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Chapter 11 Haotian's Secret Technique - The Great Sumeru Hammer
The Earth Rhinoceros King went completely mad.
It was injured; this was the first time it had ever been so badly injured.
Dark golden blood gushed from his shoulder blade, each drop corroding a deep pit as it hit the ground.
Its eyes turned completely blood red.
"No! It's going all out!" Tang Xiao roared hoarsely, "Everyone, hold it back with all your might!"
But it was too late.
The single horn on the forehead of the Earth Rhinoceros King shone with an earthy yellow light.
The light grew brighter and brighter, eventually transforming into a pillar of light that reached the heavens and the earth—this was the primordial power condensed from its 150,000 years of cultivation!
The beam of light began to contract, converging entirely at the tip of the unicorn.
That glimmer of light was so bright that it was impossible to look directly at it, like a miniature sun.
The Earth Rhinoceros King stared intently at Tang Hao, the killing intent in his eyes almost tangible.
Tang Hao slowly straightened up.
His hands were completely lacerated at the base of his thumbs, and blood was flowing down the hammer handle.
That last hammer blow had consumed half of his soul power, and now he felt a sense of emptiness within his body.
But he still gripped the hammer tightly.
Looking at the increasingly bright "sun", Tang Hao suddenly smiled.
"That's more interesting."
"Big brother!"
The two brothers exchanged a glance and instantly understood what the other was about to do.
Tang Xiao's face was full of excitement, and even his hand holding the hammer was trembling slightly.
"Form ranks."
As soon as Tang Xiao finished speaking, the five people quickly assembled and formed a pentagonal square formation.
Standing at the very front was Tang Hao, followed by Tang Xiao and Tang Wei, with Tang Ming and Tang Jin at the very back.
The five of them simultaneously activated their soul power, and instantly a pentagonal magic array appeared beneath their feet—the Haotian Array was formed!
The Haotian Formation can concentrate the soul power of everyone within the formation onto the person who sits at the core of the formation.
Tang Hao, who was at the heart of the formation, began to experience a surge in his aura.
The soul power that had been completely depleted was restored to its peak, or even surpassed its peak!
"You beast, I'll show you what the real Haotian Hammer is."
"It is your honor to die by this move."
At this moment, the light on the Earth Rhinoceros King's horn finally reached its peak.
Tang Hao raised his Clear Sky Hammer once again.
A beast and a human formed an eerie standoff at this moment.
Then, they erupted simultaneously.
The Earth Rhinoceros King lowered its head, its single horn aimed at Tang Hao, and that point of "sun" transformed into a destructive torrent, spewing out.
Wherever it passed, it plowed a trench ten meters deep into the ground, and the soil at the edge of the trench instantly crystallized.
Tang Hao neither stepped forward nor charged ahead.
He simply raised the giant hammer in his hand, which seemed capable of splitting the heavens and the earth, slowly above his head.
Within the formation, the soul power, and even the essence and spirit of the other four people were poured into his body without reservation.
The immense power caused his meridians to groan under the strain, and fine, bloody gashes to appear on his skin, but his hand holding the hammer remained as steady as a rock.
His eyes became incredibly deep and pure at that moment.
In his heart lies the supreme secret of the Haotian Sect, passed down through generations and taught only to Haotian Douluo—the Great Sumeru Hammer.
"The north wind howls, darkening the sky and earth; a single leaf floats on the river, a sliver of sky above."
"Haotian's name resounds throughout the eight wastelands, and his name graces the peaks of Mount Sumeru for thousands of ages."
"The Great Sumeru Hammer!"
He uttered a low growl, his voice like muffled thunder.
The Haotian Hammer swelled in the wind, and where it struck, even space itself became somewhat distorted.
The hammer's edge met the destructive, earthy yellow light.
Time seemed to stand still.
next moment.
"Boom! B ...
An indescribable explosion rang out.
The earthy yellow light and the dark red hammer shadows and embers shot into the sky, intertwining and tearing, stirring up a huge vortex in the clouds.
A mushroom cloud of dust rose from the epicenter of the explosion, and a terrifying shockwave spread out in a ring, flattening and crushing all the giant trees and rocks within a radius of several kilometers!
The smoke and dust slowly dissipated.
The circular territory is gone, replaced by a terrifying giant crater with a diameter of over 100 meters.
At the center of the pit, the Earth Rhinoceros King knelt on the ground.
Its single horn on its forehead broke off in the middle.
Dark golden blood gushed from his mouth and nose, and his life force rapidly ebbed away.
The light of lava in their eyes gradually faded.
Not far in front of it, Tang Hao still stood upright.
The Haotian Hammer had been retrieved and was pinned to the ground.
His right arm was unnaturally twisted, his chest was noticeably sunken, his face was as pale as paper, and his breath was extremely weak.
The Great Sumeru Hammer, especially when forcibly activated with the help of the formation, contained a trace of true essence that surpassed his current realm, almost draining him of everything, and the backlash was even more astonishing.
But he stood there, his gaze calm as he looked at the enormous beastly body that was beginning to lose its luster.
A red soul ring, imbued with inner light and carrying immense energy that caused the space to tremble slightly, slowly rose from the corpse of the Earth Rhinoceros King.
A soul ring with a lifespan of 150,000 years.
Tang Hao managed to force a smile, a smile tinged with a mixture of blood and utter satisfaction.
He did it.
The smoke and dust had not yet completely settled, and a strong earthy smell mixed with the stench of blood filled the air.
Tang Xiao was the first to rush to Tang Hao's side, but his eyes anxiously scanned the edge of the battlefield, which was now unrecognizable.
"Ah Hao, hurry up!" Tang Xiao's voice was low and urgent as he channeled a stream of pure soul power into Tang Hao's body to help him stabilize his breathing.
"The commotion just now was too loud; it might attract other soul beasts."
Without needing to be told, Tang Wei, Tang Ming, and Tang Jin tacitly dispersed, each guarding one of the three directions of the giant pit, releasing their soul power to vigilantly sense any movement in the depths of the forest.
Tang Hao took a deep breath, suppressing the metallic taste in his throat, nodded, and then walked into the giant pit.
Inside the giant pit, Tang Hao sat cross-legged beside the corpse of the Earth Rhinoceros King, his Clear Sky Hammer martial spirit floating in his palm.
Tang Hao focused his mind and calmed his spirit. A powerful suction force surged from his body, drawing the red spirit ring down slowly and encircling his body.
After about an hour, Tang Hao's aura gradually stabilized, and the light of the red soul ring gradually subsided.
At that moment, a strange phenomenon occurred.
On the massive corpse of the Earth Rhinoceros King, a dark brown light shone again, not from a spirit ring, but from its thickest foreleg bone.
Then a strange bone broke free from the constraints of flesh and blood and slowly floated up.
The skeleton was dark gold in color, shaped like a shortened leg bone, but thicker and heavier. Its surface was naturally engraved with mysterious patterns like cracks in the earth, and an extremely solid earth element energy and a heavy, mountain-like pressure emanated from it.
"A soul bone from ten thousand years ago!" Tang Ming and Tang Jin couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, a burning light flashing in their eyes.
Even for them, who were core disciples of the Haotian Sect, this was the first time they had seen a soul bone of 100,000 years, and they found it difficult to remain completely calm.
Just as their gazes were drawn to the soul bone—
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
A series of extremely heavy footsteps came from the depths of the forest without warning.