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A sudden wave of anger and shame rushed through the eyes of the Seventh Elder. He was a proud Titled Douluo, a powerful master who owned the top tool spirit in the entire world, the famous Clear Sky Hammer. It felt terrible for him to be pushed back over and over again by a Spirit Douluo who only used quick and sharp spear attacks. He felt he was losing all his respect in front of everyone.
He let out a deep, angry roar and said, "Hammer Soul Control!"
As he spoke, the second spirit ring on his body began to shine with a bright light. Right away, a heavy energy field spread out from him, covering the area like a massive mountain. In just a moment, the air around them became very heavy, as if it were turned into liquid metal.
The gravity in that space became two times stronger, making it hard for anyone to move easily. This special skill was one of the famous control abilities of the Clear Sky Hammer. It could slow down an enemy's speed and movements, making it easy for the user to hit them with a heavy attack next.
Yang Wudi was running forward quickly, but his body suddenly slowed down as if he had stepped into a deep, sticky mud pit. Every step he took and every strike he made with his spear required much more strength and spirit power than before. Even his Soul Breaking Spear, which was usually as fast and sharp as a dangerous snake, became slow and heavy.
The Seventh Elder saw this and felt much safer. He let out a mean laugh and said, "Let's see how you can run now!"
Right after that, his fifth spirit ring, which was a dark black color, started to glow with a very bright light.
He shouted, "Fifth Spirit Skill, Clear Sun, Blazing Solar!"
He used the power of his spirit to jump high into the air above the broken ground. He held the hot, flaming Clear Sky Hammer high over his head. The top of the hammer grew larger in an instant, glowing so brightly that it looked like a small, burning sun. The muscles in his arms became big and strong as he swung the giant hammer down with all his might.
A loud booming sound echoed through the area. It was not just a single hit from the hammer. Instead, the bright sun in the sky broke apart, turning into many small meteors made of dark red fire. These meteors carried a terrible heat that could burn everything to ashes. They fell down from the sky like a heavy rain, aiming right at Yang Wudi, who was still stuck inside the heavy gravity field.
Before the fire even reached the ground, the hot air pressure pushed down from above, blowing away the dirt and small rocks in every direction. The paths of the burning meteors made the air twist and make loud noises. The attack covered a very large area, moved incredibly fast, and left absolutely no space for anyone to run away.
Niu Gao was watching from a short distance away. His hands were squeezed into tight fists, and he could not help but shout out loudly, "Old goat, watch out!"
Ning Fengzhi stood nearby with a serious look on his face. The beautiful light on his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda kept moving, but he did not step in to help because of the bet they had made and the difficult situation between the groups.
The other elders from the Clear Sky Sect looked very happy and proud. They smiled because they thought they would see Yang Wudi get turned into black ash by the terrible fire falling from the sky.
But Yang Wudi stood right in the middle of this dangerous storm, and he did not look scared at all. Even though the sky was filled with burning fire, his red eyes were full of anger and a wild, powerful light.
He looked up at the sky and said quietly to himself, "Gravity suppression? Flaming meteors? Do you really think this simple trick can stop me, Yang Wudi? Old fool, you have no idea what the word 'Break' actually means!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the spirit power around his body exploded out like a volcano. It was no longer moving in a smooth way like before. Instead, it became very tight, solid, and incredibly sharp. The eight spirit rings around his body started to shake wildly. His last ring, the black eighth spirit ring, flashed brightly over and over again, as if a scary monster was trying to break out from inside it.
He did not try to run away from the heavy gravity field. Running away would take too much time, and the fire meteors were already falling right on top of him. He chose the most direct path, which was the true style of the Breaking Clan. He decided to break straight through the attack.
Yang Wudi shouted out loud, "Seventh Spirit Ability, Martial Soul True Body!"
The Soul Breaking Spear in his hand made a sharp, loud sound that went high into the sky. The dark spear body shone with a bright light and combined directly with his own body. In the next moment, a giant shadow of the Soul Breaking Spear appeared. It was thirty feet long and covered in a deep black light. The sharp tip of the spear looked like a bright star that could pierce through space itself, hiding Yang Wudi inside it.
In this special form, Yang Wudi's energy became much stronger. The heavy feeling from the enemy's gravity skill was mostly wiped away instantly. But he did not stop there. He looked up at the thousands of fire meteors that were coming down on him. The giant Soul Breaking Spear did not move back, and it did not try to block the attack. Instead, the spear shook hard and charged straight up into the fire.
In the next second, the sharp tip of the spear pointed right at the thickest part of the falling meteors where the fire was hottest.
He gave a loud, angry shout and said, "Fifth Spirit Skill, Break!"
A tiny point of pure black light appeared at the very tip of the giant Soul Breaking Spear. It was not a normal shadow, but the most pure and ultimate power of breaking, squeezed into a tiny spot. All of Yang Wudi's spirit power, his mind power, and all the sadness and anger his clan had felt for many years came together into this one single attack.
There were no beautiful colors or strange shapes. There was only one single, straight thrust. It was a line of black light that looked like it could pierce from the ground all the way to the sky. Wherever the black light went, the air made a loud, painful screaming sound because it could not handle the power.
The fire meteors that touched the black light first could not slow it down at all. They vanished instantly, like hot iron dropping into freezing ice. They were not broken into smaller pieces, and they did not explode. Their energy structure was completely destroyed by that ultimate breaking power.
A sharp, cutting sound echoed through the air as the black spear light flew straight up against the falling fire with unstoppable power. Everywhere the spear went, the fire died out and the meteors disappeared. It looked like the spear was cutting a clear, empty path right through a red waterfall of fire.
The mean smile on the Seventh Elder's face disappeared instantly, and his face became full of deep fear. He could feel that the main energy inside his strong fifth spirit skill was being broken apart quickly by that black light.
What made him feel even more scared was that after the black light destroyed the meteors, its sharp energy locked right onto him high in the sky. The spear did not slow down at all; instead, it flew toward him even faster.
The Seventh Elder felt a deep sense of danger in his mind. He thought to himself, "How is this possible? His fifth spirit skill has so much piercing power and can break spirit energy!"
He quickly held his Clear Sky Hammer flat in front of his chest. He pushed all his spirit power into the hammer as fast as he could, making the fire on it burn higher to protect his body.
A massive sound echoed as the black spear light hit the face of the flaming Clear Sky Hammer. There was no huge explosion, but there was a sharp, terrible sound of metal grinding against metal with great force.
The Seventh Elder's body shook hard. He felt a very sharp and painful force come through his hammer, attacking his spirit power defense and trying to rip him apart. The spirit rings under his feet started to shine one by one as he tried his best to give more power to keep the hammer safe.
However, the balance lasted for only a short moment. Right after that, a small cracking sound came from the front of the flaming Clear Sky Hammer. A tiny crack appeared right where the hammer and the black spear light touched.
The Seventh Elder looked at the crack with wide eyes, and he could not believe what he was seeing. His own martial soul had actually taken damage. Even though it was just a tiny crack, for a proud Titled Douluo who used the best tool spirit in the world, it was a massive insult and something that should be impossible.