Chapter 107: New Book

Sha Lu Zhi Wang gripped his sword with both hands, advancing instead of retreating. He fused his entire body's red light into one, then swung the heavy sword upward with a motion like lifting fire to the sky, meeting Zhou Yu's Sea God Trident.

Tang San and Hu Liena widened their eyes, seeing only a dazzling flash of golden light crash into a blinding flash of blood-red light.

—Boom! Golden and blood-red merged instantly, then erupted suddenly.

Hu Liena felt a surge of overwhelming energy, like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami surging. All she could do was curl her body tightly, wrapping her massive fox tail around herself as a final defense.

In an instant, she was hurled far into the sky like a projectile thrown by an invisible giant hand.

In the moment she tumbled through the air, Hu Liena's consciousness began to fade.

Fortunately, Tang San acted quickly, leaping forward to catch her in his arms.

"Are you alright?"

Tang San's concern warmed the heart of this Sheng Nu of the Wuhun Empire. She replied, slightly shy: "N-no... I'm fine!"

The two looked back at the ground, where a deep pit three hundred meters in diameter had now appeared, its depth reaching a hundred meters.

"..."

A golden glow shaped like a flood dragon leaped from the deep pit. Its brilliant golden light dimmed as it rose, until it reached its peak height and transformed completely into profound black.

Even so, when it struck the ground beside the pit, it still triggered a deafening roar, embedding itself deep into the earth until it vanished ten-plus meters down, finally ceasing its momentum.

Tang San and Hu Liena exchanged a glance. They knew that if they did not flee this place immediately, their fate would be one thing only: to become cannon fodder.

When Zhou Yu's Sea God Trident clashed with Sha Lu Zhi Wang's great sword, Zhou Yu was startled to find that his divine artifact seemed to have lost its expected weight advantage. The power unleashed by his opponent was far beyond expectation, suppressing him completely.

The blood-red light swirling around the opponent's blade was filled with pure will to kill. Its intensity was not only on par with Sea God's Light, but at the moment of collision, it completely overwhelmed his Sea God's Light with an irresistible force.

With just one clash, he was utterly defeated, and even the Sea God Trident was knocked from his hand.

"This guy, so fierce?"

Zhou Yu was secretly shocked. He knew that the Asura Demon Sword was definitely a divine weapon stronger than the Sea God Trident in his hand.

For now, he could only avoid its sharp edge.

Just as Zhou Yu flew backward, trying to create distance, Sha Lu Zhi Wang's voice rang out: "This is the power of the Sea God. Why is the Sea God Trident in your hands? Do you know Bo Saixi?"

Sha Lu Zhi Wang was indeed different from before.

Although his body still radiated blood-red light, his eyes revealed thought and some complex emotions.

Zhou Yu knew that the person before him was no longer Sha Lu Zhi Wang, but Tang Chen.

He quickly said: "You also know Senior Bo Saixi?"

A deep sorrow flashed in Sha Lu Zhi Wang's eyes: "How many years have passed! Even I do not know how many years have gone by! Is she still well?"

Seeing the other's emotions stabilize slightly, Zhou Yu secretly rejoiced and continued: "Could it be... that you are Senior Tang Chen?"

"You... know me?"

Hearing his own name, Sha Lu Zhi Wang was shocked.

"Of course! Senior Bo Saixi told me that you are not only one of the three ultimate Douluo of this era, but also the man she... deeply loved!"

Hearing Zhou Yu's words, Sha Lu Zhi Wang suddenly threw his head back and laughed: "Hahahaha..."

Amidst the laughter, there was extreme pain, and two streams of blood tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.

"Whether I win or lose has no meaning to me anymore."

"What a fine Asura God! In the end, I still failed your trial."

The heavy sword in Tang Chen's hand continuously spilled patches of blood-red light, and the wild energy fluctuations made everything around them tremble.

Zhou Yu simply stood still, watching him quietly. All he needed to do now was wait. After a long time, Tang Chen's emotions gradually calmed down.

The blood tears stopped flowing, and his gaze sharpened again.

"Seeing that you hold the Sea God Trident and possess abilities like Sea God's Light, you must be the one chosen by the Sea God, correct?"

Zhou Yu nodded and replied: "Yes, Senior!"

Tang Chen said calmly: "Pity, you are not yet the true Sea God. Otherwise, I would have been the one defeated just now. The path to godhood, that insurmountable chasm, I have struggled to cross for decades, yet still failed to succeed. I also know well that I have no hope in this life."

"Senior, why do you wish to become a god?"

Zhou Yu asked a question he already knew the answer to, causing Tang Chen to pause. He replied in a deep voice: "To become a god! It is a promise I made to someone. Only by fulfilling this promise do I have the qualification to seek her out, and to be with her forever."

"Alas! Senior, because of your obsession, Senior Bo Saixi has waited for you bitterly for decades!"

Zhou Yu lowered his voice and continued: "Even if you become the Asura God, Senior Bo Saixi, as the High Priest of Sea God Island, has her own mission. She simply cannot be with you forever."

"..."

Tang Chen suddenly realized and shouted loudly: "The Sea God's Nine Trials! How many trials have you completed?"

Zhou Yu said with a serious face: "I have already completed the seventh trial..."

Tang Chen understood that when Zhou Yu faced the ninth trial, it would be the time for Bo Saixi's Sacrifice.

"When the Sea God's Nine Trials come, you will return to Sea God Island?"

Zhou Yu nodded: "Yes!"

Just as the two were talking, Tang San's excited voice came from not far away: "Great-Grandfather!"

"..."

Zhou Yu and Tang Chen turned to look at the same time. They saw Tang San running fast while shouting: "Great-Grandfather! My name is Tang San, and my father is Tang Hao!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Tang Chen's eyes instantly froze.

Tang San ran forward, raised his left hand, and said excitedly: "Look."

Hidden currents surged. He deliberately slowed the rhythm of his soul power gathering to avoid triggering Sha Lu Zhi Wang's alertness.

On his left hand, a wisp of black light as fine as a thread slowly wove into shape. It was a black pattern containing the mysteries of the Killing God Domain, winding around the Clear Sky Hammer tightly clenched in his palm, making the hammer appear even more majestic and inviolable.

"You... you are... a child... of the Clear Sky... Sect...! Whose child... are you?"

Tang Chen's voice trembled, and blood tears overflowed again from his black eyes.

"My father is Tang Hao!"

Tang San repeated it again; he had clearly just said it, and he wondered if this great-great-grandfather was simply too old and hard of hearing.

"Tang Hao! So you are Hao's son. So many years have passed, and I never expected even Hao's son to have grown so big. Good! Very good! Good child, I am Tang Chen."

Having spoken, Tang Chen had already gathered energy as black as night in his palm; then a massive hammer, imposing in momentum and covered entirely in dark golden demonic runes, suddenly appeared in Tang Chen's hand.

Though this hammer differed greatly in appearance from the Clear Sky Hammer Tang San knew, the pure, unmistakable aura of the Clear Sky Hammer clearly proclaimed its extraordinariness.

Tang San knelt with a thud, choking as he cried out, "Great-great-grandfather."

Zhou Yu: "..."

(End of this chapter)