"Bzzz!"
Luo Feng's words were like a real antimatter bomb going off!
The members of the Shrek Seven Devils weren't the only ones left staring in shock.
Even the Soul Masters watching from afar were so stunned their jaws hit the floor.
The heroine of the Spirit Pagoda's Martial Arts Matchmaking, that lofty goddess, was actually pregnant?
And Tang Wulin was the father?!
"You're talking nonsense!"
Gu Yuena's pretty face turned deathly pale as she tried to deny it in a panic.
But Tang Wulin abruptly turned his head.
He looked at Gu Yuena's evasive violet eyes and the hands instinctively protecting her flat belly.
In that instant, the miraculous bond between their bloodlines finally broke through all reason and pretense.
"Gu Yue... Is it true? We... have a child?"
The eyes that had been filled with murderous intent blurred with tears.
"Wulin, don't listen to his provocation. Go! You're his target!"
Gu Yuena shook her head desperately, tears streaming uncontrollably down her face.
She knew better than anyone what losing the Golden Dragon King Core would mean for Tang Wulin. It would be almost like draining the very source of his life!
"What a deeply touching family of three."
Luo Feng coldly cut off the tearful drama, without the slightest trace of pity in his voice.
"I have limited patience.
"I'll count to three. Either you hand over the Golden Dragon King Core yourself and get out of here with your wife and child."
"Or I'll blast all of you to smithereens, then slowly refine the core from your scraps."
"Three."
Luo Feng began counting down at once. The Plasma Cannon on Vanguard Titan's right arm lit up again with a blinding red glow.
The threat of death instantly descended over the entire ruin.
"Two."
The cannon's high-pitched charging whine rang out like the death god's summons, pounding against Tang Wulin's heart.
He looked at the Sea God Trident in his hand, its light dimmed.
Then he looked at Gu Yuena nearby, weeping like a pear blossom in the rain, and at her belly, nurturing a new life.
Tang Wulin gave a bitter smile. All his pride and stubbornness crumbled in that moment.
As a man, as someone about to become a father, he had no choice.
"One..."
"I'll hand it over!"
Just as Luo Feng was about to pull the trigger, Tang Wulin roared at the top of his lungs.
With a clatter, the Sea God Trident fell onto the blackened ruin.
Tang Wulin dropped to one knee.
He closed his eyes in pain and voluntarily undid the last few divine seals in his spiritual sea.
"Wulin! No!"
Gu Yuena let out a desperate wail and tried to rush over, but Zi JI and Bi Ji held her back with all their strength.
"A wise choice. Don't worry, I always strip loot cleanly and efficiently."
Luo Feng smiled with satisfaction as the armor on Vanguard Titan's chest opened once more.
He floated out of the spacious cockpit, like a true god who ruled over life and death.
He looked down at the chosen one of the original story.
"Come on, Sect Master Tang. You've made your choice, so hurry up and offer up your core."
Luo Feng folded his arms, a teasing curve at the corner of his mouth.
However, Tang Wulin, kneeling on the ground, was deathly pale.
Fine beads of cold sweat covered his forehead, and his body trembled violently without stopping.
He had completely released the eighteen seals Old Tang had left in his spiritual sea.
But that violent golden energy was still rampaging through every part of his body.
There was no sign of it leaving him.
"I... I don't know how to get it out..."
Tang Wulin gritted his teeth and forced the humiliating words out.
"This power fused with my bloodline, bones, and even my soul long ago.
"If it's forcibly separated, even if I do it myself, my body will explode in an instant!"
"Even if you kill me, this power will vanish with me, or turn back into a violent source of destruction and explode!
"I can't give you something tangible!"
Hearing Tang Wulin's desperate explanation, the members of the Shrek Seven Devils and Gu Yuena all felt their hearts tighten.
Gu Yuena most of all. She knew better than anyone how terrifying the Golden Dragon King Divine Core was.
It was the purest law of destruction in the Divine Realm. Even if Tang Wulin was willing to hand it over, an ordinary person couldn't take it!
"You don't know how to get it out?
"Is this a last-ditch plea before you die, or are you bargaining with me because of the Golden Dragon King Divine Core's special nature?"
After hearing him out, Luo Feng didn't get angry. He just laughed in disdain.
"Tang Wulin, Tang Wulin. You really are a complete ignoramus."
"Did you think I'd dare demand this top-tier divine loot without having a perfect way to separate it?"
Luo Feng slowly extended his right hand, a dazzling, feverish gleam flashing deep in his eyes.
"If you can't spit it out yourself, then I'll graciously perform a 'minimally invasive surgery' for you!"
"Bzzz!"
As Luo Feng's words rang out, a strange energy fluctuation unlike anything in Douluo Continent's traditional Soul Power system erupted from within him.
No conventional Soul Rings appeared, nor did any Beast Martial Soul manifest as a phantom.
A huge circular formation spread beneath Luo Feng's feet, its intricate lines radiating dazzling white light!
Within the formation, countless mysterious runes representing the truths of the universe interwove with alchemical formulas and intricate geometric patterns.
"What... kind of Martial Soul is that?"
Nearby, Gu Yuena's eyes widened in disbelief.
In her dragon clan's memories, Douluo Planet had never seen such a bizarre Martial Soul.
The aura emanating from that glowing array wasn't creation, nor destruction, but an absolute...
law of equivalent exchange and material reconstruction!
"Never seen it before? It's called alchemy."
Seeing everyone's shocked expressions, Luo Feng explained their confusion arrogantly.
"This is my Martial Soul—Truth Alchemy!"
"As long as I can analyze the composition of matter and energy, there's nothing my alchemy can't separate.
"Even a god's core has to obediently break down into its most primordial nutrients before the laws of Truth!"
With that, Luo Feng snapped his fingers without looking back at the massive mech behind him.
"BT! Activate deep neural link! Lock on to the target with an energy-stabilizing anchor!"
[Command confirmed! Pilot!]
Vanguard Titan's blue electronic eyes instantly unleashed high-frequency scanning rays, enveloping Tang Wulin as he knelt on the ground.
[Analyzing material structure... Divine bloodline energy network detected within target!]
[High-frequency antigravity restraint field activated! Energy extraction channel established!]
"Shh-shh-shh!"
Several slender blue beams shot from the mech's arms, like precision neural probes.
They pierced the space around Tang Wulin with pinpoint accuracy, fixing his entire body in midair.
They weren't hurting him. The mech's supercomputing power was forcibly stabilizing his life signs, which were on the verge of collapsing from the separation!
This was the ultimate romance of the Fourth Calamity: the perfect combination of technology and the supernatural!
"The operation begins. Sect Master Tang, this might hurt a little. Bear with it."
Luo Feng gave a cruel smile, then slammed his right palm into the air. The Alchemy Matrix beneath his feet instantly blazed with light!
The dazzling alchemical radiance and Vanguard Titan's blue traction beams merged perfectly.
They became an invisible net that plunged deep into every part of Tang Wulin's body.
"Analyze! Disassemble! Reconstruct!"
"Come out... now!!!"
"Argh!!!"
Tang Wulin's head snapped back as he let out a shrill, heart-rending scream!
Stabilized by Vanguard Titan's computing power and pulled by Truth Alchemy's absolute laws,
his blood instantly boiled. Wisps and strands of pure golden mist were forcibly drawn out, bit by bit, from his pores, acupoints, and even the depths of his soul!
This golden mist was the Golden Dragon King's essence, capable of destroying heaven and earth!
It roared and struggled wildly in midair.
Some of it even vaguely took the form of furious miniature golden dragons, baring their claws and teeth as they tried to turn on Luo Feng.
But before Vanguard Titan's unreasonable antimatter restraint field,
these violent divine forces were like snakes with their fangs pulled out. They could only helplessly follow the traction beams,
flowing endlessly into the center of the Alchemy Matrix beneath Luo Feng's feet.
"Wulin!"
Gu Yuena wept uncontrollably. Watching Tang Wulin suffer such agony made her feel as if a knife were cutting through her heart.
But she didn't dare move, much less approach.
Vanguard Titan's heavy shoulder cannon was still locked firmly onto her.
She could only watch helplessly as it all unfolded...