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Chapter 35: With a mortal body, he occupies the pinnacle of the world!
Chapter 35: With a mortal body, he occupies the pinnacle of the world!
On Poseidon Island, Poseidon's stunningly beautiful yet tearful face was frozen in the frame for a moment before slowly fading away.
The world was plunged into a brief period of darkness.
However, this tranquility lasted for less than three breaths.
boom-!!!
Without warning, an extremely domineering dark red aura instantly filled the entire sky.
It's like the killing intent of a demon emerging from a sea of blood in Toyama!
The once azure sky was now stained a thick crimson, as if countless wronged souls were wailing in the clouds.
Lines of large characters, bearing the stench of rust and blood, crashed down with the heavy sound of war drums!
[Douluo Star - Top Ten Battle Power Ranking!]
[TOP 3 Tang Chen!]
"Tang Chen?!"
The moment those two words were uttered, the high-level forces throughout the Douluo Continent were instantly in an uproar.
Haotian Sect, a secluded place.
In the once lifeless sect, several elders suddenly stood up, their cloudy old eyes flashing with disbelief.
The current sect leader, Tang Xiao, was so excited that he trembled all over, and the teacup in his hand was crushed to pieces with a "crack".
"It's Grandfather! It's Grandfather's name! He's still alive?!"
Tang Hao, who stood disheveled and looking utterly dejected, suddenly gleamed with a sharp light the moment he heard that name. It was the pride of the Haotian Sect, an insurmountable monument in the hearts of all Haotian disciples!
Wuhun City, Hall of Offerings.
Qian Daoliu, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them the moment he saw that name. Golden angelic light shone in his eyes, but it couldn't conceal the extremely complex expression on his face.
"Tang Chen—old man, you're still alive after all?"
Qian Daoliu looked at the sky, a bitter smile curving his lips. "Invincible on the ground—Hmph, what a fine invincible on the ground."
Images flow across the sky.
A towering man appeared in the center of the image. He wasn't wearing elaborate armor, just simple black clothes, but these clothes couldn't conceal his imposing, mountain-like aura. His face was resolute, his black hair wildly cascading over his shoulders, and in his hand he gripped an enormous, exaggeratedly large black hammer—the Haotian Hammer!
He simply stood there, and the surrounding space seemed unable to bear his terrifying weight, groaning under the strain.
Tang Chen, a level 99 Attack-type Limit Douluo.
[Title: Haotian]
[Known as: Invincible on the ground.]
[One of the three peerless Douluo of our time, he once single-handedly overwhelmed the Spirit Hall, making the Clear Sky Sect the number one sect in the world.]
Upon seeing these evaluations, countless Soul Masters gasped in astonishment. Level 99! That was the legendary realm, a mere step away from godhood!
However, what followed turned everyone's awe into deep regret and shock.
He was the most brilliant genius of his time, the true pinnacle that mortals could reach.
[Due to his unparalleled talent and decisive nature, he was chosen by the Asura God, one of the five great god-kings of the divine realm, and bestowed with the Nine Trials of Asura!]
"God King?! Asura God?!"
Bibi Dong stared intently at the sky, her eyes filled with jealousy and madness.
She went to great lengths to obtain the Rakshasa God's inheritance, and this Tang Chen was actually chosen by the God King?
However, fate played a cruel trick.
The scene suddenly changed. The once spirited Tang Chen disappeared, replaced by a gloomy and terrifying blood-red world filled with the aura of slaughter—the Slaughter City!
Tang Chen advanced with unstoppable momentum, passing seven tests in a row. However, in the crucial eighth test, he was maliciously interfered with by the Rakshasa God.
The Rakshasa's divine power corrupted his mind, causing him to lose his way during the assessment. Ultimately, he failed at the last hurdle!
[Having failed the assessment and suffered severe injuries, he was taken advantage of by the Nine-Headed Blood Bat, the original parasite of the Killing City, who then possessed his body.]
In the scene, the heroic Tang Chen roared in agony, his eyes gradually turning blood red, and ugly fleshy wings grew on his back. His original upright and incorruptible temperament was completely gone, replaced by endless evil and madness.
He sat on the throne made of skulls, holding a glass of bloody Mary, and let out a chilling laugh.
"I am—the King of Slaughter!!"
Poseidon Island, Poseidon Temple.
"No—no!!"
A mournful cry echoed throughout the hall.
Poseidon looked at the monster in the sky that had become neither human nor ghost, and felt as if her spine had been removed, collapsing to the ground.
Tears streamed down her face like pearls from a broken string.
"So that's why you didn't come back—"
"You didn't betray me—you didn't forget our promise—you were trapped, you were framed!!"
This invincible high priest on the high seas was now crying like a helpless child.
Decades of waiting, decades of resentment, have transformed into endless heartache at this moment.
She hated the Rakshasa god, and even more so, she hated herself for not going to find him sooner.
The sky seemed to sense this sorrow, and the scene shifted again, returning to Tang Chen's peak moment.
Though shrouded in darkness, its peak combat power still reigns supreme among men.
[The ultimate technique of the Haotian Sect—Great Sumeru Hammer: Ring Explosion!]
In the scene, Tang Chen faces the countless phantom figures resembling gods and Buddhas, yet shows no fear on his face.
Beneath his feet, yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red! Nine spirit rings shone brightly.
"fry!"
With a roar, the most precious 100,000-year-old red soul ring shattered!
Immediately following, the eighth spirit ring, the seventh spirit ring —
All the spirit rings exploded at this moment, turning into the purest and most violent energy, which surged wildly into the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand.
The originally black hammer has now turned crimson gold, its size increasing a hundredfold, resembling a majestic Mount Tai that obscures the sky!
[Destroying nine spirit rings, abandoning all defenses and escape routes, in exchange for a fleeting moment of ultimate power.]
This strike is unstoppable by mortals, and even gods must bow their heads!
This is a mortal body, yet it rivals that of gods!
Boom! ...
With that single hammer blow, it seemed as if a hole had been punched through the sky. The sheer power of that blow created a suffocating sense of oppression in all the Soul Masters watching.
Faced with this force, all skills and control become a joke.
One force can overcome ten techniques!
The scene then shifts to that earth-shattering showdown from back then.
[In the past, Tang Chen challenged Qian Daoliu to a duel.]
Ten thousand meters above the ground, the sea of clouds churns and surges.
On one side is Qian Daoliu, the Angel Douluo with six wings on his back and his body burning with holy flames; on the other side is Tang Chen, the Haotian Douluo wielding a giant hammer and exuding domineering aura.
"Sendouryu, take this hammer blow!"
Tang Chen let out a long roar, his figure moving like lightning, and the Haotian Hammer, accompanied by the sound of wind and thunder, slammed down fiercely.
Qian Daoliu's expression was solemn. He swung the Measuring Heaven Sword in his hand, unleashing a golden light that stretched for thousands of feet, and released the divine power of the angel without reservation.
The two strongest forces in the world collided in mid-air.
Boom-!
There were no fancy explosions, only the distortion and collapse of space.
In the scene, Qian Daoliu did not use his ultimate trump card of borrowing the power of the angels, and Tang Chen did not use his desperate ring-exploding technique.
The two clashed purely based on their own cultivation and martial spirit.
However, after hundreds of rounds of fighting, the light of the Measuring Heaven Sword in Qian Daoliu's hand dimmed slightly, and he took a half step back.
Tang Chen, however, remained as immovable as an iron tower.
In this battle, Tang Chen did not use the Exploding Ring, and Qian Daoliu did not borrow divine power.
Tang Chen won by a narrow margin.
From this moment on, the Clear Sky Hammer firmly established itself as the number one weapon spirit in the world, and Tang Chen was crowned invincible on the ground!
Seeing this scene, Qian Daoliu let out a long sigh in the offering hall.
"A loss is a loss. If it were a life-or-death struggle, he had the explosive ring, and I had divine power to borrow; perhaps the outcome would be unpredictable. But in terms of spirit—"
Back then, I was indeed slightly inferior to him.
Qian Daoliu's eyes became deep.
"What a pity, Tang Chen. We fought each other our whole lives, and I never imagined you'd end up like this. Rakshasa God—"