Chapter 358: Fire God, Asura God

"The assessment for a Divine Artifact is not simple," Ye Lingling shook her head. "Your current soul power levels should both be at Level 92, right? You should evolve your soul rings and wait until you have broken through and adjusted your state to the best before attempting it."

"Mm." Zhu Zhuqing nodded; she was thinking the same thing.

"I will stand guard for you."

Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan both sat down cross-legged and began to cultivate.

The soul spirit phantoms of Chi Wang and the Bear Monarch emerged behind the two women, and surging, powerful soul power fluctuated and condensed continuously, eventually gradually forming the two women's Ninth Soul Rings.

With the soul power breakthrough and the rewards from the divine examination, the strength of both women reached Level 92.

After the soul ring evolution, Zhu Zhuqing did not immediately withdraw from cultivation, but continued to immerse herself in it, adjusting her state.

On the other side, when Dugu Yan finished absorbing her Ninth Soul Ring, the flame aura around her body suddenly surged, and the terrifying temperature climbed continuously; fortunately, the two women had kept their distance while absorbing their soul rings, otherwise Zhu Zhuqing would inevitably have been affected.

But even so, that terrifying temperature continued to spread.

Seeing this situation, Ye Lingling raised her left hand immediately, and an extremely cold aura isolated the terrifying high temperature, shielding Zhu Zhuqing behind her.

"What is happening?" Just as Ye Lingling was puzzled, she saw the flames rising around Dugu Yan transform into a giant dragon phantom, and then a burst of thunderous explosions suddenly sounded in the sky.

Ye Lingling was stunned for a moment; this was a clear day! Where did the sound of thunder come from?

Immediately following, a crimson pillar of flame descended from the sky and landed gracefully upon the flame giant dragon. The dragon, which was already enveloped in flames, now looked like a red sun, soaring into the sky and changing continuously within the fire.

Vaguely, Ye Lingling seemed to see a huge phantom in the flames in mid-air. The phantom was very clear; it was a man wearing crimson armor. The man had a majestic expression, flames shooting out from all over his body, and he was permeated with a terrifying pressure.

The next second, the man's gaze was like a torch—truly like a torch—shooting two flame-entwined rays from his eyes. The rays shot directly into the center of Dugu Yan's brow, turning into a crimson flame mark.

Ye Lingling had originally wanted to raise her hand to intervene, but the Sea God Trident emitted a faint golden light, stopping her.

Seemingly thinking of something, Ye Lingling's expression turned joyful. The scorching temperature slowly lowered, a sea breeze blew by, and the flame-armored man in the sky slowly dissipated.

The flame giant dragon in the sky returned to its place accordingly.

Dugu Yan opened her eyes in surprise and said with unconcealable excitement, "Lingling, I have received the inheritance of the Fire God, but I must wait until I break through to Level 97 to undergo the assessment. Once I pass the three assessments, I will be able to inherit the position of the Fire God."

Ye Lingling smiled and nodded, "Congratulations, Yan Yan. I just saw it; from the feeling just now, the Fire God is no weaker than the Sea God. We all have to keep working hard."

Dugu Yan chuckled, "I was quite envious of you all before, after all, you have already obtained divine inheritance, and I was the only one who hadn't."

"I didn't expect that just after breaking through, I would have it."

"Your talent is no weaker than ours; we were able to obtain it, so you naturally can too."

Dugu Yan said excitedly, "Hehe, when we return to the continent and see Xiao Quan, we will definitely give him a big surprise."

"Now we just wait for Zhuqing." Ye Lingling scanned the Asura Demon Sword to the side with apprehension. "This great sword puts more pressure on me than my Sea God Trident. The Asura God might be stronger than both the Sea God and the Fire God. It won't be easy for Zhuqing to pull out this great sword."

"It's fine, I believe in Zhuqing," Dugu Yan said firmly. "Zhuqing's will is much firmer than both of ours."

"Mm." Ye Lingling did not deny this. Although Zhu Zhuqing was a few years younger than them, her experiences were no less than any of theirs.

Not to mention that Zhu Zhuqing had also experienced the tempering of Slaughter City.

Three hours later.

Only then did Zhu Zhuqing adjust her state to the best and awaken from her cultivation.

"Sister Yan Yan, you?" Zhu Zhuqing keenly noticed the change in the mark on Dugu Yan's brow.

"Hehe, Zhuqing, I am now also an inheritor of the Fire God." Dugu Yan smiled and recounted what had happened before.

Zhu Zhuqing had not expected that in just a few short hours, Dugu Yan would have obtained a divine inheritance assessment.

She had originally thought she would be the second, but now she had become the last.

She gathered her thoughts.

Zhu Zhuqing walked slowly to the front of the Asura Demon Sword, released her Dark Demon Spirit Cat martial soul, and nine shining soul rings appeared. As the Seventh Soul Ring lit up and the Martial Soul True Body was released, her blood-colored Killing God Domain also unfolded.

The blood-colored light intersected with the Asura Demon Sword, and a terrifying murderous aura erupted instantly. Brilliant red magic patterns lit up on the Asura Demon Sword, and as the cold auras intersected, Zhu Zhuqing's hands were lifted uncontrollably on their own.

An ordinary person in this situation would have long since grasped it involuntarily.

Yet even in such a situation, Zhu Zhuqing remained extremely calm and rational, taking a deep breath to keep herself from being affected by the murderous aura, and grasped the Asura Demon Sword before her of her own volition, rather than because of the sword's attraction.

In an instant, a blood-red energy filled with the aura of slaughter swept through Zhu Zhuqing's entire body like a raging sea.

The terrifying aura of slaughter made even Chi Wang tremble at this moment.

The existence of the Killing God Domain was equivalent to Ye Lingling's Sea God's Light and Sea God Affinity.

The higher the degree of evolution of the Killing God Domain, the higher the Asura God Affinity; the Killing God Domain was actually equivalent to the first six examinations of the Sea God.

Because of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul ring and soul bone, Zhu Zhuqing's Killing God Domain underwent an evolution the moment she obtained it. This situation had never been reached by any previous possessor of the Killing God Domain, which allowed Zhu Zhuqing's compatibility with the Killing God Domain to reach an extremely high level.

With the strength of the Dark Demon Spirit Cat martial soul, she had the ability to awaken her own innate domain upon breaking through Level 70, but it was precisely because of the existence of the Killing God Domain that the innate domain and the Killing God Domain combined, making Zhu Zhuqing's Killing God Domain exist like the innate domain of her Dark Demon Spirit Cat martial soul.

Under the influence of these various factors, the compatibility between Zhu Zhuqing and the Killing God Domain reached an unprecedented height, as if the Killing God Domain was originally her own power, rather than something bestowed upon her later.

With the growth of Zhu Zhuqing's strength, her Killing God Domain was also continuously evolving.

Although it had not reached the height of the Asura Domain that Tang San chose for his divine inheritance in the original work, Zhu Zhuqing's current Killing God Domain was only one level behind the Asura Domain.

If converted to a percentage of affinity, it was at least over eighty percent.

The cold aura gave Zhu Zhuqing the feeling that her entire body was frozen stiff.

Zhu Zhuqing could feel the Asura God's domineering aura of slaughter rampaging within her body, and the murderous aura inside her was continuously climbing under the stimulation of this slaughter energy.

A massive amount of energy gushed out from the great sword.

"Retreat further away." Ye Lingling's expression changed slightly, and the two women moved very quickly, retreating directly to a hundred meters away.

They saw a terrifying aura condensing within the surging blood light, and vaguely, a dark red figure appeared. This figure was tall and also somewhat slender, and the cold aura was entirely condensed from tangible murderous intent.

"Is this the Asura God?" Dugu Yan looked at the scene before her with palpitations.

The blood-colored figure stood within the Killing God Domain, and the terrifying aura of slaughter spread crazily in the air.

"It should be." Ye Lingling nodded; they could both feel the massive energy surging within Zhu Zhuqing's Killing God Domain.

This was normal, because the Asura Demon Sword not only accumulated Asura power, but also had the entirety of Tang Chen's Level 99 energy attached to it before he died.

Within the Killing God Domain, blood-colored slaughter energy had already spread over Zhu Zhuqing's entire body; she looked as if she had been boiled, with her skin, eyes, and even her hair turning blood-red.

Under the stimulation of the Asura Demon Sword, Zhu Zhuqing's Killing God Domain was not suppressed; instead, it evolved once more under the stimulation, and the power within her body mutated accordingly. The blood-colored slaughter energy replaced Zhu Zhuqing's original Killing God Domain, which also represented the appearance of Asura God Power.

Crack, crack.

That was the sound of the giant sword rubbing against the sand and soil.

The giant sword in her hand felt as heavy as ten thousand jin, but it was still slowly pulled out by Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing also felt her soul, which had been frozen by this cold killing aura, gradually regain consciousness.

As the Asura Demon Sword was slowly pulled up, endless red light began to expand, and circular, complex Magic Patterns emerged within the blood-colored Domain, which seemed to be filled with infinite and powerful energy.

Under the stimulation of the ninety-nine-level majestic power of Tang Chen within the Asura Demon Sword, Zhu Zhuqing's Domain finally underwent a qualitative leap, initially evolving into the Asura Domain.

At this moment, the blood-colored light paused abruptly, and the Asura Demon Sword was finally pulled out of the ground by Zhu Zhuqing, its majestic aura directly tearing a huge opening in the sky.

The blood-colored light condensed and slowly merged into Zhu Zhuqing's body, revealing her pale cheeks and her figure, which appeared somewhat trembling from gasping for air.

Even so, the joy overflowing from her expression proved her harvest and success!

Zhu Zhuqing gripped the giant sword in her hands tightly and said excitedly, "I succeeded!"

"Congratulations, Zhuqing." The two women gathered around to congratulate her.

"How is it? What is the Asura God's trial?" Dugu Yan asked curiously.

Zhu Zhuqing said, "I only need to complete the evolution of the Asura Domain and have my strength break through to level ninety-nine to inherit the Asura God Position."

"Asura Domain?" The two wore expressions of confusion.

"It is my Killing God Domain."

Although Zhu Zhuqing's Killing God Domain had evolved into the Asura Domain under the stimulation of the power within the Asura Demon Sword, this Asura Domain had not completed its true evolution.

In the original story, when Tang San faced the million-year Deep Sea Demon Whale King, he detonated six Soul Rings simultaneously, causing the Killing God Domain attached to the Clear Sky Hammer to be stimulated by the extremely massive explosive power, thereby initially evolving into the Asura Domain.

Later, when Tang San attached the final Soul Ring to the Clear Sky Hammer, which was the Deep Sea Demon Whale Soul Ring, the Clear Sky Hammer turned from black to red under the nourishment of the million-year Soul Ring, which was when the evolution process of the Asura Domain was truly completed.

It took a million-year Soul Ring for the Asura Domain to complete its final evolution, which shows its difficulty; although there was only one trial, such trials are often the most difficult.

Although Dugu Yan had three trials, at least from the current situation, they should be layered like the Sea God Nine Trials, and their difficulty might not be as great as this trial of Zhu Zhuqing's.

After discussing for a while, Ye Lingling changed the subject: "Let's not talk about the God Position inheritance trials for now. Do you still have the final trial of the Top Eight Trials? What is the content?"

Zhu Zhuqing spoke first: "Top Eight Trials, Eighth Trial, assist in hunting the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, assist the Sea God Nine Trials inheritor, hunt the Deep Sea Demon Whale King."

"Mine is the same." Dugu Yan echoed from the side.

"Lingling, is your Eighth Trial also to hunt the Deep Sea Demon Whale King?"

"I also need to collect all the Soul Rings and soul bone."

"So simple?" The two women looked at Ye Lingling with surprise and confusion.

Ye Lingling shook her head with a bitter smile: "It's not simple. This Deep Sea Demon Whale King is not a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, is it?"

"Beast?" Zhu Zhuqing asked curiously: "Do you know how many tens of thousands of years old it is?"

"A million years..."

Douluo God Realm.

Inside a huge seven-colored spherical space, clouds and mist shifted, and everything around was filled with hazy colors.

Inside a towering water-blue palace.

One blue and two red figures were floating there quietly; in a huge circle in front of them, everything on Sea God Island was being displayed.

These three figures were the Sea God, the Fire God, and the Asura God of the God Realm.

The Sea God chuckled and said, "Asura, you are cheating, aren't you? You are the enforcer of our God Realm, yet you are knowingly breaking the law!"

The Asura God glanced at him coldly, "What evidence do you have that I am knowingly breaking the law?"

The Sea God laughed loudly: "Still nothing? You deliberately controlled the chaotic power within Tang Chen, letting him live for a while longer so he could pave the way for that Zhu Zhuqing."

The Asura God said: "Everything I did did not violate the rules. At most, I just triggered a bit of Asura God Power, and it was used on my inheritor, which is permitted by the rules. As an enforcer of the God Realm, I would never break the rules myself."

"Fine, fine, fine. Who asked you to be the enforcer? Whatever you say goes; I can't argue with you." The Sea God looked helpless.

The Fire God suddenly suggested: "We have all found our respective inheritors; shouldn't we celebrate such a happy event? Let's not dwell on these trifles. Why don't we ask the Food God to come over and cook a meal for us brothers?"

The Sea God was just about to agree, but he saw the Asura God beside him shake his head and say: "Forget it, I always feel that there are some problems on Douluo Continent, I must go back and continue to monitor it..."

(End of this chapter)