Ling Yuan's figure moved first. Hot flames appeared in her hands as she attacked straight toward Tang Hao. Facing Ling Yuan's attack, Tang Hao raised the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand and smashed it toward Ling Yuan.
The scorching attack collided with the Clear Sky Hammer, and the powerful spirit power fluctuations created ripples of energy that spread continuously into the surroundings.
"Seventh Spirit Ability: Martial Soul True Body."
The seventh spirit ring beneath Tang Hao's feet flashed rapidly. The Clear Sky Hammer in his hand grew to the size of a small mountain and smashed down toward Ling Yuan.
Seeing the incoming attack, Ling Yuan's figure quickly dodged.
The Clear Sky Hammer slammed into the ground, kicking up a large cloud of dust that enveloped Ling Yuan's figure.
"Heh, this really gets the blood boiling."
"Eighth Spirit Ability: Blood Boiling."
A feather appeared in Ling Yuan's hand. As she gripped it tightly, a large number of feathers drifted down from the sky. The falling feathers turned into flames and rained down toward Tang Hao's location.
Tang Hao moved his body. While dodging, he swung the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand, knocking away the flames raining down before him.
Ling Yuan's figure also moved rapidly at this moment. Poison-tipped hair-needles appeared in her hand, and as she moved, she threw them toward him.
The hair-needles whistled through the air. Tang Hao raised his Clear Sky Hammer and swept it horizontally in front of him, directly blocking the incoming hair-needles.
Tang Hao leaped into the air and clashed with Ling Yuan mid-air; the sounds of collisions between their Spirit Abilities rang out continuously.
For a moment, it appeared to be a stalemate.
"Seventh Spirit Ability: Martial Soul True Body."
The seventh spirit ring beneath Ling Yuan's feet flashed. A massive phantom of a blazing Spirit kite appeared behind her, charging straight toward Tang Hao.
The first spirit ring beneath Tang Hao's feet shattered, turning into pure energy that merged into the Clear Sky Hammer, which he then smashed toward Ling Yuan.
The giant blazing Spirit kite phantom collided with the Clear Sky Hammer. With the point of impact as the center, an invisible wave of Qi rippled continuously into the surroundings.
After the collision, both figures retreated several steps. However, in the process of retreating, Ling Yuan flicked a hair-needle, which accurately pierced into Tang Hao's arm.
"Ring Explosion!"
Ling Yuan steadied her figure, her beautiful eyes narrowing involuntarily.
"Poisoned?"
Tang Hao calmly glanced at his arm. He saw that the area where the hair-needle had pierced was now a dark purple color.
"It seems I cannot drag this out any longer."
Tang Hao thought to himself, and the Slaughter God Domain spread outward from his body as the center.
The second, third, and fourth spirit rings beneath his feet exploded in succession, turning into pure energy that merged into the Clear Sky Hammer.
Watching Tang Hao's actions, vigilance appeared in Ling Yuan's eyes, and the ninth spirit ring beneath her feet began to flash silently.
Both their bodies moved almost simultaneously, their attacks colliding with a massive sound.
After the strike, Ling Yuan's body slid backward involuntarily for over ten meters before she could barely steady herself.
Tang Hao's body swayed. His body, already suffering from old injuries, was greatly affected by the side effects of the Ring Explosion.
Tang Hao's gaze locked onto Ling Yuan. A flash of thought passed quickly through his deep eyes, and the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth spirit rings beneath his feet shattered in an instant, turning into pure energy that merged into the Clear Sky Hammer.
The Clear Sky Hammer, carrying the force of ten thousand jun, smashed toward the direction where Ling Yuan was located.
Facing Tang Hao's attack, Ling Yuan did not hesitate and immediately moved to block.
With a loud bang.
Ling Yuan's figure was forced back uncontrollably.
When Ling Yuan steadied her figure and looked around, Tang Hao's figure had already disappeared.
"Tang Hao..."
Ling Yuan muttered to herself. A hint of gloom appeared in her beautiful eyes, and a trace of bright red blood trickled from the corner of her mouth involuntarily.
Ling Yuan reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth and scanned the surroundings. After not finding Tang Hao's figure, she immediately retracted her Spirit and walked toward the hotel.
...
Meanwhile, on the other side.
In a forest, Tang Hao's figure fell from mid-air, and a mouthful of blood sprayed from his mouth onto the ground.
"What kind of poison is this? My spirit power is actually unable to neutralize it."
Tang Hao stopped in front of an ancient tree, raised his arm, and looked at the spot where the hair-needle had pierced him.
On Tang Hao's arm, the muscle tissue in one area had curled up. It was impossible to remove the hair-needle by normal means; if he wanted to get it out, he would have to carve out that piece of flesh.
Tang Hao placed his hand on his arm, spirit power appearing at his fingertips, and directly carved out the curled-up flesh, throwing it casually on the ground.
However, after carving out the flesh, the blood flowing from the wound was not the normal color of blood, but a dark purple, clearly indicating he had been poisoned.
However, Tang Hao could not remove this poison himself; he could only use his spirit power to suppress it.
Tang Hao sat down in front of the ancient tree. After checking the injuries on his body, his expression turned grim.
Due to using the Ring Explosion earlier, destroying eight spirit rings, combined with his old injuries, Tang Hao's current condition was extremely serious, and he was also poisoned.
"It seems I cannot use Ring Explosion casually in the future."
Tang Hao muttered to himself. He stood up from the ground, glanced at Shrek Academy, and then walked in a certain direction, quickly disappearing into the forest.
On the other side.
Returning to the hotel, Ling Yuan went straight to Ye Xi's door and knocked.
Soon, the door opened, and Ye Xi's figure appeared before Ling Yuan.
"Ling Yuan, you're back."
Looking at Ling Yuan before her, Ye Xi's gaze scanned Ling Yuan's body repeatedly.
"Young Miss, I failed to keep Tang Hao."
Ling Yuan's voice was somewhat low, and her head lowered gradually.
"Put the matter of Tang Hao aside for now."
Ye Xi waved her hand indifferently and then asked, "Ling Yuan, are you injured? How are your injuries?"
"Is it serious?"
Ye Xi's voice was full of concern. While speaking, she motioned for Ling Yuan to enter the room.
Hearing the concern in Ye Xi's words, a smile bloomed involuntarily on Ling Yuan's face.
"Young Miss, I am fine."
"Although I have some injuries, it will be no problem after resting for a while."
Ling Yuan entered Ye Xi's room and found a spot to sit down.
"Why don't we invite Aunt Ye over?"
"The Nine Heart Begonia Spirit is renowned for being able to heal any injury."
Ye Xi sat down beside Ling Yuan, her expression very serious.
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