Boom! Boom! Boom!
Sword-qi shattered as Tang Hao, pouring every last shred of his strength into his charge, barreled straight toward Xiao Yan.
In the instant the sword-qi broke apart, the Haotian Hammer smashed down hard on Xiao Yan's body.
A flash of blood—The entire space trembled violently.
Even with his longsword stabbed into the ground to bleed off the force, Xiao Yan was still blasted back hundreds of meters, body skidding through the air.
The power behind that hammer was so overwhelming that even the Blue Silver Emperor vines growing across the ground were crushed apart, carving a bare path into the earth.
The life-risking hammer strike swung out, and Tang Hao himself was nearly burnt out—nothing but a dying flame.
"Did he die…?"
Flender and the others stared into the distance, hearts filled with desperate hope as they watched Xiao Yan.
Glancing at his shattered black robe, Xiao Yan had just prepared to circulate his inner force to recover when he suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Since beginning his cultivation path, he had never been beaten this badly.
He retrieved a jade bottle from his storage belt, poured out a green pill, swallowed it, and stabilized his injuries before slowly standing up again—right in front of Tang Hao's disbelieving eyes.
With his soul power gone, the Haotian Hammer vanished from Tang Hao's hand. His body immediately gave out, and he dropped to one knee.
His condition was terrible, yet even after exploding a hundred-thousand-year soul ring… he hadn't managed to even seriously injure Xiao Yan.
So this… was the talent of a half-beast?
Xiao Yan glanced at Flender and the others scrambling desperately toward Soto City. He didn't chase.
He'd already laid out the path for them.Live and suffer, or die quickly—their choice.
Besides, with the Blue Silver Vine Worms devouring their soul power and blood essence, they weren't even as good as ordinary humans now. They had no ability to do evil anymore.
This time, it was truly over.
Now that the Blue Silver Emperor possessed devouring ability, as long as it had energy, it could exist indefinitely.
Xiao Yan walked slowly to the half-dead Tang Hao. Watching the man's life force fading away, he felt… nothing.
From the beginning, he knew very clearly—he was modern Xiao Yan, not Tang San, not Li Si, not anyone else.
Whether in Ghostly Abyss or on Douluo Continent, that never changed.
And his parents were just two ordinary middle-aged people on Deep Blue Star.
So what the hell was Tang Hao to him?
Eyes unfocused, Tang Hao stared at Xiao Yan, killing intent undimmed:"Kill me. If you don't, I swear I'll avenge Tang Peng! Only Tang Peng is my son!"
Xiao Yan didn't bother with the madness.
"I'm not going to kill you. I'll leave that chance for the disciples of the Haotian Sect who lost their families because of you."
He had decided that long ago.
Despite the twists and turns, that intention never changed—and after dealing with Flender and Zhao Wuji of Shrek Academy, it became even firmer.
He could crush Tang Hao casually right now, but what would that accomplish?
Eliminate one enemy?In his current state, whether Tang Hao could even survive was questionable. He had no threat left.
Revenge for Xiao Yan's own miserable childhood?
Xiao Yan had no such desire.
Without Tang Hao, he might not have lived to this day.While Tang Hao had treated him like a slave since he was two years old, it still wasn't a crime deserving death.
Call it repayment and grievance canceled—nothing owed on either side.
Kill him for Xiao Wu?Tang Hao had the blood of far more than one Xiao Wu on his hands.
His reckless actions caused conflict between Spirit Hall and the Haotian Sect. When the Sect withdrew from the world, countless people must have died.
If victims cannot personally witness justice done… the meaning of punishment becomes hollow.
Shrek Academy was a special case. Too many victims—Xiao Yan couldn't hunt them down one by one.
But a sect like the Haotian Sect had roots.Finding them wouldn't be hard.
Tang Hao's death should be carried out by the Haotian Sect.
And besides… Xiao Yan was curious to see the true strength of one of the Upper Three Sects.
Tang Hao was crippled. His strength was mediocre.
If Xiao Yan unleashed all his techniques—Three-Headed Vine Beast, Blue Silver Emperor Imprint, every soul skill at once—Tang Hao would be nothing but a punching bag.
Tang Hao gasped for breath, then screamed with twisted fury:"If you won't kill me, I will definitely avenge Xiao Peng! I'll have the Haotian Sect kill you, you monster—!"
Xiao Yan's face chilled.
"Old man… explode your soul bones."
Sword-qi surged.Tang Hao screamed—then fainted instantly.
"Give you face and you throw it away."
Tang Hao's four limbs separated cleanly, four different rays of light erupting.
Under the violent backlash of the soul bone energy, Tang Hao's limbs exploded outright, leaving only the precious soul bones themselves.
"This old bastard's luck is pretty good… so many soul bones."
With a wave of his hand, the four soul bones floated before Xiao Yan.
They weren't hundred-thousand-year soul bones, but each was at least fifty thousand years. High quality, every one.
Looking at the near-corpse Tang Hao, Xiao Yan did not let him bleed out. Blue Silver Emperor vines wrapped around him, sealing his wounds.
Then a gentle stream of inner force entered Tang Hao's body, soothing the near-collapse caused by the exploded soul rings.
Xiao Yan wasn't doing this out of kindness—he was analyzing how Tang Hao's ring detonation worked, using the injuries as reference.
Bodies don't lie.
After finishing his research, Xiao Yan sealed Tang Hao inside a large urn, then walked into the distance and sat cross-legged to heal himself.
Being hammered by the old bastard hurt.A lot.
A cool wind swept across the land like a sleeping old man.
Dusk faded into a star-strewn night, autumn's gentle warmth spreading through the air.
After repairing his injuries, Xiao Yan organized the spoils of the day.
First—Dai Mubai, handled.
Second—Shrek Academy's last two teachers, handled.
And lastly, the biggest prize of all—finally capturing Tang Hao, that sneaky old fox.
If not for Tang Hao skulking around, Xiao Yan might already have learned to condense soul rings from Xiao Wu's transformed soul beast body.
His battle with Tang Hao had been enlightening.
Not only did he grasp the fundamentals of ring detonation, he fully comprehended the Haotian Hammer's self-created soul skill, the Haotian Nine Absolutes, from watching Tang Hao's execution.
A pity Tang Hao wasn't a swordsman—otherwise Xiao Yan's swordsmanship would have leapt another level.
Other gains included Tang Hao's four soul bones.
Each worth a fortune.This one mission alone earned him millions of gold soul coins worth of loot.
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