He clearly sensed that it was this human in front of him who first stole the blood pool energy that maintained the operation of the Slaughter City, and now he had triggered this world-destroying divine lightning, completely turning his foundation built up over countless years and all his "subjects" into nothingness!
Overwhelming hatred engulfed the will of the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King and broke through its final suppression of Tang Chen's remnant soul.
A crazy and resolute thought formed in the mind of the King of Slaughter —to perish together with him!
It realized that, given its current dilapidated state and the opponent's unpredictable methods, it had no chance of winning in a normal battle.
Only by awakening the peak power of the original owner of this body, which had been suppressed and honed for decades, belonging to the " Clear Sky Douluo," is there any possibility of dragging this madman down to hell with him!
"Old man... wake up!! Look at what your continent has become! Look at this culprit who destroyed everything!!"
The King of Slaughter let out a sharp mental roar, voluntarily giving up interfering with and polluting Tang Chen's remnant soul consciousness. Instead, he forcibly poured the current situation on the continent, the tragedy of the Clear Sky Sect, the rise of the Martial Xuan Ming Spirit Hall Empire, and the existence of the madman Xuan Ming into Tang Chen's long-dormant core consciousness like a torrent!
At the same time, it burned its last bit of primordial blood power, and the crimson light Entanglement around Tang Chen's broken body like a living thing, forcibly repairing the wounds that had been severely injured by the Thunderclap, temporarily stabilizing the body on the verge of collapse, and attempting to briefly restore the body to a state where it could bear the power of " Clear Sky Douluo "!
Buzz--!
A terrifying pressure, completely different, pure, domineering, and full of power and a sense of vicissitude, began to rise from the King of Slaughter!
The unstable blood-red aura around him began to recede and condense inward. In his scarlet eyes, chaos and savagery were gradually replaced by a cold, deathly, yet world-destroying rage!
The scorch marks and cracks on his body had barely healed under the influence of the blood light. Although he still looked disheveled, the oppressive feeling he exuded, like a sleeping Lion awakening, instantly made Bibi Dong and Gu Yuena's expressions turn serious!
"Not good! He's forcibly awakening Tang Chen's true self and temporarily repairing his body!" Bibi Dong exclaimed urgently. She could feel the aura of the Clear Sky Douluo, who was once known as invincible on land, rapidly returning!
A sharp glint flashed in Gu Yuena's silver-purple eyes, and her Dragon God's Heart trembled slightly, preparing to intervene.
However, just as they were about to act—
That's enough.
A cold, hoarse voice, yet carrying undeniable authority, came from the figure in mid-air.
The King of Slaughter —no, perhaps he should be called Tang Chen now—slowly raised his head.
Although his eyes were still bloodshot, they had regained their clarity—a clarity born of endless torment and despair, filled with deep-seated hatred and resolute determination!
He stared intently at Xuan Ming below, his gaze like two cold Clear Sky Hammer, wanting to smash him into mincemeat!
"Boy..." Tang Chen's voice was like the scraping of metal, filled with endless pain and killing intent, "You... deserve to die!"
He felt the power within his body that had been forcibly awakened, yet was burning rapidly like a rootless duckweed, and he understood the Parasitism's intentions.
But at this moment, none of that matters anymore.
The important thing is that this person in front of him destroyed the prison that had trapped him in his depravity, cut off his last glimmer of hope for returning to normalcy, and was one of the root causes of the turmoil on the continent!
New and old grudges, as well as overwhelming anger over his own fate, all transformed into murderous intent towards Xuan Ming!
Chapter 359 Tang Chen's Death
"With this crippled body... and this final blow from this old man..." Tang Chen slowly raised his right hand. In the palm that once held the Clear Sky Hammer and defeated all the heroes under heaven, the extremely condensed Asura Divine Power, his own life's worth of Soul Power, and the last power provided by the burning source of the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King began to converge wildly!
"Sending you... on your way!!"
A massive, dark red hammer, spanning the heavens and earth, condensed above his head, carrying the energy of judgment and Destruction!
This attack combined all the remaining strength of Tang Chen and the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King, representing the final burning of their Life and will, and its power had already transcended the boundaries of the mortal realm!
"Send me on my way?" Xuan Ming slowly rose and looked at the devastating Clear Sky True Body in the sky.
"You dare to challenge me?"
" Blood Spear!"
With a low shout, the dark red Blood Spear in his hand suddenly erupted with an unprecedented ferocious aura!
A dark red light shot into the sky, as if a primordial Ferocious Beast, thoroughly enraged, had awakened!
Buzz--!!!
The Blood Spear trembled violently, and the dark red patterns on its surface seemed to come alive, transforming into countless tiny blood-red dragon shadows that roared silently! An abyssal aura, deeper and purer than the Slaughter Domain, suddenly erupted!
At the same time, the Million-Year Abyss Dragon Emperor Torso Bone within his body trembled violently! Deep, dark purple dragon patterns rapidly spread and materialized across his body, transforming into a dark purple dragon king armor covering his entire body, with a ferocious shape and radiating primordial dragon might— the Abyssal Dragon Emperor Body!
Below, in the Slaughter City of the Slaughter City, utterly Destruction by God Level Thunderclap, the vast blood energy, resentment, and purest killing essence energy, formed from the annihilation of countless Fallen Life and souls, that had permeated the air and soaked the earth, seemed to be summoned by a king. They transformed into visible dark red torrents, flowing madly towards Xuan Ming and the Blood Spear in his hand, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea!
Before the energy that had just been Destruction could completely dissipate, it was forcibly plundered and absorbed by Xuan Ming using the devouring properties of the Abyssal Dragon Emperor!
His Soul Power, which had been nearly depleted due to the infusion of divine lightning, was rapidly restored and replenished at a visible speed under the infusion of this massive bloodthirsty energy, becoming even more turbulent than before!
The Blood Spear hummed and trembled, its shaft growing even darker and deeper red, as if it had drunk its fill of blood, radiating a ferocious power that could freeze one's soul!
" Slaughter Battle Soul!"
Xuan Ming's dark red Seventh Soul Ring — the Ring of Slaughter— suddenly shone brightly!
Buzz--!
A dark red Slaughter Battle Soul, hundreds of meters tall, instantly materialized, majestic and chilling, like a killing god or demon descending to earth!
And on the surface of this Slaughter Battle Soul, the dark purple dragon king armor manifested from the Abyssal Dragon Emperor Torso Bone also covered it, adding endless antiquity and domineering power!
Immediately afterwards, Xuan Ming fully activated the innate skill inherent in the Abyssal Dragon Emperor Torso Bone — Dragon Emperor Devours the World!
boom!!!
Centered on Xuan Ming, it was as if an invisible black hole had appeared. The energy in the surrounding world, whether it was the remaining power of Thunderclap, the dissipated blood energy, or even the pervasive Destruction fluctuations, all surged toward the hundred-meter-tall battle spirit like a madman, without any restraint or violence!
With such a massive influx of energy, the Slaughter Battle Soul's body solidified at an astonishing speed, and its aura soared wildly like a rocket, instantly breaking through the limit of the Mortal Realm realm and briefly, yet undeniably, stepping into that mysterious and profound realm— the God Level!
At this moment, Xuan Ming transformed into a hundred-meter-tall Slaughter Dragon Emperor Battle Soul, clad in abyss dragon armor, wielding a ferocious Blood Spear, surrounded by a violent energy vortex, his aura having reached the God Level- level!
Although it was only a temporary boost from external forces, its power already surpassed Tang Chen's Life -burning strike!
"Roar--!!"
Tang Chen's remaining will let out a roar of unwillingness and despair, and he slammed the dark red Clear Sky True Body, which contained all the power of him and the Parasitism, down fiercely towards Xuan Ming!
This hammer blow was his Life act, his last stand against the injustice of fate!
Faced with this earth-shattering hammer blow, the Slaughter Dragon Emperor Battle Soul that Xuan Ming had transformed into simply and without any fancy moves thrust out the enormous Blood Spear in his hand, which had devoured endless blood and expanded to match the size of the battle soul, straight at the Clear Sky Hammer!
There are no techniques, no dodging, only the purest and most extreme power colliding with the very essence of killing!
Spear tip against hammer tip!
boom--!!!!!!
An indescribable roar erupted! Dark red energy shockwaves swept outwards like a tsunami, plowing through the already ravaged valley once more, tearing up layers of the ground and violently distorting space!
The stalemate lasted only a moment.
The next moment, to Tang Chen's incredulous gaze, his Clear Sky True Body, which had accumulated his life's cultivation and Life, shattered and disintegrated inch by inch from the center of the collision with the Blood Spear, just like broken glass!
Xuan Ming's Blood Spear, carrying an unstoppable killing intent and God Level power, pierced through the collapsing Clear Sky True Body with overwhelming force, its momentum undiminished, instantly bridging the distance between them.
Pfft!
The Blood Spear pierced Tang Chen's chest, which was barely repaired but already riddled with holes, with precision and ruthlessness!
"Ugh...!" Tang Chen let out a short, painful groan, his eyes quickly losing their sparkle.
He could feel that the immense Asura Divine Power, the source of slaughter, and even his own Life essence within his body were being frantically drawn out and devoured by the Blood Spear piercing his body!
On the Blood Spear, the crimson dragon shadows seemed to come alive, emitting greedy hisses and frantically sucking up all the energy within the body!
Tang Chen's body withered and shriveled at a visible rate. His eyes, which had just regained their clarity, were filled with endless pain, resentment, and a trace of... bewilderment at finally being free.
Decades of decline, endless torment, and finally... it ended in this way.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but ultimately no sound came out.
Once hailed as the invincible Clear Sky Douluo, a powerful figure who dominated an era, ultimately met his end in this way above the ruins he considered a prison and a place of shame, even his power becoming Life for his enemies.
Within a few breaths, Tang Chen's body completely turned into a withered, dried corpse, which then turned to ashes in the breeze and vanished without a trace.
After absorbing such a massive amount of energy, the Blood Spear's dark red light grew even deeper and more restrained, and the subtle pressure it exuded even made Bibi Dong and Gu Yuena, who were standing nearby, feel a sense of unease.
Xuan Ming deactivated his Slaughter Battle Soul state and slowly returned to the ground.
He did not immediately adjust his breathing, but instead frowned slightly, feeling the surging, cold and domineering Asura Divine Power within the Blood Spear, while his gaze fell on the place where Tang Chen had just disappeared.
There, a massive sword, over two meters long, entirely blood-red, and with an ancient and ferocious design, lay silently planted in the scorched ground, emanating a chilling aura of slaughter and a faint, divine artifact-like fluctuation.
It is the Asura Demon Sword!
"Strange..." Xuan Ming muttered to himself, a hint of confusion flashing in his icy blue eyes, "Why didn't he use this sword just now?"
He had just gone to great lengths to forcefully elevate himself to the God Level by invoking the Dragon Emperor Devours the World, primarily to guard against the sharpness of this legendary Super Divine Artifact — the Asura Demon Sword.
Using Tang Chen's peak power to wield the Asura Demon Sword, its power would far surpass that of the Clear Sky True Body he had just condensed.
If Tang Chen were to use this sword, he knew that even if he could win, it wouldn't be so easy. He would have to pay a much higher price, and might even be severely injured.
But Tang Chen deliberately abandoned this strongest weapon and chose to confront it head-on with his Clear Sky True Body... This defies common sense.
Moreover, Xuan Ming clearly remembered that when the Blood Spear pierced Tang Chen's body, the physical strength he felt was much stronger than that of an ordinary Titled Douluo, but it was far from the " Demigod's body" he knew, and far inferior to the body of Bo Saixi on Sea God Island that had been tempered by the Sea God's Light.
Chapter 360 I Was Slashed by It
"Something's not right with him." Gu Yuena stepped forward, her purple eyes gleaming with insight. She looked at the Asura Demon Sword, then recalled Tang Chen's seemingly lucid yet actually crazed gaze from earlier, and said in a deep voice, "He wasn't truly awake just now."
"Not truly awake?" Xuan Ming looked at her.
"Yes." Gu Yuena nodded affirmatively, "Although the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King temporarily abandoned the suppression of consciousness and even instilled external information, its essence was revenge and mutual destruction. It was more like using that information to stimulate and bewitch Tang Chen's remaining obsession and hatred, forcibly urging out his power, rather than restoring his true rationality and memories."
She paused, then continued her analysis, "How can a soul that has been bewitched, filled with hatred, and has not truly found itself pass the Asura God's cruel Eighth Trial? He is still mired in the trial, so naturally he has not gained the Asura God's final approval, and therefore does not have the qualifications to summon and use the Asura Demon Sword. His body has also failed to undergo the baptism of Divine Power and transform into a true Demigod's body."
Gu Yuena looked at the Asura Demon Sword: "Having power without the corresponding realm and qualifications is like a child wielding a hammer—it has the form but not the spirit. That attack just now was more of a burning of his Life essence and the power of his Parasitism than a display of the Asura God Skill."
Upon hearing this, Xuan Ming understood.
So that's how it is. Tang Chen never escaped the Nightmare of that God's Trial until his death, and he was unable to fight his final battle as the true " Tang Chen." Perhaps this was also a kind of tragedy for him.
"What a pity." Xuan Ming stopped dwelling on it and turned his gaze to the buzzing Blood Spear in his hand.
Within the spear, the immense energy that had been devoured—the pure Asura Divine Power, Tang Chen's Soul Power foundation, and the Bat King's remaining essence—was restless and agitated.
After the recent battle, his Ring of Slaughter, which was originally only 500,000 years old, has now grown to 600,000 years. If he absorbs this Asura Divine Power, not only will the Ring of Slaughter grow again, but the Blood Spear will likely complete its transformation soon, becoming a true divine weapon. However...
With a thought, his powerful Divine Power and willpower, like an invisible furnace, began to forcibly compress and temper the mixed and vast energy within the Blood Spear.
The dark red light gathered and collapsed at the tip of the spear, eventually transforming into a crimson sphere of light, only the size of a fist, yet radiating a suffocating pressure.
Xuan Ming held the scarlet orb in his palm and handed it to Bibi Dong.
"This contains purified Asura Divine Power and the essence of slaughter. If you can successfully absorb it, you should be able to directly obtain the qualification to inherit the Asura God's legacy, and... it's very likely that you'll start from the Eighth Trial."
"However, the risks are extremely high. This is the power of God King, far surpassing the domineering Rakshasa Divine Power god. During the fusion process, the slightest mistake could result in the annihilation of both body and soul. Moreover, I am not sure what unknown changes might occur if I directly absorb this plundered Divine Power."
"Not to mention, you also have another Rakshasa Divine Power within you that is irreconcilably opposed to it. If these two Divine Power were to clash within you... I don't know what would happen."
Bibi Dong gazed at the crimson orb of light before her, her purple eyes blazing with unprecedented brilliance. She could clearly sense the power contained within it, a power that made her soul tremble and yearned for. It was a shortcut to the Supreme God Position, but also an incredibly dangerous abyss.
Without the slightest hesitation, she reached out and took the orb of light. The instant she touched it, a cold and violent intent tried to assault her mind, but her mutated Slaughter Domain activated on its own, enveloping her in dark purple light and steadily resisting the impact.
"I will succeed." Bibi Dong's voice was filled with unwavering determination. She had waited for this moment for far too long.
"Don't worry." Gu Yuena stepped forward, her silver-purple eyes swirling with nine-colored light. The Dragon God's Heart appeared on her chest, radiating a gentle yet vast Power of Creation. "My Creation Godhead has miraculous effects on stabilizing energy and resolving conflicts. Bibi Dong had already successfully condensed Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores, and her ability to control and balance energy far surpasses that of ordinary people."
Now, it's simply a matter of replacing Soul Power with a higher level of Divine Power. Essentially, it's a similar energy structure restructuring process. With my Power of Creation protecting her, the risk of energy runaway during the fusion process can be greatly reduced, and I can help her sort out and purify any residual impurities."
She paused, then looked at Bibi Dong: "The key lies in your will. You must completely suppress, and even assimilate, Tang Chen's remaining killing intent, truly making this power your own. I cannot directly help you with this process."
Bibi Dong nodded. "I understand."
"We shouldn't delay. Let's find a safe place and begin immediately," Gu Yuena said. This place had just experienced a great battle, and the energy was chaotic, making it unsuitable for secluded cultivation.
Xuan Ming nodded, his gaze sweeping over the ruins of the utterly destroyed Slaughter City below, finally settling on the dark red greatsword stuck in the scorched earth— the Asura Demon Sword.
He raised his hand, and an invisible force enveloped the Asura Demon Sword, pulling it out and sending it into his hand.
It felt heavy in my hand, the blade was icy cold, and it contained extremely subtle yet profound fluctuations of the laws of slaughter.
This is indeed a true Super Divine Artifact, but it seems to be in a state of dormancy at the moment, perhaps because Tang Chen has not truly passed the test and gained its approval.
"What's wrong?" Xuan Ming looked at Gu Yuena, who was on guard.
Gu Yuena frowned. "I was slashed by it before, what do you think?"