But—Dugu Bo saw and he laughed with anger, ridicule, and murderous intent.
"Hah! You think some concoction can suppress my poison?"
His eyes glinted coldly.
"Let's see how long your antidote can save you."
"Sixth Soul Skill — Poisonous Roar!"
Behind Dugu Bo, the phantom of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor roared skyward. Its massive jaws opened, releasing a torrent of condensed poisonous mist that screamed through the air like a toxic storm.
Tang Hao reacted instantly.
"Sixth Soul Skill — Explosive Hammering!"
The Clear Sky Hammer swung in wide arcs, detonations exploding outward with every strike. Shockwaves ripped through the poison cloud, violently redirecting most of it away.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The forest shook.
Yet—
COUGH!
COUGH!
Tang Hao staggered slightly. Despite his efforts, part of the poison had breached his defenses.
Black veins crept faintly along his neck.
But— He did not stop. Instead, Tang Hao's grip tightened. Each swing of the hammer grew heavier, faster, and more oppressive.
The ground shattered repeatedly beneath Dugu Bo's feet as Tang Hao advanced step by step like an unstoppable war god.
Dugu Bo's lips curved into a smile at first.
'My poison hit him.'
But that smile froze the very next instant. Because Tang Hao's hammer strikes were not weakening— They were growing stronger.
Clear Sky Clan secret technique—Divine Splitting Wind Hammer!
Each strike fed upon the previous one and Force stacked upon force.
Dugu Bo's pupils shrank.
"Eighth Soul Skill — Time Freeze!"
A pair of terrifying emerald eyes appeared behind Dugu Bo—Medusa's Gaze..
Leaves froze mid-fall. Dust hung motionless. Even Tang Hao's hammer halted an inch from descending.
Time itself was shackled and Dugu Bo seized the opening.
"Ninth Soul Skill — Jade Phosphor Divine Light!"
A beam of blinding green radiance erupted,but—just as the skill was unleashed—a low, chilling voice echoed through the frozen world.
Tang Hao's voice was heard
"Death God Domain."
Crack—
Time resumed.
Dugu Bo's skill was forcibly overridden by an even higher-order domain saturated with slaughter, despair, and endless death.
Dugu Bo's eighth soul skill was cancelled outright.
The divine light beam skewed violently, slicing past Tang Hao's shoulder and obliterating an entire mountainside behind him instead.
BOOOOOOM—!
The forest trembled in terror.
Tang Hao stood unmoved, hammer resting against the ground, black mist swirling faintly around him.
Dugu Bo stared at him in disbelief and felt it clearly.
The invisible pressure pressing down upon him was not merely soul power—it was killing intent refined through countless slaughters.
The Death God Domain swallowed the surroundings.
Within it, Dugu Bo felt his reactions slow, his soul power circulation disrupted, and even his poisonous aura weakened, as if the domain itself was rejecting his existence.
Tang Hao stepped forward. His eyes glowed crimson, like burning embers soaked in blood.
"Right Arm Soul Bone Skill — Explosive Power!"
With a thunderous roar, Tang Hao's arm muscles bulged violently. The Clear Sky Hammer screamed through the air as if space itself were being torn apart.
"Clear Sky Absolute!"
The inherited hammer technique of the Clear Sky Clan was unleashed.
Each swing carried overwhelming momentum, smashing downward like falling mountains.
Under the suppression of the Death God Domain, Dugu Bo's movements were visibly slowed. His strength and speed were shackled, his poisonous mist unable to spread freely.
He dodged—barely.
BOOM—!
The hammer grazed past him.
Blood sprayed from the corner of Dugu Bo's mouth as he was sent skidding backward, carving a deep trench into the ground.
Yet—Instead of anger or fear—
Dugu Bo laughed.
"Hah… hahahaha!"
"What an unreasonable domain!"
He wiped the blood from his lips, eyes shining sharply.
"I truly envy you Clear Sky Clan brutes… but domains are not the only trump cards in this world."
A faint, almost amused smile surfaced as he recalled a conversation with Qian Renxue about ideas how to use his poisons.
"Young Master… thank you for your ideas."
"Poison God Mode!"
The soul core within Dugu Bo's body began to rotate violently.
Poisonous soul power surged through every meridian, blood vessel, and bone like a raging tide. From the outside, jade-green veins bulged grotesquely across his skin, pulsing rhythmically.
His pupils dissolved entirely into emerald light.
The nine soul rings behind him collapsed, fusing together into a single massive green ring that hovered ominously behind his back.
The pressure around him exploded outward.
Tang Hao's expression darkened.
Dugu Bo slowly raised his hand, fingers moving with the calm elegance of a martial arts grandmaster.
Green miasma flooded the air.
The ground beneath it corroded instantly, turning black and brittle—
Yet shockingly, the poison was not fully suppressed by the Death God Domain.
Tang Hao's heart sank slightly.
'Even the domain can't fully restrain him now…'
He made a decision. Even if it meant severe backlash—
He had to end this immediately.
"Ring Explosion!"
His roar shook the battlefield.
Three of Tang Hao's soul rings shattered instantly, fragments dissolving into pure soul energy that flooded his body.
Veins stood out violently as his aura surged several times over.
Pain tore through his meridians—
But he ignored it.
With unprecedented power erupting through every muscle, Tang Hao charged forward, hammer raised high, his figure like a god of destruction descending upon the mortal world.
Dugu Bo did not retreat.
Instead, he charged forward, green poisonous light wrapping around his body like divine armor, clearly intending to meet Tang Hao head-on.
However—
At the instant of impact, as if fate itself interfered, Tang Hao's foot slipped slightly on the corroded, uneven ground.
It was only a fraction of a second.
Yet for experts of their level, a fraction was enough.
The trajectory of the Clear Sky Hammer deviated.
BOOOOM—!
The hammer still struck.
Dugu Bo's chest was grazed by the overwhelming force, and he was flung backward, coughing blood, ribs audibly cracking.
But at the same moment—Dugu Bo's palm landed squarely against Tang Hao's chest.
"Poison God Palm."
A terrifying surge of corrosive poison exploded into Tang Hao's body.
PUFF—!
Tang Hao staggered, a mouthful of black-green blood spraying from his lips as the poison invaded his organs like living serpents.