Meow meow meow?
Is the inheritor of Bo Saixi's divine trial really this bold?
Xue Di was completely dumbfounded.
I was willing to let you go, and you're still negotiating terms with me? You even want me to work for you as a fighter.
Do you think I'm as naive and sweet as that Soft-Boned Rabbit of yours?
I've been to the human world too—do you think I don't know how sinister your kind can be?
Moreover, you, Tang San…
To be honest, I, Xue Di, don't trust you.
"Human, do you even have the qualifications to negotiate terms with me?" Xue Di's voice was like snow falling in June. Even without deliberately releasing it, the divine pressure caused the surrounding temperature to slowly drop.
"Don't underestimate humans, Xue Di. Right now I may indeed look weak in your eyes, but I'm confident I can become a god within ten years."
"Do you dare to bet? If I cannot become a god within ten years, you can deal with me however you wish."
"Tang San, are you treating me like a monkey?" Xue Di was so angry she actually laughed.
I let you go, then work for you, and if you don't become a god in ten years, you'll let me deal with you?
"I didn't mean it that way." Tang San shook his head. "Xue Di, I know far more about the Divine Realm than you do, and behind me stand the Asura God and the Sea God."
"Even if you became a god by accident, can you guarantee that nothing will go wrong in the future?"
Seeing the doubt on Xue Di's face, Tang San spoke with growing confidence. "Soul beasts cannot become gods—I'm not sure if you know this, but you don't want anything to happen to yourself or Bing Di, right?"
"If I help, perhaps…"
"Enough. I thought you were going to say something meaningful." Xue Di cut off Tang San's words. A silver-blue sword appeared in the palm of her right hand.
"I'm not interested in what you're talking about. I will protect Bing Di myself."
"Moreover…" Xue Di paused for a moment, then continued, "The Far North does not want to get involved in any of your affairs. We just want to settle this karma. You take one strike from me—that's enough. Whether you live or die doesn't matter. It can also be considered giving face to the god behind you."
"Take one move from me and survive. For the Sea God's sake, I'll let you leave."
"If you can't take it, then that's your fate."
"You…"
Tang San quickly retreated, raising his vigilance to the maximum.
At this moment, Tang San's face was terrifyingly gloomy. A mere first-level god—and one who had only just broken through.
To dare act so arrogantly toward him—simply outrageous!
Xue Di, huh? I, Tang San, will remember you.
Feeling the increasingly cold aura, Tang San forcibly calmed his mind and prepared to defend.
He was no longer his former self. Without the Eight Spider Lances, although he had received the support of dual god positions ahead of time, whether he could compare to his peak was still unknown. Right now he was only a rank 90 Soul Douluo.
This was completely different from when he faced Qian Renxue's Title Douluo-level strength back then.
Xue Di was also not a god-level fighter with little combat experience like Qian Renxue.
Tang San had little confidence in whether he could withstand the opponent's attack.
"Emperor Sword: Ice Extreme Peerless."
The chill from the entire Far North rapidly converged into a sword qi phantom.
In the sky, gusts of biting cold wind blew.
Xue Di swung the sword in her hand. Terrifying coldness turned into sword qi, forming a blinding blade of light that came crashing down.
In an instant.
The entire sky seemed to split open.
The cold wind blowing in the sky and the falling snowflakes all seemed to freeze at this moment.
Seeing the terrifying power that almost completely locked him in place with no room to dodge, Tang San did not dare to be careless.
This was ultimately a god-level attack. While it might not mean much to his peak self in the past, blocking it now was truly difficult.
Tang San's right hand, holding the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, gradually faded and then quickly disappeared.
Next, on his left hand, a golden hammer appeared. Tang San gripped the handle.
One soul ring after another slowly rose.
Red, black, black, black.
Back when Xiao Wu sacrificed herself, he had already been able to stably absorb rings for his second martial soul.
This red soul ring on the Haotian Hammer came from the Azure Bull Python's sacrifice, while the remaining three soul rings were hunted in the Far North.
A hundred-thousand-year Azure Bull Python soul ring, plus three soul rings of at least eighty thousand years or more, all detonating their rings at the same time. Layered with the Killing God Domain, plus the special barrier constructed from Blue Silver Emperor and Mysterious Heaven Skill.
"Surviving this—no problem!" In the end, with the vision of a God King, he could still calculate how much power a god-level attack could unleash.
The Haotian Hammer in Tang San's hand slowly lit up with its red soul ring. Then the second, third, and fourth soul rings also shone at the same time.
But in the next moment, Tang San frowned.
He forcibly suppressed the ring detonation he had been preparing to unleash.
"Stop!"
A voice came from the distance—extremely abrupt. A deep blue water aura turned into a barrier, standing in front of the sword qi. Powerful divine force blocked the extremely cold sword qi spreading toward Tang San.
"Boom—"
A violent explosion erupted in the sky.
Xue Di waved her hand, blocking the aftermath that was raging toward Bing Di. Her gaze turned coldly toward the front.
"Sea God Bo Saixi, what do you mean by this?"
"You cannot kill Tang San." Bo Saixi held the Sea God Trident. Her face was somewhat pale, but the terrifying aura emanating from her made even Xue Di feel extremely wary.
"Hmph, he came to my Far North to hunt soul beasts and even wanted to harm my friend."
"I already gave him a chance. As long as he could take one sword from me, I would let him leave."
"Or he could leave behind one arm. He chose to take my sword."
"So, is my way of doing things too excessive?"
"This…" Bo Saixi was rendered speechless.
Excessive? Of course it wasn't excessive.
But Tang San couldn't die!
If he died, how was she supposed to explain this to the Asura God King?
That guy had already decided to pack up and run. It wasn't easy to finally find an inheritor. Although this inheritor pulled all kinds of stunts, he was barely acceptable. If you killed him, how was she supposed to explain to the Asura God?
Moreover, Tang San was also her own divine trial inheritor.
She couldn't just watch him die, right?
Although this Tang San seemed to have a way to block a god-level attack, that was only speculation.
What if he couldn't?
"Xue Di, can you give me some face?" Bo Saixi sighed.
Her own current condition wasn't great either. The earlier sealing had consumed too much divine power, and she still had to report the situation here to the Divine Realm. She didn't have time to delay any further.
"Since Lord Bo Saixi has spoken, it would be unreasonable if I didn't give you face." Xue Di was silent for a moment before nodding. "Use something you think is valuable to exchange for Tang San's life. How about that condition?"
"I believe that with Lord Sea God's divine character, you wouldn't casually use something to trick me."
In the end, she still felt wary. Compared to a newbie god like herself, although Sea God Bo Saixi had consumed a lot of power during the sealing—to the point that even Xue Di could sense her aura was weak—how could she compare? The other party was still a god above rank 130. If she really forced her way to take Tang San, Xue Di wouldn't be able to stop her.
"Fine."
Bo Saixi breathed a sigh of relief. She had finally protected him.
A notebook with golden borders slowly floated down in front of Xue Di.
"This is…"
"Cultivation methods from the Divine Realm, along with some of my own cultivation insights. They should be of some help to you."
After the Sea God finished speaking, the blowing frost in the air turned into water mist that enveloped both her and Tang San.
Like a waterspout connecting sea and sky, it spiraled upward and into the distance.
(End of chapter)