Sinners Don't Keep Their Word

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's eyes were filled with disbelief.

What the hell was that ball-like thing?

It had blown him to within a hair's breadth of death in a single blast.

Impossible. Absolutely fucking impossible.

His cultivation was at the Demigod level.

If not for the Divine Realm's rule that Soul Beasts could not become gods, he would have been at least at the level of a Second-Level God.

Even though he had not truly become a god, with the boost from Divine Power Armor Formation, his defenses could have withstood a collision with a small continent.

Klee looked down at the sea. "????"

"Where's the fish? Where did that great big fish go?"

Douluo Continent.

Countless Soul Masters sucked in a breath of cold air at the sight.

That was a Soul Beast close to god level.

Its defenses were at god level.

If that Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had been defeated by the Ruler of Life, or by someone at the level of The Seven, like Raiden Ei,

they could even have accepted it if he had been defeated by Lady Raiden Ei's familiar, Yae Miko.

But instead,

he had been defeated by a little girl who looked no more than five years old.

This was outrageous opening the door for outrageous's mother-outrageous had come home.

(Tang San: Impossible, this is absolutely impossible! She's clearly just a little girl. How could she be so terrifying? What on earth was that ball-like thing she dropped?)

(Bo Saixi: Impossible, this is absolutely impossible! I must have seen it wrong. Over the past thousand years, who knows how many Titled Douluo from Sea God Island have fallen at the hands of that Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.)

(Bibi Dong: ????? Is Teyvat really that damn amazing? Even a little girl has such terrifying power.)

(Tang Hao: Fuck, I saw it wrong. I definitely saw it wrong.)

"Run! Stop blowing us up!!" The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and his wife wanted nothing more than to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

How embarrassing. This was too damn embarrassing.

A little girl from another world who looked no more than twenty-five years old had nearly beaten them to death.

Even after taking such a beating,

the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King could not muster the slightest thought of revenge.

The Demon Empress was supporting him now.

He used all his strength to flee.

Run. All he wanted to do was run.

Revenge? Revenge my ass.

He felt like an ant that had nearly been crushed under an elephant's foot.

To hell with becoming a god, to hell with cultivation.

The outside world was too dangerous.

Damn it.

He was going home to lie low.

He would never come out again.

The couple sped toward the deep sea faster than lightning, too fast for anyone to cover their ears.

"Did I blow someone up?"

"If I blew someone up, Klee's really done for."

When Klee heard the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and his wife say, "Stop blowing us up," the little curved tuft of hair on her head instantly drooped.

The Knights' survival rule: set off a blast in the city, report to solitary confinement; hurt someone with a bomb, Jean comes knocking; set fire to a mountain, Klee's done for.

Upon hearing this,

everyone went blank, their faces filled with astonishment.

Did she blow someone up?

Did she, did she, did she really need to fucking ask?

Even the fleeing Deep Sea Demonic Whale King could not help cursing inwardly when he heard that.

Damn it.

Did she really need to ask?

Did she blow someone up? She nearly blew me to death!

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King could not help glancing back.

He saw that the little girl called Klee really was just like a five-year-old, hesitating over whether she had blown up the wrong person.

He could not help fleeing even faster.

Damn it.

Too terrifying.

If a five-year-old girl had this kind of destructive power, what would happen if the adults of Teyvat stepped in?

Wouldn't I end up as grilled fish and get eaten?

Tang San and the others were dumbstruck.

The little girl called Klee really, really, really only had the intelligence of a five-year-old.

A five-year-old girl's destructive power was already so terrifying. It was hard to believe how terrifying her mother's destructive power must be.

Rhinedottir appeared before Klee at some point. She reached out and compassionately patted Klee's head. "Klee didn't blow anyone up."

"Really?" Klee asked in a trembling voice.

Rhinedottir said, "Of course."

After receiving confirmation once more, Klee let out a soft breath. "Auntie Rhinedottir, I want to go back to the Knights. I don't want to blow things up anymore. Everyone here is so weak. I'm afraid I'll blow someone to death, and then Klee will really be done for."

Rhinedottir said, "Of course you can. As long as you admit defeat, Klee, you can go back."

Klee said, "Then Klee admits defeat!"

As soon as she said that,

the Sea God Island side fell silent, deathly silent.

Tang San froze for a moment, then quickly realized what had happened.

He had won.

An unprecedented surge of happiness rushed straight to the crown of his head, and his grin nearly twisted his face out of shape.

"Hahahaha, Dad, Dad, we won! We won! I told you the Ruler of Life was just as merciful as the Life God King!"

"We won without doing anything!"

Tang San's grin nearly twisted his face out of shape.

He had originally thought that, with Klee's terrifying destructive power, even if they won, even the Sea God Poseidon would have to pay a terrifying price.

He had not expected Klee to admit defeat outright.

They had won.

This time, he, Tang San, had not only kept his life but also obtained the Sea God Inheritance and the Asura God Inheritance.

He had hit the jackpot.

Tang Xiao quickly flew over from the distance, and Dai Mubai and the others came over as well.

Laughing heartily, Tang Xiao patted Tang San on the shoulder. "Everything's fine now. The Ruler of Life said she would spare us as long as we won one round. We won, so we're safe."

Yu Yuanzhen was still taunting them in the heavenly screen.

(Yu Yuanzhen: Hahahaha, hahahaha! Ning Fengzhi, you regret it now, don't you? You regret it, don't you? Tang San won! Our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan is about to gain a powerful backer like Tang San, and we can even get god-level resources as a reward from him. When the time comes, our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan will be the second-ranked sect on the Douluo Continent.)

Tang San merely smiled coldly at the flattery from Tang Xiao and the others.

Heh.

You lot want resources from the Divine Realm too? Dream on.

As soon as the Ruler of Life left, he would use his cultivation as the Sea God's inheritor to repay Tang Xiao and those other bastards, blow by blow, for the humiliation they had inflicted on him and his father.

And he, Tang San, would not spare a single fence-sitter like Yu Yuanzhen either. Every last one of them already had a way to die.

Just as Tang San was thinking about how to take revenge,

brilliant golden chains tore through the void, binding his hands, feet, and neck tightly.

Tang San froze.

He saw Rhinedottir walking toward her, one step at a time.

Clearly, Rhinedottir was the one who had made the move.

Tang San froze. "Ruler of Life, what is the meaning of this? Didn't you say that if we won one of the three rounds, you would spare us?!"

Rhinedottir's cold laughter rang out.

"That's right. The Ruler of Life did promise to spare you."

"But I, Rhinedottir, one of the former Five Sinners of Kairuiya, made no such promise."

"As everyone knows, sinners don't keep their word."