Over the sea, seven figures were speeding rapidly towards the north.
At the forefront was the Sea God Douluo, Chen Juntao.
After receiving the message passed on by Sea Dragon Douluo, he brought the other six Sacred Pillar Douluo and rushed to the Douluo Continent. After all, this was a matter concerning the entire Douluo Plane; they had no reason to be absent.
"Is that an island?"
Suddenly, the group from the Sea God Clan seemed to see a sizable bulge on the sea horizon not far away.
However, according to their memory, after comparing it with the latest nautical chart, they found that there shouldn't be an island here. Could it be that an underwater volcanic eruption had occurred recently?
But soon, they realized something was wrong.
That so-called "island" was approaching them at an astonishing speed. Its speed in the sea was actually faster than all of them sea soul masters, including the Sea God Douluo.
"That's not an island!? It's a sea soul beast!"
Chen Juntao's expression changed slightly.
Because not only was this sea soul beast gigantic, measuring a full thousand meters in length, but more importantly, after his spiritual power was transmitted out, he received no feedback of any life signs or aura, as if this weren't a living creature at all.
But whether it was or not, couldn't he tell?!
Finally, a massive deep blue spine slowly surfaced. In the next instant, an incomparably gigantic water column actually shot into the sky.
This water column was over fifty meters in diameter, even bringing up patches of rainbow light around it, and after spewing to a height of several thousand meters, it arced into a massive parabola.
Just as they were wondering what kind of sea soul beast this was...
Bang—
The spouted water column actually condensed in mid-air into a gigantic water ball with a diameter of over five hundred meters. Accompanied by an inner purple-black light, in the next second, guided by the parabola, it shot straight towards them.
"Not good!"
Sensing the malice harbored in this attack and the power it contained, Chen Juntao didn't hesitate at all. He immediately stood in front of the other six Sacred Pillar Douluo, his Sea God Martial Soul quickly attaching to him, condensing a trident that thrust straight into the water ball!
Boom—
The moment it hit, the water ball exploded violently!
But as it exploded, the sky-full of water curtains made the entire sky turn gloomy in the blink of an eye. A strong sense of oppression enveloped the entire sea! Large patches of dark clouds gathered, and the dispersed water ball had become the source.
Immediately following, streaks of purple-black water lines rained down from the sky, pouring down from high above onto the Sea God Clan group like a torrential downpour. But they didn't dare to come into contact with it at all, propping up soul power shields one after another to resist.
Right at this moment, that sea soul beast revealed its true body.
Its entire body was blue-black, its massive form large at the head and small at the tail. Layers of demonic patterns looked like hideous faces, and upon closer inspection, that blue-black color was actually condensed from countless vengeful spirits. Near the top of its head, a giant circular hole was clearly visible.
Just one glance was enough to distinguish its species.
"Deep Sea Demonic Whale!? You're that Deep Sea Demonic Whale?!"
Chen Juntao's pupils contracted, unable to stop the astonishment in his heart. But what shocked him even more was that, compared to a few years ago, this Deep Sea Demonic Whale had changed so much that it was almost indistinguishable.
"That's right, it's me. I've come for revenge!"
Before her voice fell, beams of purple-gold fluctuating light pillars, resembling water ripples, erupted from the Demon Empress's body!
Chen Juntao immediately mobilized the power of the sea, causing waterspouts to shoot into the sky like guardians surrounding him, propping up a shelter the instant the attack arrived.
But as a result, they were easily shattered by the fluctuating light pillars.
At the same time, more of the Demon Empress's body surfaced, and an overwhelming, prosperous aura covered them from afar.
Without hesitation, Chen Juntao directly activated the Sea God's Helmet, causing large expanses of azure to naturally rise around him, violently colliding with the deep purple aura coming from afar.
The entire sea seemed to violently shake in this instant, and the sea surface, which had just calmed down, immediately became turbulent. All the rising waterspouts and the dark clouds formed in mid-air shattered under this invisible collision, scattering in all directions. Only the Sea God's Light radiating from the Sea God's Helmet blocked the aftershock.
Seeing this, Chen Juntao immediately said to the six Sacred Pillar Douluo:
"Leave this to me, go find the young master quickly!"
His heavy tone clearly indicated he had prepared for the worst.
"Yes!" x6
As the Sea God's offerings, the six Sacred Pillar Douluo naturally knew the severity of the matter and immediately evacuated under Chen Juntao's cover.
However, the Demon Empress didn't seem to have the slightest intention of stopping them on the surface. Instead, she let out a cold sneer only as they moved away.
"Leave? You won't be able to."
"Starting from you, I won't spare a single one!"
The Demon Empress's massive true body suddenly tilted its head back, followed by an eye-catching purple-gold light blooming like an explosion.
Her massive body, over a thousand meters long, began to shrink. In mid-air, surrounded by hazy purple-gold light, she gradually transformed into a human form. But at the same time, the surrounding sea also turned into large patches of purple-gold. It could be said that this energy, soaking into the sea and completely turning it purple-gold, was absolutely not something that should exist in their mortal world.
Because in Chen Juntao's perception, he could clearly feel that the sea at this moment had been tainted by a terrifying energy, almost repelling his soul power.
One must know, he had already received the augmentation of a divine artifact!
Which meant!?
Chen Juntao's pupils contracted violently. His eyes revealed horror and complete disbelief, and the heaviness in his heart was even greater than the solemnity revealed in his eyes just now!
Now, he had realized something.
The Demon Empress's current strength was even more terrifying than he had imagined!
"Your soul power, is already..."
Chen Juntao's expression had become extremely ugly, even somewhat unable to control his emotions. "How is it possible for you to become a god!? Even the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who was suppressed by Lord Poseidon (Bo Saidong) back then and later slain by Lord Sea God, couldn't take that step for a long time."
These words directly struck a sore spot for the Demon Empress!
A bone-deep chill suddenly burst forth from her eyes!
"That is not something you need to know! Today, I will completely annihilate your Sea God Clan! Destroy the Sea God's sacrifices! Devour the Sea God's inheritor! Heal the wound from my godhood! When that time comes, I will storm the God Realm! Kill Tang San and avenge my husband!"
"Shut up!"
If it was fear just a moment ago!
But at this moment, Chen Juntao was angrier than ever before!
"How audacious of you! How dare you blaspheme the gods! Just wait for Lord Sea God to sanction you, this remnant of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale!"
"Then let Tang San come! Heh—"
Amidst her sharp shout, the Demon Empress raised both hands, making a motion as if holding up the sky. The purple-gold color on her body suddenly became denser. Although the surrounding sea still maintained its azure blue under the influence of the Sea God's Light, the sky had turned purple-black.
At this moment, the Demon Empress's eyes instantly turned blood red, her entire being filled with a crazy aura. Her raised hands suddenly swung towards Chen Juntao's direction. This made the air instantly become viscous; centered on Chen Juntao's body, the surrounding air suddenly disappeared, completely turning into a vacuum. And right within this vacuum, an unparalleled, massive tearing force erupted, frantically tearing at his body from all directions.
"Since it's like this, then as you wish!"
Chen Juntao's entire body, enveloped under the intense blue halo blooming from the Sea God's Helmet, was completely saturated by the Sea God's Light. His eyes shone with a strong blue-gold radiance, and with a single step, he rushed out of the surrounding vacuum, instantly arriving in front of the Demon Empress.
The surrounding sea seemed to have completely connected with him in this instant. At this moment, the sea began to produce a strong repulsion towards the Demon Empress. Under Chen Juntao's mobilization, the boundless power of the ocean transformed into a massive squeezing force, frantically pressing towards the Demon Empress. At the same time, Chen Juntao's ninth soul ring also lit up at this moment, blood red tinged with blue-gold light.
As the chief offering of every generation of Sea God, their ninth soul skill, no matter what, had an extremely fixed soul skill.
In their words, it was the Sea God's gift.
Its name was—
"Sea God's Descent!"
Specks of starlight lit up in the sea at this moment.
Streaks of power of faith from the living creatures in the sea converged towards Chen Juntao's ninth soul ring. And this process took less than a second. The blue power of faith now phantomized into a hundred-meter-tall giant silhouette behind Chen Juntao. Although it was blurry and only a humanoid figure could be faintly distinguished, when looking at the sky through this blue silhouette, the gloomy sky originally affected by the Demon Empress gradually became somewhat clearer, as if the light of stars could be faintly seen.
However, this silhouette had form but no spirit.
In the next second, a similarly illusory trident appeared in the silhouette's hand, aiming straight for the top of the Demon Empress's head and smashing down ruthlessly!
It was like the sea overturning, carrying infinite might!
"Tang San!!!"
She recognized it!
Let alone blurry, even if he turned to ashes, she would still recognize him!
This was the guy who killed her husband!
Death! He must die!
At this moment, the string named reason in the Demon Empress's heart, already not so firm, completely snapped!
Facing Chen Juntao's strike, the purple-gold light around the Demon Empress's body was violently compressed, almost instantly seeming to turn into a cocoon of light. Just as the attack completely fell, the purple-gold cocoon she transformed into spun violently, rushing out like a spinning top, forcibly breaking through the seemingly overturning sea and soaring straight up into mid-air.
Immediately following, the furious Demon Empress turned her body around. The purple-black in the sky was dyed purple-gold by her. Facing the earth from the sky, she turned into a purple-gold meteor, fiercely crashing towards Chen Juntao.
Chen Juntao flipped his hands towards the sky, and the Sea God silhouette behind him made the same movement.
Accompanied by the eruption of the Sea God's Light, the sea beneath him seemed to become his foundation. The moment the Sea God's Helmet radiated brilliant light, the power of the sea seemed to turn into a massive beam of light, locking onto its target and shooting forth!
Boom—
The terrifying energy made the entire sea seem to boil in this instant!
The sea surged backward, as if the sea and sky were completely connected, simply a scene like the end of the world!
As a result, in the next second, Bang—
The Demon Empress broke through that Sea God light pillar. Chen Juntao could only rely on the Sea God silhouette to defend, but he was still ruthlessly sent flying. The Sea God silhouette behind him also dimmed as a result, and the Sea God's Light was no longer so dazzling.
The Demon Empress coldly watched all this, unscathed and brimming with killing intent. "I'd like to see how many more moves you can take!"
In the next second, a bolt of lightning struck straight down from the sky!
Ten minutes later...
"Cough, cough—"
At this moment, the Sea God Douluo Chen Juntao's entire body was like dry bones, his life nearly burnt out. He was now a cripple, left with only his last breath to linger on.
The Sea God's Helmet on his head had long since shattered into pieces, maintained only by the last trace of divine power, still clinging to his head. Once the divine power disappeared and the divinity annihilated, this divine artifact would be reduced to nothing more than relatively sturdy scrap iron.
He strenuously widened his eyes, laboriously looking at the Demon Empress whom he hadn't caused any injuries to, and despair flashed through his eyes.
What should be done about such a being?
Lord Sea God!
Your believer begs you to deliver divine punishment!
Such an Evil God should not remain in this world.
At this moment, the Demon Empress approached Chen Juntao, a sneer of mockery on her face. "It seems the Sea God you believe in doesn't care about his believers. Even if I kill you, he doesn't have the slightest reaction."
"Gasp... gasp—"
Chen Juntao seemed to be angered to the extreme, but with his vocal cords already destroyed, he couldn't speak at all, only sounding like a broken bellows.
The Demon Empress lost interest in this.
"Die in despair! Soon, everyone in your clan, and that Sea God inheritor, will go down to accompany you."
In the next second, the silhouette of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale's true body appeared behind the Demon Empress. Then, in one gulp, along with the broken Sea God's Helmet, she swallowed Chen Juntao's entire person directly into her belly!
Moreover, right before Chen Juntao's death, he heard the Demon Empress's final voice, "Let me tell you something, those six Sacred Pillar Douluo actually didn't escape. I intercepted them! Hahaha—"
Amidst her resentful and cathartic laughter, the Demon Empress felt the trace of Sea God's divine power and divinity contained within the Sea God's Helmet. Although it wasn't much, it could still heal her wound.
Don't be fooled by how easily she won against the Sea God Douluo; the Demon Empress knew very well in her heart that as long as that scar of heavenly tribulation, filled with the power of destruction and clinging to her like a parasite on a bone, remained, it would be a hidden danger that could trigger at any time when she wanted to kill the Sea God Tang San in the future.
She must get rid of it!
At this thought, the cold-eyed Demon Empress waved her big hand, and the sea carried the six Sacred Pillar Douluo, whose life or death was unknown, in front of her. Similarly, without the slightest hesitation, she swallowed them in one gulp!
They were all offerings of the Sea God. Although the mosquito meat was small, it was at least something. On this point, the Demon Empress didn't seem to be a picky eater.
After doing all this, she turned her gaze to the Sea God Clan. What she said, she would do! The next step was to destroy the Sea God's land of inheritance! Annihilate their sacrifices!
Thus, the Demon Empress disappeared from the spot.
But no one told her that there was a gap between gods.
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