"Ah—!!!"
Tang San threw his head back and roared. His voice pierced the clouds, shaking the earth for a hundred miles around.
Dual Godhood!
He'd done it!
"Greetings, Lord Sea God and Lord Asura God!"
"The Tang Sect will prevail! Shrek will prevail!"
Below the city walls, Shrek's people and countless soldiers knelt on the ground, shouting fervently.
Feeling the endless power surging through him, Tang San was overcome by an unprecedented sense of grandeur.
He hovered in midair, gazing down upon all living things. The resentment in his eyes had vanished, replaced by an all-conquering arrogance.
"So what if I was ranked fourth?"
"Now I'm a dual god!"
"Bibi Dong, Neuvillette, what can you possibly use to fight me?!"
Inside the Spirit Hall's main tent.
Feeling the world-destroying aura of two gods, Bibi Dong crushed the wineglass in her hand with a sharp crack.
Wine trickled down her fair fingers and dripped onto her skirt.
"Damn it..."
"He actually... inherited a godhood outright?!"
Bibi Dong's face turned deathly pale.
Qian Renxue's earlier prediction had come true.
Faced with a living, breathing dual god, even she—a person currently inheriting Rakshasa Godhood—felt a tremor deep in her soul.
"No. I have to completely fuse with the Rakshasa Divine Power at once!"
"Otherwise, Spirit Hall is doomed!"
Bibi Dong could no longer spare a thought for etiquette or winning anyone over.
She sprang to her feet. Without even having time to say another word to Shui Bing'er and the others, she left them with a single sentence:
"Xue'er, I'm leaving this to you!"
Then she turned into a streak of purple-black light and shot toward the secret chamber behind Spirit Hall.
Skywater City.
Neuvillette gazed at the arrogant red-and-blue figure in the sky, his expression utterly unchanged.
Even his hands didn't falter as he massaged her.
"Wow, he turned red and blue."
Furina blinked her big eyes as she watched Tang San in the sky. Far from being afraid, she looked as if she were watching an entertaining circus act.
"That's quite flashy."
"Neuvillette, you're not allowed to dress like that. It's so tacky."
As she spoke, she playfully brushed her toes against Neuvillette's palm.
Neuvillette helplessly took hold of her wandering foot. His fingertips gently traced her soft sole, making Furina giggle and writhe in the reclining chair. Her skirt fluttered, revealing a broad expanse of smooth, pale skin.
"Don't fool around."
Neuvillette chided her softly, but his voice was full of indulgence.
"All right. The third place is about to be revealed."
As his voice fell, the Golden Ranking List rolled once more across the sky.
This time, the bloodthirsty killing intent that had belonged to the Asura Demon Sword was instantly swept away.
In its place came the gentle warmth of jade, along with a boundless aura of water.
The entire sky seemed to turn into a gigantic piece of green jade.
Everyone felt a sense of peace deep within them, as if their very souls had been cleansed.
Even Tang San, who had been showing off just moments earlier, now found it hard to breathe under the pressure of this aura.
The golden light faded.
A small, exquisitely crafted object slowly appeared before the world.
It wasn't a blade, spear, sword, or halberd.
It was a... jade dragon.
It was emerald green and translucent, as if it had gathered all the water's essence in the world.
[Third Place on the Divine Weapon Ranking List: Relic Jade Dragon!]
[Owner: Neuvillette, Skywater City Lord!]
[Rank: Supreme Divine Artifact!]
[Description: An ancient Dragon King used this jade to make offerings to their ancestors. It contains the supreme laws of water and can command all waters under heaven, washing away every impurity in the world. It surpasses even God King artifacts; it is the pinnacle of the elements and the embodiment of the laws!]
Silence.
A deathly silence.
Everyone on the continent was stunned by the words "Supreme Divine Artifact."
Inside the Spirit Hall's main tent.
Qian Renxue, who had been about to cozy up to Shui Bing'er, dropped her teacup right onto the ground.
"Su... Supreme Divine Artifact?!"
"What rank is that? Is it even higher than a Super Divine Artifact?"
Qian Renxue had been taught all her life that Super Divine Artifacts were the pinnacle.
This sudden appearance of a Supreme Divine Artifact shattered her entire worldview.
Meanwhile, Shui Yue'er, who had been eating pastries nearby, widened her eyes and pointed at the jade dragon in the sky.
"Huh? Isn't that the dean's jade dragon?"
"I've seen him wear it at his waist as an ornament. Sometimes he even uses it to hold down pages in a book."
"So... this thing is actually that powerful?"
Hearing this, Qian Renxue and Hu Liena's mouths twitched uncontrollably.
Using a Supreme Divine Artifact as an ornament?
Using it to hold down a book?
What kind of humblebrag was that?!
Bibi Dong, who had just reached the entrance to the secret chamber, heard the commotion and couldn't resist turning to look.
At that single glance, her faith nearly shattered.
"Neuvillette..."
"He actually has something like that?"
Bibi Dong felt her scalp tingle.
An unheard-of Skywater City Lord had casually produced something that eclipsed the Asura Demon Sword?
She even began to wonder whether there was any point in striving so hard to inherit Rakshasa Godhood.
But the arrow was already on the string; she had to let it fly.
Bibi Dong clenched her teeth and forcibly suppressed her shock before plunging into the secret chamber.
Above Jialing Pass.
The smile on Tang San's face froze completely.
He stared fixedly at the tiny jade dragon, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Impossible..."
"This can't be possible!"
"How can a piece of broken jade rank above my Asura Demon Sword?"
"What is a Supreme Divine Artifact? My teacher never told me about a rank like that!"
The invincible confidence that had just risen in Tang San's heart instantly developed a crack.
He was already a dual god!
Why was he still being outclassed?
Just who was this Neuvillette?!
Above the Star Dou Forest.
Gu Yuena, who had been preparing to head to Skywater City, abruptly stopped in midair.
As she looked at the jade dragon, shock surged through her violet eyes.
"The Asura Demon Sword... actually lost?"
She was glad enough to see the Asura Demon Sword outclassed.
After all, she had a grudge against the Asura God. She could always set Neuvillette aside for now and kill the newly appointed Asura God first.
But—
The words "Supreme Divine Artifact" and the description of an "ancient Dragon King" left her utterly bewildered.
"An ancient Dragon King... making offerings to their ancestors?"
Gu Yuena murmured to herself.
As the Silver Dragon King, one of the Dragon God's halves, she believed she knew everything there was to know about the dragon race.
But no matter how thoroughly she searched her memories, she couldn't find a single thing about this jade dragon.
"Neuvillette..."
"Could you really be... an Ancestral Dragon from an era even more ancient than the Dragon God's?"
High above, the emerald-green jade dragon, which had been completely motionless, suddenly trembled.
Immediately afterward, words flowed across the Golden Ranking List, revealing the details of the Supreme Divine Artifact's abilities one by one.
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