The Wretch Manifests Divinity

Donghai Park was not far from Eastsea Academy, and was one of Eastsea City's landmark scenic areas. It had existed since the very beginning of Eastsea City's founding.

One could say that the long-standing Donghai Park had witnessed almost the entire development of Eastsea City, from a seaside town of the Primeval Era to a first-tier city that ranked among the best in the entire Sun Moon Federation today.

As a result, many rare tree species with long lifespans could be seen inside Donghai Park. Deep within the park, among the towering ancient trees, there was no lack of those that exceeded a hundred meters in height. It was secluded and tranquil. Viewed from high above, the vast Donghai Park looked just like a small ancient forest.

The fresh scent of plants mingled with the fragrance of flowers, refreshing the heart and spirit.

Donghai Park had always been open to the people of Eastsea City free of charge. Around the outer edges of the park, there were plenty of people strolling or exercising. However, very few ordinary citizens ventured deep into Donghai Park, because among the people of Eastsea City, certain rumors had always circulated. They said that because the plants deep within Donghai Park had existed for thousands of years, some were suspected to have awakened intelligence and become Plant-Type Soul Beasts.

This counted as a unique urban legend of Eastsea City.

Ordinary people had an instinctive fear of Soul Beasts. Even though, over the years, there had never been any reports of Plant-Type Soul Beasts injuring people deep inside Donghai Park, it still made people hesitate to approach. Only Soul Masters would scoff at such rumors.

In the current Soul Spirit Era, if intelligent Plant-Type Soul Beasts truly existed deep within Donghai Park, the people from Spirit Pagoda would probably have long since found all kinds of excuses to take them away and turn them into Soul Spirits.

The location Xie Xie and Tang Wulin had chosen for their duel was deep within Donghai Park.

In Xie Xie's right hand was a crystal-yellow dagger about one foot and two inches long. A Yellow Soul Ring accompanied his high-speed, ground-skimming movement, leaving behind a series of afterimages, while the Light Dragon Dagger in his right hand also let out a faint dragon cry.

Easily avoiding the Blue Silver Grass Tang Wulin swiftly drew in around him, a trace of disdain appeared at the corner of his mouth.

If I hadn't been careless before, how could you possibly have beaten me?

Xie Xie, who was diving toward Tang Wulin, rapidly changed direction. His entire body seemed to turn illusory as his figure slipped through the vine-like strands of Blue Silver Grass.

"Not good!" Tang Wulin's heart jolted. If his First Soul Skill, Bind, could not restrict Xie Xie's movements, then the toughness produced by his Martial Soul's mutation would be completely useless. He hurriedly recalled all the Blue Silver Grass blooming around him.

Although, in theory, Tang Wulin, who possessed the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, should be a Control System Battle Soul Master and innately counter Xie Xie, an Agility System Battle Soul Master, the gap between them in both Soul Power Cultivation and actual combat experience was far too great.

After learning of the toughness characteristic of Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, Xie Xie simply refused to clash head-on with him. The Yellow Soul Ring beside him shone. He tightened his grip on the Light Dragon Dagger and gave it a slight shake, and a yellow light blade shot out horizontally.

First Soul Skill, Light Dragon Blade.

Although Light Dragon Blade failed to cut through Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass, it still blasted it apart, and caused the soul power inside Tang Wulin's body to pour out wildly, nearly leaving him drained. Everything had its advantages and drawbacks, and this was the drawback brought about by the toughness characteristic of his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. Once it endured a high-intensity attack, it would frantically consume his soul power.

Seizing this opening, Xie Xie flashed around behind Tang Wulin. After a slight hesitation, he stabbed the Light Dragon Dagger into Tang Wulin's shoulder.

Blood Light burst forth. Agonizing pain swept over him, and Tang Wulin, already drained, instantly lost control over all the Blue Silver Grass around him. Strands of Blue Silver Grass vines fell limply to the ground, then turned into specks of blue light and dissipated.

"Do you admit defeat?!" Xie Xie felt greatly relieved, and, in his Complacency, added a bit more force. He had already noticed that Tang Wulin's body was different from an ordinary person's. With the sharpness of his Martial Soul, the Light Dragon Dagger, it had actually only pierced one inch in.

However, he had never intended to maim Tang Wulin. He merely wanted to teach him a lesson and repay the grudge of yesterday's punch.

Tang Wulin only felt waves of scorching aura continuously surging from deep within his body, the heat spreading through his entire body along with the flow of his blood. Although his personality had always been stubborn, he had never been as furious as he was now. It was as if a superior had been provoked by an inferior.

His eyes turned scarlet, filled with a vicious aura, and he roared in a hoarse voice.

"No!"

Just then, a terrifying pressure of soul power descended, causing Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to lose consciousness instantly. Even after falling unconscious, the changes in Tang Wulin's body continued. Fine, slightly protruding golden scales began to grow on his right hand, appearing sharply defined. The tips of his fingers drew inward, his nails lengthened, and they transformed into a sharp five-fingered claw.

A burly man with a towering build had appeared before Tang Wulin and Xie Xie at some point. Although his true body was not of the Dragon Clan, when he sensed the Bloodline Aura within Tang Wulin's body, he still felt a sense of oppression.

How can a mere human possess such powerful Bloodline Power?! Forget it. I should complete the mission my Lord assigned first. If what my Lord said is true, then the day our Soul Beast Clan restores its glory is not far off.

The burly man was clearly not the type who liked to think deeply. He simply obeyed the orders of his Lord, bent down, and prepared to take Tang Wulin away.

Suddenly, a golden point of light lit up on Tang Wulin's forehead. The point of light gradually condensed into a miraculous Golden Trident rune.

The burly man's expression changed drastically. He only felt as though he had been subjected to an invisible and terrifying pressure, and the soul power in his body completely froze.

At this moment, Tang Wulin seemed to have become a completely different person, slowly rising to his feet. His eyes were no longer clear black, but a faint blue-gold. The childish immaturity that belonged to a youth was gone. All that remained was endless profundity and vastness, like the sea.

The burly man roared in shock and uncertainty, then transformed in a flash into a Dark Golden Giant Bear over thirty meters tall. But even so, he still felt as though he could not resist.

"You... who are you?!"

Tang Wulin's voice also seemed to have changed into that of another person, giving a clear yet calm sigh. At the same time, the golden scales on his right arm rapidly vanished, and his right hand, which had transformed into a Golden Dragon Claw, also returned to human form.

The sigh had just faded when several more figures appeared beside the burly man. Tang Wulin watched these people, his gaze gradually turning gloomy.

The appearance of these people was clearly no coincidence. He could not understand how his arrangements had gone wrong right at the beginning. His plan should originally have been flawless.

Among those figures was, astonishingly, the black-robed middle-aged man who had appeared by the seaside earlier. The black-robed middle-aged man stared fixedly at the Golden Trident rune between Tang Wulin's brows and said in a grave voice, "You are that person?!"

"If you wish to preserve the final inheritance of the Soul Beast Clan, then withdraw here and now. Do not seek your own death." Tang Wulin's deep eyes opened and closed as he looked toward the black-robed middle-aged man opposite him.

The black-robed middle-aged man seemed to have been struck in a sore spot. In extreme anger, he laughed instead and mocked him.

"Are you giving us charity?! What we have lost, we will one day take back with our own hands. Don't think we don't know that the God Realm has long since disappeared. You are nothing but a mere wisp of Divine Sense. What can you do to us?!"

As he spoke, the black-robed middle-aged man suddenly raised his right hand. A pitch-black dragon claw as dark as ink reached out from the void and grabbed toward Tang Wulin.

"How dare you!"

Tang Wulin's expression darkened, and he barked in a low voice. A beam of golden light burst from between his brows, transforming into a dazzling Golden Trident. Rings of golden Aura instantly sealed off this space, without the slightest breath leaking out.

Aside from the black-haired girl and the woman in the green dress standing atop the trees deep within Donghai Park, no one else noticed anything unusual inside Donghai Park.

Unlike the concern and anxiety on the green-dressed woman's lovely face, the black-haired girl remained calm from beginning to end.

After Xiong Jun, Di Tian, and the others' probing, she had basically confirmed that it, sealed within the God Realm, had fallen, and that the Divine Core was inside this human's body.