Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 73 - The Art of Balance

Di Tian raised his head blankly and saw a dark purple thundercloud rapidly gathering in the sky. In just a few breaths, its range encompassed most of Sunset Forest.

Across the clouds, stretches of purple lightning, sometimes reaching a thousand meters in length, snaked through the clouds, rumbling and gathering a terrifying aura: "You audacious beasts, I can tell at a glance you are not human! Destructive Heavenly Thunder!"

"ah!!"

At this moment, with the help of the purple lightning, Titan and Niu Tian had returned to human form and were kneeling under the thunderclouds, trembling.

"You two have some nerve! How dare you use your god-level strength to attack in the lower realm! You disregard the rules of the divine realm; you are truly lawless!"

A majestic male voice echoed between heaven and earth. Even Di Tian's expression changed, and he hurriedly landed on the ground, staring at the terrifying dark purple thunderclouds.

"God of Destruction..." Niu Tian's face no longer held the previous high spirits; instead, it was filled with fear and trepidation.

"I remember you are subordinates of the Sea God!" The purple thundercloud remained silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Then today I will go and ask the Sea God what his intentions are in placing you in the mortal realm. Does he treat the entire mortal realm as his backyard?!"

"God of Destruction, we actually..." Niu Tian was about to say something when he was slapped away by a giant palm formed from purple thunderclouds. The God of Destruction said with disgust:

"Did I ask you to speak? The thing I hate most in my life is a bunch of rule-breakers like you! Wait until we get back to the God Realm, then we'll see how the God Realm Committee deals with you!"

Having finished speaking, the God of Destruction, carrying Titan and Niu Tian, ​​was about to return to the realm of the gods when a clear, melodious female voice came from below: "God of Destruction, please wait!"

"Um?"

Indeed, the one speaking was Qian Lingyun, who had just escaped into the undead demiplane. She had now returned and was standing on the ground of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, bowing and shouting.

"Oh, it's you! The heir to the Rakshasa!"

The God of Destruction treated this mortal girl, who cooperated with him and showed signs of becoming a god, with significantly better attitude than he had towards the Titans and the Celestial Beast. He asked in a low voice, "Is there anything else?"

"There are some things I can't let those two hear. I wonder if the gods could shield them from the light, as a small protection for me, the one who reported their heinous acts," Qian Lingyun said, straightening up and shyly pointing to Titan and Niu Tian, ​​who were tightly bound by purple chains.

"Hmm...okay." The God of Destruction was silent for a moment, then with a flick of his finger, he covered Niu Tian and Titan God with an opaque purple barrier.

"God of Destruction, those two scoundrels who acted as accomplices in the mortal realm have already remembered me. If they collude with the Sea God, I fear I will also face certain death in the lower realm!" Qian Lingyun nervously clutched the hem of her clothes, revealing a panicked expression. She took a step forward and cried out in a mournful voice:

"I wonder if the God of Destruction would allow me to kill those two directly, and end it all once and for all."

Killing those two unlucky bastards... just thinking about it made Qian Lingyun a little excited...

"No, no matter what, they broke the rules and can only be punished by the Divine Realm Committee. Executing them privately is unacceptable," the God of Destruction directly rejected Qian Lingyun's request, and asked with a smile:

"What, are you worried that the Sea God will descend to the mortal realm without permission to cause you trouble? He shouldn't be that heartless..."

"But, God, if the Sea God can send people to guard the lower realm, can't he also find an excuse or instruct others to retaliate against a weak ordinary person like me?" Qian Lingyun took a step forward and said urgently.

"Oh! Are you questioning the capabilities of the Divine Realm Committee?"

Upon hearing this, the God of Destruction's expression turned rather grim.

"I dare not question it, but I am indeed stating the facts."

"If there's one, there's bound to be two, three, and four. How can you be sure the Sea God didn't arrange for others to guard the lower realm?" Qian Lingyun looked honestly at the purple cloud, her body trembling violently with excitement. She bit her lip tightly, not caring that blood was dripping down her chin onto the ground.

"..."

The God of Destruction frowned as he looked down at Qian Lingyun. After pondering for a while, he felt that what Qian Lingyun said did indeed make some sense.

"Then what do you intend to do?" the God of Destruction asked.

"Please leave a token on the God of Destruction so you can contact me if anything goes wrong, so you can set things right in time!" Qian Lingyun finally said what she had been keeping to herself. If the God of Destruction gave her this, she could develop in peace.

"So, that's what you've been thinking all along? You're such a delicate-looking girl, I never knew you were so thoughtful!" The God of Destruction chuckled, pointed to the two beasts within the barrier, and said in a deep voice:

"I'm afraid you anticipated these two's actions, didn't you?! They've completely outmaneuvered a group of gods, and they're quite adept at using one enemy to devour another!"

"You flatter me, God. Weakness and meekness have never been my nature!" Qian Lingyun scratched her head awkwardly, and she wondered to herself, how come the God of Destruction, who could see through her thoughts at a glance, was so easily defeated by the Tang God King, who only knew about grand plans for ten thousand years?

Could it be... that the Tang Clan actually possesses the secret technique of casting spells? If that's the case, then Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong's previous irrational behavior suddenly makes perfect sense...

Of course, Qian Lingyun was more satisfied that it was Titan Niu Tian who came today, not Tang Hao and A Yin. After all, if Tang Hao and A Yin were captured, Tang San might still lend a hand because of their blood relationship.

These two beasts have no relation to Tang San; they merely used the path of sacrifice to rise to power overnight. If they were to truly drag Tang San down with them, even Tang San himself would probably be unable to keep them alive…

"The position of Rakshasa god... has been vacant for so long, but finally there's a successor... So be it!" The God of Destruction sighed, tossing down a purple men's bracelet from the purple clouds, saying, "This isn't something you can use frivolously. It's a token for when you become a god, for me to send someone to guide you into the divine realm. Understand?"

"Once I use this thing, I'll know exactly what to do, so please, please don't press any buttons randomly!"

Under the God of Destruction's friendly "repeated admonitions," Qian Lingyun understood immediately and fastened the bracelet to her wrist. Purple light flashed, and the purple men's bracelet slowly melted into the fair skin of her wrist, leaving only a faint dark purple scepter symbol.

"Thank you, God of Destruction, for this gift. I am deeply grateful!"

After expressing his gratitude, the God of Destruction did not linger in the mortal realm and returned to the realm of the gods with Niu Tian and Titan.

As the purple clouds in the sky dissipated, Di Tian walked over. He glanced at the sky in a daze, then looked at Qian Lingyun and said, "Is this the method you mentioned?"

"That's right, use magic to defeat magic, use even more powerful gods to defeat gods! What's the problem?" Qian Lingyun laughed it off nonchalantly, comforting her, "See, everything's fine now, isn't it?"

"Nothing wrong? Exposing this place directly to the gods, you have no idea about the complex relationship between our dragon race and the divine realm!" Di Tian roared impatiently, but Qian Lingyun calmly replied, "Of course I know, that's precisely why I dared to do it!"

"What do you mean?" Di Tian asked, puzzled.

"Extremism is easy; maintaining balance is difficult," Qian Lingyun said slowly, turning back to look at the Ice-Fire Spring radiating red and blue light. "You don't really think that the remains of the two dragon kings beneath the Ice-Fire Spring have gone unnoticed for so long, do you?"

"Were those two traitors you just fought only concerned with the immortal herbs I dug up that are no longer of much use to the gods?"

After speaking, Qian Lingyun slowly walked to the edge of the pool, then sneered, "You Xingdou family aren't the only ones plotting against the dragon bones and dragon souls. Without asking a deity to restrain that one in heaven, how will you have a chance to save them both?!"

"..." Di Tian looked up at the clear sky and suddenly realized, "Then let's return to Xingdou now and ask the Master for help!"

"It should have been done long ago!" Before Qian Lingyun could finish speaking, Di Tian grabbed her by the collar and disappeared into the spatial passage.

(End of this chapter)