A brilliant purple light shone in Tang San's eyes— the Purple Demon Eye, capable of dispelling any illusion!
The dense red mist quickly faded and became transparent in Tang San's eyes, and he could clearly see the swift and strange movement trajectory of the Demon Charm!
"Found you!"
Tang San let out a low shout, and the trajectory of his Clear Sky Hammer suddenly changed.
The numerous hammer shadows no longer dispersed, but instead coalesced into one, crashing down upon a high-speed moving "core" within the red mist!
The Demon Charm was greatly alarmed. Their invincible mist domain was ineffective against Tang San?!
" Moon Blade Waltz!" Demon Charm rang out as two enormous Moon Blade intersected to form a deathly circle, attempting to sever the terrifying hammer's momentum.
"Boom!!!"
The jet-black hammer shadow and the pink blade ring collided fiercely!
The ear-piercing clang of metal against metal echoed across the plaza, and a violent shockwave of Soul Power exploded outwards in a ring, even cracking the stone slabs on the plaza's surface.
The stalemate lasted only a moment. Faced with the Clear Sky Clear Sky Hammer, which combined the Soul Power of six people and stacked the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to an extremely high level, the hastily formed Demon Charm was ultimately outmatched in power.
The pink blade ring let out a mournful cry and suddenly shattered!
The Demon Charm figure staggered out of the red mist, transforming back into Xie Yue and Hu Liena, both pale-faced and spitting blood, their fusion state abruptly interrupted!
The hammer blows haven't stopped!
The remaining terrifying force crashed against Xie Yue and Hu Liena, who were now powerless to resist, like a raging wave.
"Puff!"
The two were struck as if by a giant beast; their figures flew backward, tracing long parabolic arcs, and crashed heavily onto the stone slabs at the edge of the arena. They struggled for a few moments but ultimately could not stand up again.
Having lost two Soul King, the remaining five members of the Spirit Hall, who were already in poor condition and whose Soul Power had not yet recovered, were even less able to withstand the sweeping aftershocks of the hammer's force.
"Bang bang bang bang bang!"
With a series of muffled thuds, the five people were thrown out of bounds like leaves caught in a whirlwind, crashing into each other.
The smoke and dust slowly settled, and in the center of the square, only one person stood.
Tang San bent one knee slightly, using the Clear Sky Hammer as a support. His face was as pale as paper, sweat poured down his face, and his chest heaved violently. That attack had almost drained all of Tang San's gathered Soul Power, and even put a considerable burden on his meridians.
The referee paused for a few moments before announcing with disbelief and resignation, "The loser's bracket match: Shrek Academy wins! They advance to the final!"
A thunderous uproar erupted! The Shrek team members embraced each other, basking in their great victory.
No one expected that the Spirit Hall Academy, which boasted Golden Generation and was on whom high hopes were placed, would fall at the gates of the finals in such a near-collapse manner.
However, the cheers in the square came to an abrupt halt before they could fully rise.
A cold, powerful, and furious pressure enveloped the entire square in front of the Pope's Hall.
"Presumptuous!"
A sharp shout resounded in everyone's hearts.
On the high platform, Bibi Dong stood at the forefront, holding a scepter. Her beautiful face was as cold as ice, and her phoenix eyes burned with barely suppressed anger and a hint of joy at finally finding a weakness.
Her gaze was fixed on Tang San, who was still weak and had just been helped up by his companions.
"As expected... remnants of the Clear Sky Sect, with wolfish ambitions! They dare to use the tournament as an opportunity to swagger before my Spirit Hall and bolster the Clear Sky Sect's reputation!" Bibi Dong's voice was no longer dignified, but filled with chilling killing intent and majesty. "Guards! Seize this remnant of the Clear Sky Sect!"
" Your His Holiness the Pope!" Yu Xiaogang's expression changed drastically. He stepped forward abruptly, blocking the Shrek members' path, and demanded sharply, "May I ask Your Pope, what crime has my disciple Tang San committed? The competition was fair, and the outcome is already decided. Why add punishment?"
"What crime?" Bibi Dong sneered, pointing her scepter at Tang San, her voice echoing throughout the hall, " The Clear Sky Sect is the murderer of my Spirit Hall's former Pope! They are my Spirit Hall's mortal enemies! This boy possesses the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, making him a descendant of the Clear Sky Sect, a descendant of our enemy, and his crimes deserve death!"
"Absurd!" Yu Xiaogang hurriedly retorted, " Tang San has been studying under me since childhood and has never had any dealings or connections with the Clear Sky Sect! How can he be convicted based on his Martial Soul?"
"No connection whatsoever?" Bibi Dong's eyes flashed even colder, filled with undisguised sarcasm. "Possessing the unparalleled Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, yet claiming to have nothing to do with the Clear Sky Sect? Yu Xiaogang, do you think everyone in this world is blind and stupid? You are truly cunning and deceitful scoundrels!"
She paused slightly, then softened her tone as if bestowing a favor. "Fine! Since you keep insisting that Tang San is not a member of the Clear Sky Sect, my Spirit Hall, to demonstrate 'fairness' and to convince the people of the world, can spare Tang San's life."
Everyone was taken aback by these words.
But Bibi Dong continued with a cruel tone, "But the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul must be abolished! Such a Martial Soul, symbolizing an enemy, should not appear before the sacred ground of my Spirit Hall! To abolish its Martial Soul and spare its life is already my greatest mercy!"
"You!" Yu Xiaogang's eyes were bloodshot. This was even more ruthless than killing Tang San! To cripple a Soul Master's Martial Soul, especially a top-tier Martial Soul like the Clear Sky Hammer, was tantamount to destroying their entire future, making them wish they were dead!
The others present also showed expressions of shock, for a person's Martial Soul holds the highest position in this world.
The Spirit Hall and the two great empires did not abolish the Martial Soul even with the cruelest punishments; even the most heinous criminals were merely exiled to the Slaughter City.
No punishment should ever abolish a person's Martial Soul; this is the greatest tacit understanding in the Soul Master World.
This shows that Bibi Dong's ruthlessness had exceeded all limits.
However, Bibi Dong gave Yu Xiaogang no chance to argue, slamming her scepter down heavily. "Elders Chrysanthemum and Ghost, seize Tang San immediately and cripple his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul!"
"Yes, sir!" Two cold and powerful auras instantly locked onto Tang San.
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo vanished from their original positions like Gui Mei, and the next second, they appeared in front of Shrek Academy. Their two hands, imbued with the terrifying Soul Power of Titled Douluo, were aimed straight at Tang San's vital points!
The speed was so fast that Shrek and the others didn't even have time to react!
Tang San's pupils constricted, and his whole body turned ice-cold. The attack just now had almost exhausted all his Soul Power and energy. Now, facing the capture of two Titled Douluo, he could not even move a finger.
Just as the deadly palm was about to touch Tang San, a roar that seemed to have been suppressed for countless years, like a sleeping Lion awakening, exploded from the far horizon and arrived in an instant!
"Who dares to touch my son?! Get... out...!"
boom!!!
A colossal black hammer, Entanglement crimson patterns, seemed to tear the sky apart, carrying a violent aura and unparalleled killing intent that could change the very fabric of the world. Like a meteor falling from the heavens, it slammed into the path of Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo!
The terrifying shockwave forced the two Titled Douluo back several steps, creating a huge crater in the ground and filling the air with smoke and dust.
A figure, draped in a tattered black robe and unkempt yet as imposing as a mountain, stood above Tang San and the Shrek group, stepping through the dust.
It is none other than Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao!
"A chrysanthemum, a little devil, dare to hurt my son?!" Tang Hao's voice was low and hoarse, yet it resonated in everyone's ears.
" Tang Hao!" Bibi Dong's eyes were icy cold; she had finally drawn him out!
Tang Hao didn't even glance at Bibi Dong, and turned to leave with Tang San.
"You think you can just come and go as you please? Tang Hao, you have no respect for the Spirit Hall!"
Two beams of golden light suddenly descended from the sky, not from the Pope's Hall, but as if they had been hidden in the void all along.
As the golden light dissipated, two elderly men with similar faces, dressed in golden robes and wielding long staffs with coiled dragons, appeared. Their auras were as solid as mountains, not inferior to Tang Hao in the slightest, and even faintly exerted a suppressive force!
It was none other than Qian Jun and Jiang Mo, the two elders who were ordered to stop the powerful Clear Sky Sect!
The Qian Jun Douluo remained expressionless, his voice like the clang of metal. "Elders Chrysanthemum and Ghost, hand this man over to my brother. You two immediately carry out His Holiness the Pope's decree."
With a flick of his Coiling Dragon Staff, the Demon Subduing Douluo locked onto Tang Hao with his aura.
Tang Hao's expression changed slightly. He sensed that there might be a powerful figure in the shadows, but he didn't expect that it would be two elders from the Spirit Hall's Worship Hall who had come in person!
I might not be afraid of either of them individually, but if they join forces and are proficient in combined attacks, it will be extremely difficult for me to break through their defenses in a short period of time!
The three Super Douluo immediately engaged in a fierce battle in the sky above the Pope's Hall.