"Seventh Soul Skill, Crimson Dragon True Body!"
Facing such a dangerous situation, Liu Erlong directly unleashed her Martial Soul True Body!
Her body was instantly enveloped by scorching Dragon flames, and she seemed to transform into a fiery Tyrannosaurus Rex. Her strength, speed, and defense all increased dramatically!
"Roar!"
The next second, Liu Erlong let out a roar that was not human. Her dragon-scaled fist, burning with raging flames, slammed into the Storm Devil Wolf charging at the very front!
"Boom!"
Where the fiery punch passed, the thousand-year Storm Devil Wolf didn't even manage to let out a full cry before it was engulfed by the violent Dragon flames, instantly turning into charcoal!
However, more Soul Beasts had already swarmed over.
Among them were even several ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts with even more formidable auras!
They were further enraged by the death of their companion, their crimson eyes locked onto Liu Erlong, this powerful obstacle.
Facing these Soul Beasts, Liu Erlong showed no fear. In her Crimson Dragon True Body state, she was like a true Fire Dragon descended, punching, clawing, tail-sweeping, and spitting scorching Dragon breath, sending the pouncing Soul Beasts flying, igniting them, and tearing them to shreds!
She, by her own strength, managed to build a burning flame defense line in front of the raging beast tide, buying precious escape time for Tang San and Master.
In the Sunset Forest at this moment, flames and blood intertwined, and beast roars resonated with Dragon roars.
Liu Erlong's figure moved freely and invincibly through the beast horde, but facing the seemingly endless beast tide, her defensive perimeter was constantly being compressed, and the situation was precarious!
The scale of the beast tide was simply too large, like a breached dam.
She exerted all her strength, but could only block most of the Soul Beasts attacking head-on. Still, quite a few agile or opportunistic Soul Beasts bypassed her flame defense from the flanks and even from the air, rushing towards the fleeing Tang San and Master with bloodthirsty ferocity!
"Damn it, these persistent beasts!"
Sensing the ominous wind behind him, Tang San's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but curse.
Immediately, without looking back, he swung his right hand violently backward, and countless thick Blue Silver Grass swept out like nimble snakes, coiling around the charging Soul Beasts.
"First Soul Skill, Binding!"
"Third Soul Skill, Spider Web Restraint!"
"Fourth Soul Skill, Dark Prison!"
However, there were too many Soul Beasts!
The Blue Silver Grass bound one, two, but immediately a third and fourth tore through the vines and pounced!
Their crimson eyes held only slaughter; they didn't care about casualties.
In a blink of an eye, several extremely fast thousand-year Phantom Leopards broke through the Blue Silver Grass's blockade, their sharp claws gleaming with cold light, viciously striking at Tang San's back and Master's neck!
"Get lost!"
In such a situation, Tang San had no way to avoid it. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and black light surged from his left hand. The Clear Sky Hammer, entwined with a strange white spirit ring, instantly appeared!
He didn't have time to think much, frantically injecting the remaining Soul Power in his body into the Clear Sky Hammer, then turned and slammed it fiercely towards the pouncing Phantom Leopards!
The moment the Clear Sky Hammer was swung, the murky, faintly putrid white spirit ring on it suddenly lit up!
Immediately after, a chilling scene unfolded!
This strike did not unleash the imagined immense power. Instead, as the Clear Sky Hammer swung continuously, countless white, plump, wriggling maggots gushed out like a breached sewage pipe from the wriggling white light on the hammer's body, showering down on the several Phantom Leopards!
These maggots seemed not to be physical entities, but rather composed of some kind of foul energy. They adhered to the Phantom Leopards' smooth fur, continuously emitting hissing corrosive sounds, and frantically tried to burrow into their flesh! At the same time, an indescribable, extreme stench, a mixture of decaying corpses and some deeper filth, instantly permeated the air!
"Ugh—!!"
Hit directly by this smell, especially seeing the dense, continuously wriggling maggots spewing from the Clear Sky Hammer, Master, who was already agitated and physically weak, felt his stomach churn. He couldn't hold it in any longer and immediately hunched over the armrest of his wheelchair, vomiting violently, his face a sickly green, almost spitting out his bile.
These several Phantom Leopards were also stunned by this sudden attack, which was beyond their comprehension. In their frenzy, they weren't afraid of sharp claws or flames, but these disgusting maggots and unbearable stench made them let out terrified and disgusted hisses. Their offensive immediately stalled, and they frantically rolled on the ground and shook their bodies, trying to get rid of the nauseating maggots.
"Ugh—"
Tang San himself was also stunned, opening his mouth and couldn't help but vomit all over the ground. He looked at the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand, which was still dripping white maggots, and smelled the nauseating odor. His face first showed a hint of bewilderment, then surged with towering shame and fury!
His Clear Sky Hammer!
The number one Tool Spirit in the world! It actually… actually turned into a filthy object that sprayed maggots?!
"Ah—!!"
"Why? Why is my Clear Sky Hammer like this?"
"Yu Xiaogang, what… what exactly did you do to me!?"
Letting out a roar filled with extreme shame and anger, Tang San swung the Clear Sky Hammer even more frantically, smashing away the Phantom Leopards troubled by the maggots again.
But every time he swung it, more maggots gushed out, making it seem as if a rain of maggots was falling around him. The stench permeated the air, and the scene was both bizarre and repulsive.
This was Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer's first Soul Skill, Maggot Rain!
Looking at Master, who was endlessly vomiting in the wheelchair, the killing intent in Tang San's eyes had solidified into reality. If he hadn't been surrounded by Soul Beasts, he would have wished to immediately smash this useless man to death with a single hammer!
Just then.
A swift blue-gold stream of light broke through the air, hovering in mid-air not far away.
The light receded, revealing Tang Chuan's handsome and tall figure.
He had originally come following the commotion of the beast tide and the smell of blood, wanting to ascertain the truth.
However, the scene before him instantly stunned him.
Tang Chuan's gaze was first attracted by the strange Clear Sky Hammer in Tang San's hand.
What he saw coiled around it was actually a pale, dim white spirit ring!
What was even more hair-raising was that white maggots were continuously gushing from the hammer's body, and the stench permeated the air. The sight of it entangled with the Soul Beasts was simply unbearable to look at.
Even with Tang Chuan's extensive knowledge, he couldn't help but be momentarily stunned, subconsciously muttering, "What's going on? A Clear Sky Hammer with a white spirit ring? A ten-year spirit ring!?"
"Did the Clear Sky Hammer mutate? Or…"
Immediately after, his gaze swept across the surrounding battlefield.
When he saw the mess, the piles of Soul Beast corpses, and the obvious signs of brutal killing on those corpses, Tang Chuan's eyes instantly turned cold. Soon, he connected the considerable beast tide before him with Tang San's appearance.
"It seems that this beast Tang San was wantonly killing Soul Beasts in the Sunset Forest for their bones, and his methods were too cruel. This aroused the wrath of heaven and earth, triggering this small-scale beast tide!"
Tang Chuan's reasoning was sound, and the Soul Beast slaughterhouse before him was ironclad proof.
But then, his gaze fell back on the strange white spirit ring on Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer, his brows furrowing slightly, and he said in a deep voice:
"It's just… what's going on with his Clear Sky Hammer? This white ten-year spirit ring… such a foul aura… it's like maggots!"
"Could it be… that this beast was too greedy, too eager for quick success, and presumptuously tried to attach a spirit ring to the Clear Sky Hammer before his Foundation was stable? As a result… the absorption failed, and he finally had no choice but to absorb a ten-year spirit ring, which made this so-called number one Tool Spirit in the world turn into such a nauseating appearance?"
"If the ancestors of the Clear Sky Sect knew that a descendant had Cultivated the Clear Sky Hammer into such a state, they would probably be so angry they'd jump right out of their coffins."
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