Chapter 390: Slaying the Deep Sea Demon Whale King
At this moment, Tang San finally reached his limit. He collapsed onto one knee on the water's surface, the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand dissipating. His entire body looked as if it had been fished out of a sea of blood. The backlash of the Ring Explosion and the wave of weakness from overexertion rushed over him; his vision darkened in fits, and he nearly fainted.
Dai Mubai also deactivated his Martial Soul True Body, staggering as he landed on another piece of driftwood. The wound on his chest split open, and blood flowed freely. Ma Hongjun collapsed completely as the Evil Fire within him began to backlash. His skin turned an eerie purplish-red, and he curled up in agony.
However, the eyes of all three men simultaneously turned toward the two corpses on the sea surface that were gradually losing their warmth. The Souls of the two Titled Douluo were slowly dissipating.
"Quick... extract their Souls, otherwise... they will vanish..." Tang San said, forcing himself to stay conscious.
Hearing this, a flash of greed appeared in Dai Mubai's eyes, but he looked at his own injuries and then at the Soul-Snaring Chains gradually condensing in Tang San's hand, and ultimately did not move.
A moment later, Tang San slowly raised his head. His purplish-black eyes swept over the two of them, and he took a deep breath to suppress the intense pain from the Ring Explosion, his voice raspy.
"Two Souls, but there are three of us."
"My injuries are the most severe. If the backlash from the Ring Explosion isn't treated quickly, my cultivation might be permanently damaged."
Tang San's tone was flat, yet it carried an indisputable weight.
"Furthermore, in the battle just now, I faced two Titled Douluo head-on, used the Ring Explosion to heavily injure Sea Spear, and found the opening in Sea Horse's defense. I should obtain at least one of these two Souls."
Hearing this, Dai Mubai frowned and took a step forward.
"Little San, you can't put it like that."
He pointed to the wound on his chest: "Who faced the Ninth Spirit Skill of the Sea Spear Douluo head-on? If I hadn't drawn most of his attention, would you and Fatty have had the chance to launch a sneak attack?"
"My Evil Eyed White Tiger is just one step away from a Breakthrough! If I can devour the Soul of a Titled Douluo, I have a seventy percent chance of reaching level eighty-five! At that time, even if more Sacred Pillar Douluo come after us, we will have the strength to face them head-on!"
"Isn't the improvement of the team's strength more important than personal healing?"
"Boss Dai, you can't say that." Hearing this, Ma Hongjun also grew anxious. He struggled to stand up but fell back down due to his heavy injuries, splashing water as he spoke defiantly.
"You... you are both strong, and I am the weakest... My Evil Fire Phoenix backlashes every moment. Do you know the pain of having your Soul scorched?!"
Tears welled up in Ma Hongjun's eyes, whether from pain or despair.
"Just now... the Sea Horse Douluo's final strike already damaged my Origin... Without a high-quality Soul to devour, I... I'm afraid I won't live past three days!"
"Third Brother... you said you would take us to become gods together, you said you wouldn't give up on any brother... Now that I'm about to die, can't you... can't you let me absorb it?"
Hearing this, Tang San's gaze slowly swept over the two of them. After a moment of silence, he spoke.
"Two Souls, but three of us. No matter how we divide them, one person will get nothing. What will the person who gets nothing think? What will they do?"
Hearing these words, the pupils of Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun contracted simultaneously.
"So... why don't we change our way of thinking?"
Tang San looked at the two of them, the corners of his mouth curling into a faint, mocking smile.
Ma Hongjun trembled all over.
Dai Mubai's expression became even gloomier.
Tang San's gaze swept over Dai Mubai and then over Ma Hongjun, and he sneered, "What if... only two people are left?"
The air froze.
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun raised their heads at the same time, staring fixedly at Tang San.
Silence.
A deathly silence.
Ma Hongjun's breathing became rapid, and the madness in his eyes grew stronger.
Their gazes collided in the air.
No words were spoken, but the killing intent was palpable.
"Boss Dai..." Ma Hongjun suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse, "Why don't you... step out first? Once I've absorbed the Soul and stabilized the Evil Fire, I'll compensate you when we find more resources later..."
"Compensate?" Dai Mubai sneered, interrupting him, "Fatty, do you think I'm a three-year-old?"
He slowly stood up straight. Although every movement pulled at his wounds, his Aura rose bit by bit. "On the contrary, your Evil Fire is backlashing, and you don't even have ten percent of your combat power left. Even if you get the Soul, whether you can successfully absorb it is a question. If the absorption fails, wouldn't the Soul be wasted for nothing?"
Ma Hongjun's expression changed, and he said deeply, "You—!"
"Am I wrong?" Dai Mubai took a step forward and continued, "Living is just pain for you. Why don't you... fulfill your brother's wish? Once I break through to level eighty-five, I will definitely remember your kindness."
"Remember my kindness?" Ma Hongjun laughed in extreme anger, struggling to his feet as the Evil Fire around him surged violently. "Dai Mubai! Don't forget! When the Sea Horse Douluo made his final strike, who was it that dodged and left me to bear it alone?! Now you talk to me about brotherhood? Are you even worthy?!"
A cold light flashed in Dai Mubai's eyes as he sneered.
"That's because you were too slow! You drag us down during battle, but you're so eager when it's time to divide the spoils!"
"I dragged you down?!" Ma Hongjun roared. The purplish-black flames went completely out of control, transforming into a distorted phantom of a Phoenix. "Without the interference of my Evil Fire, could you have even gotten close to the Sea Horse Douluo?! Without my sneak attack from underwater, could you have found his opening?!"
"Enough. No matter how much you say, it's useless. I'm taking this Soul today." Seven Soul Rings spiraled up around Dai Mubai's feet as he spoke coldly.
The last shred of Ma Hongjun's reason snapped completely, and he shouted, "Then let's see who dies first!"
Before his voice even faded, he actually struck first!
"Phoenix Sky-Piercing Strike!"
Ma Hongjun burned his essence blood, spitting out a mouthful of heart's blood that merged into the Evil Fire!
The purplish-black flames instantly surged several times over, transforming into a terrifying fire Phoenix with a wingspan of thirty feet, pouncing toward Dai Mubai with an Aura of mutual destruction!
"You're looking for death!" Seeing this, Dai Mubai roared, his Evil Eyes radiating intense golden light.
"White Tiger Destruction Kill!"
He also burned his essence blood, his right claw turning completely dark gold. Five claw marks that seemed to tear through space slashed fiercely toward the fire Phoenix! Despite his heavily injured right shoulder, this strike still concentrated all of his power.
"BOOM—!!!!"
The fire Phoenix and the claw marks collided, and the light of the explosion illuminated the entire sea surface!
The shockwave kicked up a massive wave dozens of meters high, and fragments of driftwood flew in all directions!
Amidst the light, two figures flew backward!
Ma Hongjun slammed heavily into the sea, his chest torn open with five wounds deep enough to see the bone. Purplish-black blood gushed out, and the Evil Fire burned on the wounds, making a "hissing" corrosive sound.
Dai Mubai was not in much better shape. Although he had shattered the fire Phoenix, the Evil Fire had invaded his body, and the left side of his body was covered in a layer of purplish-black Fire Poison, his skin rapidly festering. Even more serious was that the forced use of Soul Power caused the injury to his right shoulder to explode completely; his entire right arm hung limply, the bones shattered into several pieces.
"Cough... cough cough..." Ma Hongjun struggled to surface from the seawater, laughing maniacally while coughing up blood. "Dai Mubai... how does it feel... to have Fire Poison in your body?"
Hearing this, Dai Mubai's face turned ashen. He frantically circulated his Soul Power to suppress the Fire Poison within him, but the Evil Fire was like a maggot in the bone, continuously eroding his Meridians.
Both were heavily injured, but the battle was not over.
Because Tang San was still standing there, watching quietly.
"It seems... you both need a little help," Tang San suddenly spoke.
He raised his right hand, and Dark blue silver emperor vines burst out from the sea. However, they did not attack anyone; instead, they wrapped around the two Souls and pulled them back to his side.
"What are you doing?!" Seeing this, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun roared simultaneously.
"Don't be anxious." Tang San toyed with the Souls of the two Titled Douluo, a playful light flashing in his purplish-black eyes. "I just feel that... this game needs to be accelerated."
"Fatty, if you delay treating the backlash of your Evil Fire any longer, you will undoubtedly die."
"Mubai, the Fire Poison has already invaded your heart. If you don't treat it now, losing your cultivation would be the least of your problems."
"So, whoever kills the other first will get one of the Souls. And I, in the name of the Rakshasa God Trial, swear that I will not interfere and will not snatch them."
At the end, he paused and added, "Of course, if you continue to dawdle like this... once High Priestess and the others arrive, none of us will survive."
Hearing this, the pupils of Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun shrank.
In the distance, several powerful Auras were indeed getting closer; they would be here in fifteen minutes at most!
Time was running out.
Their gazes collided in the air once again.
This time, there was no more hesitation, only pure killing intent.
"Fatty, don't blame me."
Dai Mubai said hoarsely, raising his left claw as his remaining Soul Power condensed frantically.
"Dai Mubai... today we die together!" Ma Hongjun had gone completely mad. He burned his final life essence, and Evil Fire erupted from his seven orifices, turning his entire body into a purplish-black human torch!
Both let out a final roar and charged at each other!
No techniques, no dodging, only the most primitive, life-for-life slaughter!
Tiger claws pierced the chest!
Evil Fire incinerated the body!
"Puchi—!"
"Chii—!!!"
The two figures crossed paths and then froze simultaneously. Dai Mubai's left claw had pierced through Ma Hongjun's back, his hand clutching a heart that was still slightly beating.
As for Ma Hongjun's hands, they were locked tightly around Dai Mubai's neck, and the purplish-black Evil Fire had completely engulfed Dai Mubai's head.
Time seemed to stand still.
"Thud."
Ma Hongjun's corpse fell backward, splashing blood.
The mad light in his eyes faded rapidly, finally turning into a dull gray.
Dai Mubai stood in place, his neck already burned to charcoal. The Evil Fire was rapidly spreading downward. 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 fragments of internal organs.
"Thump."
He also fell, right beside Ma Hongjun.
The former brothers had now become two entangled corpses.
Tang San watched this scene quietly, his face showing neither sorrow nor joy.
Then he walked to the corpses, leaned down, and took a storage spirit tool from Dai Mubai's not-yet-completely-incinerated chest, and slipped a ring off Ma Hongjun's charred finger.
"Well, now there's no need to argue. It's all mine."
Meanwhile, in the Magic Whale Sea Region.
The three-meter giant transformed from the Deep Sea Demon Whale King hovered between the sea and the sky. The deep purple gem on his chest throbbed violently, and each pulse caused the seawater within a radius of several miles to boil and surge backward.
In his remaining molten-gold cyclopean eye, anger and shock were intertwined.
This human Soul Douluo before him not only possessed Spiritual Power that surpassed his million-year cultivation, but the blood-colored demon sword in his hand also emitted a judgmental Aura that froze his Soul.
"Asura... this is the Aura of the Asura God..." For the first time, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's voice trembled as he said, "You, a human, how is it possible..."
"Dead men don't need to know much."
Tang Chuan's voice was terrifyingly calm.
He hovered a hundred feet away from the Demon Whale King. The dark red patterns on the blade of the Asura Demon Sword he held in his right hand pulsed like blood vessels. His left hand was held out, and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud hovered in his palm, emitting a cerulean Seagod's Light.
One man, one sword, one shroud.
Yet they made the overlord of this sea area feel a threat of death he hadn't felt in a million years.
"Arrogance!" the Deep Sea Demon Whale King roared. His final pride drove him to make a desperate strike, saying, "Even if this King dies, I will take you with me!"
The gem on his chest suddenly erupted with a blindingly bright deep purple light, and his entire body began to expand rapidly—not in size, but in an out-of-control expansion of energy!
Massive waves a thousand feet high rose from the surrounding sea, and the dark clouds in the sky turned into a vortex, with lightning dancing like wild dragons and snakes!
He was burning his Origin, preparing to self-destruct!
The Origin self-detonation of a million-year Spirit Beast was enough to completely wipe this sea area off the map, and the aftershocks could even reach the Sea God Island a thousand miles away!
But in Tang Chuan's eyes, there was no fear, only a deep, icy blue.
He gently tossed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud with his left hand, and the cerulean light shroud instantly expanded, enveloping the sea area within a ten-mile radius. Inside the light shroud, the raging seawater suddenly calmed, the dancing lightning quietly dissipated, and even the violent energy within the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was forcibly suppressed and calmed!
"What?! This is... the Sea God's item!" Seeing this, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King turned pale with horror.
He felt a familiar Aura that he had hated for a million years—Poseidon!
The Sea God who had pierced him blind in one eye!
"Who exactly are you?! Why do you have both Asura divine force and the Sea God's item?!" the Demon Whale King shrieked madly, true fear appearing in his molten-gold cyclopean eye for the first time.
Tang Chuan did not answer; he simply raised the Asura Demon Sword slowly.
Above the blade, the dark red patterns shone brilliantly, and a blood-colored pillar of light that reached from the heavens to the earth erupted from the tip of the sword, piercing through the clouds and reaching straight to the firmament!
At that moment, the entire sky of the Magic Whale Sea Region was dyed dark red.
Beneath the sea surface, countless Sea Spirit Beasts fled madly. They felt a tremor from their very life Origin; it was judgment, the ultimate verdict for all living beings!
"Asura—Sword of Judgment."
Tang Chuan's voice, like a divine oracle, echoed between the sea and the sky.
His sword-swinging motion was very slow, so slow that the Deep Sea Demon Whale King could see every inch of the blade's trajectory, yet the latter could not move an inch.
The sword fell.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no roar of clashing energies.
There was only a dark red line, thin as a cicada's wing, that slowly emerged from the center of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's forehead and then spread downward, passing through the bridge of his nose, lips, neck, chest, waist, and abdomen... Finally, it split him in two. Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King stared wide-eyed with his molten-gold cyclopean eye, which was filled with disbelief. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but he could not make any sound.
"Chii."
In a soft sound, that dark red line suddenly expanded!
In the next second, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's body split apart cleanly along the line, dividing into two halves.
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