Xiao Wu or the Blue Silver Emperor: You Can Only Choose One

Deep in the planet's core, Lin Yuan also sensed the lingering aura of the former Plane Master. It wasn't Tang Hao. It was the old Plane Master.

That fellow was still alive.

If so, Douluo Continent still had hope.

Lin Yuan had only linked himself to Douluo Continent; he hadn't become its Plane Master. He had merely linked himself to an object, allowing him to borrow the Plane's authority for a short time. But that was enough.

He had linked himself to Xiao Wu and the Mountain Dragon King as well. He could travel to any place on Douluo Continent at will.

And the Blue Silver Emperor's soul and seed were in his hands.

Now he was in a position where he couldn't lose. Better yet, the fun was about to begin.

Lin Yuan sneered, tightened his grip on the Dragon-Slaying Blade, and unleashed a terrifying surge of Divine Power.

With a Limit Burst, he managed to break free of Tang San's Unfixed Storm.

Then, under Tang San's gaze, he took out the Blue Silver Emperor's soul and seed and said, "Hold on, Tang San. See these?

"Your mother is in my hands. I can crush her seed to dust and grind her soul to nothing whenever I want. She'll never be revived."

"Stop! Just try laying a hand on her!"

Tang San immediately halted his attack and shouted the threat.

He had forgotten that his own mother was still in Lin Yuan's hands.

Unlike his father, his mother, the Blue Silver Emperor, was undying. She had grown again after her death before, and she could do it now.

The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had improved since then, too. It would take far less time to grow her back. She could return soon and carry on with their ten-thousand-year plan.

"You think you can threaten me with my mother?

"Think again.

"Even at full strength, you only broke free of my Unfixed Storm for a few seconds. I can bind you again at once, and once you're immobilized, my mother will be back in my hands. Golden Dragon King, don't make this more humiliating for yourself.

"I have no time to waste on you. I'll kill your avatar first, unravel every one of your schemes, and then kill you."

"A few seconds?

"That's enough!" Right in front of Tang San, Lin Yuan summoned a Spatial Vortex and threw the Blue Silver Emperor's soul and seed into it before Tang San could react.

The next instant, the Blue Silver Emperor appeared in the Far North, at the northernmost edge of Douluo Continent.

Tang San's face changed. He demanded furiously, "Where did you send my mother?

"Why can't I sense her anywhere within a hundred li?"

"So the suppression really has weakened you that badly. Your divine sense can only reach a hundred li?

"What a shame. I sent your mother to the southernmost tip of Douluo Continent, ten million li from here."

"After I kill you, I'll find my mother." Tang San had had enough of talking and moved to attack.

But at that moment, a figure suddenly appeared before Lin Yuan. Tang San froze, utterly stunned.

The breathtaking woman before him was none other than his beloved wife, Xiao Wu.

Then Lin Yuan's voice rang out. "Take another look, Tang San. Who's this?

"Your wife?

"Your Asura Sword Scabbard, Xiao Wu?"

"Why?

"Why do you have Xiao Wu?

"What have you done?

"What did you do to her?

"Give Xiao Wu back to me!"

Tang San's eyes were bloodshot, and he breathed like a bull. He gripped the Sea God Trident so tightly that his hand bled. He raised it and pointed it straight at Lin Yuan, but with Xiao Wu in danger, he didn't dare make a move.

He simply couldn't understand how Xiao Wu had fallen into Lin Yuan's hands.

Just as he thought Lin Yuan would keep her hostage, another vortex appeared before Lin Yuan.

He did exactly what he had done with the Blue Silver Emperor and threw Xiao Wu into it.

Xiao Wu appeared at the southernmost edge of Douluo Continent.

After those two moves, Lin Yuan's aura had dwindled to almost nothing. His Divine Power was nearly drained.

There was a daily limit to how much power a Divine Official could draw from a Divine Examination. There was no restriction when he used it for the examination itself, but other uses were another matter.

Sending Xiao Wu and the Blue Silver Emperor to opposite ends of Douluo Continent had exhausted all of Lin Yuan's Divine Power.

But it was worth it. Keeping that power wouldn't let him beat Tang San anyway. Better to shatter Tang San's resolve and turn the people closest to him against him. The cost was well worth it.

As soon as Xiao Wu vanished, Tang San flashed in front of Lin Yuan and clamped a hand around his throat. One squeeze would be enough to crush his neck.

"Tell me this is an illusion!

"I kept Xiao Wu safe. She was in the Divine Realm. How could she possibly have fallen into your hands?"

"You're still fooling yourself, even now?" Tang San had Lin Yuan by the throat, but Lin Yuan's tone was insufferably smug. "Isn't Xiao Wu your Asura Sword Scabbard?

"Now that your connection to the scabbard has been severed, don't tell me you haven't felt a thing.

"Don't believe me?

"Go back to the Divine Realm and see for yourself. Ask around."

Tang San was furious, but when he tried to sense her, his heart sank.

He truly couldn't sense Xiao Wu. His connection to the Asura Sword Scabbard was gone.

In a panic, Tang San sent a wisp of divine sense back to the Divine Realm to investigate. The answer plunged him into despair. Xiao Wu was gone. She had vanished without a trace.

Now Tang San truly panicked. All his composure as a God King disappeared.

"Speak!

"Where did you take her?

"Tell me, or I'll kill you right now! I'll cut you to pieces, kill every dragon and Soul Beast among you, and wipe out every Soul Beast in the universe!"

"You should've said so sooner." Lin Yuan snapped his fingers. The next instant, two glowing screens appeared in midair.

They showed two identical, separate spaces. In one were the Blue Silver Emperor's seed and soul. Lin Yuan had broken the Soul-Locking Formation, and her intact soul now clung to the seed, fully conscious. She had once been a god, after all.

Xiao Wu was in the other.

Beside each of them stood a phantom Baby Dragon conjured by Lin Yuan. One gold and one silver, they held Dragon-Slaying Blades against the women's necks.

"Tang San, your father is dead for good. There's no saving him.

"But your mother is still alive. I sent her to the southernmost edge of Douluo Continent. You already knew that, of course.

"And I sent your wife, Xiao Wu, to its northernmost edge.

"One at each end, with all of Douluo Continent between them. Even if you, a God King, descended here in your full power today, you couldn't save them both.

"Besides, your power is suppressed on Douluo Continent. The Plane Master is dead, and Douluo Continent isn't on your side. If you want to save them, you'll have to fly there yourself. Forget spatial teleportation.

"So here's the question."

A devilish smile spread across Lin Yuan's face.

"Will you be a dutiful son and head south to save your mother?

"Or will you go north to save your wife?

"Your mother needs her son. Your wife is the woman you love most. Which one will you save?

"Whichever you choose, the other dies. And she'll know you didn't choose her, because I'll tell her."

Tang San's eyes were redder than ever. He could barely draw breath.

"You... you're a monster."