Chapter 194 Bai Xuanzi Exposed! Tang San Did It!
[In the scene depicting the sky.]
The crimson light in Bai Huoyuhao's eyes faded, and his previously tense and frantically writhing body instantly relaxed.
[While locked in the void, he looked down at the molten lava pool below, then at Bai Xuanzi, who floated before him with an icy expression, his eyes filled with bewilderment.]
"Teacher? I... what was I doing just now?" Bai Huoyuhao raised his hand to rub his temples, his voice weak.
"I remember I was going to pick flowers, and then... and then I don't remember why I ended up so close to the lava."
Wang Dong'er had rushed over. Looking at Huo Yuhao, who had regained his senses, her eyes were red and swollen, and her voice was filled with extreme fear and doubt: "Yuhao, you really don't remember?"
"You were acting like a madman just now, ignoring all my advice. You even tried to jump into the molten lava when Elder Xuan arrived, saying you wanted to use the high temperature to melt the frozen essence. You were terrifying just now. Did you really not know what happened?"
As Bai Huoyuhao listened to Wang Dong'er's account, cold sweat instantly broke out on his back.
He tried hard to recall, but found that the memory was a strange blue-gold blank, as if an invisible hand had forcibly erased his logical reasoning ability.
In the underworld, the shockwaves from this scene even surpassed those from the earlier explosion of the level-ten soul tool.
"That blue-gold thing... what exactly is it?" A Soul Master from the Underworld stared intently at the sky, his voice tinged with coldness.
"The moment Bai Yuhao lost control just now was right after that divine thought flashed by. This wasn't spontaneous infatuation at all; it was blatant mind control!"
The Soul Masters of the Underworld were plunged into deep panic and anger.
Some people couldn't understand the source of this power and were full of doubts, but many more sharp-minded high-level soul masters had already seen the clues—it was a kind of dimensional reduction attack from a higher dimension.
From the perspectives of Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er in the dark world, this sense of impact is the most direct.
"Senior Brother, I see it clearly now." Hei Huo Yuhao sat in his wheelchair, his fingers trembling violently with anger, and he squeezed out cold words through clenched teeth.
"So that's how it is... So the me in the dark world before wasn't because I wasn't calm enough, but because this kind of 'dirty stuff' got into my brain. I always thought it was my obsession with Dong'er that came from loving her to the extreme, but it turns out that someone tampered with my mind."
Black King Dong'er's face was ashen, but then a surge of fury rose within her: "Who did this? Why would they do such a thing to Yuhao? If I find out who it is, I will never let them get away with it!"
In the realm of gods.
The God of Destruction's expression was no longer one of suspicion, but rather one of naked disgust.
He suddenly turned around, his dark red cloak making a loud cracking sound in his anger, and he once again aimed his spear at Tang San, who was not far away.
"Tang San, how long are you going to keep up this act?" The God of Destruction's voice was deep and oppressive.
"That blue-gold energy fluctuation—besides you, the sea god who controls the ocean and forests, who else in the divine realm could possess it? Not only do you interfere with the mortal realm, but you even try to achieve your despicable 'trial' by altering the will of mortals. You are simply trampling on the dignity of the divine realm!"
The God of Destruction immediately planned to go to the Sea God Temple to settle accounts with Tang San.
However, at this moment, the goddess of life reached out again and gently tugged at the hem of the god of destruction's robe.
She maintained her compassionate and objective demeanor, shaking her head at the god of destruction.
"Xiao Zi, although I also feel that energy is familiar, there is still no direct evidence. A single divine thought cannot completely pinpoint the identity of a deity. What if it is energy interference from some dimensional rift? We cannot make any rash statements before we have a definitive conclusion."
The Goddess of Life's protection elicited a disdainful snort from the God of Destruction, but he ultimately refrained from taking action on the spot.
Meanwhile, inside the Temple of Poseidon on the other side.
Xiao Wu's anger had reached its peak.
She had already considered Huo Yuhao as her future son-in-law and had even envisioned their future together.
But the scene displayed in the sky today shows someone openly plotting against the successor she has chosen.
"That's outrageous! Absolutely despicable!"
Xiao Wu slammed her hand on the table, her beautiful eyes filled with anger.
She suddenly turned to look at Tang San beside her, seeking his support.
"Third Brother, you usually have the widest divine sense. Did you figure out who did it just now? Who dares to play such dirty tricks under the rules of the God Realm?"
Tang San's expression was somewhat stiff at this moment, but he quickly adjusted his demeanor and replied with a mix of helplessness and naturalness:
"Xiao Wu, calm down. That level of divine sense flashed too fast, and the aura was deliberately disrupted. Even I can't tell exactly who did it."
"This method is indeed secretive; the other party is probably an extremely cautious individual."
While saying these words, Tang San felt extremely fortunate.
Fortunately, just now, to be on the safe side, he only used a single divine thought that had been encrypted with multiple layers, and it did not carry any of the distinctive aura of a divine position.
If someone refuses to admit it, even the God of Destruction cannot produce solid evidence.
Otherwise, if he gets caught red-handed, he'll be in real trouble this time.
[In the scene depicting the sky.]
Bai Huoyuhao and Wang Dong'er had landed safely. Standing before Bai Xuanzi's towering figure, they still felt a lingering fear.
"Elder Xuan, what exactly happened?" Wang Dong'er gripped Huo Yuhao's arm tightly, looked up at Bai Xuanzi, her voice trembling with tears. "Yuhao's behavior just now was so strange. He's never like that before. What was that golden light you pulled out?"
Bai Xuanzi stood in the void, the blue-gold divine thought at his fingertips still struggling frantically. He didn't destroy it immediately, but instead swept his gaze across the entire valley with an almost judgmental look.
"Yuhao, weren't you just asking what happened?" Bai Xuanzi's tone was so calm it sent chills down one's spine.
"You've been tricked. The moment you spat out your heart's blood, your thoughts, your emotions, even your logic were forcibly taken over and altered by this divine power."
"It's inducing you to self-harm, forcing you down a so-called 'path of suffering' by stripping you of your sanity."
Bai Huoyuhao froze on the spot, overwhelmed by the shock of this revelation, feeling an unprecedented sense of absurdity: "We've been tricked? Teacher, is this really possible? To completely erase a person's rationality and forcibly implant a self-destructive will—is this even within the realm of human capability?"
"Humans can't do that." Bai Xuanzi landed slowly, the golden soul power in his hand suddenly contracting, forcibly compressing the blue-gold divine thought into a ball of light.
"Even the most powerful mortal cannot make this level of modification without alerting your mental defenses. But a god can."
"A god?" Wang Dong'er's voice trembled with anger. "What god would be so shameless? Why is he targeting Yuhao so relentlessly?"
Bai Huoyuhao's gaze turned cold as he looked at the orb of light in Bai Xuanzi's hand, his tone icy: "Teacher, since you were able to retrieve it, you must already know who its owner is, right?"
Bai Xuanzi sneered, his God-King level aura erupting completely at that moment, causing the spring water of the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to stop churning due to this terrifying aura.
He raised the blue-gold orb above his head, his voice resounding throughout the heavens:
"Want to know who owns this divine thought? It's simple."
"This hypocritical and chilling blue-gold aura, this habit of manipulating fate behind the scenes and disguising suffering as trials... In the entire God Realm, who else could it be but the lofty Sea God Tang San!"
(End of chapter)