Salas clutched his chest, his face deathly pale.
That hammer blow had nearly sent him to his grave on the spot. It hurt. It hurt far too much.
"You wild dogs of Spirit Hall dare covet the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?" Tang Longyang rested the Clear Sky Hammer on his shoulder and looked down at Salas. "All of you will die today. Not one of you will escape!"
Salas gritted his teeth. Titled Douluo-the old fellows of the Clear Sky Sect had apparently all become Titled Douluo while the sect was sealed off.
This was trouble.
Only Elder Yue and Ghost Elder had come this time. If they really fought the Clear Sky Sect's Titled Douluo, their chances of survival were slim.
They should have sent a Revered Elder to be safe.
"Ah!"
"Urgh... ah!"
Screams rang out without end. Despair filled Salas's face. Am I going to die here today?
"Hahaha, Second Elder, seeing those desperate faces on Spirit Hall's wild dogs makes me so happy."
Tang Wuyuan hurried over with his Clear Sky Hammer in hand. Quite a few bloodstains still marked it; he had clearly just killed many people.
Tang Wuyuan looked at Salas's despairing expression.
"Platinum Bishop, today is the day you die."
Inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Yue Guan and Gui Mei were watching the images on the sky screen with Dugu Bo. The sounds of fighting outside immediately put both of them on alert.
"We're under attack." Startled, Yue Guan hurried to investigate the situation outside and discovered a full hundred people there.
"A full hundred people, with Titled Douluo among them. Who dares to be so bold?"
They had come as the Pope's representatives. Anyone who dared attack them clearly did not fear Spirit Hall's retaliation.
Dugu Bo gloated.
"Yue Guan, now it's your turn to cry, isn't it? Hahaha!"
Yue Guan looked anxious. "Old Poison, I don't have time to joke around with you right now. Old Ghost, let's go!"
With that, the two immediately flew toward the source of the sounds.
"Grandpa, should we run?"
Dugu Yan felt that now was a good opportunity to escape.
If they did not run now, when would they?
After a moment's thought, Dugu Bo shook his head. "Let's go out and take a look first. There's only one way out. If they dare attack Spirit Hall, that means they at least aren't afraid of Spirit Hall. We couldn't escape even if we wanted to."
Dugu Yan nodded. "Then let's go, Grandpa!"
The grandfather and granddaughter headed for the valley entrance.
At the valley entrance, Salas had taken several successive hammer blows from Tang Longyang and Tang Wuyuan and was already at death's door. One more blow would make him bid this world farewell.
Tang Longyang laughed. "Wild dog of Spirit Hall, let me give you the final blow!"
With that, Tang Longyang swung his hammer down at Salas's head.
Salas closed his eyes in despair.
Just then, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Salas and sent Tang Longyang flying with a single strike.
Tang Longyang retreated to Tang Wuyuan's side.
"Salas, are you all right?" Yue Guan asked, looking at him.
Salas opened his eyes. Seeing Yue Guan and Gui Mei arrive, he nearly burst into tears. They're finally here. But he held himself back and said:
"I'm all right, but Elder Yue, Ghost Elder, if you'd arrived a second later, I might have been all dead."
Yue Guan said, "Go to the side and help the survivors fend off the Clear Sky Sect disciples. Leave these two to us."
"Yes, Elders," Salas answered before swiftly leaving.
This was not a battle he could take part in at all.
Yue Guan stared at the two Clear Sky Hammers and said gravely:
"Clear Sky Sect, after sealing yourselves away for so many years, you still dare to emerge? It seems we didn't teach you enough of a lesson!"
Tang Wuyuan sneered.
"If our former sect master hadn't been absent back then, would Spirit Hall have been able to act so arrogantly?"
"I remember you, Yue Guan. The former Pope Qian Xunji's right-hand man, and another dog raised by Spirit Hall."
Yue Guan looked displeased and retorted, "Without Tang Chen, your Clear Sky Sect is nothing. Aren't you merely dragging out your miserable existence?"
Tang Longyang tightened his grip on the Clear Sky Hammer, his voice angry.
"If our former sect master hadn't been absent back then, you would never have had the chance to strut around here flaunting your might."
Yue Guan laughed.
"There's no point saying more. You scum of the Clear Sky Sect, let me see what you can do."
"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar!"
Yue Guan shouted, dazzling golden light bursting around him as he instantly transformed into a gigantic singular velvet sky chrysanthemum.
"Ninth Soul Skill, Chrysanthemum Ruptures, wounds cover the ground, fallen flowers break the heart!"
"Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar!"
Gui Mei's body began to turn insubstantial, becoming a pitch-black, illusory shadow that flickered between the tangible and intangible.
"Ninth Soul Skill, Demons and Monsters."
The golden chrysanthemum phantom and the pitch-black ghostly shadows pressed forward together, golden light and black mist tearing through half the sky.
Golden light and black Qi erupted simultaneously, violent power sweeping through the valley.
Yue Guan's gigantic singular velvet sky chrysanthemum unfurled, its sharp petals sweeping in every direction like countless blades.
The black shadow Gui Mei had become surged, countless ghostly figures darting out of the darkness and lunging at the two Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo.
"Trash that can never stand on the grand stage, after all." Tang Wuyuan's gaze was scornful. "Seventh Soul Skill, Clear Sky True Body!"
Tang Longyang roared at the same time. Their bodies abruptly swelled, and their Clear Sky Hammers grew explosively in the wind, their heads black as ink and their handles thick as roof beams. They stood with hammers in hand, their presence instantly rising to the level of Titled Douluo.
"Sky-Piercing Strike!"
The two Clear Sky Hammers swung up together, unleashing terrifying shock waves and smashing through the air. With muffled explosive booms, they collided head-on with Chrysanthemum Ruptures and Demons and Monsters.
A tremendous crash rang out, the violent impact setting the surrounding valley shaking incessantly.
Afterward, the four exchanged several more rounds of attacks, remaining almost evenly matched. Although Yue Guan and Gui Mei could hold the two back, driving them off or even killing them was almost impossible.
Yue Guan laughed. "You two amount to no more than this. You can't withstand a single blow!"
Tang Wuyuan and Tang Longyang had never expected the two to be so troublesome. If things continued this way, they feared they would be unable to secure the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for a long time.
A ruthless glint flashed through Tang Wuyuan's eyes. "Second Elder, let me use that move!"
Tang Longyang froze for a moment. "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure!" Tang Wuyuan nodded. "This is the only way to take them down quickly."
Tang Longyang hesitated, but ultimately nodded.
Tang Wuyuan's eyes burned. "Do you two dare face me?"
Yue Guan did not know what this man intended, but he still said, "Since you want to die, we'll send you on your way!"
"Third Soul Skill, Golden Feathers Fill the Sky!"
"Third Soul Skill, Shadow Thrust!"
The two unleashed their Soul Skills simultaneously and charged toward Tang Wuyuan.
Tang Wuyuan raised his Clear Sky Hammer and rushed forward.
"Clear Sky Secret Technique, Ring Detonation, Nine Rings Detonate Together!"
Yue Guan and Gui Mei paled in shock. "What? Ring Detonation!"
Black Soul Rings lit up around Tang Wuyuan one after another, exploding ring by ring as deafening booms rang out incessantly.
The markings on the Clear Sky Hammer blazed with light. Incomparably overbearing power battered through his body, his flesh trembling slightly as his meridians bore an enormous strain.
Yue Guan and Gui Mei immediately halted their attacks. They could clearly feel that the power erupting in that instant far surpassed that of an ordinary Titled Douluo.
Only after flying dozens of meters away did they stop. Both clutched their chests, their faces deathly pale.
"A madman. An absolute madman."