Chapter 276: The Strength Clan, Tang Hao and Tai Tan, Master and Servant
Chapter 276: The Strength Clan, Tang Hao and Tai Tan, Master and Servant
Strength Clan.
It was once the head of the Four Great Single-Attribute Subsidiary Clans under the Clear Sky Sect.
It was also the branch most loyal to the Tang Clan among the four great clans.
Its core labels were an extreme path of pure strength cultivation and the continent’s top-tier forging techniques.
After Tang Hao left the Clear Sky Sect, Tai Tan, the Clan Chief of the Strength Clan, chose to lead his clan away from the Clear Sky Sect as well.
Afterward, the Family settled in the southern part of Heaven Dou City, the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Now, within the high walls and thick tiles of the Strength Clan’s manor, a profound sense of power permeated everywhere.
In the deepest part of the manor was a completely sealed secret chamber.
A heavy profound iron stone door blocked out all external sounds, and not even a sliver of wind could penetrate.
There were no windows in the secret chamber, only a few round night-luminescent pearls suspended in mid-air.
A cold, ghastly white halo filled the entire space, making everything look devoid of life.
The air was thick with the choking scent of medicinal herbs.
Mixed with the herbal scent was a lingering, viscous smell of blood.
On a stone bed lay a man wrapped entirely in white bandages.
From the gaps between the layers of bandages, dark red bloodstains continued to seep out, mottling the snow-white fabric.
The man had lost his entire right arm and left leg.
The empty sleeve and pant leg hung limply on the cold stone bed, lifeless.
This man was Tang Hao.
The Clear Sky Douluo who once awed the entire Douluo Continent and shocked the world with a single hammer strike.
But now, only an unshakeable decay remained on him, along with a malevolence that ran deep into his bones, almost solidifying into substance.
Suddenly, Tang Hao’s chest began to heave violently.
His bloodshot eyes widened.
A metallic sweetness surged uncontrollably up his throat.
He abruptly turned his head.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
He coughed out a mouthful of black blood.
The filthy black blood splattered onto the snow-white bandages, like a hideous flower suddenly blooming.
At the same time.
A sharp pain, identical to what Tang San felt, exploded from the deepest depths of his Soul.
It was the pain of having one’s Soul torn apart alive.
It felt as if something that had coexisted with him for decades was being forcibly uprooted from his Origin.
A ninth spirit ring, which should have been unable to manifest due to his permanent drop in spirit power—the hundred thousand year spirit ring from Ah Yin’s Sacrifice—automatically appeared.
And under his wide-eyed, agonized gaze, it shattered with a "crack."
"No! Ah Yin!!!"
Tang Hao cried out in agony.
He could clearly sense that his connection with the hundred thousand year spirit ring was severed!
It was as if Ah Yin had completely left his side.
In an instant, Tang Hao’s eyes were filled with scarlet blood vessels.
Those eyes, already gloomy, were now so filled with rage and grief that they seemed capable of tearing through the cold air.
The first thing he thought of was the Spirit Hall.
It must be those despicable and shameless villains from the Spirit Hall who did something to Ah Yin!
Since they couldn’t kill him, they directed their sinister schemes toward Ah Yin.
Besides them, no one else would use such underhanded methods to harm a Spirit Beast that had already sacrificed itself.
"Spirit Hall!!!"
He ground out these words, his teeth clenching so hard they creaked, the taste of blood seeping from between them.
The bandages all over his body tore in several places due to the sudden tension in his muscles.
Fresh blood seeped through the gaps even faster than before.
Just then, the profound iron door of the secret chamber was gently pushed open from the outside.
A burly man over two meters tall with knotted muscles walked in slowly, carrying a bowl of steaming medicinal soup.
He was the Clan Chief of the Strength Clan, Tai Tan.
An attack systemSpirit Douluo with the Great Force ApeSpirit, he was one of the continent’s top single-attribute strength Spirit Masters.
His monstrous strength was world-shaking; even when facing a Titled Douluo level expert, he could hold his own for several moves.
The Strength Clan was originally one of the four single-attribute clans affiliated with the Clear Sky Sect.
The entire clan had been loyal to the Clear Sky Sect for generations, never harboring any second thoughts.
But when Tang Hao was expelled from the Clear Sky Sect years ago...
Tai Tan, without a word, immediately led the entire Strength Clan to break away from the Clear Sky Sect and establish their own independence.
In his heart, Tang Hao would always be his master, the only master he was destined to serve in this life.
When his gaze fell upon the striking bloodstains on the stone bed, his expression changed instantly.
His palm-leaf fan-sized fists clenched until they creaked.
"Master, what happened to you? Has your injury worsened again?"
Tang Hao slowly leaned against the head of the bed, his face as pale as paper, devoid of any color.
Yet the malevolence in his eyes hadn’t diminished at all, and his voice was as raspy as grinding stones: "It’s nothing, just a bit of backlash from an old injury."
Tai Tan’s eyes reddened instantly.
His chest heaved violently: "Spirit Hall! It’s all because of those despicable and shameless villains from the Spirit Hall!"
With teeth-gritting resentment, the words were practically squeezed out from between his teeth.
"If they hadn’t set a trap and gathered several Titled Douluo to launch a group sneak attack, how could you have fallen to such a state, Master!"
Now Tang Hao had lost an arm and a leg, having forcibly stripped away two Spirit Bones.
His spirit power was down to only Rank 75.
"Master, we will surely avenge you!"
As Tai Tan spoke, he grew more agitated, and his spirit power began to leak out uncontrollably.
He was truly heartbroken.
The person before him was the Clear Sky Douluo, who had once single-handedly held off three of Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo.
He was the most brilliant Genius seen in a hundred years in the entire Clear Sky Sect, and even the entire Douluo Continent.
Yet now he had come to this end.
He wished he could take up his Spirit right now, charge into Spirit City, and tear those sinister villains of the Spirit Hall into ten thousand pieces to avenge his master.
"..."
Tang Hao’s fingertips gripped the bedsheet beneath him tightly.
The tough fabric was crumpled into a ball by his grip, nearly torn apart by the force of his fingers.
"Tai Tan, go to the Blue Tyrant Academy and bring Little San here."
Tai Tan was stunned for a moment, the resentment on his face instantly turning into bewilderment.
"Master, you mean... the Young Lord?"
"Yes. Little San is my child, and a Genius with twin spirits. Only when Little San grows up can he stand unafraid of the Spirit Hall!"
Tang Hao knew he was completely broken.
His son, Little San, was his only hope.
"The people from the Spirit Hall could strike at him at any moment."
"Only by keeping him right under my eyes can I be at ease."
Now that Ah Yin had vanished and the connection with the spirit ring was severed...
His only reason for living in this world was Tang San.
He could not allow anything else to happen to Tang San.
Tai Tan understood immediately and nodded heavily.
He slapped his palm-leaf fan-sized hand hard against his chest, producing a dull thud.
"Rest assured, Master! Even if this old servant must risk his life, I will definitely bring the Young Lord back safe and sound!"
Tai Tan turned and strode away.
He pulled the heavy profound iron door shut behind him, resulting in a heavy thud.
Once again, Tang Hao was left alone in the secret chamber.
In the cold white light, only the sound of his heavy, suppressed breathing echoed through the empty chamber.
He leaned against the head of the bed, his cloudy gaze fixed on a certain direction in the Void Realm.
His mouth whispered Ah Yin’s name over and over again.
The malevolence in his eyes grew heavier and heavier, nearly solidifying.
Ah Yin.
Once I have finished training Little San...
I will surely make the entire Spirit Hall be buried with you!
(End of Chapter)
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