Chapter 327: The Sea God and the Asura God's Concern
Tang Xiao was dead—dead with resentment and unwillingness.
All his cultivation had been forcibly drained by Tang San, leaving behind nothing but a shriveled corpse on the bed.
"As expected of the Howling Sky Douluo. Devouring you actually allowed me to break through directly to Title Douluo!"
A cruel smile curled at the corners of Tang San's mouth. Because of the vicious curses hurled at him by Tang Xiao in his final moments, the ever-hypocritical God King Tang no longer felt even a trace of guilt.
His eyes gleamed with greed as they locked onto Tang Xiao's corpse.
As the current patriarch of the Clear Sky Clan, Tang San was certain that Tang Xiao must be carrying several high-quality, high-year soul bones.
Gripping the pitch-black Clear Sky Hammer in his hand, Tang San struck without hesitation. He smashed Tang Xiao's head, arms, legs, and torso with heavy blows.
Six soul bones, glowing with a dim luster, burst forth from the corpse.
Tang San stepped forward and carefully examined the soul bones. The smile on his face widened.
Tang Xiao had broken through to Title Douluo before the Clear Sky Clan had gone into seclusion, so the six soul bones on his body were all of very high quality.
The torso bone was a Clear Sky Clan heirloom, with a staggering age of 80,000 years. The skull bone was over 50,000 years old. The limb bones, though slightly lower in quality, were all above 30,000 years.
Tang San had already absorbed two of the Clear Sky Clan's heirloom soul bones from Tang Hao. Another left arm bone left behind by Tang Hao was also impressive—65,000 years old—which Tang San had absorbed.
In the Blue Silver Forest, he had absorbed a right leg bone from the Blue Silver King. His four limb bones were now complete. Only the torso and skull bones remained.
Without delay, Tang San sat cross-legged and began absorbing the torso soul bone.
Over an hour later, the absorption was complete. Tang San nodded in satisfaction. This torso bone had greatly enhanced the strength of his physical body.
Absorbing a 100,000-year spirit ring would no longer be a problem.
He then stored the other five soul bones in his spatial soul tool. As for the skull bone, he chose not to absorb it yet for a specific reason.
He was already at the bottleneck of level ninety, needing only one more spirit ring.
The proud God King Tang naturally intended for his ninth ring to be a 100,000-year spirit ring. And a 100,000-year spirit beast, upon death, would certainly produce a soul bone.
With the torso bone absorbed, he had only one slot left—for a skull bone.
Between a 100,000-year skull bone and a 50,000-year skull bone, the choice was obvious.
As for the target of his ninth spirit ring, Tang San had long since made his decision.
The guardian spirit beast of Sea God Island—the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, Xiao Bai.
To die for the Sea God… that would be her honor, wouldn't it?
After finishing the soul bone absorption, Tang San briefly adjusted his condition, then left the small courtyard.
He first retrieved the Sea God Trident he had secretly buried before entering the palace, then headed straight for the outskirts of Heaven Dou City.
After devouring Tang Xiao, Tang San not only completely healed his injuries, but his soul power also underwent a qualitative leap.
Though his visible level remained at ninety due to not having absorbed a new ring, the actual foundation of his soul power had already surpassed level ninety-two.
The strict defenses of Heaven Dou City were meaningless to him. Without effort, he leapt over the towering walls and sped off toward the Star Luo Empire.
"What did you say? Death God?"
In the Divine Realm, within the Asura God's temple—
The Asura God's blood-red eyes opened wide, staring at the Sea God in front of him.
The Sea God gave a heavy nod. "My perception wasn't wrong. That anomaly named Xiao Yu truly carries remnants of Death God's divine power."
"The divine sense I left in Tang San was shattered by a Martial Soul imbued with that Death God power."
"This is going to be troublesome…"
The Asura God rose to his feet and began pacing back and forth inside his temple, muttering to himself.
The power of the Death God ranked among the top even among first-rank deities. Otherwise, it would've been impossible for him to retain a trace of divine power and escape to the lower realm, even after being ambushed by both the Asura God and the Sea God.
According to the Asura God's plan, apart from Tang San and his companions, only two people in the Douluo Continent were qualified to become gods: Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong, the mother-daughter pair he had chosen as whetstones.
The Angel God once inherited by Qian Renxue had already fallen. Its divine position had long since been claimed by the Asura God. If he wished, he could tamper with Qian Renxue's god trials at any moment and make her the weakest of the first-rank deities.
As for the Rakshasa God position inherited by Bibi Dong, it was nothing in the face of the Asura God's divine power.
"Let me first take a look at how far things have progressed in the lower realm."
With a wave of his hand, the Asura God summoned a massive light screen in his temple. The screen displayed the recent developments in the Douluo Continent.
It had been five or six years since the Asura God intervened in front of the Angel God's temple. The busy Destruction God King had relaxed his guard against him. Now, this first-generation copy of the so-called Tang God King had begun shamelessly spying on everything in the lower realm once more.
The Sea God leaned in curiously. As a first-rank god, he didn't have the same level of access as the Asura God. He could only observe the continent through his divine domain and the divine sense he had left on his successor.
But the more they watched, the darker their expressions became.
"This Xiao Yu's strength is terrifying!"
When Xiao Yu used the Descent of the Death God to obliterate Swordbone Douluo, the Sea God couldn't help but take in a sharp breath. Even though it was just a recording, he still felt a genuine sense of threat from that strike.
The Asura God's face was equally grim.
"This Xiao Yu really is extraordinary. And more importantly, he carries the divine power of the Death God. That means he's not restricted by the plane's rules. At his current rate of growth, he'll reach rank one hundred and condense a divine position within a year or so."
"When that time comes, not even you may be his match."
The Sea God didn't argue. Xiao Yu's current strength already posed a faint threat to him. If he broke through and stood on equal footing, it would be far worse.
The Asura God continued coldly, "What's even more troubling is his close relationship with the Angel God's successor. I'm worried that during her final inheritance trial, he'll stand guard outside."
"With a rank-one hundred expert standing by, even I would find it difficult to interfere during the divine inheritance process."
"When the Angel God fell, her power was already on the verge of reaching God King level. If that girl inherits her divine power completely, our entire plan becomes far more complicated."
The Sea God nodded, eyes full of unease.
"Things aren't looking good for Tang San. The backup supports we arranged for him have been falling one after another."
"Especially that innate full-spirit-power food-type boy and the girl with the Glazed Tile Pagoda. If I remember right, they were your trump cards for Tang San."
"You intended for the two of them to inherit the God of Food and the Nine-Colored Goddess positions."
(End of Chapter)
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