Er Ming spat out blood once more, his massive body smashed dozens of meters into the ground.
Just as he thought Di Tian was preparing to kill him completely, Di Tian suddenly stopped.
The Black Dragon Eyes flickered. He glanced at Er Ming, then, as if he truly had something to worry about, the surrounding space began to twist violently. Immediately afterward, Di Tian's figure vanished from between heaven and earth, disappearing from Er Ming's sight and senses.
He was going to the Icefire Yin Yang Well. He had to confirm whether it truly contained the remains of the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, and whether any legacy left behind by the Water and Fire Dragon Kings still remained there.
He also had to confirm whether that human named Long Wushang had completely obtained the Water and Fire Dragon Kings' inheritance. Even if only a trace remained, it would still be an enormous opportunity for him.
After Di Tian left, Er Ming finally felt a glimmer of hope for survival. Lying in the deep pit, he gasped heavily. The feeling of having survived a disaster finally allowed him to relax.
Still, he did not dare act rashly. Di Tian had most likely already entered the Icefire Yin Yang Well.
If he chased after him now, it would be no different from seeking death.
Once he recovered some strength, he had to return to the sect immediately.
These matters were no longer something he could handle alone.
He could only let his eldest brother decide. He had truly done his best.
Several hundred miles outside Sunset Forest.
Three figures were racing onward at full speed.
Without pausing in the slightest, they headed straight toward the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Sun Moon Empire.
They were Long Xiaoyao, Long Wushang, and Tang Ya.
"Phew..."
Long Wushang let out a long breath.
Only after confirming that they were far from Sunset Forest and beyond the range of Di Tian's senses did his taut nerves finally relax.
"We should be safe now."
"Although Di Tian commands spatial power, he did not leave a mark on us. Tracking us down again will not be so easy."
Long Xiaoyao stared in the direction behind them, his expression still grave.
"I never expected the soul beast clan's foundation to be so terrifying."
"Besides the Beast God Di Tian, there was actually another transformed soul beast with combat strength close to that of an Ultimate Douluo."
"If those two had known each other, and if I had not held them back for a moment just now, the two of us might truly have been left there today."
Long Xiaoyao was clearly in poor condition. His clothes had long been soaked through with sweat, and his originally jet-black hair had turned faintly white from excessive exhaustion.
The pressure Di Tian had placed on him was simply too great.
It was the purest disparity in strength between the continent's foremost experts.
"Di Tian is indeed powerful."
Long Wushang nodded.
"Unless it is absolutely necessary in the future, we should not provoke him of our own accord."
Thinking back on this operation, Long Wushang was generally satisfied.
In this battle, not only had Mu En fallen, but Huo Yuhao had also been nearly crippled, while Electrolux had paid an immense price.
More importantly, he had successfully seized the opportunity of the Icefire Yin Yang Well.
He had obtained the inheritance and legacy left behind by the Water and Fire Dragon Kings.
Without the aid of those things, let alone advancing further, Huo Yuhao and the others would find it exceedingly difficult even to recover their former strength.
Unless the will of the world favored him once again, or that God King intervened privately to help him again, the gap between him and Huo Yuhao would only grow wider.
Next, they needed to thoroughly digest these gains.
At the same time, they needed to gradually shift their focus to the Sun Moon Empire, where another great drama was about to unfold.
Xu Tianran was about to launch a palace coup, and the Sun Moon Empire would officially begin to become the domain of the Holy Spirit Cult.
Although Xu Tianran was not the ideal partner, given the current situation, they had no better choice.
They had to push Xu Tianran to complete his struggle for the throne as quickly as possible, allowing him to seize the true power of the Sun Moon Empire, swiftly reorganize its armies, prepare for war, and launch it ahead of schedule!
Only by setting this massive war machine fully in motion could they deny Shrek Academy and the Three Douluo Kingdoms any chance to catch their breath.
They had to seize the initiative in the war as quickly as possible.
Only by completely suppressing the Sea God's faction and making the Sea God utterly lose in this game between gods could he earn the God of Destruction's true recognition and complete his own Original Sin Divine Trial more smoothly.
The unity of the Seven Original Sins sounded like a simple phrase, but truly achieving it was far from as easy as it seemed. There would only be more complications involved, not fewer.
The method of fusion, the extent of the fusion, even whether he could ultimately truly control the authority of Original Sin—the initiative in all of these matters was actually held by the Seven Original Sin Gods.
For Long Wushang, the most crucial point in fulfilling his mission was that he had to completely suppress the influence of Tang San's faction in the lower realm.
If he could not even accomplish that, then it would mean he had failed to prove his worth.
With his mission still incomplete, how could the God of Destruction possibly rest assured enough to let the Seven Original Sin Gods open their authorities and allow the Seven Original Sins to truly fuse, making him the new God of Original Sin?
Everyone actually understood these principles perfectly well. It was simply that no one would take the initiative to say them aloud.
"Father, there's something I've always been curious about."
On the road to the Sun Moon Empire, Long Wushang suddenly asked.
"There are rumors outside that Xuan Zi, Shrek Academy's Taotie Douluo, once exchanged secret letters with you. Is that true?"
Hearing this question, Long Xiaoyao was visibly stunned.
"Why bring this up all of a sudden? Why are you interested in Xuan Zi?"
There had indeed been contact between him and Xuan Zi, and it even dated back many years.
Back then, he and Mu En had still been very close friends, and he had visited Shrek Academy many times.
At that time, Xuan Zi had merely been a junior by Mu En's side. Because his teacher had died early, he had almost always cultivated under Mu En's guidance, so the two naturally knew each other.
However, unlike the relationship between Xuan Zi and Mu En, which was nominally that of senior and junior disciples but was in truth that of master and disciple,
Long Xiaoyao and Xuan Zi had far fewer restraints between them, and their interactions were much more casual.
Over the years, the two would occasionally use secret letters to discuss certain matters and exchange information rarely known to outsiders.
Therefore, Long Wushang's question was not groundless.
After hearing Long Xiaoyao admit it himself, a spark of interest immediately flashed through Long Wushang's eyes.
"Father, do you think... Taotie Douluo might be able to join us?"
Long Wushang put forward a bold idea, one that could even be called wishful thinking.
In his view, Xuan Zi's Godly Taotie Bull Martial Soul was simply too suited to the fallen path.
That ability to devour all things and constantly strengthen itself alone possessed tremendous potential for development.
Although the world believed that the Godly Taotie Bull possessed such powerful devouring ability only because of gluttony, only to satisfy its appetite,
in Long Wushang's eyes, if this ability were altered through the Holy Spirit Cult's secret techniques, it could completely embark upon an entirely different path.
Just like Tang Ya's Bluesilver Grass Martial Soul, which continuously evolved through devouring.
If Xuan Zi's Martial Soul could be completely transformed, allowing him to truly grasp the powers of devouring and plunder, then breaking through to Ultimate Douluo in the future might not be impossible.
More importantly, Xuan Zi had already reached the peak of Rank 98.
He was only a single step away from Rank 99, the Ultimate Douluo realm.
Once he underwent the Holy Spirit Cult's cultivation and transformation, they might very well gain an Ultimate combat force truly standing at the peak of the continent.
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