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Chapter 286 The Inheritance of the God King! Tang She's Reincarnation Mystery! (Seeking monthly votes!!!)

The instant that Wu Li's tearful roar echoed through the cave, Milerton's mechanical dragon eyes suddenly burst forth with an unprecedentedly intense light!
Buzz—boom boom boom!

A terrifying buzzing sound, like the awakening of a primordial beast, erupted from Millerton's body. Its massive body underwent a dramatic transformation amidst blinding lightning. Its originally slightly rounded body became more slender and sharp, with sharp blades extending from the armor on its neck and tail. The mechanical structures of its limbs unfolded layer by layer, revealing the energy veins pulsating inside like blood vessels!
Most striking is its back, where a [hadron engine], resembling a creation of futuristic technology, suddenly unfolds!

Hadron engines, full power startup!

Crackle! ...
Centered on Milton, a golden-purple electric halo spread out like a shockwave, instantly engulfing the entire cave!
Inside the cave, countless inlaid tourmalines seemed to be summoned by a king, flashing and resonating wildly at an unprecedented frequency, pouring out their electrical energy accumulated over thousands of years without reservation and injecting it into that golden-purple halo!

The electrical field has been expanded on an unprecedented scale!

The entire cave seemed to have transformed into a kingdom of lightning. Milton hovered in mid-air, his massive body enveloped in endless lightning, like an ancient dragon god who wielded thunder. The energy fluctuations he emitted caused the overlord electric spider, which had just broken free from some of the silver grass's restraints, to let out a terrified scream!

"Hiss!!!"

However, its fears have only just begun.

"Roar--!!!"

Millerton let out a roar that shattered the rock walls, and the hadron engine on his back spewed out a beam of purple lightning that pierced the sky!

Its massive body seemed to lose mass at that moment, transforming into a purple lightning bolt and unleashing its unique skill, [Lightning Charge]!
That wasn't a simple collision; it was the manifestation of thunder, the ultimate speed!
The legendary Iron Serpent used this very move to turn the earth to ashes!
All the people saw was a purple lightning spear that distorted the light, tearing through the air at a speed beyond comprehension!

Wherever it passed, the space seemed to be scorched, and those incredibly tough spider webs were silently annihilated and dissipated the moment they came into contact with the purple lightning spear!

The domineering electric spider's eight compound eyes were filled with extreme terror and despair. It desperately channeled all its energy to build an incredibly thick [electric net] shield in front of it, while wielding its metal legs to unleash [electric discharge] in an attempt to intercept!
But it was all in vain!
Bang!
The instant the purple lightning spear made contact with the golden shield, there was no stalemate, no sign of an explosion, only a crisp sound like shattering glass! The electric net shield, which embodied the lifelong cultivation of the overlord electric spider, couldn't even withstand a fraction of a second and shattered instantly!
Immediately afterwards, the Purple Lightning Spear struck the very center of the Overlord Electric Spider's millstone-sized, ferocious head without any hindrance!

Rumble, rumble—! ! !
This time, it was a truly devastating explosion!

The dazzling purple-white lightning instantly engulfed the massive body of the overlord electric spider. The terrifying energy shockwave spread out in a spherical shape, flattening and vaporizing the surrounding hard rock walls layer by layer like tofu!

As the blinding lightning gradually dissipated, Tang She was left with only a huge, charred crater in front of him, the rocks at the edge of the crater still in a molten state.

The once invincible overlord electric spider, with nearly ten thousand years of cultivation, was reduced to a pile of broken remains!

Instant kill!

"Hiss... hiss?!"

Tang Snake's raised head froze instantly, and its golden vertical pupils shrank into two thin lines due to extreme shock!

What... what kind of power is this?!

This purple iron-skinned lizard, which had been trapped in that beast's electric net and looked quite disheveled, why was it so terrifying once it unleashed its power?!

This power... is far greater than his older sister's red motorcycle lizard!
However, the shock lasted for less than a moment before a surge of overwhelming rage instantly overwhelmed Tang She's reason!

It suddenly turned its head, its serpentine eyes, burning with rage, fixed on Wu Li, who was still lying on the ground!
Snapped!Snapped!
Two crisp and extremely fierce cracking sounds of whipping rang out almost simultaneously!

"Ughh ...

Wu Li let out a shrill scream as he was whipped around like a spinning top on the ground!
Strangely, though Wu Li was curled up, her eyes were filled with a sense of submission and happiness at being dominated by the powerful.

Damn it! This piece of trash! This complete idiot!
Tang She cursed inwardly. Possessing such a powerful spirit, yet it had behaved like a pig waiting to be slaughtered! What a waste! If only this power had been used by him sooner…

After lashing Wu Li twice with the whip, Tang She finally suppressed his urge to drain the trash dry. He then swaggered towards the center of the charred pit, his elegant body twisting and turning.

In the center of the pit, a spirit ring was quietly floating.

The main body of the spirit ring was a deep purple, but within the purple, there were unstable black lights pulsating like blood vessels. The energy fluctuations it emitted were vast and wild. It was a top-level spirit ring with an age of over nine thousand years, infinitely close to ten thousand years!
"Hiss... More than nine thousand nine hundred years?"

Tang She carefully sensed the age aura contained in the soul ring, a barely perceptible hint of disappointment flashing in his golden snake eyes.

It seems that for a soul beast with such potential as the electric spider, ten thousand years is indeed an insurmountable barrier.

But to have such good fortune is truly not easy. Just as Tang She calmed his mind and prepared to guide this top-level soul ring to begin absorbing it.

Om-! ! !
A sudden change occurred!

The purplish-black spirit ring seemed to possess a life of its own, and suddenly began to tremble violently.

Like a greedy vortex, it began to frantically absorb the electrical energy emanating from Millerdon's [Heron Engine] and [Electrical Field] that permeated the entire cave!

This electrical energy, containing the original power of legendary Pokémon, surged into the Soul Ring like rivers flowing into the sea!
The black patterns on the spirit ring expanded rapidly at a visible speed, and the deep purple, under the infusion of immense energy, seemed to have reached a critical point—

Under Tang She's shocked gaze, the purplish-black spirit ring underwent a complete color change!
All the purple was replaced by an inky black that seemed to devour all light!

An even more terrifying pressure of soul power than before descended from the slowly rotating black ten-thousand-year soul ring!

"A ten-thousand-year soul ring?! It...it actually evolved?!"

Tang Snake's pupils contracted violently due to extreme ecstasy, and the entire snake trembled slightly at this sudden and miraculous stroke of luck!
But it immediately forced itself to calm down, and its extraordinary wisdom made it instantly realize the key.

It abruptly turned its head, its cold, golden vertical pupils, for the first time carrying an unprecedented solemnity and scrutiny, staring intently at the purple mechanical creation not far away—Millerton—still surrounded by tiny arcs of electricity.

This iron-skinned lizard… the energy it exudes can actually cause its spirit ring to evolve?! This is a foundation that no ordinary ten-thousand-year-old spirit beast could possess! The primal power contained within its body is probably… comparable to that of a spirit beast tens of thousands of years old!
An irrepressible greed, like a venomous snake, burrowed into Tang She's heart.

If I could absorb its power, wouldn't I be...

The thought was so tempting that it almost made it unleash [Soul Drain] on Uriel and Milton on the spot!
However, just as its killing intent was about to spiral out of control, Master Xiaogang's wise voice, like a resounding bell, once again resonated deep within its consciousness. It recalled Master Xiaogang's teachings: it wasn't simply a matter of pursuing high-age spirit rings; more importantly, it was about their compatibility with its own martial spirit.

Tang She suddenly jolted awake, instantly breaking free from the edge of the abyss of greed.

It gave Milton a deep look, forcibly suppressing its greed and fear.

Without hesitation, it took hold of the black ten-thousand-year soul ring that emanated terrifying energy, took a deep breath, and focused its mind into its dantian. The Xuan Tian Gong quietly began to operate, and two soul rings, one yellow and one purple, appeared behind it, faintly echoing the black soul ring in the air.

"Hiss... Come on! My third spirit ring!"

Guided by its will, the black, ten-thousand-year-old soul ring, which had been floating for thousands of years, seemed to have found its home. It transformed into a stream of light, carrying a powerful aura of destruction and rebirth, and slowly enveloped Tang She's head.

The moment it absorbed the spirit ring, Tang Snake's emerald green body, which was tinged with silvery-white light, suddenly straightened like iron, and its golden vertical pupils were instantly filled with violent lightning!
It felt a surge of destructive power, like a bursting dam in the Milky Way, rushing into its limbs and bones along the black ten-thousand-year soul ring that had just merged into its head!

“Hiss—!!!”

Its consciousness, under the impact of this overwhelming torrent of thunder, was like a small boat in a storm, instantly becoming hazy and confused, as if it would be completely torn apart and annihilated in the next second!

Tang She immediately realized that he had overestimated himself!

The limit of this third spirit ring is probably far from reaching the terrifying level of ten thousand years!

This electric spider overlord's ten-thousand-year soul ring, catalyzed by the primal power dissipated by Millerdon, contains not only the life energy and soul skill imprint of a soul beast, but also a fragment of the thunder law belonging to a legendary Pokémon. Its ferocity and quality far exceed the limits it can withstand, built with the Xuan Tian Gong and the Silver Grass martial soul!

It was naturally unaware that, according to the ironclad rules of the Doujing Continent, ordinary soul masters, let alone the third soul ring, would never be able to absorb the soul ring of a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, even at the fourth soul ring stage!
Only when one's soul power reaches level fifty and one enters the Soul King realm, and one's physical body and soul have been repeatedly tempered by the first four soul rings, will one dare to make such a bold attempt to touch the forbidden power of the ten-thousand-year soul ring when it comes to the fifth soul ring!
Even the legendary Tang San, the God King Tang, only dared to do such a heaven-defying thing when he was at the fourth spirit ring stage, thanks to a lot of cheat codes and luck!

"Ugh... Damn it! I miscalculated!"

A wave of unprecedented regret washed over Tang Snake, but at this moment, even if it regretted it to the core, it was too late!

Once the absorption of a spirit ring begins, it cannot be stopped. Either the absorption is successful or the body explodes and dies; there is absolutely no third way!
The instinct for survival and the deep-seated pride of a divine king forced it to forcibly condense its almost collapsed mind.

"How could I possibly die here?!"

Tang She immediately focused all his attention and used all his soul power to absorb the power of the soul ring.

Crackle! ...
Inside the cave, lightning flashed!
Countless fine golden electric snakes darted wildly across the surface of the Tang Snake's body, and its proud emerald green scales turned charred black at a visible speed!

Its muscles hissed and groaned under the intense heat of the lightning, and some parts were even carbonized, revealing the equally blackened bones underneath!
"Hiss! Silver Grass, move for me!!!"

Under extreme pain and the threat of death, Tang Snake went completely mad, and the two spirit rings on its back, one yellow and one purple, flashed wildly at an unprecedented frequency!
In an instant, the entire tourmaline cave seemed to transform into the magical realm of silver grass!

Countless vines entwined with dark blue magical patterns, like mad tentacles reaching out from the depths of hell, recklessly burst forth from the ground, rock walls, and even the cave ceiling!

[First Soul Skill: Silver Entanglement]! [Second Soul Skill: Soul-Sucking Touch]!
Dual skills combined, pushing the limits!
These frenzied silver grass vines indiscriminately attacked everything in the cave that still had a trace of life—the weak electric spiders trembling in the crevices of the rocks, the Magneton that had been too scared to move by the Overlord's pressure, and even some of the lucky electric bugs that had survived!
The eerie blue magic patterns on the vines were blindingly bright, and those strange suckers, like the gaping maws of a glutton, unleashed terrifying suction, frantically drawing out the life energy and meager soul power of these poor elves!
"Squeak—!"

"Om-!"

A mournful cry echoed from the corner of the cave, and countless tiny streams of life, like rivers flowing into the sea, forcefully flowed into Tang Snake's charred body on the verge of collapse along the silver grass vines, attempting to repair the tissues constantly being damaged by lightning and replenish the rapidly depleting soul power.

However, the power of the ten-thousand-year spirit ring, especially this mutated spirit ring containing a trace of legendary power, was still more domineering than Tang She could have imagined!

After holding out for only a few breaths, the Tang snake was engulfed by the lightning, leaving only a charred, broken snake body, emitting wisps of smoke, lying motionless on the cold rocky ground.

In an instant, Tang She's will, filled with resentment and anger, plummeted into the cold, deathly darkness!
Is this death?

Tang She's consciousness floated in this dark abyss where even time had lost its meaning.

It cannot sense its body, nor its soul power, and even its thinking becomes extremely sluggish.

"Damn it... I... actually..."

An unprecedented sense of powerlessness welled up in my heart, but it was followed by an even more intense sense of resentment and anger!
"How could I...die in a place like this?! I'm destined to become the God-King who rules over all things and tramples all living beings! I haven't avenged that bastard Palukia yet! I haven't trampled that beast in the red suit Mo Zhen under my feet! I haven't made that fat maggot Tang Long kneel down and lick my scales! I...I absolutely cannot perish like this!!!"

Just as Tang She's will was like a candle flickering in the wind, about to completely sink into the abyss of death...

hum-

A faint light, like the first ray of dawn piercing through the eternal night, appeared without warning in this absolute darkness!
It was not a dazzling light, but an ancient, mysterious, and strange mark containing an indescribable rhythm!

Its shape is ancient and complex, as if it were woven from the trajectory of countless reincarnations. It was the reincarnation mark that made the God of Space turn pale in the Palukia Studio!

The Tang Serpent's will, which was about to fall completely, instinctively touched and merged with this mark the moment it sensed its existence!
boom!
A vast and profound flow of information instantly swept through its collapsing core of consciousness!
Spring's budding, summer's flourishing, autumn's desolation, winter's withering...

Plants wither and flourish, flowers bloom and fade, life cries at birth, youthful vigor at its peak, sighs in old age, and silence at death's arrival...

Between heaven and earth, the cold yet vibrant laws of nature unfold slowly before its eyes like a vast scroll!

It saw that the end of destruction was not eternal nothingness, but the beginning of new life!
It saw that within death lay the hope of rebirth!
In this ultimate experience of death and destruction, guided by the mark of reincarnation, its astonishing wisdom suddenly came to an understanding, faintly touching upon a trace of the supreme Dao truth of living towards death and endless reincarnation!

With this glimmer of understanding, deep within its charred body, in the core of its life essence that had been almost completely destroyed by lightning, it sensed a faint yet tenacious sign of rebirth, like a spark covered in thick ash, stubbornly waiting for the moment to revive...

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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