Servant Tang Potian! Di Tian: Xiong Jun, If You Want to Die, Don't Drag Me Down with You

Nine golden patterns!

When the dark-red Soul Ring wrapped in nine dazzling golden patterns slowly rose and finally settled into the ninth position behind the figure in green...

The entire Douluo Continent fell completely silent!

Time seemed to freeze at that very moment.

Space seemed to solidify at that very moment.

Inside the Chat Group, the flood of scrolling messages came to an abrupt halt.

Everyone's minds went completely blank.

Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Heaven Dou, Star Luo... countless Soul Masters, regardless of where they were or how strong they were, all stared fixedly at the Sky Curtain. Their mouths hung wide enough to fit an egg, yet not a single sound came out.

One Soul Ring, nine golden patterns?!

What the hell did that even mean?!

Was this some kind of joke?!

A hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, with its single red band, was already a dream that countless Soul Masters could never reach in their entire lives!

And now, this Mysterious Person had not only slain a terrifying Beast King more than five hundred thousand years old despite being at a lower rank, but had even turned it into a ninth Soul Ring bearing nine golden patterns!

This had completely surpassed the limits of understanding of every living being on the Douluo Continent!

"Holy shit..."

Only after an unknown amount of time did someone finally type those two words into the Chat Group with trembling hands.

In an instant, like cold water poured into boiling oil, the entire Chat Group exploded!

[Ning Fengzhi: Nine... nine golden patterns... what... what does this represent? There has never been any record of it in ancient texts!]

[Yu Xiaogang: Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! A Soul Ring's quality is determined the moment it forms. How could such a mutation occur? This violates the iron laws of the Soul Master world!]

[Bibi Dong: Shut up, you trash! Iron laws? Before this senior, your so-called iron laws are nothing but a joke!]

[Tang Hao: Hahahaha! Good! Excellent! This is what a true powerhouse is! An existence above all rules!]

[Golden Crocodile Douluo: This old man... has lived for over two hundred years, and this is the first time I have witnessed such... such a miracle!]

Shock!

Unparalleled shock!

At this moment, no one questioned the Mysterious Person's strength any longer. No one dared to measure him by the realm of a Soul Douluo again.

Only two words remained in everyone's hearts—

God!

Star Dou Great Forest, core region.

"Brother—!!!"

A heart-wrenching roar tore into the sky.

Xiong Jun's massive body trembled violently as two streams of bloody tears rolled from its savage bear eyes.

It had watched its brother's head be severed with its own eyes. It had watched its brother's Soul Ring be absorbed by that human!

Endless grief and rage instantly devoured its reason!

"Roar!! Human! I'll kill you! I'll tear you into pieces!!!"

Xiong Jun had gone mad! It threw back its head and roared, its enormous body turning into a streak of black-golden light as it charged madly toward Sunset Forest!

It wanted revenge!

It wanted to tear that man apart!

However, just as it was about to rush out of the core region...

Boom—!

A massive dark-golden dragon claw, large enough to blot out the sky, descended from above and viciously slammed it back into the Lake of Life!

The lake exploded, sending towering waves into the air.

Di Tian's figure appeared in midair. In his majestic golden dragon eyes burned unprecedented fury... and a deep trace of apprehension!

"You bastard! Have you lost your mind?!"

Di Tian's furious roar was like thunder from the ninth heaven, making the entire core region tremble.

"Do you want your clansmen, and the entire Star Dou Great Forest, to be buried alongside your brother's stupidity?!"

Xiong Jun burst from the bottom of the lake and roared at Di Tian, "Di Tian! Get out of my way! He killed my brother! I'm going to avenge him!"

"Revenge?" Di Tian sneered, though there was a trace of helplessness in his voice. "What are you going to use to take revenge? Didn't you see it? Even your brother was killed in a single move! If you go, you'll only be delivering him another Soul Ring!"

"I don't care!!"

"Calm down!" Di Tian sharply raised his voice, roaring each word out. "Have you forgotten the rule he left behind all those years ago?! Any Beast King over a hundred thousand years old who dares take even half a step out of the core region will be killed without mercy! Do you want to test his bottom line?!"

Like a bucket of icy water, those words instantly extinguished half of Xiong Jun's rage.

Its body stiffened.

That monstrous blaze from twenty thousand years ago, which had burned half the forest to ash, and that figure like a god or demon... were nightmares that no Beast King could ever erase from its heart!

"Roar... roar..."

Xiong Jun let out unwilling, despairing growls. In the end, it gave up its charge and vented its boundless fury on the surrounding forest instead.

For a time, giant trees toppled and mountains shattered. Everything within a hundred li was left in ruins.

On the Sky Curtain.

That world-destroying pressure slowly faded away, and the nine Soul Rings behind the figure in green vanished as well.

Tang Potian recovered from his overwhelming shock. Looking at the figure still standing with his back to him, the reverence and gratitude in his heart reached their peak.

Twice, he had been saved from death!

It was no different from being given a new life!

He struggled to his feet, dragging his heavily wounded body as he respectfully walked behind the Mysterious Person and bowed deeply with all his strength.

"Thank you, Senior, for saving my life! This junior, Tang Potian, will never forget this kindness!"

"This junior boldly begs Senior to accept me as his disciple! This junior is willing to serve Senior for the rest of my life!"

Having said that, he prepared to kneel and perform the formal ceremony of discipleship.

However, the figure in green merely waved a hand indifferently without even turning around.

"Take on a disciple?"

He chuckled softly, his tone carrying a trace of laziness and indifference.

"I'm used to being free. I'm not interested."

He had refused!

Cleanly and decisively!

Within the Clear Sky Sect, countless disciples felt their hearts leap into their throats.

Tang Potian froze, his mind going blank.

Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity... had he just missed it?

No!

Absolutely not!

In that flash of inspiration, Tang Potian suddenly realized that before an existence like a god, perhaps the status of "disciple" was not enough!

Thud!

His knees gave way, and without the slightest hesitation, he heavily knelt upon the scorched earth that had turned to glass!

This time, he no longer mentioned becoming a disciple.

He lowered his proud head and roared in a deep voice with the most devout and humble posture:

"Senior! This junior does not ask to become your disciple! I only ask to become your servant!"

"This junior, Tang Potian, is willing to acknowledge you as my master! For life after life, I will be your slave, at your command without a word of objection!"

As soon as those words were spoken, the entire Douluo Continent erupted once more!

The ancestor of the Clear Sky Sect actually wanted to become someone's slave?!

Yet no one in the Clear Sky Sect felt that it was humiliating.

What a joke!

That was a godlike being who could casually kill a Beast King more than five hundred thousand years old and absorb a Golden-Pattern Soul Ring!

Becoming a follower of such a god was the greatest honor imaginable!

Hearing those words, the figure in green, who had kept his back to him all this time, finally turned around slowly.

Lin Xuan's gaze fell upon Tang Potian, who was kneeling on the ground, his eyes carrying a trace of scrutiny.

Looking at the Clear Sky Sect's ancestor, whose face was filled with determination, a playful curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Become my servant?"

He spoke slowly. His voice was not loud, but it clearly entered everyone's ears.

"You should know that the Soul Beasts of this era are becoming increasingly arrogant."

"I can't kill them all by myself."

"If you become my servant, what you face in the future may be the entire Star Dou Great Forest."

His gaze suddenly sharpened, as though it could pierce straight through Tang Potian's soul.

"Are you qualified?"

Facing that question that struck directly at his soul, Tang Potian did not hesitate in the slightest. He slammed his head into the ground, producing a heavy bang!

"For my master, I am willing to brave fire and water, even if I die ten thousand times without regret!"

"Good."

The Mysterious Person nodded, acknowledging his resolve.