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Chapter 78 Evolution! The Evil Eyes of Death Perception!

World Tree Plane, Ocean Realm.

Tang San sat on the back of a small black dragon a few meters long, his right hand wrapped around an eyeball with black tentacles, gazing at a direction more than a thousand meters below him with a solemn expression.

"Hold on tight, Xiao Wu, there's an extremely strong aura of a soul beast over there. Let's go around it."

Beside him, Xiao Wu fiddled with her braided hair, her eyes lowered, her expression complex, as she recalled her meeting with Lu Ping a month ago.

At that time, Xiao Wu was brought into this plane as "reward" for Tang San's agreement to join the World Tree Project. However, as a 100,000-year-old soul beast, her soul power was naturally much stronger than Tang San's, and she woke up before Tang San did.

Then, she witnessed a scene she would never forget.

Countless fragments of soul beasts, exuding a terrifying aura, surrounded a lone bamboo. The lone bamboo merely swayed its leaves, and one of the leaves transformed into a human figure, which squinted and smiled.

"Welcome to the World Tree Dimension, Xiao Wu."

Xiao Wu's body stiffened as she sensed the auras of the ferocious beasts around her, each with a lifespan of two or three hundred thousand years. Her heart was pounding with tension.

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She didn't see wrong, did she?

Could that being exuding an aura of extreme cold be the legendary Snow Emperor of the far north?

And that being filled with an evil, dark aura like the ocean, could it be the Deep Sea Demon Whale King who is about to become a god?

even.

She also saw a soul fragment whose aura was incredibly similar to that of Lord Di Tian. No, no, it couldn't possibly be Lord Di Tian's; how could it possibly be here?

Xiao Wu's chaotic and frightened thoughts were clearly visible to Lu Ping. He wasn't annoyed, but just smiled slightly and said the words she was most afraid to hear.

"Don't be nervous. These soul beasts all entered the World Tree plane voluntarily, including Di Tian, ​​whom you were just thinking about."

Lu Ping smiled with narrowed eyes, and with a gentle flick of his right hand, he packaged all the background information that needed to be explained and sent it into Xiao Wu's mind.

Soon, Xiao Wu's eyes lit up, and she looked at Lu Ping with more awe.

"Guzhu—no, World Tree, do you mean that even weak soul beasts like us can evolve into gods?"

Don't underestimate Xiao Wu just because she's a weak Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Beast. Her obsession with becoming a god is no less than that of powerful beings like the Snow Emperor or the Evil Eye.

As a soul beast that had just broken through 100,000 years and immediately attempted to transform into human form to delve into the human world, Xiao Wu's determination to disregard life and death was unmatched by many ferocious beasts that had cultivated for 200,000 or 300,000 years.

"Yes, of course, but it requires human cooperation. For you, Tang San should be the most suitable—"

No, that won't do.

However, to Lu Ping's surprise, before he could finish speaking, Xiao Wu, who had just been terrified of him and whose voice was trembling, interrupted him with a look of anxiety on her face.

"My bloodline is too poor. If I make a pact with my third brother, it will only be a burden to him."

"Even if I can't become a god, I don't want to be a burden to him."

Oh?

After hearing Xiao Wu's words, Lu Ping's lips curled into a meaningful smile, somewhat surprised.

He had expected Xiao Wu to refuse to form a contract with Tang San, but he hadn't expected it to be for this reason.

He had thought that Xiao Wu was more concerned about her identity as a 100,000-year-old soul beast being discovered at this stage. Now it seems that her concern for Tang San has surpassed her worries about her own identity.

This ill-fated couple has such a deep and inexplicable affection for each other.

"Don't rush. I didn't say you wanted to form a contract with Tang San. Although you two have a deep bond, your attributes are too incompatible. Even if your evolution goes smoothly afterward, you still won't reach the form I want."

Lu Ping shook his head and said calmly.

For him, the sole purpose of the World Tree Project was to unleash the strongest ultimate form.

Tang San's contract with Xiao Wu would allow him to evolve very quickly, but his potential and characteristics would be too poor. Even if he evolved to the ultimate form, he wouldn't be very strong; at most, he would only reach the level of a second or third-tier god.

This is not what Lu Ping wants.

"I have someone else in mind for your contractor, but I have a more important task for you now, and it's something only you can do."

"What is it?"

Lu Ping's gaze was fixed on Xiao Wu, a wicked smile playing on his lips.

"Give it to Tang San, the highest difficulty level."

The scene returns to the realm of the sea.

Lu Ping's words still echoed in Xiao Wu's ears, leaving her feeling conflicted.

"Given Tang San's personality, he will definitely act cautiously after entering the Sea Realm. Moreover, he has witnessed my methods and knows that a strong person like me would not set a deadly trap for him. Therefore, under normal circumstances, it would be difficult to force him to unleash his true emotional power."

"At this time, you need to step in. Only if you deliberately put yourself in danger, forcing Tang San to come to your rescue, can you get him to actively arouse his emotions."

This brings us to the "hot-blooded idiot paradox" proposed by Lionmon Jihei.

He proposed that the smarter a person is, the more likely they are to notice the relationship between emotional power and evolution. And the more aware they are of this relationship, the harder it is for them to evoke emotions at crucial moments and thus make it impossible for their Digimon to evolve.

On the contrary, the hot-blooded idiot, because he doesn't understand anything and doesn't realize anything, can quickly evolve his Digimon at crucial moments by relying on his passion.

This is the famous "hot-blooded idiot paradox".

In Digimon Adventure 1, for example, the most intelligent character, Izzy, has great difficulty mobilizing his emotional power. He even had to rely on cracking the evolution code of Digimon to complete his first evolution, using the methods of a science student.

On the contrary, the simple-minded Taiyi evolved the fastest. Even the later understanding of the power of emotions did not affect his passion. He used the power of courage to step on his right foot and level up infinitely.

Tang San is undoubtedly a smart person, or at least a person with a complex mind. Such a person would find it difficult to unleash his emotional power even when facing a life-or-death crisis.

unless.

He plunged something more important than his own life into crisis.

In the original novel, Tang San's outbursts were all because of Xiao Wu. This usually calm and collected Thousand-Handed Asura would shut down his brain and unleash boundless emotional power whenever Xiao Wu was involved.

"Am I really going to deliberately cause trouble and make Tang San come to save me?!"

"But even if I did that, we've only known each other for a few years, would he really do it for me—"

Xiao Wu's mood was also in turmoil.

Unlike Lu Ping, who has a god-like perspective, she has no idea of ​​her place in Tang San's heart. What worries her is that Tang San might not care about her that much, and even if she is in danger, he might not come to her rescue.

That's it.

do not care.

Xiao Wu gritted her teeth, her heart filled with a desperate, reckless determination. If Tang San really didn't come to save her, she wouldn't live either.

She had entrusted Tang San with the most important task a girl could ever do: "combing her hair." She had decided on him for life. If she had entrusted the task to the wrong person, she could only blame herself for being blind.

wow-

Just as Tang San was gazing intently at the sea, constantly on guard to avoid disturbing the ancient soul beasts beneath the waves, and ready to flee at any moment.

Xiao Wu suddenly lost her balance and fell off the black dragon's back, plunging straight into the sea.

"Xiao Wu!"

Upon seeing Xiao Wu fall into the sea, Tang San's eyes instantly turned red, and the Evil Eye tentacles on his right hand grew wildly, trying to pull Xiao Wu back.

However, the tentacles could only extend to ten meters at most, and no matter how hard Tang San tried, they could not extend any further.

"Boy, are you crazy? At this stage, I can only extend tentacles up to ten meters long. You want me dead?"

The Evil Eye roared at Tang San in its mind. Although its memories were sealed, its evil and domineering nature still existed. It was already good enough that it didn't take the initiative to exploit Tang San, how could it tolerate Tang San exploiting it?

"Shut up!"

Upon hearing the Evil Eye's furious roar, Tang San immediately stopped it, even desperately urging the Evil Eye to continue growing, sparing no effort to deplete the essence of this fragment of its soul.

"Aaaaaah! You brat, if you drain my soul power again, I'll self-destruct. If I'm not having an easy time, neither are you!"

Evil Eye cried out in pain, but deep down, a trace of fear flashed through his heart.

It wasn't mistaken, was it?

This kid's mental strength increased nearly threefold in that instant?!

The "Nine Worlds" created by Lu Ping were specifically designed to cultivate soul power, and more than a thousand techniques were added to them to amplify spiritual power, soul power, and emotional power.

Not to mention that Tang San himself was exceptionally gifted in mental strength, even someone like Ye Lengleng, who wasn't particularly skilled in mental strength, more than doubled her mental strength within a month.

According to the mental power setting in Douluo Continent III, in just that instant, Tang San's mental power soared from the "Peak of the Spiritual Connection Realm" to the "Spiritual Sea Realm," making him even stronger than the mental power of an ordinary Soul King.

Keep in mind that Tang San is only ten years old now, and his soul power has only recently broken through to the Great Dou Master level.

"Tang San, don't be so extreme. Xiao Wu isn't in dire straits. Look, she's just landed in the area where the 'Six-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark' is. She hasn't been eaten yet. Calm down, there's still a way."

Di Tian, ​​whose memories were sealed, advised in a childish voice that although his memories were lost, his inherent calmness and rationality remained unchanged.

"Calm down? How can you expect me to calm down?"

However, when it comes to Xiao Wu, Tang San's intelligence drops ten thousand times.

His eyes were bloodshot, and without even having time to speak, he immediately urged the black dragon to fly rapidly towards the sea, transmitting his thoughts through his soul.

"That's a six-thousand-year-old Demon Soul Great White Shark, stronger than even a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast. In the sea, even a Soul Emperor is no match for it. Xiao Wu has already been discovered; that great white shark is just playing a hunting game—how can I save her!"

Tang San closed his eyes in despair.

Yes.

The dorsal fins of sharks have now surfaced in the water. The 6,000-year-old demonic great white shark is circling around Xiao Wu, a hunting game that sharks instinctively play.

Tang San couldn't believe that he, a Soul Master below level 30, along with the two Soul Beasts, Di Tian and Xie Yan, both over ten years old, would be able to defeat this behemoth.

"There is a way."

Di Tian gazed into Tang San's eyes. Although his memories were sealed, Lu Ping had left him with some knowledge about evolution.

"The World Tree once told me that the power of the heart can create miracles."

"Tell me, is there more hatred or more love in your heart right now? Depending on the power within you, you can create different miracles."

like----

hatred----

Tang San took a deep breath, stared at the dorsal fin that the Demon Soul Great White Shark had exposed above the sea surface, gritted his teeth, and said fiercely.

"hatred!"

"I hate myself for being powerless, for not being strong enough, and for not protecting her."

"I never want to taste this hatred, this agonizing despair again!"

boom!

As Tang San's negative emotions erupted completely, a deep and intense light of evolution shone upon the Evil Eye Tyrant.

Evil Eye Evolution—

The evil eye of death!

In that instant, Tang San's heart was filled with hatred, and all he could think about was killing the Demon Soul Great White Shark and saving Xiao Wu.

This extreme hatred and killing intent allowed the Evil Eye to evolve into a form capable of conceptually annihilating enemies and controlling the rules of "death."

With the power of the Evil Eyes of Death Perception, everything in the world can be directly annihilated.

Swish.

The moment the transformation was successful, the Evil Eye Tyrant merged directly into Tang San's body, and an eye flashing with dark purple light stared straight at the Demon Soul Great White Shark.

At this moment.

The world in Tang San's eyes seemed to be covered by countless "lines" and "dots". As long as he released his mental power along those lines and dots, he could cause instant-kill damage.

"die!"

Without any hesitation, Tang San directly severed the "death line" on the Demon Soul Great White Shark.

*Crack*

To Xiao Wu and Di Tian's astonishment, the Demon Soul Great White Shark, a creature of over fifteen years old and extremely powerful, which even ordinary ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts and Soul Emperor level experts dared not provoke, was defeated by Tang San, whose soul power was only around level twenty.

Sold out instantly!

Blood poured out like raindrops, staining the surrounding dozens of miles of sea red. Tang Sanyao didn't care about any of this, nor did he care about the pain of almost losing sight in his left eye. Without thinking, he jumped off Di Tian's back and hugged Yu Xiaowu tightly in the sea of ​​blood.

"I'm sorry, I failed to protect you."

"I----"

Seeing Tang San's left eye tightly closed and bleeding continuously, Xiao Wu felt her heart breaking. She wished she could tell him the truth on the spot and then have Tang San slap her hard.

I'm so damn stupid.

My third brother risked his life for me.

But I, Yao, deliberately put myself in danger because of the World Tree Lord's orders, causing my third brother to suffer such serious injuries.

Xiao Wu gritted her teeth, her nails gleaming into her palms, and secretly made a vow in her heart.

Next time, she would never deliberately throw her life away.

Even at the risk of her identity being exposed and her third brother's dislike, she didn't want to see him get hurt.

On one side, the outer edge of the World Tree space.

"Great job!"

Seeing the successfully transformed Death Perception Evil Eyes, Lu Ping was also pleasantly surprised, as this was an unexpected gain beyond his plans.

Based on the soul structure of the Evil Eye of Death Perception, Lu Ping immediately created one for himself as well.

Feeling the power of the concept of death that seemed to directly connect to the "Universal Laws," Lu Ping took a deep breath, unable to suppress the smile on his lips.

The path taken by the criminal gang is the right one.

Letting Xiao Wu unleash Tang San's potential was absolutely the right thing to do!

The reason why the Evil Eye can transform into the Evil Eye of Death Perception is partly because it inherently possesses the attributes of "evil" and "destruction".

On the one hand, it's also because the laws of the universe in Douluo Continent are omnipresent. Rather than saying that the Evil Eye is committing a transgression, it's more accurate to say that it has gained some of the powers of the laws of the universe.

In the Douluo Continent worldview, the universe itself has no self-awareness, but is a set of rules that emerged after the death of the creator god. It exists on all planets and in all planes, and governs all powers in the world except for "divine punishment," which naturally includes death.

Just now, Tang San's extreme despair resonated with the evil and destructive attributes of the Evil Eye itself. Coupled with Lu Ping's more than a thousand soul amplification techniques and the power of the Digital World's "Mind-Only Law," it instantly connected with the "Death Law" in the universe's laws and recorded this waveband.

In terms of potential, the Evil Eyes of Death Perception is already a prototype of the "Ultimate Dimension," capable of utilizing the power of the Cosmic Laws to a certain extent.

Even a being of Emperor Tian's caliber would be instantly killed by the Evil Eyes of Death Perception if the difference in their levels were not too great, leaving not even a trace of the Corpse Realm.

Of course, the fifth stage of the Death Eye has not been fully transformed, and the cosmic laws he has received are also very vague. Every time he uses it, it will cause a great backlash to himself.

But for Lu Ping, finding the "road" is the most important thing.

(In the subsequent trial and error) he had ten thousand, a million ways to try.

Haji San, you idiot, you actually have such potential when it comes to being love-struck?

"You should have said earlier that you get stressed whenever Xiao Wu is in danger, then what else could I have said? Eighty-one tribulations, and here they are for Tang San (the monk)."

Arrangements have been made.

Sensing the immense potential contained within the Evil Eyes of Death Perception, Lu Ping chuckled, and a new plan immediately formed in his mind.

The situation has changed, and they've started to torment the third one.

However, Tang San, don't worry, I won't really let your beloved Xiao Wu get hurt. Just like the monsters sent down by the Heavenly Court, none of them dared to eat Tang Sanzang's flesh.

"Deep Sea Demon Whale King, Evil Chain Whale King, Demon Soul Great White Shark King—come to the Sea Realm, I need your help."

A smile of satisfaction spread across Lu Ping's face as he looked down at Tang San, who was tightly embracing Xiao Wu and seemed oblivious to the world around him. He cried out in his heart.

Come on, Tang San, let me see the limits of your love-struck mind!

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