Under Tang San's full-powered strike with the Hao Tian Hammer, even the combined attacks of the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, were shattered in an instant.
Based on their strength, the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python should have been able to match Tang San. Unfortunately, they had suffered severe injuries from a group of Title Douluo led by Bibi Dong during their last encounter. If they hadn't been treated promptly, they might not have survived. Additionally, they were still afflicted by Bibi Dong's potent poison.
Now, these two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts possessed less than half of their normal strength. Moreover, part of their energy was being diverted to resist Bibi Dong's lingering poison, which was why Tang San's single hammer strike overwhelmed them.
At this moment, Tang San unleashed several consecutive hammer strikes against the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, displaying a desperate and ferocious offensive. His lips moved faintly as he muttered:
"Why won't you help me? Why won't you help me? If you had helped me earlier, I wouldn't have had to attack you."
The two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, relying on their formidable physiques, managed to withstand several of Tang San's hammer blows. However, their previously unhealed wounds worsened further, becoming even more severe than before.
The Sky Azure Bull Python let out a thunderous roar: "You despicable human! Xiao Wu was wrong about you. You don't understand what she cares about, nor do you comprehend her suffering!"
After speaking, the Sky Azure Bull Python's entire body surged with lightning, resembling a massive streak of energy. Its colossal tail swept directly toward Tang San with overwhelming force.
The Titan Giant Ape also exerted its full strength, its right arm radiating terrifying black light as all its power concentrated into a single punch.
Clearly, these two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts were giving it their all—they had no intention of perishing easily or becoming soul rings and soul bones for humans.
Moreover, the attacks of the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python seemed to complement each other, akin to the spirit fusion techniques used by human soul masters. Their combined assault exuded immense destructive power, enveloping the heavens and earth in blue and black light. This strike carried the potential to obliterate everything in its path.
Tang San sneered: "Are you trying to fight desperately? With your level of strength, you're nothing in front of true top-tier experts—let alone me, the chosen one and inheritor of a god."
The seventh soul ring on Tang San's Hao Tian Hammer flickered, causing the hammer to grow immensely large. Tang San transformed into a towering black figure, radiating an eerie aura. His massive eyes glowed crimson, seemingly indifferent to all life.
After absorbing seven top-tier soul rings, all imbued with evil attributes, Tang San's Hao Tian Hammer had ascended to a new domain—the Death Domain. Within its range, enemies felt as though death itself had descended upon them, and their spirit power was suppressed.
Three beams of light collided in midair. The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python unleashed their full strength, activating their domains. The Sky Azure Bull Python's domain was the Slow Domain, while the Titan Giant Ape's was the Gravity Domain. Together, these domains worked synergistically, slowing enemy attacks and even impeding the flow of spirit power, while the Gravity Domain subjected opponents to immense pressure, as if trapped in quicksand.
The combined power of the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python's domains was extraordinarily formidable, offering both extreme control and destruction.
However, under Tang San's True Body, even the combined might of the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, along with their powerful domains, proved insufficient.
The colossal Hao Tian Hammer descended from the sky, capable of shattering anything in its path. It was far beyond what the two injured hundred-thousand-year soul beasts could withstand.
When their full-power collision occurred, the surrounding area was ravaged by an immense force, forming a gigantic crater. The soul skills and domains of the two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts were shattered, and they were sent flying by Tang San's strike.
Before the two soul beasts could prepare for another attack, countless strands of dark blue silver grass swiftly enveloped them. The dark blue silver grass seemed to transform into a void-like state, resembling golden threads.
But these were far more terrifying than ordinary dark blue silver grass, exuding an even more chilling aura. This was Tang San's blue silver grass soul skill: Devouring Gold Threads.
The two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts were instantly wrapped in the Devouring Gold Threads, which rapidly pierced into their existing wounds, beginning to absorb their energy at an alarming rate.
The Devouring Gold Threads were coated with a terrifying poison. Once they adhered to the soul beasts' bodies, the affected areas were instantly shrouded in black energy, causing them to lose control over those parts. The poison spread through their bodies, gradually enveloping them entirely.
Despite the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python's frantic struggles, their immense size and deep reservoirs of spirit power were useless now that their bodies were completely ensnared by Tang San's Devouring Gold Threads.
Endless energy flowed through the Devouring Gold Threads, rapidly replenishing Tang San's body. The energy he had expended during the battle was restored in an instant, and his vitality surged. If not for the limitations of his current bottleneck, his spirit power level might have continued to rise.
In contrast, the two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts appeared pitiful. Not only was their spirit power being drained, but the poison from the dark blue silver grass was spreading throughout their bodies. Their once vigorous struggles began to weaken.
After just a few minutes, the two soul beasts could no longer stand or resist the Devouring Gold Threads' absorption. They collapsed, their bodies shrinking significantly, devoid of any remaining strength. They couldn't even muster the energy to self-destruct.
Tang San coldly gazed at the two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts: "Since you refused to help me, I'll take what I need. No one can stop me from growing stronger—not even you, Xiao Wu's family."
The Sky Azure Bull Python, now on the brink of death, rasped: "Tang San, you despicable human! Even if you kill Er Ming and me, you can't possibly absorb both our soul rings at the same time."
"Besides, even if you manage to absorb my soul ring, when Xiao Wu wakes up, I'll tell her everything that happened today and reveal your true face."
The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python exchanged glances. Though their bodies were utterly spent and death loomed near, their eyes still held a flicker of light as they gazed at the unconscious Xiao Wu in the distance.
As the Sky Azure Bull Python said, absorbing the soul ring of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast required a significant amount of time. During this period, the other soul ring would inevitably dissipate.
Furthermore, after a hundred-thousand-year soul beast dies, a fragment of its soul remains attached to its soul ring and soul bone. As Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form, she could communicate with this fragment of the soul. At that point, Tang San's actions would be impossible to conceal.
Given Xiao Wu's personality and her deep affection for the two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, she would likely turn against Tang San upon learning the truth, potentially leading to a life-and-death confrontation.
Tang San shook his head: "You're mistaken. There's nothing I cannot obtain, no matter the means. I'll stop at nothing."
"I know you're Xiao Wu's brothers. If you hadn't forced my hand—if you had helped me find other hundred-thousand-year soul beasts—I wouldn't have attacked you."
"But to protect Xiao Wu, to exact revenge, to ascend to godhood, and to defeat Qian Renxue and Yang Xiong, I'll use every method at my disposal and spare no effort."
As Tang San said, he was someone who would go to any lengths. In his previous life, to prove himself in the Tang Sect, he had stolen the sect's supreme cultivation manual, the Xuantian Treasure Record. No matter how great his achievements, he could never erase the fact that he had stolen it.
Upon arriving in the Douluo world, Tang San's exterior became refined and gentlemanly, appearing like an ordinary person.
But deep down, he remained bound by the rules of the Tang Sect. Especially when Xiao Wu was in danger, he became utterly reckless, seemingly losing all reason. Perhaps this was his true nature.
Since reaching Level 97 and using the dark blue silver grass to absorb vast amounts of energy, Tang San's obsession had grown stronger. Under the influence of the Rakshasa God's power, he seemed to have glimpsed an entirely new world.
The Douluo world was a bloody realm where morality held little sway. Strength was everything, as the Tang Sect's rules dictated: all threats must be eliminated without hesitation, and decisive action was essential.
This was why Tang San was in such a hurry. Di Tian might protect him temporarily, but not forever. After all, Qian Renxue was a god, whereas Di Tian was not. If Qian Renxue ever found the Lake of Life, both he and Xiao Wu would be in grave danger—even the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python would likely perish.
Tang San looked at the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, a faint smile appearing on his face.
"Da Ming, you're wrong. I know you and Er Ming love Xiao Wu deeply, and precisely because of that, I can obtain both your soul rings and soul bones."
The Titan Giant Ape roared furiously: "Never! Even if you absorb my soul ring, I'll ensure Xiao Wu learns your true face sooner or later."
Tang San chuckled: "Have you misunderstood something? I love Xiao Wu, and she loves me. We are each other's only ones. In this world, only I truly protect Xiao Wu, and only I would sacrifice my life for her without hesitation."
"On the other hand, Xiao Wu is still weak—just an ordinary soul master. Everyone in this world knows she's a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form. Whether she hides in the Lake of Life or among humans, everyone wants her dead. Only I can truly protect her."
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