Chapter 162: The Terrifying Atlas True Body, Destroying Tang Chen With One Spear!
Although this hammer strike was only an ordinary attack from him.
He was still a Limit Douluo. Even a Peak Douluo facing an ordinary hammer strike from him might not necessarily be able to withstand it, even after going all out.
Facing the incoming Clear Sky True Body, Yun Yuan raised the Atlas Spear, the spear tip directly facing the center of the Clear Sky Hammer.
Under everyone's disbelieving gazes,
The enormous Clear Sky True Body, the moment it encountered Yun Yuan's Atlas Spear, was forcibly stopped, unable to advance even the slightest bit.
Tang Chen, who was controlling the Clear Sky True Body, strained his arm until his veins bulged, yet he still could not make the Clear Sky Hammer descend even an inch further.
Yun Yuan's arm exerted a slight force, and terrifying strength passed through Tang Chen's Clear Sky Hammer, reflecting onto him.
In an instant, Tang Chen's arm was covered in blood due to the force.
"How is this possible?!"
"How can this kid's strength be so terrifying!"
After one exchange, Tang Chen no longer harbored any contempt in his heart.
Yun Yuan's strength had definitely reached the level of him and Qian Daoliu.
"Tang Chen, stop embarrassing yourself with these little tricks. Show me your true skills."
At this moment, Yun Yuan's voice sounded from below, reaching Tang Chen's ears.
"Good, kid. Since that's the case, then try the ultimate technique of our Clear Sky Sect!"
"Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, Nine Absolutes as One!"
Tang Chen roared, combining the nine force concepts of the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes: Shock, Shield, Break, Shatter, Crush, Kill, Pierce, Clear, and Seal, into one.
The next moment, the Clear Sky True Body in his hands experienced an all-round increase in power, armor-breaking ability, explosive force, and suppression.
At the same time, Tang Chen's aura climbed continuously, and terrifying soul power swept across a thousand-meter radius.
Finally, after reaching a certain peak, the Clear Sky True Body in Tang Chen's hand moved, carrying terrifying might as it smashed toward Yun Yuan.
Seeing this scene, Yun Yuan became slightly interested.
The Atlas Spear in his hand formed a three-foot spear radiance beyond the spear tip.
This radiance seemed to condense an ancient, cold edge, containing only pure sharpness and suppression.
Facing the Clear Sky True Body, which carried the entire might of the Nine Absolutes as One and came crashing down, Yun Yuan's wrist sank slightly. The Atlas Spear was steady like a mountain.
The three-foot spear radiance at the tip suddenly expanded, transforming into a brilliant spear shadow that crossed heaven and earth.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only an extremely deep sonic boom.
The Clear Sky True Body, strengthened by the Nine Absolutes as One, which should have been capable of destroying anything, collided with that spear radiance.
That Clear Sky True Body, stacked with the power of nine concepts, was actually like striking the sharpest divine weapon in the world.
The nine concept powers of the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes instantly collapsed.
The enormous Clear Sky True Body was torn apart by the Atlas Spear radiance, from the hammer's center outward.
Tang Chen only felt an unimaginably terrifying backlash force travel back through the hammer.
The blood and energy inside his body surged wildly. His throat turned dry, and a mouthful of blood violently sprayed out.
The meridians throughout his entire hammer-wielding arm shattered inch by inch.
The might of the Nine Absolutes as One actually failed to even shake the Atlas Spear's radiance in the slightest, being easily defeated and destroyed.
"This… how is this possible!"
Yun Yuan's ability to break Tang Chen's Nine Absolutes as One with a single spear strike not only greatly shocked Tang Chen but also
Above Jialing Pass, all the watching soul masters, except for Qian Daoliu, widened their eyes in disbelief, faces full of astonishment.
This battle seemed completely different from what they had imagined.
Before this, they had expected Tang Chen to defeat Yun Yuan with overwhelming dominance, or at least for Yun Yuan to be slightly inferior.
But no one expected that, under this collision, Yun Yuan was actually the one crushing Tang Chen.
Just as everyone was stunned, Yun Yuan's counterattack officially began.
The seventh soul ring on Yun Yuan's body lit up.
"Atlas True Body! Appear!"
Following Yun Yuan's soft shout, the Atlas Spear in his hand suddenly expanded to a hundred zhang, transforming from a blazing white, transparent spear into the Atlas True Body that stretched across heaven and earth.
The spear body was entirely blazing white and silver, with the tip shining like a blazing sun.
The ancient character "Atlas" on the spear shaft released a hundred zhang of divine light.
Countless star patterns surged and flowed across the spear body.
The entire divine spear supported the heavens above and the underworld below—wherever the spear tip pointed, space collapsed.
One spear crossed the sky, and heaven and earth seemed to lose their color!
"Atlas True Body, one spear supporting the sky. It truly deserves the name Atlas."
Among the observing soul masters, an elderly expert sighed at this scene.
At the center of the battlefield, Tang Chen felt the might of Yun Yuan's Atlas True Body, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.
"What an Atlas True Body. Kid, I, Tang Chen, underestimated you."
"Today, let's see whether my Great Sumeru Hammer can shake your Atlas True Body."
After speaking, Tang Chen seemed to make a decisive choice.
The nine soul rings on his body exploded outward from the inside out.
First, the yellow rings, then purple, then black, and finally the blood-red outermost ring.
The shattered rings transformed into countless blood-colored streams of light, pouring into the Clear Sky True Body.
The once-majestic and overwhelming Clear Sky Hammer was now surrounded by a blood-red divine light capable of burning the heavens and splitting the earth.
This was Tang Chen's final trump card: the Great Sumeru Hammer with all nine rings exploded!
He knew that if he wanted to defeat Yun Yuan, who had released the Atlas True Body, only risking everything would give him a chance.
Although this move temporarily erupted with power far beyond his limits, his body was already riddled with injuries. After the explosion's duration, even if Tang Chen survived, he would suffer lifelong severe injuries.
"Great Sumeru Hammer, descend!"
Tang Chen roared with all his strength, unleashing this final attack with the will to die.
Seeing this, Yun Yuan's expression remained calm from beginning to end.
There was not the slightest ripple in his eyes, as if this world-destroying attack before him was just the faint flicker of a firefly.
He looked at Tang Chen, this former pillar of the soul master world, and calmly spoke:
"Tang Chen, I will give you a dignified death."
"Atlas Spear Art, Three Forces as One!"
At Yun Yuan's words, the power of the Yuan Character Technique, Ling Character Technique, and Piercing Technique gathered at the tip of the Atlas Spear.
The three powers fused perfectly, reaching their maximum, erupting with enough force to destroy heaven and earth.
Yun Yuan did not roar or gather strength.
He only gently turned his wrist, slowly pushing the arm holding the spear forward, casual and effortless.
The brilliant white spear radiance, to the extreme, directly pierced through the countless blood-colored hammer shadows.
with an unstoppable, suppressive force.
It directly pierced through Tang Chen's strongest strike, the Great Sumeru Hammer, created by exploding all of his soul rings and exhausting everything he had.
Tang Chen's ultimate killing move, containing everything he possessed, was completely crushed into nothingness by Yun Yuan's casual spear strike!
Immediately afterward, a terrifying suppressive force, several times stronger than before, followed the shattered hammer body, like a heaven-reaching tsunami, devouring Tang Chen entirely without resistance.
The meridians, bones, and internal organs within Tang Chen's body shattered inch by inch under this power.
At the final moment of his life, Tang Chen briefly recalled his entire life—his brilliance, meeting his lifelong rival, establishing the Clear Sky Sect, creating his ultimate technique, and gaining fame across the world.
All of it, under this spear, vanished like smoke and clouds.
Above Jialing Pass, Qian Daoliu watched this scene, his heart full of emotion.
"Old friend, farewell."
End of Chapter.
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