Chapter 27: Medicine Expenses.
April 4, 2023 Author: Fu Hejun
"Somewhat interesting."
Forming sword fingers, Ye Cheng effortlessly blocked Tang Hao's full-power Great Sumeru Hammer attack, his expression calm. Feeling the power of this hammer strike, he commented, "If your grandfather, Tang Chen, were to use this move, it would still be worth seeing. But you..." He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was already clearly conveyed.
"Your cultivation is still lacking, kid. Scram home and cultivate for a few hundred more years."
This attitude didn't cause much harm, but it was extremely insulting. Tang Hao's face immediately flushed purple with rage. He finally stopped holding back, abruptly withdrew his hammer, retreating a dozen steps, and then unleashed the most powerful skill of the Great Sumeru Hammer—Ring Exploding!
Boom!
Black and red flames of light instantly surged. Tang Hao's nine Soul Rings all lit up simultaneously, completely turning a black and red color, and his body also took on the same hue.
The next moment, the nine Soul Rings shattered with a roar.
The shattered power integrated into his body.
"Roar!!"
Tang Hao's eyes had completely turned black and red at this moment, his expression incredibly ferocious, like a raging beast. Carrying a formidable aura of ferocity, he swung the large hammer in his hand and charged forward.
[This... he actually shattered his Soul Rings.]
[Is he trying to self-harm and fight desperately?]
[I've never heard of anyone being able to shatter Soul Rings and temporarily boost their power.]
[I have a feeling this method has severe side effects...]
A flurry of Bullet Comments scrolled past.
The Clear Sky Sect's Great Sumeru Hammer, especially its core Secret Method, Ring Exploding, was originally not something an ordinary Soul Master could know. Thus, many believed Tang Hao was shattering his Soul Rings to fight to the death.
Only a few people who understood the inside story knew that the Tang Hao in the Video was not self-harming. Rather, he was unleashing the Clear Sky Sect's top-tier Secret Method that allowed them to awe the world.
"Hmph, to force me to even unleash Nine Rings, and he still isn't using his Martial Soul!" Tang Hao looked at himself in the Video, unleashing Nine Rings consecutively, yet Ye Cheng, his opponent, remained unhurried. While angry, he was also convinced that Ye Cheng would suffer a huge loss this time!
After all, Ring Exploding was an unshared Secret Method of the Clear Sky Sect, a truly core Secret Method.
Back then, it was precisely by relying on the Ring Exploding Secret Method of the Great Sumeru Hammer that he severely injured the previous Pontiff, Qian Xunji.
He was confident that with this skill, even Qian Daoliu, also a Limit Douluo, would likely retreat three steps upon encountering him.
One could only say that Tang Hao completely overestimated himself, and he greatly underestimated the true value of a Limit Douluo.
In the Video.
"Oh, shattering Soul Rings and integrating their power into the body to gain a temporary boost. This Secret Method is somewhat interesting." Ye Cheng looked at Tang Hao, whose aura was many times stronger than before, yet he remained composed and at ease.
Only when Tang Hao charged close, did Ye Cheng unhurriedly make his move.
He truly made a move.
He slapped him across the air with a single palm strike!
"Slap!!!"
The fiercely charging Tang Hao hadn't even reacted when he felt his face being fiercely slapped by an invisible large hand.
That immense power not only dissolved the power from his Ring Exploding, but also sent him flying horizontally.
"All flash and no substance..." Ye Cheng slowly lowered his hand. He said faintly, "Even if an ant's power increases several-fold, it won't change the fact that it's still an ant."
In reality.
Tang Hao watched himself, having unleashed Nine Rings simultaneously, yet still being so utterly vulnerable under that person's hands. His face immediately became incredibly unsightly.
"This is impossible!!!"
He roared in a low voice, unable to believe everything he saw before him. He even began to question the Q&A Video.
If Ye Cheng had defeated him by using his Martial Soul, Soul Skills, and profound cultivation, then even if he wasn't entirely convinced, he could at least accept it. The crucial point was that that person had defeated him without even summoning his Martial Soul from beginning to end, and had completely crushed him using only profound Soul Power!
Any of his own attacks were a joke in front of him.
How could Tang Hao possibly accept this?
In the Video...
After slapping Tang Hao flying, Ye Cheng slowly walked closer to him, saying, "Do you think that as long as you possess strength, you can do whatever you want? In your eyes, as long as someone is a strong cultivator, they can casually trample upon and bully the weak, right?"
At this moment, under that invisible slap, Tang Hao's entire face was almost disfigured, and the bone fractures throughout his body were countless. If it weren't for a Soul Master's tenacious life force, any ordinary person would have died long ago.
But even if he hadn't died, the current Tang Hao no longer had any combat power.
"Then now I am the strong cultivator, and you are the weak one."
"How about I bully you a bit too!"
Walking closer step by step, he looked at Tang Hao, who lay on the ground like a dead dog.
Ye Cheng suddenly shook his head and said, "I had intended to take your life, but I've changed my mind."
"You are not worthy of dying by my sword!"
Hearing this, Tang Hao, who was originally lying on the ground like a dead dog, passively awaiting death, suddenly opened his eyes wide, as if he had suffered immense humiliation! But at the same time, deep down, he felt a sense of relief for having narrowly escaped death.
However, before he could rejoice for long, he felt a sharp pain in his right arm and left leg.
It turned out that Ye Cheng had suddenly swiped with his joined fingers, and an invisible Sword Qi slashed across his body, directly severing his right arm and left leg!
"Arghhh!!!"
Suddenly losing an arm and a leg, even Tang Hao couldn't help but scream.
After the arm and leg detached from his body, the flesh and skin on them automatically withered and peeled off, finally turning into two shrunken, bone-like objects.
[Soul Bones?!]
[How ruthless! So the reason for severing his limbs was because he had Soul Bones on him?]
[This Tang Hao basically paid for his life with two Soul Bones.]
[Hahaha, serves him right! Who told him to bully the weak...]
A flurry of Bullet Comments scrolled past, most of them gloating. This made Tang Hao grit his teeth in frustration. He recognized at a glance that those two Soul Bones were precisely the highest-grade and best-quality Soul Bones on his body.
They were the Clear Sky Sect's Inheritance Soul Bones.
Each piece was roughly seventy to eighty thousand years old, considered the best Soul Bones below hundred-thousand-year.
Fortunately, this was merely something that would happen in the future, not something that had already occurred.
Now that he had learned of the future in advance, Tang Hao naturally wouldn't foolishly provoke that girl named Zhu Zhuqing again. As long as he wasn't unlucky enough to provoke that bane, then on this great continent, those who could defeat him were few and far between. There was no need to worry about something like what happened in the Video occurring.
In some respects, although this future video completely tarnished his reputation, it also spared him a future where his limbs would be severed. He truly didn't know if he had lost or gained.
Tang Hao thought, his heart filled with complexity.
...
In the Video.
After removing the two best Soul Bones from Tang Hao's body, and facing his eyes filled with shock, rage, and hatred, Ye Cheng said in a calm tone, "Death can be avoided, but living punishment is unavoidable. These two Soul Bones will serve as compensation for my disciple's medicine expenses."
After speaking, he turned around. The two Soul Bones on the ground automatically floated up, following behind him. Tang Hao, on the ground, watched the two Clear Sky Sect Inheritance Soul Bones gradually drift away from him. He painfully closed his eyes, thinking he truly was a sinner of the Clear Sky Sect!
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