Chapter 309: The Sea God Appears
"Bastard! Xiao Yu, I'm going to kill you!"
With a roar of fury, Tang San leapt out from the rubble. A bright red five-fingered palm print burned on his left cheek, glaringly clear. His eyes had turned blood-red, locking tightly onto Xiao Yu in front of him.
If looks could kill, Xiao Yu would have been sliced into a thousand pieces by now.
That slap had involuntarily brought Tang San back to ten years ago, at the Rose Hotel in Soto City—the first time he met Xiao Yu, he had received the exact same slap.
Since then, anything even remotely related to Xiao Yu had never gone smoothly for him.
The immortal herbs he longed for slipped through his fingers. He was captured and beaten by Xiao Yu's men.
His childhood sweetheart Xiao Wu, who had grown up by his side, was forced to leave him after her identity was exposed by Nine Star Hall.
He lost the championship of the Soul Master Tournament. He lost the soul bone he coveted.
Even the superior-grade immortal herb—the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng—was intercepted by Nine Star Hall. And worst of all, his father died at the hands of their experts. That tragedy even indirectly pushed the Yu Clan and Min Clan into joining Nine Star Hall, further strengthening Xiao Yu's power.
Xiao Yu was truly a man long overdue for death!
"Xiao Yu, maybe you are powerful. But I, Tang San, am the chosen one of heaven itself. Let me show you a power that transcends this world!"
Tang San slowly raised the Sea God Trident in his hand and slammed it into the ground. With a thunderous boom, the earth within ten meters around him cracked open.
At the same time, the Sea God's mark on his forehead released a golden beam of light that shot into the trident. The previously pitch-black trident transformed into a brilliant gold. The Sea God's power erupted in full, and Tang San's aura exploded. A blue-gold pillar of light shot skyward.
Xiao Yu suddenly felt everything in his vision becoming distorted. Even his domain seemed to tremble, as if on the verge of being torn apart.
So this was the power of a divine weapon!
"Xiao Yu, die!"
Tang San roared as he stepped forward, surging toward his opponent. The trident burst forth with golden light, brimming with terrifying energy, and stabbed directly at Xiao Yu.
"Tang San, I'll say it again—frog in a well! You think that just because a god favors you, you're invincible? Fool, the world is far bigger than you can imagine!"
Xiao Yu let out a hearty laugh as thick black light exploded from his body. Beginning at his chest, it rapidly enveloped him, transforming into a matching suit of black armor.
Three pairs of black wings unfurled behind his back.
Then—yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red, red—nine soul rings appeared, completely surpassing any conventional understanding.
The chilling Nether King Sword was raised high above his head.
Facing Tang San's incoming strike, Xiao Yu brought the sword down with overwhelming force.
Boom!
The Nether King Sword clashed with the Sea God Trident, unleashing an earth-shattering explosion. A terrifying storm of energy burst out from the point of impact, sweeping in all directions.
Both men were knocked backward, stumbling several steps.
"He blocked it?! How is that possible?"
Shock filled Tang San's face.
If he had merely lost in a domain clash, he could barely accept it. But now, even a direct strike from the Sea God Trident had been blocked? Tang San's worldview was crumbling.
That was the Sea God's weapon—a true divine artifact! Against enemies, its weight reached an astonishing 108,000 jin. Yet Xiao Yu had blocked it with a single sword strike.
And that sword wasn't even his actual martial spirit—just a derivative of it.
"Tang San, I've told you before—you're nothing more than a slightly luckier piece of trash."
Xiao Yu spoke calmly, his eyes never once hiding the contempt he held for Tang San.
"No, I don't believe it—this is impossible!"
With a furious roar, the golden light on Tang San's forehead surged even more violently, continuously pouring into the Sea God Trident. His face twisted with rage as he swung the trident wildly, launching a ferocious barrage of attacks like a storm against Xiao Yu.
Xiao Yu remained composed in the face of the onslaught. His sword light, sharp as lightning cleaving through the night, crashed fiercely against the Sea God Trident. With each collision, the entire Spirit Hall branch trembled violently.
Tang San's soul power was already inferior to Xiao Yu's. What's more, a significant portion of that power didn't even belong to him—it had been stolen through devouring soul beasts and soul masters, or forcibly granted through the Sea God's blessing. In his haste to grow stronger, Tang San had never fully integrated this power. His foundation was shaky.
This flaw was hard to notice when crushing weaker opponents, but once he fell into a prolonged battle, it became a fatal weakness.
"It's time to end this, Tang San!"
Xiao Yu shouted, and behind him, countless sword lights manifested. They surged toward the Nether King Sword in his hand, causing it to expand dramatically until it reached over a hundred meters in length, as if it could pierce the heavens.
With a deafening boom, he brought the sword down.
It fell with thunderous might, causing heaven and earth to change color. The wind howled, thunder crashed, and lightning split the sky. The power of this single slash seemed capable of annihilating all of creation, of wiping away the mortal world in its entirety.
Feeling the overwhelming force of the strike, Tang San's expression changed drastically. He frantically pushed his soul power to its limit. The Sea God's Light burst forth at full intensity. Clenching the trident tightly, he unleashed a blinding surge of blue-gold brilliance, swinging the Sea God Trident like a colossal divine blade directly at the Nether King Sword.
Boom!
Sword and trident collided, erupting in a blinding explosion of light. A powerful shockwave ripped through the battlefield, carving a chasm several meters wide into the earth.
Tang San's figure was flung through the air with the terrifying blast.
His defenses had been utterly shattered by Xiao Yu's strike. The residual force slammed directly into his body. Tang San felt as if his internal organs had been torn apart. He spat blood uncontrollably as he crashed hard into the ground—and this time, he couldn't stand up again.
"Stop!"
Just as Xiao Yu prepared to deliver the final blow, a voice echoed from the sky—majestic and imposing.
In the next instant, the pitch-black sky turned a radiant blue. A dazzling golden light erupted from Tang San's body and gradually formed into a massive phantom figure in the air, over a hundred meters tall.
Xiao Yu smirked and said coldly, "Sea God, so you finally couldn't resist showing yourself, you old dog."
"Insolence!"
Hearing himself addressed as an old dog, the Sea God instantly flew into a rage. A boundless divine pressure surged down from above, ruthlessly pressing down toward Xiao Yu.
(End of this chapter)
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