A Distress Signal!

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

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

The altar, which had been on the verge of collapse and whose light had dimmed to the point of nearly going out, blazed brightly 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, illuminating Tang Wulin's sea of consciousness—previously flickering with golden light under the Golden Dragon King's influence—into a colorful ocean.

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

The divine power it released was firmly blocked by an invisible barrier, unable to strike the seal any further.

When the light faded, the once-brilliant 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 the Golden Dragon King was still raging within Tang Wulin's body.

If those powers were allowed to continue rampaging through Tang Wulin's body, they would cause enormous damage to him.

Thinking of this, Tang San raised his hand again. The deep-blue 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 around Tang Wulin's body like a headless fly, immediately fell silent upon encountering the Sea God Divine Power. It continuously contracted 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 wiped away the Golden Dragon King's resentment and berserk power contained within it, retaining only the Dragon Core's purest essence.

Then, Tang San lightly flicked his index finger. The Dragon Core turned into a warm current and began repairing Tang Wulin's body, which had been injured by the Golden Dragon King's power going out of control.

After doing all this, Tang San let out a long breath and instinctively raised a hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

The divine power required to repair the seal and suppress the Golden Dragon King Divine Core had far exceeded his expectations. Now, only around one-third of the divine power he had left inside Tang Wulin remained.

And that was before accounting for the divine power he would need to assist Tang Wulin when he broke the seal.

The divine power he could actually use when Tang Wulin encountered danger was already less than one-fourth.

If Tang Wulin encountered an enemy at the True God level in the future, he could only pray for his own luck.

At the thought of the enormous flaw that had appeared in his ten-thousand-year plan because of Wu Zhangkong, Tang San 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 concerning her had turned to nothing.

"!!!"

"What the hell?"

Watching Tang Wulin's aura suddenly rise steadily, the gold scales growing wildly over his body visibly recede, and his tightly furrowed brows gradually relax, Zhao Song was so shocked that his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

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

This was the first time he had ever seen 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."

In order 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, the person who understood bloodline transplant experiments best was undoubtedly Ling Zichen, that female lunatic who dared to experiment on herself.

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

As for why they had not exposed her?

Naturally, because they could reap 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 claim it had known nothing about the matter and publicly cut ties with Ling Zichen in the name of justice.

However, the instant Zhao Song turned on his Soul Guidance Communicator, a red pop-up window bearing three enormous exclamation marks appeared. It was the highest-level distress signal in Tang Sect internal communications.

"Not good!!!"

After seeing its contents clearly, Zhao Song's expression changed drastically. Without even bothering to explain anything 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 dealt 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 abilities to the Tang Sect self-evident.

If something happened to a talent like her, it would be a massive 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 already be too late.

"Boom!"

"Boom boom!!"

"Boom boom boom!!!"

On the highway leading from Eastsea City to Shrek City,

Smoke filled the air as a red-grade Soul-Conducting Mecha unleashed its full firepower. Blazing flames erupted again and again from its roaring cannons, turning the entire highway into a sea of fire.

Towering flames devoured everything around them, and scorching heat permeated the air. The terrifying temperatures produced by the explosions even melted the stones on the road.

"Damn it!"

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

After copying the Tang Sect system data in Eastsea City, Ling Zichen had intended to bring it back to Tang Sect Headquarters for careful study.

Yet 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 instant it came under attack, all of them would likely have died in that first assault.

Even so, the current situation was far from optimistic.

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

Seeing the enemy draw ever closer, Ling Zichen anxiously turned back toward Xu Li. "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 rapidly.

Once the energy in the source was exhausted, the only thing awaiting the three of them was death.

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

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

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

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