Chapter 509: with translation of chapter title

Di Tian, despite being provoked like this, did not act right away but warily looked toward the train not far off, where Huo Yutong sat on the front car watching the fight.

Tang Wulin noticed his gaze and raised an eyebrow.

"Oh right, I remember now—you're still the defeated subordinate of my wife, so rest assured, she won't intervene."

According to historical records, the Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao once fought Di Tian before becoming a god, and the outcome was mostly Huo Yuhao's victory.

Thus it's completely understandable that Di Tian would be wary of Huo Yutong, after all, facing someone who once defeated him, any caution is warranted.

"Wife……"

Di Tian twitched the corner of his mouth, as if many words were stuck in his throat, yet he couldn't get them out.

Finally, he just let out a long sigh.

"Although I don't know what exactly happened to her, not letting her fight isn't necessarily a good idea."

"Who knows?"

Tang Wulin couldn't be bothered with him, tilting his head.

"Do you have anything else to say? If not, come on quickly, or I'll just attack, or…"

The next second, he flickered and suddenly appeared beside Bi Ji, who was desperately healing Xiong Jun's wounds.

"You want to wait until the Emerald Swan heals Xiong Jun's injuries before fighting?"

"!"

At the critical moment, among all the fierce beasts present, only Di Tian reacted, extending a massive black dragon claw to block the path of Tang Wulin's attack.

"Clang!"

The clear sound rang out, and Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Spear was blocked.

However, the fierce beasts watched in shock as Di Tian suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Di Tian gritted his teeth and glared at Tang Wulin.

"Is this the power of the Dragon God?! Where did you get it from!"

At the moment the Golden Dragon Spear touched him, a nine-colored energy surged into his body, rampaging wildly inside and ravaging his internals.

He now understood why Xiong Jun was so utterly helpless before Tang Wulin—this was the true power of the strongest Beast God, the Dragon God; how could a mere soul beast possibly resist?

If it weren't for his long life and his mastery of spatial power having reached perfection, the instant he sensed something wrong he would have used spatial power to separate that nine-colored force; otherwise, who knows what would have happened.

After all, although the Dragon God's power restrains other beasts as well, what it truly counters most effectively is the true dragon race.

Tang Wulin replied coldly:

"It's none of your business."

Di Tian shouted angrily, "You attack soul beasts with the Dragon God's power—don't you feel ashamed!"

Tang Wulin stared, then showed a mocking smile.

"Oh, how impressive—should I just stand here and let you kill me? Your earlier attacks on me held nothing back, and you even dragged ordinary people into it. As fierce beasts, you lay hands on civilians—don't you have any shame?"

From the start, he never intended to make an enemy of Gu Yue; he only wanted to hurry and meet his parents.

He had even figured it out: if Gu Yue really sent people to hunt him down, he would just give them a simple lesson, then ask for the reason afterward and try to resolve the issue.

But he truly never imagined that these fierce beasts would actually sweep ordinary people into the conflict.

This was truly crossing his bottom line.

Di Tian was instantly at a loss for words.

Indeed, they were the ones who struck first, so they truly have no justification.

The Ten Thousand Demon King said gloomily from the side, "It was you humans who first attacked us; you drove us to the brink of extinction, so our retaliation against you is utterly justified."

"I see."

Tang Wulin nodded, revealing a smile that made people's blood run cold.

"In other words, my retaliation against you is also completely justified, right?"

"Damn——"

Di Tian suddenly got a bad feeling and hastily extended another dragon claw toward Tang Wulin.

But contrary to his expectations, Tang Wulin didn't even bother to dodge his attack; he merely glanced at him lightly, then his first and fourth soul rings lit up, his scales flashing nine-colored light, after which he raised the spear in his hand, aimed at the not‑far‑away Ten Thousand Demon King, and hurled it forward.

"Whoosh——"

The spear's speed far exceeded the Ten Thousand Demon King's reaction limit; in an instant he flew off like a broken‑string kite.

Yet Di Tian's attack landed on Tang Wulin's body, but it couldn't inflict even a scratch; instead, Tang Wulin backhandedly caught the dragon claw.

"Stop struggling—it's useless."

He sensed from Di Tian's attack a shocking combination of dark and spatial elements.

As expected of the continent's strongest being—he had even once directly repelled the strongest fierce beast, the Evil Eye Tyrant Monarch—if it were any other soul master here, even an Ultimate Douluo‑level expert would likely be killed in a single swipe.

But his attack simply couldn't harm Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin had already gathered seven dragon bones, so the dark and spatial elements striking him were greatly diminished.

Furthermore, the Dragon God's power grants special defense against dragon‑race attacks; Di Tian's strike on Tang Wulin is now less than one‑tenth of its original force, and given Tang Wulin's defenses, for him to break through would be abnormal.

His gold and silver wings flung open, and the surrounding space instantly underwent a violent distortion.

The external soul bone of the Space Dragon King granted Tang Wulin extremely strong spatial control, and the soul skill it brings is only one.

Spatial distortion—that is the ability bestowed by the Space Dragon King.

Through this soul skill, Tang Wulin can arbitrarily twist and alter the surrounding space; once he becomes proficient with it, he could even create spatial labyrinths like the Space Dragon King does.

Of course, he does not yet possess that level of control; his current use of spatial distortion is merely an attempt to seal off Di Tian's spatial power.

Through that recent exchange, Tang Wulin has deeply realized how formidable Di Tian's command of spatial power is; if not sealed, it would be extremely troublesome.

Within this violently warped space, aside from him, no one can hope to use spatial power—not even the Beast God Di Tian.

"Tsk!"

Di Tian also sensed something was off; his expression shifted and he shouted loudly:

"Please grant permission, Your Majesty!"

?

Tang Wulin furrowed his brows.

"Your Majesty? Permission? What is that? Then he saw Di Tian's dragon claw suddenly shift to seven colors."

Although its brilliance still fell far short of Tang Wulin's nine‑color radiance, it was nevertheless a strikingly awe‑inspiring hue.

At the same moment, Tang Wulin discovered with astonishment that the power within Di Tian's dragon claw suddenly surged.

Originally it contained only dark and space elements, but now five more elements had been added.

With the seven elements intertwined, a strange chemical reaction occurred, making it difficult for Tang Wulin to easily suppress it.

Di Tian took advantage of the opening, broke free from Tang Wulin's suppression, and quickly widened the distance between them. He snarled, "Tang Wulin, aren't you afraid we'll fight to the death with you? If you really push us to the brink, we will indeed carry out indiscriminate mass slaughter—don't you care about other humans?"

Tang Wulin raised an eyebrow.

"Are you trying to morally blackmail me? Do you think I'll fall for that?"

……

Seeing Di Tian fall into silence, Tang Wulin said in a low voice:

"To be honest, I do have some sympathy for your soul beasts; if you had come to me seeking cooperation instead of war in this manner, I might well have chosen to help you, but you yourselves rejected that path."

Di Tian let out a cold laugh.

"Cooperate with you humans? Ridiculous!"

He said angrily:

"Ten thousand years ago, I once trusted humans, believing that cooperation could truly find a path for peaceful coexistence and the continuation of soul beasts—what was the result?"

"The result is that you humans have become even more arrogant! The invention of soul spirits did not mend our relations; instead, it erased your fear of exterminating soul beasts, since you have replacements even if they go extinct. Our soul beasts are now on the brink of extinction, and I, the so‑called Beast God, have lost nearly all my people, reduced to a desperate stray."

"So I will no longer trust humans—not even if this human possesses the power of the Dragon God. Do you dare claim you can place the interests of soul beasts above those of humans?!"

"Of course not."

Tang Wulin shook his head calmly.

"There's nothing to say; he could never sentence a human to death just for killing soul beasts."

"He is, after all, human; he can try to save soul beasts, but if that meant demanding he elevate their status to equal or above humans, he would still have to decline."

Di Tian revealed a cold smile.

"Look, that's why I say you're no different from other humans—you're our enemy."

"I understand your thinking."

Tang Wulin said calmly:

"So you still want to fight me and then die, is that?"

Not far away in the sky, mechs were already flying toward this location one after another.

He wanted to settle things before those mechs arrived and caused trouble.

He still felt some pity for Di Tian, but if Di Tian refused to admit fault and persisted in his obstinacy, he wouldn't mind dealing with him here.

As Di Tian said, he is ultimately human and must answer for humanity.

What if Di Tian, after leaving here, truly chose to carry out indiscriminate mass slaughter? Even if he could stop it, the death toll would number in the tens of millions.

If things really developed this way, he would become a sinner through the ages responsible for those deaths, tormented day and night by his guilt, unable to find peace.

Di Tian's expression twisted as he struggled violently.

To be frank, even for him, today's events exceeded his limits.

He had occupied the position of the continent's strongest for far too long; even though humans invented battle armor and overall combat power surged linearly, that was merely a leap in total strength, and even the current strongest, Heavenly Douluo Yun Ming, could at best fight him to a draw—if he truly wanted to flee, Yun Ming would be utterly unable to stop him.

But Tang Wulin is clearly different; he genuinely has the ability to wipe out all these ferocious beasts present in one sweep.

Moreover, there is another terrifying presence watching covetously from the sidelines.

Di Tian gritted his teeth and looked toward Huo Yutong, who had been watching the show from the side.

"Huo Yuhao! I don't know what's happened to you, but are you really just going to watch him do as he pleases? Didn't you once swear not to actively kill soul beasts?"

He is the Beast God Di Tian; he cannot die here, he must find any way to survive, for only by surviving can there be hope of reviving the soul beast race.

For that purpose, even if it meant begging Huo Yutong for help, he could do so without hesitation.

Huo Yutong stared blankly for a moment before realizing he was speaking to her.

"When did she ever make such an oath? Who understands what he's saying?"

Seeing Huo Yutong's puzzled expression, Di Tian's face darkened further.

Meanwhile, the passengers in the train car erupted in an uproar.

"Huo Yuhao? Is that the Ice Spirit Douluo?"

"The Ice Spirit Douluo is actually such a cute girl?!"

"From today on, I'm the Ice Spirit Douluo's number one fan!"

"I want to be the Ice Spirit Douluo's dog!"

As the situation grew ever more chaotic and Tang Wulin's patience dwindled to zero, an accident suddenly occurred.

Suddenly, a huge spatial rift tore open in the sky, a gigantic silver dragon claw reaching out from within, and a majestic voice sounded.

"Come this way."

"What!"

Tang Wulin had sealed this area using the Spatial Dragon King's spatial distortion.

Being able to do this under these circumstances leaves only one possibility: the master of that silver dragon claw has a far deeper comprehension of spatial power than he does.

Seeing a chance to escape, Bi Ji carried Xiong Jun, Zi Ji carried the Myriad Beast King, Di Tian took up the rear, and all the feral beasts hurried toward the rift.

Di Tian felt a bitterness in his heart; he knew that, given his lord's current situation, using such power would inevitably cause a huge backlash, which would most likely greatly prolong the time needed to recover his power.

This operation really cost them dearly.

Seeing them try to flee, Tang Wulin's eyes turned sharp; his seventh soul ring lit up slowly, and a nine-colored shadow quickly formed behind him, preparing to intercept these fierce beasts.

But just then, a familiar voice rang in his mind, quickly saying two sentences to him.

Tang Wulin hesitated for a moment, but ultimately stopped his action and chose to let these fierce beasts go.

"Wulin?"

Hearing Huo Yutong's worried and doubtful voice, Tang Wulin lightly shook his head.

"Don't worry, I have a clear sense of priorities."

Compared to how to deal with these fierce beasts, what's truly troublesome now is something else.

Watching the mech slowly land beside him and the crowd cheering as they ran out of the soul-powered train, Tang Wulin sighed with a headache.

He knew that Huo Yutong's matter could no longer be kept secret, and his vacation would have to come to a temporary end.

Hope things will develop for the better.

By the way, we've really reached a thousand monthly tickets.

Then I'll keep my word; I'll find time next month to write eighteen thousand characters in a day.

However, since there's an exam on the fifth, it can't be before the fifth; the time will most likely be between the fifth and the tenth.

Also, these two chapters are both four thousand words; I forgot to mark them.

(End of chapter)