As Tang San's words fell, heaven and earth fell silent.
The pressure of four God Kings bore down from every direction. Divine light formed a hell, and the blockade formed a prison.
Anyone else suppressed like this by four God Kings and the power of the Divine Realm Center would probably have had their liver and gall split with terror, falling to their knees to beg for mercy.
Yet at the center of the cage, Lu Ren, his figure buffeted by the storm of power, merely raised his eyes slowly.
There was not the slightest panic on his face, only a composure that suggested none of this concerned him.
Lu Ren looked at Tang San, a mocking smile on his lips. "Tang San, tell me, if the Divine Realm Center hadn't refused to recognize my ascension to godhood, why would I have needed to enter the Divine Realm this way?"
"I could have walked in openly and honorably. You forced me, step by step, to resort to this."
Tang San said nothing. Only his fingers tightened slightly around the Golden Trident.
Lu Ren did not mind. His gaze shifted past Tang San and landed directly on the Destruction God King. "Destruction God King, care to talk?"
The Destruction God King's gaze sharpened. "What trick are you trying to pull?"
"No tricks." Even facing such a desperate situation, Lu Ren remained composed, speaking at an unhurried pace. "I just want to negotiate with you."
"From the very beginning, I came for Tang San alone."
At these words, the expressions of all four present shifted.
As though he had not noticed, Lu Ren continued, "He made an enemy of me back on the Douluo Continent. He tried to kill me by force repeatedly. I was lucky enough to survive, escaping time after