Just a moment before that deadly "sun" was about to touch the crystal dome.
An aura, even more tyrannical, brutal, and unreasonable than Qian Daoliu's divine pressure, suddenly surged into the sky from the Liuli Tian Auction House without warning!
The aura was as black as ink, yet it also carried a ferocious, blood-red hue.
It has no sacred solemnity, only pure and domineering power.
"Buzz—"
A deep, muffled hum that made everyone's heart stop resounded throughout the heavens and earth.
Immediately afterwards, a huge, dark red shadow that nearly covered half the sky stretched across the heavens in a way that seemed to tear the firmament apart!
It was a hammer.
A giant hammer with an ancient design, a huge head, and a dark red color that looks like it was formed from dried blood!
On the hammer handle, the intricate patterns glowed with an ominous red light in the darkness. The air around the hammerhead was directly crushed by the terrifying power it carried, forming a visible black vacuum!
The size of this crimson giant hammer was almost no smaller than that of the six-winged angel statue!
Then, it surged ahead from behind, without any frills or skill, simply meeting the golden energy sphere capable of purifying all things head-on, fiercely, savagely, and relentlessly—
It smashed up!
"clang--!!!"
There was no earth-shattering explosion.
Instead, there was a crisp, teeth-grinding sound, like glass shattering.
Under the countless stunned gazes below, the "Angel Purification," formed from Qian Daoliu's eighth soul skill and powerful enough to destroy a city, was like a fragile glass ball in front of that unreasonable blood-red giant hammer.
It didn't even budge the giant hammer in the slightest before being smashed to pieces by a single blow!
The golden sphere of light shattered in mid-air, turning into billions of dazzling specks of light that shot out in all directions.
That devastating energy was actually shattered by this hammer blow, its structure broken down and reduced to the purest light element.
Suddenly, a dazzling golden meteor shower filled the night sky over Soto.
Each point of light trailed a long, fiery tail as it streaked across the sky, a breathtaking sight.
But none of the people on the ground had the mind to appreciate the wonders of this post-apocalyptic world.
They just stared blankly at each other, mouths agape, their minds completely empty.
What just happened?
That "sun," powerful enough to bury them all, is gone?
Just like that... it was smashed to pieces by a single hammer blow?
Dead silence.
After the deathly silence came the violent gasps of survivors and the uproar that was like a tsunami!
"It...it blocked it?"
"What is that? A hammer? Are you kidding me!"
"My God... that red hammer shattered Qian Daoliu's attack!"
The burly man who had previously shouted "It's worth dying for" suddenly collapsed to the ground, his legs giving way.
He stared at the slowly dissipating phantom of the crimson hammer in the sky, his lips trembling, unable to utter a single word.
He thought he had witnessed the pinnacle, but little did he know that above that pinnacle, there was another, even more ruthless pinnacle!
"The Clear Sky Hammer...that's the Clear Sky Hammer!"
In the crowd, a sect leader from a second-tier sect pointed to the sky, his voice trembling, his eyes filled with horror and fanaticism.
"The pinnacle of weapon spirits, the number one weapon spirit in the world, the Clear Sky Hammer!"
These words shocked the entire audience!
Haotian Hammer?
The martial spirit of the Haotian Sect, which has secluded itself in seclusion and disappeared from the mainland.
"impossible!"
Someone immediately objected.
"The Clear Sky Sect has long since withdrawn from worldly affairs. Even though they have now moved to Soto City, the current sect leader, Tang Xiao, although a Title Douluo, has absolutely no chance of withstanding Qian Daoliu's eighth soul skill head-on!"
"What's more, that hammer was blood red!"
“That’s right, ordinary Clear Sky Hammers are all jet black; I’ve never heard of a blood-red Clear Sky Hammer!”
The crowd was abuzz with discussion and speculation.
No one could understand who this powerful figure was, daring to confront the Grand Elder of the Spirit Hall head-on in such a domineering manner at this moment.
Just then, in a corner, the old man from the Star Luo Marquis family began to tremble violently.
He stared intently at the spot where the crimson hammer had disappeared, his cloudy eyes revealing a fear bordering on pilgrimage.
"Young...Young Master..."
He grabbed his young master's arm, his nails almost digging into his flesh. "This old servant...this old servant remembers..."
"Old Zhang, what have you remembered?" the young master asked hurriedly.
The old man swallowed hard, his voice dry as if it had been sanded:
"Legends... are just legends... but in the history of the Haotian Sect, there was indeed a supreme expert."
"He cultivated the Clear Sky Hammer to a level unprecedented in history, and perhaps never to be surpassed. His Clear Sky Hammer wasn't black, but rather..."
The old man struggled to raise his hand and point to the sky.
"It's the color of blood."
"Legend has it that his Haotian Hammer was also tainted by endless killing intent and malevolent energy, turning it blood-red. That hammer strike was hailed as a forbidden technique that surpassed even the 'Great Sumeru Hammer'..."
“That person… that person who, along with Grand Elder Qian Daoliu and High Priest Poseidon of Seagod Island, is known as one of the three peerless Douluo of this era…”
Every word the old man spoke seemed to strike the hearts of all the eavesdroppers around him with all his might.
"The Haotian Sect does indeed have such a powerful figure."
His name is Tang Chen!
"boom!"
The name "Tang Chen" resounded like a thunderclap from the heavens in the minds of all the powerful figures!
That name that only exists in legends!
That man hailed as "Invincible on Land"!
Wasn't he missing for decades, his fate unknown?!
Meanwhile, 10,000 meters above the ground.
The enormous six-winged angel statue still stands, bathed in golden light.
But inside the statue, all the anger, chilling intent, and cruelty on Qian Daoliu's majestic face froze in an instant.
Instead, there was an extreme sense of astonishment and shock.
His gaze was fixed on the direction below, where the blood-red giant hammer had appeared and disappeared, his pupils contracting violently.
As the one being attacked, he knew better than anyone on the ground just how terrifying the power contained in that hammer blow was.
That's not a technique, nor is it attribute advantage.
That was pure, absolute power that crushed his divine purifying power, along with the laws it contained, into its most primordial fragments!
In the whole world, there is only one person who can do this.
Using the same martial spirit, only that person could do this!
Qian Daoliu's expression changed repeatedly, and finally, all his emotions condensed into a single, unbelievable sentence that slipped out of his mouth.
"Tang Chen, you..."
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