God's Mark

"Angel Light Blade!"

Qian Xunji unleashed a soul skill, and a massive blade of light surged forth, following the sweep of the longsword in his hand, straight toward Tang Hao.

"Clear Sky Hammer! Chaotic Cloak!"

Tang Hao's low, rumbling voice echoed. With the Clear Sky Hammer in his grip, he felt as though he possessed the world; an unshakable aura, as if facing the vast, boundless earth, erupted from his body.

The hammer and the sword collided instantly. A thunderous sonic boom exploded from the point of impact, and a visible shockwave swept outward in all directions.

Ordinarily, a level ninety Super Douluo would easily crush a level eighty-nine Soul Douluo, yet what transpired before their eyes was that Tang Hao had sent Qian Xunji's holy sword flying, displaying the true might befitting the continent's number one tool martial soul.

It was evident that in that very moment, Tang Hao had broken through to level ninety, becoming a pseudo-Title Douluo, just one step away from a true Title Douluo.

"What! How can this be!"

"Could it be!"

Qian Xunji realized that Tang Hao had also emerged from Slaughter City; could he have obtained the inheritance of the God of Slaughter?

Only that could explain how he, as a mere Soul Douluo, managed to deflect his Angel Holy Sword!

"It seems I cannot let you live!"

"Attack together!"

Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo were already prepared. Standing back-to-back with their fingers locked, they released their Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Ghost Martial Soul, followed by their nine soul rings each—eighteen in total.

"Polarity Prohibition Domain!"

In an instant, the domain descended upon Tang Hao.

Tang Hao realized with horror that he was completely unable to move.

Seeing this, the others unleashed their long-range attacks one after another.

While they were locked in battle, Li Pu had already slipped into Ah Yin's room.

He looked at the beautiful woman lying on the bed, dressed in elegant, luxurious robes. Pale blue, silky hair draped over her shoulders, her light blue shift still damp. Her deep blue eyes, clear as sapphire, were flawless—a stark contrast to the description of an elven fairy.

She was radiant, full-figured, and possessed a mature charm that exuded a sexy, captivating glow.

"Who are you? Are you with them?"

Having just given birth, the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin was too weak to resist; anyone could have killed her at that moment.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, such a beauty, why choose such a path?" Li Pu praised.

The Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin explained, "You misunderstand. I am not the kind of person you think."

"You are indeed not that kind of person, but because you chose to abandon your life as a soul beast and run into the human world, the world is now in chaos because of you," Li Pu said.

"I... I just wanted to fall in love and, incidentally, ease the relationship between humans and soul beasts!" Ah Yin explained weakly.

Li Pu sneered, "Fall in love? Causing your lover's family to be destroyed is what you call love? Is it even possible to ease the relationship between humans and soul beasts? The development of any race is inevitably filled with blood. To survive better, expansion is natural. Threats to other lives are unavoidable, just like those two rabbits in the Star Dou Forest. For the sake of their race's continued survival, how much vegetation has been destroyed by their descendants?"

"You are just using sophistry!" Ah Yin was no match for Li Pu's logic.

How could ideals ever easily defeat reality?

Li Pu sneered, "Peace is built on the foundation of equal strength. Even if humans didn't need to hunt soul beasts for soul rings and soul bones, and could condense them themselves—or even if they had great power without them—peace would only be temporary. The essence of life is outward expansion, carving out territory for oneself."

"Love between human and beast, without equal strength, is utterly ridiculous! You think of easing human relations, but your appearance will only serve as the fuse for a war!"

Ah Yin fell silent; the experiences of these years had validated everything Li Pu said.

Throughout the entire soul master world, including the soul beast world, their legends were whispered, and their respective clans had been implicated because of them.

Tang San was one of the heirs chosen by Asura; as a soul beast, Asura did not care about her life or death—she was simply the perfect fuse.

She did not even know that she was a string in the hands of the Creator, the most important chess piece pushing the evil development of Douluo Continent.

No one was more important than her.

Even Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue were only relatively important pieces, while Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen were merely significant tools.

"To ease the relationship between humans and soul beasts, aside from falling in love and fleeing, I see no substantive action from you. You surely don't expect it from this half-human, half-beast child, do you?" Li Pu looked at Tang San, who was still an infant.

Although he wanted to strangle him, he knew that if he did, Asura would inevitably resurrect him elsewhere, at which point he would be beyond limited control.

"Having inherited your bloodlines, the child will surely be gifted. Once he grows up, perhaps he really can solve it!"

His voice was dripping with sarcasm.

Tang San would view himself as a human, even with half-beast blood, and would go on to ruthlessly scheme against soul beasts.

"I believe my child will be able to do it," Ah Yin's eyes were filled with determination.

"What do you plan to do next? Will you sacrifice yourself to end this farce?"

Li Pu knew perfectly well that the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin was about to sacrifice herself for Tang Hao.

In Ah Yin's ears, however, she felt her sacrifice was useless.

"I will leave with you, spare my lover, and..."

"Heh, you are truly naive. To spare a mobile, threatening Title Douluo—do you really think that's possible?"

Ah Yin was speechless. A mobile Titled Douluo was fraught with danger, and as a woman, she did not know what to do.

Outside the wooden hut, Tang Hao was fighting desperately. Having broken free from the Two-Pole Static Domain, he was displaying great might as a pseudo-Titled Douluo, holding his own against a group of Titled Douluos and Spirit Douluos with the assistance of the Slaughter God's Domain.

"What exactly do you want? We just want to live a peaceful and happy life now!" Ah Yin voiced her final wish.

"Don't bother hoping for that. Go out, say your goodbyes, and end all of this," Li Pu said.

At the same time, he could feel the manipulation of a divine aura, much like a God's Mark, present not only on himself but also on Ah Yin.

If Ah Yin had clearly understood the gap between a newly ascended Titled Douluo and a Super Douluo, combined with so many powerful spirit masters, she would not have chosen to sacrifice herself but would have obediently gone with Martial Soul Hall. If there was indeed a so-called God's Mark upon them, then sacrifice was an inevitable outcome.

Ah Yin nodded obediently, picked up her child, and followed Li Pu out of the wooden hut.

Outside the hut, Tang Hao was covered in wounds but still holding on.

Qian Xunji and the others were also gasping for air.

Seeing Li Pu and the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin appear, they were all dumbfounded.

They had been fighting to the death like idiots, never imagining they could have simply bypassed the fighting to capture that woman!

"Brother Hao, stop..."