"I recognize this Soul Beast. He's the Scarlet King, one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts!"
Xiao Xiao's pretty face was as pale as paper. The Scarlet King was an existence comparable to a Titled Douluo. Encountering him now meant a road to certain death for them; they had no chance of winning.
"Humans, you're courting death!"
The Scarlet King seemed to sense the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's unease. The killing intent in his eyes toward Tang Chuan and the others deepened, his fury seeming to burn into tangible flames.
"Teacher, what should we do?"
Huo Yuhao asked.
"Fall back."
Tang Chuan spoke in a low voice. Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao exchanged a glance, then both retreated. Although the strength Tang Chuan had displayed so far was only at the Soul Elder or even Soul Ancestor level.
They both knew his identity!
Perhaps he had some means of saving their lives?
"Teacher is a God King-level deity, after all. Maybe he has some hidden means."
Huo Yuhao said quietly.
"Yuhao, I'd advise you not to get your hopes too high. It's true that Tang Chuan was once a deity, but now that he's returned to the Douluo Continent, casually using divine abilities again would definitely draw the Divine Realm's attention!"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke gravely. "If there's really no other choice, I'll have Bingbing take over your body. She should be able to hold him off for a moment."
"The Scarlet King is protecting the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. He probably won't pursue us relentlessly!"
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's words undoubtedly sent Huo Yuhao's heart plummeting. Could Tang Chuan really have no other means?
Was he...
Going to protect them with his life?
"Human, you're merely a Soul Ancestor, yet you dare provoke me!"
The Scarlet King's eyes were utterly savage. His earth-shaking claw came crashing down at Tang Chuan, carrying boundless flames.
"Teacher!"
Huo Yuhao cried out.
Just then, a gleam of golden light suddenly bloomed in Tang Chuan's hand. A dragon's roar rang through the heavens, and the Golden Dragon Clear Sky Hammer landed in his grasp.
At the same time, Tang Chuan's aura surged to the Titled Douluo level. Its terrifying pressure reflected the Scarlet King's attack almost instantly.
Boom!
Tang Chuan's eyes turned almost pure gold. Surging blood energy swept outward-the Golden Dragon King's power, the purest draconic blood energy. Even the Scarlet King felt a sense of wariness at that moment.
"What?!"
The Scarlet King exclaimed.
How could this human with Soul Ancestor strength suddenly unleash a Titled Douluo-level strike? And just what was his Martial Soul...
Tang Chuan swung his hammer with a thunderous boom!
The aura of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings suddenly spread from the Golden Dragon Clear Sky Hammer. Its terrifying might instantly scattered the Scarlet King's attack.
Boom!
The hammer fell.
The Scarlet King felt a chill throughout his body. He forcibly mustered his greatest strength to withstand Tang Chuan's hammer strike. An earth-shaking explosion erupted in an instant, followed closely by the Scarlet King's howl of agony.
"..."
The golden dust dispersed.
The Scarlet King had been smashed into a huge crater in the ground. A hideous wound on his body dripped blood continuously. The terrifying blood energy unleashed by the Golden Dragon Clear Sky Hammer even kept his wound from healing for a long time.
"Damn it..."
"Human, who exactly are you?!"
The Scarlet King's eyes were scarlet as he went mad.
"Teacher, are you all right?!"
Huo Yuhao hurried forward to support Tang Chuan, who was staggering slightly. Tang Chuan shook his head and signaled for them to leave as quickly as possible.
The Titled Douluo-level strike the system rewarded me with earlier, combined with the Golden Dragon Clear Sky Hammer's sudden eruption, was enough to seriously injure the unprepared Scarlet King, but...
Tang Chuan gave a bitter smile.
It had also essentially exhausted all his Soul Power. They had now lost every means of dealing with the Scarlet King, unless...
The Soul Guidance Peacock Plume!
"Hmm?"
Ignoring his severe injuries, the Scarlet King suddenly noticed Tang Chuan's aura weakening in an instant. Delight immediately filled his eyes. This fellow really had been putting on an act.
"You can never unleash that strike a second time. Human, I want you dead!"
The Scarlet King was about to attack again.
Just then.
Crack!
Space shattered, and Di Tian stepped out from within. He looked at the Scarlet King. "Stop."
"Di Tian?"
The Scarlet King froze on the spot, looking at Di Tian with some apprehension. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion had nearly been captured by humans. Had Di Tian come to hold him accountable?
Contrary to the Scarlet King's expectations, however, Di Tian seemed to have no intention of blaming him. Instead, his eyes held profound shock as he abruptly fixed his gaze on Tang Chuan.
"Human, who exactly are you?"
Di Tian's question left the Scarlet King utterly bewildered.
Holding the Golden Dragon Clear Sky Hammer, Tang Chuan slowly raised his eyes toward Di Tian, the faintest curve lifting the corners of his mouth.
Finally... he took the bait.
Tang Chuan suppressed the blood churning in his chest and addressed Di Tian. "Beast God Di Tian, we finally meet."
"You know me?"
Di Tian asked again.
That terrifying might from earlier, that overbearing draconic blood energy, that dragon's roar that had resounded through the skies, and even that terrifying bloodline that had made the dragon blood within Di Tian tremble.
Every clue pointed toward one name!
The Golden Dragon King.
That was precisely why Di Tian had awakened. Could this human before him actually contain the Golden Dragon King's power? Then was this fellow an enemy or a friend?!
"Class monitor, Teacher should be all right, shouldn't he?"
Xiao Xiao asked.
"He should..."
Huo Yuhao was rather uncertain now, too. After all, they had actually drawn out even Di Tian. If they had no way to keep him in check today...
Their entire group would be wiped out.
"I know everything about the dragon race. About you, about the Dragon God, about the Golden Dragon King, and about the Silver Dragon King..."
Tang Chuan smiled faintly.
Then the Golden Dragon Clear Sky Hammer in his hand shone brilliantly, directly triggering a phenomenon across heaven and earth. A golden dragon coiled behind Tang Chuan, and its terrifying bloodline pressure made Di Tian's pupils contract sharply.
"It really is..."
"The Golden Dragon King!"
Di Tian's expression changed completely.
"How can you possess the Golden Dragon King's power within your body? Human, who exactly are you?!"
Di Tian truly felt killing intent.
If a human had obtained the Golden Dragon King's power, the consequences would be unthinkable. The best approach should be to capture this human, take him back, and let the Silver Dragon King devour him.
"I am Tang Chuan. My Martial Soul received the power of the Golden Dragon King's origin inheritance, so I possess the Golden Dragon King's power. And that's not all..."
Tang Chuan released the Clear Sky Hammer's two Soul Rings.
"This is..."
"The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' power! You actually gained their recognition?!"
Di Tian blurted out in shock.
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