Chapter 343: The Cracked Clear Sky Hammer?
Right then, a flicker of ruthlessness and humiliation flashed through the Seventh Elder's eyes.
He was a dignified Titled Douluo, wielding the world's number one Tool Spirit, the Clear Sky Hammer. How could he maintain any face after being forced back repeatedly by a Soul Douluo's exquisite spear techniques?
"Hammer Soul Control!"
With a low growl, the second Soul Ring on the Seventh Elder's body suddenly lit up.
Instantly, an invisible force field, as heavy as a mountain, spread out with him at the center!
In the next second, the air seemed filled with lead and mercury, and gravity doubled, making movement sluggish. This was one of the control-type Martial Soul Abilities on which the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul relied for its fame; it could greatly restrict an opponent's movement and attack speed, creating excellent conditions for subsequent heavy blows.
Yang Wudi's charging figure suddenly sank, as if his feet had fallen into a quagmire. Every step and every thrust of his spear required several times more strength and Soul Power than usual. Even the Soul Breaking Spear's trajectory, which was originally as swift and tricky as a venomous snake flicking its tongue, inevitably became sluggish.
"Hmph, let's see how you struggle now!"
Seeing this, the Seventh Elder felt greatly reassured and gave a sinister laugh. Immediately after, his fifth Soul Ring, that deep black ring, erupted with a piercing light!
"Fifth Spirit Skill, Clear Sun, Blazing Solar!"
Using the momentum, he suddenly soared high into the air above the ruins. He held the burning, flaming Clear Sky Hammer high above his head, and the hammerhead instantly expanded, radiating light as if he were holding a miniature blazing sun. As the muscles in his arms bulged, he swung it down fiercely.
"Rumble—!"
It wasn't a single hammer strike; instead, that sun exploded in mid-air, turning into countless energy meteors burning with dark red flames. Carrying a heat that could incinerate everything, they rained down in a blanket-like coverage toward Yang Wudi, who was restrained by the Hammer Soul Control force field!
Even before the flames arrived, the scorching air pressure was already overhead, blowing the gravel and dust on the ground in all directions. The trajectory of every flaming meteor caused the air to distort and boom.
The range was vast, the speed was incredible, and it was impossible to evade!
"Old goat, watch out!"
Seeing this, Niu Gao couldn't help but cry out from not far away, his fists clenched tight.
Ning Fengzhi's expression was slightly solemn. The light on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in his hand flowed, but he hesitated to intervene with support due to the bet and the delicate situation.
The other Elders of the Clear Sky Sect showed looks of triumph, as if they had already seen Yang Wudi turned to charcoal under the terrifying strike of the falling heavenly fire.
However, at the center of the storm, Yang Wudi showed no trace of panic in the face of the flaming meteors that blotted out the sky. Instead, from his bloodshot eyes filled with anger, a near-frenzied blood-red light shot out!
"Gravity suppression? Flaming meteors?"
Whispering to himself, Yang Wudi's voice was hoarse yet exceptionally clear as he said, "You think this is enough to crush me, Yang Wudi? Old fool, you underestimate what the word 'Break' truly means!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Soul Power around him erupted. It was no longer the nimble and unpredictable flow from before, but had become extremely condensed and exceptionally sharp!
Eight Soul Rings vibrated violently on his body, especially the last one, the black eighth Soul Ring. Its light flickered in and out, as if something terrifying was about to emerge from its cocoon.
He didn't try to escape the range of the Hammer Soul Control.
That would take time, and the flaming meteors were already overhead.
He chose the most direct way, and the one that most suited the unyielding character of the Breaking Clan—to break through it!
"Seventh Spirit Ability, Martial Soul True Body!"
Yang Wudi shouted sharply. The Soul Breaking Spear in his hand suddenly let out a shrill hum that pierced the clouds, and the pitch-black spear shaft erupted with light, instantly merging with his figure.
In the next moment, a giant phantom of the Soul Breaking Spear, thirty feet long and flowing with deep black light, its tip like a point of cold starlight that seemed capable of piercing the Void Realm, enveloped Yang Wudi.
In his Martial Soul True Body state, Yang Wudi's Aura suddenly soared, and the heavy sluggishness brought by the Hammer Soul Control was forcibly negated for the most part.
But that wasn't enough!
Facing the sky full of fire meteors that had reached him, the giant Soul Breaking Spear that Yang Wudi had become did not retreat or block; instead, the spear shaft shook and boldly charged against the flow!
In the next second, the spear tip pointed directly at the center where the meteor shower was densest and the flames were fiercest!
"Fifth Spirit Skill, Break!"
Along with that angry shout, a point of ultimate black light suddenly lit up on the tip of the giant Soul Breaking Spear! That wasn't darkness, but the ultimate, pure True Intent of Breaking condensed to its limit! All of Yang Wudi's Soul Power, all of his Spiritual Power, and the grief, indignation, and blood feud of his clansmen accumulated over all these years seemed to merge into this single strike.
There were no gorgeous lights or shadows, nor any complex changes.
There was only one thrust.
A straight black spear light that seemed capable of piercing through heaven and earth!
Everywhere the spear light passed, the space let out faint, overburdened screeching sounds.
The flaming meteors that first came into contact with it couldn't even slow the spear light's speed by a fraction; they were like red-hot iron meeting extremely cold profound ice, instantly annihilated! They weren't smashed or blown apart, but were directly disintegrated and dissipated from their energy structure by that ultimate power of breaking!
"Chiii chiii chiii chiii—!"
The black spear light pierced upward against the meteor shower with unstoppable momentum!
Everywhere it went, the flames were extinguished and the meteors collapsed, as if it had forcibly plowed a void-like black path through the crimson waterfall!
Seeing this, the sinister smile on the Seventh Elder's face instantly froze, turning into unbelievable horror.
He clearly felt that the core Soul Power structure of his powerful Fifth Spirit Skill was being rapidly destroyed and disintegrated by that black spear light!
What made his heart palpitate even more was that after breaking through countless meteors, the spear light's sharpness and killing intent had actually locked onto him high in the sky, and its speed increased rather than decreased as it shot toward him!
"How is this possible?! His Fifth Spirit Skill... actually has such penetrating power and a Spirit-Breaking attribute?!" Alarm bells rang out in the Seventh Elder's mind. In his haste, he could only hold the Clear Sky Hammer horizontally in front of him as surging Soul Power poured in frantically, causing the flames on the hammer to flare up in an attempt to defend.
"Boom—!!!"
The black spear light slammed fiercely into the face of the flaming Clear Sky Hammer!
There was no deafening explosion, only a tooth-gritting, sharp grinding sound, like metal being forcibly pierced by extreme force!
In the next second, the Seventh Elder trembled violently. He felt an incomparably sharp force transmitted through the hammer, frantically battering his Soul Power defense and trying to tear everything apart. The Soul Rings beneath his feet also lit up one after another as he desperately outputted Soul Power to maintain the Clear Sky Hammer's defense.
However, the stalemate lasted for only an instant.
The next moment.
"Kacha!"
A faint but clear cracking sound actually came from the face of the flaming Clear Sky Hammer!
A tiny crack appeared at the center point of contact between the hammer and the black spear light!
"What?!"
The Seventh Elder's eyes nearly burst from their sockets. His Martial Soul... had actually suffered damage?!
Although it was only an insignificant crack, for the proud Seventh Elder and for the wielder of the world's number one Tool Spirit...
It was simply a great humiliation, and even more so, an unbelievable fact!
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