Each spirit ring explosion caused Tang Xiao to surge once, his whole body's energy was climbing, and his spirit power level was frantically hitting the bottleneck.
Level 95, level 96, level 97...
When the ninth spirit ring exploded, Tang Xiao's finally touched the threshold of level 99!
The raging and furious spirit power directly forced the surrounding toxins away.
The look on Tang Xiao's face was extraordinarily twisted as he was struggling to control his body's raging power, and with a raise of his hand, the Clear Sky Hammer boomed to a size so large that it surpassed over a hundred and fifty meters!
On the dark head of the hammer, arcane inscriptions emerged, and the entire Clear Sky Hammer shone with a palpitating, ghostly light.
Blowing up the ring, however, emptied the energy within the spirit ring at once. After blowing up the ring, the spirit ring would disappear within three days, after which it would fall into an extremely weak state, slowly recovering its spirit ring, and if the ring was blown up multiple times, it was possible that the spirit ring would never recover to its original quality.
This was a desperate tactic of the Clear Sky Sect, a killing move that normally only the Patriarch and the contemporary Clear Sky Douluo could master.
"I didn't expect Tang Xiao to be so determined!"
Xiao Jiu's heart was shocked, he had originally wanted to slowly grind Tang Xiao to death, but in this way, he could only choose to avoid the attack for now.
He didn't want to fight Tang Xiao to death.
Xiao Jiu rolled up the current and carried the newly formed Ice Thunder Python, fleeing incessantly towards the distance.
"Hammer Shakes Heaven and Earth!"
Tang Xiao's right hand moved, another secret technique of the Clear Sky Sect.
Xiao Jiu looked at the huge hammer that came crashing down and immediately activated his third spirit skill, the Defensive Evil Ring!
With a flash of black light on Tang Xiao body, Xiao Jiu extracted 15% of Tang Xiao's defence, followed closely by the Thunder Eye skill, which poured out towards himself in a frenzy.
Zilah!
Zira...
Electricity arcs flashed and jumped, ice slag cut and crashed, immediately triggering the special effect of the defence evil ring, the Earth Xuan Turtle Shell.
The earthy yellow energy turtle shell shielded Xiao Jiu's body to death.
At this moment, the giant hammer came down with a bang.
Boom! ~~~
The rock layer at the bottom of the lake cracked, and this piece of water was squeezed out by tremendous force, forming a huge dent that had the power to divide the river and separate the sea.
And Xiao Jiu's Earth Mystic Turtle also shattered at the first moment!
The terrifying force caused Xiao Jiu to spit out a mouthful of blood, the opponent's power was so strong that it felt like if it wasn't for the Xuan Turtle shell resisting the damage, this blow could have smashed him into mush!
"No, at the bottom of the lake, I'm not as fast as I am in the air! And Tang Xiao attacked without any scruples at all, this huge hammer of more than a hundred meters, a few more blows and I will surely die!"
Without thinking, Xiao Jiu opened his mouth and bit into the Ice Thunder Python, inhaling the remaining toxin from his body freshly, and with a swing of his tail, formed a water tornado that rushed out of the sky, escaping to the surface of the lake in a flash.
The crowd on the shore was dumbfounded, they rubbed their eyes in disbelief, this was another Azure Green Bull Python?
But the next moment, they were stunned.
After Xiao Jiu got out of the water, he immediately lifted his spirit skill, the Azure Green Bull Python Transformation!
Xiao Jiu reverted to his human form, the Bullet Ant Martial Spirit possessed his body, and four spirit rings hovered silently on his body.
Purple, Black, Black .... Red!
"What? This is a hundred thousand-year-old spirit ring!"
"How did he absorb it?"
"The fourth spirit ring, and it's a hundred thousand years old! How is this possible?"
At once, murmurs arose as the hundred thousand red spirit rings were demonically red to the eyes.
Ning Fengzhi frowned and sighed, "It seems that this is a spirit beast sacrifice!"
Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo nodded in agreement, puzzled, "Why didn't he stay in the water? If he got the sacrifice from the Azure Green Bull Python, he can only use his strength in the water!"
Soon, they knew why!
"Where are you running!"
Tang Xiao stepped hard on the rocks at the bottom of the lake, and his body broke out of the water like a sharp arrow!
At this moment, Tang Xiao was carrying the huge Clear Sky Hammer in his hand, while only one spirit ring remained on his body, hovering alone, none other than his seventh spirit ring.
"Ring Explosion?!"
Ning Fengzhi's face changed as he said incredulously, "Tang Xiao was actually forced to such a state! Can a hundred thousand years of spirit beast sacrifice really cause one's strength to skyrocket to this point?"
Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo also stared in disbelief as Sword Douluo said with a displeased look on his face, "This little bastard has no way out of heaven and no way into earth this time! Let's see where he still runs!"
The people from the Clear Sky Clan to the side immediately moved to surround Xiao Jiu's east and south to prevent him from escaping from the air, while the people from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan surrounded the west and to the north were the people from the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect.
No matter which direction Xiao Jiu fled in, he would be intercepted by the crowd.
"You can't get away!"
Tang Xiao shouted angrily, leading the crowd on the lake with his Clear Sky Hammer, and then killing Xiao Jiu.
Xiao Jiu's gaze was cold as he immediately performed a martial spirit fusion and the Evil Ring Devouring Ant appeared.
He also wanted to transform into his blood form, which would be faster, but he had already used up his spirit energy before and had no way to replenish it for the time being.
With a tremor of his thin, cicada-winged ant wings, his body pulled through a streak of shadow and broke out towards the north.
"Sovereign Ning, stop him!" Tang Xiao was furious.
The people of the Clear Sky Clan, as well as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, could not compare to Xiao Jiu in terms of speed, and he didn't dare to open his big move, with hundreds of metres of a sledgehammer, a single hammer might accidentally injure his own people, and Xiao Jiu's extremely windy positioning was to prevent Tang Xiao from using a ranged attack skill like the Great Sumeru Hammer.
Tang Xiao could only turn to Ning Fengzhi for help, as soon as Ning Fengzhi made a move, Tang Jiu would be held down to death!
"Sovereign, what should we do?"
The Seven Kill Sword behind Sword Douluo's back was already buzzing, and according to him, it was to capture this little bastard and hand him over to the Clear Sky Sect for disposal.
But Ning Fengzhi was frowning, he was weighing up the benefits, what option was best for the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect!
Just as he was thinking of how to reply to Tang Xiao, Qian Renxue, who was pretending to be Xue Qinghe, had already rushed out.
"Teacher, I'll stop him!"
"No, come back!"
Sword Douluo's face turned pale, wasn't this nonsense? The Seven Kill Sword turned into a stream of light and just straightened out to kill him.
However, Xiao Jiu was faster than him, and with one hand, he grabbed Qian Renxue's arm and hijacked it in his hand! Sword Douluo was instantly furious, without the slightest recourse.
"Sovereign Ning, if you don't want the Crown Prince of the Heavenly Dou Empire to die, escort me out!"
Xiao Jiu grinned and tightened his grip on Qian Ren Xue's neck.
Everyone was stunned by such a turn of events, and they all looked at this Crown Prince Xue Qinghe with idiot-like gazes, are you sure you're not deliberately giving away heads?
Qian Renxue looked towards Ning Fengzhi with a panicked and guilty gaze, "Teacher, save me!"
Ning Fengzhi's eyes narrowed slightly as he glanced at this Crown Prince Xue Qinghe as if he had a deep meaning, the corners of his mouth twitching as if he understood the doubts that had been in his heart.
Then, he immediately made a choice!
With a helpless face, he bowed slightly towards Tang Xiao and said, "As the Crown Prince's teacher, I have to look after his safety, sorry, gentlemen! Make way and let them go!"
"Ning Fengzhi! We can't let this little bastard go today!" Tang Xiao shouted angrily, staring deadly at the smug Xiao Jiu, and with a wave of his hand, the people of the Clear Sky Sect surprisingly surrounded the few people from the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, as well as Xiao Jiu.
"Tang Xiao, what do you mean?" Ning Fengzhi's face was cold.
The Second Elder snorted coldly, "Xue Qinghe is only the Crown Prince and not the Emperor of the Heavenly Dou Empire! He's not the only prince either! He's not that important!"
The Second Elder's implication was that with the death of the Crown Prince, and the Imperial Son, even if Xue Qinghe died because of them, the Emperor wouldn't dare to do anything about it!
After all, this was the Upper Three Clans!
"Yes, of course, the Crown Prince isn't that important! But he's not just the Crown Prince ... but also a student of mine, Ning Fengzhi! I, the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, will not betray one of my own!"
Ning Fengzhi paused for a moment with an intention, and a Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda appeared in his hand!
The Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo were obviously unwilling to watch the Crown Prince being killed, and with gloomy faces, they turned on their martial spirits and guarded Ning Fengzhi's left and right.
The atmosphere instantly became extraordinarily stern!
The corners of Xiao Jiu's mouth curled up in a cold smile, so what if you Tang Xiao blew up the ring?
I'll make your Clear Sky Clan suffer today!
This is just the beginning!
"Ning Fengzhi, get out of the way, no matter what happens, our Clear Sky Clan will resist! It will definitely not involve you Seven Treasures Glazed Sect!" Tang Xiao said angrily.
"Teacher, don't be afraid, the Heaven Dou Empire is with you!" Qian Renxue said with an indignant expression.
The corners of Ning Fengzhi's mouth twitched wildly, at this moment, the two of them, Xiao Jiu and the crown prince, didn't look like they were hijacking and being hijacked, they were as relaxed as if they were friends they hadn't seen for a long time, do you really think I'm blind?
Ning Fengzhi's gaze was deep as he stared at Qian Renxue and said leisurely, "One day as a teacher, a lifetime as a father! Qinghe, you must remember what your teacher has done for you today!"
Saying that, the spirit ring on his body moved.
"Seven treasures, four days to defend!"
Instantly, four rays of light shot out from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tower, entering Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, as well as Xiao Jiu and Qian Renxue respectively.
This move made it very clear where he stood, the people he had secured!
"Thank you, teacher!" Qian Renxue nodded gratefully.
At this moment, Xiao Jiu smiled, this old fox Ning Fengzhi had finally made up his mind!
This was a sure thing!
Xiao Jiu gathered Qian Renxue and leisurely walked between Sword Douluo Bone Douluo as well as Ning Fengzhi, he laughed and said, "Uncle Ning, last time Rong Rong even asked me if I wanted to join the sect, I've decided to join the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect! You can just give me an elder offering, I won't ask for much, as long as I can command the old sword."
At this moment, Jian Douluo really wanted to kill Xiao Jiu with his sword, how dare you come to the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect? And you want to command me? What a beautiful thought you have!
You want us to die with the Clear Sky Clan, right? Bastard!
Ning Fengzhi's face was a little dark as he grunted in displeasure, ''The Seven Treasures Glazed Sect already has a little devil girl, another little devil king, I'm afraid I'll die of anger! However, protecting you and the Crown Prince's well-being can still be done!"
Tang Xiao's face sank, Ning Fengzhi had actually let Xiao Jiu enter their camp just like that, and had even escorted Xiao Jiu in the middle.
Tang Xiao was instantly furious, "Ning Fengzhi, are you crazy?"
"Tang Xiao, the one who's mad is your Clear Sky Clan!"
Ning Fengzhi was furious as he spoke, "Xiao Jiu is so talented, as long as he is carefully trained, he will definitely become the number one expert of the clan one day, but what have you done? You have pushed him against you step by step! Do you have to force him into the Martial Spirit Hall? I have never seen such a foolish person!"
"He can only cause trouble for the clan! Hasn't our Clear Sky Clan been victimized enough?" Tang Xiao didn't expect Ning Fengzhi to have the idea of cultivating Xiao Jiu, this was simply appalling!
"Hmph! ~~ Causing trouble?"
Ning Fengzhi's face was disdainful as he snorted, "You call confronting the Martial Spirit Hall causing trouble? Then why don't you just disband the clan and join the Martial Hall, then the Martial Spirit Hall would never bother you!"
"Ning Fengzhi! Don't stand there and speak without understanding anything!" The Second Elder said angrily, "If this were to happen to you in the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, what would you do?"
Ning Fengzhi laughed loudly and said, "Then let me tell you, if Tang Hao was from my Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, back then when he was being chased by the Martial Spirit Hall, I would have poured out my entire sect's strength to rescue him!"
"If Xiao Jiu was my adopted son, I would have protected him and helped him grow to the peak even if the clan was destroyed! In the worst case, let him restore the clan later!"
"If a clan can't even protect its own geniuses, how will it have the face to let the geniuses give back to the clan in the future? Clans and clan disciples should guard each other and rely on each other, not oppress and exploit!"
Ning Fengzhi spoke righteously, and both Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo had proud faces, what with the Clear Sky Clan being the number one clan in the world, compared to their Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, it was worse than rubbish!
Look at the Clear Sky Clan nowadays, apart from men surnamed Tang and women married to men surnamed Tang, does your Clear Sky Clan have any followers with other surnames?
Have any of the four single-attribute clans come? Don't even reflect on why!
Look at the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, there are only two people with the surname Ning, yet at the order of the sect master, the sect's disciples all sacrifice their lives and die!
If anyone in the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect dared to do that, Sword Douluo would have killed him with his sword!
"Yes, I feel bad for Tang Hao! Back then, he blew up the ring here too, for the sake of not escaping from the two great Spirit Beasts, but to kill me in front of the two great Spirit Beasts! Just so I couldn't take revenge on the Clear Sky Clan! Seriously, you guys owe Tang Hao too much!"
Xiao Jiu's face was filled with emotion as he unceremoniously stabbed another knife into the hearts of the Clear Sky Clan's people!
This stab was too heartfelt!
Tang Xiao couldn't help but let out a sad cry, "Tang Hao! Why are you suffering?"
The people of the Clear Sky Clan all understood in their hearts that they had forced Tang Hao to be unable to return to his home, to wander alone, and to put the title of the sinner of the clan on his head, and Tang Hao could only repay the clan in this way!
"Tsk, tsk, tsk!"
Xiao Jiu looked at Tang Xiao's pained face and couldn't help but smack his lips, "What? Feeling guilty?"
"You should indeed feel guilty! I've never seen a patriarch as useless as you! If your father was here, he would have smashed you to death with a hammer!
As a brother, you can't protect your brother; as a clan master, you can't protect the geniuses of the clan; as a man, you can't even protect the woman you love the most, and you even have to beg for mercy to the enemy who killed her!
Tang Xiao, how can you still have the face to live? Why don't you go and die!"
Xiao Jiu's bellowing curses echoed in Tang Xiao's mind, causing Tang Xiao to automatically brainstorm the tragic situation of Ah Yin being killed, remembering Tang Hao's desperate blasted ring, remembering that the Clear Sky Clan had suffered such a heavy blow at his hands.
The seven elders of the clan, five dead and wounded, his own brother dead, the woman he loved most dead.
If his father, Tang Chen, was around, Tang Hao wouldn't even dare to say a word, let alone fall in love with the Blue Silver Emperor, or the daughter of the Qian Daoliu of the Martial Spirit Hall probably wouldn't even dare to say a word!
In his blurred eyes, he even saw his father pointing at his nose and angrily scolding.
Trash!
Trash!
Trash! ....
Wow! ~~
Tang Xiao couldn't bear the torment in his heart any longer and spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes grey and defeated!
Hiss! ~~~~
Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, all sucked in a cold breath in unison! With unusually frightened eyes, they looked at Xiao Jiu.
Are you a devil?
"What are you looking at me for? Old Sword, not that I'm talking about you, if you had come up with a big move just now, you would have absolutely killed Tang Xiao in seconds! You're too bad at catching battle opportunities!"
Xiao Jiu had a pity on his face if he had taken the opportunity to take advantage of Tang Xiao's loss of concentration, Sword Douluo opened his true martial spirit body, then opened the Seven Killings Domain and unleashed his ninth spirit technique, the Two Slashes of God and Devil.
It was definitely possible to kill Tang Xiao in a second. I have to say, Old Sword, you're a bit weak!
Sword Douluo couldn't help but shiver all over, he had never thought of a person who made him feel like falling into hell just by looking at him!
Now there was one, and that person was Xiao Jiu!
Beneath a smiling face, a cruel and cold heart was hidden! Ruthless to the point of outrageousness towards his enemies!
Ning Fengzhi was very glad at this moment that he wasn't on Xiao Jiu's opposite side.
Even when he was facing the Qian Daoliu, he had the confidence of a strategist, but when he faced Xiao Jiu, it made his heart chill.
"You are too terrifying! I can't keep you!"
A deep, painful voice rang out.
The crowd noticed that at this moment, Tang Xiao's eyes were scarlet and his face was extremely distorted as if he had just crawled out of hell, his face was all covered in cold sweat and he looked unusually haggard.
No one knew how painful it was for Tang Xiao Jiu to stab him in the heart just now, the despair, remorse and self-condemnation that made him want to scratch himself to death with one claw after another!
Only the most extreme pain could cover up the guilt in his heart!
"Kill!"