"Tang San, are you all alright?"
Inside the auction hall, Yu Tianheng hurried over, face full of guilt, apologizing to Tang San and the others.
Yu Xiaogang's behavior was so shameless that even Yu Tianheng felt disgusted.Having such a second uncle… he could only call it a misfortune of the family.
"It's fine. Just annoying, that's all."
Tang San waved his hand, clearly unconcerned.
Times were different now. Six years ago, he might have worried Yu Xiaogang would expose the secret of his twin spirits.But now? Yu Xiaogang, that useless piece of garbage, wasn't even worth a glance.
And Yu Xiaogang was still Yu Tianheng's relative. Since Yu Tianheng personally reprimanded him and apologized…
Tang San wasn't a petty or narrow-minded person. Toward brothers and people he acknowledged, he was actually very tolerant.And Yu Tianheng was one of the brothers he now recognized.
"You don't need to care about my relationship with Yu Xiaogang anymore. He hasn't been one of us from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for a long time."
Seeing Tang San speak so casually made Yu Tianheng feel even worse, so he continued,
"If you really find him troublesome, I can ask my grandfather to send someone to imprison him."
Yu Tianheng didn't want that piece of trash Yu Xiaogang to affect his relationship with Tang San and Xiao Lin, so he kept guaranteeing it.
Meanwhile…
One of the black-clad abductors holding Oscar was running as far from Heaven Dou City as possible.
At that moment, Tang Hao saw them.
Because of A Yin's recent changes, Tang Hao wanted to meet Tang San early and ask what exactly caused A Yin to recover traces of consciousness.
And just by chance, he saw this scene.
Normally, Tang Hao would ignore unrelated matters—especially since exposing his identity would be troublesome.But the black-clad man, upon seeing Tang Hao, panicked and tried to kill him to silence the witness.
Tang Hao felt helpless.In Heaven Dou City, patrol soldiers were everywhere. Fighting was bad, but not fighting was also bad.
The man's forehead suddenly flashed with a Star Crown spirit, and he rushed at Tang Hao—
Only for his head to collide precisely with Tang Hao's fist.He dropped instantly, unconscious.
"Star Crown Spirit… so he's from the hidden clan, the Xu family?"
Tang Hao muttered. Then he recalled the Xu clan's activities over the years.Rumor had it they kept harassing the Hao Tian Clan's four affiliated families—particularly the Min clan, the Bai family—trying to force them to marry into the Xu family.
Tang Hao absolutely would not allow that.
The Xu family was brazen—actually daring to provoke the four great families.
And recently, he heard rumors that the Xu clan had been capturing talented individuals to breed them.
Even if the rumors were false—today, what he saw proved at least part of it was true.
For Tang San's safety, Tang Hao decided he needed to "deal with" the Xu family.
He grabbed the black-clad man's neck lightly, pinching—and the bones instantly shattered.
The Xu family really was troublesome.
After killing the man, Tang Hao disappeared in a few flickers.
But this time, aside from meeting Tang San,he also planned to have Tang San take control of the four great clans.
Elsewhere.
Star Dou Forest — Holy Spirit Plain.
Bibi Dong, with Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo, were battling the Holy Spirit King.
This hundred-thousand-year soul beast was already stronger than Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo individually.As a plant-type beast, its vitality was terrifyingly high.
Even with three Title Douluo, they had fought for two days and two nights.
"Damn it, why won't this thing die!?"
Yue Guan bit his lip.The Holy Spirit King could revive through its "offspring," the Holy Spirit Grass.
Its power wasn't weaker than his to begin with—and with constant revivals, it was even more troublesome.
He felt the Holy Spirit King was harder to deal with than the Titan Giant Ape.At this rate, they'd run out of spirit power.
Even Bibi Dong felt the pressure.The Holy Spirit King could sever parts of its own body to escape poison. Against that, much of her toxin-based abilities were useless.
Unless she used Rakshasa God power.
But they were deep in Star Dou Forest—too risky.If a hidden hundred-thousand-year beast attacked her during vulnerability, she'd die.
"Yue Guan, Ghost—do you still have spirit power to use your Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"
Forced to the limit, Bibi Dong could only risk everything.
"Your Holiness… we can use it one last time."
Ghost Douluo answered, though clearly reluctant.Without spirit power, they'd be no different from ordinary people.
"Then use it. This time, the Holy Spirit King must die."
Gritting her teeth, Bibi Dong prepared to activate her grotesque second spirit to finish it quickly.
But she didn't know—
Their struggle had been watched the entire time by the fierce beasts.
To the fierce beasts, except for those with potential to become fierce beasts, other hundred-thousand-year soul beasts were not the same race.The Holy Spirit King was one such outsider—a cowardly creature that revived by possessing its offspring.It had survived the ten-thousand-year tribulation by chance and would never survive the two-hundred-thousand-year tribulation.
So the fierce beasts didn't care whether it lived or died.
If in the original timeline, Di Tian hadn't saved Da Ming and Er Ming from Bibi Dong's poison and later Tang San's divine power hadn't appeared, the fierce beasts might have helped the two guardians of the Lake of Life.
After all, Da Ming and Er Ming did their job well.
Right now, as another plant-type fierce beast, the Myriad Demon King's vines lay across the battlefield, forming eyes watching eagerly.
On the other end, the vines stretched toward the Lake of Life.
The Myriad Demon King closed its eyes, broadcasting the battle like a commentator.
Hearing the description, the fierce beasts all displayed contempt.
Human top experts—even twin-spirit humans—weren't impressive.
In this era, a hundred-thousand-year soul beast was equivalent to a Super Douluo (except freaks like Jian Dao Chen Xin).
To fight fierce beasts, you needed someone at the limit Douluo level.
"Hmph. Even after ten thousand years, they can't compare to us."
Bear King scoffed.
"Don't underestimate humans. Their average spirit ring age has increased greatly. In ten thousand years, there may be someone who can defeat us."
Ditian said calmly.
Though calm, Ditian felt a surge of jealousy.Why could humans level up so easily? Why could they become gods?
He increasingly couldn't understand the Dragon God.
And he had no idea how the Auspicious Beast was doing after transforming into human form.
As the ruler of soul beasts, Ditian was worried.
"Ditian, you're overthinking. Haven't you already accumulated the divine-level soul power to become a god?"
The Myriad Demon King shook his vines.He only wanted the fight to end so he could go pick up leftovers.
A dead Holy Spirit King would leave behind plenty of soul power—a perfect snack.
"You don't understand. The more tribulations I pass, the more I see the prejudice of the heavens against soul beasts. Even with divine-level soul power… becoming a god is nearly impossible."
"Unless I escape this world."
Ditian had learned the truth through countless heavenly tribulations.Soul beasts could sense the laws of heaven through tribulation, but those same laws made it almost impossible for them to become gods.
If he didn't need to protect his sleeping master, he might have left this world long ago to seek godhood.
"Leave this world… quite the bold idea. But it might be possible."
The Myriad Demon King thought for a moment—it indeed made sense.
Only Ditian—the dragon species—might have the ability to soar beyond the world.
Still, he believed the Auspicious Beast had a higher chance of becoming a god.
Even Ditian didn't know it was he who encouraged the Auspicious Beast to assume human form.He had been manipulating the entire matter in secret.
If the Auspicious Beast succeeded, great.If not, he wouldn't be in danger anyway.
And it might even thank him later.
When the Auspicious Beast returned, he planned to keep several Holy Spirit Grasses and Fruits for it.
(End of chapter)