Qian Renxue (40)

Ares slowly turned his featureless "face" toward Tang Wulin.

"You."

Tang Wulin froze.

"Me?"

"The inheritor of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, the reincarnation of the Dragon God's half-body, the vessel of the Power of Destiny," Ares said. "Before Isis lost herself completely, she used her last divine power to make a prophecy. She said a human bearing Dragon God Power would come here after ten thousand years. Only he could reforge the Seal with Dragon God Power and close the Abyss Gate forever."

"But Tang Wulin's current strength is, at most, equivalent to a First Class God," Dai Chengfeng questioned. "And the Abyss Gate is something even a God King cannot fully close."

"Not close. Reforge," Ares corrected. "Isis already completed the most difficult part—she paid with herself to temporarily Seal the gate. But her power comes from life and creation, and it counters the destructive nature of the abyss, so it was doomed not to last. Dragon God Power contains both creation and destruction. It is the only power capable of contending with the abyss and reshaping the Seal. But to do this, a price must be paid."

"What price?" Tang Wulin asked calmly.

"Your Golden Dragon King Bloodline, your Dragon God Power, and even... your life," Ares said. "The process of reforging the Seal will drain everything from you. In the best case, you will lose all your power, become a mortal, and your lifespan will be greatly reduced. In the worst case, you will die, your Divine Soul utterly destroyed."

The stairs fell into a deathly silence.

There was only the pulsing sound of those "blood vessels" on the walls, and the faint, unsettling whispers coming from behind the Abyss Gate.

After a long while, Tang Wulin smiled.

"That's all?"

Ares seemed to pause—though he had