The Long Road Ahead

Turning his head to look at the black-armored figure in the center of the pit, Qian Daoliu swallowed hard, just like the Slaughter King sword he had previously pointed at. ◦•●◉✿ ✿◉●•◦

After a slight hesitation, Qian Daoliu ultimately did not help Tang Chen, whose body was limp and weak. Instead, he turned and took two steps toward Ling Yi, crossed his arms over his shoulders, bowed slightly to Ling Yi, and asked respectfully:

"May I ask how one should address you by your divine name, sir?"

After asking, Qian Daoliu carefully considered his words, his voice softening slightly as he continued, "Does Your Excellency know the ancestor ' Angel of Light,' Cesia?"

Although he asked the question, Qian Daoliu was actually guessing in his heart that this terrifying expert who called himself "Wu Wudi" was most likely the Rakshasa God himself!

Although the Rakshasa God was not dressed like this in the legends of the Spirit Hall, and did not take out his signature "Rakshasa Demon Scythe", he was able to beat Tang Chen with his bare hands without any power to fight back. The back and forth for the past hour or so was obviously just toying with Tang Chen. He must be a god above level 100!

Qian Daoliu was absolutely certain of this!

Qian Daoliu couldn't believe that any mortal in this world could defeat Tang Chen so easily!

Qian Daoliu dared to swear on his ancestor, the Angel God, that Tang Chen would lose, but he would never lose to someone below the level of a hundred gods, let alone such a crushing and overwhelming defeat!

Furthermore, considering that the other party claimed to be a member of the "Rakshasa Cult," and had previously stated in front of the Tang brothers, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, that the "Rakshasa Cult's " doctrine was. "Whoever can kill the Rakshasa God will become the new Rakshasa God!"

Who in this world, besides the Rakshasa God himself, would establish such an outrageous doctrine?

So, this "Wu Wudi" in front of us is really the Rakshasa God himself?!

"Hiss--!"

Qian Daoliu secretly gasped, his mind reeling from the "truth" he had deduced.

This is a First-Level Main God Angel God, and is also the god of evil thoughts who governs the world's depravity and evil intentions. He could probably wipe out Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen beside him with a wave of his hand.

The more Qian Daoliu thought about it, the more uneasy he became.

It wasn't that Qian Daoliu was cowardly or lacked the heart of a strongman; rather, as a servant of the Angel God, he deeply understood how vast the gap was between mortals and deities.

Especially since the Rakshasa God is First-Level Main God, not an ordinary priest who has just broken through to level 100!

Thinking of this, Qian Daoliu suddenly felt a pang in his heart.

"Damn it! I forgot that the opponent is the God of Evil, opposed to the ancestral Angel God, and Tang Chen inherited the God Trial of the Asura God, who is also at odds with the Rakshasa God..."

Cold sweat Qian Daoliu soaked through his forehead and back.

Just then, a trembling voice rang out:

"So... so powerful... cough cough... such incredible physical strength! So... so profound... lightning amplification technique—!"

It's Tang Chen!

He gripped the handle of the red, magic-patterned giant hammer with his right hand, swaying as he struggled to his feet. His face was flushed an unnatural red, and with each word he uttered, his chest heaved violently as if a bellows had burst open.

As intelligent as Tang Chen was, like Qian Daoliu, he also believed that Wu Wudi in front of him was a god above level 100.

However, unlike Tang Chen, Tang Chen did not connect Ling Yi, the Wu Wudi god, with the Rakshasa God.

Although the power of a deity must contain unfathomable mysteries and may possess a transformative ability similar to the myriad All Things in Creation, the essential nature of the power of a single deity is likely not significantly different.

Especially when facing someone as weak as him, there's no need to hide or use power that doesn't belong to you.

Uh... maybe.

After glancing at Ling Yi, whose entire body was covered by dark, menacing armor and whose face was even obscured by a black mask, Tang Chen added a sentence in his mind.

In any case, during the previous battle, Tang Chen personally experienced the power emanating from Ling Yi up close. The terrifying power that could be described as earth-shattering, the combat skills that were almost like the Dao, and the divine lightning secret techniques all revealed that this deity was most likely a being who followed the path of power and lightning, rather than Rakshasa God who followed the dark and Evil path, or Asura God followed the path of slaughter!

Tang Chen, who already possessed 85% affinity with the power of the Asura God and whose soul and spirit had been corrupted by the thoughts of the Rakshasa God, was absolutely certain of this!

With this thought in mind, Tang Chen, despite his injuries and pain, stepped out of the five- or six-meter-deep pit. Like Qian Daoliu, he crossed his arms over his shoulders and bowed to Ling Yi, saying, "Tang Chen, thank you for your mercy, Your Excellency."

It's clear that Tang Chen's movements are somewhat uncoordinated, partly due to his injury, but more importantly, because in his over 100-year career, with his skill and achievements, he has rarely bowed to anyone. He's always the one being bowed to.

In this respect, Qian Daoliu Qian Daoliu similar, except that he often bowed to the statue of his own Angel God, and his movements were much more skillful.

On the other side, witnessing the changes in Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen's words and actions, Ling Yi's expression under his mask was somewhat strange.

Although he felt a Sisi sense of satisfaction at being bowed to by two of the three top-tier powerhouses in the Douluo Continent, the Two Peaks of the Soul Master World, "Wudi in the Sky" and "Wudi on Land," Ling Yi's mental state meant that such emotional fluctuations could not affect his thinking.

Listen to the change in how these two address him; it's quite obvious that they regard him as some kind of deity who has descended to earth to play among humans.

Seeing this, Ling Yi suppressed the sudden surge of mischievousness in his heart, shook his head, and said in a very boring tone, "This is boring, you guys play~"

As soon as the words left his lips, he turned and took a step forward. With a barely perceptible spatial fluctuation, his figure vanished from the spot.

In the pit over a hundred meters deep, looking at the empty, unmarked ground in the center, Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen's pupils shrank simultaneously.

Instinctively, the two exchanged a glance and both saw the horror in each other's eyes.

Both of them had witnessed Teleportation Soul Skill before. Even the enhanced version of Teleportation that could break through spatial barriers, which was the Soul Ring Soul Skill of the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast "Void-Breaking Mantis," had been directly encountered by both of them.

However, the Teleportation Soul Skill of that Soul Douluo / Titled Douluo back then was only able to Teleportation within a radius of a few hundred meters.

But this person just now not only did not summon Soul Ring, but the two of them also did not sense any fluctuations of Soul Power or divine power. Moreover, within their perception range, there was no presence of this mysterious deity within a radius of several thousand meters.

They didn't know if the other party's aura was too concealed for them to perceive, or if the Spatial Teleportation distance created by the other party's last step was simply beyond their perception range.

But regardless of the reason, it demonstrates the opponent's strength, not only the unparalleled physical strength and the mysterious lightning amplification technique he displayed in his battle with Tang Chen, but also his unpredictable spatial control power!

In any case, neither Qian Daoliu nor Tang Chen could perform spatial transfer so casually.

Even Tang Chen, who can use the divine authority of the "Slaughter City" to travel between the sub-plane where the "Slaughter City" is located and the main plane of the Douluo Continent, is not using his own power, and the operation is also rather mechanical.

Just like Qian Daoliu's previous actions of entering the "Slaughter City" from the main plane of the Douluo Continent and cleaving open a spatial passage to the main plane of the Douluo Continent with a single sword strike in the "Slaughter City," thus pulling the then Slaughter King to the Douluo Continent.

They can travel between sub-planes and the main plane if their strength and mental power reach a certain level.

However, they truly cannot perform spatial transfers on the main plane of the Douluo Continent.

As for whether that person just turned around and entered the subspace where the "Slaughter City" is located?

Tang Chen gripped the red, demon-inlaid giant hammer in his hand, shaking his head inwardly in denial: 'No, there's no outside presence within the ' Slaughter City '!'

On the other side.

Ling Yi is indeed not in the "Slaughter City". The dark soul blood aura from the fallen titled Douluo Sauron has been completely exhausted in Hell Road. If he enters the "Slaughter City" again, he might be targeted by the God of Asura.

It's like the factory manager installing comprehensive surveillance in his own factory, able to monitor every single thing in the factory in real time from the control room. Ling Yi simply borrowed a set of work clothes from an old employee and, taking advantage of the factory manager's likely inattention, wandered around the factory, looking at the workstations in the production workshop, the warehouse where raw materials were stored, and the product storage outlets—he didn't touch anything...

Uh, it's like the dog guarding the finished goods storage warehouse got beaten to death for biting someone.

But that's not a big problem. After all, he was a "veteran employee" back then, just a watchdog. His death is no big deal. He's not like that dragon-blooded koi fish released by the neighboring "Ocean Group," capable of giving the future heir a tiny boost on their path to succession...

Ling Yi patted his behind and left, completely ignoring what Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen, who were left behind, might be thinking.

Through his battle with Tang Chen, Ling Yi definitively established his current combat strength position on the Douluo Continent:

Breaking down the chasm between gods and mortals, an existence above the level of a hundred-rank priest!

As for the specific level he had reached—whether it was Third-Level God, Second-Level God, or First-Level God — Ling Yi still didn't know.

But none of that matters. After all, he neither slaughtered the world nor showed any ambition to dominate the Douluo Continent or collect the faith of all living beings. The gods of the Divine Realm had nothing better to do than come down to the mortal realm to cause him trouble.

Although Ling Yi was cautious and had the typical rabbit-like mindset, he did not suffer from paranoia.

He was prepared to confront the Divine Realm, just like the rabbit in his previous life, who was ready for a third war at any time, and even prepared to fight the whole world with the power of one country. But in reality, it was impossible to go to the point of being an enemy of the whole world.

After all, the art of alliances and counter-alliances is a game that China has been playing for thousands of years. It will only increase its allies, not its enemies.

If the world has truly become enemies, then Ling Yi believes it must be because the Rabbit, having "inherited the legacy of six generations," has surpassed the level of Blue Star in national strength and no longer wants to play house, so it is preparing to implement "standardization of writing and cart axles" once again.

Of course, in his previous life, Zheng Ge had been dead for thousands of years. Before Ling Yi transmigrated, even a small charger hadn't been standardized, let alone "standardizing the written language and the gauge of carts".

Getting back to the point, in short, Ling Yi believed that since he had transmigrated to the present day, thirty-three years ago, there might be some people on the Douluo Continent who were unhappy with him. After all, even Gold Soul Coin were viewed as dirt by some people, not to mention that in the process of Ling Yi leading the rise of Lingyun City, he had indeed infringed on the interests of some people.

For example, some high-ranking officials of the [Water Wood Duchy], some local nobles of the [Heaven Dou Empire], the royal family of the [Star Luo Empire], and the [Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect], one of the Upper Three Sects in the world...

However, Ling Yi believed that over 90% of the people on the Douluo Continent, from ordinary people to Soul Master, from villages to major cities, from county and town gentry to top forces like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Clear Sky Sect, and the Spirit Hall, would not Ling Yi showing goodwill towards him!

Do you really think that Master Ling's good reputation and image over the years were built up for nothing? There's also the interest alliance associated with the [Green Wood Merchant Association], as well as the recently awe-inspiring ' Seven Kill Douluo ' Chen Jianjun and ' Sword Douluo ' Chen Xin.

A positive public image + shared interests + powerful military force

These three elements advance layer by layer and are interconnected, forming the impeccable position of Lingyun City today!

As the one who single-handedly built Lingyun City and brought it to this position, Master Ling is also a Healing System Soul Master whose talent is comparable to that of a prodigy. He is expected to be awarded a title in the future, and who wouldn't treat him with respect?

Didn't you see that even Pope Qian Xunji the Spirit Hall proactively set up a gilded chair for Ling Yi, acknowledging his status before all the forces on the continent, allowing him to sit on equal footing with the emperors of the two great empires, the sect leaders and patriarchs of the Upper Three Sects?

During this time, Yu Yuanzhen, the patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, greeted him with a smile. Later, when they arrived at the Clear Sky Sect, the sect leader Tang Zhen, also treated him as an equal, all of which demonstrated how popular Ling Yi was.

Regardless of whether Qian Xunji was scheming to balance the various forces, whether Yu Yuanzhen was after the pure Dragon Power in Ling Yi's hands, or whether Tang Zhen was waiting to be healed by Ling Yi, being able to be schemed against and sought after by others is itself a manifestation of ability!

Now, without anyone knowing, Ling Yi's combat power has already surpassed the mortal limits of the Douluo Continent. It is no exaggeration to say that he is "Wudi under heaven"!

As for the potential "enemy from the sky," it's still training and developing, isn't it?

His own Soul Power has not yet reached its limit, his Soul Ring have not been fully upgraded, his physical body is still being strengthened, his ' Holy Embryo ' is still being nurtured, the upper limit of his Magnetic Field Rotation has not yet been reached, he is still comprehending the Dao of Plants and Trees, and he is also gradually comprehending and researching other attributes such as wind and thunder, water and fire, earth elemental magnetic attributes, spatial attributes, etc.

Less than half an hour later, Ling Yi, who had traveled thousands of miles from the northern border of the Heaven Dou Empire back to Lingyun City, stood with his hands behind his back atop Green Cloud Mountain, overlooking the bustling human world below, and smiled faintly:

"The road ahead is long, take it slow."