"Exploding Rings!" "Killing God Domain!"
"Break!"
The violent power gained from the Exploding Rings and the enhancement from the Killing God Domain instantly blasted a hole in the countless attacks around them. The overwhelming
offensive of the two people and the deer also paused.
Tang Hao seized this moment, picked up the Clear Sky Hammer and rushed straight towards Mu Ci.
Tang Hao's thinking was simple: of the two people in front of him, Mu Ci was definitely more important in terms of status and other aspects.
Moreover, Dugu Bo was a genuine level 94 Title Douluo.
Even if he was not good at strong attacks, he was not someone Tang Hao could defeat in a short time.
On the other hand, Mu Ci was just a young boy who had just broken through to Soul Emperor. How much strength could he have?
Perhaps he was a little troublesome because of his 100,000-year soul skill, but in Tang Hao's eyes, he was just that.
Seeing Tang Hao's actions, the Jade Phosphorous Serpent King in the poisonous mist was about to go to support him.
But before it could fly a few meters, Mu Ci's voice came over.
"Grandpa Dugu, you can trap him with poisonous fog on the outside. I can handle Tang Hao alone."
Mu Ci sneered at Tang Hao, who was charging towards him after his soul rings exploded.
*So you really think I'm a pushover? Then don't be afraid of getting your teeth caught.*
With a thought, the giant hand formed from countless trees within the Abundant Domain stopped bombarding Tang Hao, and the golden lightning controlled by the Xuan Deer ceased its descent. At this moment, a pair of relatively small golden antlers emerged from beneath Mu Ci's skin, constantly crackling with golden electricity.
The 100,000-year-old external soul bone, the Golden Horned Deer, once again doubled Mu Ci's attributes and granted him the ability to control golden lightning.
In Mu Ci's hand, a dark gold spear crackling with golden lightning quietly took shape.
Feeling the surging power within him, Mu Ci stomped his foot on the ground, his figure charging towards Tang Hao like lightning.
Tang Hao was overjoyed. His two purple soul rings shattered, and the feedback energy made his aura powerful once more.
Boom! The powerful collision of the golden lightning spear and the black-red giant hammer caused the ground within a hundred-meter radius to sink several meters deep.
The violent force rebounded, forcing both men to retreat dozens of meters, their murderous gazes locked.
"How is this possible? A mere Soul Emperor can actually withstand my Ring Explosion attack!"
Tang Hao's crimson eyes were filled with disbelief.
Although he was injured and his strength had declined, a strike after the Ring Explosion was not something just anyone could withstand.
However, a sudden glimpse of Mu Ci's bleeding arms out of the corner of his eye brought him a slight sense of relief.
If Mu Ci hadn't been injured at all, he would have doubted whether his years of hiding his abilities had actually led to a decline.
"There are many impossible things in life. You'll have to see them eventually."
"Ah no, you probably won't see them, because you'll die here today."
Mu Ci said coldly, looking at Tang Hao.
He had indeed underestimated the power of the world's number one weapon spirit and the Ring Explosion, resulting in minor injuries to his arms during the collision.
However, that was all. A cyan-gold light flowed across Mu Ci's body, and the bleeding wounds instantly vanished without a trace. Since his current strength couldn't overwhelm Tang Hao, he would simply enhance it again.
Suddenly, a layer of blood-red sky appeared within the previously pale cyan Abundance Domain.
A full moon radiating scarlet light abruptly appeared in the sky, covering the scene within sight with a layer of red light.
"Blood Moon, Burning Blood!"
The activation of the secret technique directly caused a thin layer of blood flames to ignite on Mu Ci's body, and blood-red demonic patterns crawled onto his fair skin.
His already violent aura intensified once more.
A year ago, the head of a small family came to buy pills. Because his family didn't have enough funds, he brought out his family's secret technique, which he had kept hidden for a long time.
With Mu Ci's consent, he used this technique to offset the pills.
According to the family head, this technique was obtained by the previous patriarch a thousand years ago from an accidental tomb and was created by a fallen soul master at the peak Douluo level with the martial soul of Blood Moon Demon Bat.
Although no one has mastered it for a thousand years, successive family heads have regarded it as their most important inheritance.
He wouldn't have brought it out if these pills weren't crucial to the family's current survival.
Mu Ci has spent most of the past year researching and improving this secret technique, which is a major reason why he hasn't broken through to Soul Emperor yet.
Perhaps due to that fallen Soul Master's spirit, he cleverly used a special method to ignite his own blood to gain a powerful amplification.
He even wrote a theory about burning lifespan after the secret technique, but before he could develop it, he was driven to his death by the Spirit Hall's offering group.
Whether it's burning blood or later burning lifespan, these are incredibly heavy costs for anyone, but for Mu Ci, they are insignificant.
The power of abundance grants him unparalleled regenerative abilities and a long lifespan; if Mu Ci wanted, he could live for another ten thousand years.
Looking at the shocked Tang Hao before him, Mu Ci pointed his spear forward.
"Tang Hao, the next round begins."
With that, Mu Ci instantly appeared above Tang Hao's head, his golden lightning spear slamming down.
The two were too close; Tang Hao had no time to react and could only hastily raise his Clear Sky Hammer to block.
Boom! Under Mu Ci's ferocious strike, the ground beneath Tang Hao's feet continued to shatter
, like ocean waves spreading outwards from Tang Hao's center.
Later, Mu Ci, finding the spear unsatisfying, transformed his weapon into a giant hammer similar in size to Tang Hao's.
The dark gold hammer, covered in blood-red light and crackling with golden lightning, relentlessly pounded down on Tang Hao like a whack-a-mole.
"Aaaaah! You brat, you've gone too far!"
"Exploding Rings!"
Tang Hao roared, his eyes bloodshot and his breath ragged, on the verge of collapse.
As the Haotian Douluo, he had always been the one hammering others.
Tang Hao never imagined that today he would be the one being hammered.
Even more unbelievable was that a mere Soul Emperor could force him to such a state; it was simply a fantasy.
As Tang Hao frantically parried, the four ten-thousand-year soul rings in front of him shattered instantly.
The amplification from the exploding rings, which had been gradually weakening over time, returned, far more powerful than before.
"Haotian Nine Absolutes! Penetrate! Shatter! Break! Collapse!"
Amplified by the exploding rings, the Haotian Hammer in Tang Hao's hand was once again crackling with black and red lightning, carrying the power of the Haotian Nine Absolutes, directly shattering Mu Ci's suppression.
Seeing this, Mu Ci, who had been knocked back, did not continue his attack. His
100,000-year spirit ring lit up again, this time with his second spirit skill.
After the spirit ring lit up, Mu Ci himself showed no unusual reaction; however, the Xuan Deer outside the battle circle changed.
Sensing Mu Ci activating his second spirit skill, the golden horns on the Xuan Deer's head shone with dazzling golden light.
Like a vortex, countless golden lightning bolts began to converge towards the center of the horns.
Having done all this, Mu Ci looked at Tang Hao and said,
"Tang Hao, it's about time!"