1novels Chapter 391 Slaying the Deep Sea Demon Whale King
Chapter 391 Slaying the Deep Sea Demon Whale King
At this moment, Tang San finally couldn't hold on any longer. He knelt on one knee on the water, his Clear Sky Hammer dissipated, and he looked as if he had been pulled out of a sea of blood. The backlash from the exploding rings and the weakness from overexertion surged over him like a tide. His vision went black, and he almost fainted.
Dai Mubai also deactivated his Martial Soul True Body, staggering onto another piece of driftwood. His chest wound reopened, and blood flowed freely. Ma Hongjun collapsed completely, the evil fire within him beginning to backfire, his skin turning a strange purplish-red, and he curled up in pain.
But the three of them turned their gazes to the two corpses on the sea surface, which were gradually losing their warmth. The souls of the two Title Douluos were slowly dissipating.
"Quickly...extract their souls, otherwise...they'll dissipate..." Tang San said, barely managing to stay upright.
Upon hearing this, a glint of greed flashed in Dai Mubai's eyes, but after glancing at his own injuries and then at the Soul-Seizing Chains gradually forming in Tang San's hand, he ultimately did not move.
A moment later, Tang San slowly raised his head, his purplish-black eyes sweeping over the two of them. He took a deep breath, suppressing the excruciating pain from the exploding rings within his body, and said in a hoarse voice:
"Two souls, but we are three people."
"My injuries are the most severe. If the backlash from the exploding rings isn't treated quickly, my cultivation level may be permanently damaged."
Tang San's tone was calm, yet carried an undeniable air of authority.
"Moreover, in the battle just now, I directly confronted two Title Douluos, severely injured Sea Spear with my explosive ring, and found Seahorse's weakness. I should be able to obtain at least one of their souls."
Upon hearing this, Dai Mubai frowned and stepped forward, saying:
"You can't say that, mistress."
He pointed to the wound on his chest: "Who took Sea Spear Douluo's ninth soul skill head-on? If I hadn't distracted him most of the time, would you and Fatty have had a chance to launch a sneak attack?"
"My Evil-Eyed White Tiger is just one step away from breaking through! If I can devour the soul of a Title Douluo, I'm 70% confident I can directly advance to level 85! At that time, even if another Saint Pillar Douluo comes after us, we'll have the strength to fight them head-on!"
"Isn't improving the team's overall strength more important than individual healing?"
"Boss Dai, you can't say that." Hearing this, Ma Hongjun also got anxious. He struggled to stand up, but due to his severe injuries, he fell back down, splashing water everywhere. He said indignantly.
"You...you are all strong, I am the weakest...My evil fire phoenix is constantly backfiring on me, do you know the pain of having your soul burned?!"
Tears welled up in Ma Hongjun's eyes, whether from pain or despair, it was hard to tell.
"Just now... just now, Seahorse Douluo's dying attack damaged my very essence... Without a high-quality soul to devour, I... I'm afraid I won't live more than three days!"
"Third Brother...you said you'd lead us to godhood, you said you wouldn't abandon any of your brothers...now I'm about to die, can't you...can't you let me absorb your essence?"
Upon hearing this, Tang San's gaze slowly swept over the two of them. After a moment of silence, he spoke:
"Two souls, but there are three of us. No matter how we divide it, one person will always be left out. What will that person think? What will they do?"
Upon hearing this, both Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's pupils contracted simultaneously.
"So... how about we try a different approach?"
Tang San looked at the two of them, a half-smile playing on his lips.
Ma Hongjun trembled.
Dai Mubai's face darkened further.
Tang San's gaze swept over Dai Mubai, then over Ma Hongjun, and he sneered, "What if... only the two of us are left?"
The air freezes.
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun looked up at the same time, staring intently at Tang San.
silence.
A deathly silence.
Ma Hongjun's breathing became rapid, and the madness in his eyes grew stronger.
Their eyes met in mid-air.
No words were spoken, but the murderous intent was palpable.
"Boss Dai..." Ma Hongjun suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse, "Why don't you... quit first? After I absorb the soul and stabilize the evil fire, I'll compensate you when I find the resources..."
"Compensation?" Dai Mubai sneered, interrupting, "Fatty, do you think I'm a three-year-old?"
He slowly straightened up, and although every movement aggravated his wounds, his aura continued to rise: "It's you who suffered a backlash from your evil fire, your combat power reduced to less than one-tenth. Even if you obtain the soul, whether you can successfully absorb it is questionable. What if you fail to absorb it? Wouldn't the soul be wasted?"
Ma Hongjun's expression changed, and he said in a deep voice, "You—!"
"Am I wrong?" Dai Mubai stepped forward and continued, "Your life is also painful, so why not... grant my request? Once I break through to level 85, I will definitely remember your kindness."
"Remember my kindness?" Ma Hongjun laughed angrily, struggling to his feet. His body blazed with rage as he roared, "Dai Mubai! Don't forget! Who dodged Seahorse Douluo's dying attack and let me take it alone?! Now you're talking to me about brotherhood? You dare call yourself 'brother'?!"
A cold glint flashed in Dai Mubai's eyes, and he sneered:
"That's because you're too slow! You drag your feet during the fight, but you're all eager when it comes to dividing the spoils!"
"I'm holding you back?!" Ma Hongjun roared, his purplish-black flames completely spiraling out of control, transforming into a twisted phoenix phantom. He said, "Without my evil fire interfering, could you have gotten close to Seahorse Douluo?! Without my underwater sneak attack, could you have found an opening?!"
"Enough. No matter what you say, it's useless. I'm taking this soul today." Dai Mubai said coldly as seven soul rings swirled up from his feet.
The last shred of reason in Ma Hongjun's eyes completely crumbled, and he roared, "Then let's see who dies first!"
Before he could finish speaking, he struck first!
"Phoenix Roars to the Heavens!"
Ma Hongjun burned his life essence, spitting out a mouthful of blood from his heart, which merged with the evil fire!
The purplish-black flames instantly surged several times over, transforming into a terrifying fire phoenix with a wingspan of ten zhang, rushing towards Dai Mubai with an aura of mutual destruction!
"You're courting death!" Upon seeing this, Dai Mubai roared angrily, his evil eyes gleaming with golden light.
"White Tiger Annihilation Strike!"
He also burned his life essence, his right claw turning completely dark gold, and five claw-like beams that tore through space fiercely towards the fire phoenix! Despite his severely injured right shoulder, this attack still gathered all his power.
"boom--!!!!!"
The fire phoenix and the claw blades collided, and the explosion illuminated the entire sea surface!
The shockwave created giant waves tens of meters high, scattering debris of driftwood everywhere!
In the flash of light, two figures were sent flying backward!
Ma Hongjun crashed heavily into the sea, five deep, bone-revealing wounds torn open in his chest, gushing out purplish-black blood. Evil fire burned on the wounds, emitting a hissing, corrosive sound.
Dai Mubai was in no better shape. Although he had dispersed the fire phoenix, the evil fire had already invaded his body, covering the left half of his body with a layer of purplish-black fire poison, and his skin was rapidly festering. Even more serious was that forcibly activating his soul power caused the injury to his right shoulder to completely erupt, his entire right arm hanging limply, the bones shattered into several pieces.
"Cough...cough cough..." Ma Hongjun struggled to the surface of the sea, coughing up blood while laughing wildly, "Dai Mubai...how does it feel to have fire poison in your body...?"
Upon hearing this, Dai Mubai's face turned ashen. He frantically channeled his soul power to suppress the fire poison within his body, but the evil fire clung to him like a bone-deep wound, constantly eroding his meridians.
Both were seriously injured, but the battle was not over yet.
Because Tang San was still standing there, watching quietly.
"It seems... you all need some help," Tang San suddenly said.
He raised his right hand, and the dark blue silver vine burst forth from the sea, but it did not attack anyone. Instead, it wrapped around the two souls and pulled them back to his side.
"What are you doing?!" Upon seeing this, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun roared at the same time.
"Don't rush." Tang San toyed with the souls of the two Title Douluos, a playful glint in his dark purple eyes, and said, "I just feel... this game should be sped up."
"Fatty, if you let your evil fire backlash drag on any longer, you're sure to die."
"Mu Bai, your fire poison has invaded your heart meridian. If you don't get treatment soon, your cultivation will be completely destroyed, which is the least of your worries."
"Therefore, whoever kills the other first will possess the soul of the other. And I, in the name of Rakshasa God Kao, swear that I will never interfere, never steal."
He paused at the end, then added, "Of course, if you keep dawdling like this... once Poseidon and the others arrive, none of you will survive."
Upon hearing this, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's pupils shrank dramatically.
In the distance, those powerful auras were indeed getting closer and closer; they would be there in a quarter of an hour at most!
time is limited.
Their eyes met again in mid-air.
This time, there was no hesitation, only pure killing intent.
"Fatty, don't blame me."
Dai Mubai hissed, raising his left claw as his remaining soul power frantically coalesced.
"Dai Mubai...we'll die together today!" Ma Hongjun went completely mad, burning his last bit of life essence. Evil fire spewed out from his seven orifices, and his whole body transformed into a purplish-black humanoid torch!
The two let out their final roars and charged at each other!
There are no tricks, no dodging, only the most primitive, life-for-life fighting!
A tiger's claw pierced his chest!
The evil fire consumed his body!
"Pfft—!"
"laugh--!!!"
Two figures passed each other and then froze at the same time. Dai Mubai's left claw emerged from behind Ma Hongjun, holding a heart that was still beating slightly in his hand.
As for Ma Hongjun's hands, they were tightly gripping Dai Mubai's neck, and the purplish-black evil fire had completely engulfed Dai Mubai's head.
Time seemed to stand still.
"Bang."
Ma Hongjun's body fell backward, splattering blood everywhere.
The mad light in his eyes quickly dimmed, eventually turning into ashes.
Dai Mubai stood there, his neck charred and the evil fire spreading rapidly downwards. His lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he only spat out a mouthful of black blood mixed with pieces of internal organs.
"thump."
He collapsed too, falling down next to Ma Hongjun.
The brothers of yesteryear are now two corpses entangled together.
Tang San watched this scene quietly, his face showing neither sorrow nor joy.
Then he walked to the corpse, bent down, took out a storage soul tool from Dai Mubai's not-yet-completely-burned bosom, and took a ring off Ma Hongjun's charred finger.
"Alright, now there's no need to argue, it's all mine."
Meanwhile, in the Demon Whale Sea.
The three-meter-tall giant, transformed from the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, hovered between the sea and the sky, the deep purple gem on its chest trembling violently, each pulse causing the seawater within a radius of several miles to boil and surge.
His single, remaining golden eye was a mixture of anger and horror.
The human Soul Douluo before him not only possessed mental strength surpassing his million-year cultivation, but the blood-red demonic sword in his hand also exuded an aura of judgment that could freeze his soul.
"Asura...this is the aura of the Asura God..." The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's voice trembled for the first time as he said, "How could you, a human, possibly..."
"The dead don't need to know too much."
Tang Chuan's voice was eerily calm.
He hovered a hundred feet away from the Demon Whale King, the dark red patterns on the Asura Demon Sword in his right hand pulsating like blood vessels, and the Vast Ocean Universe Cover hovered in his palm with his left hand, radiating the azure light of the sea god.
One person, one sword, one shield.
However, this gave the dominant power in this sea area a death threat unlike anything seen in millions of years.
"Arrogant!" the Deep Sea Demon Whale King roared, his last vestige of pride driving him to a desperate attack, declaring, "Even if I die, I will take you with me!"
The gem on his chest suddenly burst forth with a blinding deep purple light, and his entire body began to expand rapidly—not just grow bigger, but an uncontrolled expansion at the energy level!
Giant waves rose thousands of feet high from the surrounding sea, dark clouds in the sky turned into whirlpools, and lightning danced wildly like dragons and snakes!
He is burning his very essence, preparing to self-destruct!
The self-detonation of a million-year-old soul beast is enough to completely erase this sea area from the map, and the aftershocks can even reach Seagod Island thousands of miles away!
But in Tang Chuan's eyes, there was no fear, only a deep, icy blue.
With a gentle toss of his left hand, the Vast Ocean Universe Shield expanded instantly, enveloping a ten-mile radius of sea. Within the shield, the turbulent seawater suddenly calmed, the raging lightning quietly dissipated, and even the violent energy within the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was forcibly suppressed and pacified!
"What?! This is... the Sea God's thing!" Upon seeing this, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was horrified.
He sensed a familiar yet hateful aura that he had harbored for millions of years—Poseidon!
The sea god who blinded him in one eye!
"Who are you?! Why do you possess both the power of the Asura God and the artifacts of the Sea God?!" The Demon Whale King roared madly, and for the first time, true fear appeared in its molten gold eye.
Tang Chuan did not answer; he simply raised the Asura Demon Sword slowly.
On the sword, the dark red patterns shone brightly, and a blood-red pillar of light shot up from the tip of the sword, piercing through the clouds and reaching the sky!
At that moment, the entire sky over the Demon Whale Sea was dyed dark red.
Beneath the surface of the sea, countless sea spirit beasts fled frantically, feeling the terror emanating from the very source of life—a judgment, the ultimate verdict upon all living beings!
"Asura - The Sword of Judgment".
Tang Chuan's voice echoed like a divine oracle between the sea and the sky.
His sword-wielding movements were so slow that the Deep Sea Demon Whale King could see every inch of the blade's trajectory, yet the latter was unable to move an inch.
The sword fell.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no roaring energy collision.
Only a thin, dark red line, as thin as a cicada's wing, slowly emerged from between the eyebrows of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, then spread downwards, passing through his nose, lips, neck, chest, waist and abdomen... finally splitting his entire body in two, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King stared wide-eyed at its single, molten gold eye, its gaze filled with disbelief. It opened its mouth as if to say something, but no sound came out.
"laugh."
With a soft sound, the dark red line suddenly expanded!
The next second, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's body neatly split in two along thin lines. (End of Chapter)