Tang Chen tremblingly raised his hand, as if wanting to touch something. "Clear Sky Sect… I can never return… Bo Saixi… the promise I made to you… I can no longer fulfill it…"
His voice grew weaker and weaker as the vitality in his body rapidly drained away.
Tang San's body shook violently, his face filled with shock. The trident he had been holding high was hurriedly lowered.
"You're Tang Chen? You're Tang Chen?"
He rushed to Tang Chen's side and desperately poured the powerful Xuan Tian Gong inner force into Tang Chen's body without regard for his own safety.
At the same time, the Blue Silver Grass domain activated, and the surroundings instantly became full of vibrant life.
The Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone skill, Wildfire Never Dies, Spring Wind Blows Again, took effect on Tang Chen, pouring vast amounts of life force into his body.
Finally, Tang Chen's nearly closed eyelids slowly opened again, and his complexion became rosy once more.
He looked at Tang San in confusion. "Asura King… you know me?"
Tang San dropped to his knees and quickly nodded. "My name is Tang San, Tang Hao's son."
As he spoke, he raised his left hand, and a miniature Clear Sky Hammer appeared in his palm.
Tang Chen smiled. "I never expected you to be Hao'er's son. So many years have passed… I never thought Hao'er's son would already be this grown."
While speaking, black light surged in Tang Chen's hand, and an enormous Clear Sky Hammer covered in dark-golden demonic patterns appeared in his grasp.
Seeing this, Tang San no longer had any doubts.
Although Tang Chen's Clear Sky Hammer looked somewhat different from Tang San's, that inherited aura that came from the same source could not be faked.
Tang San's face suddenly turned deathly pale. The old man before him, the Slaughter King he had been relentlessly hunting, was actually his great-grandfather Tang Chen.
The Clear Sky Hammer in Tang Chen's hand slipped from his grip and then transformed back into soul power, returning into his body.
In his current state, he no longer even had the strength to lift the Clear Sky Hammer.
Although Tang San had poured a large amount of life force into him, that life force could not be absorbed by his body; it could only delay the moment of death a little longer.
Tang San clearly noticed this as well. At this moment, his heart was filled with immense panic.
From childhood to adulthood, across two lifetimes as a person, this was the first time he had ever felt such fear.
He had actually killed his own great-grandfather with his own hands.
In his heart, Great-Grandfather Tang Chen had always been a tall and majestic figure, and he was also the lover of Senior Bo Saixi.
But now… he had…
"Great-Grandfather… I… I didn't mean to…" Tang San lowered his head and bowed deeply toward Tang Chen, not daring to look at him.
The panic in his heart left him completely at a loss. He kept thinking about how he would face the elders of the Clear Sky Sect in the future, and how he would explain this to Senior Bo Saixi.
Seeing Tang San's deep self-reproach, Tang Chen's face was full of kindness as he said, "Child, come closer quickly, let me look at you."
Tang San hurriedly rushed over and helped Tang Chen sit up.
At this moment, the massive trident was still embedded in Tang Chen's chest. Tang San did not dare to pull it out.
A moment later, Tang Chen tightly gripped Tang San's hand and said with satisfaction, "Good, very good. You are truly a child of our Clear Sky Sect. Your talent is far superior to mine. With you, the Clear Sky Sect is truly blessed."
"Great-Grandfather, I'm sorry…"
"Child, don't feel guilty. All these years I lost my memories and became the Slaughter King, killing countless people. Death is what I deserve. You did nothing wrong. On the contrary, you helped free me."
Tang San's mood eased a little, but he was still filled with deep self-reproach.
Tang Chen reached into his robes and took out a small golden hammer. Two gemstones were embedded in it.
"Child, this is the token of the Clear Sky Sect's Chief Elder. With it, everyone in the Clear Sky Sect will obey your commands. You have the authority to depose the Sect Master and decide major matters of the sect. Your talent is so high that you are the pride of our Clear Sky Sect. I entrust the Clear Sky Sect to you."
"Great-Grandfather, rest assured. I will definitely make the Clear Sky Sect flourish." Tang San solemnly accepted the golden small hammer.
After seeing Tang San carefully put away the token, the smile on Tang Chen's face grew even richer.
His gaze suddenly became extremely profound and distant, as if he could see the beautiful woman still waiting bitterly on that distant island.
"Bo Saixi… in this life, Tang Chen and you were destined to meet but not to be together. The feelings I owe you… I can only repay in the next life…"
Tang Chen's arm slipped down, his eyes closed, and his life force completely faded away.
A generation's legend, the one known as the strongest Title Douluo on land, died at the hands of his own great-grandson.
Dai Mubai and the others stood there, their expressions extremely complicated.
They never expected the situation to take such a dramatic turn, catching all of them completely off guard.
At the same time, they deeply understood the pain Tang San was feeling at this moment.
They had also experienced the feeling of losing a loved one, but Tang San had personally killed his own great-grandfather.
"Little San." Xiao Wu stepped forward and tightly hugged Tang San's head.
"Third Brother, we all understand how you feel. Please accept our condolences." Ning Rongrong said.
Dai Mubai said, "Little San, restrain your grief. We still have more important things to do."
He glanced at Jiang Chen, who was standing at the bottom of the deep pit, and the hatred in his eyes gradually grew denser.
Tang San slowly laid Tang Chen down properly and carefully pulled out the Sea God Trident.
Indeed, they still had more important matters to handle right now.
Jiang Chen had not yet been punished. He had to suppress his sorrow first.
Only after dealing with Jiang Chen would he have time to grieve and repent.
Tang San stood up, holding the still-bleeding trident, and pointed it down at Jiang Chen from above.
Dai Mubai and the other five stepped forward and stood on either side of Tang San.
"Jiang Chen, you said earlier that you wanted to give my great-grandfather a great gift. Did you already know my great-grandfather's identity?"
Tang San's trident pointed at Jiang Chen, his gaze extremely cold.
The wounds on Jiang Chen's body still had not recovered, and he looked extremely miserable.
A smile appeared on his pale face. "That's right. I felt sorry for the old man and originally wanted him to reunite with you. Who would have thought that you would personally kill your own great-grandfather? Tang San, is this what they call righteousness over family?"
Jiang Chen's expression carried a hint of mockery, and his words were full of sarcasm.
"You did it on purpose?" Tang San's face suddenly turned ice-cold, and the trident pointing at Jiang Chen even trembled slightly.
Jiang Chen paused for a moment, then shrugged. "This has nothing to do with me. I truly wanted to do something good, but who knew you wouldn't appreciate it."
"Still making excuses!" Dai Mubai suddenly roared. "I think you did it on purpose. You knew we were hunting Senior Tang Chen, so you deliberately threw him in front of Little San. Jiang Chen, your heart is truly vicious!"
"Jiang Chen, if we don't kill you today, heaven will not tolerate it!" Ning Rongrong cried out sharply, her pretty face frosty.
Tang San did not speak, but the aura around him grew colder and colder.
Jiang Chen let out a cold chuckle, and his gaze also turned icy in an instant. "Tang San, weren't you waiting outside Slaughter City to kill me? Now that I'm here, what are you still waiting for?"
Tang San's eyes narrowed as he stared at Jiang Chen. "You knew we came to kill you?"
Jiang Chen sneered. "I know everything about you. The year you disappeared, you went to Sea God Island and accepted the Sea God's inheritance, didn't you? Did you think that just by breaking through to Title Douluo you could kill me?"
After saying that, he transmitted a message into Tang San's ear: "I also know that your soul does not belong to this world. You came from another world. You're a stowaway. If I reveal this, you will be abandoned by everyone, and even the Sea God who favors you will cast you aside."
Tang San's body shook violently, his face full of disbelief, as if he had just witnessed something impossible.
Immediately afterward, an extremely cold light shot from his eyes, and surging killing intent erupted from his body.
"Jiang Chen, you're courting death."
Jiang Chen mocked, "You came here to kill me in the first place. Even if I spoke more nicely, would you let me go?"
Tang San's breathing suddenly hitched, and he was left speechless by Jiang Chen's words.
Things had already reached this point. How could they possibly let Jiang Chen go?
Jiang Chen continued, "Go ahead and attack. Weren't you hiding on the side earlier, hoping to pick up an easy advantage? Now that I'm heavily injured, why don't you dare to make a move?"
Tang San's eyes narrowed again. Purple light flickered within them as he carefully examined the wounds on Jiang Chen's body to judge how much combat strength Jiang Chen still retained.
Jiang Chen's calm composure made him feel that something was not right.
Those wounds were clearly severe. Bones were exposed in multiple places, and there was even a wound on his chest through which internal organs could vaguely be seen.
With such heavy injuries, how could he still have the strength to fight?
But what was the source of Jiang Chen's confidence in remaining so composed?
At this moment, Dai Mubai said hatefully, "Little San, stop hesitating. This guy is so badly injured, he's definitely just putting on a show to buy time."
"That's right. For all we know, the Title Douluo of the Spirit Empire are already on their way." Zhu Zhuqing said coldly.
Ning Rongrong took a slight step forward, staring at Jiang Chen with venomous eyes, and said in a delicate voice, "Jiang Chen, did my Sword Grandpa and Bone Grandpa also die at your hands?"
"I didn't kill them." Jiang Chen denied it.
"Third Brother, make your move." Ning Rongrong looked at Tang San.
"Alright." Tang San nodded.
Whether Jiang Chen was bluffing or truly had confidence, they could not let him go.
"A lion fighting a rabbit!" Tang San shouted in a low voice.
The seven of them once again each ate a Flying Mushroom Sausage and quickly formed the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill formation.
Surging soul power flowed, being passed one after another to Tang San at the very front.
Tang San's formidable strength that allowed him to fight above his level, combined with such vast soul power support, this was the foundation of their confidence in killing Jiang Chen.
Under the infusion of the massive soul power, the Sea God Trident suddenly erupted with an intensely dazzling blue light, like a blue sun, dyeing everything within a thousand meters into a blue world.
Jiang Chen's eyes narrowed, and the contempt in his heart vanished.
He felt himself being locked onto by the Sea God Trident, giving him the sensation that no matter how he tried to dodge, he would still be hit.
At this moment, Tang San raised the trident high and declared loudly, "Jiang Chen, stop resisting. We already know all of your methods. The Sea God Trident was prepared specifically for you. Even your teleportation soul skill won't let you escape. Die!"
Jiang Chen chuckled lightly. "After stalling with you for so long, my soul skill has finally finished cooling down. The ones who die today will be you, not me!"
As soon as the words fell, those terrifying wounds on his body vanished in the blink of an eye. Two great domains were released, his martial soul possessed him, and an extremely fearsome aura erupted from his body.
Tang San's expression changed. The Sea God Trident smashed down fiercely, and the strike that had already been charged to its strongest power blasted toward Jiang Chen.
The intense blue light condensed into a light pillar as thick as a water bucket. Wherever it passed, the void trembled, and the soil was directly evaporated.
The two-hundred-meter distance was like teleportation for Tang San's strike; it arrived in front of Jiang Chen in less than the blink of an eye.
Jiang Chen's third soul ring lit up, and his body abruptly disappeared, reappearing behind Ning Rongrong at the very back. His sharp claws stabbed toward Ning Rongrong's back.
"Hmph, I was already prepared for you." Tang San coldly snorted, turned, and stepped forward, blocking in front of Ning Rongrong.
They had long been prepared for Jiang Chen's teleportation skill and were constantly on guard, so they were able to react immediately.
The dark and heavy trident stabbed straight toward Jiang Chen's claws. That blue light pillar containing terrifying power curved in midair and once again blasted toward Jiang Chen.
This was the Sea God Trident's automatic locking ability. Tang San had not used it even against Tang Chen earlier; it had been prepared specifically for Jiang Chen.
Even if Jiang Chen's speed was fast and he possessed a teleportation skill, he still could not avoid this strike.
In that instant, Jiang Chen was attacked from both front and back.
He withdrew the claws he had thrust out and did not choose to clash head-on with the Sea God Trident.
Although his nails were hard, they probably still could not compare to a divine weapon.
With a single thought, at the critical moment when the blue light pillar was about to strike him, the teleportation skill activated once more.
His body reappeared two hundred meters away. The black armor that had already been released on his body was sizzling with white smoke.
Although he had not been hit by the blue light pillar, the energy contained within it was indeed terrifying. Merely getting close had already damaged his armor.
The divine weapon contained the Sea God's divine power, and with Tang San and the others driving it with their soul power, the attack that erupted was indeed not to be underestimated.
His icy gaze locked onto Tang San. After he suddenly disappeared, the light pillar had originally been about to smash into Tang San and the others, but Tang San swung the trident in his hand and guided the energy pillar to blast toward Jiang Chen once again.
Jiang Chen's brows furrowed tightly. The flight speed of this energy light pillar was extremely fast, much faster than his own movement speed.
The only means he had to dodge it was teleportation, but the teleportation skill was not unlimited in the number of times it could be used. In the end, he would still have to hard-tank this strike.
In a flash of lightning, he had already made his decision.
His eighth soul ring lit up, and that heavy stone coffin appeared in his hand.
Jiang Chen lifted the stone coffin. After terrifying immense strength burst forth and he spun it several times, he smashed it toward the blue light pillar that was making the entire void tremble.
As long as this strike could not instantly kill him, the ones who would die would still be Tang San and the others.
He did not believe Tang San could unleash such an attack again.
With a loud boom, the stone coffin collided with the blue light pillar. An incomparably dazzling light erupted at the point of impact.
The blue radiance blotted out the sky, even more piercing than the scorching sun above.
Dai Mubai and the others hurriedly closed their eyes. Otherwise, this intense light would have blinded them for a long time.
Tang San had no such concerns. With the Purple Demon Eyes activated, his gaze pierced through the intense blue light and locked onto Jiang Chen.
In the midst of that intense collision, the stone coffin in Jiang Chen's hand exploded with a loud bang. The blue light pillar had only lost half of its power; the remaining half continued to blast toward Jiang Chen.
Although Jiang Chen had already prepared for the worst in his heart, he still could not help but be shocked at this moment.
The strike jointly unleashed by Tang San and the others had already surpassed the power of Tang Chen's earlier attack.
It had actually even broken through his stone coffin of superior defense.
His entire body's defensive power had already been raised to the maximum. Countless bolts of lightning surged out from his corpse core and gathered onto his fist as he smashed it toward the light pillar that had reached him.
Before the previous energy tide had even settled, another terrifying energy flow erupted once more.
The armor on Jiang Chen's body shattered, and strands of blood carrying a faint golden color sprayed out.
His body was sent flying backward fiercely, continuously smashing into mountain rocks, trees, and soil, flying a full four or five hundred meters away.
The blue light between heaven and earth dissipated, leaving behind terrifying battle traces on the ground.
Dai Mubai and the others opened their eyes and could not find Jiang Chen's figure.
"Third Brother, is Jiang Chen dead?" Ning Rongrong asked excitedly.
Tang San shook his head. "Not yet, but he's almost there. Let's go."
He took the lead and charged toward the direction where Jiang Chen had fallen.
"Perfect. Let me kill him with my own hands." Ning Rongrong's face was filled with excitement as she followed closely behind.
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