[Relic Jade Dragon Ability Showcase]
[One: Water Spirit Blessing. A water domain formed naturally around the wearer, granting immunity to the corrosive effects of all waters and greatly weakening fire- and lightning-type damage. Water affinity is raised to its utmost limit.]
[Two: Azure Wave Circulation. The jade dragon contains an inexhaustible essence of life-giving water, which continuously nourishes the wearer's body. As long as they still draw breath, they can be reborn through water.]
[Three: Tidal Control. Command rivers, lakes, and seas, and stir the tides of heaven and earth. None below the divine level can resist.]
[Four: Eye of the Water God. See the flow of all water elements in the world, and pierce every illusion and disguise.]
The Soul Masters across the continent stared at the rows of text in utter shock.
Especially "immune to the corrosive effects of all waters" and "reborn through water"—they were practically divine skills for staying alive.
Yet what truly left everyone breathless was the final line, slowly appearing in blood-red characters.
[Five: Forbidden Art・Descent of Skywater!]
The scene abruptly changed.
The list's originally dazzling golden backdrop instantly transformed into a vast, boundless deep blue.
It was the color of the deep sea, and the color of the heavens.
"Rumble—"
There was no thunder, yet everyone heard the roar of the surging ocean in their ears.
On the screen, a tall, slender figure hovered in the void.
His face was indistinct, but his signature silver hair and the hem of his robe billowing behind him left no doubt as to his identity—Neuvillette.
He merely raised a hand.
In an instant, the water elements within a thousand li went berserk as they converged.
The void shattered.
A gigantic blue dragon's head, too immense to describe, slowly emerged from the clouds.
It wasn't a real dragon, but a phantom condensed from pure, high-pressure water elements.
Yet the phantom was astonishingly lifelike.
Every scale was clearly visible, glimmering with a cold, rippling light.
The dragon's enormous eyes held no emotion, only an impartial indifference and judgment toward all things in the world.
As Neuvillette swept his hand downward,
the dragon roared and opened its enormous abyssal maw.
A blue beam of light, powerful enough to pierce heaven and earth and wrapped in an aura of utter destruction, crashed down!
Everywhere it passed, space collapsed and all things were annihilated.
There was no fiery explosion, no clouds of smoke.
Only the purest force of scouring and purification.
The mountain struck by the beam vanished in an instant. In its place remained only a gigantic, bottomless lake. Its waters were crystal clear, yet terrifyingly still.
This was—Skywater Judgment!
The scene froze, then slowly faded away.
But the entire Douluo Continent sank into an even longer silence than before.
From commoners laboring in the fields to Titled Douluo standing high above them, everyone held their heads tilted upward, throats dry, unable to utter a single word.
Too powerful.
This kind of strength had long surpassed the limits of a Soul Master's understanding.
There hadn't even been any of the so-called Soul Skill halos. With nothing more than a wave of his hand, he'd summoned the might of heaven and earth.
"Th-that... is that a Soul Beast?"
"Neuvillette... could he be a hundred-thousand-year... no, a million-year Soul Beast?"
"What kind of dragon is that?"
Countless questions rose in people's hearts.
Deep within the Star Dou Forest.
By the Lake of Life.
Gu Yuena, dressed in a silver gown, stared in astonishment, her beautiful face stricken with shock.
Her violet eyes were fixed on the sky, which had already returned to calm, and her chest heaved violently.
"That was... the Hydro Dragon King's aura?"
"No. The Hydro Dragon King perished long ago, and even his dragon soul is incomplete."
"This power is purer, more ancient, and more... noble than the Hydro Dragon King's at his peak."
As the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena had inherited the Dragon God's command over the elements.
Yet even so, when she'd witnessed that "Skywater Judgment," a desire to submit had risen deep within her.
It seemed absurd to her, and it left her deeply shaken.
"Neuvillette..."
Gu Yuena turned the name over and over in her mind.
"Whoever you are, since you possess such pure dragon-kind power, you are one of my dragon clan."
A glint flashed in her eyes.
She'd been somewhat wary of Tang San inheriting the Asura Godhood.
After all, Asura Divine Power naturally countered the dragon clan.
But things were different now.
There was actually such a powerful dragon living in this world!
"If I can win him over, then even if the Asura God comes in person, what could my dragon clan possibly fear?"
Gu Yuena made her decision at once.
She'd originally planned to visit Skywater City simply to "look around." Now, she'd made winning Neuvillette over a priority. He was a potential ally—perhaps even... one of her own kind.
Jialing Pass, atop the city wall.
A deathly silence spread.
Just moments ago, the Shrek Seven Devils had been cheering for Tang San's Dual Godhood, certain that no one could rival them.
But now, as they stared at the terrifying power lingering in the Sky Screen, the smiles froze on their faces.
Tang San hovered in midair. Beside the enormous phantom of the Hydro Dragon King, the two divine figures behind him—one red and one blue, both once so imposing—now seemed small and frail.
The Sea God Phantom in particular—
before that "Supreme Divine Artifact," which could command all the waters under heaven, it looked like a fisherman holding a pitchfork who'd come face to face with the true ruler of the sea.
Ridiculous.
Ludicrous.
Tang San could even feel the Sea God Divine Power within him trembling faintly. It was fear born of an overwhelming difference in rank.
"Damn it..."
Tang San burned with rage. Shame surged through him, too, as if someone had slapped him hard in front of everyone.
He glanced at the blank expressions below and knew he couldn't let the troops lose heart.
So,
he drew a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the churning blood within him. His expression shifted from dark to calm, and even took on a hint of disdain.
"Just a cheap trick."
Tang San slowly descended to the city wall and brought the Seagod Trident down with a heavy thud. Its clear ring jolted everyone back to their senses.
"Third Brother?"
Ma Hongjun looked at him, stammering. "Th-that Skywater Judgment thing looked really powerful. We..."
"Powerful?"
Tang San gave a cold laugh and swept his gaze over them.
"It was nothing more than a visual effect created by gathering the world's energy with the help of an external object."
"As for destructive power, I can do that, too."
As he spoke, he raised the Trident, divine power surging.
"My Golden Thirteen Halberds, combined with the Asura God's Killing Domain, would only be more powerful."
"Neuvillette is merely relying on the power of a divine artifact. If we fought for real, he might not be my match."
Tang San delivered his words with unwavering certainty.
But in truth, only he knew he was lying.
That pure power of the laws was far beyond what he could easily withstand right now.
Dai Mubai and Oscar exchanged a glance.
They were both clever men. How could they fail to notice the trace of wariness and embarrassment deep in Tang San's eyes?
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