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"Everyone, rest assured!" Ye Lan gently rubbed the heads of Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong. Once their emotions had settled, he turned his attention forward.
Seeing that the Holy Son had made up his mind, Tai Shan spoke solemnly, "Your Highness, I will go all out!"
"Good! Do not hold back! Unleash your power to its fullest extent!" Ye Lan nodded in approval.
Tai Shan's body erupted with the brilliance of soul power. Eight soul rings—two yellow, two purple, four black—shone brightly.
His seventh soul ring flashed with a dazzling black light. Tai Shan's already burly physique instantly transformed, expanding into an eight-meter-tall Gigantic Strength Ape.
His second, fourth, and eighth soul rings lit up in succession. The blood within the Gigantic Strength Ape began to boil rapidly. His already massive muscles swelled further, covered in ferocious, protruding black veins. The circumference of his gigantic black arms and fists doubled in size yet again, and the scorching breath snorting from his nostrils caused the surrounding temperature to rise sharply.
Feeling the oppressive soul pressure radiating from the Gigantic Strength Ape King, Zhu Zhuqing tightly gripped Ning Rongrong's hand.
Teacher, can he really do this?
Hundreds of members of the Power Clan felt their hearts race as they witnessed their patriarch in his peak form. This was the limit of the Power Clan, the strongest physical strength among peers in the entire Douluo Continent—the Gigantic Strength Ape King!
The Holy Son was currently only at the Soul King level. Facing the Gigantic Strength Ape King, the pinnacle of strength among the same rank, the nearby Power Clan soul masters couldn't see where the Holy Son's chance of victory lay.
In their hearts, although Ye Lan was unrivaled in martial soul theory, he was being too arrogant regarding actual combat strength. After all, their patriarch could erupt with power rivaling a Titled Douluo!
Admiring the Gigantic Strength Ape King, who possessed an explosive power far surpassing any bodybuilder, Ye Lan praised, "Tai Shan, I acknowledge your strength among your peers!"
"Now, let me show you what absolute power truly is!"
Ye Lan's entire body emitted a golden radiance as golden Blue Silver Grass began to sprout from the ground.
The moment these strands of Blue Silver Grass appeared, they shocked the thousands of nearby soul masters.
Is this really a martial soul used by a Soul King? Even a Titled Douluo's might is no more than this, right?
They were simply too thick; each vine was dozens of meters long. Before the crowd's amazement could settle, Ye Lan directly employed his 'Instant Cast Soul Skill' technique.
Before the six soul rings could even flash from his body, Ye Lan, under a state of hundred-fold consciousness acceleration, had already unleashed his soul skills. Immediately after, he retracted his rings; he did not wish to expose his twin hundred-thousand-year soul ring configuration just yet.
"Growth Wish," "Nature Domain," "Blue Silver Prophet," "Titan Divine Body," "Titan Transformation," "Rapid Enormousness," and "Blue Silver Sublimation"—all activated at once!
Fifty-four stalks of fifty-meter-long 'Combat Blue Silver Grass' instantly evolved into seventy-meter-long 'Sacrificial Blue Silver.' Under a series of buffs, the vitality of the 'Sacrificial Blue Silver' reached the level of a Spirit Douluo!
Subsequently, under the passive and active determinations of the 'Titan Divine Body,' these stalks of 'Sacrificial Blue Silver' instantly transformed into eighteen 'Blue Silver God Titans.'
The strength of these eighteen Blue Silver God Titans reached the level of a rank ninety-one Titled Douluo.
The power system of each Blue Silver God Titan was instantly amplified two hundred and forty-four times, and their original height of seventy-five meters skyrocketed to a staggering four hundred and sixty-eight meters!
Thousands of soul masters stared, dumbfounded, at the Blue Silver God Titans that blotted out the sky. Everyone's worldview suffered a massive impact.
Is this really a martial soul used by a Soul King?
Although they couldn't comprehend exactly how strong these eighteen heaven-reaching vines were, just looking at their size, even legendary gods might not be this imposing.
The originally eight-meter-tall Gigantic Strength Ape King had been terrifying enough, capable of plowing through all nearby buildings. However, facing the eighteen Blue Silver God Titans, that massive Ape King was instantly reduced to the size of a standing cockroach.
As for the civilians and soul masters on the ground? They were mere ants.
Tang Hao, who had originally intended to leave, was attracted by the commotion behind him. He looked back, and beads of sweat began to roll down his forehead.
This... This... What is this?
A Plant God?
Why do they look somewhat like Ye Lan's martial soul?
The tallest buildings in the Douluo Continent were only a hundred meters high, but these eighteen Blue Silver God Titans were over four hundred meters tall. Tang Hao looked up and couldn't even see the ends of the eighteen vines; their tips had already pierced into the clouds.
On the other side, the members of the Power Clan craned their necks, staring at the endless vines reaching into the heavens. Their expressions of excitement instantly turned to shock. They had actually doubted the strength of the 'Unparalleled Generation,' the continent's number one theoretical grandmaster.
Is this really a martial soul that a human can cultivate?
Watching the dozen or so vines, each over four hundred meters long, Sword Douluo Chen Xin realized that Ye Lan had not been arrogant at all. His Seven Kill Sword flashed out from his body, humming slightly, eager to try its edge against these heaven-reaching vines.
"Truly, each generation surpasses the last. We old bones are really falling behind," Bone Douluo lamented.
"As expected of Teacher!!"
"Ye Lan is truly amazing!!" Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong shouted in excitement. Is this Ye Lan's—Teacher's—true strength?!
The two girls instantly felt that their cultivation over the past two years had been in vain; they were falling further and further behind their teacher's footsteps.
"Hahaha, no matter how many times I see it, Little Lan's martial soul really makes one feel despair!" Silver Wolf looked at the towering vines as if this was only natural.
"Your Highness... are you really not joking with me?" The Gigantic Strength Ape King, Tai Shan, looked up at the eighteen Blue Silver Heaven-Reaching Vines and muttered.
"Rest assured, the strength of these Blue Silver Grass vines is also at the Titled Douluo level. Use your full power! They will show mercy!" Ye Lan said.
"Alright!!"
A surge of fighting spirit rushed from Tai Shan's heart. The Gigantic Strength Ape King shone with blood-red light, transforming into a blood-colored meteor charging toward the eighteen Blue Silver God Titans in the sky.
At that moment, the eighteen Blue Silver God Titans moved.
Instantly, the winds and clouds were churned by the massive vines.
Sounds of 'thunder' exploded continuously from high in the air—shockwaves created by massive sonic booms. The eardrums of hundreds of soul masters vibrated painfully. The blue sky and white clouds seemed to encounter severe weather as thunder rolled incessantly.
The eighteen Blue Silver God Titans descended like eighteen world-destroying palms, smashing onto the 'Blood-Colored Meteor.' The meteor didn't last even a second before it was instantly hammered into the ground.
Tai Shan's full outburst as the Gigantic Strength Ape King put his strength around the level of a rank ninety-two Titled Douluo.
The strength of a single Blue Silver God Titan was comparable to a rank ninety-one Titled Douluo. However, there wasn't just one Blue Silver God Titan—there were a full eighteen of them!
The combined explosive force of eighteen rank ninety-one entities was unimaginable. Tai Shan stood no chance against them.
After smashing Tai Shan into the earth, Ye Lan directly controlled the Blue Silver God Titans to raze the main grounds of the Power Clan to the ground.
Orchestrating the 'Heaven Dou Rebellion' which led to the deaths of hundreds of soul masters was unforgivable to Ye Lan. Just like that, dozens of luxurious courtyards were instantly crushed into craters.
As the dust settled, the countless Heaven Dou soul masters watching from the sidelines finally understood how terrifying the Holy Son's strength was. They were frozen on the spot, awestruck by the sight of dozens of buildings being flattened.
If the Holy Son, Ye Lan, hadn't developed the 'Artificial Soul Ring' and had instead chosen to personally suppress the protests... they couldn't imagine how mid-to-low-level soul masters like themselves could have resisted these hundreds-of-meters-high vines.
If these eighteen heaven-reaching vines had been summoned earlier, no one would have dared to launch a demonstration against Spirit Hall.
The black-robed man was equally shocked by the destructive power caused by the vines. Ye Lan is only a Soul King!
Little San!! Little San!!!
Only after you become the Asura God can you avenge Ah Yin!!!
Witnessing Ye Lan's strength, Tang Hao elevated Tang San's importance in his heart once again. As for Ye Lan, Tang Hao had already placed him on his must-kill list. If not for the Titled Elders guarding Ye Lan at all times, he would have acted long ago.
In front of the ruins of the patriarch's courtyard, several burly members of the Power Clan helped their leader up.
Subsequently, hundreds of Power Clan members and Patriarch Tai Shan knelt on the ground simultaneously, shouting loudly:
"We, the Power Clan, are willing to submit to Your Highness the Holy Son forever! Please, Your Highness, accept the Power Clan!!!"
"We, the Power Clan, are willing to submit to Your Highness the Holy Son forever! Please, Your Highness, accept the Power Clan!!!"
Hearing hundreds of soul masters submit in unison, Ye Lan nodded with satisfaction. "Good, good, good!!!"
The members of the Power Clan were all burly and possessed rare labor capabilities. Their forging skills were exquisite and would provide significant assistance to the development of the Holy Temple.
Ye Lan withdrew his gaze and then said, "Grandpa Sword, Grandpa Bone, next is the judgment of Tang Yuehua and the Power Clan. I wonder if the Clear Sky Sect will intervene."
"Little Lan, go ahead and do it. if anything happens, this old man will take action," Bone Douluo laughed.
Currently, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School had completely bet their treasures on Ye Lan; they had even invested their future sect master, Ning Rongrong. They didn't care if it was the former number one sect of the Douluo Continent. As long as Ye Lan rose, their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School would be the number one sect in the future!
Three days later.
Aside from a few civilians who were unrelated to the Moon Pavilion or the Clear Sky Sect and merely worked there to earn a living, the members of the Power Clan and the Moon Pavilion were escorted one by one to the Heaven Dou City guillotine.
After hundreds of people, at the very front were Tai Nuo and Tang Yuehua.
Countless soul masters followed the escort procession, shouting abuse and throwing rotten vegetables and smelly eggs at them.
The formerly high-and-mighty Tai Nuo, Tang Yuehua, and the others were now in a wretched state, completely fallen to the lowest tier, despised by the entire Douluo Continent.
Tang Yuehua's eyes were melancholic; she had completely lost the will to live.
She had no face to see Tang Hao. She didn't know how she could face him in this state. Most importantly, she was no longer chaste; she was impure!
Brother Hao will definitely be disgusted by me!
With such desolate thoughts, Tang Yuehua was dazedly pushed onto the guillotine.
Ahead of her, batch after batch of Moon Pavilion and Power Clan members were decapitated. Blood sprayed repeatedly, accompanied by enthusiastic cheers from below—the crowd had evidently forgotten that not long ago, they were at the forefront of the anti-Spirit Hall protests.
Now that the ringleaders were being beheaded, the most gratified people were actually these accomplices. The world was truly fickle.
Just then, Tang Yuehua saw the figure she least wanted to see in the crowd.
In an instant, tears filled her eyes.
Brother Hao... he came after all.
Tang Yuehua held back her tears and buried her head deeply into the groove of the chopping block.
Looking at Tang Yuehua, covered in cuts and bruises and covered in rotten vegetables, Tang Hao's heart raced violently, and endless pain drowned his mind.
Days ago, he had been intimate with Yuehua, almost making a mistake. Now, he could only watch the battered Yuehua from below the execution platform.
The ten-meter distance between them felt like a heavenly chasm. The emotions he held for Yuehua urged Tang Hao to storm the execution grounds.
But another will constantly tugged at Tang Hao.
That was the Clear Sky Sect and Tang San. If he snatched Tang Yuehua, the Clear Sky Sect would be finished. Facing the several Titled Douluo on the judgment seat behind the platform, he had no confidence in successfully rescuing Yuehua from them.
If he died, Tang San would lose his 'Death God' backer in the Slaughter City and might be purged by the King of Slaughter. Revenge against Spirit Hall would become a delusion.
The agonizing Tang Hao trembled, but his legs felt as if they were filled with lead; he couldn't move a single millimeter.
On the platform, Tang Yuehua suddenly lifted her face and looked toward the black-robed man.
She had made peace with it. Despite her ugly state, she wanted to imprint the image of 'Brother Hao' in her mind before she died.
She wished that in the next life, they would not be brother and sister. In the next life, she would marry Tang Hao and become the happiest woman in the world.
For a moment, the weathered man and the haggard woman locked eyes. Both streamed with tears. Looking at Yuehua's haggard face and the light shining in her eyes, Tang Hao understood her heart.
In that moment, Tang Hao realized he was about to lose the woman who loved him most in the world.
Hot blood surged to his heart. He wanted to save Yuehua!!
Screw the Clear Sky Sect!!
But in the exact moment Tang Hao's blood surged, the broken woman was instantly decapitated.
A blue-haired head was tossed high into the air before smashing heavily onto the wooden planks of the execution platform.
Tang Hao watched helplessly at the blue-haired head. His hot blood ran cold, and he fell to his knees, his body devoid of strength.
At this time, all the nearby Heaven Dou soul masters erupted into the most enthusiastic cheers, celebrating the beheading of the culprit behind the 'Heaven Dou Rebellion.'
These ironic cheers failed to ignite a shred of anger in Tang Hao. At this moment, Tang Hao heard only white noise amidst the clamor, his bloodshot eyes staring fixedly at the pale face with blue hair.
After a long while, a pair of black boots appeared beside the head.
Tang Hao's pupils instantly lost focus, pulled from his world of despair back to reality.
A golden-haired young man appeared beside Tang Yuehua's corpse. The moment he appeared, the myriad voices that angered Tang Hao instantly ceased. The crowd fell silent as cicadas in winter.
Seeing Ye Lan, the anger in Tang Hao's heart could no longer be suppressed.
Ye Lan!!!
Ye Lan!!!!
I will destroy everything related to you!!!
All of you will become funeral offerings for Yuehua!!!
Just as Tang Hao was about to strike, Ye Lan spoke:
"The mastermind behind the Heaven Dou Rebellion has been judged!!! This is a victory for the Heaven Dou Empire!!! This is a victory for justice!!!"
Hearing Ye Lan's declaration of judgment, countless Heaven Dou soul masters once again erupted in shouts that resounded through the clouds.
At this moment, Ye Lan used soul power transmission to speak privately:
"Tang Hao, did you think that just because Tang Yuehua didn't confess the mastermind, I wouldn't know it was the Clear Sky Sect? Tang Yuehua has paid the due price for her actions!"
The moment Ye Lan used the soul power transmission, the color drained from Tang Hao's eyes. He looked at Ye Lan, whose eyes were vertical dragon pupils, in shock.
He was actually discovered by a Soul King!!?
Ye Lan's subsequent words shook Tang Hao's heart even more. What did Ye Lan mean? Would Spirit Hall launch an all-out attack on the Clear Sky Sect soon?
Ye Lan's next words thoroughly extinguished the hot blood in Tang Hao's heart.
"Tang Hao, if you or the Clear Sky Sect dare to seek revenge for Tang Yuehua, or dare to kill a single Spirit Hall soul master or a single commoner of the Heaven Dou Empire for her sake..."
"Then I will destroy everything related to you. I will destroy the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang San, who is far away in the Slaughter City!!"
Hearing Ye Lan's words, Tang Hao's body went stiff. He could no longer muster a single thought of revenge.
Both the Clear Sky Sect and Tang San were the most important existences in his heart. He had already lost Ah Yin, and now he had lost Tang Yuehua. He could not afford to lose the Clear Sky Sect and Tang San as well.
"Scram! Don't let me see you again."
Tang Hao's body trembled, and he left in silence.
Aside, a soul master looked in confusion at the black-robed man who was leaving dejectedly instead of celebrating the 'Death of Tang Yuehua.'
"That guy looks so weird."
"He looks like a dog!"
Tang Hao's body shuddered. Thinking of Ye Lan's words, he did not strike out and quickly disappeared from everyone's view.
Watching Tang Hao's retreating back, Ye Lan suppressed the flames of vengeance within him. At this moment, he could not yet defeat Tang Hao.
Just a little more... just a little more.
With his current strength, he could only let Tang Hao jump around for a little while longer. Tang Yuehua was merely the interest he collected from Tang Hao.
As for the Clear Sky Sect, he couldn't touch them just yet.
But he could collect interest from them as well. From Tang Wei's storage bag and the Moon Pavilion's warehouse, he had confiscated a large amount of supplies. Most of these were food, clothes, luxury goods, and the like—presumably meant to be sent to the Clear Sky Sect.
Now that the Clear Sky Sect had lost the blood transfusion support of the Moon Pavilion, their good days were likely coming to an end.
He had already instructed Spirit Hall to start dealing with the Clear Sky Sect. The urgent task now was to subjugate the remaining three of the four single-attribute clans to further strengthen the Holy Temple.
Since he had come to Heaven Dou City, he needed to recruit a batch of talent for the 'Holy Temple.'
For the Holy Temple to develop, the funds provided by the 'Artificial Soul Rings' were not enough.
The most important thing was people. Only with enough talent would the Holy Temple have a future.
He could also further exercise the power granted by the Holy Temple to build Spirit Hall into a soul master organization with ideals, strength, and a bottom line—the 'Three-Haves.'
(End of Chapter)