Douluo Continent: Reborn as Yuhao, they all have ulterior motives.

Chapter 437 Zhou Weiqing's Path to Death (Part 2)

"The goddess of life has departed; I am giving you one last chance."

At the top level of the God Realm Committee, Tang San gazed at Ji Dong and Lie Yan before him and asked, word by word.

"Do you want to be my enemy or not?"

"What? Even now, you're still not planning to give up trying to persuade me?"

Ji Dong couldn't help but sneer: "From the moment you disregarded the safety of the God Realm and released the Golden Dragon King from the Forbidden Land of Gods, we could only ever be enemies!"

Tang San shook his head, his tone very frank: "I didn't want to do this either, but I was forced by circumstances. In order to deal with the God of Destruction, I had no choice but to resort to this tactic."

"And there's one thing you're wrong about. This isn't irreversible. Since I dared to release the Golden Dragon King, I have a way to deal with him."

At this point, he raised his hand and extended a sincere invitation to the two of them.

"If you two are willing to come to my side, we can not only easily resolve this matter, but also when I take control of the God Realm in the future, your status and position will rise accordingly. At least you won't be like you are now, having the status of members of the God Realm Committee but having no say in anything."

"Really? Are you sure that by then, others will still have a voice?"

A mocking expression appeared on Ji Dong's face: "I'm afraid the entire God Realm Committee will become your personal fiefdom, won't it?"

"I thought you were different from the God of Destruction, but now it seems you're just more cunning than him. No, you're even more ruthless. After all, the God of Destruction wouldn't allow the Golden Dragon King to break the seal."

Seeing that Ji Dong remained unmoved, Tang San seemed to finally give up trying to persuade him, shaking his head with a regretful expression.

"It seems we are destined to never understand each other."

When he looked up again, his eyes were filled with coldness: "I'm sorry, you made the worst choice."

Seeing Tang San still spouting threats despite having his shoulder and hand pierced through, and even his heart wound not fully healed, Lie Yan's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Now that things have come to this, do you still think you can win?"

Faced with this question, Tang San simply chuckled: "Do you really think I would be completely unprepared?"

As the words fell, a chilling sense of death spread from their spines. Before they could react, Tang San's body suddenly disintegrated, turning into a ball of bloody light that merged into the Asura Demon Sword.

At this moment, Zhou Weiqing also moved. He grabbed the hilt of the sword, and a dense burst of blood light erupted from the blade, condensing into a crimson giant sword in the air. Without hesitation, he slashed down at the two people who looked astonished.

boom--!

It was as if a bomb had exploded from the top of the Divine Realm Council.

Under the awe-inspiring gazes of the surrounding deities, a blinding crimson storm tore apart the tallest building in the divine realm, like a suddenly blooming crimson bud, carrying two figures flying backward from the center of the explosion, sweeping in all directions.

Having finally regained his footing in mid-air, Ji Dong coughed up a mouthful of blood, staring with a grim expression at the figure slowly stepping out from the blood-red light.

"This is the Asura Blood Sword!? You're not the Asura God, how could you possibly use this move!?"

He never imagined that things would develop in such an unbelievable direction.

What on earth is going on?!

Why is it that this guy, who is clearly a God of Destruction, can wield the Asura Demon Sword and even unleash the forbidden technique, the Asura Blood Sword?!

Let alone Zhou Weiqing, even if Tang San himself were to make a move, given his severely injured state, he might not be able to unleash this technique!

It was precisely because all of this happened so unexpectedly that he and Lieyan were completely unprepared and fell victim to the attack.

Fortunately, whether it was because Tang San was seriously injured or for some other unknown reason, the power of this Asura Blood Sword was not as strong as expected, and it only seriously injured the two of them.

But the problem is that this is already exaggerated enough. If any random deity could unleash the Asura Blood Sword simply by wielding the Asura Demon Sword, what would become of that?!

With these questions in mind, they finally saw Zhou Weiqing's current state through the gradually dimming blood-red light.

As if it were about to collapse under the pressure, countless cracks crisscrossed the surface of Zhou Weiqing's body, constantly oozing scarlet blood.

Clearly, Zhou Weiqing, who had used this move, was not in a good position.

But for no apparent reason, they felt that something was amiss when they saw this scene.

Would using the Asura Blood Sword cause such obvious external injuries to the body?

Was that sword strike just now really performed by Zhou Weiqing?

Seeing the shock and disbelief in their eyes, Tang San, inside the Asura Demon Sword, couldn't help but sneer.

Just kidding. Not long ago, he suffered a great loss at the hands of the Silver Dragon King and Rong Nianbing because of his arrogance. How could he possibly make the same mistake this time?

Now that he's identified them as enemies, he'll show absolutely no mercy!

Zhou Weiqing was also very excited.

Although he was in pain all over his body after activating the Asura Blood Sword.

Even just gripping the hilt of the sword caused his palm to feel an unbearable burning pain.

But seeing two once high-ranking members of the Divine Realm Committee so easily defeated in front of him, the pleasure and excitement in his heart forcibly suppressed the pain.

This is the power of the Asura God!

This is the power of the God-King!

Looking back now, how foolish I was! I actually rejected such a powerful force!

Fortunately, these things will soon belong to him again!

He tightened his grip on the Asura Demon Sword, grinned maliciously, and slowly walked towards Ji Dong and Lie Yan, who seemed to have no power to resist.

But as he walked, Zhou Weiqing realized something was wrong.

Feeling the growing weakness within him, a look of bewilderment flashed across his eyes. After a moment of careful sensing, he seemed to realize something and looked at the Asura Blood Sword in his hand with a look of horror.

Countless golden threads suddenly appeared from the hilt of the sword, disappearing into his palm like tofu, devouring his life force.

"Hmm? You actually found out?"

Noticing Zhou Weiqing's reaction, Tang San's calm voice rang out from the Asura Demon Sword.

As he finished speaking, it was as if he had torn off his last pretense, controlling more and more golden threads to emerge from the sword hilt and tightly bind Zhou Weiqing's hand, which was instinctively trying to break free.

The devouring effect, which had been deliberately restrained to prevent him from discovering it, was amplified several times over at this moment.

This devouring effect is naturally not the power of the Asura Sword, but comes from Tang San's natal artifact, the Eight Wings of the Sea God, which he has almost never shown his abilities to in front of others since he ascended to the God Realm!

There are indeed many people in the God Realm who know that he possesses this divine artifact, but apart from the Shrek Seven Devils who have accompanied him all the way to this day, almost no one knows that this divine artifact has an almost abnormal ability—devouring golden threads!

Just like the Eight Spider Lances before, it can devour the opponent's divine power, life force, and even cultivation level during battle. Even among all the evil gods, this can definitely be considered a top-tier ability.

However, no one would have imagined that such an evil devouring ability would appear in deities like the Sea God and the Asura God, who are outwardly more righteous.

And now, this trump card, which he has kept hidden for many years, has finally been revealed to everyone.

After separating from the Asura Demon Sword, Tang San's wounds had disappeared, and apart from his still somewhat weak aura, there was almost no trace of injury.

However, the most eye-catching thing is the four pairs of ferocious blood-red spider spears on his back.

This is the form that the eight wings of the sea god exhibit under the influence of the Asura God's position!

Although it is a divine artifact of the Sea God's position, as the former external soul bone Eight Spider Spear, this thing is somewhat different from the trident. It can change its form as the divine position changes.

Just like the Sea God's Divine Armor, when he first unleashed the dual-god coexistence technique ten thousand years ago, he transformed the divine armor into armor with Asura demon patterns. The same principle applies to the Sea God's Eight Wings.

By using the power of this divine artifact, he was able to steal Zhou Weiqing's life force when Zhou Weiqing grasped the Asura Demon Sword, and use the burning pain when holding it to cover up the feeling of having his life stolen, thus achieving a deceptive effect.

In other words, Zhou Weiqing never truly controlled the Asura Demon Sword, or rather, the Asura Sword always rejected him, the wielder who had no trace of the aura of the Asura God.

From beginning to end, every action Zhou Weiqing took was merely Tang San, the wielder, secretly cooperating with him after merging with the giant sword.

As for the so-called state of his body being covered in cracks after using the Asura Blood Sword, it was merely an effect of him making Zhou Weiqing bear a portion of the power of the Asura Blood Sword in order to prevent Zhou Weiqing from noticing anything amiss.

The only regret is that because he was seriously injured, the power of this Asura Blood Sword was obviously much weaker than before. Otherwise, it would not have been impossible for him to not only seriously injure Ji Dong and the other two, but also to kill them directly.

Although he talked about a three-on-three battle, Tang San knew very well that even though Ji Dong and Lie Yan's strength was at the bottom of the God Realm Committee, they were still not someone that a first-level god like Zhou Weiqing could contend with.

The gap between a God-King and a First-Level God is not so easily bridged. In comparison, using this guy's life force to heal his own injuries and then having him personally deal with the two people in front of him would actually increase the chances of victory.

They thought that Zhou Weiqing would never discover such a flawless plan, even until his death.

Unexpectedly, this God of Destruction, though arrogant and conceited, possessed remarkably keen senses. Even though he was being extremely cautious, he still managed to detect some of his ulterior motives.

However, since things have come to this point, it doesn't matter even if he discovers it. With the life force he just absorbed from Zhou Weiqing, his injuries have mostly healed, enough to regain control of the situation.

Looking at Zhou Weiqing again, and seeing the fear flashing in his eyes, Tang San smiled slightly.

"Thank you for your help. It was worth it for me to want to pass the throne to you. I will remember your contribution."

As the words fell, eight scarlet spider spears blurred into afterimages, easily piercing through Zhou Weiqing's body.

He was struck dumb, his struggles abruptly halted, and his life force rapidly drained away.

"No...no!"

Zhou Weiqing struggled like a maggot, his body tightly restrained, his expression more panicked than ever before, his eyes filled with fear of death.

"Tang San! I saved you! How dare you lay a hand on me? Aren't you afraid of being vilified and scorned by others?!"

Tang San's expression remained unchanged: "To achieve final victory, someone always has to sacrifice. Do you think I would still care about that now?"

"And you shouldn't have knocked my father unconscious! Whatever your motive, anyone who harms my family will pay the price!"

At this point, his face twisted into a hideous grimace: "The moment you laid a hand on my father, you were already courting death!"

Zhou Weiqing's pupils contracted. As his life force drained away, he realized he had no way to survive and couldn't help but burst into laughter, as if he were scoffing at Tang San's words.

"Pay the price? You're just a coward who bullies the weak. When your mother was captured because of your plan and forced into slavery in the mortal realm, why didn't you make her pay the price? When your wife, Xiao Wu, was possessed, why didn't you make her pay the price then?!"

He paused mid-sentence, as if he had just realized something, and deliberately feigned a look of sudden enlightenment.

"Oh no, you did do that, but unfortunately you didn't even get to see the culprit before you were beaten like a dead dog. And now, you're demanding I pay the price in front of my savior?"

Without concealing his ferocity, Zhou Weiqing stared mockingly at Tang San, whose face was extremely ugly, and uttered his final whisper.

"This is all your own fault, Tang San, you deserve it."

"Shut up!!!"

Tang San roared and suddenly reached out his hand, grabbing Zhou Weiqing's neck. Seeing the other's eyes gradually dimming, he lost his mind and didn't care whether the other could still hear him. He roared venomously in Zhou's ear.

"I won't let Huo Yuhao get away with this either! Once I've dealt with you all, I'll go after him and take revenge, making him pay a thousandfold for everything he did to my mother and Xiao Wu!"

However, Zhou Weiqing could no longer respond. His life force had been drained, and his hands fell limply to his sides, his head drooping.

he died.

Ji Dong and Lie Yan were stunned by the scene before them. Watching this dramatic development, a chill inexplicably rose in their hearts.

The next instant, a bolt of lightning, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, struck Tang San. Its terrifying power was so great that it tore his skin and flesh apart, causing him, a god-king, to bend over uncontrollably.

That was... divine retribution?

Did he really kill the God of Destruction?

While Ji Dong was still in shock, he saw Tang San straighten up, panting, and turn his gaze in their direction.

As if delivering a final judgment, they walked towards them step by step.

"It's your turn..."

The two felt a tremor in their hearts, and a look of despair flashed in their eyes.

If they were in their prime, they might have been able to catch up with Tang San if they joined forces.

But now, having taken a hit from the Asura Blood Sword without any warning, their strength is already less than one-tenth of what it used to be. How could they possibly be a match for Tang San, who had just absorbed Zhou Weiqing?

However, at that moment, a peculiar aura suddenly erupted from afar, drawing everyone's attention.

Looking up, one could see a dreamlike pink light emanating from the sky above the forbidden land.

Beneath that light, the Golden Dragon King, whose body was as large as a mountain, roared in resentment, his whole body bursting with golden light, trying to resist the suppression of that power.

Unfortunately, that force seemed unshakeable. No matter how hard he struggled, he could only watch as the pink light poured down, pressing him against the roots of the ancient tree of life.

"That's... the power of creation!?"

Tang San muttered to himself, his previous composure of victory vanishing in an instant, leaving only fear that made his body tremble.

No!

We can't let him kill the Golden Dragon King so easily!

Otherwise, he'll be next!

Even if he were at his peak, he wouldn't have a chance of winning against such power.

He's going to die if that guy comes looking for him!

Under the shadow of death, Tang San's mind raced, and he quickly made a decision.

I didn't want things to come to this point, but you all forced me to!

He raised his hand and made a grasping motion, and the octagonal key that controlled the central hub of the divine realm reappeared in his palm. He then gently tossed it into the sky.

Then, to Ji Dong's astonishment, Tang San roared, and the Asura Demon Sword in his hand once again erupted with a monstrous blood-red light, crashing down towards the palm-sized target.

click -

With a series of crisp, cracking sounds, the key shattered, along with the psychic membrane that enveloped the entire divine realm.

In an instant, the hideous cracks spread across the entire psychic barrier. Then, the sky seemed to shatter at that moment, with glass-like fragments constantly peeling off from the dome. Before they even fully hit the ground, they vanished without a trace.

This sudden scene naturally attracted the attention of everyone in the Forbidden Land of Gods. Looking up at the strange phenomenon in the sky, Rong Nianbing's face immediately turned extremely ugly.

For no apparent reason, Huo Yuhao's warning echoed in his ears once again.

"When you try to defeat Tang San by relying on those unrestrained rules, you have already lost the chance to defeat him."

Is this Tang San's true nature?

If only we had killed Tang San back then, there wouldn't have been so much trouble.

Suddenly, the God of Destruction, who had already merged with the Goddess of Life and whose power had briefly leaped, spoke.

"It seems Tang San has damaged the key to the God Realm's central hub. The situation is urgent. I need to take charge of repairing the psychic barrier. God of Emotions, go down to the mortal realm and ask Huo Yuhao for help!"

"What about Tang San?"

"He fled with the gods of evil and good the moment the upheaval occurred in the divine realm. However, the key to the divine realm's central hub is highly bound to the divine soul. If he severs the key, his own divine soul will gradually perish. Moreover, with my current strength, repairing the divine realm's barrier is already the limit. I don't have time to continue dealing with him."

"I understand, I'll go right now!"

Rong Nianbing knew the situation was critical, so he didn't say anything more. He took out the Xuanji Blade with spatial attributes and gently slashed the void beside him, stepping into the spatial rift.

When the barrier of the divine realm was intact, the entire space of the divine realm was as solid as a rock, and even the God King could only fly obediently.

But now that the barrier to the divine realm has been broken, there are naturally no more restrictions.

At the same time, the Golden Dragon King, who overheard the conversation, realized that this was his chance to escape. Without hesitation, he ignited the Flame of Life, forcibly broke free from the suppression of the pink light, and chased after Rong Nianbing in the direction she had left.

Although it was faint, he could sense that Rong Nianbing also possessed some aura from the Silver Dragon King. Following him might lead him to the Silver Dragon King.

Rather than sitting here and waiting to die, it's better to fight to the death. As long as everything goes smoothly, once he finishes absorbing the power of the Silver Dragon King, he can not only remove the burning state of the Flame of Life, but also advance to the Dragon God in one fell swoop!

(End of this chapter)