Tang San's Backer, Encountering Bibi Dong

Ao Zhan's eyes widened after hearing this.

What the system said was simply too shocking for him.

This guy had quietly pulled off something this huge without a word!

Drawing ten units of Black Hole Alien Energy from each of the seven parallel universes—wouldn't that add up to seventy units of Black Hole Alien Energy?!

Adding his original fifteen Black Holes, didn't that mean he already possessed eighty-five Black Holes?!

Eighty-five Black Holes' worth of Alien Energy!

What an enormous amount of energy that had to be?!

However, Ao Zhan quickly came back to his senses. The system had said that his Alien Energy was outside this universe, which meant he would have to wait until he could travel through space before retrieving it.

Didn't that make it the same as having nothing?!

"Ah, Host, don't think that just because that Alien Energy is outside, it's useless," the system said hurriedly, as if it had heard Ao Zhan's thoughts.

Ao Zhan raised a brow. "Oh? Then tell me, what use is it? I can't retrieve even a bit of that Alien Energy right now."

"Of course, it can serve as a trump card to threaten your enemies."

"Enemies? What kind of person qualifies as my enemy? Who would even be worth threatening with that Alien Energy?" Ao Zhan sneered disdainfully.

With his martial soul and this level of Innate Soul Power, what sort of person could become his enemy?

And make him use the Alien Energy of eighty-five Black Holes to threaten them?

"Of course there is. For example, the protagonist who has yet to be born in this world," the system reminded him at just the right moment.

"You mean... Tang San?"

Ao Zhan was somewhat uncertain.

What was Tang San supposed to be? Was he worth guarding against?

Back when he was on Blue Star, there had been a particularly classic saying.

If an enemy had one of the five great surnames Xiao, Lin, Ye, Shi, or Chu, he would gun them all down. He would shake the yolks out of eggs and split earthworms vertically in half.

And those who shouted, 'Don't bully the poor youth'? He would turn them into 'the dead deserve respect.' If someone frowned and retreated behind the crowd, he would lay down a heavenly net and make absolutely sure they could not escape.

What?

You said the surname Tang?

What, were you afraid of Blue Silver Entanglement?

So what the hell was Tang San supposed to be?!

To Ao Zhan, Tang San was, at most, someone to relieve boredom with. He could toy with him however he pleased.

"Host, that's not how it is. Tang San himself is indeed nothing to fear, but the backers behind him are far from simple."

Ao Zhan frowned. "What do you mean? Isn't Tang San's backer that bastard Tang Hao? Or perhaps the Clear Sky Sect? Are they even worthy of my caution?"

Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect could not even defeat Spirit Hall right now. Did they really warrant caution?

"Of course not Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect. They are merely pawns arranged for Tang San by his true backers. Host, don't forget whose Divine Position Tang San obtained in the end."

"You mean Asura and the Sea God? They are Tang San's backers?"

Only then did Ao Zhan recall a theory that had circulated online back on Blue Star: Tang San's transmigration had been arranged by the Asura God in order to pass down his Divine Position.

This theory existed because, when Tang San was about to inherit the Asura God's Divine Position, the Asura God had simply waved his hand and said that Tang San's grandfather had helped him pass the God Trial, so he did not need to undergo it and could directly inherit the Asura God's Divine Position.

Thus, some people wondered whether Tang San's transmigration had been the Asura God's doing. Otherwise, why would he give away his God King-level Divine Position as though it were cabbage?

However, Ao Zhan had always doubted that theory.

The reason was simple. Was a trash like Tang San, who had wielded a super divine artifact yet still been beaten to death by Bibi Dong, really worth a God King going to such lengths for?

Letting someone like that inherit his Divine Position—wasn't that just tarnishing his own name?

But hearing the system say this now, that theory seemed to be true.

Could the Asura God really be that blind?

"That's right. Asura and the Sea God are indeed Tang San's backers, but they are only two of them. An even greater mastermind is hiding in the shadows."

"What did you say?! How do you know that!?"

Ao Zhan's pupils contracted as he hurriedly pressed for an answer.

"Eh, you'll have to investigate that yourself, Host. If I told you everything, wouldn't that take away a lot of the fun?" The system began playing coy and speaking in riddles, making Ao Zhan itch to drag it out and beat it up.

However, Ao Zhan thought it had a point. This universe was nothing much to him, let alone compared to the Super Beast Armed World. Douluo Continent was even less worth mentioning.

So it was fine to find himself something to do.

"Mom!"

At that moment, Qian Renxue's cry snapped Ao Zhan back to his senses. Frowning, he looked at the stunning purple-haired woman who had appeared before them.

Bibi Dong looked coldly at the two children before her. When Qian Renxue said the word "Mom," her pupils trembled, only for overwhelming disgust and killing intent to follow.

She hid those emotions well, but they could not escape Ao Zhan's notice.

Ao Zhan's gaze darkened. Naturally, he knew why.

Anyone who had read Douluo Continent knew that although Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue were mother and daughter, Bibi Dong felt only disgust and hatred toward Qian Renxue. Even if she possessed any maternal love, there was certainly very little of it. Her appearance here definitely was not born of friendly intentions.

Therefore, Ao Zhan stepped forward and shielded Qian Renxue behind him. Facing Bibi Dong directly, neither servile nor overbearing, he asked, "What brings the Holy Maiden here?"

Although Bibi Dong was Qian Renxue's mother, he would not call her Auntie or anything of the sort. She had never raised Qian Renxue, and Bibi Dong herself did not like that form of address either.

Bibi Dong narrowed her eyes as she assessed Ao Zhan.

Of course, she knew Ao Zhan. Qian Daoliu had personally brought him back, and Ao Zhan had later displayed extraordinary combat talent. He had defeated every younger member of Spirit Hall's elders and had no equal among the elder descendants. No matter how many opponents he faced, he was always the final victor.

Thus, Bibi Dong naturally paid him extra attention.

After observing him for a moment, she replied, "Nothing much. I merely sensed a huge disturbance coming from the Worship Hall and came to see what had happened."

Ao Zhan understood. It seemed the commotion caused by awakening his martial soul had been large enough to alert even Bibi Dong.

Wait, if Bibi Dong had been alerted, didn't that mean the Rakshasa Divine Will within her had also been alerted?!

He remembered clearly that Bibi Dong had received the Rakshasa God Trial after clearing Slaughter City, and Bibi Dong had already visited Slaughter City by this point.

In other words, he had just alerted the Rakshasa God as well?!

Ao Zhan's heart tightened. At the same time, he fixed his gaze on Bibi Dong, intending to see what she wanted to do.

After all, Bibi Dong was not yet the Pope, so she did not dare act so recklessly.