Tang San dodged the blow, but not completely. He did not die, but Tai Yi severed one of his arms.
Tang San now had only his right arm left. Seeing his severed hand on the ground, he let out a piercing scream.
Tang San's scream was not only due to the pain of losing his hand. More importantly, with his left hand broken, the Hidden Weapon techniques he had been most proud of had been reduced by at least eighty percent. After losing his hand, Tang San also realized that many of Tang Sect's top Hidden Weapons in his mind could no longer be made, unless he eventually passed down their methods of construction.
But how could Tai Yi give Tang San time to think about such things? The very next second, Tai Yi launched another attack at Tang San, intending to kill him outright. To prevent Tang San from dodging again, Tai Yi specifically used Soul Power to immobilize him, leaving him no possibility of escape.
And so, Tang San watched the attack coming toward him, yet had no way to resist it. After exhausting every possible method to no avail, Tang San resigned himself to his fate.
At that moment, Tang San remembered how, twelve years ago, he had violated the Tang Sect rules and leapt from a cliff, arriving in this world. He thought of his father, Tang Hao, whose fate was still unknown, and of Xiao Wu, who had been taken away.
Finally, Tang San wondered whether, if he died this time, he might return to the world of Tang Sect.
Just as Tang San was thinking these things, a red divine light suddenly descended and shrouded him before the attack could strike. Tai Yi then discovered that his attack had hit nothing. Tang San vanished within the red divine light, and Tai Yi could no longer sense his aura.
Seeing this, Tai Yi thought uncertainly, Could this be the legendary protagonist's luck? Is he really impossible to kill?
But that was not the case. At the same time, in the God Realm, the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life had arrived outside the Asura God's divine palace together with the God of Goodness and the God of Evil.
The reason they had come was simple. As people who had known one another for many years, they understood each other very well. The God of Destruction knew that everyone now wished to pass down their Divine Positions and leave the God Realm to live freely. Otherwise, why would the Asura God have specifically brought Tang San to the Douluo Continent?
Thus, when the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life discovered that their Divine Position inheritor was actually preparing to eliminate the inheritor chosen by the Asura God, both of them fixed their eyes on Tai Yi and Tang San. They wanted to see what the Asura God would do at such a moment.
The result did not disappoint them. They discovered that the Asura God had intervened to save Tang San. The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life immediately found the God of Evil and the God of Goodness, and the four of them came together to confront the Asura God.
When the Asura God saw the four arrive, he wore an expression as though he had expected it.
The Asura God then said to the God of Destruction:
"Tell me. What should be done?"
The Asura God was clearly acting as though he had done it and accepted the consequences.
Hearing this, and knowing one another well after so many years, the God of Destruction glanced at him and said:
"Hand over your God Realm law enforcement authority, then accept supervision and refrain from interfering in the affairs of the Douluo Realm again."
Hearing this, the Asura God replied:
"I can agree to the first condition, but I cannot agree to the second. Destruction, do not forget that you have also helped your inheritor."
The God of Destruction answered:
"I merely helped my inheritor better absorb the Ice and Fire Dragon King's Spirit Bones, so he could inherit my and Life's Divine Positions more effectively in the future. I am not like you, daring to interfere in a battle on the Douluo Continent."
At those words, the Asura God was left speechless and did not know how to retort. Thus, he handed over his law enforcement authority.
But after handing it over, the Asura God said to the God of Destruction:
"Destruction, you had better not let me discover that you are interfering in the affairs of the Douluo Realm."
The God of Destruction replied:
"I am not like you. You should instead worry about whether the person you went to such lengths to bring to the Douluo Continent can live long enough to inherit your Divine Position."
After saying that, the God of Destruction departed with the other three God Kings.
Watching the God of Destruction and the others leave, the Asura God grew furious. Back then, in order to pass down his Divine Position as soon as possible, he had specifically brought a suitable inheritor from another world. Yet that inheritor had encountered the God of Destruction's inheritor. More crucially, the God of Destruction's inheritor carried a legacy from an even higher level of life, making the inheritor he had chosen completely unable to match him.
Moreover, that person was inheriting the legacies of two God Kings, and he also had the aid of an inheritor of the First-Level God, the Angel God.
Thinking of this, the Asura God wondered whether he too could help his inheritor find some allies on the Douluo Continent.
The more the Asura God considered it, the more feasible it seemed. However, he first intended to use divine power to reattach Tang San's severed hand before considering anything else.
As for the promise he had just made to the other four God Kings not to interfere in the affairs of Douluo Planet, the Asura God no longer cared. He had just been caught once anyway; one more offense would make little difference.
Just as the Asura God used divine power, preparing to send Tang San's severed hand to his side and reattach it for him—
The next second, the Asura God burst into a curse.
He had just intended to help Tang San, only to discover that Tang San's severed arm had already been burned away by Tai Yi, the God of Destruction's inheritor.
The Asura God had no way to deal with it now. If he forcibly used divine power to create a new hand for Tang San, it would require an enormous amount of divine power, and the matter would certainly be discovered.
Therefore, the Asura God could only let Tang San remain one-handed for now. He could only wait until he began Tang San's God Trial before finding a way to restore his severed arm.
Meanwhile, on the Douluo Continent, Tai Yi looked at Tang San's left arm, which he had burned into ashes, and finally revealed a satisfied smile.
As for the red divine light that had suddenly appeared and Tang San's abrupt disappearance, coupled with the many novels Tai Yi had read before, Tai Yi formed his own guess. Perhaps a god from the God Realm had intervened.
Then, when Tai Yi saw the severed arm on the ground, he thought that if Tang San's arm were reattached, would this attempt to assassinate Tang San not have been for nothing?
And thus, Tai Yi mobilized the Sun True Fire and directly burned Tang San's severed arm to ashes.
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