Chapter 520: Tang San

Star Luo Empire, Prince Dai Mubai's residence.

In these past few days, Dai Mubai could be described as being in high spirits; the arrogance that had previously been suppressed by Dai Weisi had completely surged, and he even walked with a spring in his step.

Today, dressed in the robes of a Prince, he strode into his residence with an arrogant gait. As soon as he pushed open the door, he laughed loudly, "Haha, Xiao San, this time we can truly be said to have the upper hand."

No one would have guessed that Tang San, who was wanted by the Star Luo Empire, had actually been living in their Prince's residence all this time; it was truly a case of the darkest place being under the lamp.

He had been living here for half a year already. Just as Feihuang had anticipated, more than half a year ago, with the help of Tang Chen, he had successfully subdued the Clear Sky Sect.

Although those Five Elders of the Clear Sky Sect were unconvinced and had many complaints about him, with Tang Chen's deterrence, they dared not show the slightest opposition. Coupled with the fact that Tang San's uncle, the current Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect, gave him full support, they had no choice but to resign themselves to their fate.

After subduing the Clear Sky Sect, in order to gain the power to contend with the Spirit Hall, Tang San traveled to Star Luo and secretly began to assist Dai Mubai. As long as Dai Mubai succeeded in seizing the throne, the power of this country would become his absolute support.

"Mubai, you are wearing the robes of a Prince, aren't you? Star Luo has not yet established a Crown Prince, so a Prince is the most noble person below the Emperor. Dai Weisi managed the imperial court for many years before obtaining this honor. I truly congratulate you for achieving it in such a short time. At this moment, we are not far from completing our goal," Tang San said confidently.

"That is all thanks to you. The Bloodthirsty Douluo you brought has continuously drained the essence and blood of the military officials and even Spirit Douluo in Dai Weisi's hands, causing his strength to drop significantly," Dai Mubai said with schadenfreude. "Today in the imperial court, many civil officials who originally supported him gradually leaned toward me. When the Emperor conferred the title of Prince upon me, putting me on equal footing with him, I saw his entire face turn livid."

"Hmph, this is the deterrent power of a Title Douluo!" Tang San said coldly. "No matter how great the power in Dai Weisi's hands is, it is useless. He doesn't have a single Title Douluo. As long as you have power stronger than a Spirit Douluo, you can empty his forces through assassination alone. This is the decapitation tactic."

"Although there are Title Douluo within the Star Luo Empire, there are none in the imperial court. That Black Crow Douluo is just like Dugu Bo back in the day; he only holds a title in name and will not interfere in this struggle for the throne. Dai Weisi will never find the power to contend with you."

"Then why not just kill Dai Weisi?" Dai Mubai asked, puzzled. As long as Dai Weisi was killed, he would be the only Prince of Star Luo, and this throne would be destined to be his.

"For the sake of legitimacy, what we want is a Star Luo that completely submits to you, not an imperial court full of rebels," Tang San said. "Killing Dai Weisi directly is certainly a feasible method, but such a succession would be like Xue Ke of the Heaven Dou Empire—a choice made when there is no other choice. You are a man; although your situation would be better than Xue Ke's, there would still be many people who submit to you in word but not in heart."

"Mubai, do you think Dai Weisi really couldn't kill you back then? With your strength at that time, how could you have escaped Dai Weisi's pursuit? You must know that even your second brother died at his hands. The reason he spared your life was to avoid creating this state of having no choice. He drove you to Heaven Dou while he took the opportunity to consolidate the forces of Star Luo, all just to make people feel that he did not become the Crown Prince by killing all his brothers, but because he had sufficient ability to qualify for the throne."

Tang San explained, "When he ascends the throne in the future, he will then strip you of your status but spare your life, banishing you to a peripheral city of the empire to fend for yourself, in order to display his benevolence."

"Hmph, he wishes. Since that is the case, I will return the ending he prepared for me to him exactly as it is." Dai Mubai rubbed his hands, unable to wait to see Dai Weisi stripped of his soul power and crawling humbly at his feet.

"By the way, Xiao San, the Emperor really did not pursue the matter of the Title Douluo that suddenly appeared in my hands, just as you said. You really are as wise as a god."

"Actually, it's not that he doesn't want to pursue it, but that he cannot find out," Tang San laughed. "How could he not care about a Title Douluo suddenly appearing in your hands? But unfortunately, the Bloodthirsty Douluo is not even recorded by the Spirit Hall, nor is he registered in the Douluo Hall. He knows nothing, so how would he dare to act rashly? After all, although he is strong, this White Tiger Great Emperor is, in the end, only a Peak Soul Douluo."

"It is precisely for this reason that I did not easily use the power of the Clear Sky Sect, but instead used the power of the Slaughter City."

"But, in this world, besides you, aren't there a few other Slaughter Gods of the Slaughter City? Bibi Dong, Nan Feihuang, Hu Liena—aren't they also Slaughter Gods? They might be able to guess," Dai Mubai said hesitantly.

"So what if they can guess? They are not from Star Luo, and their hands cannot reach here. You can rest assured. Moreover, one day, I will uproot them all to avenge my father and Xiao Wu," Tang San clenched his fists, his face full of anger.

He already knew that his father and Xiao Wu were dead; it was the Asura God who told him.

Although due to the fortune-concealing ability of the Dunjia Heavenly Book, even the Asura God could not find out who exactly killed them, he was still able to check whether their lives had passed away.

Tang San's primary suspect was the Spirit Hall, and his secondary suspect was the Nan Family, who had a grudge against Tang Hao.

In any case, it must be one of them. Since he couldn't guess which one it was, he would just destroy both sides; that way, he couldn't be wrong.

He knew that the forces under his command were no longer weak, but his own strength was still somewhat insufficient.

But it didn't matter. That day, in the forest on the outskirts of the Slaughter City, after the Asura God saved him, he had already told him that he intended to let him inherit the Asura God Position, and through a clever method at that.

His great-grandfather, Tang Chen, had already passed the Eight Trials. At that time, he would directly inherit the Asura Godly Power within Tang Chen's body, and then have Tang Chen perform a Sacrifice like the Sea God High Priest or the Angel High Priest, transferring his entire soul power to him to forcibly open the Gate of Inheritance and directly proceed to the Ninth Trial. He could become a god through this method of proxy testing. The Asura God holds the laws, but precisely because of this, he is also the one who knows best how to exploit the loopholes in the laws of the God Realm.

Actually, the Tang San of the original work was much the same; he didn't go through the Asura Nine Trials at all. The Asura God stored the power of the Eight Trials that Tang Chen had passed into the Asura Sword, then let Xiao Wu become the scabbard, using her as a medium to fuse the power into Tang San's body, forcibly allowing him to become a god.

If it weren't for the fact that Tang San's current strength was still too weak and he was worried he wouldn't pass the Ninth Trial, he would even want to become a god right now. But it didn't matter; when he reached Level Ninety, or even Level Eighty-something, he would have the confidence to give it a try.

Once he becomes the Asura God, the Spirit Hall, the Gulei Kingdom, and everything else will only become ghosts under his sword.

Perhaps in the past, he would have pretended to refuse, saying that letting his great-grandfather sacrifice himself for him would make him unable to bear it, but now, the death of his father and Xiao Wu had made him nearly corrupted. As long as he could take revenge, he didn't care about anything else.

Recently, he had also heard the intelligence about Nan Feihuang, which was truly earth-shattering. It was one thing to be the youngest Title Douluo, but he also helped two subordinates with mediocre talent reach the Title Douluo level in a single day—what kind of great power was this?

Although he was jealous of Nan Feihuang, it wasn't meaningless.

Nan Feihuang being so sharp and exposed was just right for attracting the attention of the Spirit Hall, while he himself developed in the shadows.

Let those two major forces fight to the death; when the snipe and the clam grapple, the fisherman reaps the benefit!

"By the way, Mubai, I asked you to help me catch those wicked people; there should be some by now," Tang San said.

It was impossible for him to grow to the level of Qian Renxue or Nan Feihuang in a short time; after all, his Immortal Herb and Eight Spider Lances were both gone.

Therefore, he could only find another way, which was to develop the hidden dark side of the Blue Silver Emperor. Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor, in fact, like the Blue Silver Grass of the later Tang Ya, hid a very huge darkness; both could devour the life and soul power of others to strengthen themselves.

Tang Ya's was more sinister, directly transforming into Dark Blue Silver Grass.

And Tang San's had a pleasant name, called Devouring Golden Silk. In the original work, after fusing with the power of the Eight Spider Lances, the devouring ability was extremely powerful, capable of releasing golden silk to remotely devour the opponent's life force and soul power.

Although he didn't have the Eight Spider Lances now, this power was still triggered because of his excessive desire to become stronger. At this moment, his Blue Silver Emperor was no longer the beautiful blue-gold color, but instead, it was pitch black.

Of course, the grass was pitch black, but Tang San himself was still very "kind." Even with this ability to directly devour others' soul power, he still earnestly admonished Dai Mubai to only find him people who were guilty of heinous crimes to absorb, helping him become stronger while also eliminating harm for the people.

At first, Dai Mubai was very troubled; after all, so-called heinous Spirit Masters were not that easy to find.

They were all in the Slaughter City, but now the Slaughter City was considered Tang San's subordinate, so he couldn't eat his own people.

However, he soon figured it out: Tang San saying he only absorbed those guilty of heinous crimes was just an excuse for self-consolation.

It was just a reason for self-deception.

Once he figured this out, Dai Mubai felt relieved. It was very difficult to whitewash a bad person, but it was much easier to frame a good person as a bad one.

He directly branded some petty criminals who stole chickens and dogs as death-row prisoners who committed murder and treason, and then sent them to Tang San.

Sure enough, Tang San didn't ask any more questions at all. Anyway, as long as Dai Mubai gave them to him and told him that this person was a heinous criminal, Tang San would drain them without hesitation, doing absolutely no investigation.

In this way, he could enjoy the continuous progress of his power while also satisfying his "punishing the treacherous and eliminating the evil" Buddha-like heart.

He believed that he was the most righteous, and his actions at this moment were all to defeat the evil Spirit Hall and the world-disrupting Nan Feihuang in the future.

(End of chapter)