Huo Yuhao looked uneasy.
From the moment he changed his surname, this former Child of the Plane had become Tang San's lapdog through and through.
If the boy who had once fled the Duke's Mansion with a White Tiger Dagger in hand could see himself today, he would probably kill the present Huo Yuhao outright.
Seeing Tang San's gloomy expression, Huo Yuhao changed the subject and began earnestly analyzing their current situation:
"Father, the Divine Realm is gone. Where could that child's godhood inheritance have come from?"
"Even if that inheritance from the Divine Realm is real, I don't think we need to worry too much for now."
Tang San looked at him in surprise. "How so?"
Huo Yuhao smiled. "The Douluo God Realm has already left. Even if that child is favored by fortune, Douluo Star doesn't have enough energy to support him in creating another Divine Realm."
Huo Yuhao rubbed his fingers together. "Without a Divine Realm, his godhood is an empty title. As for my brother-in-law Wulin, even if that child really kills him, you have the power to resurrect him, Father."
As Tang San listened, his eyes grew brighter and brighter.
Huo Yuhao smiled faintly and continued:
"Besides, Grandfather and Grandmother are still on Douluo Star. Without the spiritual imprint, we merely lose the ability to pinpoint that boy's location. With his extraordinary talent, he'll inevitably rise to prominence someday."
"When he's grown powerful, we can simply have Grandfather Tang Hao make his move."
"Our immediate problem has always been how to escape this black hole as soon as possible. Once we get out, every other problem will unravel like bamboo beneath a blade."
Something stirred in Tang San's heart.
He's right.
I really couldn't see the game clearly while caught up in it. Worrying about Wulin muddled my head.
Tang San nodded. "A sound analysis. That's what I wanted to say as well. I deliberately acted flustered just now to test you. As expected, you didn't disappoint me."
Huo Yuhao was speechless.
Like hell I believe you!
"But..."
"But what?"
After hesitating for a moment, Huo Yuhao spoke anyway. "I just think Mother was right. That child taking away the Golden Dragon King is a good thing for Wulin."
"There's no need to keep brooding over it, Father."
Huo Yuhao left it at that.
He badly wanted to ask Tang San whether he had lost his mind.
If you hadn't tried to kill him, that Plane Spirit wouldn't have turned into a suicide bomber and blown your divine-power avatar to pieces.
There was actually another crisis Huo Yuhao hadn't mentioned: the invasion of the Abyss Plane!
If they could return before the Abyss Plane launched its full-scale war, that would be one thing.
But if they couldn't,
given Douluo Star's current strength...
Huo Yuhao didn't dare imagine whether Douluo Star could hold out until they returned.
Tang San frowned and snapped:
"What do you know?!"
"The Golden Dragon King's power is half the power of the former supreme god, the Dragon God! Power like that falling into his hands threatens the balance!"
Huo Yuhao rubbed his nose.
Even an idiot could tell whether it threatened the overall balance or the Tang family.
"Enough!"
"Hurry up and find a way back. I deliberately lured the Abyss Plane to Douluo Star, but things have slipped out of my control. If we return too late, this staged act might become reality..."
Tang San waved his hand.
Huo Yuhao nodded. "Yes."
After Huo Yuhao left,
Tang San's brows knitted tightly.
His son-in-law was capable, and his analysis wasn't wrong.
But the threat from the Abyss had now become all too real.
Without his Unfixed Storm, Tang Hao couldn't kill that king of the Abyss.
As Tang San considered this, his gaze darkened:
"If we really can't return in time, that brat might become a pawn of mine."
"That brat has extraordinary talent. Now he's taken the Golden Dragon King's power, and he seems to carry the Silver Dragon King's aura as well... Once he matures, he might well be a match for that one in the Abyss."
"Yes, that's what I'll do."
Tang San sneered.
Playing chess was something he, Buddha Tang, excelled at.
Besides, although his three opportunities to intervene had vanished, he still had a strand of divine consciousness inside Tang Wulin.
Once Tang Wulin entered Shrek and encountered the Tree of Life, he could tell his mother, Ah Yin, about the plan.
"Brat, I'll spare you for now. You'll be my contingency against the Abyss. Once I return, I'll take all your Dragon God's power and that Great Deity of the Three Altars and Seas godhood!"
Tang San clenched his fist.
Losing the Golden Dragon King wasn't even what concerned him most.
His main concern was the Great Deity of the Three Altars and Seas. Tang San had never heard of such a godhood.
Yet it felt somewhat familiar to him.
The style of that name closely resembled the world of the Western Shu Tang Sect, where he had lived before transmigrating.
"Unfortunately, in my previous life at the Tang Sect, I only studied hidden weapons and seldom explored the outside world's affairs or culture. Now I can't be certain whether this Great Deity of the Three Altars and Seas is a godhood from my former world..."
Tang San clasped his hands behind his back. With a scheme in mind, he felt victory was already in his grasp.
Whatever you are,
the Great Deity of the Three Altars and Seas clearly ranks far above a Douluo God King. Once I seize that godhood, I won't need any God Realm Committee. I'll become the true ruler of the Divine Realm!
Eastsea City,
by the sea.
Moonlight fell across the rolling waves, scattering ripples of silver.
Two girls faced each other, one silver-haired and violet-eyed, the other black-haired and black-eyed.
Dense elemental power surged around the black-haired, black-eyed Gu Yue:
"Na'er, I'll give you one last chance. Stop stubbornly clinging to your delusion!"
Na'er raised her spear and thrust.
"Cut the crap!"
The Silver Dragon Spear flashed with dazzling light as it stabbed toward Gu Yue.
"You're courting death!"
Gu Yue snorted coldly. Spatial elements rippled, and Na'er's Silver Dragon Spear stopped just before Gu Yue's forehead.
Na'er strained with all her strength, but couldn't drive it any farther.
Na'er retreated and clenched her teeth. "Damn it! Jailbird Yue, aren't you afraid of the backlash from forcing out your divine power like this?"
Before taking human form, the Silver Dragon King had sealed her own power.
As the Silver Dragon King Avatar, Gu Yue had done the same.
Gu Yue said, "As long as you and I become one, what does a little backlash matter?"
Gu Yue raised a hand, and a terrifying barrage of multiple elements blasted toward Na'er!
At this point, Gu Yue was around level 19, a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster, and had yet to advance.
Yet by forcibly drawing on a portion of her power ahead of time, Gu Yue could actually fight Na'er.
In fact,
Gu Yue had also forcibly invoked the Silver Dragon King's power during the day, which was how she had restrained the Soul Emperor Guang Biao.
"Heh."
Na'er swept the Silver Dragon Spear in her hands, instantly absorbing the elemental power.
Devouring,
that was the Silver Dragon Spear's special trait.
Gu Yue frowned and simply used Dragon Transformation on both hands, engaging Na'er in close combat.
The two traded blows, dragon claws and the Silver Dragon Spear striking countless sparks in an instant. Their chaotic footprints covered the beach.
Na'er thrust her spear, only for Gu Yue to catch it. Locked in a stalemate, the two raced onward and into the waves.
Standing in waist-deep seawater, Gu Yue suddenly spoke.
"Na'er, if you don't concede, I won't hold back anymore."
We learned from the same master. I can't fucking break through her moves!
Gu Yue knew she would probably have to bring out more power to defeat Na'er.
"Pah!"
"You're holding back against me?"
Na'er looked around at their surroundings, unable to stop the corners of her mouth from rising. "Gu Yue, for this next move, you'd better bring out every bit of power you can control right now."
"Otherwise, you might die."
Na'er abruptly pulled back the Silver Dragon Spear.
The surrounding waves surged wildly, and astonishing power from the ocean began pouring toward Na'er.
Na'er's aura soared instantly, climbing from Soul Elder straight toward Soul King!
Seawater enveloped the Silver Dragon Spear as Na'er invoked the East Sea Dragon King's power.
Gu Yue's eyes widened. "This is..."
"Tsunami Dragon Roar!"
Na'er thrust at Gu Yue. The seawater around her instantly receded, exposing the ground as all the water gathered into a water dragon that charged toward Gu Yue!
"Oh no!"
Gu Yue only had time to raise both hands to block before the water dragon engulfed her and blasted her away!
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