Chapter 424: Confirming an Alliance? A Mental Breakdown?
Qian Renxue watched Tang Chuan quietly, the radiance of the Seraphim behind her slowly fading, yet the pressure belonging to the Angel God still enveloped the World.
Amidst the golden Holy Light, her eyes grew deep, as if she were weighing options, or perhaps reminiscing.
After a long while, she said faintly: "What makes you think I would agree?"
Tang Chuan was not surprised, only saying calmly: "Because you know better than anyone that Tang San being alive brings you no benefits."
Qian Renxue's eyes narrowed slightly.
Tang Chuan continued:
"You want to unify the continent, you want order, you want faith, you want the Spirit Empire to become a new order that truly covers both Empires. But Tang San is different. He doesn't need order, he doesn't need cities, he doesn't need the common people, and he certainly doesn't need the future. All he needs are Souls, resentment, and death."
Speaking of this, Tang Chuan raised the Sea God Trident in his hand. Azure light flowed slowly along the blade, seemingly resonating with the distant ocean.
"To conquer a city, you need troops, provisions, officials, Soul Masters, and the reconstruction of order. But for Tang San to destroy a city, he only needs half an hour. You kill enemies to make them submit. He kills people to make the dead continue killing for him."
Qian Renxue did not speak.
Because everything Tang Chuan said was the truth.
Angel divine force could purify darkness, but she was only one person after all. If Tang San fought her head-on, she naturally wouldn't fear him. But the problem was, Tang San had completely abandoned all shame. He didn't guard cities, he didn't guard territory, he didn't guard people, and he didn't guard any so-called dignity of a Soul Master. He could slaughter a city of the Spirit Empire today, a town of the Heaven Dou Empire tomorrow, and sneak to the Star Luo border the day after to devour the Souls on the battlefield.
He was not an army; he was a mobile plague.
Qian Renxue said slowly: "So, you want me to temporarily cease fire?"
Tang Chuan nodded: "At least until Tang San is dead, cease fire."
On the walls of Heaven Dou City, Xue Beng's expression changed instantly, and he couldn't help but speak up:
"Tang Chuan, what is the meaning of this? The Spirit Empire army is already at the gates. What right do you have to decide to cease fire on behalf of Heaven Dou?"
His voice was loud, carrying a hint of fury at being offended as an emperor.
But the next moment, Tang Chuan just turned his head and gave him a faint look.
That look held no killing intent, not even a shred of pressure.
Yet, Xue Beng felt as if an invisible hand had gripped his throat; the rest of his words were stuck in his throat, unable to be uttered.
Tang Chuan said calmly: "Your Majesty, you may disagree."
Xue Beng's expression stiffened.
Tang Chuan continued: "But if you do not agree, then I will leave Heaven Dou City now to pursue Tang San. You can continue defending the city with the Heaven Dou Army, and you can continue counting on Senior Dugu, Sect Master Ning, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo to block a Divine Rank expert and the entire Spirit Empire for you."
Xue Beng's expression turned incomparably ugly in an instant.
Tang Chuan was not mocking him; he was simply laying the most realistic problem before him.
The reason Heaven Dou could stand here right now was not because Xue Beng was wise, nor because the Heaven Dou Army was formidable, but because Tang Chuan had returned.
If Tang Chuan left and Qian Renxue truly launched a forced attack, Heaven Dou City could not be defended.
Ning Fengzhi sighed softly and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, Tang Chuan is right. Currently, the calamity of Tang San far outweighs the conflict between our two Empires. If we let him continue devouring Souls to become a god, no matter how fiercely Heaven Dou and the Spirit Empire fight today, in the end, it will just be adding a few more piles of corpses to the rakshasa altar."
Dugu Bo also snorted coldly and said: "Kid Xue Beng, this old man stands with Tang Chuan this time. That Tang San is no longer human. I have seen poisons, and I have seen Evil Soul Masters, but this is the first time I have seen a thing that treats an entire city like medicinal dregs to be swallowed. If you are still thinking about taking this Opportunity to fight the Spirit Empire to the death, then you are just afraid Tang San isn't full enough."
Xue Beng's lips trembled slightly; of course, he was unwilling.
He was the Emperor of Heaven Dou; how could he be willing to accept a ceasefire jointly decided by Tang Chuan and Qian Renxue while the Spirit Empire was at the gates? But he knew even better that Heaven Dou had no choice now.
After a long while, Xue Beng gritted his teeth and said: "What if the Spirit Empire takes the Opportunity to launch a sneak attack?"
Qian Renxue finally spoke.
"I swear in the name of the Angel God that before Tang San is dead, the main force of the Spirit Empire will not actively attack Heaven Dou City."
Her voice was not loud, yet it resounded through the World like a golden bell.
Inside and outside Heaven Dou City, countless soldiers looked up simultaneously.
A Divinity taking an oath.
The weight of these four words far surpassed any imperial alliance.
Qian Renxue looked at Tang Chuan and said: "But I also have conditions."
Tang Chuan said: "Speak."
Qian Renxue said: "If, after Tang San dies, you still intend to stop me from unifying the continent, I will not show mercy just because we joined forces today."
Tang Chuan nodded: "That is acceptable."
Qian Renxue's eyes flickered: "You do not ask for a guarantee for Heaven Dou?"
Tang Chuan looked at the Heaven Dou City beneath his feet, then looked at the sky stained red by the flames of war in the distance, and said faintly: "I am not a subject of Heaven Dou, nor am I a subject of Star Luo. After Tang San dies, whoever the continent belongs to depends on you fighting for it yourselves. At that time, if you want to continue attacking the city, I will continue to block you; if you defeat me, then the continent belongs to you, and there is nothing more to say."
As soon as these words were spoken, Xue Beng's expression on the city wall became even uglier.
But Ning Fengzhi revealed a complex smile instead.
Because this was the real Tang Chuan.
He did not speak of hypocritical loyalty, nor did he speak of any great righteousness for the World. What he wanted to do was very simple: whoever posed the greatest threat, he would kill them first. As for the remaining accounts, they could be settled later.
Qian Renxue looked at Tang Chuan deeply.
"Fine."
She slowly raised her right hand, golden light condensing in her palm, and a streak of Angel divine force transformed into a golden command token, hovering in mid-air.
"Listen, Spirit Empire forces."
"From this moment on, within three days, all frontline armies are to cease all attacks on Heaven Dou City. Anyone who initiates hostilities without authorization will be treated as a traitor."
The golden command token broke through the air, transforming into dozens of streams of light, flying towards the major legions of the Spirit Empire.
Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others bowed their heads simultaneously.
"By your command."
At the same time, Tang Chuan also raised his hand.
The next moment, the earth inside and outside Heaven Dou City suddenly began to tremble gently.
Between the cracks in the city walls, beneath the paving stones of the streets, along the banks of the moat, and deep within the roots of withered grass, countless blue-gold Blue Silver Emperors quietly grew out.
Those Blue Silver Emperors did not attack anyone; instead, they spread in all directions like dense, intricate veins.
Xue Beng's expression changed slightly: "What are you doing?"
Tang Chuan said: "Casting a net."
"What kind of net?"
"A net to kill Tang San."
As his voice fell, Tang Chuan closed his eyes, and nine Soul Rings slowly appeared behind him.
Red, red, red, red, red, red, platinum, dark gold, orange gold.
Once the nine Soul Rings appeared, all the Soul Masters between heaven and earth could not help but gasp.
Even though many had long heard that Tang Chuan's Soul Ring configuration was Heaven-Defying, seeing it with their own eyes still brought a near-suffocating shock. Especially those three Soul Rings of platinum and orange gold; the aura they emitted was not power that a Soul Master of the mortal realm should possess.
A different look flashed in Qian Renxue's eyes. She had already become a god, yet even so, she could still feel an extremely dangerous aura from Tang Chuan.
It was not just the strength of Soul Power, but the oppression formed by the interweaving of multiple Divine Rank powers.
Sea God power, Asura killing intent, Blue Silver life, the ocean Origin of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, the spiritual Origin of Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, the Ultimate Ice of the Snow Empress, the fate power of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion...
These powers should have been mutually exclusive.
Yet in Tang Chuan, they were forcibly connected by the near-infinite vitality of the Blue Silver Emperor, forming a strange yet stable balance.
Tang Chuan ignored everyone's shock.
His seventh Soul Ring lit up.
Blue Silver Avatar!
In an instant, all the Blue Silver Emperors around the entire Heaven Dou City shot up, transforming into a blue-gold forest of life. Every Blue Silver Emperor was like a part of Tang Chuan's body, and every leaf was sensing the Death Qi, resentment, Rakshasa Divine Power, and spatial fluctuations in the World.
Following this, the Sea God Trident in Tang Chuan's hand was slammed into the Void Realm.
Hum—!
A circle of azure ripples spread out.
Those ripples did not attack the Physical Body but spread outward along the spatial dimension. The subtle cracks above Heaven Dou City that had been corroded by the remnants of Rakshasa Divine Power actually made a sizzling sound after being swept by this Sea God divine force, and were then forcibly smoothed over.
Qian Renxue immediately understood Tang Chuan's intention.
"You want to clear the spatial coordinates left by Tang San first?"
Tang Chuan opened his eyes and said: "He has been to Heaven Dou City before; he must have left behind Rakshasa Space anchor points. As long as these anchor points remain, he can tear open a rift and descend at any time. To kill him, the first step is not to chase, but to make him have nowhere to escape."
Qian Renxue nodded.
She waved her hand, and the Angel Holy Light transformed into golden flames, sprinkling down from the sky, burning along the direction where Tang Chuan's Blue Silver Emperors were probing.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!
In many shadowy corners invisible to ordinary people, wisps of purple-black smoke suddenly rose. Those mists twisted and struggled, like poisonous insects hidden in wall cracks, forcibly exposed to the sunlight.
Tang Chuan's gaze turned cold: "There are quite a few indeed."
Qian Renxue's expression also sank.
Because some of those Rakshasa anchor points had actually been buried in the direction of the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
Everyone knew what this meant. If Tang Chuan had not returned in time, and if Qian Renxue and Heaven Dou had engaged in a death battle today, then when both sides suffered heavy casualties, Tang San could completely use these anchor points to descend into the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and directly devour the Souls on the battlefield.
At that time, the person who would truly benefit would not be the Spirit Empire, nor the Heaven Dou Empire, but Tang San.
When Xue Beng saw the black smoke rising from the direction of the Imperial Palace, his face turned pale in an instant.
Ning Fengzhi's eyes were heavy as he said: "What a ruthless scheme."
Dugu Bo cursed angrily: "This beast is treating everyone as his sacrificial offerings!"
Tang Chuan did not speak.
He had long known that Tang San would do this.
The current Tang San was no longer the youth at Notting Academy who would hesitate about whether or not to trust Master. In his heart, only one thought remained: to become a god, resurrect Xiao Wu, and take back everything he believed should have been his.
For this, he could kill anyone.
He could also sacrifice anyone.
Even including his former teachers, partners, and relatives.
Tang Chuan withdrew the Sea God Trident and said in a deep voice: "Next, I will go to the Star Dou Great Forest to find the Beast God Di Tian and have him join forces with us as well."
Qian Renxue said: "Will the Soul Beasts believe you?"
Tang Chuan said: "Tang San has already slaughtered his way to the Star Dou Great Forest; he has no choice. Moreover, Di Tian knows better than humans that once Rakshasa Divine Power completely contaminates the continent, the Soul Beasts will not be able to escape either."
Qian Renxue pondered for a moment and said: "Then I will go with you."
As soon as these words were spoken, several elders from the Spirit Empire side changed expressions.
Golden Crocodile Douluo couldn't help but say: "Young Lord, you cannot! The Star Dou Great Forest has many Ferocious beasts. You have just become a god; if you venture deep rashly..."
Qian Renxue raised her hand to interrupt him.
"It is precisely because I have become a god that I must go."
She looked at Tang Chuan and said: "Killing Tang San is not just your business; it is also my business. Since we are joining forces, I must see Di Tian in person to confirm the attitude of the Soul Beast side."
Tang Chuan looked at her.
A moment later, he nodded and said: "That is acceptable."
Xue Beng finally couldn't help but say: "What about Heaven Dou City?"
Tang Chuan said faintly: "Senior Dugu, Sect Master Ning, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo will remain here. I will also leave behind the Blue Silver Emperor network. If Tang San dares to come, I will know immediately."
After speaking, he looked at Qian Renxue again.
Qian Renxue understood his meaning and turned to say to Golden Crocodile Douluo:
"Grandpa Gold Crocodile, you lead the Priest Hall to remain on the front lines. Do not attack the city without my order. If Tang San appears, prioritize killing Tang San."
Golden Crocodile Douluo took a deep breath and finally bowed his head: "Yes."
After arranging everything, blue-gold light wings unfolded behind Tang Chuan.
Qian Renxue's six wings stretched out, and the golden Holy Light illuminated the firmament.
The two of them, one after the other, transformed into two streams of light and headed straight for the Star Dou Great Forest.
Inside and outside Heaven Dou City, countless people looked up at the two departing figures, all feeling a sense of unspeakable absurdity in their hearts.
One was Heaven Dou's greatest reliance today.
One was the Angel God who had just been about to destroy Heaven Dou.
And now, they were standing on the same side temporarily just to kill Tang San.
Ning Fengzhi sighed softly: "The continent has changed."
Dugu Bo sneered: "It's not that the continent has changed; it's that the little beast Tang San has forced everyone to the same table."
Sword Douluo Chen Xin gazed into the distance and said faintly: "I hope this time, we can resolve him completely."
Bone Douluo Gu Rong shook his head and said:
"It's difficult. That kid is now as slippery as a viper. If we really want to kill him, I'm afraid it won't be that simple."
Ning Fengzhi did not speak.
He knew Gu Rong was right; if Tang San were so easy to kill, he wouldn't have lived until now.
At the same time.
Deep in the Rakshasa Space, purple-black mist rolled, and on an altar built from corpses, Tang San slowly opened his eyes.
On his chest, the wound left by the Dragon God Claw of Di Tian had still not healed.
The cyan-gold life divine force and the black-gold Dragon God destruction power were intertwined at the edge of the wound, like two nails, suppressing his Rakshasa Divine Power firmly within his body.
Tang San's expression was gloomy to the extreme. In front of him, in a mirror condensed from vengeful Souls, everything happening above Heaven Dou City was being reflected.
Tang Chuan and Qian Renxue ceased fire.
Tang Chuan cleared the Rakshasa anchor points in Heaven Dou City.
Tang Chuan and Qian Renxue headed to the Star Dou Great Forest.
Every scene was like a slap, fiercely striking Tang San's face.
"Joining forces?"
Tang San's voice was hoarse, and the resentment in his eyes had almost condensed into substance.
"Tang Chuan, you actually managed to pull even Qian Renxue to your side?"
"By what right?"
"Clearly, I should be the protagonist of this World."
"Clearly, all the Opportunities should have been mine!"
"The Sea God Trident is mine, Xiao Wu is mine, and the Blue Silver Emperor is also mine! By what right can you stand in front of everyone, pretending to be a savior, after you have taken everything away?"
The vengeful Souls around the altar felt his anger and immediately let out shrill screams
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