Douluo: Legend of the Holy Land

Chapter 243 Battle against Tang Chen

Tang Chen!

As soon as those two words were uttered, the King of Slaughter's body visibly trembled. It was as if Tang Chen, who had been in a deep sleep, had been momentarily awakened upon hearing his name and began to struggle for control of his body.

However, because Tang Chen's body had been parasitized by the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King for too long, his struggle was quickly overtaken by the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King, and his consciousness once again fell into a deep sleep.

"You're asking for it!"

Although it was only a momentary struggle, it was still quite unpleasant for the King of Slaughter. After all, Tang Chen's strength was too great. If we only consider strength, even if it cultivated for another 20,000 years, it would still not be a match for Tang Chen.

The reason he was able to successfully parasitize Tang Chen's body was entirely because Tang Chen lost himself during the Asura God's test. In addition to the interference of the Rakshasa God, Tang San's adoptive father, the Asura God, also played a significant role in this.

Given the Asura God's status, how could he possibly fail to notice the situation of a successor who had already reached the eighth trial? To be interfered with during his own divine trial by another first-level god of far lower status makes it difficult to deny the Asura God's tacit approval.

The King of Slaughter roared, and a sword-shaped demonic mark on his forehead instantly lit up. He exuded a menacing killing intent, and a thick blood mist rose from his body. The nauseating stench of blood grew stronger as he approached.

boom!

Before the King of Slaughter's attack could even get close to Xiao Yu, it was blocked by a golden barrier.

The one who made the move was Shaka.

"Shaka, help me get rid of this nasty bat!"

Xiao Yu stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly.

He had several purposes for this trip, one of which was to meet Tang Chen, the peerless Douluo who was famous in the Soul Master world a hundred years ago, and gain some insights in the battle so that he could break through the bottleneck of level ninety more quickly.

Shaka nodded, clasped his hands together in prayer, and a tremendous light of immense power erupted from his body.

Light of purification!

This is one of Shaka's divine techniques, possessing the power to purify all evil in the world.

The immense purifying light instantly descended upon the King of Slaughter, causing his body to begin to struggle violently. He emitted a squeak similar to that of a bat, and the crimson light emanating from his body began to shatter in large swathes, with large amounts of blood evaporating like boiling water.

A gigantic, blood-red bat phantom appeared behind the King of Slaughter, instantly shattering under the influence of the holy light.

The blood-red nine-headed bat king, which had tormented Tang Chen, a level 99 peerless Douluo, for nearly fifty years, finally perished.

As the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King dissipated, Tang Chen, who had been parasitized, began to regain his original appearance. Both his eyes and hair color changed from blood red to black, and the unpleasant bloody smell disappeared completely.

What's most terrifying is the aura emanating from him, which is many times stronger than that of the King of Slaughter from before.

With the help of Shaka's purifying light, the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King was expelled from Tang Chen's body, which also meant that he had finally completed the eighth trial of Asura and achieved a demigod body.

"Who are you? Did you save me?"

Tang Chen slowly opened his eyes. His voice was weak, which was understandable. He had been parasitized by the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King for decades, and he drank Crimson Mary, a slow-acting poison, every day like a beverage. His body was already riddled with holes.

The only good news for Tang Chen was that his great-grandson Tang San did not cast the blood-red swan kiss in the City of Slaughter, and the toxins in his body were not amplified a thousandfold, making his already damaged body even worse.

Given his current physical condition, he still cannot support the immense divine power of the Asura God, but he can barely sustain it for another three to five years, unlike in the original story where he passed the Asura Eight Trials with the help of his filial grandson, the Tang God King, and then died within a few days.

"I guess so!"

Xiao Yu nodded. Although his ultimate goal was to kill Tang Chen, he could indeed be considered Tang Chen's savior so far.

"Thank you all. I will definitely repay you in the future if I have the chance. But I have more important things to do now, so goodbye!"

Tang Chen thanked Xiao Yu and the other two and was about to leave. As for why he was leaving in such a hurry, Xiao Yu knew perfectly well that he was in a hurry to go to Poseidon Island to see Poseidon.

Indeed, love knows no gender!

"Tang Chen, why don't you stay?" Xiao Yu said calmly.

Tang Chen was taken aback upon hearing this, immediately stopped in her tracks, and turned around to look at Xiao Yu with some confusion: "You know me?"

"Not only do I know you, but I came all the way to the Killing City specifically because of you!"

Xiao Yu stared at Tang Chen and said calmly, "Your good grandson, Tang Hao, died at our hands!"

"What did you say?"

Tang Chen's expression instantly changed. His initial gratitude for Xiao Yu and the others' help in escaping vanished, replaced by a chilling aura that instantly filled his somewhat handsome face. He gritted his teeth and said, "Why? What deep-seated hatred do you have for my Hao'er that would make you so ruthless!"

"If you want to blame someone, blame him for having a good son!"

Xiao Yu shrugged and said, "Besides, I'm not just going to kill Tang Hao, but you too! I don't think any power would let a demigod-level expert, who's on the opposing side, roam around like that!"

"So you came here to kill me!"

As he spoke, an unparalleled aura emanated from him, and two different colors surged forth from his hands simultaneously.

A deep black aura surged from his right hand, and with the surge of black light, an enormous hammer covered with dark gold magic patterns appeared in Tang Chen's hand—his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul.

Nine astonishing spirit rings—eight black and one red—pulsated around the Clear Sky Hammer. Tang Chen, who had already undergone eight divine trials, had his spirit ring age significantly increased under the influence of the Asura God's divine power.

Tang Chen's left hand flashed with a bright red light. In the blink of an eye, the red light transformed into a giant sword over two meters long. The long and broad blade was covered with dark gold earth demon patterns. The blood-red sword was filled with an extremely fierce killing aura. It was the artifact of the Asura God, the Asura Demon Sword.

Tang Chen gripped a hammer in one hand and a sword in the other, his powerful killing intent instantly locking onto Xiao Yu: "Considering you rescued me from the Blood Red Bat King's parasitism, I'll give you a quick death!"

"It's still uncertain who will give whom a quick death!"

Xiao Yu also unleashed an astonishing aura. With the Netherworld Lord Martial Soul attached to him, eight soul rings—one yellow, two purple, three black, and two red—slowly rose from beneath his feet. Although the age and number of his soul rings were lower than Tang Chen's, the aura he exuded was enough to rival that of Tang Chen, who was at the demigod level.

(End of this chapter)