An Yi: Only if You Die Can I Slip In and Pursue Bo Saixi

An Yi said without a change in expression, "I can't understand how you trusted Qian Daoliu so much back then. He himself really couldn't bring himself to suppress the Clear Sky Sect, but he had a fine son in Qian Xunji."

"Just a few years after you disappeared, your grandson Tang Hao got involved with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that had taken human form. Qian Xunji had his eye on that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's soul ring and Soul Bone, so he ordered Tang Hao hunted down. Fortunately, Tang Hao didn't let you down entirely and escaped from a Titled Douluo of Spirit Hall. He's been hiding all over the continent ever since."

"As for the Clear Sky Sect, Qian Xunji threatened and pressured the sect to hand over Tang Hao and the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. In the end, that disappointing son of yours was so afraid Spirit Hall would really launch a full-scale attack on the Clear Sky Sect that he was scared to death."

"Later, Tang Xiao broke through to Titled Douluo and took charge of the sect, and only then did Spirit Hall back off for the time being."

"But just three days ago, Tang Hao's whereabouts were exposed. Qian Xunji personally led a force to hunt him down, and the two of them ended up killing each other. Before Tang Hao died, he entrusted me with sending his child back to the Clear Sky Sect."

As he spoke, An Yi took the Clear Sky Hammer token out of his Soul Tool and casually tossed it toward the throne.

Tang Chen raised a hand and caught the token. He glanced down at it, his pupils narrowing slightly.

An Yi continued, "I don't know anyone in the Clear Sky Sect, and it wouldn't have been convenient to go there unannounced. As it happened, your granddaughter Tang Yuehua was in Heaven Dou City, so I left the child with her. She gave me this token and said you would definitely recognize it if I showed it to you."

"Just now, I sensed Qian Daoliu leaving Spirit City. I'm afraid he's already personally leading men to attack the Clear Sky Sect. If a Peerless Douluo who has just lost his beloved son goes on a killing spree, what will become of the Clear Sky Sect... I don't need to spell it out, do I?"

Tang Chen tightened his grip on the token, killing intent surging around him. The temperature in the entire hall instantly dropped to freezing.

A moment later, he flipped his wrist and tossed the token back to An Yi, saying in a deep voice:

"Thank you."

An Yi caught the token. "Don't thank me yet. If you're going out, take me along. I don't have the Divine Slaughter's Domain, so I can't get out of this godforsaken place on my own."

Slaughter City was, in essence, a secret inheritance realm created by the Asura God, an independent small world.

Once an outsider entered, they had to gather sufficiently powerful killing intent and form the Divine Slaughter's Domain before they could pass through the Asura God's barrier covering the entire city.

As for the so-called rule of a hundred victories in the Hell Slaughter Arena, that was merely a rule the King of Slaughter had made to restrict others from coming and going.

In fact, anyone with the Divine Slaughter's Domain could freely pass through the barrier at any time.

And the reason the King of Slaughter could control this place was precisely because he could bestow his own slaughter presence on others and take them through the barrier.

Tang Chen wasted no words. His figure flashed, and he appeared beside An Yi, seized his shoulder, and smashed straight through the hall's dome, shooting into the sky.

His vast Divine Slaughter's Domain spread out in full, enveloping them both as they passed straight through the invisible barrier overhead and returned to the surface.

Landing on a mountaintop, Tang Chen released him and looked at An Yi. "I must hurry back to the Clear Sky Sect and stop Qian Daoliu at once. I'll remember what you've done for me today."

"You don't need to be grateful to me." An Yi straightened his collar, his tone calm. "To tell you the truth, I'd rather you and Qian Daoliu killed each other."

Tang Chen stopped in his tracks and turned around, somewhat stunned. "What do you mean?"

"Exactly what I said." An Yi looked at him frankly. "Only if you die can Bo Saixi truly put the past behind her. Only then will I have a chance, and only then can I hand the Sea God Inheritance over to her without it seeming out of place."

"If you're still alive and kicking, I really don't know how this is supposed to end. I can't just watch you inherit the Asura God Godhood and her inherit the Sea God Godhood, then see the two of you fly off to the Divine Realm together like a pair of lovebirds, can I?"

"I'm not that generous."

An Yi spread his hands. "So I'd love nothing more than for you and Qian Daoliu to die together. That way, Sea God Island's old blood feud will be avenged, and I can give the Sea God Inheritance to Bo Saixi with peace of mind. She's the Sea God's most devout believer, more qualified than I am to take that position."

Tang Chen stared at An Yi for a long while, a strange look in his eyes. "In that case, why tell me all these schemes of yours outright?"

"Who knows? Maybe my brain's full of water."

An Yi shrugged. "Besides, I don't think you'd really trade your life for Qian Daoliu's for the sake of your sect. You should have already completed Asura's Eight Trials. You're just one step away from inheriting the Asura God Godhood. Would you really be willing to throw your life away at a critical moment like this?"

"As for Qian Daoliu, even though he's lost his son, he might not dare fight you, a prospective Asura God, to the bitter end. When the two of you meet, you'll most likely have a fight and both take a step back in the end."

"Of course, it's also possible that Qian Daoliu will see you're just one step away from becoming a god and fight you with his life to keep you from settling accounts with Spirit Hall and the Angel Clan later. But as long as you don't want to fight him to the bitter end, he can't stop you from leaving."

Tang Chen raised an eyebrow. "Are you deliberately saying all this to provoke me into dying together with him?"

"I did have that in mind, but when the words reached my lips, I couldn't figure out how to spin them."

An Yi waved a hand, looking thoroughly uninterested. "Forget it. You two old geezers can fight however you like. At most, I'm just the one fanning the flames."

With that, An Yi turned and prepared to leave.

"You miscalculated one thing."

Tang Chen's deep voice suddenly came from behind him. "I didn't pass Asura's Eight Trials."

An Yi stopped and looked back at him. "You didn't?"

Tang Chen smiled self-mockingly. "If you hadn't awakened me with the Sea God's Light just now, my consciousness would probably have remained sunk in the illusion of the Asura Abyss forever. Although I'm awake now, I relied on outside help to escape, so the Asura God does not recognize my completion of the Eighth Trial."

"What's more, my body was parasitized and eroded by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King for so many years, and it also suffered the backlash of Asura Divine Power during the Eighth Trial. It's long since been riddled with holes. I can't even begin the Ninth Trial."

"I've already failed the Asura God's inheritance trials."

An Yi sized him up. "Even if you failed, you still have a genuine demigod body. If you find somewhere to hide and recuperate for a dozen years or so, you might be able to recover completely and restart the trials."

"Qian Daoliu won't give me that chance."

Tang Chen shook his head, his gaze calm. "Just as you said, once he realizes I've reached this point, he'll never allow me to live, even if he has to die with me. And if I don't show myself, the Clear Sky Sect will certainly be destroyed today."

"So there was really no need for you to say all that to me just now."

An Yi raised an eyebrow. "Whether there was a need is for me to decide. When Tang Hao died a few days ago, I also laid out the whole story for him, from beginning to end, and in the end let him smash Qian Xunji into meat paste with his own hands."

"Now it's your turn. Whether you go to your death and drag Qian Daoliu down with you to save the Clear Sky Sect, or hide away in some mountain ravine and come back out to avenge your clan after you become a god, that's your choice."

"But let me be blunt with you beforehand. If you really do survive, I'll have a hard time deciding what to do with the Sea God Inheritance. I can't just stand by and watch you rekindle your old romance with Bo Saixi, can I? I can't do it."

An Yi looked Tang Chen straight in the eye, his tone so frank it was almost shameless. "You die, and then I slip in while she's vulnerable. That's the best future for me."

Hearing this, Tang Chen froze for a moment, then couldn't help throwing his head back and laughing. "What a way to slip in while she's vulnerable! Boy, aren't you afraid I'll smash you to death with my hammer right now?"

"You're not the true Asura God yet. You can't kill me."

An Yi's expression remained unperturbed. "Since I dared wake you, I naturally have the confidence to escape from you. In terms of strength, I really am not even qualified to exchange blows with you, but this Sea God's Divine Sense I carry isn't just for show. If I put my mind to running, you can't stop me."

He glanced in the direction of the Clear Sky Sect and said mildly, "Qian Daoliu should be close to the Clear Sky Sect's gates by now. What you do is up to you."