Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

"That's right, that's more interesting!"

Tang Hao was getting serious, and Mu Yang was not surprised but rather delighted, secretly looking forward to it.

He knew Tang Hao's trump card. Looking at the original work, this guy's most powerful weapon was the Great Sumeru Hammer.

The Great Sumeru Hammer has two uses. One is to condense all the soul rings into one and inject them all into the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul, transforming them into the purest power and attack force.

The second is the exploding of the spirit rings. After the rings explode, the power of the spirit rings will be fully unleashed, transforming into one's own power and merging into the attack, generating a power far exceeding one's original strength.

In comparison, the former is slightly less powerful but has no obvious side effects; while the latter is more powerful but has extremely obvious side effects.

Tang Hao is currently using the first method, but if he still can't win even with the Great Sumeru Hammer, then he'll have no choice but to resort to the Ring Explosion.

With his spirit rings exploding, Tang Hao, in his current state, would certainly not live to see the sun rise tomorrow.

As for running away?

The hatred for killing one's son is irreconcilable, and given Tang Hao's personality, it's highly unlikely he would run away.

Moreover, Ice Phoenix Flame Shadow's speed is even greater than Tang Hao's, so even if Tang Hao wanted to escape, he couldn't.

With his nine spirit rings condensed into one, the surge in power gave Tang Hao ample confidence. Facing the Slaughtering Ice Flame Spear that attacked again, this time he did not dodge. Instead, he swung his massive, blood-red hammer, as big as a mountain, and smashed it down on the Slaughtering Ice Flame Spear.

"boom--"

The hammer and spear clashed, accompanied by intense fluctuations in soul power, followed by a deafening roar.

Under the powerful impact, the enormous Haotian True Body in mid-air was forced back repeatedly, and even the blood-red giant hammer developed many fine cracks.

However, Tang Hao, who was wielding the Great Sumeru Hammer, was no ordinary man. With this powerful and heavy hammer blow, the Slaughtering Ice Flame Spear was smashed to pieces, turning into countless tiny ice flames that scattered in all directions.

What?!

Looking at the fine cracks appearing on the blood-red giant hammer in his hand, Tang Hao was indescribably shocked.

It should be noted that this was a hammer strike delivered while he was in his Haotian True Form state, using the Great Sumeru Hammer Secret Technique to condense the nine soul rings into one. Throughout the soul master world of the continent, there are very few experts who can withstand this hammer strike.

Unexpectedly, this powerful hammer blow almost couldn't overcome the spear that the opponent could throw with ease.

Fortunately, the damage was not serious, and due to the special nature of the Martial Soul True Body, a little soul power was enough to repair the cracks on the giant hammer; otherwise, this battle would have been impossible.

In fact, while Tang Hao might not be a match for her, he inevitably overestimated the strength of Ice Phoenix Flame Shadow.

The Slaughtering Ice Flame Spear is a special attack formed by combining secret techniques with the power of a domain. To others, this secret technique may not seem difficult to execute, or even easy, but only Mu Yang himself knows the true difficulty involved.

The reason why Ice Phoenix Flame Shadow was able to perform this special secret technique so smoothly was entirely due to Mu Yang's extremely high level of control over all aspects.

Of course, compared to the hammer blow Tang Hao unleashed after activating the Great Sumeru Hammer Secret Technique, the Slaughtering Ice Flame Spear really can't be considered a powerful move.

At least Mu Yang didn't feel any burden when he used it, and shooting dozens of spears in a row was no problem at all.

On the other hand, Tang Hao's powerful hammer would be worn down in less than ten strikes.

Seeing that Tang Hao had smashed the Slaughtering Ice Flame Spear, Mu Yang didn't care. The ten-foot-long Ice Flame Spear condensed in his hand again, and a cold killing intent surged. Then he threw out another Slaughtering Ice Flame Spear.

"mean!"

Tang Hao cursed under his breath, but had no choice but to grit his teeth and swing his hammer again to smash the incoming Killing Ice Flame Spear.

Faced with Mu Yang's utterly shameless ranged attack, Tang Hao had no other choice. After all, he lacked effective ranged attack methods and was not as fast as Ice Phoenix Flame Shadow.

As a slow and short-range melee fighter, Tang Hao could only react passively.

After all, smashing the incoming killing ice flame spear with the giant hammer in one's hand is much better than taking it head-on with one's chest, back, or head.

The battle continued, and although Tang Hao was not completely defeated, the situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable to him.

Although activating the Great Sumeru Hammer consumes a lot of energy, Tang Hao, with his level 95 Title Douluo foundation, shouldn't be unable to afford it. However, it should be noted that he is heavily injured.

As the battle progressed, his old wounds were becoming increasingly difficult to suppress.

"boom--"

Tang Hao swung his crimson giant hammer once more, smashing the incoming killing ice flame spear. Seeing that the Ice Phoenix Flame Shadow in the distance had once again condensed an ice flame spear in its hand, Tang Hao was so angry that he aggravated his old injury, causing his breathing to become disordered and a trace of bright red blood to spill from the corner of his mouth.

"Tsk tsk~, is this all the famous Haotian Douluo is?"

Mu Yang didn't see the blood spilling from Tang Hao's mouth through Haotian's true form, but he keenly sensed the disorder in the other party's aura and immediately spoke up with a mocking tone.

Knowing that the other party was deliberately provoking him, Tang Hao remained silent, trying his best to regulate his internal energy and blood, and stabilize his old injuries.

Seeing that Tang Hao remained silent, although Mu Yang couldn't see through his little tricks, he was just a young man who believed in defeating the master with a flurry of punches. Without saying a word, he threw out another Killing Ice Flame Spear.

"That brat deserves to die!"

Cursing under his breath, Tang Hao disregarded his injuries and swung his hammer again.

After several more attempts, Tang Hao was still unable to close the distance and engage in close combat, and he fell into despair.

Today, the hatred of killing his son is most likely to remain unresolved! And if nothing unexpected happens, Tang Hao will also perish here.

"Who exactly are you?"

Once again smashing the incoming Demonic Ice Flame Spear, swallowing the blood that was about to spit out, Tang Hao shouted a question.

At this moment, Tang Hao was very confused. He didn't remember having such a powerful enemy.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Mu Yang, from the Elemental Holy Academy."

"It's you?! What grudge do you hold against me?"

Tang Hao's eyes widened in disbelief. He never expected that such a powerful enemy was just a junior who was about the same age as his son, Tang San.

He had seen Mu Yang's Ice Flame Fire before, but in Tang Hao's impression, Mu Yang was indeed a genius, but to compare him to him would have to be at least several decades later, and he couldn't even make the connection.

"What grudge? Your Majesty is over sixty years old, how can you still speak so naively? Does that mean you can't kill someone without a grudge?"

After a pause, Mu Yang continued, "Of course, I'm in a good mood today, so I don't mind having a chat with Your Majesty."

Some time ago, the academy hunted down the 100,000-year-old Azure Bull Python, the Titan Giant Ape, and Xiao Wu, the transformed soul beast who had a close relationship with your son Tang San. Their soul rings and soul bones are now on my body.

During the Soul Master Competition, Salas of the Heaven Dou Temple sent someone to assassinate me, and I gave him a hard time the very next day. Well, speaking of which, I should thank His Majesty Haotian.

Seven years ago, I also managed to acquire a 100,000-year-old soul bone. Tsk~, I'm a kind-hearted person, so I only took the soul bone and didn't want the special Blue Silver Grass.

After all this, Your Majesty, tell me, do we have any enmity?

Although I am not afraid of your revenge, father and son, the academy and my relatives and friends are different. I have no choice but to kill you.

By the way, I would like to express my apologies to you.

However, since Qian Xunji forced the Blue Silver Emperor to sacrifice himself back then, and you spared him after defeating him, I suppose you can understand my predicament and forgive me, right? (End of Chapter)