"Boom! Boom!"
"Rumble!!!"
Trees collapsed and shattered, and the ground was covered in deep pits and cracks.
This wilderness, not far from Shrek, now looked as if it had been ravaged by some monster, appearing exceptionally battered.
"…Boom!"
Finally, after another strike, the continuous roar that had lasted for two hours finally ceased.
The scene returns to the battlefield.
At this moment, Yun Chuan, in his devilish muscular state, was breathing heavily, his clothes torn, revealing his strong muscles. It was evident that many parts of his body had bruises of varying degrees, clearly from being struck by a hammer.
Across from him, Tang Hao, holding the Clear Sky Hammer, was also breathing somewhat rapidly. Clearly, two hours of high-intensity combat had not been easy for him. Looking at his body, his clothes were also somewhat torn, and many bruises could be seen. It was clear that as Yun Chuan's combat skills improved later on, he was finally able to hit him.
During this temporary pause, this mid-battle break, Flender and Zhao Wuji, who had been observing the entire battle from a distance, had gained a lot. After all, high-level Spirit Master battles were rare, especially with one of the participants being the famous Clear Sky Douluo. This level of combat was certainly enlightening for both of them.
"Is it over? Are they not fighting anymore?" Zhao Wuji asked, still somewhat unsatisfied after regaining his senses.
"They probably aren't fighting anymore; after all, the time for an incense stick to burn has long passed," Flender, also somewhat unsatisfied, speculated hesitantly.
But unfortunately, they were wrong.
The real battle was just beginning!
"Clear Sky Douluo truly lives up to his reputation!" After resting for a moment and recovering some stamina, Yun Chuan looked at Tang Hao not far away and said, "I lost this battle."
"However, it's rare to fight a Titled Douluo. I still have one last move, and it feels like something is missing if I don't use it."
As he spoke, Yun Chuan's originally muscle-bound, devilish muscular body began to shrink like a deflated balloon. In a blink of an eye, he returned to his original lean state.
"Oh, if you have any other moves, just use them," Tang Hao said, showing interest when he heard this.
"The move I am about to use next is extremely powerful!" Yun Chuan slowly stretched his limbs and said, "So, you can use any Spirit Ability you want. I want to see how much difference there still is between my power and a Titled Douluo's after I use this move."
After he finished speaking,
the seventh spirit ring hovering around Yun Chuan's body burst into brilliant light!
"Seventh Spirit Ability… Martial Soul True Body!"
After a Spirit Master reaches level seventy, no matter what kind of spirit ring they obtain, the Spirit Ability they gain will uniformly be called Martial Soul True Body. For a Beast Spirit, it means the Spirit Master transforms into the appearance of their Spirit, while for a Tool Spirit, the weapon is enlarged and controlled by the Spirit Master's will to attack.
Yun Chuan possessed two Spirits: the Supreme Haotian Hammer and the Life Goddess. Currently, only the Clear Sky Hammer had a Spirit attached. The Life Goddess was still a blank slate. Therefore, he certainly had no Martial Soul True Body to release. So, at this moment, he was actually putting on a show, trying to fool Tang Hao, as well as Flender and Zhao Wuji, who were not far away.
After shouting "Martial Soul True Body," a Blue Silver Grass suddenly appeared in Yun Chuan's hand. Then, this Blue Silver Grass automatically detached from his hand and began to emit a vibrant, emerald green light all over its body!
Tang Hao merely watched silently, but his entire aura was on high alert, and the nine spirit rings shimmering around him were releasing invisible pressure. Clearly, he could launch a thunderous strike at any moment!
Flender and Zhao Wuji, from a distance, were also watching, curious to see what other moves he had that dared to provoke a dignified Titled Douluo into going all out.
Under the gaze of everyone present,
the Blue Silver Grass that had detached from Yun Chuan's hand emitted a dazzling light!
The light was too dazzling, too brilliant.
It made everyone present involuntarily squint their eyes.
Finally, the light gradually dimmed.
When everyone's eyes could see clearly again, they found that where the Blue Silver Grass had been, a graceful figure, untainted by the mundane World, had appeared at some unknown time~
A woman in a flowing long dress came into view.
The woman appeared to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, with long azure blue hair cascading behind her and a vibrant, emerald green long dress covering her entire body. Her noble and elegant demeanor accentuated her otherworldly beauty. Her azure blue eyes were flawless, like blue crystals, embodying the essence of nature's beauty. It was as if she were the center of this World, so breathtakingly beautiful that everything around her instantly paled in comparison!
"…Ah Yin!"
As for Tang Hao, looking at the familiar figure before him, as if etched into his soul, he had already fallen into a daze, only mumbling these two words.
Yun Chuan, observing Tang Hao's reaction from a distance, felt no surprise. After all, although he had never met his biological mother in this life, he knew with certainty that this Spirit, inherited from his birth mother, must look very similar to her, or perhaps even exactly the same.
This was his ultimate life-saving move—Mother's Protection!
Before he started fighting Tang Hao, he had already prepared for the absolute last resort: to "casually" summon the Life Goddess Spirit to prove his identity.
After all, when Tang Hao saw this Spirit that looked exactly like his wife, he would certainly start to speculate about Yun Chuan's identity, guessing that he was the other son taken by Spirit Hall.
And facing this long-lost son, how could Tang Hao possibly bring himself to attack?
This was why Yun Chuan was so fearless and unafraid of Tang Hao, who was lurking in the shadows, and why he could simply hit Tang San as he pleased.
"What a special Martial Soul True Body!" From a distance, Flender, having recovered from the astonishing beauty of the Life Goddess Spirit, couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
"Indeed, I've never seen such a unique Martial Soul True Body before," Zhao Wuji instinctively echoed.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield,
Tang Hao finally recovered from the shock of seeing the young man's Martial Soul True Body, which was identical to his wife. From this special Martial Soul True Body, he connected some pieces of information.
The Martial Soul True Body just happened to look like Ah Yin?
No!
There were no such coincidences in this World.
Just from the appearance of this Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul True Body, to say that this young man had no relation to Ah Yin, Tang Hao wouldn't believe it even if he were beaten to death. Then, there was only one truth.
That child from twelve years ago.
The child taken by Spirit Hall!
At this moment, Tang Hao was almost certain that this young man was the child taken by Spirit Hall back then.
However, he needed one last confirmation.
Tang Hao's nine spirit rings around him suddenly burst into intense light. Immediately after, his figure flashed, and he appeared in front of Yun Chuan as if by Teleportation, directly grabbing his wrist—to check his bone age.
After all, in this World, it was very difficult to judge a person's age from their appearance. Moreover, he had previously overheard others say that Yun Chuan was twenty-five years old. So, whether he was his son or not, a bone check would reveal it.
A quick touch and release.
Soon, Tang Hao, having obtained the answer he desired, returned to his original position in an instant.
At this point, the look in his eyes when he gazed at Yun Chuan suddenly became incredibly complex and difficult to express.
Twelve years old.
This was the answer he got from touching Yun Chuan's wrist bone just now. Both the Spirit and the age matched perfectly.
"You… came from Spirit Hall." He looked at Yun Chuan with an exceptionally complex gaze, containing both guilt and relief.
He felt guilty for not protecting this child back then. He felt relieved that this child seemed to have not suffered any abuse, had grown up well, and clearly received excellent training. He was already a Spirit Saint at such a young age.
Wait!
Spirit Saint?!
How could he be a Spirit Saint at such a young age?!
A twelve-year-old Spirit Saint?!
A sharp light suddenly burst forth from Tang Hao's eyes; his gaze was now very, very cold!
Because at this moment, he had already thought of something amiss: why was this child already a Spirit Saint at only twelve years old? This was clearly very illogical. Even if he were a Spirit Ancestor or Spirit King now, he could accept it, but a Spirit Saint… that was simply too exaggerated. It was impossible to reach this level at this age through normal cultivation.
The only possible explanation was that Spirit Hall had given this child some kind of forbidden medicine that depleted life potential from a young age, allowing him to reach Spirit Saint at twelve years old!
Thinking of this, Tang Hao's heart was filled with unbearable pain!
Guilt, regret, hatred… a chaotic and complex mixture of emotions surged into his heart.
'Spirit! Hall!!!'
Seeing his own son being "cultivated" in such a way by Spirit Hall, Tang Hao gritted his teeth, his hatred for Spirit Hall reaching an unprecedented peak!
If it weren't for Spirit Hall's meddling back then, he wouldn't have been separated from his own son for twelve years, and perhaps in the future, they would even stand on opposing sides, fighting to the death!
Spirit Hall, truly a deep scheme.
A sinister plot!
And more importantly, Spirit Hall treated his son like this!
Tang Hao's heart was filled with towering rage at this moment!
"…How did you know?" Yun Chuan timely showed a bewildered expression, then waved his hand and said, "Never mind, take my last move!"
After speaking, Yun Chuan began to form hand seals. After all, the inspiration for the next move he was about to use came from that anime. Without hand seals, it felt like it lacked a bit of ritual.
"Self-created Spirit Ability…!"
As Yun Chuan shouted, the surrounding ground began to churn and roll. Plant-like vines broke through the earth, intertwining and merging… eventually forming a thirty-meter-tall humanoid behemoth.
And after this behemoth took shape, the Life Goddess Spirit transformed into a beam of light, lightning-fast, merging into it… Instantly, the originally rough form of the behemoth gradually became refined, and facial features slowly appeared… eventually becoming identical to the appearance of the Life Goddess.
"…Thousand Hands Guanyin!" Yun Chuan finally finished speaking.
At this moment, a magnificent behemoth appeared on the scene. Without a doubt, it was a statue of Guanyin, with a solemn posture. Its hands were clasped, but behind it were hundreds of arms, forming something similar to a Buddha's halo.
And looking at this statue of Thousand Hands Guanyin with his wife's face, Tang Hao felt the intense pressure it exuded! His anger in his heart slightly subsided, and he unconsciously felt a hint of relief. After all, this was a self-created Spirit Ability by his son. When his son was so talented, as a father, he naturally felt relieved.
But very quickly, when he thought that this Thousand Hands Guanyin statue was meant to attack him, that hint of relief immediately flew out the window.
"Take this!"
After Yun Chuan shouted, he himself also transformed into a beam of light and merged into the Thousand Hands Guanyin statue. Instantly, the entire Guanyin statue seemed to come alive, gently opening its eyes, which glowed with a brilliant blue light. Clearly, he was the one controlling this Thousand Hands Guanyin now.
"Boom!"
The hundreds of arms behind Thousand Hands Guanyin all began to move in unison, extending and lengthening, carrying terrifying power. They slammed and slashed towards Tang Hao's direction!
Facing the dense onslaught of hundreds of giant arms, Tang Hao had nowhere to hide. He could only swing his hammer and begin to counterattack. This time, he used a Spirit Ability; with just one swing of his hammer, a terrifying storm erupted, effortlessly destroying multiple giant arms that approached him.
But immediately after, the destroyed arms instantly regrew and returned to their original state, while at the same time, more arms came slamming from all directions, an endless barrage!
Tang Hao continuously swung his hammer, effortlessly resolving the imposing attacks! Although he dealt with them easily, he had no will to fight in his heart. After all, suddenly seeing his long-lost son, and now being asked to attack his son, was truly too difficult for him.
Finally, after exerting a little more force and destroying all the giant arms that approached him, Tang Hao actually put away his Spirit and turned to run. Clearly, he no longer wanted to be entangled with him.
Tang Hao's heart was in turmoil at this moment, and he had no intention of fighting at all.