Chapter 26: Deep Sea Demon Whale King: You're Talking Nonsense!

After writing it all down, Yu Xiaogang took a deep breath.

He sighed.

"Heaven truly envies the gifted. If I had a force under my command—even Shrek Academy—I could carry it into the top ten all by myself."

He looked up at the Sky Screen and began watching the rankings.

Under the previous rules, every ranking came with a video assessing combat strength to ensure the Sky Screen's fairness.

When it had covered the Far North, it had shown only a portrait of that million-year-old giant worm, without any further explanation.

This time, the contender with nine hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation was the leader of a force. Surely the segment would be longer.

Sure enough, the video opened with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Back then, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had only a little over two hundred thousand years of cultivation. Poseidon had yet to become a god, and the Sea God Trident was still a mortal weapon.

"Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, you devour Sea Soul Beasts at will! For the peace of the ocean, I will kill you!"

Poseidon fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King like a God of Justice.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King roared again and again.

"Bullshit!"

"Big Soul Beast fish eat little fish, and little fish eat shrimp! That's the law of the ocean!"

Poseidon swept the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King aside with one blow and sneered.

"The law of the ocean? Do you see anyone agreeing with you? Is there a single Sea Soul Beast willing to stand up for you?"

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King did not answer.

His gift was too ruthless: devouring his own kind increased his years of cultivation. No Sea Soul Beast wanted to see that. Once he grew powerful, he could swallow anyone he pleased and toss out a breezy "law of nature." Who could stand against him then? The best course was to suppress him before he matured!

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King lost that battle. Only by sacrificing an eye did he manage to cling to life.

Not long after, Poseidon used the faith he had gathered to establish himself as the Sea God. He then ascended and made the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King the target of the Eighth Trial.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King stared at the Sky Screen, grinding his teeth.

For the ocean's sake? What a fine, high-sounding excuse!

He just wanted to gather faith and become a god.

The video continued, shifting to the future, where Tang San, successor to the Sea God, challenged the nine-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year-old Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

By then, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's body, soul, and Soul Power were all ninety-nine percent divine. Only the final step remained.

He had delayed taking it only because he feared the heavenly tribulation of godhood.

If the Sky Screen now awarded him freedom from that tribulation, he could become a god at once. Even without a divine seat, he would be a Third-Level God at the very least!

At the thought, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King swallowed. More than seeing his future self, he looked forward to the Sky Screen's reward right now.

The Sky Screen kept playing.

Tang San and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King fought until the heavens darkened and the earth reeled. Xiao Bai provided commentary, while Ning Rongrong supported Tang San with her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Just as everyone marveled at the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's strength, he made a strange gesture. He cupped his hands like a trumpet beside his ears, faced Tang San as he descended from the sky, then opened his mouth wide and let out a long cry that rang through heaven and earth.

"Buuuurp~~~~"

Columbina, who was eating, could not help echoing him.

"Burp."

"That was delicious. I'm a little full now. Thank you, Xiangling."

Everyone looked at Columbina's earnest face and finally burst out laughing. Sandrone laughed hardest of all, her head buried on the table as her shoulders shook wildly.

Columbina did not understand why everyone had suddenly started laughing. The wing ornaments behind her hair gave a little tremble.

"Is it funny because I burped at the same time as that big whale?"

Su Yun laughed until his stomach hurt. How had he never noticed the original story was this funny?

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King never brushed his teeth and always swallowed his food whole. That breath... it had probably come close to taking Tang San out in one hit.

"All right, all right, stop laughing. Watch the video."

Su Yun picked up his chopsticks, lifted a piece of Pheobe cake, and popped it into Columbina's mouth.

Columbina was already full, but since Su Yun had offered it to her, she obediently ate it anyway.

Deep beneath the sea, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was puzzled too. Since when had he learned that move?

Maybe those hammer blows earlier had struck his stomach. That, plus a big lunch, must have made him burp without thinking.

The video continued.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King finally understood the importance of taking out the support first in a group fight and tried to kill Ning Rongrong. But Tang San, empowered by Ring Detonation, held him down relentlessly—especially with that altered Slaughter Domain.

Far away at the Clear Sky Sect, the newly appointed Eighth Elder—Elder Asura—stroked his chin in bewilderment.

"Was I that desperate back then? I went straight in and strengthened his Slaughter Domain? That can't be right. Isn't this kid the Sea God's successor? Did I actually step in to steal him from the Sea God?"

After some thought, he kept watching.

Sure enough, with his covert interference, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was no longer merely "getting beaten down." He was smashed to pieces.

Any god could probably sense the Asura Divine Power seeping from the Slaughter Domain.

Even Asura stared, dumbfounded. He had abandoned all shame, openly handing the boy an unfair advantage. Had something happened in the Divine Realm?

In the video, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's corpse exploded, scattering his remains across the ocean.

Just when everyone thought it was over, the Demon Empress—the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's wife—devoured the fragments of her husband's corpse one by one.

Negative emotions surged to a peak in her blood-red eyes.

"Tang San. Sea God. Sea Soul Beasts... One day, I, the Demon Empress, will avenge my husband!"

The image froze. One last picture appeared: the Demon Empress devouring a Demon Soul Great White Shark.

Judging by its years of cultivation, that Demon Soul Great White Shark was definitely over a hundred thousand years old.

Most chilling of all was the caption in the picture's upper-right corner—

Twenty thousand years later...

The Demon Empress had truly held on to her grudge for twenty thousand years.

Tang San had probably become a god long before then, hadn't he?

Only Asura narrowed his eyes. Even through the Sky Screen, he caught the scent of the Abyss... Had they made contact with the Abyss?

After thinking it over, he decided to set it aside. The urgent matter was securing the first-place reward.

He was the Asura God, a mighty God King! And a God of Law Enforcement!

He had even covered the Divine Realm's Observation Channel with a film. Those four idiots were still in the Divine Realm flaunting their love. Hahahaha!

The more Asura thought about it, the more excited he became.

Not only would he no longer have to dodge those four as they spread their lovey-dovey nonsense everywhere, but he could grow stronger while lying down!

By the time they noticed, he would probably have transcended everything already.

Best of all, he had found a successor. He might have looked down on Tang Chen before, but that was then. Now Tang Chen was his dear disciple!

Tang Chen had to take over as Asura God, and no one could talk him out of it. Asura could shed that troublesome post and retire with the Sky Screen's reward. Just thinking about it felt wonderful.

In such a good mood, he headed to the Sect Square and began directing the disciples' training.

"You there, lift your hammer higher! A hammer's a heavy weapon. Put some force into your swing, you hear? It's so limp people might think you're swinging an Inflatable Hammer."