"Not good!" the Clear Sky Sect's Seventh Elder thought to himself.
Although he didn't know what was being gestated within the lightning, the destructive aura it emitted sent a deep sense of unease through him.
Thus, the Seventh Elder used his fifth spirit skill, Gravity Control, to reduce his own gravity. Holding two Clear Sky Hammers, he leaped into the air, intending to destroy the forming Thunder True Dragon.
"Break for me!"
The Seventh Elder let out a cold snort, and his third spirit ring suddenly flashed, a layer of black light enveloping his entire body.
As the black light dissipated, the Seventh Elder's lean physique became robust and strong, and the two Clear Sky Hammers in his hands suddenly doubled in size.
The Seventh Elder spun in the air, his Clear Sky Hammers slicing through the air with a loud, piercing sound.
Just as the Clear Sky Hammers were about to strike the condensing Thunder True Dragon, countless banyan roots suddenly burst from the ground, completely enveloping the nascent Thunder True Dragon without a single gap.
Dong~
A dull thud echoed.
The Clear Sky Hammers struck the highly resilient banyan roots, and a portion of the immense force was reflected back, sending the caught-off-guard Seventh Elder flying.
A crack also appeared on the tiger's mouth of his right hand, blood flowing down the hammer's handle.
The Seventh Elder stabilized himself in the air and landed on the ground, his expression extremely grim. He cursed inwardly:
"Damn it! I didn't expect this brat's Martial Soul to counter my Clear Sky Hammer!"
Hammers were blunt weapons, full of power but lacking the sharpness of swords.
Against hard objects, they could simply break them with brute force. However, when encountering something extremely flexible and resilient, they were completely countered.
Just like now, his Clear Sky Hammer couldn't harm those banyan roots that had appeared out of nowhere.
"If only my Martial Soul were the Seven Kill Sword of that old ghost from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, I could surely have cut those damned tree roots!"
For the first time in his life, the Seventh Elder felt that his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul was inferior to other Martial Souls.
The thought was so absurd that he quickly banished it from his mind.
High in the sky, Lin Rong watched the scene with a detached expression and said calmly:
"Rarely do you speak the truth. The Clear Sky Hammer is indeed inferior to the Seven Kill Sword."
"If it weren't for Tang Chen making the Clear Sky Hammer famous, a Martial Soul with no special characteristics like this wouldn't deserve the honor of being the number one tool Martial Soul in the world."
As soon as he finished speaking, a dragon's roar sounded.
The fully formed Thunder True Dragon flew out from the banyan roots, coiling in the air before the Seventh Elder.
On the ground, immense Dragon Might pressed down on the Seventh Elder, forcing him to retreat a few steps.
"Brat, how many spirit bones do you have?"
Feeling the might of the Thunder True Dragon, the Seventh Elder couldn't help but ask the question that was on his mind.
He was certain that Lin Rong's spirit rings hadn't lit up when he used that spirit skill, indicating that the skill must have come from a spirit bone.
Furthermore, judging by the aura emanating from this Thunder Dragon, the spirit bone's age must be at least tens of thousands of years.
Hearing this, Lin Rong simply replied indifferently:
"Dead people don't need to know so much!"
With that, the Thunder True Dragon, under his control, launched a killing blow towards the Seventh Elder of the Clear Sky Sect on the ground.
On the ground, the Seventh Elder heard this. Seeing the Thunder Dragon, which exuded an aura of extreme danger, unleashing its ultimate move, he no longer cared about being angry and also unleashed his full power to counter the Thunder Dragon's impending attack.
His eighth spirit ring erupted with dazzling light, and the two Clear Sky Hammers in his hands instantly ignited with raging flames, resembling two scorching suns.
Then, the two sun-like Clear Sky Hammers merged into one under the Seventh Elder's control, colliding head-on with the killing blow from the Thunder Dragon.
In an instant, the shockwaves generated by the collision of the two powers quickly spread to every corner of the lightning barrier.
When this force reached Lin Rong's position, two Nine Bend Vine Dragons coiled around him, shielding him from the impact of the shockwaves.
At the center of the power collision.
Initially, the two powers were evenly matched, appearing to be in a stalemate.
But as time went on, the power contained within the blazing sun was continuously consumed in the collision, and the Seventh Elder's own spirit power rapidly decreased, unable to maintain the power supply for the attack.
However, the Thunder True Dragon's power was continuously replenished by the lightning barrier, and Lin Rong's own spirit power was constantly drawn from the life force of the surrounding dense forest by the Life Dragon Soul, maintaining its peak power.
"Martial Soul Clone, it's truly a good thing!" Lin Rong muttered in the sky:
"It's because of this top-tier spirit skill that I have my current strength. That old fellow can only contend with my killing move because of this spirit skill."
"If this spirit skill weren't so difficult to obtain, the world would have long been dominated by tool Martial Souls, and there would be no place for beast Martial Souls."
Below, the two attacks withstood each other for over ten seconds until the Seventh Elder's spirit power was completely depleted, and the balance was instantly broken.
The Thunder Dragon, glowing with purple-blue lightning power, swatted away the sun-like Clear Sky Hammer with one claw. The next moment, it transformed into a swift shadow and pierced through the Seventh Elder's body before his astonished eyes.
The destructive lightning power instantly annihilated his physical body and soul. As soon as he fell to the ground, he turned into a puff of dust and was carried away by the wind.
"Didn't even leave behind a spirit tool, I was careless!"
Lin Rong looked at the empty ground and slapped his forehead.
"I forgot, not everyone's Spirit Tools are of such high quality that they can withstand this level of attack."
"Titan's Spirit Tool's quality is passable, and coupled with him being in his Martial Soul True Body state, it absorbed most of the attack's power, which is why it managed to survive."
"I'll have to be careful next time. If I don't get any spoils after killing enemies every time, won't I be losing out terribly!"
After speaking, Lin Rong looked up at the sky above the valley.
Above the thick clouds, the life force of the person with the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul had ceased to exist.
"Very good, the mission was completed well."
"A Titled Douluo like Dugu Bo, who specializes in poison, is highly efficient at clearing out cannon fodder."
"Grandpa Yu was also steadily suppressing the two elders of the Clear Sky Sect, but the battle on the Dragon Snake Couple's side wasn't going too smoothly!"
...
At the edge of the valley.
Only one of the two Clear Sky Sect elders remained; the other had already fallen to the ground, life extinguished.
The Fifth Elder of the Clear Sky Sect leaned against the rock wall, panting in a disheveled state. His eyes were bloodshot, and he stared at the front with wide, furious eyes.
At this moment, the Dragon Snake Couple were also in bad shape. Their Soul Power was severely depleted, forcing them to deactivate their Martial Soul Fusion.
The couple supported each other. Although their faces were pale, they still stared intently at the Fifth Elder of the Clear Sky Sect, whose arm they had just broken, not daring to relax even a little.
In the previous battle, if the Fourth Elder, who had already died, hadn't sacrificed himself at the critical moment to save the Fifth Elder.
This Fifth Elder wouldn't just have a broken arm; he would have ended up like the Fourth Elder, lying dead in the wilderness.
Similarly, that attack had consumed a large amount of Soul Power from the Dragon Snake Couple, leaving them unable to maintain their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
"Damn it, just a little bit more!" Meng Shu said with a look of unwillingness, thinking to himself:
"Currently, only one of the two mission targets has been dealt with, meaning we can only get one of the two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones."
"No, there must be some way to deal with this old man in front of me. I absolutely cannot let that Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone slip away."
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