Electrolux made his move

To turn back the clock a little, this was when the Sky Azure Bull Python, Da Ming, and the Titan Giant Ape, Er Ming, went out to confront Di Tian and the others.

Inside the Clear Sky Sect's castle, Tang San controlled the two bracelets as they slowly fused into an azure chain. Rippling light shimmered over it like the surface of a lake, captivating the soul. A single glance seemed to drag one into an endless ocean.

Once formed, the chain shot toward Huo Yuhao like a venomous snake.

But just as it was about to touch him, Huo Yuhao's eyes snapped open. His formerly pale golden Spirit Eyes had turned gray-gold, predominantly gray with gold as a secondary color.

Even his bearing underwent an earth-shattering change. Because of the hardships of his early childhood, the original Huo Yuhao had grown sensible very young, helping his parents with household chores and developing an independent personality.

He possessed both the innocence unique to children and a hint of unyielding tenacity, making him adorable while giving him a maturity beyond his years.

Overall, however, he was a sensible child who inspired both reassurance and tenderness at first sight.

Now, Huo Yuhao's eyes were filled with the weathering of countless years, as though he had already seen through everything in the world. A faint gray-gold radiance covered him, giving off a strange aura in which light and death intertwined.

It was precisely the protection of this gray-gold radiance that kept the blue chain from touching Huo Yuhao's body.

"Your Excellency, this is hardly appropriate. Doing as you please with a child is not how a god should behave." Huo Yuhao's voice had also become extremely aged, and his gray-gold eyes watched Tang San on the other side of the water screen.

As he spoke, he slowly rose to his feet, and the chain before him was pushed backward as Huo Yuhao stood.

"Light and death. Interesting. Two different powers actually fused together. Leaving everything else aside, that alone means you probably wouldn't be inferior to me if you became a god." Tang San did not respond to Huo Yuhao's remarks. Instead, he studied the energy around him.

This was the first time he had seen anyone fuse light and death, two elements that could be considered opposites, without suffering any harm, as though they had not affected him in the slightest.

"That, I wouldn't know. But I do know that the one you were looking for from the beginning wasn't me, but this child. Am I right?" Huo Yuhao-or rather, Electrolux now-said.

"A trumped-up accusation," Tang San said with a smile.

"You know better than I do whether it is a trumped-up accusation. I will not let you touch this child." As Electrolux spoke, he mobilized the small amount of Divine Sense he had just recovered.

That had come from absorbing the purest origin of the power the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had converted into Martial Soul power. It was a tremendous tonic for him, and his consciousness had recovered quickly.

"If you leave this child now, everything is still negotiable. Otherwise, you can try my strength for yourself." As he spoke, Tang San controlled the Blue Chains, making them circle Electrolux, clearly intending to bind him.

"Attacking outright? That hardly looks like an attempt to negotiate." As Electrolux spoke, he lightly tapped the empty air with his hand. Gray-gold ripples instantly spread through that spot, and an incomparably profound golden magic array quietly unfolded.

The array gradually expanded, enveloping the entire Blue Chains. The Blue Chains, which had been extraordinarily active, instantly froze in place upon touching the array, as though imprisoned.

Holy Light Condensation!

"Magic?! Magic that can solidify space with a raised hand. Impressive." Watching this move, Tang San recognized its ability. It differed from the Soul Skills of the Douluo Continent; in another plane, it was called magic.

Among the planes governed by the Divine Realm, there were planes that primarily relied on such abilities.

The greater the ability Electrolux displayed, the more it stoked Tang San's killing intent. Electrolux was merely a remnant soul. No matter how powerful he was, so long as his soul had not fully recovered and he had not revived, he could never threaten Tang San.

But once Huo Yuhao learned these moves, with the entire Douluo Plane supporting him, that would be another matter.

I didn't recover much power earlier. Holy Light Condensation should hold for a little longer, but I'm still only a remnant soul. I can hold him off for a time, but not forever. All I can do is buy as much time as possible for those outside coming to rescue him.

Electrolux thought as he watched Tang San.

At that moment, the immobilized chain suddenly shook violently. Azure light burst outward like erupting ocean waves. The energy surged like breakers, instantly shattering the Holy Light Condensation that Electrolux had thought would hold for some time.

Vast energy spread outward with a heaven-shaking boom, sending countless cracks through the surrounding walls beneath its impact.

"This is bad." Electrolux's pupils contracted sharply at the sight, but it was already too late to react. He could only mobilize his Divine Sense to protect Huo Yuhao and take the attack himself.

The overwhelming force made Electrolux's divine soul, which had only just taken form, turn illusory, robbing him of the strength to resist.

"Are you all right?" The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm grew worried at the sight. He truly had no means of helping and could only watch Electrolux work.

"I underestimated our opponent. I thought I could buy more time, but I didn't expect him to be this ruthless. That chain doesn't seem to have been formed from ordinary power." Electrolux's voice was clearly much weaker than before.

With his injury, the gray-gold light surrounding Huo Yuhao vanished. With nothing left to obstruct it, the chain began winding downward from Huo Yuhao's head, binding him.

"Damn it, I'll fight him with everything I've got." Hearing this and watching the chain move, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm finally gritted his teeth and steeled himself.

"What can you do?" This made Electrolux curious. Although he did not know the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's abilities, he could infer from the energy he released that he had high cultivation but extremely poor quality.

The meaning was clear: he was a mountain of treasure that had never been developed, something like an oversized power bank. Under these circumstances, what abilities could he have?

"I can only use this move once, but I'm confident that no one short of a god can break through it." As the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spoke, dazzling light erupted from his plump body.

Outside, a lustrous white Soul Ring quietly rose from Huo Yuhao. It was his only Soul Ring at present. Although its color marked it as a Ten-Year Soul Ring, it was actually a Million-Year Soul Ring disguised as a ten-year one.

As brilliant light gradually shone from Huo Yuhao's body, the lustrous white ring began slowly changing color, shifting from its original white to pale gold, then to bright gold.

Such favoritism. At the sight, Tang San could not help inwardly blaming the Douluo Consciousness.

Back then, he had endured a thousand hardships to kill the nine-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year Soul Beast, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. The Soul Spirit he obtained had become a Million-Year Soul Ring with near-million-year cultivation during fusion.

Yet Huo Yuhao had started with a Million-Year Soul Ring, and obtaining it had not even been difficult.

But he seemed to have forgotten that, had he not stirred up trouble, the Douluo Consciousness would never even have brought forth Huo Yuhao, this Innate Child of Destiny.

Orbs of light flew from Huo Yuhao's forehead, nine in total. These were the Spiritual Origins from when the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had first entered Huo Yuhao's body. There were ten Spiritual Origins altogether, constituting his most fundamental power, and this time he had brought out nine directly.

The nine orbs merged in the air, unleashing terrifying spiritual power that blasted away the Blue Chains, which had already wound nearly halfway down Huo Yuhao's body.

"This is your method? You big worm, you're wasting it! If that's how you're going to use it, you might as well let me handle it." Watching this, Electrolux nearly swore at the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's execution.

In his eyes, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's use of spiritual power was far too crude.

"Then you do it, elder," the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm said decisively. He had heard Huo Yun say that this was a top expert who could become a god at any moment. Compared with him, who was nominally a million-year Soul Beast but could actually be bullied within an inch of his life by a slightly stronger Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Electrolux was stronger by far more than a little.

"Then release your control over your Spiritual Origin. I'll handle it." Electrolux rallied himself again as he spoke, using his Divine Sense to take over Huo Yuhao's body once more. This time, however, apart from his eyes turning gray-gold, Huo Yuhao no longer had that earlier radiance surrounding him.

He raised his hand into the golden orb above his head. The orb rapidly shifted and reshaped in his hand, forming a two-meter Staff that shone with golden light.

"You certainly don't mind spending Spiritual Origin like that," Tang San said with a chuckle.

Although he had not killed Electrolux yet, consuming some of the Spiritual Origin hidden within Huo Yuhao's body was still an indirect way of lowering the ceiling of Huo Yuhao's growth.

"You should worry about yourself instead. This thing is very important to you, isn't it? It lets you wield so much power without being here. Tell me, would it hurt if I destroyed it?" As Electrolux spoke, he rapidly waved his Staff, his mouth chanting an Ancient Incantation with resonant precision.

"You would have to be capable of it first." This made Tang San frown slightly. The cost of creating this chain had certainly not been small. After all, he had needed to conceal it from Huo Yun, the Douluo Consciousness.

Outside the ocean, her control over the other regions was such that she could sense even a God King descending. Hiding something from her truly was not easy.

During these six months on the Douluo Continent-half a day in the Divine Realm-he had been working on creating this chain.

Electrolux did not answer, because his chanting could not stop. As he continued chanting, his Staff left golden traces in the air, which gradually formed a magic array.

As the array gradually took shape, a bad premonition rose in Tang San's heart. He hurriedly controlled the chain, making it erupt with the same radiance as before.

This was exactly what Electrolux had been waiting for. His chanting abruptly stopped, and he flipped the Staff in his hand, slamming it hard against the ground. Dazzling gray-gold light burst outward from the Staff's lower tip where it met the floor.

The array in the air spread outward as though torn apart, flying in four different directions before forming four entirely new arrays in place.

"Explode!" With another shout from Electrolux, the four arrays exploded in unison. Dazzling white light engulfed the scene in an instant. Unable to withstand the impact of this energy, the entire castle broke apart.

The ceiling and walls crashed to the ground, sending dust flying.

When all the dust settled, only Huo Yuhao, controlled by Electrolux, and the azure chain remained in place. Tang San's water screen had already been destroyed in the explosion.

"That one attack vaporized four hundred thousand years of my Spiritual Origin! Come on, even the deepest reserves can't stand that kind of spending!" The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm felt like crying, but had no tears.

Electrolux's strike had been immensely powerful, but it had directly vaporized nearly half the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Spiritual Origin. Earlier, Huo Yun had already consumed quite a lot of it to upgrade Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul, and this had spent another considerable portion.

Even his million years of cultivation could not take this kind of spending.

"If I hadn't done this, we would have had to keep fighting him sooner or later in a battle of attrition. This blast cut his connection directly. Besides, the way you were using it couldn't possibly have hurt him in the slightest. You would have lost it all then." As Electrolux explained, he stepped forward and put away the Blue Chains floating quietly before him.

By then, he had sensed the gazes coming from around him. Looking around, he saw Di Tian and the others staring at him in bewilderment from a distance.

"What's going on? Has that Outer God possessed this brat?" The Titan Giant Ape, Er Ming, climbed out of the rubble and watched Electrolux warily. Apart from a layer of dust on his body, he had only five wounds on his chest, each smaller than a thumb, and they were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"This is rather troublesome." The Sky Azure Bull Python, Da Ming, who had exchanged one move with Di Tian before the commotion separated them, also stared warily at Electrolux.

"Are you the reinforcements this world's World Consciousness summoned?" Electrolux did not even look at them, turning instead toward Di Tian and the others.

"Yes." Di Tian nodded. He was rather surprised inwardly. This person was quite strong.

"I'll leave this child to you." Electrolux lightly tapped the ground with his Staff, and his figure instantly appeared in the midst of Di Tian's group. The Staff then returned to the point between his eyebrows, and he relinquished control over Huo Yuhao's body.

Seeing this, the woman in the long green dress immediately stepped forward to catch Huo Yuhao as he collapsed.

"What's going on here?" Xiong Jun was rather baffled by the situation. He had thought they would fight a major battle today, forcing their way inside to rescue the boy, or perhaps even having to wait for their lord, the Silver Dragon King, to act. Yet none of that had been necessary; the boy had escaped on his own.

"Stop standing there like fools. Retreat, now." Seeing everyone frozen in place, Huo Yun was truly speechless. They had rescued him, so why weren't they hurrying away? What were they doing?

We're already the weaker side. Being able to hold our own briefly is good enough. Now that we've rescued him, why aren't we running? Are we waiting for the other side to react and pull out their trump cards?

Dear readers, please spare some recommendation votes and monthly votes. Your support is my motivation to write.