Douluo: Tara's Mask, the Ultimate Darkness!

Chapter 354 Offering to a Toad!
Toad Tang San knew that without making up a suitable reason, he wouldn't be able to fool the good-for-nothing Anal.

Tang San looked at the posthumous toad in his hand with disgust. In his heart, the image of Ah Jing was his mother, not the toad he was now!

Even now that it's confirmed that this toad is his mother, he still finds her extremely repulsive and doesn't want to acknowledge her.

“Teacher, this toad said…”

“My mother came here, and then she left. I don’t know where she went.”

Tang San, the toad, managed to utter a sound filled with discomfort, as if he had suffered a great injustice.
"Oh, mistress."

"It's alright, as long as A-Jing is still alive, we can search for her slowly later."

Yu Xiaogang could only console himself with this thought: knowing that A Jing was still alive was already an incredible stroke of luck; he couldn't ask for too much more.

Now, Yu Xiaogang's feelings for A Jing are much stronger than his feelings for Xue Ya. He regards Toad Tang San as his own child from the bottom of his heart, and naturally feels that A Jing is his wife.

Now that we have a child, all that's missing is for Jing to come back. Then, the three of us can live happily together.

Yu Xiaogang was having a wonderful idea, completely oblivious to the speechless look in Toad Tang San's eyes.

Tang San, the toad, was speechless. Why was his teacher so obsessed with his mother? Did he want to be his stepfather?

Toad Tang San felt nauseous. Such a piece of trash, even a teacher would despise him, let alone be his father?
Bah! Don't you even know if this toad would even look down on you?

While thinking this to himself, Toad Tang San would never say it aloud: "Teacher, let's go back first. I need to finish the second test as soon as possible."

"Hahaha, good, good, mistress, this is the best version of you."

"I think your mother would be very happy to see you like this."

Yu Xiaogang laughed heartily. This kind of ambitious mistress is what his disciple should be like. His disciple should be like this and work hard.

Upon hearing the words "mother," Toad Tang San felt a surge of rage, wishing he could tear Yu Xiaogang's mouth off.

He hates hearing the word "mother" the most now. Whenever he hears it, he thinks of the toad in his hand.

He had already used his soul power to seal the mouth of this posthumous toad, so it wouldn't croak anymore.

Yu Luomian looked at Toad Tang San with satisfaction. He hadn't let personal feelings interfere with the Divine Trial. Very good, very good.

Toad Tang San: Was it because I didn't want to get involved in personal relationships? Was it really that I didn't want to?!
Tang San didn't say much. Holding the toad in his hand, the three of them returned the way they came, worried that they might encounter some powerful soul beast.

Some time after they left, some toads appeared in the area, but they weren't posthumous toads; they were other toads, seemingly trying to take over the place.

……

Tiandou City.

Toad Tang San is now an Earl and has his own house, which, although not luxurious, is much better than his bedroom.

Tang San, the toad, walked step by step to the top floor, slowly pushed open the door, and held a toad in his hand.

When the door opened, a nauseating odor wafted out.

Tang San didn't know what this smelling toad was. He had only discovered this room by chance, and he really didn't know what it was used for before.

Soon, Toad Tang San cleaned up the place.

He knew very well what "worshipping" meant in the context of the divine examination. He used to think it meant taking good care of his mother, which he thought was good, but now he only felt disgusted.

Take out three incense sticks and set up the incense burner. Behind the incense burner is a cage, and the unborn toad is in that cage.

Tang San, the Toad, lit incense, and a faint fragrance wafted out. The stench of toads mingled with the fragrance, making it utterly disgusting. But Tang San couldn't care less. Thinking of the offerings he had received in his previous life, he began to imitate them with great enthusiasm.

The posthumous toad in the cage was completely bewildered. "Wait, why is this humanoid fellow of mine starting to worship me and even kowtowing to me?"

Yes, Tang San, the toad, had already knelt down and kowtowed to the posthumous toad, muttering to himself: "This is my mother, this is my mother, it's alright to kneel before her."

He was trying to comfort himself, to make himself feel better, so that he wouldn't feel so bad.

But his self-deceiving behavior had already been recorded by the Evil Emperor in his mind. The Evil Emperor was laughing hysterically that there really was a fool who would worship a toad.

Hahahaha.

The Evil Emperor has decided that he will take these back to Xu Xin tonight to show him. Such pleasure is not common in life.

After kowtowing, Toad Tang San left without looking back, not giving the toad a single bite to eat.

The posthumous toad wanted to croak out, but it was already sealed shut and there was nothing it could do.

The divine test didn't say that she had to live forever. Tang San, the toad, just wanted to kill this toad, since no one knew that this was his mother anyway.

Of course, the requirement for divine testing is that the individual must be alive; they must remain alive until the test is completed. Once the test is finished, they are no longer of any use.

Offering a toad? Bah!

And so, Toad Tang San bowed three times a day for a full month, until finally the voice he had been longing for echoed in his mind.

[The second test of Emperor Toad is completed: Reward: 10% compatibility with Emperor Toad]

"Finally finished."

Tang San, the toad, breathed a long sigh of relief. If he hadn't come soon, the posthumous toad would have starved to death. Tang San was just keeping it alive.

After waiting for so long, today is finally here.

After the divine test was completed, Toad Tang San's expression immediately changed, and he stared viciously at the posthumous toad in the cage.

"Hmph, my mother is a human being!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Toad Tang San unleashed a palm strike, and all of his Soul King-level Soul Power landed on the offering platform.

Along with the incense burner, the posthumous toad was blasted into a bloody mist with a single palm strike!
The posthumously born toad never knew until its death that this humanoid fellow, who was supposed to offer it sacrifices, had killed it.

After doing all this, Tang San's gloomy mood, which had been lingering for a long time, suddenly cleared up.

He's happy, he's excited.

No one knows my secrets anymore; no one knows what I've done.

All of that is in the past. Not only did he pass the divine test, but he also got rid of the guy who had been disgusting him all along.

Even if it were his mother, he would still kill her. In Tang San's mind, his mother was a person, A Jing.

Even if the toad really was his mother, he wouldn't accept it. After all, his teacher had said that his mother was A-Jing, not some toad.

I am now like this because of the curse.

Tang San the Toad kept comforting himself and trying to cover up the truth, attempting to turn these false things into reality.

(End of this chapter)