According to the scriptures handed down by the Angel God, those lofty Divinities in the heavens should not interfere in the conflicts of the Lower Realm.
Qian Daoliu had no mind to dwell on whether the Divinity who had bestowed power upon Tang Chen was violating the rules.
After all, their Angel God had already…
Qian Daoliu placed his hand over his chest in a gesture of prayer, continuously reciting some obscure and difficult incantations.
The best way to counter divine force was to retaliate with divine force.
Even though the current Qian Daoliu had not fully passed the Angel God’s eight trials, by virtue of his special status, he could briefly mobilize the divine force converted from the Power Of Faith accumulated over countless years above Wuhun City.
Tang Chen didn’t understand what Qian Daoliu was doing.
From his observation, he could only sense the other’s aura continuously strengthening, faintly capable of matching his current self.
“Old scoundrel, I never expected you to have a hidden ultimate technique as well!” Tang Chen also ceased holding back.
The spirit rings beneath his feet turned golden one after another, then exploded.
The immense power contained within the spirit rings surged into his body, filling him completely.
“Again!” With each shattered spirit ring, his aura rose another notch.
Limit Douluo at rank 99 can generally be divided into Quasi Demigod, Demigod, and Quasi God.
Now, only the spirit ring at the position of his seventh spirit ring remained un-shattered on Tang Chen’s body; all the others, including his ninth spirit ring, had already broken apart.
Although Ring Explosion can forcibly allow a Soul Master to extract the power hidden within a spirit ring at maximum capacity, the side effects are also very pronounced.
After a spirit ring undergoes Ring Explosion, there is a long recovery period.
During this time, the Soul Master cannot use the power granted by that spirit ring.
Furthermore, repeatedly exploding the same spirit ring will most likely erase the Spirit Ability inscribed upon it.
This is precisely why Tang Chen created the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes and why Tang Hao in the original work never used spirit ring Spirit Abilities.
In just a short moment, Tang Chen’s aura progressed from the initial Quasi Demigod level all the way to the Peak of Quasi God, seemingly on the verge of breaking through the level 100 barrier to Ascension and godhood.
Moreover, a ring of golden light appeared around his body, and a golden halo manifested simultaneously behind his back.
This appearance bore a striking resemblance to when Tang Hao unleashed three hammer blows against Gold Crocodile Douluo before Jialing Pass.
The Disciples of the Clear Sky Sect, who had long since retreated to a distance, saw Tang Chen displaying such Divine Might and began clapping and cheering.
The future Seventh Elder of the Clear Sky Sect, also known as the Blazing Sun Douluo, even arrogantly declared, “I see this Qian Daoliu is nothing special, not even worth a single toe of our Old Ancestor Tang Chen!” Without an omniscient perspective, Qian Daoliu only felt as if he had been targeted by some monstrous beast.
Driven by his body’s instinct for danger, he subconsciously wanted to flee.
However, a voice in his mind continuously tempted him—charge forward recklessly!
Qian Daoliu’s reason vanished, and he completely abandoned any thought of escape.
The Asura God in the heavens, seeing Qian Daoliu act this way, nodded with great satisfaction.
“As one of my precious one’s Spirits, not just your Angel Clan, but all people must meet this Spirit head-on with their own heads.” Under the Asura God’s manipulation, everyone on the Douluo Continent was inadvertently implanted with the subconscious notion that they must meet the Clear Sky Sect head-on.
Thus, his precious one could be Innately invincible.
“However, I should still have this Legacy-taker be careful not to beat the Angel God’s High Priest to death.” Under the Asura God’s arrangement, his precious one must endure trials and tribulations before inheriting his Asura God Position and Ascending to the God Realm.
Only then could he swiftly take over his authority in the God Realm.
And this required a whetstone.
Since the Angel God had already been conspired against and killed by him and Poseidon, then her power on the Douluo Continent—the Spirit Hall and her residual angel godhood—could continue to shine and generate heat for his precious one.
Moreover, in his plan, he also intended to scheme against that Rakshasa God who had always wanted revenge on him.
But unfortunately, he had never found a good opportunity.
“Let’s Seal a portion of my Asura Divine Power within his Clear Sky Hammer.” The imposing aura on Tang Chen’s great hammer diminished by a large margin without anyone noticing.
Not only him, but the opposing Qian Daoliu also failed to detect it.
The massive Angel Avatar and Clear Sky Avatar stood facing each other, dyeing the sky crimson and golden.
“Old scoundrel, let’s settle this with this one move!” “My thoughts exactly!” The crimson humanoid phantom controlled the great hammer in its hand, smashing it towards the direction of the six-winged angel in the sky.
“Great—Su—mi—Hammer!” Even knowing he was no match, Qian Daoliu still controlled his Angelic Sacred Sword to clash against it.
“An—gel—Judg—ment!” The moment the two forces made contact, everyone present experienced ringing in their ears.
The next second, with a thunderous boom, the Angelic Sacred Sword Qian Daoliu had condensed in his hand shattered instantly.
He himself was sent flying backward, plummeting straight towards the ground.
As the smoke cleared, the clothes on Qian Daoliu, now on the ground, were torn in countless places, his hair disheveled, an utterly wretched sight.
Tang Chen wasn’t faring well either, coughing up a mouthful of reversed blood.
The Qi within his body also began to show signs of disturbance.
However, it was quite clear his condition was considerably better than Qian Daoliu’s.
Tang Chen hoisted his great hammer onto his shoulder and swaggered with an extremely arrogant gait towards Qian Daoliu’s direction.
“Birdman, it would have been so much better if you had just handed over the Soul Bone from the start, instead of suffering all this.” “Hahahahahaha!” Now Qian Daoliu also realized that during his fight with Tang Chen, for some unknown reason, he had felt compelled to engage in a head-on collision.
It was evident he had been tampered with.
And the only ones capable of imperceptibly influencing the perception of a Limit Douluo like him were those lofty Divinities in the heavens.
At this moment, Qian Daoliu felt as if he had fallen into a whirlpool.
He, the exalted Supreme Pontiff of the Spirit Hall, had one day become a plaything in someone else’s hands.
How ironic.
The waters of the Douluo Continent were evidently not shallow.
Just as Tang Chen reached Qian Daoliu’s front, intending to seize his spoils of war, he sensed a dark-type power behind Qian Daoliu not inferior to his own.
He was stunned.
There was another expert?
Tang Chen instantly entered a combat stance.
He had never felt this power before.
For every step he took closer to Qian Daoliu, the oppressive aura of that dark-type spirit power intensified.
It was obvious someone wanted to help Qian Daoliu.
Tang Chen secretly assessed his injuries and found he truly wasn’t in a condition to fight now.
He snorted coldly in the direction of that power, then turned and left without looking back.
The Disciples of the Clear Sky Sect saw their invincible Sect Master hammer Qian Daoliu into defeat but then not go forward to collect the Soul Bone they had come to seize.
They were all utterly bewildered.
It was Tang Chen’s own son, Tang Zhen, who mustered the courage to speak up and ask.
“Father, why not retrieve the hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone that originally belonged to our Clear Sky Sect from that birdman Qian Daoliu?” Tang Zhen mentioning the hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone again made the Clear Sky Sect members present swallow their saliva repeatedly.
Although they knew the hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone had nothing to do with them, getting a good look at it would still be satisfying.
“There is a powerhouse no weaker than me behind Qian Daoliu.
If I forcibly try to seize the Soul Bone, there’s a high probability I would risk falling.” After saying this, Tang Chen coughed up another mouthful of reversed blood, clearly also seriously injured.
This sent the Clear Sky Sect’s group of rats into a panic.
Without a care for anything else, they lifted Tang Chen and hurried back towards the Clear Sky Sect.