"How could you understand this seat's considerations!"
Tang San looked displeased, fully displaying the majesty of the Sea God.
"Wang Dong'er is this seat's successor, and for this, this seat even bestowed a divine trial. How could I interfere? Furthermore, the arrival of the Demon Plane, guided by the Evil God, can strengthen the life energy of the Douluo Plane. How could you understand this seat's painstaking efforts?"
"Then what about those who died!?"
Huo Yuhao stood up in fury!
"For your so-called trial! The Sea God Clan was almost completely wiped out! To make the Demon Plane lower its guard, you ignored their first invasion! What about those who died!?"
Tang San's expression grew even colder at this moment, but he still answered, "For all of this, their deaths were worth it."
At this moment, everyone fell silent.
The entire Douluo Plane had heard Tang San's words.
However, what they felt in their hearts was not admiration for his so-called "painstaking efforts," but rather a chilling fear towards this legendary Sea God. And for those in Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and the Sea God Clan, the filter through which they viewed Sea God Tang San was completely shattered for many of them.
Was this the merciful Sea God?
But right at this moment,
"For the Douluo Plane? I don't think that's entirely true."
Suddenly, a voice rang out.
A figure tore through space and appeared among the crowd. This person was none other than Di Tian, who had gone missing after the great battle began. Although he suddenly dared to appear here while Tang San was present, his expression appeared exceptionally solemn.
"Soul beast..."
Glancing at the disrespectful Di Tian, the moment Tang San spat out two words, sensing something, his expression suddenly became exceptionally terrifying. In the next second, the golden trident in his hand fiercely thrust out; it was not something mortals could resist at all!
But just at this moment, "Bang—"
Suddenly, an ancient divine sword abruptly thrust out from the void, actually blocking the Sea God's Trident with a single strike, and with a flick of the sword tip, directly flipped the Sea God's Trident away!
"May I ask the Sea God, what is the rush?"
The moment this voice fell, Ye Xuanji and the others, who could clearly distinguish it, suddenly lit up. The disappointment from previously thinking Chen Junting couldn't be resurrected all turned into joy at this moment.
A figure stepped out from the void. When Tang San clearly saw the newcomer, his pupils immediately shrank slightly, "You're not dead!"
The newcomer was shockingly the "dead" Chen Junting.
As he stepped out of the void gate, he reached out and beckoned. The ancient longsword that had blocked the Sea God's Trident flew into Chen Junting's hand.
And on the blade of this longsword, what was engraved was "Immortal-Slaying." It was led by the Seven Kill Sword, using four divine swords as "materials," and fused together with the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation diagram as the "binder."
Its quality could be called a pseudo-super divine weapon. Being able to block Tang San's attack just now was entirely thanks to this divine weapon.
"I was dead, of course, but I'm alive again."
Chen Junting looked at Tang San, his tone inevitably somewhat teasing.
"You've experienced all this yourself, haven't you?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Tang San immediately reacted!
He widened his eyes and fiercely looked behind Chen Junting.
There, Ning Tian was holding the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and all nine soul rings had been completely sealed. Such a scene instantly pulled Tang San's memories back to ten thousand years ago, to the scene of his own resurrection.
But having become a god, he knew very well that it wasn't the work of Xiao Ao and Rong Rong; it was mostly the Nine-Color Goddess and the God of Food!
Now that their descendants had not yet become gods, how was this possible!?
However, right now, these were not the main points! It was...
Thinking of this, his sharp gaze locked onto Chen Junting.
"This is all your trap!"
"You're right." Chen Junting didn't deny it, and even nodded in admission with the corners of his mouth curling up.
Actually, besides the reason of Wang Dong'er, Chen Junting also harbored another thought. That was, the faith power of a plane was limited; if Tang San got more, then he would get less.
Therefore, to strike a blow at Tang San, he had to make him manifest his holiness in the Douluo Plane and the Demon Plane, making him publicly lose the reverence of all living beings, and even ruin his reputation completely.
So, Chen Junting found an excuse for him.
The moment before the Demon Plane's Plane Spirit launched its attack, Chen Junting seized the opportunity and used his sword qi to pierce his own heart first, falling into a state of death.
Just when he died, the Plane Spirit's attack pierced through his chest. The informed Gu Tianchen immediately pulled him and Ning Tian into the alternate space within the void gate, first using the life energy of the Gold of Living Beings to repair his body, and then having Ning Tian take action to resurrect him.
And during this process, Huo Yuhao stepped forward to question him. Some undeniable and hard-to-argue questions made Tang San, in this question-and-answer exchange, gradually shake his status in the hearts of all living beings. Then, Chen Junting would step forward to deliver the final blow himself.
But at this moment, Chen Junting walked to Huo Yuhao's side and patted his shoulder with relief.
"Yuhao, your acting was great. Keep up the good work!"
And the previous indignation had now disappeared from Huo Yuhao, replaced by an honest look that didn't match his earlier emotions at all.
"Brother Junting, you flatter me."
At the same time, all the shocked crowd also snapped out of their daze at this moment!
After hearing their words, a huge uproar surged through the crowd, and for a time, discussions were endless. People like Ye Xuanji and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Facing the crowd's discussions, Tang San's face turned ashen for a moment, and he didn't say a word. He never expected that he would be played by the same person again!
But right now, he couldn't make a move at all.
Just then, after exchanging pleasantries with Huo Yuhao, Chen Junting, under Tang San's glaring gaze, walked to Di Tian's side. His tone carried an inevitable apology: "Senior Di Tian, I'm sorry. I put you in danger."
"It's nothing, after all, this is what I promised you." Glancing at the Sea God out of the corner of his eye as if he wanted to kill him, Di Tian exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, his tone even containing mockery, "I just didn't expect that a majestic God King would be so despicable in private."
"Cease your nonsense!" Hearing this, Tang San's divine sense immediately locked onto Di Tian. Not being able to attack Chen Junting and the others didn't mean he couldn't attack a soul beast!
"What are you nervous about!?"
Chen Junting blocked Di Tian's front, then in front of everyone's eyes, took a small sphere completely sealed by array patterns from Di Tian's hand.
The moment this small sphere appeared, Tang San's divine sense immediately shifted its target, staring straight at it. The killing intent he directed at Chen Junting was as if not even all the oceans could wash it away. A few restless stirrings were all suppressed.
Because...
[Sea God, you have already broken the rules. If you make a move, don't blame us for taking action ourselves.]
The God of Destruction's warning began to echo in Tang San's heart the moment Chen Junting was resurrected.
Chen Junting, after his resurrection, had also received the God of Destruction's message. So after getting this small sphere, he directly launched a face-to-face ultimate attack on Tang San!
"Sea God, you know what this is, right."
Tang San kept a stiff face. For a moment, staying here wasn't right, and leaving wasn't right either. He could only say:
"This seat does not know what you are talking about."
"You don't know?"
Chen Junting gently moved his hand, and the array patterns on the small sphere came alive like golden snakes. After a slithering journey, a human-shaped silhouette of a middle-aged, sturdy man suddenly emerged from it.
"This is a person I commissioned someone else to capture from the planar space of the Douluo Plane. When this person was found, he was seizing the dominance of the Plane Spirit, intending to completely master the Douluo Plane and become the master of the Douluo Plane."
As for how Tang Hao was actually obtained...
On this point, they had to talk about the discussion between Chen Junting and Niu Tian.
Originally, right after Chen Junting integrated the small plane into the Douluo Plane and communicated with the Douluo Plane's Plane Spirit, he reached an agreement with it, and learned from it how to enter the space where the Plane Spirit resided.
So after some thought, Chen Junting informed Di Tian of this matter, asking him to go to Haotian Castle to find Niu Tian, and to strike at Tang Hao within the Plane Spirit when Tang San couldn't be distracted.
Thus, after the war started, Di Tian found Niu Tian. After a brief communication, the two went to the space where the Plane Spirit resided. The Sea God's divine power carried by Niu Tian deceived Tang San's perception left in the planar space. And when the Plane Spirit informed him that Tang San had appeared in the Demon Plane, Niu Tian used the Sea God's divine power to shield the connection for a split second. Di Tian, borrowing the Silver Dragon King's power, completely severed Tang Hao from the Plane Spirit when he had no way to resist, and then used an array containing the divine power of Destruction to completely seal him.
Therefore, this subsequent incident occurred.
At the same time, "Sea God..."
Suddenly, Chen Junting's voice became high-pitched! In the next second, he demanded loudly, "Do you really not know who he is!?"
As soon as these words were spoken, all living beings in the Douluo Plane with judgment capabilities were shocked! This was immediately followed by an uproar, and even panic!
Because they all knew that the plane they were in not only had a Plane Spirit, but there was also a person trying to master it, and even absorb it.
The most important thing was the latter,
Someone actually wanted to become their God! To stand above their heads, how could this be allowed!
Especially those experts of the Douluo Plane!
How strong the Plane Spirit was, they had all seen it after the battle between Chen Junting and the Demon Plane's Plane Spirit. If a person was about to become the master of the plane they were in, didn't that mean he could dictate life and death over the entire plane! Who could endure this!?
In an instant, everyone's eyes looked towards Tang San.
Tang San's anger was beyond words, but he still refused to admit it. "This seat has said, I don't know him!"
"Is that so?"
Chen Junting sneered, "This person is named Tang Hao. Sea God, are you sure you don't know him? You don't know... your own father?"
Tang Hao!!!
Now, those who didn't know and those who did know all knew! So this person was Tang Hao, the Sea God's father!
No wonder he had the opportunity to master the Plane Spirit!
Once Tang Hao's identity was revealed, no matter how much Tang San denied it earlier, anyway, most people started to believe it. First, they believed that this person who fought to the death to protect them wouldn't speak baseless nonsense; second, they thought that if it was the Sea God's father, there was a 90% possibility. After all, this was human nature; if it were them, they would do the same.
Then, before Tang San could deny it again, Chen Junting took out another small sphere from his hand. After unsealing the array patterns with the same method, what was revealed was the figure of another woman, whose appearance bore a 70% resemblance to Tang San.
With just one glance, as long as one wasn't stupid, they could guess her identity. Looking so similar, and a woman to boot...
That was mostly likely Tang San's mother.
And Chen Junting, controlling Ah Yin's true spirit, looked at Tang San, whose anger was about to erupt, and continued to provoke him: "Sea God, this is your mother's true spirit, obvious to anyone with eyes. Or are you saying, after refusing to acknowledge your father, you don't want to acknowledge your mother either, and want to be an orphan with neither father nor mother?"
Damn it! Damn it!
Who gave you the courage to insult me like this!
Tang San was about to grind his teeth to pieces!
But what made him even angrier was how exactly his parents were exposed!? And why, after his father was caught, did his divine sense not give a warning!
Just as Tang San was completely nearing the edge of eruption, the God of Destruction directly added fuel to the fire.
[Sea God! You need to give an explanation!]
[I—know!]
Tang San stared fixedly at Chen Junting, his voice forced out from between his teeth, "What do you want?"
"What do I want!?"
Hearing this, Chen Junting acted as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.
"You're actually asking me what I want? Hahaha—"
Before a burst of laughter could finish, it suddenly stopped abruptly. Instead, a roar vented from Chen Junting's mouth as he launched a heart-piercing question at Tang San!
"That is exactly what I want to ask you! Tang San!"
"It is what you want!?"
"Letting your father become the Plane Spirit of the Douluo Plane, the master of the world! Letting your mother become the core of life, controlling the life energy of the entire plane, becoming the lifeblood of the world! The combination of the two is enough to dictate life and death over everything in the entire plane!"
"Your purpose in doing this is to turn the entire Douluo Plane into your backyard! Do you want the entire plane to become Tang San's running dog!?"
Completely tearing off all pretenses, Tang San's emotions could no longer be contained. His fierce expression was no longer hidden, carrying the divine pressure of a God King as it bore down on everyone led by Chen Junting at this moment, and even piercing through the Demon Plane's planar barrier, reaching straight to the Douluo Plane!
"Shut up! Stop spouting nonsense!"
In an instant, everyone felt as if a massive mountain was pressing down on them. Expressions of pain immediately climbed all over their faces. Under this pressure, regardless of their cultivation level, they all fell to their knees with a thud, and the commoners even flattened themselves entirely against the ground.
Just as everyone was in agonizing pain and on the verge of collapse, seven-colored radiance suddenly rose between heaven and earth. A mighty power from the world suddenly enveloped all living beings of the Douluo Plane, acting as a barrier that completely resisted the pressure coming from Tang San.
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