"Pfft!"
The yellow mist Luo Sanpao sprayed instantly enveloped the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Rather than retreat as Yu Xiaogang had expected, the bear caught in the stench swung its claw faster.
"Whoosh!"
The enormous claw swept through the air with an ear-piercing whistle, whipping up a fierce gust.
The gust struck, scattering the yellow mist first. Then the enormous shadow of the claw completely engulfed Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.
"Whoosh! Crack!"
Tang San reacted first. He raised his arm, and the Silent Sleeve Arrow shot out like a joke, only to be shredded by the fierce wind raised by the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's enormous claw.
At this sight, his heart sank halfway into ice. The Silent Sleeve Arrow was already the strongest mechanical hidden weapon he currently possessed. If even it was useless, his hidden weapon techniques would likewise have no effect on the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
Using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, he grabbed the hem of Yu Xiaogang's clothes, intending to pull him into a roll across the ground and evade this lethal strike.
"Slash! Aah! Whoosh! Aah!"
Even with its injuries impairing the Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's performance, and despite Tang San's quick reaction, master and disciple still failed to evade its enormous claw.
The instant the enormous claw descended, Yu Xiaogang's forearm was severed like tofu beneath a knife.
Then the enormous claw swept past his waist. Although the claw itself never actually touched him, the blade-sharp wind coating it still sliced open his flank, leaving a hideous, terrifying wound in his waist.
After Yu Xiaogang let out a howl, the enormous claw swept over Tang San's head, ripping his hair out by the roots and leaving him bald. The instant excruciating pain struck, blood seeped from the top of his head.
Presumably, Tang San would have to keep his head wrapped in gauze for a long time. Even after the wound healed, he would still have to be a bald donkey for a while.
The instant the two were wounded, Tang Hao arrived. Nine Soul Rings flashed around him-two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red. Raising the Clear Sky Hammer high, he charged at the Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear like a maddened lion, his beard and hair bristling.
"Boom! Thud, thud, thud..."
Tang Hao's full-strength strike, delivered without using a Soul Skill, actually only forced the Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear back a few steps.
After that strike, Tang Hao picked up Yu Xiaogang and Tang San with one hand and casually tossed them into the distance.
"Pfft! Aah!"
Even though he had controlled his strength, Yu Xiaogang still spat out a mouthful of blood the instant he landed.
Tang San also suffered some impact, but he did not pass out. Instead, he forced himself to stop his own bleeding and Yu Xiaogang's before finally losing consciousness.
Seeing this, Tang Mo wanted to finish them off, but reaching the two meant passing between Tang Hao and the Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
Looking at the man and Soul Beast poised to strike, Tang Mo glanced at the Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear as well and sensibly chose not to approach.
Just after he suppressed his desire to finish them off, the man and Soul Beast suddenly moved.
A gleam suddenly flashed over the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's enormous claw. Upon realizing that Tang Hao was no easy opponent, it had chosen to use its strongest attack outright: Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
Seeing this, Tang Hao knew he had not been ruthless enough in their exchange. If he still did nothing, he would inevitably fall into a disadvantage.
His Soul Skills and the Clear Sky Sect's ultimate techniques flashed through his mind. It was rather laughable: because his Soul Skills could not compare to the Clear Sky Sect's ultimate techniques, he used those techniques far more frequently than his Soul Skills.
At this moment, he thought of Sky-Piercing Strike, the most powerful Clear Sky Sect ultimate technique he could unleash on short notice.
Its principle was simple: concentrate all his Soul Power into the Clear Sky Hammer, then deliver a single strike. It was quick to execute and extremely powerful. In terms of sheer power, it even surpassed the ninth Soul Skills of quite a few Titled Douluo.
Tang Hao immediately unleashed the ultimate technique, concentrating Soul Power into the hammerhead and boldly delivering a strike.
"Boom!"
Dark Gold Dreadclaw collided with Sky-Piercing Strike, the enormous claw clashed with the Clear Sky Hammer, and the man's and Soul Beast's Soul Power, wills, and physiques collided on every level, instantly producing a deafening blast.
Having anticipated this, Tang Mo sealed his ears with Soul Power. Then he manifested his Second Martial Soul, the Fish Intestine Sword, in his hand and thrust it at the Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear nearby.
To prevent the Fish Intestine Sword, which had no Soul Ring attached, from failing to pierce its defenses in one strike, he deliberately targeted a wound on its body. The Fish Intestine Sword slipped into its body through the wound and, under Tang Mo's deliberate control, pierced its heart.
"Whimper, whimper..."
Already on its last breath and incapable of resisting, the Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear merely whimpered a few times before losing all signs of life. A pale purple Soul Ring condensed above its head.
The Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's whimpers vanished beneath the thunderous noise of Tang Hao's clash with the Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
The Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, which had been evenly matched with Tang Hao, suddenly felt a pang in its heart, as though it had lost something. Soul Power poured mercilessly from its claw.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Waves of air immediately howled outward in every direction from the two combatants, while the ground beneath their feet cracked inch by inch.
Seeing that the airwaves were about to reach Tang San, Tang Hao acted on a thought and used the Great Sumeru Hammer's Ring Detonation method. His First Soul Ring exploded outright.
A tremendous surge of power immediately welled up within Tang Hao. The Clear Sky Hammer shuddered as he unleashed the tremor art of the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, shattering the rolling airwaves about to reach Tang San.
Although Tang San's danger had been resolved, because Tang Hao had not directed the power from Ring Detonation against the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, the man and Soul Beast temporarily fell into a stalemate.
Seizing this opportunity, Tang Mo sat cross-legged and called forth his First Martial Soul-himself from his previous life-then summoned the Thousand-Year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's Soul Ring. Answering his summons, the Soul Ring flew toward Tang Mo and settled over his First Martial Soul.
"Urgh!"
The instant the Soul Ring descended, Tang Mo could not help letting out a muffled grunt as a tremendous force slammed into him. He immediately activated Earth-Wood Flow Injection.
Yellow and green Qi enveloped him, protecting his meridians and internal organs while temporarily increasing his physical toughness and ability to heal to a certain extent.
In an instant, most of the pressure that had made him grunt quietly disappeared. Before Earth-Wood Flow Injection's effect expired, he drove his Soul Power to continually refine the Soul Ring's power.
The Soul Ring's power circulated continuously within his body, following the Microcosmic Orbit along his body's central axis. From his dantian, it flowed downward, passed through his tailbone, and traveled up his spine along the Governing Vessel to the Baihui Point at the crown of his head. Then it continued downward into the Conception Vessel, passed through the points between his brows, above his upper lip, and elsewhere, and returned to his dantian.
After several Microcosmic Orbits, the Soul Ring's power gradually settled, merging into his body bit by bit.
He could feel that a portion of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's bloodline power seemed to be strengthening his body. Its metal-aligned power was also merging into the cultivation pathways of the Five Treasures Body Protection Method, strengthening his lungs little by little.
Among the five elements, the lungs belonged to metal. After their continual strengthening by the metal-aligned power, he could feel that his breathing was considerably smoother than before.
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