Ever since recovering her memories, this was the first time Tang Wutong felt such a strong sense of frustration in her heart.
With her soul power cultivation and soul ring configuration, she could disregard those completely. As the daughter of a God King, elevating those things was effortless for her.
But the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique that she had bitterly cultivated for several years was perfectly replicated on the spot by Yu Tianhuang, truly making her feel the gap in innate talent.
At this moment, Tang Wutong was still spinning. The Clear Sky Hammer in her hands was also spinning. However, the distance between her and Xu Zihuang had already widened; this thirty-third hammer she was about to deliver was destined to be unable to approach Xu Zihuang.
The giant hammer swung downward, carrying a dense and heavy black glow, and smashed heavily into the ground in front of her.
"Boom—"
With this hammer as the center, the metal competition stage instantly collapsed. A deep pit with a diameter exceeding thirty meters and a depth of at least five meters formed amid the terrifying, explosive roar. Even the incomparably sturdy titanium foundation beneath the competition stage could not withstand the might of Tang Wutong's single hammer.
Intense black shockwaves swept up metal fragments, slamming into the soul guidance protective shield at the edge of the competition stage.
Using the terrifying force of this hammer, Tang Wutong leaped into the air, soaring more than ten meters high. Among the six soul rings around her, the first one, the black soul ring, burst forth with deep black light. As her delicate body spun, the Clear Sky Hammer she swung with both hands instantly swelled against the wind, smashing straight down toward Xu Zihuang's head.
The thirty-fourth hammer!
Xu Zihuang gripped the war hammer in his hand, now rendered purple-gold by thunder light, and also spun once using the borrowing-force technique of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. Then, with a tap of his toe on the ground, he charged upward to meet Tang Wutong.
"Boom—" In an instant, the space on the competition stage seemed to change to heaven and earth. All the dust and metal debris on the stage scattered outward at this moment, as if forming a vacuum zone.
Tang Wutong was sent flying even higher into the air by the counter-shock, while Xu Zihuang's body smashed fiercely downward, his legs sinking deeply into the metal floor.
Although the war hammer he had condensed using his second soul skill, Mirror of Annihilation, together with the Thunder Prison Vine, possessed astonishing hardness and weight comparable to the Clear Sky Hammer, it ultimately lacked matching soul skills.
Tang Wutong used a five-thousand-year amplification-type soul skill, instantly closing the gap in soul power cultivation and strength between the two.
Moreover, Tang Wutong was different from ordinary Clear Sky Hammer soul masters; she possessed the heaven-defying advantage of twin martial souls. Her first martial soul, the Radiant Butterfly Goddess, could already provide her with at least nine soul skills, so when attaching soul rings to her second martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, there was no need to deliberately pursue complementary or effective soul skills.
Everything was simplified to the extreme. All six soul rings attached to her Clear Sky Hammer were amplification-type skills that boosted power.
Ten thousand years ago, this kind of sword-walking-on-the-edge cultivation method was quite common and was known as the Extreme Stream.
But as time progressed, people gradually discovered the drawbacks of the Extreme Stream. In the current soul master world, the Balanced Stream had gradually developed into the mainstream.
In this clash, Tang Wutong finally gained the upper hand.
In midair, Tang Wutong, and on the ground, Xu Zihuang, both did not pause for even a moment and once again spun their bodies. The Clear Sky Hammer and the purple-gold crystal war hammer collided once more.
"Boom—"
The thirty-fifth hammer!
With the amplification of soul skills, Tang Wutong had completely seized the initiative. However, after several consecutive clashes, she discovered that Yu Tianhuang had begun to counter.
This was the characteristic of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique; each subsequent hammer's power and might would increase geometrically.
Xu Zihuang's soul power cultivation and strength held the advantage, equivalent to having laid an extremely solid and deep foundation. Using this as the base to unleash the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique naturally made each subsequent hammer stronger and stronger. Meanwhile, the amplification-type soul skills Tang Wutong used were more like temporary external forces.
Although they could also allow the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique's power to grow, the rate of increase was relatively gentle.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom—"
The two differently colored war hammers continued to clash. All fanciness was absent—only pure, powerful head-on collisions.
The thirty-sixth hammer! The forty-ninth hammer! The sixty-fourth hammer! The two alternated in suppressing each other.
Every time Xu Zihuang countered, Tang Wutong was forced to continue using other amplification-type soul skills.
When she reached the eightieth hammer, all six black soul rings around her were already lit. Black light enveloped her body. The Clear Sky Hammer she gripped tightly with both hands had nearly expanded to the size of a small mountain.
Suppressed black shockwaves gathered behind Tang Wutong into the phantom of a massive black dragon, emitting low, deep roars. Her aura climbed to an unprecedented height, completely suppressing Xu Zihuang in every direction.
This hammer was bound to shatter heaven and earth!
Meanwhile, in the Clear Sky Sect team's rest area, Titan's brows suddenly rose as his gaze fell upon Xu Zihuang.
Xu Zihuang, his entire body wrapped in purple-gold lightning, still swung the eightieth hammer of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique with an unchanged expression. A resounding dragon roar echoed through the sky. A giant dragon entirely constructed of purple-gold lightning confronted the black dragon behind Tang Wutong.
To be able to do this meant that Xu Zihuang would inevitably be able to smoothly deliver the final, eighty-first hammer of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique.
This boy's talent is truly terrifying!
Titan could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.
The direct descendants of the Clear Sky Sect who learned the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique, which one of them had not gone through years of bitter cultivation and tempering? Even that person had spent nearly a full year mastering the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique.
But Xu Zihuang, before him, had actually practiced the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique to great accomplishment in the midst of battle against Tang Wutong.
If he had not personally witnessed it, he would never have believed it.
Titan now finally understood why that person had repeatedly instructed him to be sure to complete that matter.
Black and purple-gold, the two-colored giant dragons coiled together, raising their heads and roaring toward the sky.
"Rumble—"
The two giant dragons entangled and soared upward. The massive energy fluctuations caused explosions in midair, like rolling heavenly thunder.
The metal floor beneath Xu Zihuang and Tang Wutong collapsed layer by layer under this terrifying energy impact. Fine cracks even appeared on the soul guidance protective shield at the edge of the competition stage.
Jing Hongchen's heart jolted. Even with his cultivation, he felt threatened. He instinctively prepared to activate defensive soul guidance devices at any moment.
The audience in the stands held their breath, staring dazedly at the shocking scene above the competition stage.
The violent energy fluctuations swept across the entire venue and only gradually calmed after more than ten seconds. The black giant dragon collapsed, turning back into layers of shockwaves. Xu Zihuang's purple-gold giant dragon behind him shattered as though struck by a sharp weapon, breaking into purple-gold fragments. Then each fragment shattered further into countless purple-gold light points that dissipated into the air.
Two figures slowly reappeared on the competition stage.
Tang Wutong's face was pale as paper, her chest heaving violently as she gasped for breath. Her entire body trembled intensely.
Even with her soul power containing a trace of divinity and her foundation far surpassing soul masters of the same level, using six ten-thousand-year soul skills simultaneously while performing the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique still consumed an enormous amount.
Although Xu Zihuang's soul power consumption was not great, the crystal war hammer in his hand already showed signs of damage. He simply used his second soul skill, Mirror of Annihilation, once again to repair it.
With soul skill amplification, the quality of the Clear Sky Hammer was naturally superior to the crystal war hammer Xu Zihuang had condensed using soul skills. However, in terms of soul power cultivation, Xu Zihuang surpassed Tang Wutong.
Considering all this, the clash just now ended in a draw between the two sides.
Xu Zihuang's expression remained calm throughout, but Tang Wutong's pink-blue eyes were filled with unwillingness and determination.
At that moment, both moved simultaneously. Xu Zihuang and Tang Wutong swung in opposite directions, unleashing the final hammer of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique.
The eighty-first hammer! Ninety-nine to eighty-one hammers!
This was the strongest strike of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique.
The black giant dragon and purple-gold giant dragon that had just collapsed and shattered instantly reignited from the ashes and soared upward.
"Aooo—"
It was as though two impassioned dragon roars echoed through heaven and earth, filling the air with intense buzzing.
But at this moment, a sudden change occurred. Just as Tang Wutong swung that eighty-first hammer, the six black soul rings around her exploded and completely fused into her body. The sleeves on her arms instantly burst apart. The profound black light from the exploding soul rings madly poured into the Clear Sky Hammer through her hands.
The Clear Sky Hammer in Tang Wutong's hands expanded tenfold, turning into an extremely exaggerated giant weapon of strange shape.
"Great Sumeru Hammer, Sumeru Ascends to Heaven!" Tang Wutong coldly shouted.
An awe-inspiring aura accompanied an overwhelmingly domineering momentum. The Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique's ninety-nine to eighty-one hammers in the Great Sumeru Hammer state erupted at this moment.
The spot where Tang Wutong had stepped earlier collapsed ten meters deep amid a deafening roar, carrying countless dust and metal fragments. One could imagine how terrifying her current power was.
"Clear Sky secret skill, Great Sumeru Hammer." Xu Zihuang let out a meaningful light laugh, the golden patterns in his eyes shining brilliantly.
From today onward, this Great Sumeru Hammer would no longer be the exclusive secret art of the Clear Sky Sect. This battle with Tang Wutong was not entirely without meaning.
With his soul ring configuration, perhaps displaying this ring-explosion secret technique in the future would bring him surprises.
If not for considering that there was still the assassination of Xu Tianran to carry out afterward, Xu Zihuang would have been tempted to demonstrate it on the spot and completely crush Tang Wutong's pride. Unfortunately, after using the ring explosion, it would take some time for the soul rings to recover.
That being the case, he could only use other abilities.
The enormous Clear Sky Hammer descended from the sky with unmatched might.
From the perspective of the audience, Xu Zihuang seemed to have been suppressed by Tang Wutong's aura and frozen in place.
Over at Shrek Academy's rest area, Zhang Lexuan's expression turned grave as she cried out in alarm, "Not good! The Clear Sky Sect's ring-explosion secret technique!"
Ning Tian's face changed dramatically, and she abruptly stood up. As the saying goes, concern leads to chaos. Although she had sufficient confidence in Yu Tianhuang's strength, at this critical moment, she could not help but feel worried.
Even Ye Guyi furrowed her brows. However, she was relatively rational and vaguely guessed what Xu Zihuang was thinking.
The one whose heart was stirred for Xu Zihuang was also Ju Zi, seated on the rostrum.
"Tianhuang..."
Ju Zi unconsciously gripped the armrest of her seat tightly. Fortunately, Xu Tianran, beside her, was also focused on the confrontation between Xu Zihuang and Tang Wutong on the competition stage and did not notice her abnormality.
"Boom, boom, boom, rumble—"
One hammer smashed down as though mountains were collapsing and the earth was splitting. The soul guidance protective shield at the edge of the competition stage ultimately could not withstand this energy fluctuation and shockwave impact akin to a natural disaster and was shattered layer by layer.
The titanium foundation beneath the competition stage also collapsed at the same time. The diving black giant dragon was like a divine dragon sweeping its tail, stirring up rolling dust. Even Jing Hongchen, standing at the edge of the arena, had shock in his eyes and hurriedly activated his defensive soul guidance device to protect himself.
The power of this hammer, even if a Titled Douluo took it head-on, would likely result in serious injury.
Yet that purple-gold giant dragon had vanished without a trace.
Just as the pupils of the entire audience contracted, countless streaks of purple-gold lightning suddenly flashed in the sky above the competition stage without any warning, tearing through the dense smoke and dust.
A tall and straight figure then appeared; it was Xu Zihuang.
However, at this moment, he looked completely different from before. His entire body had turned into a translucent purple-gold crystal-like existence, skin, flesh, blood, and even bones.
His head of long, black hair had also completely transformed into crystalline purple-gold. It did not fall naturally nor flutter with the wind, but floated eerily in midair.
Even his clothes had been affected, dyed the same color, radiating intense light and giving off an otherworldly aura.
At this moment, he seemed to have become the embodiment of thunder.
The Hundred Thousand-year Thunder Beast left leg soul bone skill, Thunder Light Origin. Transforming the body into thunder, condensing the Thunder Element Body. Not only could it greatly reduce damage from physical and energy attacks, but it also granted his body speed comparable to true lightning and an extreme affinity with thunder elements.
Back when Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian saw that Hundred Thousand-year Thunder Beast right leg bone at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, although it was called Thunder Light Origin right leg bone, the attached soul skill was not the complete version of Thunder Light Origin. Fusing that soul bone would at most increase speed and thunder element affinity to a certain extent, but it could not fully transform into a pure Thunder Element Body.
The innate soul skill Thunder Light Origin was only fully perfected after the Thunder Beast broke through to the Hundred Thousand-year level.
At this moment, the Thunder Prison Vine veins inside Xu Zihuang's crystal war hammer burst with dazzling light due to absorbing excessive thunder element energy, causing the war hammer's color to completely turn purple-gold.
He smashed a hammer downward toward Tang Wutong below, like a Thunder God descending to the mortal world, wielding the Thunder God's Hammer to purge evil from the world.
The purple-gold thunder giant dragon once again appeared horizontally across the sky, seemingly about to swallow Tang Wutong's body whole.
Looking up at the approaching thunder giant dragon, Tang Wutong bit her lip tightly. Although unwillingness still filled her eyes, she had indeed lost. Lost to a person from the lower realm.
What did the Great Sumeru Hammer matter? If it could not hit the target, it was as good as nothing.
"Kid! Has no one ever taught you to leave people a way out?! If you insist on seeking death, then today this old man will grant your wish!"
Just at this critical life-or-death moment, an angry roar exploded in Xu Zihuang's sea of consciousness. Immediately afterward, this entire space seemed to freeze abruptly, causing his movement to stall.
Xu Zihuang felt as though his body had sunk into quicksand, unable to move. Even though his body had transformed into a pure Thunder Element Body, it felt as heavy as ten thousand jin.
A thick chill surged in the depths of Xu Zihuang's eyes. The seventh soul ring beside him, the bright golden one, immediately shone. Instantly breaking free from the restraint, he coldly looked toward Titan in the Clear Sky Sect rest area, who was greatly alarmed by the danger Tang Wutong was in.
"Old beast, what the hell are you?! When I was enduring her attacks earlier, why didn't I hear you making a fuss?!"
While conveying this furious roar to Titan, Xu Zihuang changed the downward-swinging Thunder God's Hammer into a horizontal sweep.
A bizarre scene appeared; the hammerhead instantly vanished into a spatial rift, only to reappear beside Titan in the next instant.
Although Titan possessed cultivation close to Limit Douluo, he was currently flustered over Tang Wutong's situation, and Xu Zihuang's attack had come too abruptly, so he actually failed to dodge and took the blow head-on.
"Boom!" The Clear Sky Sect team's rest area instantly turned into ruins, the ground collapsed, thunder and lightning raged.
Titan himself was struck in the face by Xu Zihuang's hammer. Amid the crackling thunder light on his body, he staggered back more than ten steps before stabilizing himself.
This sudden change caused exclamations throughout the audience. The people from the remaining three teams also looked over in surprise and uncertainty.
A fierce glint burst from Titan's brown-yellow eyes as a terrifying aura instantly pressed down.
"Kid, you have already sought the path of death!"
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