135: Tang Hao

Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, a hidden valley embraced by circular mountains.

In the center of the valley, a crescent spring, clear to its bottom, shimmered under the moonlight.

By the spring, a Blue Silver Grass of unimaginable size grew.

Its main trunk was not an ordinary blade of grass, but like gnarled ancient tree vines, displaying a deep, noble blue-gold color throughout, flowing with a warm, jade-like luster.

Countless crystal-clear, broad grass leaves, edged with fine silver glints, unfurled layer upon layer like the most luxurious gown, covering half of the spring's edge.

The grass leaves moved without wind, exuding a dense, almost tangible life aura, as if it were the heart of the entire valley.

However, at this moment, this sacred Blue Silver Emperor was shrouded in a suffocating despair.

On the open ground by the spring, Ah Yin's slender figure was forced against the main trunk of the Blue Silver Emperor, with no path of retreat.

She wore a simple moon-white long dress, but now the fabric on her shoulder was torn, revealing a small patch of skin as fair as frost and snow, and a shallow bloodstain was particularly glaring.

Her originally ethereal and clear countenance was now pale with terror and anger, and her eyes, like the purest emeralds, burned with flames of humiliation, staring fixedly at the two figures pressing ever closer.

A shocking trail of crimson blood snaked down from the corner of her mouth, dripping onto the front of her dress, like red plum blossoms blooming on snow.

"Ah Yin, stop being so stubborn!"

Tang Xiao held a Clear Sky Hammer, shrunken in form but still exuding a heavy oppressive aura, held horizontally before him, his face ashen, his gaze complex, containing both a brotherly "admonition" and the embarrassment of being rejected, along with a hint of undetectable hostility.

"My brother, Tang Hao, is deeply infatuated with you, and now he has even broken through to Titled Douluo, becoming the youngest Douluo in the Clear Sky Sect's history! His identity, status, and strength—which aspect is not worthy of you? Why must you be so unappreciative, keeping everyone at a distance?!"

His voice, like muffled thunder, echoed in the valley, carrying a tone of condescending accusation.

Tang Hao stood half a step behind Tang Xiao.

He was tall and burly, dressed in a dark black robe, like a towering iron pagoda.

His originally resolute and heroic face was now somewhat distorted due to extreme desire and twisted possessiveness.

His gaze, like a red-hot branding iron, was fixed on Ah Yin, greedily sweeping over her exquisite curves and terrified, helpless expression, as if he wanted to devour her alive.

A terrifying pressure belonging to a Titled Douluo, like an invisible giant mountain, pressed down on Ah Yin, making her delicate body tremble slightly, almost unable to breathe.

Above his head, a black spirit ring, deep as an abyss and with blood-red halos flowing around its edges, slowly rotated, silently proclaiming absolute power.

"Ah Yin…" Tang Hao's voice was deep and hoarse, carrying a pathological obsession and an undeniable domineering tone.

"Brother Xiao is right. My feelings for you are witnessed by heaven and earth! From the first time I saw you in the Star Dou Great Forest, I swore that you could only be my woman!"

He took a step closer, and the ground beneath his feet silently cracked. "I know your secret… a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast transforming into human form… the Blue Silver Emperor…"

A cruel and greedy arc curved at the corner of his mouth. "How perfect, how precious! As long as you agree to become my wife, I, Tang Hao, swear by the name of Clear Sky Douluo, I will protect you completely! Your identity will be my Tang Hao's greatest honor, not a death warrant! But if you insist on refusing…"

A fierce light burst forth in his eyes, and the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand instantly expanded. A terrifying aura of destruction swept out like a storm, locking onto Ah Yin and the Blue Silver Emperor beside her.

"Then don't blame me… for using extraordinary means to obtain you! I will not harm you for this hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and Spirit Bone, but if you remain stubborn, I fear you can only become an indispensable aid for me to reach the peak!"

The naked threat, like a poisoned dagger, fiercely pierced Ah Yin's heart.

"Dream on!"

Ah Yin's voice carried a tearing shrillness, and a desperate, unyielding flame burned in her emerald eyes.

Her slender fingers clutched tightly into the tough vines of the Blue Silver Emperor beside her, as if to draw the last of her strength from this plant that had accompanied her for countless years.

"Tang Hao, put away your nauseating delusions! Even if I, Ah Yin, scatter my soul and perish, I will never humble myself to a despicable wretch like you! Your love? It's nothing but greed and possessiveness disguised as infatuation! Disgusting!"

Her words, each like a knife, cruelly gouged at Tang Hao's most sensitive self-esteem!

"Bitch! You refuse a toast and choose a forfeit!"

Tang Hao instantly erupted in rage! His face was completely contorted by extreme shame, indignation, and twisted jealousy.

He was like a mad tiger whose tail had been stepped on.

The blood-colored spirit ring above his head suddenly burst forth with dazzling light! The Clear Sky Hammer in his hand, carrying the terrifying power to shatter mountains, no longer held any restraint, and ruthlessly smashed down towards Ah Yin and the Blue Silver Emperor's true body beside her.

"You refuse a toast and choose a forfeit! Take her down!"

The last trace of hesitation in Tang Xiao's eyes was replaced by a fierce expression. His Clear Sky Hammer followed closely, its shadow like a mountain, sealing off all of Ah Yin's escape routes.

The two brothers, a Titled Douluo and a Spirit Douluo, unleashed their full-power attacks, vowing to crush this stubborn Blue Silver Emperor and her pride into dust.

The terrifying hammer wind tore through the air, emitting a wailing shriek like ghosts.

The aura of death instantly completely engulfed Ah Yin! She closed her eyes in despair, mobilizing all the remaining Soul Power in her body, and the Blue Silver Emperor beside her erupted with dazzling blue-gold light.

Countless tough vines intertwined to form a final barrier, attempting a futile resistance like a praying mantis trying to stop a chariot! However, before those two Clear Sky Hammers capable of shaking mountains, this barrier appeared so fragile.

Just as the destructive hammer shadows were about to engulf that slender moon-white figure and the sacred Blue Silver Emperor—

"Who dares touch her—!!!"

A roar, as if from the depths of the Nine Nether Purgatory, carrying a heaven-burning rage, like world-ending thunder, tore through the valley's stillness! The sound waves rolled, shaking the circular mountain walls, causing rubble to clatter down!

A purple-gold flame meteor, moving at a speed beyond the limits of vision, fiercely burst into the valley! Wherever it passed, the air was scorched, twisting and exploding, and the ground was plowed into charred deep trenches! The meteor's target was not Tang Hao or Tang Xiao, but those two terrifying hammer shadows about to fall on Ah Yin!

"First Spirit Ability · Xuan Huang Lion Flame Crash! Get out of my way!"

Boom—!!!

The purple-gold flame lion head, carrying the furious roar of the king of beasts and the primal burning power that incinerates all things, violently crashed into the side of Tang Xiao's slightly weaker hammer shadow! It was like a red-hot iron ball smashing into a layer of ice!

Crack!

A harsh cracking sound echoed! Tang Xiao's hammer shadow, capable of killing an ordinary Spirit Douluo, was actually forcefully deflected by this purple-gold flame lion head! The hammer shadow grazed Ah Yin's side and slammed down.

It smashed a bottomless giant pit into the rocky ground by the crescent spring, and spring water shot up into the sky.

The aftermath of the explosion sent Ah Yin stumbling backward, hitting the main trunk of the Blue Silver Emperor, and she spat out another mouthful of blood, but she ultimately avoided the fatal blow.