บท 53: Chapter 52 Hammer Tang Hao_1
At this moment, overwhelmed by guilt, Tang Hao had torn off his own left arm. He ripped off his outer garments and tightly bound the stump of his left shoulder to prevent himself from bleeding to death.
After bandaging his left shoulder and as he was about to sever his left leg to repay Ah Yin, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
He realized something was off.
Startled, he looked around, only to find that Ah Yin had already disappeared.
The stone chamber was empty; where was Ah Yin to be found?
With Ah Yin's disappearance, the madness that had clouded his mind suddenly cleared. He looked at the arm he had twisted off, the throbbing pain from the amputated limb caused his face to turn an ugly shade, and he felt that something was not right.
He remembered that he had been alerted to Ah Yin's predicament because the restrictions he had left on her were broken. But it was impossible that a group of ants could be behind breaking such restrictions, right? Even if someone had destroyed the restrictions and then left, how could Ah Yin have been devoured by insects so quickly?
Could all that had just transpired have been deliberately orchestrated by someone to trap him using Ah Yin?
However, the matter between him and Ah Yin was seamless; how could someone else know about it?
And with Ah Yin's hiding place being so secretive, how could someone possibly find her?
A chilling coldness crept into Tang Hao's heart, sweeping through his entire body. The thought that his betrayal of Ah Yin was known to others, and that person had almost succeeded in killing him using Ah Yin, sent shivers down his spine.
Even if he hadn't been foolish enough to commit suicide just now, being crippled in both his arm and leg would have rendered him helpless as a fish on a chopping board.
Yet now that he had lost an arm, his strength was also greatly diminished.
"Who?" Tang Hao was full of rage inside. The thought that he, Hao Tian Douluo, could be toyed with in such a manner fueled his endless anger. As the youngest Titled Douluo on the Continent, he had his pride.
Just now, he had exposed such a vulnerable side and been played to the point of kneeling.
How could he endure such humiliation?
His spiritual power stretched out in all directions, searching, and he sensed Xu Ran's presence.
Xu Ran, seeing the situation, took a step forward, appearing directly in front of Tang Hao. Not too concerned about his safety, given that Tang Hao had lost an arm.
"Who are you? Why do you want to harm me?" Tang Hao said angrily, looking at Xu Ran. When he realized that Xu Ran's "Cultivation Level" was only that of a Soul Elder, he became even more infuriated. He, Hao Tian Douluo, was being bullied by a Soul Elder? He was a respected existence that even the Martial Soul Hall had to fear.
"I harm you?"
"You, who can bear to kill your own wife, what right do you have to speak to me like that. Hao Tian Douluo, with such a great reputation, but behind the scenes engaging in the despicable act of betraying your wife, truly contemptible," Xu Ran said with a cold smile, looking at the severed arm lying on the ground, his tone laced with disdain.
The deeds of Tang Hao, if exposed, would be despised by the people of the world.
In Soul Land, anyone may covet the Soul Rings on Ah Yin, but Tang Hao alone cannot. What kind of man is he who would even do such a thing to his own close kin?
Moreover, Xu Ran also knew that Tang Hao's father, the previous Sect Master of Hao Tian Clan, died of anger due to the incident involving him and Ah Yin, roused by the Martial Soul Hall.
Tang Hao alone caused the death of his own father, his wife's demise by his own hand, and his son born without enough to eat—it was Tang San who took care of him. His own sect could only declare the cutting off of all dependent clans and shut itself away due to the oppression from Martial Soul Hall.
Xu Ran couldn't understand how even someone like him could be whitewashed.
"Infuriated to death by his own son, wife killed, child neglected, and bringing almost catastrophic disaster to his clan. If I were you, Tang Hao, I'd probably have died of shame hanging from some crooked tree long ago. Unexpectedly, you, Hao Tian Douluo, still manage to scurry around like a rat," Xu Ran said, looking coldly at Tang Hao.
"You're talking nonsense; I didn't," he retorted.
"My father wasn't killed by me, not by me, not by me," Tang Hao said angrily, his eyes blood-red. He had truly never imagined that his own actions could lead to his father's death. He really hadn't thought it through.
Tang Hao's body shook uncontrollably; even snapping his own arm just now had not caused him as much pain as Xu Ran's words, which stabbed mercilessly into his heart like a sharply honed blade.
Everything Xu Ran had said was true, and it was all that he felt most guilty about.
Due to his own greed, the ensuing consequences of desiring Ah Yin's Soul Rings far exceeded his emotional endurance.
His wife, his father, his child, his sect... it was all because of him!
"You're merely a Soul Elder; how could you know so much? Today, I will tear you to pieces and make you suffer. Once you're dead, no one else will know about this," Tang Hao roared, charging at Xu Ran with a speed that startled even a Titled Douluo like Xu Ran.
"Qilin Form."
"Ten Thousand Years Qilin Experience Card, activate."
Xu Ran silently commanded in his heart and, in an instant, his body transformed into a five-meter-long, three-meter-high Qilin, bursting with terrifying power.
Xu Ran gave Tang Hao a cold glance and charged at him without hesitation. The might emanating from the Ten Thousand Year Kirin was nearly comparable to that of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
As he charged, the entire cave trembled, and numerous rocks fell from above. However, remarkably, the trajectory of the falling rocks seemed miraculously diverted, as if purposefully avoiding Xu Ran. This was the effect of Xu Ran's Power of Destiny, which could even subtly alter the path of falling objects.
"Are you a soul beast?" Tang Hao's expression changed drastically, and he halted his charge toward Xu Ran. His heart couldn't help but feel terrified; he did not understand how Xu Ran, who had just been a Soul Master with the "Cultivation Level" of Soul Elder, had become such a fearsome soul beast.
This formidable aura was nearly on par with that of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
"How can your aura be so powerful?" Tang Hao didn't have time to think and instantly released his Martial Soul.
"Strike the sick, seize their life," Xu Ran burst forth with terrifying speed, taking advantage of Tang Hao's unpreparedness and his failure to release a soul skill yet. His massive paw struck down towards Tang Hao.
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