Inside the [Mountain and River State Diagram],
Tang San's divine consciousness avatar dissipated, and Li Zha and the Blazing Dragon Spirit soon breathed a sigh of relief.
High in the sky, Taiyi's will also faded away.
Lingering fear flickered in the Blazing Dragon Spirit's eyes:
"Holy crap! Master, who was that guy just now? How was he so strong?!"
Li Zha smiled. "Tang San."
"Tang San? Wait, Master, you mean that guy was Sea God Tang San?!"
"Yes." Li Zha nodded.
"That's insane... hasn't it been twenty thousand years since Tang San became a god? How did he end up inside that kid outside?"
The Blazing Dragon Spirit could hardly believe it.
As a Soul Beast, it had heard of Tang San.
The Thousand-Hand Asura, the Sea God.
One of humanity's strongest warriors twenty thousand years ago.
An existence even their lord admitted would be difficult to defeat.
Learning that its master, Li Zha, had actually destroyed Tang San's divine consciousness avatar filled the Blazing Dragon Spirit with pride and shock, but also a trace of worry.
"Master, we've probably offended Tang San beyond all hope now. What if he comes down from the Divine Realm to make trouble for us?"
Li Zha chuckled and walked away. "The Divine Realm can barely fend for itself right now, and you think he'll come looking for trouble with us..."
Li Zha sneered inwardly.
By the time the Douluo God Realm returns, I'll have founded my own Heavenly Court and become a true, legitimate god.
If Little Scumbag dares come back then, I'll give him a brutal thrashing!
Li Zha arrived at the lotus pond,
where the phantom of an enormous golden dragon thrashed in the water.
"Roar!"
The golden dragon struggled in the lotus pond, its shifting golden scales reflecting dazzling light. Yet the Heaven-and-Earth Silk held it fast. Again and again, it tried to break through the surface, only to be forced back down by the Heaven-and-Earth Silk.
The Golden Dragon King's phantom let out a furious roar.
Li Zha watched calmly.
He knew the Golden Dragon King's original consciousness had long since dissipated. All that remained was his bloodline power and lingering savage, destructive will.
The Blazing Dragon Spirit leaned over the edge of the lotus pond curiously:
"Whoa! This guy's power is actually on par with our lord's!"
"But he's still nowhere near as powerful as you, Master!"
Alongside its shock, a sense of superiority and good fortune welled up in the Blazing Dragon Spirit.
Just look.
Even a golden-scaled dragon this powerful has become a captive in Master's pond, while I get to be his assistant and even take part in all this.
That's what they call choosing well over working hard!
Inside the lotus pond, the force of the Golden Dragon King's thrashing gradually diminished. His body grew smaller and smaller until he turned into nine golden carp.
The Fire-Tipped Spear shot out from Li Zha's hand in an instant, piercing the smallest one. He lifted it out, then popped the golden carp straight into his mouth!
Boom!
As the fresh, sweet fish entered his stomach, the Golden Dragon King's mighty bloodline power erupted inside Li Zha!
Outside, fine beads of sweat broke out over Li Zha's body, and he trembled with his eyes closed.
A savage will rampaged through Li Zha's mind.
"So that's it... this is the price of absorbing the Golden Dragon King's power? This savage power really is wild and untamable."
Li Zha sneered.
The next moment,
his lotus body manifested,
and the Golden Dragon King's savage will instantly settled down, obediently allowing Li Zha's body to absorb it.
After finishing the golden carp in a few bites, Li Zha picked his teeth. "Not bad."
The Blazing Dragon Spirit was stunned. Had its master just... eaten the Golden Dragon King?!
Unlike Tang Wulin, Li Zha wasn't inheriting this power. He was absorbing it outright!
Li Zha looked at the remaining eight golden carp and briefly checked his body. "Looks like I'll have to save the rest to savor slowly later."
"Little Flame, you did well this time. Keep working hard on the Dao Book Grandmaster left behind."
Li Zha patted the Blazing Dragon Spirit's head and left the [Mountain and River State Diagram].
Greatly encouraged, the Blazing Dragon Spirit nodded eagerly.
The next moment,
it suddenly discovered, to its delight, that a thin golden line had appeared on its forehead in its reflection, right where Li Zha had patted it.
The Blazing Dragon Spirit swayed from side to side, repeatedly examining its reflection in the water to make sure it wasn't seeing things.
"Is this... the Golden Dragon King's bloodline power Master left for me?!"
The Blazing Dragon Spirit was overjoyed.
This meant it would break through the limits of its bloodline, rising from a second-rate dragon among the Dragon Race to one of the very best!
"Hehe, I'm going to keep studying! As long as Master grows stronger, Di Tian's seat as the Beast God might not be beyond my reach someday!"
The Blazing Dragon Spirit began leafing through the Dao Book.
Outside,
Li Zha returned to reality and briefly checked Tang Wulin's condition.
After Tang San's divine will had been smashed to pieces, Tang Wulin had fallen back onto the bed.
Li Zha waited a little while and found nothing unusual happening.
"Looks like Buddha Tang doesn't intend to make another move."
Li Zha scoffed and was about to close the door and leave.
Just then,
Tang Wulin suddenly opened his eyes again in an eerie fashion. A blue-gold mark shot from his eyes toward Li Zha at tremendous speed!
"Little brat, I'm too far away to do anything to you for now, but you're far too arrogant. This God King has his own ways of dealing with you!"
An eerie smile spread across Tang Wulin's face.
Naturally, this was still Tang San.
He had left himself three chances to act within Tang Wulin's body. Li Zha had smashed one, leaving two more.
But Tang San didn't dare act rashly now. He decided to leave a mark without anyone knowing, then have Tang Hao make his move.
Li Zha's gaze turned cold. He had remained on guard the whole time, and the moment he saw the mark, he prepared to rush into the [Mountain and River State Diagram].
Just then,
a vast will suddenly appeared between the blue-gold mark and Li Zha.
"Tang San! I helped you leave the Douluo Plane, yet not only did you fail to repay me, you even dared attack my Child of the Plane! You deserve to die!"
The pure white mass of will roared, blocking the spiritual mark outright.
Li Zha was startled. What the hell is this?
Faced with such a vast spiritual consciousness, Li Zha wondered whether Douluo Star still had a powerhouse like this.
This thing could take on tens of thousands of Phantom Brain Douluo Han Tianyins, couldn't it?!
"Hm? You're... the Plane Spirit?!"
A voice emerged from Tang Wulin's mouth.
"Indeed!" the pure white consciousness replied angrily.
"How are you still alive?"
Tang San was slightly surprised. Hadn't he arranged for his father, Tang Hao, to go in and possess this fellow?
Within, Tang Hao was trying to possess the Plane Spirit while Douluo Star's humans wreaked destruction. Without, the Abyss Plane and Demon Plane he had drawn here were stirring up trouble.
How the hell is this fellow still alive?!
Having blocked Tang San's spiritual mark, the Plane Spirit snorted:
"Tang San, if a vile ingrate like you is still alive, how could I die?!"
Controlling Tang Wulin's body, Tang San sneered. "An ingrate? This God King was doing you an honor by letting my father absorb you!"
Tang San frowned. "I can't sleep while you're still alive..."
He had originally intended to plant a tracker on Li Zha and send Tang Hao to deal with him.
Now he had learned that the Plane Spirit was still alive, and his spiritual mark had been blocked as well.
Tang San knew his plan would probably come to nothing.
The Plane Spirit had no body, but upon hearing those words, it radiated intense hatred and fury.
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