Chapter 383: Counterattack Begins

As the words fell, the gray‑green dual‑colored divine consciousness in Huo Yutong's Sea of Spirit suddenly became active, especially the gray divine consciousness, which quickly condensed with gray light, and a gray‑white small tower gradually emerged from the center of Huo Yutong's Sea of Spirit.

As soon as this small tower appeared, it burst out with intense white light, illuminating the entire Sea of Spirit.

Tang San shockedly discovered that his spiritual link with Huo Yutong had been cut off.

Immediately afterward, in the real world Tang Wulin tightly embraced Huo Yutong.

The next moment, the light blazed bright, and several splendid colors burst forth, as Huo Yutong gradually merged with Tang Wulin into one.

As the ice‑blue dragon wings spread, Tang Wulin's body instantly grew several years older, and his aura began to increase exponentially.

This was precisely the Ice Heaven Dragon Emperor, the strongest in overall ability among the four Soul Fusion Techniques he and Huo Yutong possessed.

After the fusion was completed, Ilex's voice sounded in Tang Wulin's mind.

"Wulin, I'll take over from here; the process will be very painful, and it may even cause some damage to your body—okay?"

He asked Tang Wulin to use the Soul Fusion Technique for two reasons: first, doing so could combine Huo Yutong's and Tang Wulin's power, making it easier to oppose the Heaven-Earth Love-Seeking Valley; second, Huo Yutong's current physical condition is poor, and although he is confident he can heal her injuries, recklessly using her body could easily cause fundamental damage.

By comparison, using Tang Wulin's body obviously carries less risk.

"No problem! Come on! Avenge Yutong!"

Tang Wulin answered without hesitation.

His hatred for the Heaven-Earth Love-Seeking Valley secret realm and its behind-the-scenes manipulator has reached its peak; he would not mind injury to his body, and even if it cost his life, as long as it could inflict great harm on the enemy, he is willing.

"Good." Ilex said in a low voice: "Relax your body and hand over control of your body to me."

Tang Wulin felt a gentle yet mighty force beginning to take over control of his body; he offered no resistance, but completely handed over control of his body to the other party.

Above the clouds, Tang San's body suddenly swayed, nearly toppling over.

"San Ge, what's wrong?"

Ning Rongrong hurriedly asked with concern.

Tang San took a deep breath, his face turning somewhat solemn.

"It seems I underestimated that girl's teacher from another world, Rongrong—how about you, did you also fail over there?"

"Well, at the instant that girl was injured, that kid's divine consciousness strength suddenly overwhelmed mine…… Sorry, San Ge."

"It's fine." Tang San stood up, looked at the mirror before him, and said, "Just this level of thing is still not enough to be feared."

Unlike what he said with his mouth, his gaze toward the mirror was extremely focused.

As Huo Yutong just said, he has the habit of bringing everything under his control; now that something has exceeded his control, even if he speaks pleasantly, he still feels uneasy inside.

When he looked at the mirror, he happened to see Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong fused together, releasing the image of the Ice Heaven Dragon Emperor.

"Soul Fusion Technique? Is that the old man's trump card?"

Tang San frowned, for a moment unable to understand the purpose of Ilex's action.

You should know that, no matter how strong the Ice Heaven Dragon Emperor is, it remains merely mortal power and cannot possibly affect the gods.

However, the next moment his eyes narrowed in shock as he saw Tang Wulin now holding a staff in his hand.

"A Godly Artifact?! Where did that old man pick up such a treasure?! He instantly recalled Ilex's earlier words, and a terrible guess arose in his mind."

"Could it be that this Godly Artifact was created by that old man himself?"

He instinctively shook his head violently.

Impossible, absolutely impossible! You should know that even he only possesses two Godly Artifacts thanks to the favor of the previous Sea God and the previous Asura God.

How could a guy who merely barely set one foot into the divine realm possibly have such ability!

Tang San's eyes finally showed a hint of shock and anger, and a golden trident appeared in his hand.

He swung it hard, and instantly countless blue‑gold halos began to gather above the Heaven-Earth Love-Seeking Valley, layer upon layer enveloping Tang Wulin.

Ilex, who was using Tang Wulin's body, kept his expression unchanged; with a wave of his staff, a gray‑white giant tower suddenly appeared on the field.

Tang San immediately recognized it as the small tower that had just appeared in Huo Yutong's Sea of Spirit, which had driven his divine sense away.

The giant tower instantly enclosed Tang Wulin inside, blocking the halo's lasso.

Moreover, after being ensnared, the tower rapidly expanded, gradually enveloping the entire heaven and earth.

Gurgle……

Tang Wulin couldn't help but let out a painful exhalation from his mouth.

As Ilex said, the process of him using Tang Wulin's body is not ordinary pain.

Divine consciousness and divine power are rapidly draining, giving a feeling not of ordinary weakness but of loss of fundamental essence.

If this sensation of having power squeezed from the soul were placed on anyone else, he would surely have couldn't bear it long ago, but Tang Wulin, having endured numerous Golden Dragon King seal tortures, gritted his teeth and endured.

He cannot lose, and he will absolutely not forgive the bastard who toys with others' most precious feelings as a joke!

At the moment the gray giant tower enclosed the entire heaven and earth, the flow of time throughout the world seemed to pause for an instant.

Ilex revealed a satisfied smile.

"Finally I've caught you two."

The gray light surged like a vortex; when it faded, Tang Wulin found himself back where he had started, beside the gold‑and‑silver‑colored lake.

But at this moment, many more people had appeared on the field.

Not only were there the crowds from Shilake and Tang Sect, but also two figures he had never seen yet felt extremely familiar.

The moment he saw them, everyone present without exception drew in a sharp breath of cold air.

They had both been seen on the square of Shilake Academy; aren't they Tang San and Ning Rongrong of the first‑generation Shilake Seven Monsters?

"How could they be here? What exactly happened?" Before they could ponder the question, they heard the person who looked like Tang San ask in disbelief, "How did you do that?"

Tang Wulin's mouth issued an aged voice.

"Just a little trick. Your true bodies may be overlooking this place from the Divine Realm, but if you want to control its many extraordinary functions here, you must allocate a portion of divine consciousness and divine power within the Heaven-Earth Love-Seeking Valley. What I just did was merely sever the link between that strand of your divine consciousness and your true bodies—so, are you now unable to connect with your true bodies?"

(End of Chapter)