Chapter 59: Ghost Sword Mantis Martial Soul True Body
Because the Spirit Hall had prepared adequately to destroy the Haotian Sect.
The gathered forces were enough to destroy the Haotian Sect even if they attacked head-on, let alone that the Spirit Hall deliberately decided to launch a surprise night attack to annihilate them in one blow.
Therefore, faced with the Spirit Hall's night attack, the Haotian Sect was directly defeated!
They barely had any strength to defend themselves!
"Retreat! Everyone, retreat quickly, abandon the station immediately and return to the ancestral mountain!"
The Great Elder of the Haotian Sect could not help but roar loudly, realizing they were no match for the Spirit Hall's attack.
Upon hearing the Great Elder's order, the disciples of the Haotian Sect—less than 30% surviving—gritted their teeth and faced the Spirit Hall soul masters who came to kill them, while retreating, preparing to abandon the station that represented the Haotian Sect's most prosperous period.
Although today the Haotian Sect is recognized as the leader of the three main sects of the Douluo Continent, and even due to the existence of its founder Tang Chen, its power once approached that of the Spirit Hall.
But in fact, the history of the Haotian Sect is much shorter than that of the Spirit Hall.
The rise and prosperity of the Haotian Sect actually lasted less than two hundred years, created by the previous generation led by Tang Chen.
The Haotian Sect used to be located on a mountain in a forest far from Tiandou Imperial City. Back then, the Haotian Sect could only be called the Haotian Hammer Family. It was not until Tang Chen's meteoric rise that he created the Chaos Layer Hammer Method, the Nine Absolutes of Haotian, and the Great Sumeru Hammer·Explosive Ring.
It was with these secret techniques that Tang Chen was able to suppress the Pope Qian Daoliu of the Spirit Hall, who was far superior in spirit to the six-winged angel.
As a result, in the following decades, the momentum of the Haotian Sect approached that of the Spirit Hall!
Outside, the disciples of the Haotian Sect were not inferior to those of the Spirit Hall!
At first, when Tang Chen defeated the Pope of the Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu, they made a bet:
As long as Tang Chen won, no Spirit Hall soul master could enter the gate of the Haotian Sect without permission.
And since the mountain gate of the Haotian Sect was still the residence of the Haotian Hammer Family at that time—not the current residence—the old residence was called Zushan Mountain due to its imposing location.
Now, because of the Spirit Hall's night attack,
with the opponent in absolute advantage, it was extremely difficult to escape. To preserve the sect's legacy, the elder could only let the remaining disciples flee to Zushan Mountain, which was not far away.
He only hoped the Spirit Hall would keep its promise and not continue to pursue or kill.
Of course, this hope might be too optimistic.
But right now, the Haotian Sect had no other choice!
"Let's flee!"
Su Mo frowned when he saw the remaining disciples of the Haotian Sect beginning to evacuate after hearing the Great Elder's words. He was ready to unleash his full strength!
"Seventh Soul Ability, True Body of the Ghost Sword Mantis Martial Soul!"
Su Mo shouted in his heart and instantly activated the True Body of the Ghost Sword Mantis Martial Soul, which he had never publicly shown since first trying the soul ability.
For a moment, the seventh black ring of the soul suddenly lit up among the yellow, yellow, purple, black, black, black, and black rings surrounding Su Mo.
In an instant, Su Mo's body burst into a dark black light in the night, almost completely blending with it!
When the light dissipated, a black mantis more than two meters tall and over three meters long, with a dark metallic shine on its shell and two swords resembling the blades of the Reaper's scythe, instantly appeared!
It was Su Mo's True Body of the Ghost Sword Mantis Martial Soul!
Swish!
After activating the seventh soul ability: Ghost Sword Mantis, the Weapon Spirit, the True Body, Su Mo's scarlet compound eyes gleamed with light, and the six insect legs full of black spikes moved sharply, disappearing instantly.
In the next moment, with a shout,
Su Mo appeared behind several disciples of the Haotian Sect, not far away. The two scythe-shaped sword arms suddenly transformed into residual images and swung violently, instantly cutting several Haotian Sect disciples in half.
After beheading several disciples of the Haotian Sect, Su Mo's massacre was far from over.
With the speed of the Ghost Sword Mantis, Su Mo moved directly through the battlefield like a ghost, and the two sharp sword arms continued to wave, launching an even crueler and bloodier massacre against the Haotian Sect's people.
"Let's go!"
Upon discovering Su Mo, who was nearly unstoppable, to prevent him from killing all the disciples of the Haotian Sect, who symbolized the sect's future, the elders and deacons of the Haotian Sect could not help but scream in pain, risking their lives to rush at Su Mo just to stop him.
Unfortunately, although Su Mo's golden finger was not very powerful—unlike other golden fingers, there were no martial arts or techniques rewards—
at least Su Mo had the chance to refine the Ice and Fire Body of the Yin-Yang Ice and Fire Eyes, and he also worked hard to obtain a powerful true weapon spirit body.
Moreover, because his cultivation had surpassed the Soul Saint level, with the death field brought by the Death Scythe Martial Soul at the Soul Saint level, Su Mo was fully capable of fighting against a Titled Douluo!
Therefore, currently, the elders of the Haotian Sect—except the Great Elder who had reached the Titled Douluo level and barely could fight Su Mo—were no match for Su Mo.
But the problem was that the Great Elder of the Haotian Sect also had to deal with Ju Douluo and Ghost Douluo. Thanks to the unique skills of their Haotian Sect, he would have been defeated long ago.
"Seventh Brother, I will stop him! Quickly, remember to take the Sect Master!"
In the night, Su Mo, relying on the astonishing speed of the Ghost Sword Mantis martial soul and the sharpness of the sword arms transformed by the Death Scythe, massacred the battlefield like a ghost.
To allow the Haotian Sect to preserve its fire as much as possible, the second elder of the Haotian Sect could not help but roar in pain and anger and decided to sacrifice himself.
After forcefully resisting the spiritual abilities of several Spirit Douluos around him, at the cost of injuries,
the second elder of the Haotian Sect immediately used the secret explosive ring method of the Haotian Sect, roared, gravely injured several Spirit Hall Douluos around him, and charged at Su Mo.
"Sect Master? Looks like we've caught a big fish! I was wondering why I didn't see the Haotian Sect Master. Seems he's in a coma, like in the original story. But that's good. Maybe this time I can clear my doubts!"
Upon hearing the words of the second elder of the Haotian Sect, Su Mo's eyes flickered. He pretended to fight the second elder but was actually paying attention to the seventh elder and the others who were leaving.
"You can die now!"
Seeing the seventh elder of the Haotian Sect and the others leaving, Su Mo's scarlet eyes shone with cruel and fierce light, and the death domain, originally deployed, rushed to the extreme.
With the teleportation ability of the death domain and the death realm, Su Mo appeared directly behind the second elder, dodging the range of his chaotic hammer.
Then, the fourth soul ability, Avici Hell, activated instantly, creating an illusion that interfered with the spirit of the second elder of the Haotian Sect.
In the next moment, with a flash of dark light, the second elder's head was directly severed by Su Mo, and his soul was instantly absorbed by the Death Scythe Martial Soul.
After defeating the second elder of the Haotian Sect, the six slender and powerful insect legs under the True Body of the Ghost Sword Mantis Martial Soul under Su Mo bounced rapidly, and the wings covering him vibrated and glided in the air. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared quickly into the night chasing the seventh elder and others who had left.
(End of this chapter)