Douluo: I am ready to leave the Spirit Hall. The system will come.

Chapter 203: Poseidon Surrenders, Candidate

Even though he was disheartened, the huge changes in his body still shocked Poseidon so much that his expression changed slightly.

There was no concealment in the communication between You Chen and Poseidon, so Poseidon naturally understood the truth about what had happened to him easily.

"My Seagod Martial Spirit... has degenerated?"

She felt that her martial spirit had weakened significantly.

The most significant change is that the original Poseidon Realm has been greatly weakened. It can no longer be called the Poseidon Realm, but can only be called the Ocean Realm.

Her martial soul was downgraded from the original Sea God martial soul to an ocean martial soul or a sea martial soul.

And the slightest connection with the Sea God was also completely severed...

Originally, she could always feel that there was a thread connecting her to the great gods, but now that thread no longer existed.

The ocean martial soul is still a super martial soul, but in terms of strength, it is roughly on the same level as Tang Chen's Clear Sky Hammer.

This is not surprising. Although Tang Chen is the top three Douluo in terms of comprehensive combat power, in fact, without the Killing God Domain, he is far weaker than Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi's martial spirits.

If the strength of their three martial spirits was really similar, Tang Chen, with the additional Killing God Domain, would definitely completely crush the other two.

If we go back to the era when the three were competing, after his martial soul became an ocean martial soul, Poseidon would still be the so-called invincible in the ocean, but if the other two joined forces, they could easily defeat him.

The overall strength has dropped by at least 20%, which is definitely a huge weakening.

Without Poseidon's intervention, Poseidon's true martial soul might not necessarily be the ocean martial soul, but now that she has grown to this level, even if she loses her divinity, her martial soul will not return to its original state.

In a sense, Poseidon did gain huge benefits.

If it weren't for the power of the Sea God, she wouldn't have been able to have a god-level martial spirit as soon as she awakened, and would have avoided countless detours.

This was probably the drawback of this quick method, which made her, although she theoretically had the highest degree of compatibility with the Sea God, only be able to serve as a sacrifice and could not inherit the throne of God.

Perhaps Poseidon's soul has suffered irreversible distortion in the process.

You Chen withdrew his hand, thinking thoughtfully.

He looked at Bo Saixi and shook his head slightly.

Before, even if the education progress had reached 90%, Poseidon would definitely have a huge reaction to his absolutely blasphemous and heaven-defying behavior.

But now, the other party's expression did change, but it was just a slight shock, and there was no other reaction.

However... You Chen is not worried that his female slaves will always look like dolls in the future.

Rather, he felt that Poseidon was about to fail again.

He raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said, "Xixi, your Lord God asked me to solve the troubles of Sea God Island, so I decided to restore your power and let you solve this mess."

Bo Saixi suddenly raised his head, his pupils trembled, and his beautiful face was distorted. After stumbling and speaking incoherently for a long time, he finally shed tears and cried aggrievedly: "Why do you torture me like this? If it is revenge, such a long time, so many tricks, isn't it enough? Isn't it enough? How many pieces do you want to tear my heart into? To what extent do you want to fool people's hearts before you are satisfied!?"

She was betrayed by the god she believed in and was disheartened. The next thing she knew, You Chen arranged for her to solve the problem for this god she no longer wanted to have anything to do with.

Faced with You Chen's inhumane behavior, Poseidon was finally completely defeated.

"Is it a human?"

Even You Chen felt that he was a bit inhuman.

But he won't stop, won't feel guilty, and won't apologize.

"Fooled? I clearly intended to restore you to your original state, but you think I'm playing tricks on you?"

You Chen showed a helpless expression at first, and when he saw that Bo Saixi had no reaction, he became serious: "Bo Saixi, you go to rescue Poseidon Island, not just to help Poseidon. You can no longer believe in Poseidon, but what about the other people on Poseidon Island? What about those sea soul masters?"

There were still traces of tears on Bo Saixi's face, but his expression was a bit crazy. He sneered and said, "They are all the sheepdogs of the evil god. Let them die. I wish they were all dead!"

Because his defense was completely broken, Poseidon, who originally dared not disobey You Chen, was able to express his true thoughts.

After all, nothing matters to her anymore.

You Chen said calmly, "They are just like you. They are ignorant and blindly believe in the Sea God without knowing his true identity. They are exactly the same as you before."

——Same as you.

Poseidon's pupils shrank slightly, as if these words had hit him in the heart.

You Chen looked at Bo Saixi's wavering expression and confirmed the information he wanted, so he continued, "They are ignorant and innocent. Do you think that your life dedicated to the Sea God is stupid and meaningless? Then you can change your mind. You didn't devote your life to the Sea God, but to the sea, and to the thousands of sea dwellers on the sea."

Bo Saixi lowered his head: "This is just a substitution of concepts."

You Chen: "Do you hate the Sea God?"

"..." Bo Saixi still lowered his head, silent.

"Then you can take revenge on him."

You Chen had an evil smile on his face: "You don't want to save Poseidon Island and end up helping Poseidon, right? Then why don't you just ask them to convert to me?"

Bo Saixi's body trembled and he raised his head.

In her eyes, You Chen, standing with his back to the light, had a charm that was a blend of both devilishness and divinity.

Not letting go of the moment when Bo Saixi wavered, You Chen put his arms around Bo Saixi's jade neck, hugged Bo Saixi's back, and kissed Bo Saixi's red lips gently and deeply.

Poseidon's body began to tremble once again, but this trembling was completely different from the previous one.

She couldn't help but indulge in the unprecedented tenderness from her master.

After Bo Saixi's spirit changed from Seagod's spirit to Ocean's spirit, no matter the previous conversation or the current scene where Bo Saixi truly offered his loyalty to You Chen, it was impossible for Poseidon to spy on them...

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When You Chen completed his conquest of Poseidon, the imperial selection of the Xingluo Empire finally entered a new stage.

After the most basic pre-selection and elimination of those who did not even meet the basic requirements, there were finally eight candidates participating in the competition for the crown prince.

In the Golden Palace, the emperor had not yet appeared, but eight of the candidates had already arrived.

The cruelty of the imperial selection is self-evident, at least those who will participate in it have already understood it.

Even if they cooperate temporarily, only one person can survive in the end.

There was natural hostility between them.

Among them, there are three who attract the most attention.

The eyes of other candidates would fall on them from time to time.

The person who attracted the most attention was naturally the former prince Dai Mubai, who had just returned to Xingluo not long ago.

However, rather than viewing him as the strongest competitor to be wary of, the public's view of him is quite the opposite.

Many candidates looked at him and made no effort to hide their contempt for him.

This made Dai Mubai, who noticed this, look extremely gloomy. The royal family originally planned to cancel the imperial election and let Dai Mubai, who was now the emperor's only son, become the crown prince.

But this move, as expected, encountered huge resistance and opposition.

The royal family members gathered together to oppose, giving two main reasons.

One is that the imperial selection is no longer a secret throughout the empire, and the preliminary screening has already ended, with many candidates ready. Now that it has been suddenly cancelled, it would undermine the dignity of the royal family.

However, these nobles who have close ties with the royal family will not mention their contribution.

The emperor has tried his best to delay the start of the imperial selection and has procrastinated on steps such as screening, but he has ultimately failed to stop the preparations of those families who were baring their fangs for the throne before Dai Mubai returns.

Another reason is that Dai Mubai, as someone who escaped the last imperial selection, is not qualified to take on the throne.

The purpose of the latter reason is to directly expel Dai Mubai from the competition for the imperial selection.

But due to the efforts of the emperor's faction, it was ultimately not completely successful.

However, Dai Mubai's deeds and title of "the runaway prince" are deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Nowadays, everyone in the Xingluo Imperial City knows about it.

The other candidates naturally looked down upon Dai Mubai.

They believed that such a coward, even if he was the emperor's descendant, was not qualified to compete with them.

However, the family forces behind these candidates mostly warned them to be wary of Dai Mubai and regard him as their strongest competitor.

There is no other reason. With the support of the royal family and his own talent as a soul master, even if he has been living abroad for many years and lacks resources and supplies, there is a high probability that he will catch up in the future.

It may be in a weak position in the early stage, but there is no guarantee that it will become a dark horse in the later stage.

The second person who attracted attention was the person who was considered to have the strongest strength and background at this stage.

His name is Tate Spencer, the second son of the Duke of Spencer of the Empire. At a young age, he has already reached the level of Soul Sect.

He is 20 years old, just two years away from the upper age limit for the imperial selection, making him the closest to the upper age limit among the eight candidates.

The cultivation brought by this age is already a huge advantage.

When other people were generally in the Soul Master realm, he was already a Soul Sect. When more and more people entered the Soul Sect realm, Tate might have already become a Soul King.

After all, he didn't become a Soul Master just this year.

In addition, with the support of a powerful duke's mansion, there is no shortage of resources and connections.

His strength and background make him the most feared person among other candidates.

And the last person is naturally Amona, who goes by the alias Monaldo.

As an illegitimate child who suddenly appeared, his past remained a mystery and he had never revealed his spirit ring, so the other candidates were unsure of his cultivation level.

But this act of hiding her strength is not the reason why she has attracted so much attention.

The reason why his identity as an illegitimate son of a fallen marquis family has attracted so much attention is because the only daughter of the Zhu family has now publicly expressed her bet on him.

Many people have seen the two of them walking together intimately in the imperial city.

This time the royal selection is not paired in pairs like the last time.

Now that Zhu's family has only one legitimate daughter, her identity is set to be the next queen.

Many candidates publicly expressed their dissatisfaction with this.

However, Zhu Zhuqing specifically stated that the two were just friends.

Then continue to Casas Palace, or even stay overnight.

After Zhu Lanyan confirmed and guaranteed that Zhu Zhuqing had not crossed that critical step and was still a virgin, these voices of dissatisfaction finally came to nothing.

However, many candidates still feel that they have green hair on their heads even though they haven't become emperor or even crown prince yet...

But even so, they still don't intend to give up the fight for the imperial election.

It’s green, so be it. There’s no love involved anyway, and the throne is more important to them.

But this does not prevent them from expressing hostility towards Amona.

The most hostile among them was the "original wife" Dai Mubai.

Ever since he entered the Golden Palace, he has been staring at Amona with murderous eyes.

Especially when he recalled the fact that he was no longer human, the resentment in his heart almost turned into reality.

After Dai Mubai returned to Xingluo and heard the rumors about Zhu Zhuqing, he naturally went to visit her.

But not only did he not get any explanation, he was even ridiculed by Zhu Zhuqing.

As for the fusion of martial souls from the original time and space, since Zhu Zhuqing had completely given up on Dai Mubai in her heart and even took the initiative to seek induction from Amona, it was naturally out of the question.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Dai Mubai lost his masculinity and became an androgynous being, which led to a significant decrease in the compatibility of his martial soul.

It's also possible that it's both.

In short, although he had never met Amona before, Dai Mubai had already blamed Amona for having his wife taken away from him.

But Amona never cared about these attentions from beginning to end.

Soon, the emperor, who was already showing a bit of old age, walked into the hall and sat on the high throne.

His eyes swept over the eight candidates accordingly.

I have to admit that these candidates have extraordinary temperaments.

Even the courage and awareness of being willing to take the initiative to join the game even though one knows there is a risk of death makes the emperor unhappy when he thinks of Dai Mubai who escaped once.

But... after all, they are his own flesh and blood.

His gaze fell quietly on Dai Mubai, causing Dai Mubai to stiffen involuntarily, as if intimidated by the emperor's majesty.

The emperor's expression did not change, but his mind was full of thoughts.

In his opinion, the best situation would be to bring Dai Mubai back before the news of Davis' death and the imperial selection leaked out, and then directly confirm him as the crown prince.

Unfortunately, the relevant information was leaked the day after Davis' death.

He guessed that this was most likely the work of the forces that murdered his eldest son.

Having come this far, although he failed to get the best situation, he still believed that with Dai Mubai's qualifications which were no less than Davis', or even stronger, he would be able to win in this imperial election.

"Now, let's begin reading out the rules for the imperial election."

The emperor's majestic voice rang out in the hall.

(End of this chapter)