"Let's retreat for now and find a better opportunity later." Tang San gritted his teeth, about to use the Blue Silver Emperor to retreat with the help of it, when suddenly a purple-blue lightning bolt struck down from the distant sky.
The lightning bolt was incredibly fast; it hovered above the battle in the blink of an eye, the electric power Entanglement it causing the air to sizzle and burn.
When Tang San saw the person's appearance clearly, his pupils suddenly contracted. It was Yu Tianheng, whom he hadn't seen for a long time and with whom he had a blood feud!
"Why are you here?" Tang San gripped his trident tightly, his voice full of vigilance—although he had no blood feud with Yu Tianheng, they were also not on good terms. The fact that the other party was here on this deep-sea battlefield was no accident.
Yu Tianheng seemed not to hear his question, his gaze only briefly sweeping over Tang San before suddenly locking onto the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King below.
His previously calm gaze instantly turned sharp, and the power of lightning around him surged. Purple-blue electricity condensed into the shape of a gauntlet in his palm, clearly indicating that he had identified this Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast as his target.
The humiliation of being completely ignored instantly ignited Tang San's anger. He was already frustrated by his defeat against the Demon Whale King, and Yu Tianheng's attitude at this moment was like adding fuel to the fire. "You're courting death!" Tang San shouted, pouring all the Sea God Divine Power into his trident. The golden tip of the trident, with a sharp sound of tearing through the air, pierced straight for Yu Tianheng's back!
Faced with this angry attack, Yu Tianheng didn't even turn his head.
He swung his left arm back, Entanglement fist, crackling with lightning, struck the tip of the halberd with pinpoint accuracy. With a deafening roar, Tang San felt a surge of violent lightning power coursing through the halberd and into his body, causing his blood and qi to churn. He was sent flying backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing through three waves on the sea before finally managing to regain his footing. By this time, he was hundreds of feet away from Yu Tianheng.
The moment his body hit the sea, Tang San coughed up a mouthful of blood, and the Sea God Trident trembled violently in his hand, almost slipping out of his grasp.
He gazed at the towering figure hundreds of feet away, his heart churning with shock—the lightning power contained in that punch was not only incredibly domineering, but also carried a level of Soul Power far beyond his comprehension, leaving him, a level 96 Titled Douluo, utterly powerless to resist!
"How is this possible..." Tang San muttered to himself, his fingertips turning white from the force. He clearly remembered that when he saw Yu Tianheng again five years ago, although the other party was already Soul Douluo, he did not possess such terrifying strength.
In the past five years, he had broken through from Soul Emperor to Titled Douluo, and even inherited the Sea God Inheritance. He was confident that there were very few people on the continent who could surpass him. But today, in front of Yu Tianheng, he couldn't even withstand a single move?
The sea breeze, carrying a salty, fishy smell, rushed towards Tang San, whose thoughts raced. He could sense the terrifying aura emanating from Yu Tianheng, so heavy it was heart-pounding. Clearly, the opponent's Soul Power Level had already broken through the shackles of the Soul Douluo, and might even be a level higher than his own.
"So it turns out that in these five years, I'm not the only one getting stronger..." A trace of unwillingness flashed in Tang San's eyes, but more so a solemn one— Yu Tianheng's growth rate was simply terrifying to an eerie degree.
In the distance, Yu Tianheng had already turned his attention back to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. Purple-blue lightning condensed into an even more astonishing power in his palm, clearly no longer taking Tang San seriously. Tang San gripped his trident tightly and gritted his teeth—staying any longer would not only prevent him from avenging himself, but might also lead to his death.
" Yu Tianheng, I will remember this humiliation!" Tang San shouted at the figure, then activated the Blue Silver Emperor to envelop his body, turned into a golden light, and quickly retreated towards the coast.
He knew very well that he was no match for Yu Tianheng at the moment. The only way to overcome the gap was to continue to improve his strength and fully control the Sea God's Power.
Just as Tang San's figure disappeared into the horizon, the deep sea suddenly surged. The massive body of the Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, hovered on the surface of the sea, its giant, bell-like eyes fixed on the figure in the void above— Yu Tianheng, who stood with his hands behind his back, his clothes motionless in the sea breeze, yet his body was surrounded by an oppressive aura that made the Demon Whale King's soul tremble.
"This human is even more terrifying than that Sea God Inheritance!" The Demon Whale King's intuition roared. Millions of years of combat instinct made its scales stand on end, but it dared not launch the first attack.
The next second, that fear became a reality. Yu Tianheng's eyes darkened, and his right hand, which had been behind his back, suddenly shot forward. No Soul Ring lit up, no Soul Skill fluctuations appeared, just the simplest punch. But before the fist wind landed, black cracks were torn open in the void, and the sea surface a hundred miles below instantly caved in, with countless seawater being swept up and surging upwards by an invisible force!
The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King roared and unleashed its innate Soul Skill, its massive whale tail slamming into the fist with towering waves, only to shatter into a cloud of mist the instant it touched the fist. Yu Tianheng flashed to the top of the Demon Whale King's head and delivered another punch.
"Boom--!"
Amidst a deafening roar, the sea surface stretched for miles and rose straight up, forming a wall of water that stretched across the sky.
Immediately afterwards, the water wall collapsed with a deafening roar, and countless seawater, carrying earth-shattering power, rushed outwards. Several tsunamis, tens of meters high, rose from the ground and swept wildly towards the distant coastline. The entire sea area trembled violently in this great battle, as if the world was about to collapse.
The moment the fist tore through the sea, the massive body of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King recoiled violently, its enormous eyes filled with shock. A deafening roar, accompanied by the crashing waves, boomed. "Human! I have no past grudges or recent enmity with you, why did you attack so fiercely from the very beginning!"
Yu Tianheng hovered in the void, retracting his fist as a cold smile curled at the corner of his lips. His voice was utterly devoid of warmth. "I need a top-tier Soul Ring to break through to a higher realm, and your Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Soul Ring is just what I need." His eyes suddenly sharpened. "If you know what's good for you, surrender and I might let you die a quick death; if you dare to resist, I'll make you know what it feels like to regret being born."
"Arrogant!" The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was completely enraged. Its massive body suddenly erupted with a dazzling blue light. When the light dissipated, a middle-aged man dressed in a dark blue robe appeared on the surface of the sea. His body was surrounded by a powerful surge of Soul Power —power comparable to, or even surpassing, that of a level 99 Titled Douluo. The pressure emanating from his Demigod Body caused the entire sea area to tremble slightly. He truly deserved to be recognized as the strongest being in the ocean.
Seeing this, Yu Tianheng unleashed the full power of his peak Human Immortal Realm Ninth Stage, his golden Spiritual Power colliding with the Demon Whale King's blue Soul Power in mid-air, creating waves of energy. The next second, the two moved almost simultaneously! Yu Tianheng moved like lightning, his palm strike carrying the force to shatter the void as he slammed towards the Demon Whale King; the Demon Whale King, in turn, condensed a water-attribute Soul Bone longsword, its blade gleaming as it met the attack head-on.