After a fierce battle with the King of Slaughter, Yang Podi gradually gained the upper hand after using his Body Martial Soul. Even though his opponent possessed the Asura Demonic Sword, the difference in strength and speed was simply too great.
Given this situation, it's only a matter of time before the King of Slaughter is defeated.
Yang Podi himself does not possess the Sea God Trident and the Sea God's Light, so he should be unable to awaken Tang Chen, and besides, he does not want to awaken Tang Chen.
Although the opposing King of Slaughter can use the Clear Sky Hammer, he seems unable to use the Clear Sky Hammer's Soul Ring skills, and instead relies more on the Asura Demonic Sword.
At this moment King of Slaughter's face became even more ferocious, and the blood-red Clear Sky Hammer reappeared in his hand. Then, nine Soul Ring appeared on his body, and in that instant, all nine Soul Ring exploded, clearly indicating that he wanted to fight to the death.
As the nine Soul Ring of the Clear Sky Hammer exploded, the Clear Sky Hammer grew to the size of a mountain and smashed directly towards Yang Podi. In particular, the Clear Sky Hammer had a powerful suction force, as if it wanted to freeze Yang Podi in place.
Yang Podi gritted his teeth. Facing a desperate attack from a Level 99 Limit Douluo, especially since this person was Tang Chen, who had mastered the Clear Sky Hammer, he was not to be underestimated.
All eight Soul Ring on Yang Podi's Soul Breaking Spear began to melt, and all the energy from the Soul Ring merged into the Ninth Soul Ring, which was the Ring Fusion of the Breaking Clan.
Immediately afterwards, the Ninth Soul Ring, which contained all the energy, flashed, and it was the Ninth Soul Skill used after the middle ring: Sun Shooting.
Suddenly, a massive Soul Breaking Spear appeared. This Soul Breaking Spear was pure gold, seemingly capable of piercing through everything. At the same time, the six Soul Ring on the Body Martial Soul also flashed, as if pouring boundless power into this massive Soul Breaking Spear, causing the entire Soul Breaking Spear to shimmer with various lights.
As Yang Podi unleashed his strongest attack, the Soul Breaking Spear drew a straight line, directly meeting the mountain-like Clear Sky Hammer Clear Sky Hammer, shattering it to pieces, and even piercing through the body of the King of Slaughter.
This was Yang Podi's all-out attack, completely unreserved, purely aimed at killing and risking his life. You must know that Limit Douluo are not so easy to kill.
With this earth-shattering blow, the Soul Breaking Spear pierced through the King of Slaughter King of Slaughter's chest, pinning him to the ground. He was now barely breathing and likely wouldn't live much longer.
Yang Podi looked at the fallen King of Slaughter King of Slaughter casually fed him a pill. This guy couldn't die yet, or rather, there was something he still wanted to ask him.
At that moment, a sudden change occurred. The King of Slaughter's entire body seemed to writhe, and then a huge blood-red bat flew out from the King of Slaughter. This bat was enormous, with an extremely strong blood-red aura all over its body, and it even had nine heads. Clearly, this was the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King.
The Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King let out a strange cry from all nine heads at the same time, emitting a peculiar energy fluctuation that seemed to shatter the entire space. This should be a unique attack characteristic of bats.
Immediately afterwards, a beam of red light emanated from the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King and pierced directly towards Yang Podi's head. It even flew rapidly toward Yang Podi, as if it wanted to possess Yang Podi's body.
But Yang Podi had anticipated this move. His entire body radiated golden light, and countless metallic auras protected his body, especially his head.
At the same time, his sixth Soul Ring flashed, revealing the newly acquired Soul Skill: Fire Prison. The entire space was like a sea of fire, countless blood-red auras were evaporated, and even the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King let out a miserable scream.
The Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King roared in fury, "Human, you actually anticipated this!"
Yang Podi looked at the enormous blood-red bat silhouette in the sky. "A beast is a beast. No matter how strong you are, bats are still afraid of fire. This move of mine was specially prepared for you."
"You've taken over Tang Chen's body, and now you want to use the same trick on me? How naive!"
But at this moment, the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King seemed exceptionally angry. "Human, although you were prepared, you are just an ordinary person. There is always a huge gap between humans and gods. No matter how powerful you are, you can never surpass Tang Chen."
After saying that, the figure of the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King transformed into a giant red sword and stabbed directly at Yang Podi. Moreover, its target was Yang Podi's brow, clearly intending to use the Asura Divine Power to possess him again.
But Yang Podi's Sixth Soul Ring flashed again, and his entire right hand resembled a fiery red dragon claw, especially with intense flames on it, which directly gripped the red greatsword.
This is Yang Podi's Sixth Soul Skill Body Martial Soul: Flame Dragon Claw.
The Flame Dragon Claw claw gripped the blood-red greatsword directly, and the powerful flames caused the blood-red color on the greatsword to gradually evaporate, eventually transforming into a giant bat, with Yang Podi's dragon claw firmly gripping the bat's body.
The Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King realized the danger he was in and quickly begged for mercy, " God of Slaughter, please spare me! I can give you many things, I can even give you the entire Slaughter City."
Yang Podi spoke softly, "I just want to know whether you are a member of the Asura God or the Rakshasa God? Or are you a double agent, working for both of them?"
The Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King's enormous eyes seemed filled with disbelief; it never imagined that Yang Podi would know its deepest secret.
Looking into the eyes of the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King, Yang Podi seemed to understand everything. He channeled all his power into his dragon claws, tearing the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King's body to shreds.
With Yang Podi's final strike, the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King died instantly, and a huge blood-red Soul Ring appeared on its corpse. In particular, this Soul Ring had four golden edges, indicating that it was actually a 400,000-year-old Ferocious Beast.
Looking at the blood-red Soul Ring before him, Yang Podi couldn't help but sigh, "You said there were no Soul Beast in the Slaughter City, but aren't you a top-grade Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and an extremely rare mental Soul Beast at that?"
After thinking for a moment, he decided to absorb the Soul Ring.
The true age of this Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King may not be 400,000 years. It is likely that it has continuously parasitized the bodies of successive King of Slaughter over the years, absorbing countless amounts of blood and energy through its blood-sucking properties, which is why it has reached such an advanced age.
However, the characteristics of the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King are too attractive. Both its parasitism and control abilities are excellent Soul Skill. Even Tang Chen was defeated by it, so it can be said to be a divine skill.
Yang Podi tidied up the surroundings a bit, setting up a small poison array. His body had also partially recovered, and he began to absorb the Soul Ring.
This time, the Soul Ring absorption still took more than a day. After the Soul Ring was fully absorbed, the Soul Power was still at Level 99, still as insurmountable as a chasm before reaching level 100.
They found a blood-red head bone on the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King. This Soul Bone contained extremely profound energy and was the mental-type Head Soul Bone Yang Podi wanted most right now.
However, there seemed to be a slight hiccup when absorbing this Head Soul Bone. Just as the Soul Bone Soul Bone into his head, a blood-red figure seemed to be hidden within it. A huge Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King directly rushed towards Yang Podi's mind. This bat even laughed loudly, " God of Slaughter, you've been tricked. As long as there is blood and energy, I can regenerate infinitely. I've taken your body."
In my mind, a gigantic golden figure gripped the Soul Breaking Spear: "Just a dead bat. You don't even have a body now, so what right do you have to possess mine?"
After speaking, the golden figure suddenly shone brightly, releasing three domains simultaneously: the white of the Divine Slaughter's Domain, the gold of the Soul Breaking Domain, and the black of the Gravity Domain. The three domains activated at the same time, directly crushing the Nine-Headed Bat King's astonishing red light.
Immediately afterwards, the golden giant, wielding the golden Soul Breaking Spear it at the Nine-Headed Bat King, as if trying to pierce through the heavens and earth.
The Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King fought valiantly, yet screams of agony still echoed throughout the battlefield. He even roared, " God of Slaughter, I didn't expect you to be holding back! I'm not reconciled!"
The Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King was ultimately a rootless tree, relying only on a wisp of its soul, and was quickly annihilated, while Yang Podi's Divine Power and Soul Power increased once again.
After absorbing the bone fragments, Yang Podi underwent a transformation in both his Soul Power and Divine Power. He viewed everything around him as mere ants, which was probably the limit of Level 99. No wonder it is said that everything below the level of a god is like an ant.
Unfortunately, even at such a level, becoming a god at level 100 is still like an insurmountable chasm. The more one's strength increases, the more difficult it becomes to become a god on one's own. No wonder even a powerful Sea God spent a full thousand years cultivating at Level 99 and only became a god by relying on the Power of Faith of all living beings on the sea.
The Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King, as expected of a top-tier spirit-type Soul Beast, granted Yang Podi four extremely powerful skills.
The Seventh Soul Ring skill of the Body Martial Soul: Martial Soul Avatar, the entire Body Martial Soul is attached to it, greatly increasing attack power, defense power, and Divine Power. Moreover, it can restore and enhance its own strength by absorbing the blood and qi of the people around it. It also comes with a skill attribute - Blood Prison.
Blood Prison can create an independent space where one's strength is greatly enhanced. After pulling enemies into the space, their Soul Skill and Soul Power are greatly reduced, leaving them at one's mercy. Only by shattering the space can one escape.
This additional Soul Skill is somewhat similar to Bibi Dong's Eighth Soul Skill: Life and Death Are But a Dream, but it is even more powerful and also somewhat like the Slaughter Domain.
Head Soul Bone Skill 1: Blood-Red Control. This skill allows you to use your Divine Power to control a person, making them your servant to act according to your commands. It also allows you to access the past memories of the controlled person.
This must be the ability of the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King to control Tang Chen. It is indeed very impressive, even capable of controlling Limit Douluo. Moreover, it can probe his memories. From now on, no enemy will be able to hide from him.
Head Soul Bone Skill Two: Blood-Red Wave, which can emit a strange energy, similar to the special sonic attack emitted by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King. However, this energy is somewhat similar to a shockwave and also somewhat similar to the special ultrasonic waves of bats. In addition to its attack effect, it also has a detection effect. It can be said that this is both a single-target mental attack Soul Skill and a group mental attack Soul Skill.
Yang Podi these three Soul Skill, as they could significantly increase his mental attack power. In particular, the Seventh Soul Ring greatly increased his mental attack attribute and even his bloodlust attribute.
Especially after acquiring the Head Soul Bone, Yang Podi felt that this time he had made up for one of his minor weaknesses. At least when fighting against Limit Douluo who possessed Head Soul Bone, his Divine Power would no longer be a weakness.
Moreover, according to Yang Podi's estimation, the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King was able to control the entire Slaughter City precisely because of these characteristics. Judging from this situation, he himself could also control the entire Slaughter City.
Yang Podi glanced at Tang Chen on the ground, and then at the Asura Demonic Sword stuck in the ground. This was the biggest gain from this Slaughter City.
Not only did they obtain a top-grade Soul Ring and Soul Bone, but they also acquired the Asura Demonic Sword and a half-dead Tang Chen Tang Chen, who in particular had some other uses.
Yang Podi looked at Tang Chen on the ground and immediately activated his Head Soul Bone skill one: Blood-Red Control. A red light shot out from Yang Podi's eyes and pierced directly into Tang Chen's head.
Although Tang Chen is Limit Douluo, he has been controlled for so many years, and both his physical and Divine Power are extremely poor, making him very easy to control.
Immediately afterwards, Yang Podi closed his eyes and carefully explored Tang Chen's past, including some of Tang Chen's opportunities, the rise of the Clear Sky Sect, and even the process of Tang Chen developing Soul Skill. After all, theoretically speaking, Tang Chen is the true number one genius in the entire Douluo original work.
After a full day, Yang Podi finally obtained what he wanted: the Great Sumeru Hammer and the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, which were the essence of the entire Clear Sky Sect.
Once everything was done, Yang Podi thrust his spear through Tang Chen's head, ending his life.
A peerless expert like Tang Chen, who has already matured into a powerful figure, would easily become a hidden danger if left alive. It would be better to kill him outright to eliminate any potential threats. If Bo Saixi or someone else were to restore him, the consequences would be truly endless.
Tang Chen is not as deeply poisoned as he was in the original story, and he has already completed the Eight Trials of the Asura God. Both Bo Saixi and the Star Dou Great Forest have ways to restore him, and even I have many ways to restore him, but it's better to kill him first than to leave any hidden dangers.
Yang Podi cleaned up Tang Chen's body. Tang Chen was indeed the number one expert in the world back then. His body was fully equipped with Soul Bone over 60,000 years old. He had four Soul Bone over 80,000 years old, and even a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. In terms of value, it was much higher than what Yang Podi had secretly obtained from the Upper Three Sects in the past.