Taking Action

Di Tian's Dragon Claw tore through space before it could even touch Tang Wulin.

The surroundings were pierced through by the sharp claw as if they were sheets of paper.

Black claw light descended with overwhelming force, and everything in its path receded and dissolved like a retreating tide.

It was an absolute suppression of physical laws through sheer power.

Prepared for this, Tang San's Divine Sense appeared at once and unleashed a blue-gold rainbow beam.

Wherever the rainbow beam passed, the torn spatial membrane around Tang Wulin instantly healed.

It finally transformed into a trident, blocking the Dragon Claw's assault.

The instant the two collided, there was no explosion. Instead, all light within a hundred meters abruptly vanished, forming an invisible zone.

When the light returned, cracks covered Di Tian's Dragon Claw. Violent energy receded into the void like an ebbing tide. His roar pierced through the air. "Tang San! So it really is you!"

Whether it was Tang San ascending to godhood twenty thousand years ago or the Sea God descending to interfere in the human war ten thousand years ago, Di Tian had sensed his aura before.

"Alas." Tang San sighed. "Since you know who I am, why not retreat now? I can pretend nothing happened."

He only had a strand of Divine Sense now, and the number of times he could sustain an attack was limited.

The God Realm no longer existed, and even his true body was nowhere to be found.

This strand of Divine Sense was like rootless duckweed. Every bit of power it used was power lost.

Rather than fighting Di Tian, he wanted to save his strength to help Tang Wulin absorb the Golden Dragon King.

There was also the grand plan spanning ten thousand years.

Di Tian remained silent in the void for a moment.

Just as Tang San thought the other party would retreat—

Di Tian attacked without hesitation!

Nine phantom Dragon Claws pierced in from different directions. Each claw carried the power to shatter space.

Tang Wulin had his eyes tightly shut, enduring the agony of absorbing the seal.

The golden flames of the Red Flame Fruit burned through his blood vessels, while the chill of the Ice Crystal Fruit froze within his meridians.

Meanwhile, the Golden Dragon King's seal was like a lit powder keg. Golden patterns bulged along his skin as the power of the first seal rampaged through his body.

Completely focused, Tang Wulin failed to notice the changes outside.

"Boundless Sea Tide!"

The trident bloomed with an unfathomable power. Di Tian's attacks dissolved before it without stirring the slightest ripple.

Though Tang San was merely a strand of Divine Sense, he still possessed the status of a God King. Di Tian was no match for him.

Even so, Tang San focused on restraint. He did not want to unleash too much power for fear that the Abyss Plane would detect it.

Besides, this remaining Divine Sense of his still had many things to do.

But that did not mean he would keep yielding. The dignity of a God King could not be violated.

"Three strikes are the limit. If you dare attack again—" Tang San's voice suddenly stopped halfway through.

"Heh, Tang San, you've neglected one thing while attending to another."

A cold female voice rang out.

In an instant, silver light bloomed from the shadow behind Tang Wulin. Gu Yue had appeared there at some unknown time.

Even though she had taken human form and cultivated anew, Gu Yue's essence was still that of the Silver Dragon King. At the cost of some sacrifice, she could still wield god-level power.

Di Tian's attack had been at her command. He tested Tang San in the open while she observed from the shadows.

As expected, Tang Wulin truly had a safeguard left behind by the God Realm.

She simply had not expected that safeguard to be Tang San's Divine Sense.

After observing for a while, Gu Yue silently moved behind Tang Wulin.

She did not immediately use a killing move. Instead, she gathered a wisp of gray mist at her fingertip and lightly pressed it against the seal pattern on Tang Wulin's back.

"You are?!" Tang San's expression was no longer calm. He sensed that the power within that wisp of gray mist was not strong, yet its status was exceedingly high.

That touch was like a drop of water falling into boiling oil. The Golden Dragon King's seal instantly ran wild.

"Hold still!"

Tang San's voice carried the pressure of a God King as the blue-gold rainbow light abruptly surged, transforming into a pillar of light that reached the heavens.

But Gu Yuena's gray mist had already seeped into Tang Wulin's body along the seal patterns. She drifted beyond the pillar of light, her skirt utterly still amid the turbulent energy.

At this moment, Gu Yue, wielding the Silver Dragon King's power, had eyes filled with indifference.

Yet a trace of sorrow flashed through those eyes overflowing with divinity.

She had just seen the Golden Dragon King's seal and heard the Golden Dragon King's wails.

The moment the gray mist entered, their shared origin allowed her to understand everything at once.

The Golden Dragon King was already dead.

All that remained was its essence and lingering unwillingness, sealed away layer upon layer.

"You are... the Silver Dragon King?!" Tang San sensed the power on Gu Yue that resonated with the Golden Dragon King.

His voice carried shock and uncertainty.

"How bold! You actually hid on Douluo Continent, right beneath the God Realm's nose!"

Tang San had also heard of that battle long ago. The Dragon God had been split in two by the Asura God, the Golden Dragon King sealed on the spot, while the Silver Dragon King escaped.

The God Realm had always searched for and guarded against the Silver Dragon King. He had never expected her to be hiding on Douluo Continent beneath the God Realm.

His thoughts raced, and Tang San grew wary. This had become troublesome. He was only a strand of Divine Sense—how could he resist the Silver Dragon King?

Though this was his first time meeting the Silver Dragon King, his true body had fought the Golden Dragon King before. That power had been terrifying beyond measure.

How could the Silver Dragon King be any weaker than the Golden Dragon King?

"No!" Tang San suddenly noticed something. "You've actually taken human form and cultivated anew!"

"Hahaha, you actually chose to take human form and cultivate anew? Heaven is helping me! How much of your true body's power can you use now?"

"Hmph." Gu Yue frowned slightly, her voice cold. "You're merely a strand of Divine Sense. You're more than easy enough to deal with."

"Not necessarily." Tang San's deep wariness vanished, replaced by the confidence of someone who had everything under control.

He seemed brimming with confidence.

The trident swung, and blue-gold rainbow light shot into the heavens.

In stormy Eastsea City, a pillar of light connected heaven and earth. Strangely, the people within the city seemed unable to see it and showed no reaction at all.

Tang San smiled confidently. "Father, lend me your strength!"

Father?!

Gu Yue froze.

Di Tian, hidden in the void and ready at any moment to assist his master, also froze.

There was another expert?

One breath. Two breaths.

Several breaths passed in silence.

Nothing changed.

"What's going on?" Tang San was greatly alarmed. "Father, Mother? I need your help. It's time to act!"

His father, Tang Hao, should have long since become the Lord of the Plane of Douluo Continent. Why was there no response?

"Tch." Gu Yue clenched her fists, admitting that she had actually been bluffed just now.

"Di Tian, attack!" As Gu Yue's voice fell, the void instantly boiled.

Di Tian, who had long been poised to strike, attacked immediately.

Black scales glinted with cold light in the faint glow as that Dragon Claw covered in cracks gathered power once more.

This time, threads of silver-gray Dragon Might actually wound around the black claw light.

It was divinity temporarily bestowed upon him by Gu Yuena.

"Boom!"

The Dragon Claw smashed toward the blue-gold rainbow light with a force that could tear apart everything. This collision was no longer a soundless annihilation of energy, but a genuine clash of power.

The light-and-shadow figure formed by Tang San's Divine Sense swayed. His already weakened Divine Sense became several degrees more illusory after this blow.

"Tang San, where did that confidence of yours go?"

Gu Yue drifted to the side of the rainbow light and raised her fair hand. The rainbow light dispersed at her gesture.

Tang San's expression darkened to the extreme. His Divine Sense frantically searched, trying to detect Tang Hao's aura, but all that answered him was the silence of Eastsea City in the dead of night.