"That scared me to death..."
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's face had gone white with fright.
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