The people present had not even figured out what had happened.
"Third Elder, Third Brother, Tang Gang, where did you go?"
Tang Xiao frantically turned to search, but in his perception, the Fourth Elder seemed to have suddenly vanished. As for the puddle of mixed solids and liquid beside Ning Rongrong, Tang Xiao simply could not connect it to the Third Elder.
Three figures slowly descended from the sky.
When Ning Rongrong saw the figure in fitted black clothing in the middle, she immediately leaped straight into his arms. "Master! I missed you so much! With you gone, they bullied me to death! I... I..."
Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi also instantly sighed in relief at the sight of the newcomer. "If you'd arrived any later, brat, they would have dragged out every last thing we had up our sleeves."
"Hey, I got held up on the road. Who knew that someone would dare come looking for trouble with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect when I'd been away for less than a week?" Wang Qiye turned to the beautiful twin sisters beside him and said, "Head down first. I'll come find you once I've settled things here. Rongrong, you go down too."
Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er obediently nodded, but Ning Rongrong only held on tighter.
There was nothing to be done. It did not get in the way, anyway.
Wang Qiye turned toward the people before him. "Sect Master Ning, won't you introduce these gentlemen?"
Ning Fengzhi said, "These four-oh, no, three now-are the sect master and three-oh, two elders now-of the Clear Sky Sect. Their levels are 97, 94, and 93, respectively. The one to your right is Yu Yuanzhen, sect master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, a level-95 Titled Douluo carrying the divine artifact, the True Dragon Nine Crowns."
"Then I really can't blame you. Even I would have a hard time dealing with these people."
Chen Xin secretly rolled his eyes. Every time, he said it would be hard before making his move, yet when the fight was over, not even the hem of his clothes was dirty.
Only now did Tang Xiao, the others, and Yu Yuanzhen finally come to their senses.
Right before their eyes, the Clear Sky Sect's Third Elder, a level-92 Titled Douluo, had been beaten into a puddle by the man before them without even having time to react.
It had always been their Clear Sky Sect bullying others. When had anyone ever bullied their Clear Sky Sect?
"Martial Soul Avatar!"
Tang Xiao instantly flew into a towering rage and unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar. At the same time, Yu Yuanzhen and the three elders also summoned their martial souls and unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars.
Three Clear Sky Hammers appeared, and a hundred-meter-long dragon circled overhead. Dense dark clouds instantly blotted out the sky.
"Your life is mine!"
They had already realized that the little girl had not been talking nonsense earlier.
This man might truly be a level-99 Titled Douluo.
But so what? His sect's Third Elder had been beaten to death right before his eyes. Could he remain unmoved?
Besides, even if the man was a level-99 Titled Douluo, with Tang Xiao himself at level 97 and the assistance of two elders and Yu Yuanzhen, even a level-99 opponent could not possibly get the better of him.
Beside him, Ning Rongrong was still clinging tightly to Wang Qiye.
"Master, these old men are awful. They even tried to make me serve them tea just now. And this old man from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan actually wanted to abduct me to be a child bride. Master, you have to stand up for me!"
"Don't worry. Your master will get you justice."
Wang Qiye wrapped one arm around Ning Rongrong, securing her against him, and made a contemptuous, provocative gesture at the four Titled Douluo with his other hand.
"Let's go!"
Before Tang Xiao could advance, a bolt of lightning had already struck.
"Fifth Soul Skill, Thunderbolt Fourfold Strike!"
A thick lightning spear shot viciously toward Wang Qiye and struck him in the chest. Wang Qiye did not even dodge.
The lightning dispersed, leaving Wang Qiye completely unharmed. The bolt had not even damaged his clothes.
The two Clear Sky Sect elders gripped their Clear Sky Hammers and smashed them straight at him with all their might. Faced with blows brimming with soul power, even Wang Qiye had to dodge.
But these two Clear Sky Sect elders were exceptionally skilled at coordinated attacks. One hammer fell, and another immediately followed.
In their hands, the Clear Sky Hammers did not look like heavy weapons at all, but rather little hammers taking turns trying to drive in a nail. Unfortunately, Wang Qiye was that nail.
"Eighth Soul Skill, Dragon Soars, Thunder Explodes!"
Another sea of lightning flashed into existence, enveloping Wang Qiye just as he was about to run out of their attack range.
The power of this lightning was extraordinary. Wang Qiye did not dare take it head-on and could only leap back into their attack range.
The Third and Fourth Elders swiftly followed, then brought their hammers crashing down again. The two hammers did not strike together, but one after the other, and the way they swung them differed from ordinary people. When a hammer fell and missed, they cleverly converted its accumulated kinetic energy into the force of the next strike. Their hammers swung faster with every blow, growing more and more powerful.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon circled overhead, sending lightning down from time to time. Anyone else would probably have been reduced to a miserable state by the combined assault of hammers and lightning, but Wang Qiye seemed to be strolling through the rain-except that this rain was made of hammers and lightning.
Wang Qiye casually twisted and darted through the curtain of rain, without a single drop landing on him.
Just as Wang Qiye was beginning to tire of playing, a furious shout suddenly rang out. "Elders, move aside! Let me!"
"Thousand Mountains Shattered! Eighty-One Layers, Chaotic Cloak!"
Off to the side, Tang Xiao raised his Clear Sky Hammer and brought it crashing down. Even the space beside the hammer distorted.
The scattered pebbles and leaves on the ground actually defied common sense and drifted toward the hammer.
"Interesting. I didn't expect this hammer technique to actually have something to it."
Wang Qiye casually flicked his right hand a few times. The others did not know what he was doing, but Tang Xiao's pupils abruptly contracted as he attacked with his raised hammer.
Wang Qiye's palm seemed to be shaking casually, but he was clearly building momentum with the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique. How was that possible?
Could he learn this hammer technique after seeing it just once?
No, he had not just learned it. Chaotic Cloak was a hammer technique to begin with, yet with nothing more than simple flicks of his right hand, he could execute exactly the same technique.
In his hands, it would not be an exaggeration to call Chaotic Cloak a fist technique.
"So you've been plotting to steal our Clear Sky Sect's secret technique all along!"
Wang Qiye could not be bothered to respond. He gradually retreated, his right hand slowly closing into a fist as it continued to swing.
Finally, at the point where he could neither dodge nor retreat any farther, Wang Qiye abruptly clenched his right hand and punched at the descending Clear Sky Hammer. Compared with the Clear Sky Hammer's might, Wang Qiye's fist was simply an ordinary fist, without anything miraculous about it.
Clang!
With a resounding crash, a shock wave of force abruptly spread outward.
Ning Fengzhi was blown straight off to who knew where, while the pavilion and banquet table on the mountaintop were instantly smashed to pieces by the enormous shock wave. Fortunately, hardly anyone came to the mountaintop, so there were no casualties.
When the dust cleared, everyone saw Tang Xiao holding up his Clear Sky Hammer, but that Clear Sky Hammer had been stopped by a fist.
"How is that possible? He blocked it with just one fist?"
No, it had not been blocked by a fist. It was clearly caught in that hand, unable to break free.
"Let go! Let go, let go of it!"
Tang Xiao exerted every ounce of strength in his body before finally wrenching the Clear Sky Hammer from Wang Qiye's hand.
He panted heavily, looking at Wang Qiye as though he were looking at a malevolent ghost.
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