"You actually blocked it."
Ning Rongrong's faint voice rang out, causing Bo Saixi, already as tense as a startled bird, to grow even more nervous.
"You… what are you going to do!" Bo Saixi's heart sank. She instinctively raised the damaged Sea God Trident to defend herself.
She had fought Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen before and never felt this mentally shattered. Looking at the long crack running from the tip to the handle of the trident, Bo Saixi could only sigh that the continent had changed too much.
"Come out, Lord Sea God." Ning Rongrong paid no attention to Bo Saixi's fearful gaze and looked at the Sea God Trident in her hand.
"You are extraordinary, human soul master." A voice echoed through the air.
The Sea God Trident trembled lightly. The originally cracked weapon began to radiate mysterious fluctuations from its tip.
Soon the Sea God Trident left Bo Saixi's hand and floated in mid-air.
Deep blue water vapor gathered, forming a ten-meter-tall illusory figure.
Extremely robust, gender indistinguishable.
Yet the vastness of the ocean made one feel unable to look directly at it.
"Lord… Lord Sea God!"
Bo Saixi was first stunned, then her expression turned to excitement.
"Bo Saixi, you have done well." Poseidon's voice was like the song of the sea, capable of calming restless hearts.
Then, without waiting for Bo Saixi to reply, the illusion lightly shook its body, seemingly turning its gaze elsewhere.
"What is your relationship with Evil?"
Poseidon's voice did not cause much change in Ning Rongrong's expression. She replied calmly:
"Whether I am related to the Evil God King has nothing to do with you, Lord Sea God, does it?"
"More importantly, haven't your actions gone too far?"
Ning Rongrong was quite clear about the Sea God's divine power and had anticipated his appearance.
The Asura God was trapped in the area sealing the Golden Dragon King and could not contact the outside world.
But the Sea God was different—he was merely under house arrest.
The divine sense on the Sea God Trident could still reach him.
As for the Evil God King Poseidon mentioned, Ning Rongrong had already found a lot of relevant information in the Evil God Pearl.
After a brief thought she said, "Vast Sea City is my fief. Lord Sea God, isn't this kind of interference crossing the line?"
"Bo Saixi and Tang Chen intended to attack my father and my respected elders. I'm sure Lord Sea God is not completely unaware of this, right?"
"This incident was a mistake on the part of our sea clans." On the faceless illusion a contemplative expression appeared.
"You have already killed my kin. Is that not enough?"
"Not enough." Ning Rongrong replied. "I want every soul master in Vast Sea City who deeply worships the Sea God to leave. I don't think I need to explain the reason."
Poseidon did not answer. Bo Saixi, as his divine servant, grew agitated:
"Impossible! Vast Sea City has been under Sea God Island's jurisdiction since ancient times. It is the city where Lord Sea God became a god!"
"That's not my concern. I have no desire to become enemies with Lord Sea God, but I also do not wish to be disturbed."
As Ning Rongrong spoke, a wisp of faint black zhenqi simulating soul power appeared.
Sensing this aura, Poseidon's divine sense pondered for a moment before replying:
"I can agree to this matter."
"But I have one condition."
"Please speak!" Ning Rongrong extended her hand, gesturing for the Sea God's illusion to continue.
"Your conflict with Sea God Island and sea soul masters ends here."
"In addition, I need to know your relationship with the Evil God King."
Hearing this, Ning Rongrong fell into thought.
After a moment she said, "The Evil God Pearl is with me. Is that information enough?"
"It is sufficient."
After both sides negotiated for a while, Poseidon's divine sense slowly faded.
Watching the Sea God Trident return to Bo Saixi's hand, Ning Rongrong inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.
Regardless of whether the original Sea God was a voyeur or not, he was still a first-level god—and one of the top among first-level gods. Saying she felt no pressure would be a lie.
"As expected, raising a big flag makes things easier. I just wonder what the Evil God King thinks of me now."
Ning Rongrong put away the Glazed Holy Sword and said, "I hope Senior Bo Saixi will honor what I promised Lord Sea God."
"I give you only one week. All soul masters who deeply worship the Sea God must leave Vast Sea City."
"Is it really necessary to go this far?" Bo Saixi sighed.
"Senior Bo Saixi, Senior Tang Chen—some things both sides understand. There's no need to say them openly."
"Since you planned to attack the sect master of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, even if you didn't act, that is still attempted murder."
"I don't want uncontrollable elements in the territory I manage."
"Besides, it was the ice sea clan who betrayed the Sea God's faith and attacked Vast Sea City, wasn't it?"
Space beside her slowly cracked open. Ning Rongrong stepped inside.
She watched the spatial rift disappear.
Bo Saixi and Tang Chen let out long sighs.
Everything had been calculated perfectly—except Ning Rongrong's combat power.
As for refusing the deal and completely tearing faces with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan…
Both Bo Saixi and Tang Chen fell silent.
Ning Fengzhi's trio with their martial soul fusion skill, Ning Rongrong with her unscientific combat power, and Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan who were masters of both medicine and poison.
They hadn't seen it personally, but the terrifying toxin still lingering on the sea surface that had dissolved everything yet not fully dissipated—it could only be Dugu Bo or Dugu Yan.
Only those two could lock down everything below 100,000-year soul beasts to that extent.
Unknowingly, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan had reached a point where even if Sea God Island and the Clear Sky Clan joined forces, they could not defeat it.
No wonder Spirit Hall, even while suffering losses, never tried to suppress the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan as it grew stronger. How could anyone suppress this?
If the Sea God hadn't intervened through the trident just now, she and Tang Chen would have been either dead or gravely injured.
"Sigh…"
Bo Saixi sighed.
"Moving the residents of Vast Sea City who worship the Sea God to Sea God Island isn't bad either. The Sea God Trident needs the faith of sea soul masters to repair itself."
What else could they do now?
Ning Fengzhi, you really gave birth to an incredible daughter.
While Bo Saixi and Tang Chen lamented life, the massive rift in the sky finally vanished completely.
Ning Rongrong arrived at the small island where the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had been two and a half years ago.
The moment she stepped out of space she staggered and nearly fell.
"Forcibly entering the Extreme of Heart really places a huge burden on the soul and body. I got too arrogant."
Ning Rongrong sat cross-legged and began cultivating, intending to recover as quickly as possible through cultivation.
Half an hour, then an hour passed.
Ning Rongrong slowly opened her eyes.
"Phew—"
She exhaled a breath of turbid air.
This time she had used the Evil God King's banner to make the Sea God back down.
From the memories fully integrated into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda via the Evil God Pearl, the Evil God was a second-level god under the Evil God King.
His status was roughly equivalent to the Killing God Hypnos under the Asura God.
Only the Evil God had fallen, and the Evil God Pearl had been placed on the Douluo Continent by the Evil God King, accidentally fusing with a certain tiger and giving birth to the Dark Devilgod Tiger.
And then?
It all became hers, Ning Rongrong's.
Even the little kitty had sold herself to her—how could the Evil God Pearl not belong to anyone else?
"No rush. There will be bread, and there will be milk." Ning Rongrong murmured.
The Evil God King could be ignored for now.
One day in the God Realm was one year on the continent. Sealing wasn't something done overnight.
Aside from the confined Sea God, even the Asura God's divine sense on the Asura God Sword had shown no reaction.
She reached out and rubbed her cheeks, then lightly slapped them twice.
Her expression turned serious as she looked toward a certain spot in the sky and said calmly, "Since you're here, why keep hiding from me?"
"The fearsome 990,000-year soul beast, overlord of the deep sea—has it really become this timid now?"
(End of chapter)