svetikya Chapter 142 Expensive Sandbags
Chapter 142 Expensive Sandbags
Tang Zhen disappeared from the spot, while Tang Xuan gripped the Heavenly Thunder Hammer tightly in his hand, with tiny bolts of lightning swirling around the hammer.
Tang Xuan took the battle against this ten-thousand-year-old soul beast very seriously, as it was his first time challenging a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast alone.
The spirit beast in front of me is a type of spirit beast called "Giant Rock Black Bear" that is kept in captivity by the Clear Sky Sect.
The Haotian Sect can significantly enhance the cultivation level of soul beasts through certain herbs, and they are generally raised to a thousand years old. Of course, the sect will also spend a lot of money to purchase some high-grade herbs to raise several ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts. This "Giant Rock Black Bear" has a cultivation level of about twelve thousand years.
"Come on!" Tang Xuan's soul power surged, and three soul rings, two yellow and one purple, appeared beneath his feet.
The giant rock bear did not launch an attack first, seemingly unsure of how to attack.
This giant rock bear has always been well cared for by the Haotian Sect, and it has no beastly nature like the soul beasts in the Soul Beast Forest.
Tang Xuan raised the Haotian Hammer high into the air, and in an instant, the sky seemed to be veiled in black, followed by rolling thunderclouds—
"Boom!"
As lightning struck, the Heavenly Thunder Hammer absorbed its power, instantly shining brightly.
Just as Tang Xuan was about to raise his hammer to attack, he saw the giant rock bear in front of him lying on the ground convulsing, its huge paws covering its face. Seeing this, Tang Xuan couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his eye:
"Is this giant rock bear afraid of thunder?" Tang Xuan wondered.
Tang Zhen, accompanied by several elders, stopped to watch from a distance. Upon seeing this, they couldn't help but facepalm and exchange embarrassed glances.
"Sect Master, this..."
"Cough cough cough-"
Tang Xuan didn't care about anything else; his third purple spirit ring flickered silently beneath his feet.
"Third Soul Skill: Thunder Shadow!"
Tang Xuan released the Heavenly Thunder Hammer from his hand, and it slowly floated in front of its master. The hammer was wrapped in lightning, as if it contained endless power.
The lightning grew stronger and stronger, eventually forming a "lightning ball"! Tang Xuan reached his hands into the "lightning ball" from both sides, then flung them outwards, and two lightning-covered Heavenly Thunder Hammers appeared in Tang Xuan's hands.
Tang Xuan's third soul skill, "Thunder Shadow," is quite interesting. He broke through to the Soul Master level while studying at the Spirit Hall Academy. With the help of the combat instructors in Class 4, he killed a Thunder Shadow Beast and thus obtained this skill, which he named "Thunder Shadow."
There are two effects, and you can only choose one of them when releasing the skill.
The first effect is the same one Tang Xuan used before, which creates a lightning phantom to assist in combat.
The second effect is to use the power of lightning to create a copy of the Heavenly Thunder Hammer in hand, but with half the power, allowing the user to fight with two hammers.
When his instructor learned about the effects of Tang Xuan's skill, he analyzed it with Tang Xuan, saying, "Tang Xuan, the first effect of your 'Thunder Shadow' is more suitable for team battles, while the other effect may have a surprising effect in individual battles."
Tang Xuan had also trained many times in the Soul Arena in private, and it can be said that he was now very skilled at using the "Thunder Shadow" skill to create a double hammer effect for himself.
Tang Xuan hurled the Heavenly Thunder Haotian Hammer, which he had copied with his left hand, toward the Giant Rock Black Bear. The Giant Rock Black Bear, no longer hearing thunder, slowly poked its head out.
Unfortunately, what came next was a hammer blow—
The giant black bear took the blow head-on with its face and surprisingly wasn't seriously injured, except for losing one or two teeth...
As the tooth fell to the ground, the giant rock bear felt a slight pain and began to become restless.
He stood up and started flailing around. The Haotian Hammer that had been thrown hit him and flew into the air due to inertia.
Tang Xuan flashed to the feet of the now enraged giant rock bear and threw the Heavenly Thunder Haotian Hammer toward the bear's chest with his right hand.
It hit the target precisely as expected, and was then bounced into the air by the hard shell.
Tang Xuan leaped up and briefly locked eyes with the giant rock bear.
He gathered lightning power in both fists and unleashed a barrage of punches directly at the giant rock bear's face, left punch, right punch...
After delivering the right punch, he clenched his fist in mid-air... The Heavenly Thunder Haotian Hammer, which had been deflected, collided with the Haotian Hammer that had been conjured, and the Heavenly Thunder Haotian Hammer returned to his hand as if Tang Xuan had rehearsed it in advance.
Immediately after, he swung his hammer and then flashed behind the giant rock bear, striking its lower limbs with a single blow. The giant rock bear couldn't keep up with Tang Xuan's speed and couldn't react in time, staggering from the blow.
With his massive body losing its balance, Tang Xuan leaped up again, catching the illusory Haotian Hammer that was falling towards him. He then exerted force with both hands, aiming the two hammers at the head of the giant rock bear.
"boom!"
The giant rock bear immediately bled from all seven orifices, suffering a severe injury.
It's important to know that the Giant Rock Black Bear has an astonishing defensive capability. For example, the rock armor on its chest could withstand the bombardment of Tang Xuan's Heavenly Thunder Haotian Hammer and still bounce off, which shows its defensive strength.
Tang Xuan was very clever. Before the battle, he carefully examined the giant rock bear, which could be described as impregnable.
However, Tang Xuan still keenly noticed its weakest points of defense: its head and groin.
Tang Xuan originally intended to attack its groin, but the lightning he attracted frightened the creature, causing it to cower on the ground and deny Tang Xuan the opportunity to attack its groin. So Tang Xuan changed his plan and attacked its head instead!
The effect is quite remarkable.
"Yes, Xuan'er is very smart—"
An elderly man with a full head of white hair, white eyebrows and beard, and dressed in a black robe looked at the scene in the distance and said with a smile.
"Although this giant rock bear has lost its beastly nature, the only way to seriously injure it in a short time is to strike its head or groin when it is off guard..."
A middle-aged man, also dressed in a black robe, stood beside the white-haired old man, his hands clasped behind his back, and he was holding a string of prayer beads.
At this moment, Tang Zhen said, "The elders have all seen Tang Xuan's performance. I think the matter I mentioned earlier can be put on the agenda."
"I agree!" the white-haired old man nodded and said.
“Isn’t this a bit too early…” said the middle-aged man with the Buddhist prayer beads.
"Elder, it's getting late. Xuan'er and Chen'er will need quite a bit of time to comprehend that special skill after they learn it..." Tang Zhen said, frowning.
"Alright, Sect Master, I'll leave it to you. Xuan'er and Chen'er's cultivation levels should be about the same now, right?" the First Elder asked.
Tang Zhen nodded in response.
“Well, let’s go with the results of our previous discussion. Xuan’er’s Haotian Hammer is born with the lightning attribute, so let him inherit the ‘Nine Absolute Techniques of Haotian’; Chen’er will try to inherit the ‘Great Sumeru Hammer’…”
As the elder spoke, he took two scrolls out of his black robe and handed them to Tang Zhen.
"Elder—"
Tang Zhen was quite surprised to see the Grand Elder neatly and efficiently produce two scrolls of ultimate techniques, because he had originally been the elder with the strongest opposition, always wanting to wait until Tang Xuan and Tang Chen became Title Douluos before making any plans.
The elder smiled and said:
"Everything is for the sake of the Clear Sky Sect, what reason do I have to hesitate any longer? As for Xuan'er, let him use this opportunity to practice his double hammer combos and absorb more spirit rings. That bear meat punching bag cost quite a bit of money—"
"Hahahaha—" All three of them laughed.
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