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Tang Hao had already severed his pinky and thumb when he was captured. Over nearly a year, his remaining three fingers slowly curled together, forming a shape much like a chicken claw.

Let alone fighting with a hammer again—he couldn't even use chopsticks anymore.

In the cage, Tang Hao had his hair and beard shaved off and wore a coarse prison uniform. Although he wasn't killed outright by the Spirit Hall due to a bet between Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu, he still received plenty of attention during his year in the dungeon.

Although the scars had been removed by healing-type soul masters, his body was still as thin as if all his blood had been drained. Skin clung to the bone, and his haggard face could barely be recognized as the once proud and unyielding man he was.

After a year of imprisonment, Tang Hao was now like a rat afraid of the sun. Under the sunlight and the gazes of countless people, the once unruly Clear Sky Douluo had become a crazed, cowardly prisoner.

Those hateful and contemptuous looks cast from his ancestors, brother, child, tribe members, and countless others—whether they knew him or not—pierced Tang Hao’s heart again and again.

He had no will to resist or beg for mercy; all he wanted was to lower his head as much as possible, or simply destroy his face. But with his limbs broken and his soul power sealed, he couldn't even stand. He could just barely appear to be standing in the prison cart because his neck was restrained by a metal collar.

Tang Hao could do nothing but tremble, not even daring to make a sound.

Looking at the pathetic and cowardly Tang Hao in the prison cart, Tang San's eyes showed undisguised disgust. He no longer had the slightest respect for the man who was once his father, only contempt.

Although Tang Hao was captured while helping him increase his soul power, did that matter to Tang San?

What Tang San cared about was that Tang Hao had lost face, making him seem so weak in the eyes of countless people.

What use was such a disgraceful father?

"Begin!"

With Salas’s loud shout, the moment their eyes met, soul skills began to be released.

Tang San didn't care about anyone else in the Heaven Dou Royal Academy battle team. Now, his eyes were only on Chen Ming and Dugu Yan.

Dugu Yan’s Soul King-level strength had already been displayed to the fullest in previous battles, and she had also revealed a soul bone of seemingly considerable age. Her strength was probably no less than any member of the previous Golden Generation.

As for Chen Ming, his Soul King-level cultivation was something Tang San had seen with his own eyes when he and Xiao Wu first entered Shrek Academy. The various complex poisons he wielded were still unforgettable.

Yet even facing two Soul Kings at once, Tang San's heart remained utterly calm.

"Now, I am terrifyingly strong!"

"Blue Silver Bind!" Tang San was the first to summon Blue Silver Grass, shouting as his first soul ring lit up.

For some reason, even though the Clear Sky Hammer was a higher-level martial soul than the Blue Silver Grass, Tang San still habitually used Blue Silver Grass and its Blue Silver Bind soul skill as his opening move. This time, the response was a sword aura filled with a thick aura of destruction.

The sharp sword aura erupted, instantly tearing the ground apart. The soul skills unleashed by those nearby were instantly annihilated by the concentrated destructive power of the sword aura, unable to hinder it in the slightest.

Facing such powerful destruction and deadly threat, the dormant Asura God’s spiritual consciousness in Tang San’s mind immediately seized control of Tang San’s body, using the Blue Silver Grass like a spider to pull the body away.

Having narrowly dodged the sword aura, the Asura God’s consciousness, controlling Tang San's body, finally saw the soul rings on Chen Ming.

Three blood-red soul rings with golden threads floated in the air. A terrifying force of destruction enhanced the sword, and an illusory purple dragon soul coiled around it, radiating a destructive aura.

“Is this the Dragon God's Companion Dragon—Purple Radiance Annihilation Heavenly Dragon?” Feeling that familiar aura of destruction, the Asura God's consciousness was startled and almost cried out in shock, but after a closer look, noticed something was off.

"No, this sword has dragon aura and destructive power, but this dragon soul is not the Purple Radiance Annihilation Heavenly Dragon. It should be a descendant with a degenerated bloodline, and this aura—could he be the inheritor of the God of Destruction?"

The Asura God’s consciousness in Bibi Dong’s mind had seen Chen Ming’s soul rings and martial soul, but the strange thing was that the Asura God’s various strands of consciousness could not communicate with each other.

The Asura God in the Divine Realm was the main body, and these scattered consciousnesses were sub-bodies. Sub-bodies could transmit information to the main body, but not to each other, nor could they combine at will.

For security, even the strand of the Asura God’s consciousness residing in Douluo Continent was unaware of the main body's plans and thought itself to be the upright God Realm Enforcer, single-mindedly striking down evil.

The consciousness in Bibi Dong's mind wanted to report, but before it could, it was noticed by Qian Daoliu. In the territory of the Angel God, before the High Priest of the current Angel God, and in the presence of the successor to the God of Destruction, this consciousness dared not contact the main body at will.

Moreover, due to its pitiful nature and Bibi Dong’s vigilance against it, this strand of consciousness was like water without a source, unable to display its unique qualities, more like an isolated island.

Thus, the main Asura God’s consciousness in Tang San’s mind still regarded Chen Ming as just that special Soul King.

“How is this an ordinary Soul King? He’s a twin martial soul user, and a soul master undergoing God’s Trials. This destructive power comes not only from the God of Destruction but also from the Purple Radiance Annihilation Heavenly Dragon. How can I deal with this?”

The Asura God’s consciousness cursed, forcibly twisting Tang San’s spirit to control his body in battle. Because Tang San was originally a piece specially created by the Asura God, he didn’t sense anything wrong, only thinking that he was unleashing his potential under enormous pressure.

The laughable Evil Blue Silver Grass was instantly withdrawn, and the Clear Sky Hammer appeared in Tang San’s hand. One purple, four black, and one red—six soul rings appeared beside him.

At this moment, seeing those four dazzling hundred-thousand-year soul rings on the battlefield, the audience finally realized what was happening.

“A hundred-thousand-year soul ring, is that even possible?”

“Two twin martial souls—one with three hundred-thousand-year soul rings, one with one hundred-thousand-year soul ring!”