"Damn, I have to make Tang San take the Sea God Nine Trials, and I can only kill him when he reaches the Eighth Trial?"
"How the hell am I supposed to kill Tang San after letting him develop all the way to the Sea God Eighth Trial?" Ye Wen looked utterly exasperated.
He couldn't leave the sea, so there was no way he could interfere with Tang San's development in the early stages. By the time Tang San came to Sea God Island, he'd already gotten all kinds of power-ups—and had two gods protecting him.
There'd be far too few chances for him to interfere with Tang San's development by then!
No matter how he looked at it, his odds of winning the Fated Duel were incredibly low!
He'd have a much better chance if he waited until Tang San and the others first came to Sea God Island and took care of him himself.
[If you accept the Fated Duel, you will receive an exclusive special ability.]
Ye Wen's eyes immediately lit up. "What ability!?"
[You can only find out after accepting the Fated Duel.]
"Damn! You're really going to play it like that?" Ye Wen couldn't help cursing.
But he began to hesitate.
He had no idea what the special ability would be, but it should greatly improve his odds of winning the Fated Duel.
And if he killed Tang San during the Fated Duel, he would also receive a Godhood Inheritance!
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had spent his entire life yearning to become a god. Little did he know that Soul Beasts in this era could hardly comprehend the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth that led to the Divine Realm. All the Beast God's Divinities had fallen back in the Dragon God's era, and the odds of becoming a god were practically zero.
Furthermore, after the Dragon God's era, the Divine Realm had established a rule forbidding all Soul Beasts from becoming gods.
The Divine Realm could no longer tolerate Soul Beast gods. Even if he obtained a Divine Position and ascended to godhood, the human gods in the Divine Realm might well kill him.
So Ye Wen wasn't all that tempted by the reward of a Divine Position. What he cared about was the ability he'd be given.
After giving it some thought, Ye Wen finally decided to accept the Fated Duel.
There was a good chance that his cheat was the ability granted by the Fated Duel.
Take a gamble, and a bicycle could become a motorcycle!
"I accept!"
[Your Fated Duel with Tang San is being activated. Activation complete.]
[Message: Tang San is currently eight years old and studying at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy in Nuoding City.]
[The Fated Duel has no precise time requirement. It only needs to be completed within thirty years.]
"Excellent! Tang San is only eight, and I don't have to stick to the original timeline. He can take the Sea God Eighth Trial a few years earlier or later. That's good news for me." Ye Wen was delighted.
[Special ability for the Fated Duel delivered. Congratulations, you have received the Power of Transformation.]
[Power of Transformation: You can transform into a true human. After transforming, your Humanoid Form begins at the age of six and can cultivate from there. You can also switch to your Soul Beast form at any time, retaining your original cultivation.]
"Whoa! That's incredible! Normally, once a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast chooses to transform into a human, it can't turn back, and it has to cultivate all over again. This ability not only lets me transform, but also lets me switch back to my Soul Beast form at any time—and I keep all my power!"
"Fantastic! Now I can go ashore and enter the human world to interfere with Tang San's development and influence his life. That'll greatly improve my odds of winning the Fated Duel!" Ye Wen was thrilled. With this, he was absolutely sure he could do it.
[Congratulations, you have received the Power of Soul Beast Master-Servant Contract.]
"There's more!?"
[Power of Soul Beast Master-Servant Contract: You can sign a Master-Servant Contract with other Soul Beasts. Once contracted, a Soul Beast will be your servant for life and remain absolutely loyal to you. It will also gain the Power of Transformation. (Limit: 20.)]
"Interesting. This ability makes me feel like I could build a Soul Beast Force and become the Co-Lord of Soul Beasts!"
"Not bad, not bad! I'll subdue every Soul Beast on the continent that's reached the Hundred Thousand Year Level."
"I'll make the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape my underlings!"
Ye Wen was in high spirits. This was great. With these two abilities, he had nothing to worry about anymore.
When the Fated Duel came, he'd have to take Tang San down.
And now he could immediately take the first step toward changing Tang San's life: subduing the Evil Orca King.
The Evil Orcas, Deep Sea Demonic Whales, and Demon Soul Great White Sharks were three great sea clans that stood on equal footing in the ocean.
But compared with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, the Evil Orca King and Xiao Bai, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, were far weaker. They were only at the Hundred Thousand Year Level.
The Evil Orca King was a sacrifice for Tang San's Fourth Trial in the Sea God Nine Trials, and met the same end: death at Tang San's hands.
So Ye Wen only needed to subdue the Evil Orca King in advance and keep him by his side. He refused to believe the Sea God would still dare to send Tang San to kill the Evil Orca King during the Fourth Trial.
Without the Evil Orca King's Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, Tang San's strength would be weakened all the same.
"That's the plan. First, I'll subdue that Evil Orca King."
Ye Wen quickly came up with a plan, but before that, he wanted to try transforming and get used to his current body and the powers he possessed.
"Power of Transformation!!"
The enormous body of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King Ye Wen suddenly emitted a burst of brilliant blue light. His body began to shrink, growing smaller and smaller, until he had transformed into a six-year-old human child.
He stood on the surface of the sea, completely naked. His crystal-blue hair was beautiful, and his tiny frame and adorable face gave him a rather charming, roguish air. Especially when he smiled—there was something wicked about it.
"So this is what I look like as a human. Not bad." Ye Wen clenched his little fist slightly, feeling out his six-year-old body.
A status panel that only he could see soon appeared before him.
[Deep Sea Demonic Whale King Ye Wen, Human Form] [Age: Six] [Martial Soul: Top-grade Beast Martial Soul, Deep Sea Demonic Whale] [Soul Power: Level 10] [Soul Ring: None. (Can currently condense the First Soul Ring)] [Soul Bone: Million-Year Deep Sea Demonic Whale Torso Bone. Soul Bone Skill 1: Demonic Whale Shield. Effect: Can block any attack below divine-skill level and reflect 90 percent of its force back at the enemy.] [Soul Bone Skill 2: Demonic Whale Devours Gods and Destroys. A single-target attack skill. The more energy it draws upon, the greater its power. Can kill god-level powerhouses.] [External Soul Bone: None] [Deep Sea Demonic Whale King Ye Wen, Semi-human Form] [Time Limit on Land in Semi-human Form: 6 hours] (The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King is nearly a million years old, after all. I think six hours is reasonable.) [Strength reduced by 30%, but with Energy Armor, Combat Power is equivalent to that of a human Soul Master at Level 99, a Titled Douluo.] [Skills: All skills of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in Beast Form, including his domain.] [Deep Sea Demonic Whale King Ye Wen, Beast Form] [Cultivation: 999,999 years] [Strength: Half-God Level] [Skills: Deep Sea Demonic Whale Wave, Demonic Whale Raging Waves Slash, and six others.] [Domain: Demonic Whale Domain.]
(There'll be one update a day for the next two days. After that, I'll start updating twice a day!)
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