Chapter 155: Endgame

Su Cheng ignored Ah Yin's questioning.

Glancing at Tang Hao in the sky.

Well, at least the goal has been achieved. Regardless, his suppression field had been broken, and Tang Hao's next target would undoubtedly be himself.

Reaching this point was enough.

As good as the hundred thousand year soul ring was, it wasn't worth fighting too hard for it. He could always go find Qian Dao Liu and intercept Bibi Dong for it, especially now that the old guy should intervene for his granddaughter's schizophrenia.

But...

He shifted his gaze to Ah Yin.

This situation was a bit tricky.

Fortunately, she chose to reveal herself early to save Xiao Wu. Otherwise, there might have been concern for his life at a critical moment.

In the future, he should be more careful and not keep such time bombs around unless necessary.

As for those secrets...

Su Cheng pondered quickly in his mind.

The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eyes...

No problem there. That place is empty now, with only some immature treasures left. The immortal herbs have been taken away, and the rest can be given to Tang Hao and the others without any problem.

His relationship with Zhu Zhuqing...

She doesn't know about it. He had just given her a taste of life, so it was a missed opportunity and wouldn't be seen as his weakness.

Qian Renxue...

It wouldn't matter if she found out. Anyway, he was about to join the Spirit Hall.

The only remaining issue was his identity.

An adult's thoughts and memories may seem serious, but they have limited impact.

Even if it were publicized, people close to him wouldn't mind. It's just that explaining it would be a bit troublesome.

Compared to that, Tang San is where they should be concerned.

After Ah Yin returns, the subsequent situation may not necessarily be bad.

Fortunately, the existence of the simulator has not been exposed.

The Nirvana Scripture technique, the Silver Needle Acupuncture secret technique, potion brewing, and even the method of condensing soul rings, Ah Yin is not clear about the specific details of these things, so there's no problem.

"However, since she has already broken free from control, why didn't she choose to trap me with her words? It's strange."

A hint of doubt flashed through his mind, but he quickly dismissed it. Now is not the time for deep thought.

"Unfortunately, the next time we meet, we'll probably be fighting for our lives..."

Su Cheng sighed inwardly.

Actually, he didn't dislike Ah Yin. Otherwise, given his temperament, he wouldn't have wasted so much time talking to someone else.

During these days, her help to him was only one aspect of the reason.

More importantly, it was the shining courage in Ah Yin that he greatly admired.

But that's all in the past now.

The dazzling sunlight poured from the horizon, illuminating the various expressions of shock and anger among the many powerhouses below.

The once dignified Pope's Palace was now in chaos.

But perhaps it added a legendary color to this sacred place of the Soul Master world.

Several titled Douluos fought each other, with two rare blood-red hundred thousand-year soul rings shining.

Unfortunately, most of the audience were unconscious at this time, missing this scene.

Ah Yin didn't wait for Su Cheng's response.

All she received was a cold gaze, which made her slightly startled.

Immediately, Su Cheng showed no desire to continue the fight and promptly retreated.

The reserve of energy he left earlier played a significant role at this moment.

With a turn of his sword, he could quickly change tactics and exit the scene.

In the next moment, overwhelming killing intent swept over.

Tang Hao's Killing God Domain!

In this domain, it could greatly suppress the opponent's will. Those with weak wills might even be unable to move on the spot.

But this killing intent was useless against Su Cheng.

What he least feared was this kind of pressure. Unless it was a divine-level suppression, with his level of sword intent, he was capable of facing any similar skill.

Is the killing intent in the Killing God Domain a sublimation of courage?

What a joke.

What is this kind of killing intent acquired through slaughter? It's not even worthy of being compared with courage.

Seeing Su Cheng's movements flowing smoothly, seemingly unaffected by the Killing God Domain, Tang Hao couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Then, anger surged in his heart, and he was on the verge of losing his sanity, choosing to detonate his rings.

The moment he saw Ah Yin appear, he understood.

The disappearance of the Blue Silver Emperor seedling, the theft of the hundred thousand-year soul bone, must be related to Su Cheng.

And no matter how Ah Yin was resurrected by him, she was now on his death list.

In the next moment, the fifth and sixth soul rings under his feet silently shattered.

Haotian Sect's ultimate skill, the Great Asura Hammer's secret technique: Ring Detonation!

This was also one of the most domineering secret techniques of the Great Asura Hammer.

Each soul ring could detonate once. After detonation, the power of the soul ring would erupt completely, instantly merging into the user's own power and producing an attack power that surpassed the limit. The higher the quality of the soul ring during detonation, the greater the effect it would have.

However, the cost of detonation was also enormous. When all the user's soul rings were detonated, the user would enter a weakened state themselves. Additionally, each time the Great Asura Hammer's detonation was used, all of the user's soul rings would disappear within three days, leaving only soul power. And after using it once, it would take at least thirty-six days before it could be used again, otherwise there was a risk of the soul rings being truly destroyed.

But at this moment, Tang Hao didn't hesitate at all, and even detonated two ten thousand-year soul rings at the same time.

As his soul rings shattered under his feet, the enormous Haotian Hammer appeared again.

Moreover, the momentum of the hammer swinging this time was even more powerful than before.

"Boom!"

The giant hammer instantly appeared in the air, and its speed was so fast that it even caused a brief sonic boom.

"Roar!"

A tiger roar sounded, and soul rings appeared under Zhu Zhuqing's feet.

Then, a pair of wind god wings spread out behind her, propelling her towards Su Cheng at a high speed.

With the blessing of the hurricane wings, her speed was extremely fast at this moment.

However, she was completely unable to catch up.

After all, she was just a Soul King.

Just as despair appeared in Zhu Zhuqing's eyes.

A huge green snake shadow appeared in the air, surrounded by a thick dark-colored shield, heading towards the giant hammer that was like a small mountain.

Immediately after, a towering sword aura followed closely behind, surrounded by a large number of sword qi, like a shield, also rushing towards the Haotian Hammer.

Dugu Bo and Chen Xin took action.

Su Cheng felt touched seeing Zhu Zhuqing's reaction.

She didn't know about his back-up plan or Dugu Bo and Chen Xin's stance.

In this situation, it was surprising that she dared to step forward and provoke a peak Douluo. It was beyond his expectations.

Since Zhu Zhuqing remembered everything from the simulation world, she couldn't be unaware of Tang Hao's current strength.

But even so, she chose to do this.

Su Cheng had never expected to receive such favor himself.

With a change of mind, he certainly wouldn't just sit idly by. The Sword Formation shifted, and a purely defensive sword formation instantly took shape.

"Boom!"

With a resounding boom, the enormous Haotian Hammer was repelled, and Su Cheng, Dugu Bo, and Chen Xin were all simultaneously sent flying.

With Tang Hao's profound background, coupled with the full force of the Haotian Hammer's strike after detonating two soul rings in succession, it was indeed too powerful.

Or rather, Tang San's Haotian supreme skill had indeed elevated the Haotian Hammer, a top-tier martial soul, to another level.

Fortunately, Dugu Bo and Chen Xin were both formidable, both being peak Douluos with cultivation levels above ninety-fifth rank. Despite the fluctuation in their aura after this attack, they were not injured.

But for Su Cheng, who had a vast difference in level compared to Tang Hao and whose own soul power was already depleted, he was severely injured.

However, as long as it wasn't a life-threatening injury, it wasn't a concern for him. He would quickly recover.

After experiencing the Blue Silver Grass Forest and achieving perfection in the Five Elements, his vitality was incredibly strong.

At this moment, Su Cheng suddenly showed surprise.

He clearly felt a peculiar fluctuation in the Life Seed, which was condensed and transformed from the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone and contained a hint of immortal intent.

It seemed that due to the severe injury to his body, it had received external stimulation, leading to a further instinctive response.

With a thought, Su Cheng chose not to immediately use the Five Elements Domain for healing. Instead, he suppressed his powerful life force's self-healing ability, and his aura became even more depressed.

"Cheng'er?" Chen Xin's eyes flashed with brilliance as she looked over.

"Kid, are you alright?" Dugu Bo couldn't help but be shocked.

"I'm fine. I just had some insights. Teachers, seniors, don't worry." After transmitting his thoughts to the two of them, Su Cheng then separately transmitted a message to Dugu Bo using spiritual power: "Senior, if Xiaoxue fails to make a move later, please make sure to block another attack for me. I will definitely express my gratitude afterwards!"

Opportunities like this were rare, and he wanted to comprehend a little more.

If he could grasp the true meaning within it, even if he faced Tang Hao again later, he wouldn't have to worry about his life being in danger.

"What gratitude? Just don't get yourself killed!" Dugu Bo couldn't help but grit his teeth inwardly. This kid was really audacious.

Seeing that this attack didn't fully succeed, Tang Hao roared angrily and prepared to follow up with another strike.

However, at this moment, there was a sudden change behind him.

Among the Shrek Seven Devils gathered around Tang San and Xiao Wu, one of them suddenly experienced a rapid increase in aura, quickly breaking through the soul rank and their soul power fluctuation reaching the level of a Soul Saint.

It was Zhu Zhuqing!

Behind her, a humanoid light shadow appeared, with an indistinct face, vaguely sporting three pairs of illusory wings soaring high.

At the same time, her clothes tore apart, and two pairs of real black wings emerged from them.

Spirit Avatar!

Soul Rings gleamed, and the Bloodthirsty Black Rain Swords Technique!

Then, a long sword condensed in her hand and stabbed straight ahead.

"No——"

Tang San's painful roar echoed across the vast square.

Tang Hao turned around in horror.

A pitch-black flaming sword had already pierced Xiao Wu's body.

In the next moment, her vitality was completely extinguished.

The entire square fell silent.

Everyone was stunned.

Only Tang San's despairing wails echoed through the sky.

At this moment, Bibi Dong and the others had already resolved Tang Hao's previous attack.

Several pairs of eyes simultaneously looked towards the figure on the square, rapidly retreating with Xiao Wu's body in tow.

This incident was quite unexpected.

In fact, it all happened in just the time it took for Tang Hao to swing his hammers twice.

Bibi Dong immediately understood what was happening.

She glanced at Xiao Wu's body, which was gradually manifesting soul rings, then looked at Qian Renxue, who was holding her corpse and rushing towards the direction of the Spirit Hall, disguised as a member of the Shrek Academy team, and finally looked at Su Cheng, who was critically injured and his aura weakened.

She suddenly understood everything.

"Qian Renxue, Su Cheng, so it was you!"

Tang Hao was also dumbfounded at this moment.

He hadn't expected that there was such a person hidden among those students.

In the previous moment, he hadn't even sensed the other party's presence at all, thinking they were just an ordinary Soul Ancestor student without any threat.

But when she revealed her fangs at the last moment, it made him realize that this person was the ultimate beneficiary!

Tang Hao's wax-yellow face had now turned crimson, veins bulging on his forehead, obviously enraged to the extreme.

At this moment, he had an impulse to destroy everything.

However, amidst this burning anger, he still hesitated slightly.

Tang Hao clenched the handle of his hammer tightly, adopting a posture ready to strike, and looked towards the crowd in front of him.

The current situation was already very clear.

Su Cheng made a sudden move, but failed to achieve anything significant and didn't gain any benefits. At this moment, he still had two peak Douluo guarding him closely. However, they appeared to be in critical condition, likely also heavily injured. Moreover, the way he attacked earlier was definitely not something a Soul King could unleash; it was certainly a method to stimulate potential, indicating he might not have much time left to live.

For now, it wasn't necessary to confront him too much.

The Martial Soul Hall was the ultimate beneficiary. Although Pope Bibi Dong failed to capture Xiao Wu, she was successfully killed by someone from the Martial Soul Hall. Regardless of whether they could absorb her soul rings, the ten thousand year soul bone would undoubtedly belong to them.

But facing this opponent, he didn't have any confidence right now.

And staying here for even a moment longer would only increase the risk.

Of course, he still had the foundation to continue detonating soul rings.

But Bibi Dong on the other side was not weak either. He only managed to restrain her after forcibly attacking the Pope's Hall.

If they were to directly confront each other face to face, he would definitely not be the opponent of so many people.

Delaying too long might even result in him and Tang San, father and son being left behind here.

Moreover, there's still Ah Yin...

At this moment, Tang San gradually calmed down.

No matter how sad or angry he was now, it wouldn't change anything.

With his eyes red, he stared firmly at the figures of the people in front of the Pope's Hall, remembering the face of each one of them.

All these people would pay their debts with blood in the future!

When his gaze passed by Zhu Zhuqing, it softened slightly.

Tang San wasn't clear about Zhu Zhuqing's true purpose when she made her move, but he did see her rushing towards Su Cheng at that moment. He assumed she acted with resentment and felt somewhat moved.

However, Zhu Zhuqing didn't pay attention to Tang San's gaze. She frowned and lowered her head, carefully pondering everything that had happened today.

The ultimate beneficiary turned out to be Qian Renxue.

Was this planned long ago, or was Su Cheng also deceived?

As the scene cooled down, Tang Hao's anger gradually subsided as he looked at the lineup in front of him, feeling hesitant for a moment.

He turned his gaze and locked onto the tall figure with blue hair.

Vengeance could be left for later, but her...

"Ah Yin!"

Tang Hao called out loudly.

However, Ah Yin didn't look at him, still standing still without any movement.

She was clueless about Su Cheng's entire plan, only knowing that Su Cheng seemed to covet Xiao Wu's hundred thousand year soul ring.

And despite Su Cheng promising not to kill Xiao Wu, he still made a move.

Perhaps it was because of Xiao Wu's identity, or maybe for other reasons.

For some reason, she impulsively intervened to stop Su Cheng's attack.

But the subsequent events started to unfold in a direction she couldn't comprehend.

First, Su Cheng withdrew without any reluctance, his powerful sword strike appearing as a mere feint.

Then, under the protection of two Titled Douluo, he endured Tang Hao's attack, his life hanging by a thread.

Shortly after, someone else rose up and successfully killed Xiao Wu.

A series of changes occurred in the blink of an eye.

It was then that she realized what Su Cheng meant at that moment...

He indeed didn't personally kill Xiao Wu.

But it was just a play on words.

He concealed the existence of another person.

Is concealment considered deception?

If it were Zhu Zhuqing, she would undoubtedly say: yes!

But Ah Yin's thoughts were much simpler.

Moreover—

"I also concealed him for so long, what does this count as..."

Looking at Su Cheng's almost silent body in the distance, Ah Yin's mind went blank.

She didn't even notice Tang Hao's call until now.

She was completely disconnected from the Five Elements Domain and couldn't sense the specific state of the other party.

But her perception of vitality was extremely keen, and she was quite certain that there was only a faint trace of life left in the opponent's body now.

She couldn't understand how he could be so heavily injured from a single blow given Su Cheng's vitality.

But if she were still the center of the Five Elements Domain, she would undoubtedly be able to help him withstand and resist this blow.

"..."

Ah Yin pursed her lips, her eyes gradually calming down.

"No, it's because of me that he became like this, I have to go save him."

"Ah Yin!"

Only then did she notice Tang Hao's voice coming from not far away.

"What?" Ah Yin was slightly stunned.

"Let's go, let's leave here first!"

Tang San had already stood not far behind Tang Hao, and his dim eyes also looked at Ah Yin.

Tang Hao looked a bit anxious, not understanding what was happening to her.

And he was a bit fearful in his heart, feeling that the other party had changed a bit from the person he remembered.

"Go?" Ah Yin was stunned again, seeming to have not reacted to the other's meaning for a moment.

"Let's leave here, it's getting late!"

Tang Hao shouted while fending off Bibi Dong's renewed attack, but he didn't dare to use all his strength.

At this time, the other elders of the Martial Soul Hall were still not far away, and they didn't seem to have any intention of joining in the siege.

It seemed that with Xiao Wu's death, they were not so anxious anymore.

But Tang Hao dared not relax at all in his heart and was already prepared to continue detonating the soul rings.

However, Ah Yin had not spoken all along, which made him very uneasy.

Thinking of the scene where Ah Yin emerged from Su Cheng's body earlier, he couldn't help but be shocked and angry, "Ah Yin, what happened? Are you being controlled by Su Cheng?!"

Hearing this name, Ah Yin came back to her senses.

Her mind also instantly became clear of all doubts.

Turning around, she rushed towards another direction.

Seeing her actions, Tang Hao's heart shook.

All his defensive actions slowed down for a moment, and he was severely hit by Bibi Dong's attack, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

But he didn't care at all, shouting loudly, "Look at him, he's our son, aren't you coming to reunite with us!"

Ah Yin's footsteps paused.

"Tang Hao, you leave. Everything I did before was my own choice, you don't need to drown in regret. He's not my son."

With Tang San, Tang Hao left.

He had to leave.

At this moment, everyone on the side of the Martial Soul Hall was in good condition, and he himself was severely injured. After experiencing the detonation of soul rings, his continued combat capability had also greatly declined.

Moreover, Tang San's safety and mental state were also issues he needed to consider.

As for revenge and Ah Yin's matter, they could only be left for later.

At least now knowing that Ah Yin is still alive was excellent news for him.

In front of the Martial Soul Hall square, with Tang Hao leaving, others also began to quickly clean up the aftermath, starting to treat those students and Martial Soul Hall guards who had fallen into a coma due to the shockwaves of the Titled Douluo's battle.

Ah Yin didn't care about others and quickly came to Su Cheng's side.

She intended to re-enter his Five Elements Domain, adjust its operation, and help Su Cheng recover.

However, the next moment, she was stunned.

The soul connection between the Ethereal Sword and her had been completely severed.

Even though the other party was close by, she couldn't feel that familiar Martial Soul aura.

This was only natural.

At the moment of the incident, Su Cheng had quickly severed the connection between them.

This kind of variable hazard couldn't continue to exist.

In fact, from the beginning, if it weren't for the unexpected change that helped him control Ah Yin's soul, he wouldn't have allowed her to stay in his Martial Soul like that.

He would only occasionally use her as a bridge to take her out for research as a reward.

People looked at Ah Yin's dumbfounded figure, their expressions appearing somewhat strange.

But with the chaos and commotion around, few paid attention to her after a glance.

Only those Titled Douluo exchanged glances, secretly puzzled about what form of existence she was. Her aura was too strange.

"This person..."

Bibi Dong silently scrutinized Ah Yin.

She had some impressions, wasn't this the Blue Silver Emperor that had caused the serious injury to Qian Xunji back then?

But the person in front of her was obviously not a transformed soul beast. Even if it were in the mature stage, it shouldn't hide its true form like this.

The person's aura was neither human nor soul beast. At any stage of transformation, it shouldn't look like this.

And if she remembered correctly, she seemed to have emerged from Su Cheng's body at the beginning, and her soul rings and soul bones were all on Tang Hao.

Thinking of this, she glanced at Su Cheng, who was sitting on the ground.

"This guy, what kind of strange things has he been up to..."

"Huh?"

At this moment, several Titled Douluo near Su Cheng were simultaneously stunned.

The faint life aura in his body suddenly began to surge rapidly.

At the same time, his cultivation level also soared rapidly, soon reaching the fifty-eighth level, just one step away from the peak of the Soul King.

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