Chapter 357: Asura Demon Sword

Although the relationship between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue had eased somewhat, the two of them remained very awkward with each other.

Walking out of the Pope Palace, Qian Renxue asked directly: "She didn't give you a hard time, did she?"

"No." Shi Quan shook his head, "Your god trials seem to be going smoothly?"

Qian Renxue's current strength had already exceeded Level 95; judging from her aura, she had at least completed the seventh trial.

"It's alright." Qian Renxue nodded, "Was that jade pendant something you asked her to give me?"

"Thanks."

"It's nothing."

"It's been a while, and I thought my strength was already strong enough, but now I realize I still can't see through your strength."

"I just used some special means to hide it." Shi Quan continued to ask: "By the way, which trial are you on now?"

"The eighth trial. Within a year at most, I am confident I will complete the Angel Nine Trials." Qian Renxue smiled gently, "You'll have to work hard by then."

"That speed is indeed quite fast." Shi Quan nodded: "Lingling and the others should be about the same. You all keep at it; as for me, I can only take it slow."

Qian Renxue said with poise: "I've heard the God Realm is desolate and boring. I can wait for you; it could be considered company."

"Haha, that works too, though I fear the God Realm might not be so welcoming to me."

"Not welcoming to you? How could that be?" Qian Renxue looked puzzled.

"Anyway, it's still early to become a god, we'll talk about it then..."

After exchanging pleasantries with Qian Renxue for half an hour, Shi Quan finally left Wuhun City.

Sea God Island.

Ye Lingling held the Sea God Trident high in her hands; the seventh trial of the Sea God Nine Trials was successfully completed, her Sea God Affinity increased by another 15 percent, bringing her total affinity directly to 95 percent.

Under the suppression of her strength, Ye Lingling did not faint from excessive blood loss like Tang San had.

Through Bo Saixi's introduction, Ye Lingling also gained a comprehensive understanding of the Sea God Trident, and at the same time, learned of the existence of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

Because the eighth trial was to kill the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, cultivate her martial soul to nine rings, and collect all soul bones.

Knowing the strength of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, Ye Lingling's expression could not help but become a bit more serious. A million-year-level Spirit Beast—the difficulty of killing it was terrifying. With her current Level 90 strength, she was clearly no match; to defeat the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, she would at least have to wait until after she had a Breakthrough past Level 90.

Leaving the Sea God Temple, Ye Lingling immediately passed on the news that they could leave Sea God Island.

Yu Feng and the others had already returned to Sea Horse City from their travels, and upon hearing the news, they all wore expressions of excitement.

Now they only needed to wait for Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan to complete their seventh trial before they could set off to leave Sea God Island and return to the continent.

For the fifth trial of Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan, which was to challenge a Title Douluo, both women had exceeded the task requirements and were rewarded with two levels of soul power, going from 85 to 87. The sixth trial was to persist for the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn against the Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi; with the perfect coordination of the three women, they also exceeded the requirements, rewarding them with two more levels of soul power, bringing them from 87 to 89.

As for the seventh trial for the two women, it was called the trial of the Ocean Graveyard.

It was a test specifically for the two of them.

The location for this test was the Ocean Graveyard, which was located directly beneath Sea God Island. It was the burial ground for Sea Soul Beasts after they died, containing extremely rich and pure energy, and was also one of the sources of energy for the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island.

In the Ocean Graveyard, they would be subjected to the constant onslaught of the spirits of dead Sea Soul Beasts.

This trial not only trained their strength, but most importantly, it tested the mental fortitude of the two women.

After completing the sixth trial, the two women entered the Ocean Graveyard to begin their seventh trial.

Even Bo Saixi could not determine exactly how long it would take for the two women to complete the seventh trial, and Ye Lingling, who had finished her seventh trial first, could only wait.

Just during the time Ye Lingling was waiting, a blood-colored figure arrived at the foot of Sea God Mountain.

The arrival of this powerful aura naturally attracted the attention of many, and Ye Lingling, as the Sea God Inheritor, naturally sensed it too.

She arrived at Sea God Mountain immediately, only to see a blood-colored figure tightly embracing Bo Saixi.

"High Priest." Ye Lingling's figure paused in mid-air before slowly descending. Feeling the pure killing intent permeating the person before her, she had thought an outside enemy was invading.

"Lingling, he is an old acquaintance of mine; there is no need to be nervous."

This person was none other than Tang Chen, who had come from the Douluo Continent.

It wasn't that Tang Chen was intentionally being so flamboyant, but rather that he had no choice; the surging energy within his body was no longer something he could control, which caused a powerful killing intent to permeate his every move.

Ye Lingling also saw that the state of the person before her was not very good, so she nodded and turned to leave.

Tang Chen looked at the shining mark on Ye Lingling's brow and the Sea God Trident in her hand, and the grief in his expression deepened, "I never expected that someone had already obtained the inheritance of the Sea God, and that the completion of the trials was already so high. Doesn't that mean..."

"Being able to see you one last time in my final days, I am already content." Looking at the Tang Chen before her, Bo Saixi could not hide the joy in her eyes.

"Bo Saixi, I have failed you; I have let you down." Tang Chen's voice was low.

"It's fine, let the past be the past."

"I thought I would never wake up, but I never expected to see you in these final moments." Blood-colored tears appeared at the corners of Tang Chen's eyes, and his voice trembled, not knowing if it was out of joy or grief.

"What exactly happened all these years..." Bo Saixi held Tang Chen's hand tightly, ignoring the surging energy permeating his body.

Tang Chen quickly adjusted his emotions, pulled Bo Saixi tightly into his embrace, and began to recount his story.

His days were numbered, and he wanted to use these final days to say everything he hadn't said to Bo Saixi before, all at once.

One day, two days, three days.

Shi Quan had awakened Tang Chen earlier than Tang San did in the original story, so Tang Chen's state was better than in the original, and he was able to persist longer than in the original as well.

It wasn't until the fourth day.

The blood-colored light violently fluctuating around Tang Chen's body strangely and gradually calmed down. Tang Chen, who had already prepared to accept death, suddenly discovered that his body had stopped at the edge of collapse; the inheritance power of the Asura God within him had calmed down for some reason, maintaining the balance of his last shred of vitality.

Tang Chen subconsciously wanted to control the energy within his body, only to find that if he exerted even the slightest control over this violent energy, that final shred of balance would instantly collapse.

Perhaps it was the Asura God pitying his sacrifice, so he gave him a certain amount of time in the end.

After realizing this, Tang Chen cherished this final time even more.

Five days, six days... until fifteen days later.

The sea surface below Sea God Mountain began to boil violently.

"Top Eight Trials, seventh trial of the Ocean Graveyard trial exceeded requirements, rewards doubled, rewarded with two levels of soul power, all Spirit Ring Year Limit increased by one thousand years."

Two figures leaped out from beneath the sea surface.

They were none other than Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan.

Just as Zhu Zhuqing's figure emerged from the seabed, the red light surrounding Tang Chen beneath Sea God Mountain seemed to be stimulated by something, and a terrifying killing intent surged violently.

"Who!" A terrifying killing intent also erupted from Zhu Zhuqing, and her blood-red Killing God Domain gushed out like a mountain of blades and a sea of blood.

As the two streams of blood-colored light intersected, they then blended together in a bizarre fashion.

Pfft!

Tang Chen seemed to be stimulated by something, and he abruptly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

"Tang Chen!" Bo Saixi's expression changed abruptly; she had not expected such an accident to occur suddenly. Just as she was preparing to intervene and cut it off, she was grabbed by Tang Chen.

"Asura! A fine Asura, hahaha, so that's how it is, so that's how it is."

The energy surrounding Tang Chen became increasingly manic, and the powerful energy fluctuations caused everything in the surroundings to tremble. A blood-colored longsword appeared in Tang Chen's hand uncontrollably, continuously overflowing with sheets of blood-red light.

The long, broad sword body was densely covered with dark golden Magic Patterns, and the entirely blood-red longsword was filled with an extremely sharp aura of slaughter.

Tang Chen had not expected that there would actually be a successor chosen by the Asura God even on Sea God Island. He immediately understood: this was not a gift bestowed upon him by the Asura God, but rather he was acting as a stepping stone for another successor.

The balance within his body collapsed, and his life reached its final end.

Seeing this sword in mid-air, Zhu Zhuqing was left completely stunned where she stood.

Zhu Zhuqing did not feel that the aura of slaughter on this magic sword had any effect on her body at all; on the contrary, looking at this longsword, a strong impulse immediately arose in her heart. Her hands even lifted on their own, uncontrollably, and between her palms, the same red Magic Patterns were revealed, with a cold aura traveling all the way to her shoulders; that magic sword seemed to have formed a perfect rapport with Zhu Zhuqing.

"What is going on!" Zhu Zhuqing snapped awake, and with a flicker of her figure, she instantly appeared on the other side of the Sea within the Sea, staring fixedly at the Asura Demon Sword in Tang Chen's hand, feeling both longing and trepidation.

Pfft.

Tang Chen spat out another mouthful of blood, all of it gushing onto the Asura Demon Sword. "Is this your new successor? Decades have passed like a dream; at this very end, must I still act as a stepping stone?"

"So be it, so be it." Tang Chen laughed up at the sky. Amidst his laughter, his expression was extremely painful, and drops of blood-tears flowed continuously from the corners of his eyes. "Bo Saixi, to be able to see you at this final moment and accompany you for a few more days, I am already content. My time has come. I am sorry, I have failed you!"

A blood light, brilliant to the extreme, erupted from his body, and countless massive amounts of energy continuously merged into the Asura Demon Sword in his hand, like silk being drawn from a cocoon.

"Young one, your will is very firm. You are very lucky to have received the recognition of a god. I have already walked the detours for you; grasp this sword, and I hope you can reach the end."

Tang Chen's body withered, and at this final moment, he seemed to use all his remaining strength to fiercely throw the Asura Demon Sword in his hand.

Clang!

The Asura Demon Sword landed steadily in front of Zhu Zhuqing, half of the blade buried in the ground. Zhu Zhuqing subconsciously took a step back.

"Tang Chen!" Large drops of tears slid down Bo Saixi's face. She was seen holding Tang Chen's corpse tightly, sitting there as if she had lost her mind.

"Senior, please restrain your grief." Although Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan did not know Tang Chen, Bo Saixi's sorrow was palpable, and all they could do was offer soft words of comfort.

Bo Saixi seemed not to have heard the two women's voices, remaining in a daze as she held Tang Chen.

Dugu Yan shook her head, leaped across the Sea within the Sea, and arrived at Zhu Zhuqing's side. Looking at the giant blood-colored sword before her and feeling the dense killing intent within it, her complexion could not help but turn slightly pale. She retreated behind Zhu Zhuqing before saying, "Zhuqing, from the few words that senior just said, it seems you have received the recognition of someone called the Asura God. He let you hold this sword; could it be that you will receive the Asura God's trial just like Lingling?"

"I am not sure either." Zhu Zhuqing examined the Asura Demon Sword before her. "I did indeed feel a sense of rapport from this sword, and this rapport stems from the Killing God Domain."

"Didn't Xiao Quan say before that Slaughter City seems to be a place of inheritance for a deity? Is it possible that by passing the test of Slaughter City, you are equivalent to obtaining the recognition of a deity?"

Zhu Zhuqing said hesitantly, "There are quite a few people who have passed through Slaughter City. Back then, Hu Liena of the Spirit Hall and Tang San both passed through Slaughter City a step earlier than me. Wouldn't that mean they also obtained this recognition from the Asura God?"

"Zhuqing, Yan Yan." Ye Lingling's voice came from afar; she had hurried over as soon as she sensed the disturbance here.

"What happened?" Ye Lingling's attention was immediately drawn to Bo Saixi and the Asura Demon Sword in front of Zhu Zhuqing.

The two women then recounted what had happened to Ye Lingling once more.

"If I am not mistaken, this giant sword should be a Divine Artifact, just like the Sea God Trident in my hand."

"A Divine Artifact?"

The two women looked at Ye Lingling in surprise.

Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan did not know much about deities. During her Seventh Trial earlier, Bo Saixi had explained to Ye Lingling in detail the knowledge regarding deities, divine trials, and Divine Artifacts, so she knew much more than the two women.

After telling the two women what she knew, Ye Lingling continued, "According to what the High Priest said before, and combined with the current situation, this sword is the weapon of the Asura God and also a place where a portion of the Asura God Power is condensed. If you can obtain its recognition, you will have taken the crucial step toward becoming the Asura God."

"The methods each deity uses to select a successor should be different, but I can be certain that such an opportunity only comes once. If you cannot obtain recognition, it means failure, and the god will give up. As for whether there will be any punishment, I am not sure."

"The deity inheritance has been delivered right to our doorstep, so naturally, we cannot give up." Dugu Yan patted Zhu Zhuqing's shoulder and encouraged her, "It's just a sword, isn't it? With our Zhuqing's ability, isn't it something easily handled..."

(End of chapter)