The wind stopped.
It wasn't a calm stillness, but rather the air was completely frozen by the high-density pressure, stripped of even the right to flow.
Immediately afterwards.
An extremely muffled roar came from very high up.
That wasn't thunder.
That was the sound of waves crashing against the rocks, amplified billions of times, exploding in the sky.
Inside and outside Jialing Pass, the million-strong army, whether soldiers of the Heaven Dou Empire or soul masters of the Spirit Empire, all subconsciously raised their heads at this moment.
Their pupils were contracting violently.
The originally gray sky is turning into a suffocating deep blue.
That's not the original color of the sky.
That's the color of the sea.
The entire sky transformed into an inverted ocean.
"Splash—"
The first raindrop fell.
It struck the iron helmet of a Heavenly Battle soldier, producing a crisp, metallic clang.
Then came the second drop, and the third drop.
The rain poured down.
The rainwater carried a strong, salty smell, each drop as heavy as mercury, splashing deep mud pits as it hit the ground.
This is no ordinary rain.
This is heavy water formed from divine power.
The heavy city walls of Jialing Pass groaned under the weight of the rain, and fine cracks quickly spread across the surface of the bricks and stones.
In the midst of this torrential rain.
The enormous, deep blue vortex at the very center of the sky has finally taken full shape.
It covered the entire field of vision, and although its rotation speed seemed slow, it was actually extremely fast, engulfing all the surrounding clouds and shredding them.
A terrifying will belonging to the gods poured down from the center of the vortex without reservation.
It was an arrogance that placed oneself above all others.
It is also a kind of indifference that regards everything as worthless.
"I am Poseidon, the god of the sea!"
The sound was deafening.
There was not a trace of emotional fluctuation, only endless majesty and rage.
This sound did not travel through the air, but exploded directly in the depths of everyone's soul.
Many Soul Masters with lower cultivation levels turned pale the moment the voice rang out and collapsed to the ground.
That is absolute suppression on a life level.
"Qianyu!"
"Come out and face your death!"
The last two words landed like thunderbolts.
Rumble—!
The earth was trembling.
Huge cracks appeared on the plains outside Jialing Pass, and turbid groundwater gushed out, mixing with the torrential rain from the sky.
Amidst this terrifying roar.
A dazzling blue-gold beam of light descended straight down from the center of the vortex.
It did not land directly.
Instead, it hovered in mid-air.
The light faded.
A colossal figure, hundreds of meters tall, suddenly appeared between heaven and earth.
It was a giant formed entirely from pure water elements.
It is crystal clear and translucent, with a breathtaking blue shimmer.
The giant's face was ancient and majestic, and his eyes burned with blue flames, the wrath of the gods.
In his hand, he held an equally enormous golden trident.
The intricate divine runes on the halberd shimmered with dazzling golden light, and with each flash, the surrounding space would distort and collapse.
The true form of the sea god.
This is the strongest form a first-level deity can display in the mortal realm.
Poseidon showed no mercy.
He wanted to crush that ant who dared to challenge divine power in the most shocking and brutal way.
The giant's feet did not touch the ground, but rather stood in the void.
With each step, the air beneath one's feet explodes into visible white waves.
He looked down at Jialing Pass from his high vantage point.
Looking down at the magnificent Tiandou Palace.
Before that hundred-meter-high divine body, the majestic Jialing Pass city wall looks like a low earthen embankment.
As for those human armies, they were as insignificant as dust on the ground.
"puff--"
A Soul Saint-level expert finally succumbed to this terrifying pressure.
He coughed up a mouthful of blood.
His knees slammed heavily into the mud, and he tried to lift his head by bracing himself with his hands on the ground, but he found that his neck was as if it were being crushed by a huge boulder, and he couldn't move it at all.
It wasn't just him.
Within a radius of 100 miles.
Except for a very few titled Douluo-level powerhouses who could barely stand, everyone else knelt down.
This is not something they want to do by kneeling.
Rather, it was their bodily instincts that compelled them to submit.
Before this vast and boundless divine power, mortals simply cannot straighten their backs.
The air was thick with the stench of blood.
Countless low-level soul masters and ordinary soldiers could not withstand this pressure, their internal organs ruptured, and their blood mixed with the rainwater, staining the ground beneath their feet red.
This is God.
In the blink of an eye, countless lives can be shed.
And on the edge of the battlefield.
In that corner buried under ruins.
A disheveled figure was lying in the stinking mud.
Yu Xiaogang.
He was huddled behind a broken wall, shivering.
Previously, he had been terrified when he saw Tang San being crippled and Qian Yu's arrogant declaration on the Golden List, to the point of losing control of his bladder and even incontinence.
The pungent smell of urine mixed with the stench of earth made his surroundings a forbidden zone that no one wanted to approach.
But at this moment.
When that blue divine light illuminated the dark world.
When that enormous sound exploded in my ears.
Yu Xiaogang's cloudy eyes, which had been filled with fear and despair, suddenly froze.
He stared blankly at his reflection in the muddy water ahead.
It was a shade of blue.
Blue is sacred, noble, and represents invincible power.
That is the glory of the sea god!
Yu Xiaogang's body began to tremble violently.
It's no longer because of fear.
Rather, it was due to an extreme excitement and ecstasy.
He suddenly raised his head.
He didn't care how the torrential rain lashed his face like whips.
He didn't care how the suffocating pressure made it difficult for him to breathe.
He stared intently at the hundred-meter-tall blue giant in the sky.
That's God!
That's the mistress's teacher!
That's the legendary, omnipotent sea god!
"god..."
Yu Xiaogang's chapped lips trembled, and a hoarse, bellows-like sound came from his throat.
He dug his hands into the mud beneath him, his fingernails breaking from the force and bleeding, but he felt no pain whatsoever.
"This is God!"
His voice gradually rose in pitch.
It becomes sharp.
He became hysterical.
"Hahaha...hahahaha!"
A chilling burst of maniacal laughter erupted from the throat of the deranged middle-aged man.
Yu Xiaogang used both hands and feet, like a maggot crawling out of a cesspool, frantically rushing out from behind the ruins.
He ignored the horrified looks from the kneeling soldiers around him.
He ignored the divine power in the sky that was enough to crush bones.
Under the immense shock of suddenly seeing hope after extreme despair, his mind had completely descended into a state of madness.
He stood in the heavy rain.
Open your arms.
He let the rain wash over his tattered robe, which was covered in excrement and mud.
That originally stiff and rigid face was now twisted into an extremely exaggerated smile.
His facial features were all squeezed together.
It looked like she was crying, but it also looked like she was laughing.
"The mistress! Look!"
Yu Xiaogang pointed to the sky and roared at Tang San, who was still being pressed into the mud in the distance.
"Your sea god has arrived!"
"He's here to save you!"
"I knew it... I knew Heaven wouldn't forsake our master-disciple relationship!"
He roared and danced wildly in the heavy rain.
Mud and water splashed from underfoot.
His comical movements stood out starkly against the grim, apocalyptic scene.
Immediately afterwards.
Yu Xiaogang suddenly turned around.
Those bloodshot eyes were fixed on the silent Tian Dou Palace in the distance.
That's where Chiyu is.
That was also the source of his fear.
But now, with that god in the sky as his backer, the fear in his heart has vanished.
Instead.
It is a long-suppressed resentment and bitterness.
It's the arrogance of a petty person after gaining power.
He stretched out his finger, which was still dripping with black mud, and pointed it at the gate of the palace.
"Qianyu!"
"Aren't you arrogant?"
"Don't you call yourself the lord of the gods?"
"Didn't you ask the whole continent to prepare a coffin for you?"
Yu Xiaogang jumped up and down, cursing loudly, spittle flying everywhere.
"Now the true god has descended!"
"This is a true first-level deity!"
Even if you are a peerless Douluo, in front of a god, you are just an ant!
"You're dead!"
You're finished!
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Maniacal laughter echoed through the rain.
Yu Xiaogang laughed until tears streamed down his face, and his face turned red from lack of oxygen.
He was so excited.
Just now, he thought he was going to die for sure, and that his dream of an invincible theory had been completely shattered.
But in the blink of an eye...
The sea god himself has arrived!
This is a legendary god who can control the sea!
Even if Qianyu is strong, can he possibly be stronger than a god?
impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
In this world, God is heaven! God is truth!
"Get out here!"
Yu Xiaogang imitated the sea god's tone and roared at the palace.
"Get out here and face your death!"
"I want to watch with my own eyes as the Sea God turns you into mincemeat!"
"I will repay you a hundredfold, a thousandfold, for all the humiliation you have inflicted upon us!"
He became more and more excited as he talked.
She even imagined Qianyu kneeling and begging for mercy, being crushed by the sea god like a bedbug.
Bibi Dong's shrill and manic laughter still echoed in the air above the Spirit Hall camp.
That kind of laughter was chilling.
It's like scratching a blackboard with your fingernails, the sharp edges piercing everyone's eardrums.
The walls of Tiandou City were deathly silent.
Nobody can laugh.
Thirteenth place.
This number is like a mountain, pressing down on everyone's hearts, making it hard to breathe.
Even someone as powerful as Bibi Dong, with twin martial souls and the Rakshasa inheritance, is only ranked thirteenth?
There were twelve people in front of her?
Who exactly are these twelve people?
Could they all really have come from that elusive Tang Dynasty?
Tang San stood at the very front of the city wall, his hands gripping the rough bricks tightly.
His fingertips turned white from the force, and he even dug them into the cracks in the stone.
His breathing was rapid, and his chest heaved violently.
His eyes were fixed on the lingering purplish-black halo in the sky.
He is waiting.
He's waiting for the next name.
Bibi Dong is thirteenth, so surely it's my turn to be twelfth?
No.
Not just the twelfth.
A hint of arrogance flashed in Tang San's eyes.
He is a dual-god successor!
The sea god and the Asura god, two great deities, both favored by one person.
This is an unprecedented and unparalleled feat in the history of Douluo Continent.
Bibi Dong is merely a successor of a Rakshasa god; how can she compare to herself?
My ranking is definitely in the top five, or even the top three!
Thinking of this, Tang San's previously anxious mood calmed down a bit.
As long as the rankings are fair, Tang San is destined to rise above all others.
boom--!
The sky trembled.
The nauseating purple aura of the Rakshasa receded like the tide.
Instead, a bizarre scene unfolded, half azure like the sea and half blood-red like a prison.
Blue, vast and boundless, encompassing all things.
Red, exuding murderous intent, judging the world.
These two completely different divine powers collided wildly in the sky, and then strangely merged.
"They're here!"
Master Yu Xiaogang suddenly raised his head, and an astonishing light burst forth from his cloudy eyes.
He was all too familiar with that aura.
This is the aura of his disciple, Tang San!
"She's the mistress!"
Flander pushed up his crystal glasses, his voice trembling.
"This divine power is even stronger than Bibi Dong's from before!"
"It's definitely in the top ten... no, in the top five!"
Dai Mubai, Oscar, and others also showed joy on their faces.
As long as Tang San's ranking is high enough, he can easily surpass the Spirit Hall, and the fear he felt from Bibi Dong will vanish.
Tang San looked at the sky filled with blue and red colors, and the tension in his lips finally eased.
He straightened his back.
He straightened the blue robe he was wearing, which symbolized the glory of the sea god.
He was ready.
Get ready for his moment of glory and to be worshipped by the entire continent.
Above the sky, golden ancient seal characters slowly emerged, accompanied by majestic divine music.
Every stroke contains supreme majesty.
[Ranked 12th on the Strength Ranking]
[Affiliation: Heaven Dou Empire (Shrek Academy)]
Name: Tang San
[Identity: Successor of both the Sea God and the Asura God, Sect Master of the Tang Sect]
[Martial Soul: Blue Silver Emperor, Clear Sky Hammer (Twin Martial Souls)]
[Level: 99 Limit Douluo (Demigod - Dual Divine Sense Enhancement)]
The moment the words appeared.
The whole world seemed to have been put on pause.
The Tiandou soldiers, who were originally preparing to cheer, opened their mouths wide, but the sound got stuck in their throats and they couldn't make a sound.
The ecstasy on Yu Xiaogang's face instantly froze, turning into a comical astonishment.
Dai Mubai rubbed his eyes.
Oscar pinched his thigh.
You read that right.
It really is twelfth place.
It was just one place above Bibi Dong, who ranked thirteenth.
Tang San's expression was incredibly fascinating.
From confidence, to astonishment, and then to a deep, unmasked anger and shame.
His face turned a deep purplish-red.
"twelve?"
Tang San's voice was squeezed out from between his teeth, trembling.
"Am I the twelfth?"
"How is this possible?!"
The immense sense of loss was like a heavy hammer blow to the top of his head.
He thought he might not be number one.
After all, the mysterious power of the Tang Dynasty was unfathomable.
But he never imagined that he wouldn't even make it into the top ten!
He is a successor of two gods!
Is there any configuration in this world more noble than two gods?
"This list...this list is problematic!"
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