"Do you recognize me?" Gu Yuena's brows lifted slightly, a trace of coldness appearing on her pretty face.
This wisp of divine sense from a Deity had recognized her at a glance.
Without a doubt, its true form held a position of considerable importance in the Divine Realm.
But during that catastrophe, she had never seen this Deity.
And the aura coming from him inexplicably filled Gu Yuena with disgust.
"The new Asura God?"
"No, there's another divine power too, vast as the sea. That's the Sea God's power!"
A strange look flashed through Gu Yuena's eyes. "You're hosting two gods at once."
She hadn't expected that the Divine Realm had gotten so wild these days that it had even come up with this two-gods-in-one arrangement.
The thing was, the number of divine positions in the Divine Realm was fixed, with one slot for each god.
Having two gods coexist in one body was undoubtedly a waste of resources.
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"So this is the divine nature that supposedly inherited the Dragon God's wisdom. You truly live up to your reputation for possessing peerless wisdom!"
Watching this scene, Gu Tian couldn't help twitching at the corner of his mouth. He was all the more certain that this Silver Dragon King was none other than the Gu Yuena in his memories. "I can only say the reputation is well deserved!"
Her true form was a massive silver dragon, and even Beast God Di Tian had willingly submitted to her.
Forget Sea God Tang San—even plenty of humans had recognized who she was. What was there to be surprised about?
Why ask a question like that? It made her seem so clueless!
Nearby, the others exchanged glances, each seeing the surprise in the others' eyes. Clearly, they hadn't expected the Silver Dragon King to be so clueless!
"The Silver Dragon King looks like she might not be all that bright?"
Xu Yun blinked her lovely eyes and spoke without mincing words.
Hearing that, everyone was at a loss for words.
Were they supposed to say they felt the same way?
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"Sea God Tang San, you've gone too far in bullying our kind!"
Di Tian ground out the words through clenched teeth, each one brimming with murderous intent.
Soul Spirits had to depend on Soul Masters, which was no different from being imprisoned.
Even if a Soul Master died, they could only choose to contract with another Soul Master and continue serving them, never to be free again."
What was the essential difference between that and killing a Soul Beast and absorbing its Soul Ring?
The only difference was that Soul Beasts got to cling to life for a few more decades, living like slaves, subjugated by humans.
Given how devious and cunning most humans were, aside from Soul Beasts nearing the end of their lifespans, the vast majority would surely be forced into becoming Soul Spirits.
If things continued this way, Soul Beasts had only one possible fate.
Extinction!
At the thought of Soul Beasts' eventual fate if things really developed this way, Di Tian wanted to tear Tang San apart and devour him alive.
"Didn't they say Master inherited the Dragon God's peerless wisdom?"
Xiong Jun scratched his head, puzzled. "Then why..."
"How dare you talk about Master!"
Before he could finish, Di Tian's eyes turned completely golden. He raised his right hand, purple-gold flames blazing, and slammed Xiong Jun to the ground.
"Di Tian, don't think I'm afraid of you!"
Having taken that blow for no reason, Xiong Jun was naturally furious. He glared at Di Tian, looking ready to fight him to the death.
Di Tian didn't reply. He simply raised his other hand.
It was a pitch-black dragon claw.
"Dragon King Claw!"
Xiong Jun could clearly feel a deep, instinctive shudder seize him. This was a terrifying move that could take his life.
It was a soul skill personally passed down by the Dragon God, imbued with the Dragon God's overwhelming aura.
When the Dragon God Claw appeared, any human or Soul Beast would be reduced to body and soul alike, unless they had received divine protection.
Before this, Di Tian had never revealed the Dragon King Claw, not even when he faced the Evil Eye Tyrant.
The appearance of the Dragon King Claw meant he intended to defend the Silver Dragon King's dignity.
After all, everything that had just happened beneath the Sky Curtain had inevitably chipped away at the Silver Dragon King's mysterious image in the eyes of the Soul Beasts.
If things continued like this, never mind the Star Dou Great Forest; the other great Soul Beast gathering places might stop following the commands of the current Lord of Soul Beasts, the Silver Dragon King.
"Di Tian, I was wrong... I won't question Master again." Xiong Jun immediately swallowed his pride and admitted defeat.
"Question her?" Di Tian's eyes narrowed slightly.
"I—I meant talk about her. Master must have been trying to... test that damned Deity. That's why she acted that way!"
In a flash of desperate inspiration, Xiong Jun came up with that excuse.
At the same time, somewhere in a separate space inside the Lake of Life.
Those outside the situation saw more clearly than those caught up in it.
Without a doubt, Gu Yuena was exactly that sort of person.
"That's right. My future self must have been thinking exactly that!"
Gu Yuena's pretty face flushed bright red. Hearing what Xiong Jun said, she immediately nodded as if it were the truth.
She had inherited the Dragon God's peerless wisdom. There was no way she was as foolish as she looked in the scene. Every move she made had a deeper meaning.
"Silver Dragon King, I am the Asura God, one of the Five God Kings of the God Realm."
Tang San said solemnly, "Out of respect for the Dragon God, I can spare your life. Leave at once."
Though Tang San seemed composed on the surface, his back was actually breaking out in a cold sweat.
His true body had lost contact with Douluo Continent, and he was only a wisp of Divine Sense hidden within Wang Dong'er.
Though he was only a wisp of Divine Sense, it was still the Divine Sense of a God King. To this continent, it was an overwhelming force from an entirely higher level.
Even the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian, who had one foot in the Quasi-God realm and was widely recognized as the strongest on Douluo Continent below the gods, was nothing more than a slightly larger bug in the eyes of Tang San's wisp of Divine Sense, hardly worth worrying about.
That was precisely why, when it sensed the fluctuations released by the Seven-Colored Elk King's sacrifice to become a Soul Spirit at close range, Tang San's wisp of Divine Sense had awoken from its slumber.
That's right, Wang Dong'er was among those participating in the Soul Spirit Experiment.
And Gu Tian had arranged this on purpose. He wanted to see whether Tang San's wisp of Divine Sense would react to a successful Soul Spirit Experiment.
Earlier, he had so forcefully demanded that the Soul Beasts provide a hundred-thousand-year-plus spiritual-type Soul Beast for no other reason than to get Huo Yutong a suitable Soul Ring—and to achieve this very goal.
Only the fluctuations from a Soul Beast of that caliber making a sacrifice could awaken Tang San's Divine Sense from its slumber.
But even against the Silver Dragon King in her gravely wounded state, Tang San's wisp of Divine Sense was clearly no match.
"Ridiculous. Contact between the Divine Realm and Douluo Continent was cut off not long ago."
Gu Yuena gave a cold laugh. "And yet you showed yourself despite that. You're practically asking to die!"
"It's true that contact between the Divine Realm and Douluo Continent was inexplicably severed. But don't forget, Silver Dragon King, this world is ultimately ruled by the Divine Realm."
Tang San knew full well that the situation was against him, but he still threatened her stubbornly. "Contact will be reestablished sooner or later. When it is, it won't just be you—the entire Soul Beast Clan will suffer!"
He was starting to regret not carefully observing his surroundings before deciding whether to show himself as soon as he awoke.
And now, a mere pawn had him cornered.
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