Chapter 66: A Rou's Choice
"Er Ming, Xiao Wu, take them down!"
At A Rou's command, the Titan Giant Ape moved at once. An immense surge of dense, earthy-yellow soul power erupted from its body, like a fierce gust of wind stirring an earthy-yellow cloud, sweeping straight across the Clear Sky Clan's formation. Everyone felt their feet press into the ground, leaving one groove after another. Some lower-level spirit beasts were directly blown away.
In the very next second, a ring of earthy-yellow domain engulfed the Clear Sky Clan's entire group. Beast Spirit Masters within that earthy domain immediately felt their bodies unable to move. Moreover, those with the Clear Sky Hammer as their spirit found themselves weighed down: the Clear Sky Hammer without any rings was already five hundred jin (approx. 250 kg). With the domain's tenfold gravity, that would be five thousand jin (approx. 2,500 kg)—standard for a Title Douluo. They couldn't even swing it.
Because of Qian Xunji's prior attack, the Titan Giant Ape went all out from the start. Its terrifying gusts of wind gathered in its fist, and the sand and dirt on the ground merged into the churning current to form a ball of condensed energy.
"Titan Cangqiong Cannon!"
"Slaughter God Domain!"
At once, Tang Hao unleashed his domain to counteract the Titan Giant Ape's Gravity Domain. All those within it immediately became mobile, able to swing their Clear Sky Hammers again.
If not for Tang Hao's Slaughter God Domain, likely no one present from the Clear Sky Clan would have survived the Titan Giant Ape's blows. After all, under tenfold gravity, the Clear Sky Hammer grew far too heavy—even for Spirit Douluo or Title Douluo, whose Hammers could weigh thirty or forty thousand jin.
Bo Saixi had once said Tang Chen's Clear Sky Avatar weighed only eighteen thousand jin; these 94th-rank Title Douluo pushing twice Tang Chen's maximum would be impossible.
Members of the Speed Clan lay flat, unable to fly. Those of the Defense Clan could only stand in place. Only the Breaking Clan could still fight. Yet Yang Wudi's own combat strength was merely on par with a Title Douluo in certain respects, and with a domain constraint, the Titan Giant Ape could dispatch him in two hits.
"Big Brother!"
Tang Xiao and Tang Hao simultaneously activated their seventh rings, summoning their Tool Spirit True Bodies and waving their Clear Sky Hammers to block the Titan Giant Ape's full-strength Titan Cangqiong Cannon. Because of their hasty reaction, the Defense Clan disciples failed to form a protective array in time, and many with cultivation below Spirit Sage were killed in the shockwave.
"Beast!"
The second elder roared with fury, "Brothers, form up!"
"Elders, watch out!"
Yang Wudi bellowed, brandishing his black-flamed Breaking Spear as he rushed over. A streak of pink was shooting toward the elders—upon a closer look, it was an extraordinarily large, plump Soft Bone Rabbit. Who else could it be but Xiao Wu?
Surprise attacks were Xiao Wu's specialty: she used her rabbit legs to charge at the Clear Sky Clan elders.
"A Soft Bone Rabbit? Such a huge Soft Bone Rabbit!"
"Yang Wudi, Tai Tan, hold off that Soft Bone Rabbit! Brothers, form the array!"
With Yang Wudi and Tai Tan holding off Xiao Wu, six Clear Sky elders formed a perfect hexagon, encircling the Titan Giant Ape, Yang Wudi, and Xiao Wu inside their formation.
All six elders released their spirit power simultaneously, linking it into a runic magic array that resembled a martial soul awakening. Next, they unleashed their Clear Sky Avatars in unison, merging their aura.
"First Combine Attack: Hammer Shakes the Heavens!"
"Tai Tan, Yang Wudi, dodge!"
Dark energy swirled. High above, a massive, transparent black Clear Sky Hammer materialized. This hammer radiated a crushing aura, locking onto Xiao Wu in the array, leaving her nowhere to evade.
"Invincible Golden Body!"
Xiao Wu immediately activated her Invincible Golden Body to withstand this descending giant hammer. The ground beneath sank several meters, forming a hammer imprint.
Invincible Golden Body fended off this strike without leaving her harmed, depleting, however, the giant hammer formed by their soul power.
With six Spirit Douluo-level elders combining their Clear Sky Avatars in a single strike, they could easily reach a Super Douluo's level of attack, and each blow grew more lethal than the last.
"I want to see how many times you can block this, you beast! Brothers, second Combine Attack!"
"Come on, my Invincible Golden Body is absolute! Once your soul power is spent, I'll kill every one of you—and feed you all to Er Ming!"
Xiao Wu stood in place, gazing up at the slowly forming enormous Clear Sky Hammer overhead, not attempting to dodge.
Meanwhile, A Rou fought alone against Tai Tan and Yang Wudi, plus the surrounding Clear Sky Clan disciples. She simply couldn't hold out, relying on her Soft Bone Rabbit's life-saving skills to stall, hoping the Titan Giant Ape could finish its enemies quickly.
But with two fighting Tang Xiao and Tang Hao—both boosted by the Slaughter God Domain—there was no chance for the Titan Giant Ape to free itself. It had to maintain its Gravity Domain constantly to prevent Tang Hao's domain from amplifying their side even more.
Had the Sky Blue Bull Python been around, forget this handful of men—the entire Clear Sky Clan could have been wiped out. But with the bull python dead, killed by Qian Xunji, little remained. The man simply hadn't cared for a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit's ring.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!
A series of explosions resounded, terrifying waves of energy ravaging the Lake of Life's surroundings. Countless spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest fled outward, creating fierce beast tides that devoured any soul masters hunting on the outskirts.
After a bitter fight, Xiao Wu had used up all three of her daily Invincible Golden Body charges, when A Rou suddenly shouted, "Wait!"
Her loud, bright voice caused everyone—Clear Sky Clan, the Titan Giant Ape, and Xiao Wu alike—to pause, as if by reflex.
"You're here for a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, aren't you? Tang Hao, I'll offer myself up in sacrifice for you!"
The entire Clear Sky Clan was stunned. Since when did a spirit beast volunteer to sacrifice itself?
In truth, A Rou had realized the final outcome. Xiao Wu could hold back the six elders. The Titan Giant Ape could keep tangling Tang Xiao and Tang Hao for a while, but she herself couldn't last. Facing so many opponents plus powerhouses like Tai Tan and Yang Wudi, who nearly rivaled Title Douluo in some respects, it would inevitably end in her capture. She might be used as a hostage, tipping the balance, dooming the Titan Giant Ape and Xiao Wu.
"Hao, what do you think?" Tang Xiao inquired, since the ring was for Tang Hao.
Tang Hao hesitated. Between a hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape and a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit, which fit the Clear Sky Hammer better? Without spending a few hours around A Rou, he might have had no doubts: kill the Titan Giant Ape, then also confine A Rou and Xiao Wu.
A Rou raised her voice: "Tang Hao, the power from my sacrifice will push you straight to rank ninety-two. Obtaining a single hundred-thousand-year ring can save you countless hours of training! And do you really think you can claim Er Ming's ring? If a spirit beast chooses to self-destruct, you'll get nothing!"
"And Xiao Wu, that hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit—her escape skills are far beyond your means to chase her down!"
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