Watching the terrifying palm crash down, Huo Yuhao looked surprised, but there was no great panic in his eyes.
As Huo Yuhao, reborn with the inheritance of the God of Emotions, he naturally had a trump card of his own.
So he was confident he wouldn't die.
But before Huo Yuhao could use his trump card, a deep, rumbling dragon's roar rang out. Overwhelming dragon might poured forth, and a tremendous force surged into being in an instant high above.
Watching the figure shoot into the sky, Le Zhengyue's eyes narrowed slightly.
High above, the enormous head of a black dragon thrust out.
Its gaze swept over the scene and instantly fixed on the somewhat chaotic battlefield.
Then it glanced at Huo Yuhao, a complicated look in its eyes.
A moment later, its gaze turned directly to the old man and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who had just entered the Red Mecha.
Feeling the majesty of Beast God Di Tian, the Yue Family elder looked utterly horrified.
He retreated as Three-Word Battle Armor abruptly appeared on his body.
With the Three-Word Battle Armor bolstering him, the aura of a Limit Douluo likewise radiated from him.
Feeling the immense aura emanating from the old man, Di Tian merely snorted.
His figure began to change, transforming into a middle-aged man in a black robe.
Then he raised a hand, and a terrifying phantom dragon palm came crashing down.
Although the old man had the support of Three-Word Battle Armor, his strength was only on par with that of an ordinary Limit Douluo. He still couldn't compare with an experienced, top-tier powerhouse like Di Tian.
Watching the Angel Martial Soul tremble faintly beneath the dragon palm, Le Zhengyue's eyes flickered.
The outcome hadn't surprised him.
He hadn't even expected to kill Huo Yuhao outright, so he merely glanced at him calmly before sending a message to his great-grandfather.
"Come back, Great-Grandfather."
"This is enough."
"There's no need to continue. Let's leave here first."
Le Zhengyue's voice was calm.
If the two senior elders who had come with him fought with all their might, they would probably be able to severely wound Di Tian at the cost of their lives.
But what would that accomplish for him, Le Zhengyue?
These two senior elders were trump cards of his family, part of their reserves, and super-powerful experts.
He certainly wouldn't waste his family's two Grand Elders—or, rather, top senior elders—here just to deal with Di Tian.
At Le Zhengyue's words, the old man high in the sky narrowed his eyes slightly.
His gaze swept over Di Tian, and nine Soul Rings descended with a crash.
The Soul Ring Configuration of this top Yue Family elder was six black and three red.
This was already one of the best configurations the Yue Family could produce.
But seeing this configuration, Di Tian's eyes flickered.
Of the three continents, the most terrifying Soul Ring Configuration was found on the Third Continent.
So just from this configuration, Di Tian guessed the old man's identity—or, more precisely, where he came from.
By then, however, the old man no longer cared.
The ninth Soul Ring on his body lit up, and an even larger Angel Phantom appeared.
A terrifying sword slash came crashing down. Heaven-Shaking Angel Slash—one of the Yue Family's inherited Soul Skills.
As the fearsome slash thundered down, even Di Tian, whose expression had been calm, furrowed his brow slightly.
He raised his palm, and the Dragon God Palm Seal appeared. The Heaven-Shaking Angel Slash was cut apart, but the old man vanished in an instant as well.
And as the old man disappeared, the Red Mecha that had been hovering there vanished with him.
Watching Sky Dream Ice Silkworm being taken away, Di Tian stood silently, his gaze flickering.
He glanced down at Huo Yuhao.
At that moment, Huo Yuhao met his gaze.
"Senior Di Tian, why don't you come down so we can talk?"
Huo Yuhao's voice was calm.
Hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Di Tian neither left nor killed him.
He stood there silently for two seconds, then suddenly dropped down.
Huo Yuhao was actually a little surprised when Di Tian really came down.
He had thought Di Tian would either kill him outright or secretly invest in him, but he hadn't expected him to come over in person.
Of course, if he'd known what had happened, he wouldn't have been so surprised.
Across the three continents, three Di Tians existed at the same time.
What no one knew was that this world—or rather, this exceedingly strange world—had a hidden rule: killing someone who shared your name would grant you greater power.
Originally, no one knew this.
The first to realize it was none other than Gu Yuena.
The instant the three continents connected, Gu Yuena sensed her other selves on the other two continents.
The Gu Yuena from twenty thousand years ago belonged to the era in which she had suffered the most severe injuries. At the time, she had been on the brink of death and could only force herself into a deep slumber.
The Gu Yuena of the Peerless Tang Sect era had recovered some of her strength, but her recovery was still limited.
It wasn't until the Legend of the Dragon King era that she finally recovered after nearly thirty thousand years—or even longer—of slumber.
And that led to a problem.
When the three Gu Yuenas discovered one another, the strongest was naturally the Gu Yuena of the Legend of the Dragon King era.
What she did was simple: without the slightest hesitation, she went to the Second Continent and the First Continent.
Then she devoured the version of herself who was grievously wounded and dying, as well as the version who had already recovered some of her strength.
It was a battle that never took place, and the final outcome was utterly chaotic.
This left Di Tian utterly confused.
He didn't know whether he should follow that master—the master who had killed his own master.
This left the Di Tians of the First Continent and the Second Continent bewildered, with no idea what to make of it.
By comparison, the Di Tian of the Douluo Continent era was a completely inconsequential figure.
The Di Tian of the Peerless Tang Sect era, on the other hand, was much more intelligent.
After his master died, he had come out this time specifically to find Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Huo Yuhao.
So when he arrived, he didn't conceal anything about Gu Yuena. He told Huo Yuhao the whole story.
"So, Senior Di Tian, what is it you want from me?"
"And what exactly is this Gu Yuena? Is she the master you mentioned?"
As Huo Yuhao spoke, he looked at Di Tian.
He knew nothing of this history and didn't understand what Di Tian meant.
In other words, after all that preamble, Di Tian's point had to be something shocking.
Sure enough, under Huo Yuhao's gaze, Di Tian fell silent for a moment.
"I hope you'll let me become your Soul Spirit, like Sky Dream Ice Silkworm."
"With my power, I can help you gain a third Martial Soul."
The Di Tian of the Peerless Tang Sect era spoke calmly.
His memories only extended to the end of the Peerless Tang Sect era, so he knew Huo Yuhao would become a god.
He had been uncertain about what to do with someone destined to become a god, but he hadn't wanted to betray his master.
But now that the master of his own era had been killed, he didn't know whether he should follow this new master.
So rather than follow a master whose background was unclear and whose relationships were so tangled, he would rather follow Huo Yuhao, the peerless genius destined to become a god.
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