Qian Xunji used the Side-Effect-Free Spirit Ring Deprivation Card to strip away Tang Chen's ninth Spirit Ring.
This caused Tang Chen's Ring Detonation to fail, exposing a massive opening. Qian Xunji then beheaded him with a single sword strike, leaving everyone bewildered.
The instant he killed Tang Chen, Qian Xunji used his spiritual power to retrieve Tang Chen's head and body.
After all, Tang Chen possessed six top-grade Spirit Bones, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
Failing to collect such an immense fortune would have been a terrible waste.
More importantly, Qian Xunji feared that if he did not retrieve Tang Chen's corpse, something like Tang San's resurrection during the original Jialing Pass battle might happen. That would be utterly revolting.
Qian Xunji had only one attitude toward Tang Chen: both his body and soul had to remain under his control. No accident could be allowed.
There was no room for negotiation on that point!
Who was Tang Chen?
In the original Douluo Continent storyline, he had failed the Asura God Trial, become the Asura God's High Priestess, and fallen into becoming the King of Slaughter.
He had guided Tang San and bestowed upon him the divine artifact, the Asura Demon Sword.
Tang Chen deserved the greatest credit for Tang San becoming the Asura God!
Tang Chen had given him the divine artifact, and he had taken the first eight Asura God Trials in Tang San's place.
Before his death, he had even poured his lifelong cultivation into the Asura Demon Sword, contributing further to Tang San's rise.
Besides that, Tang Chen had also rendered tremendous service in Tang San becoming the Sea God.
Without Tang Chen's death, how could Bo Saixi, that love-struck fool, have become so disheartened that she sought death wholeheartedly and sacrificed herself to Tang San to initiate the Sea God Divine Trial's ninth test?
Bo Saixi had even gone easy on him during the God Trial, allowing Tang San to pass smoothly and accelerating his Sea God Divine Trial.
In short, Tang Chen's contributions ranked first among the reasons Tang San could obtain the dual Godhoods of the Sea God and Asura God.
Tang Chen had also contributed to the Clear Sky Sect leaving the mountains to help Tang San fight the Spirit Hall Empire.
The Clear Sky Sect can wait, Qian Xunji thought.
By killing Tang Chen, he had formed a blood feud with the Tang Family of the Clear Sky Sect. They would surely gather their strength, await an opportunity, and seek revenge against him.
But he was currently undergoing the Asura God Trial. If he committed acts of extermination and wiped out an entire sect, he feared it would provoke the Asura God's displeasure.
If that caused the Asura God to withhold the God Position, would he not suffer a tremendous loss?
Killing Tang Chen could be explained as a deviation in his understanding of the fourth Asura God Trial, the Asura Unique God Trial.
After all, the God Trial's contents included the word "duel."
A duel was a duel—a duel to the death. Asura Unique naturally meant that only one person could survive.
Such an interpretation was completely reasonable.
But slaughtering every member of the Clear Sky Sect was not part of the Asura God Trial's requirements.
The more one did, the more mistakes one made. The less one did, the fewer mistakes one made. Qian Xunji understood that principle well.
Asura God Trial, Fourth Test: Asura Unique passed. Asura Divine Power Affinity increased by 10%.
The Asura God's voice rang beside Qian Xunji's ear.
The next second, the contents of a new God Trial entered his mind.
Asura God Trial, Fifth Test: Face the Asura Origin. God Trial requirements: Enter the Asura God's Slaughter Origin Space and endure the impact of endless slaughter intent without being consumed by the Inner Demon. Reward for success: Asura Divine Power Affinity increased by 10%, Asura Domain.
Passing the God Trial would directly skip the Slaughter Domain and grant him the Asura Domain?
That was indeed highly tempting.
The Asura God's Slaughter Origin Space was located within Hell Road of Slaughter City.
The God Trial took priority. Under everyone's stunned gazes, Qian Xunji transformed into a streak of light and flew toward Slaughter City.
Tang Hao, whose eyes were already bloodshot and whose breathing was ragged, stared in shock at the direction Qian Xunji had departed.
His invincible grandfather had died, his head severed by a single sword strike. Even his head and body had been placed into a Storage Spirit Tool and carried away as spoils of war.
He was like a powerless grandson, able only to watch helplessly as it all happened, incapable of doing anything.
"Grandfather! Grandfather! Grandfather!" Tears streaming down his face, Tang Hao roared in fury, his voice filled with anguish.
"Hao'er, don't cry. Even if you cry yourself to death here, you won't be able to cry your enemy to death. Bring your grandfather's body back and give him a proper burial."
Tang Zhen, who had likewise witnessed Tang Chen's death with tears covering his face, patted his son Tang Hao's shoulder and comforted him as a father should.
"Father, I swear that I will cultivate to the realm of Limit Douluo, personally kill Grandfather's murderer, bring Grandfather's body home, and give him a proper burial!" Tang Hao swore.
He would cultivate diligently, become even stronger than his grandfather, kill Qian Xunji, and avenge his grandfather.
If he did not take revenge for this, he, Tang Hao, swore he would not be human!
On a distant mountaintop.
Yu Yuanzhen and Gu Rong witnessed the entire process of Tang Chen being slain by Qian Xunji in a single sword strike, then having his head and body collected into a Storage Spirit Tool as spoils of war.
Both were powerful Titled Douluo, and they were stunned by Qian Xunji's smooth, effortless actions.
He was so practiced at it.
They were equally astonished by Qian Xunji's proud and aloof demeanor, his air of keeping people at arm's length, and his clean, decisive methods.
The two exchanged a glance, each seeing the other's thoughts.
Tang Chen was dead. It was time for someone else to sit in the position of the Number One Sect Under Heaven.
Both were people devoted to their sects. They possessed both ambition and strength, and they wanted their own sects to claim the position of the Number One Sect Under Heaven.
While Tang Chen had been alive, they had only dared to entertain such thoughts privately.
But now Tang Chen was dead, and the Clear Sky Sect had only Tang Zhen, a Titled Douluo who was not even a Super Douluo, holding down the fort.
When Tang Zhen had been young, he had failed while cultivating Ring Detonation and been left with hidden injuries throughout his body. Their spies planted within the Clear Sky Sect had made that perfectly clear.
A Titled Douluo with hidden injuries, who might only be able to unleash his full strength in a brief burst, was simply too easy to bully.
Green Phoenix Douluo recovered from the shock of Tang Chen's death.
"Tang Chen actually died just like that. It truly was unexpected."
Bibi Dong nodded in agreement and said in her childish voice, "Even his corpse was collected as spoils of war."
Tang Chen's death delighted Bibi Dong immensely.
If Qian Daoliu and Green Phoenix Douluo had not been beside her, she would have laughed like a pig.
Tang Chen had died before meeting Bo Saixi in this world. It could not have been more perfect.
How could Bo Saixi, who was arrogant, conceited, looked down on everyone, and cared only for Sea God Poseidon, possibly take the initiative to sacrifice herself to Tang San if she had not fallen in love with Tang Chen and become disheartened by his death?
No, in this life, with her, Rakshasa God Bibi Dong, reborn, how could she possibly allow that brat Tang San to inherit the Sea God Position?
It was even more impossible for Tang San to inherit the Asura God Position.
Tang San was the man who had deceived her beloved disciple Hu Liena's feelings, taken away Xiao Gang's love for her, and killed her.
Bibi Dong glanced at Tang Hao, a sly gleam flashing through her eyes.
In this life, once Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Emperor had Tang San, she would definitely give him a grand gift that would accompany him for the rest of his life.
Qian Daoliu gave Green Phoenix Douluo an instruction, then, after taking Bibi Dong back to Spirit City, he pursued Qian Xunji in the direction he had flown.
He could accept the outcome of his friend Tang Chen's death.
Even if the victor took the Spirit Bones from his body as spoils of war, that was understandable.
Such matters were normal in the Spirit Master World. He would not say anything, nor would he intervene.
But his friend had died in battle, and his corpse had been taken away as spoils of war, unable to be laid to rest. That was another matter entirely.
"Damn, Angel Douluo went after him!" Gu Rong exclaimed in shock.
"Is this going to be two Limit Douluo battles in one day?!" Yu Yuanzhen cried out in equal shock.
The two immediately took flight and followed after him.
Tang Zhen wiped away his tears and gave chase.
Among the surviving onlookers, all Spirit Masters capable of flight activated their Martial Soul Possession, used their Flying Spirit Skills, and followed closely behind.
Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu versus the mysterious Armor Douluo.
Though watching this battle carried an extremely high risk, anyone who missed it would regret it for life.
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