The terrifying explosion lasted for two and a half minutes.
The continuous mountain ranges were erased by the rampaging energy, leaving behind a bottomless pit that stretched as far as the eye could see.
After who knew how long, the lingering energy gradually dissipated.
"Disappeared?"
From high in the sky looking down, Ning Rongrong murmured softly.
As someone suspected to be a child of destiny, Tang San logically shouldn't die so easily.
"Was it the Asura Sword Sheath that blocked the energy from the Sea God's self-detonation?"
Within the range of the deep pit, she faintly sensed fluctuations similar to those on Tang Chen's Asura Divine Sword.
"Forget it. He's just a mere Tang San."
In Ning Rongrong's eyes, ripples of time and space appeared as the hour-hand pupils in her eyes slowly turned.
"Found him."
Sure enough, the Sea God really was an old schemer.
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda she lifted gently flew out.
"Absorb!"
In an instant, the external energy began surging toward the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Moments later, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda returned to Ning Rongrong's hand once more.
"I overestimated myself a bit." Ning Rongrong wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. She couldn't maintain this state for long—she still had to handle things first.
Compared to Tang San, the Divine Realm was far more important.
So… the Sea God had to die.
Ning Rongrong's figure began to fade. A few seconds later, she slowly vanished into the sky.
Right after Ning Rongrong left,
Somewhere tens of thousands of kilometers away,
"Pfft—"
A purplish-red barrier sphere receded, revealing Tang San's ferocious body.
"Damn that Bo Saixi!" He spat out several mouthfuls of blood in succession. Tang San's face showed furious indignation. "Couldn't you just die obediently? Why did you have to resist? That Sea God position was clearly mine."
"Third brother…" Around the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul, Xiao Wu's figure appeared. But compared to not long ago, her body had become extremely transparent, as if she could vanish at any moment.
"Xiao Wu, I'm sorry." Tang San said apologetically.
As the Asura Sword Sheath, and after previously absorbing the damaged god position of the second-level Love God, Xiao Wu had recovered quite a bit of energy. But that last explosion had nearly drained her completely—principal and interest included.
Xiao Wu shook her head. "It's fine. We didn't expect Bo Saixi to have a backup plan either. Fortunately we prepared in advance. Sigh…"
"Brother, I'll probably need to sleep for a while. I won't be able to help you anymore after this."
"Don't worry." Tang San nodded. Having once been a God King, he understood Xiao Wu's current state better than anyone. If not for her previous experience as something like a soul spirit, plus the protection of the Asura Sword Sheath, the energy from the Sea God's self-detonation would have completely obliterated her.
"Brother, since you've obtained the Sea God god position, complete the divine trial as soon as possible!"
"Just now, when I forcibly revived for a short time, it could be considered exploiting a loophole in the divine trial to complete it."
"Moreover, Bo Saixi can no longer influence the Sea God divine trial."
"Brother, you need to hurry." Xiao Wu gazed toward the distant sky. Her sixth sense always felt as if a pair of giant hands were controlling them, guiding them.
She hoped it was just an illusion. This world was different from the original one.
The most important thing was to recover her strength as quickly as possible.
"I understand. The seventh trial of the Sea God divine trial is already complete. Next is the eighth." Tang San nodded seriously.
"The eighth trial, judging by Bo Saixi's personality in setting the divine trials, is most likely the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King."
"However, with my current condition… pfft!" Tang San spat out another mouthful of blood, growing even angrier at Bo Saixi.
"To fully obtain the power of the god position will take quite a bit of time. Moreover… that guy's self-detonation just now also affected the composition of the god position."
"Mm. Brother, I don't have many demands of you, but please live on!"
"You must be careful—especially of Ning Rongrong." Xiao Wu's figure grew transparent and then disappeared.
"Xiao Wu!"
Tears streamed from Tang San's eyes. This was his wife!
The wife he had shared a bed with, the one who had even borne him a child.
To be reduced to this state by that bastard Sea God. Although she hadn't died, if he couldn't recover to his peak, Xiao Wu might never wake up again.
Tang San clenched his fists tightly. The veins on his forehead throbbed violently.
"Bo Saixi, I, Tang San, will fight you to the death!"
With that, Tang San turned into a streak of blue light and flew at extreme speed toward the Star Luo Empire.
…
Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, outside the main sect hall.
Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo gazed toward the distant horizon.
"Sword Uncle, Bone Uncle, did you feel that terrifying power just now?" Ning Fengzhi asked with some worry. Judging from the direction the energy came from, it seemed to be from the Far North.
"Mm. It wasn't a Title Douluo." After careful thought, Sword Douluo spoke. "It might have been… a god."
"Bone, what do you think?"
Bone Douluo turned his gaze toward the silent Sword Douluo.
"Mm. Stronger than that coward—even if it's just a god, and that aura feels even more terrifying than Hypnos, whom Rongrong killed a few years ago."
"It might be related to Rongrong too."
Bone Douluo's words instantly silenced Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo.
The continent had once been so peaceful that even the former shame of Title Douluo, Dugu Bo, could stand proud above the world.
Now, even rank 99 Limit Douluo might not be enough.
Moreover, almost every terrifying incident that occurred was more or less connected to Ning Rongrong.
Back when Ning Rongrong was only at Soul King level, she would frequently run into Limit Douluo while out and about.
Now how many had she encountered?
Although soul rings could be faked,
Ning Rongrong now had nine soul rings, alright? If she went out again and ran into Limit Douluo, it wouldn't make sense anymore—surely the ones she encountered would be the stronger ones!
So running into one or two gods who had descended to the lower realm—wouldn't that also be logical?
Uh… it seemed like there was something off about this logic.
"It was the Sea God." Just as Ning Fengzhi and the others were muttering among themselves, an abrupt voice came from behind, startling all three of them.
The three instantly released their martial souls in vigilance. But when they clearly saw the figure that had appeared behind them,
They immediately relaxed.
"Rongrong, your aura seems a bit off."
No one knew their daughter better than her father. Ning Fengzhi was the first to notice that Ning Rongrong's aura felt extremely chaotic—otherwise they wouldn't have subconsciously released their martial souls in alert.
After all, Ning Rongrong's ghostly comings and goings weren't exactly new.
"Mm, there was a bit of a problem. This is just a clone." Ning Rongrong spoke. "To make it short—the explosion just now was… never mind. Don't resist. I'll directly send you the memories."
A pistol appeared in Ning Rongrong's hand. "Bang bang bang"—three bullets shot into the minds of Ning Fengzhi and the others.
Moments later, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo snapped out of their daze.
"Rongrong, the Sea God Bo Saixi self-detonated?"
Before Ning Fengzhi could speak, Sword Douluo said in disbelief.
That was a god—a first-level god, second only to God Kings.
And she had actually been forced to self-detonate by Tang San.
"Mm. She didn't have much power left to begin with. Being plotted against when caught off guard isn't strange."
Tang San was, after all, the work of a God King. Even without recovering his full power, it wasn't impossible for him to scheme against a first-level god who had almost no strength remaining.
"Then what do we do next?" Ning Fengzhi asked with worry in his tone. "Once he fully absorbs the Sea God god position, we might be in serious trouble."
(End of chapter)