The battle erupted.Just like in the original tale, Xiao Wu unleashed her Charm ability, only to be struck by backlash from Zhao Wuji and collapse unconscious.
Seeing Xiao Wu injured, Tang San lost control.
At that moment, he had long forgotten about hiding his twin spirits...forgotten about concealing his true strength.
Every hidden weapon he had painstakingly forged in the blacksmith shop over the years was thrown out.And then, in his hands, appeared that pitch-black hammer—
The Clear Sky Hammer!
In that instant, Tang San's second spirit was fully revealed.
The hammer flashed and vanished in an instant, but its presence made Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai's eyes shine with light.
Another one with background. Another one with power!
Ning Rongrong was utterly stunned.
Shrek Academy was beyond her imagination. A prince of the Star Luo Empire, the Zhu Clan's heiress and now this Tang San, who she thought possessed nothing more than a Blue Silver Grass spirit, turned out to be a prodigy with twin spirits, an heir of the Clear Sky Sect!
Truly, a nest of dragons and tigers!
She couldn't help but wonder, could Tang San one day catch up to Dugu Feng?His hidden weapons and Dugu Feng's Jade-Phosphorus Twelve Fingers were like two sides of the same coin. Both terrifyingly deadly in real combat.
If these hidden weapons could be integrated into her clan, the benefits to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan would be immeasurable.Perhaps… they could even cooperate.
Her thoughts were already racing.
Meanwhile, in the shadows, Tang Hao's eyes gleamed coldly.
"It seems I can't rely solely on the Grandmaster and Flender's relationship. I'll have to show them who they're dealing with...so they won't ever dare to hurt Little San."
That night, Tang Hao cloaked himself in a massive black robe, concealing his face, exuding an overwhelming aura.He deliberately released all nine spirit rings.
Two yellow, two purple, four black, one red—the colors of terror.
Zhao Wuji and Flender were instantly struck dumb, trembling as they bowed and begged for mercy.
"You hurt my son, and his father must come to settle the score...such is the way of heaven!"
Tang Hao didn't hold back.He beat Zhao Wuji half to death, his face swollen like a pig's head.
He called it "guidance."
But everyone could see that this was a warning, pure and simple.He was here to establish his might, to make it clear that Tang San was not someone who could be bullied.
He was here to ensure that, from this moment forth, no one in Shrek Academy would ever dare to touch his son.
It also cemented Tang San's place—the student with the strongest backing.
After all, Shrek's other students—Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, each came from powerful families. Each could one day become allies against Spirit Hall!
Tang Hao never did anything meaningless.This one display of power accomplished multiple goals.
Satisfied, he lingered in the shadows around the academy, scanning the area.
There are so many watchers.
Agents from the Clear Sky Sect, from the Zhu family, from the Dai family—but no one of Spirit Douluo level or higher.
That meant Xiao Wu's identity would remain safe.
Only then did Tang Hao finally relax.
"I've been gone for quite some time… it's about time I went back to see A Yin."
"A Yin's been alone in that cave all this time… she must be lonely.She won't blame me for not visiting, will she?"
Muttering softly, Tang Hao turned and vanished into the night, soaring toward the distant mountains.
He wanted to tell A Yin about Tang San's growth, his classmates, each one, a potential ally for vengeance.
A Yin had become his spirit ring and forever a part of him.Her spirit bone, prepared for their son, would help Tang San grow strong.
"A Yin, you've become Blue Silver Grass. I can no longer see your human form…
But your ring, your bloodline—they flow within me.Every moment, I can feel your warmth.
My ninth ring—our love's eternal proof!
Isn't this what you wanted, A Yin?You'll never leave me again." (T/N : Yandere much?)
Tang Hao muttered like a madman, descending upon the waterfall.
"This was where we married. You stay here, watching over our son's growth, free from worry, from pain, from toil.
How happy you must be, A Yin."
He stepped through the air, landing before the waterfall, pushing open the stone door, walking into the hidden cavern.
And then—his gaze froze. Empty.
"A Yin?"
"A Yin—it's me. Your Hao!
Come out! Have you taken human form again? Are you hiding from me?"
Excitement filled his voice. His spiritual sense swept through the cavern.Nothing.
His right hand shot out, black light gathering—Boom!
A blast struck the stone wall. Rocks tumbled down, dust rising—
But no trace of the black box.
Tang Hao's face darkened. Another strike and another thunderous crash.Still nothing.
"The spirit bone… it's gone?"
"No… impossible! Absolutely impossible!
This is where we were wed! No one knows this place!
You're just hiding, aren't you, A Yin?"
The black light in his hand coalesced into a massive hammer—
The Clear Sky Hammer.
Nine spirit rings rose.Two yellow, two purple, four black, one red.
Boom!
The hammer smashed into the wall, shaking the entire cliff.
"Ahhh! Come out, A Yin! You can hide for a while, but not forever!
You're mine! You'll always be mine!"
His voice was hoarse, wild, his eyes bloodshot.
His first thought wasn't theft—but betrayal.
That A Yin had left him.
The waterfall trembled under his rage, boulders crashing down.
A deafening roar tore through the mountains—
"Aaaaaahhhh!"
Finally, his eyes fell upon the words scrawled on the ground in crooked lines:
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west—I await the Clear Sky's seven Titled Douluo."
Tang Hao froze, then his face twisted in fury.
"So that's it… You didn't leave me.
It was Spirit Hall!
They took you from me. They stole the spirit bone meant for our son!
No… A Yin, you belong only to me.
Your spirit bone belongs only to our child!"
The hammer in his grip blazed with black light, swelling larger and larger.Its massive head grew to the size of a small mountain, and with a roar, Tang Hao swung upward.
BOOM!
The entire cliff face split in half.The waterfall's torrent collapsed, thundering into mist.
From the shattered ravine, Tang Hao shot skyward.
His expression was feral, eyes burning with madness, killing intent flooding the heavens.
In a flash, he streaked toward Nuoding City.
He had heard the rumors.That the Clear Sky Sect now had seven Titled Douluo.
But those rumors had never stirred him—because he knew Spirit Hall's strength better than anyone.
A rank ninety-nine Limit Douluo—even the Clear Sky Sect couldn't match that.
It wasn't yet time for revenge.
He believed Tang Xiao could handle sect affairs.His focus was his son and only Tang San's rise could truly challenge Spirit Hall.
But now—Spirit Hall had dared to touch his reverse scale.
Tang Hao's mind snapped.
Rage devoured reason.
When he reached the skies above Nuoding, the black hammer in his hand was a hundred meters long, its head like a dragon's maw.
His spiritual sense swept the entire city—every spirit master, every soul fluctuation.Nothing.
Then his gaze locked on Spirit Hall.
Still—no trace of A Yin.
The killing intent in his eyes condensed into reality.The heavens above Nuoding darkened.
And the rampaging hammer fell.