Chapter 295: The Tang Family in Shock—the Ancestor Wants Them Dead
Next to appear was the Shura God's Grand Priest, the Clear Sky Clan's forefather, founder of the Clear Sky Clan, the one-time Killing King of the Slaughter City. He created both the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, the Grand Sumeru Hammer, and the ring-detonation technique. Relying on his own strength, he reached rank 99 Title Douluo. He was the one who raised the Clear Sky Hammer to the rank of number-one tool spirit in the world and built the Clear Sky Clan into the world's top clan, bearing eight black and one red spirit rings, armed with the Shura Demon Sword—none other than the Killing King Tang Chen!!!
At the Clear Sky Clan's front gate, the outer disciples caught the nauseating reek of blood drifting closer. Immediately on alert, one disciple took out a small signaling flare, ready to launch it, when their ears were suddenly filled with a background melody:
Like petals fluttering in the sky,
They fall into spring's soil,
Nourishing the earth,
Growing into the next blossom.
The wind carries your teardrops,
Each drop falling into memories.
Let us call it 'cherish.'
"Boom! Boom!"
The two statues at the clan's entrance exploded under the invasion of blood mist. Seeing this, the two disciples promptly fired the flare. It whistled over a hundred meters into the air before detonating in brilliant fireworks, accompanied by sharp screams, ensuring that at least eighty to ninety percent of the Clear Sky disciples witnessed it.
"Enemy attack!"
"Enemy attack!"
All five thousand or so members of the Clear Sky Clan sprang into action. The once-bustling clan fell silent as they heard spirit masters releasing their tool and beast spirits, some roaring with the strength of their beast spirits, and the echo of hammers striking the ground filled the air. Everyone's face tensed up, poised and ready for battle.
In their minds rose the memory of the tragic destruction of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan three years ago—each left with only a handful of survivors.
Within the Clear Sky Clan's Main Hall:
Tang Hao wore a grim expression. Since Qian Xunji severed an arm and a leg from him, stripping his spirit bone, he had no possibility of progressing further. He was left guiding clan disciples in their training.
Hearing the commotion outside, Tang Hao shouted, "Big brother, it's Spirit Hall! Those ambition-driven wolves have finally come to attack our Clear Sky Clan!"
"Tang Hao, you must lead our clan's disciples to withdraw to our grandfather's refuge. I and the clan elders, along with some disciples, will buy you time. Quick!!"
Tang Xiao knew from his knowledge of the previous timeline just how terrifying Spirit Hall's power was. The clan currently had only himself at rank 96 Super Douluo. Spirit Hall might have over seven super Douluo, and at best the clan had four Title Douluo elders—probably less than half the number of Title Douluo in Spirit Hall's Elder Hall.
They had to let Tang Hao lead a portion of the clan's disciples to the secret safe haven Tang Chen left, in order to preserve the Clear Sky Hammer's legacy. By the terms of Qian Daoliu's promise after losing to Tang Chen, Spirit Hall must not set foot on that mountaintop unless Qian Daoliu defeated Tang Chen. Cowardly Qian Daoliu would never dare violate the old ancestor's majesty.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Clear Sky Clan's disciples, plus the four single-attribute clans, would sacrifice themselves to buy enough time. When disaster strikes, the unscrupulous boss runs off with the money, leaving the employees holding the bag—so it went. Especially as these were the "inherently evil" Tang family people. Some portion of them staying behind was normal.
Tang Hao retorted, "Big brother, I want to fight as well! In the Clear Sky Clan, there are only those who die in battle—not cowards who flee! Have the others lead our clan's disciples to Grandfather's safe haven!"
Tang Xiao slapped Tang Hao on the head in fury. "Tang Hao, how can you be so reckless!? You are this generation's Clear Sky Douluo. When Xiao San returns, you must pass him the cultivation method for the Grand Sumeru Hammer, so that the Clear Sky name can resound through the spirit master world!"
If Tang Hao weren't the only one in this generation who knew the secret of the Grand Sumeru Hammer, Tang Xiao would have welcomed standing side by side in battle. But their clan needed Tang Hao alive to instruct Tang San and ensure the clan's future.
Tang Hao replied, "Brother, you've forgotten: Xiao San is a reborn individual. I've already given him the Grand Sumeru Hammer technique."
Tang Xiao froze. Because Tang San's second spirit was rarely used, plus Tang Hao had no memory that Spirit Hall was attacking, his anxious mind missed such details.
"In that case, we fight side by side—die for the Clear Sky Clan and guard our next generation of disciples!"
High in the clan's mountainous domain, the Killing King soared forward, locking onto Tang Hao's brand of the Killing God Domain with each flap of his winged arms. None could hinder his advance, none could withstand his claws. Those who tried were torn apart by winged blood bats formed from his spirit power—like intangible creatures that devoured the disciples on contact. Fresh blood poured into the King's field of slaughter, replenishing him as his own blood continued evaporating.
"Martial Spirit Avatar!"
"First spirit skill: Shock."
"Second spirit skill: Rend."
"Third spirit skill: Explode."
"Fourth spirit skill: Shatter."
"Fifth spirit skill: Break."
"Sixth spirit skill: Pierce."
"Eighth spirit skill: Kill."
A tall elder with long black hair and a large scar across his face—wearing eight spirit rings beneath his feet—brandished a four-meter spear, its four-foot blade blazing with black flames, exuding an indomitable momentum. He charged into the Killing King's blood-colored domain. This was Yang Wudi, patriarch of the Breaking Clan, who specialized in pure offense with no defense. He was the clan's fiercest weapon.
With his Martial Spirit Avatar, all seven boosting skills activated. Yang Wudi's strike could obliterate a rank 94 Title Douluo. But faced with Yang Wudi's sky-rending blow, the Killing King showed no reaction. The instant Yang Wudi stepped inside that crimson evil domain, his unstoppable aura vanished. His eight spirit rings winked out, all sealed. The spear that could kill a Title Douluo abruptly became no more threatening than a standard pike wielded by the Heaven Dou Royal Knights.
With a sweep of his claws, the Killing King batted aside Yang Wudi's Breaking Spear—no sparks even flew. His other paw plunged through Yang Wudi's abdomen, making him spurt blood.
"Old Goat!"
"Yang Wudi!"
"You lowly ants! Within this King's domain, I am invincible!"
The King's claws ripped and tore Yang Wudi's chest. Yang Wudi's five organs and six viscera were ripped out, and the rest of his body was devoured bit by bit within moments. All the blood was sucked dry by the domain, leaving only a dried husk that the King flung aside. He was dead beyond doubt.
"Ugh!" (in unison)
Some disciples of the Clear Sky Clan, seeing Yang Wudi's grisly death—organs torn out, blood consumed, leaving lumps of rotten flesh—couldn't help retching on the spot.
His unstoppable kill of the all-out Yang Wudi shattered the clan's courage. Even the Clear Sky elders who were Title Douluo dared not approach. The Killing King's domain had an anti-spirit effect that sealed all spirit rings. No matter how strong a Title Douluo might be, stripped of their ring powers, they'd be like chickens for the slaughter.
At that moment, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao arrived from the main hall. Tang Hao blurted out, "The Killing King!"
Though more half human, half beast than thirty years before, with his feral features grown, Tang Hao recognized him at once.
"What?!" (x7)
Tang Xiao and the clan's six elders gaped. All of them, armed with knowledge from the first timeline, were well aware that the Killing King was their clan's old ancestor Tang Chen. The man who'd single-handedly founded the Clear Sky Clan now sought to obliterate them—massacring his own descendants!
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