Rescue Signal!

Having made up his mind, Tang San's expression became incomparably resolute, with none of his previous hesitation or inner conflict remaining.

Tang San carefully mobilized his divine consciousness, guiding the Sea God Divine Power he had left within Tang Wulin toward the altar that sealed the Golden Dragon King Divine Core.

The altar, which had been on the verge of collapse and whose glow had dimmed to near extinction, blazed with light after absorbing the vast divine power Tang San injected into it.

In an instant, a dazzling seven-colored radiance erupted from the very center of the altar, turning Tang Wulin's spiritual sea—which had been flickering with golden light under the Golden Dragon King's influence—into a colorful ocean.

Under the illumination of the seven-colored radiance, the golden glow covering the Golden Dragon King Divine Core gradually dimmed.

The divine power it released was firmly blocked by an invisible barrier, no longer able to impact the seal in any way.

When the light faded, the once-resplendent Golden Dragon King Divine Core had become dull and lifeless. It returned to silence, floating quietly above the altar.

However, although the Golden Dragon King's seal had been repaired, the power that had leaked from it was still raging through Tang Wulin's body.

If he continued to let that power rampage through Tang Wulin's body, it would cause immense harm to him.

With that thought, Tang San raised his hand again, and the azure divine power unique to the Sea God slowly merged into Tang Wulin's body.

The Golden Dragon King's power, which had been ownerless and darting wildly through Tang Wulin's body like a headless fly, immediately fell silent upon encountering the Sea God Divine Power. It continuously compressed until it became a Dragon Core the size of a fingernail.

Looking at the Dragon Core floating before him, Tang San reached out again and erased the Golden Dragon King's resentment and berserk power contained within it, leaving only its most essential portion.

Then, with a light flick of his index finger, the Dragon Core transformed into a warm current and began repairing Tang Wulin's body, which had been injured when the Golden Dragon King's power went out of control.

Having finished all this, Tang San let out a long breath and instinctively reached up to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

The divine power spent repairing the seal and suppressing the Golden Dragon King Divine Core had far exceeded his expectations. Now, only around a third of the divine power he had left inside Tang Wulin remained.

And that was without factoring in the divine power he would need to assist Tang Wulin when he broke the seals.

The divine power he could actually use when Tang Wulin encountered danger was already less than a quarter.

If Tang Wulin encountered an enemy at the true god level in the future, he could only pray for his own survival.

Whenever Tang San thought of the enormous flaw that had appeared in his ten-thousand-year plan because of Wu Zhangkong, he wanted nothing more than to kill him.

Because of Wu Zhangkong's personal grudge, Tang San's plan to take the Silver Dragon King for his own use had fallen through, and every arrangement he had made around her had turned into nothing but a bubble.

"!!!"

"What the hell?"

Seeing Tang Wulin's aura suddenly rise higher and higher, the golden scales growing wildly across his body recede at a visible rate, and his tightly furrowed brow gradually relax, Zhao Song was so shocked his eyes nearly popped out.

According to the Tang Sect Database, although those survivors who endured the bloodline backlash had lived, their bodies had suffered varying degrees of damage.

It was Zhao Song's first time seeing someone like Tang Wulin, whose strength had increased rather than declined.

"Could I have judged it wrong?"

"Was Tang Wulin's bloodline really innate?"

For a moment, Zhao Song began to doubt his own speculation.

"No, I need to make a call and ask."

To avoid embarrassing himself in front of Wu Zhangkong, Zhao Song hurriedly pulled a Soul Guidance Communicator from his pocket, preparing to call Ling Zichen.

Within the entire Tang Sect, no one understood bloodline transplant experiments better than Ling Zichen, that madwoman who dared to experiment on herself.

Although Ling Zichen believed she had hidden it well enough, the Tang Sect higher-ups were actually fully aware that she was conducting human experiments on herself. They simply had not exposed it.

As for why they had not exposed her?

Naturally, because they could take the benefits while she took the blame.

If Ling Zichen's research succeeded, the Tang Sect would undoubtedly be the greatest beneficiary.

But if the experiment was discovered, the Tang Sect could also publicly claim that it knew nothing about the matter and make a righteous break with Ling Zichen.

However, the moment Zhao Song activated his Soul Guidance Communicator, a red notification window bearing three enormous exclamation marks popped up. It was the highest-level distress signal in Tang Sect internal communications.

"Not good!!!"

After seeing its contents clearly, Zhao Song's face changed drastically. Without even explaining himself to Wu Zhangkong, he transformed into a streak of light and rushed at full speed toward Eastsea City.

Watching Zhao Song leave in such a hurry, Wu Zhangkong was somewhat puzzled. Then, the Soul Guidance Communicator in his hand received the same distress signal.

"This is... Ling Zichen's distress signal!"

Wu Zhangkong's heart shook violently.

Although he had not interacted much with Ling Zichen, the fact that she had become the Tang Sect's chief scientist at such a young age made the importance of her research ability to the Tang Sect self-evident.

If something happened to such a talent, it would deal a tremendous blow to the Tang Sect's Soul Guidance Technology research and development.

Although Wu Zhangkong also wanted to rush over and support Ling Zichen, Tang Wulin needed his care right now.

And with his cultivation, by the time he arrived from Heaven Dou City, it would all be over.

"Boom!"

"Boom boom!!"

"Boom boom boom!!!"

On the highway from Eastsea City to Shrek City,

Smoke filled the air as a red-grade Soul Guidance Mecha unleashed its full firepower. Blazing muzzle flashes erupted one after another from its roaring cannons, turning the entire highway into a sea of flames.

Towering fire devoured everything around it, and scorching heat permeated the air. The terrifying high temperature produced by the explosions even melted the stones on the road.

"Damn it!"

Watching the mysterious figure in the distance evade her barrage with ghostlike ease and rapidly close in on their group, Ling Zichen cursed inwardly.

After copying the Tang Sect system data from Eastsea City, Ling Zichen had originally planned to take it back to Tang Sect Headquarters for careful study.

But while she was happily driving back, she was suddenly attacked halfway there.

If her vehicle had not been modified from a red-grade mecha and activated its automatic defenses the moment it came under attack, all of them would likely have died in that ambush.

Even so, the situation was far from optimistic.

Of the entire escort convoy, aside from Song Yi and Xu Li, who were riding in her vehicle, everyone else had already died in the attack.

As the enemy kept drawing closer, Ling Zichen anxiously turned back toward Xu Li behind her. "How much longer until reinforcements arrive?"

For now, she was relying on the mecha's powerful firepower to suppress the enemy, but the Source supplying energy to the mecha was being depleted at a rapid rate.

Once the energy within the Source was exhausted, the only thing awaiting the three of them would be death.

Xu Li said nothing, merely staring fixedly at the Soul Guidance Communicator in her hand.

As she watched the green dots representing reinforcements disappear from the screen one after another, Xu Li's heart sank straight to the bottom.

After a moment of silence, she finally spoke with difficulty, her voice trembling uncontrollably. "The reinforcements dispatched from Eastsea City and several nearby cities... have already been wiped out."

"Reinforcements from Tang Sect Headquarters and the Heaven Dou City Branch are still on their way. At the earliest, they are expected to arrive in an hour."