Blood-red Blue Silver Emperor vines surged toward Ning Rongrong from all directions.
Ning Rongrong lightly dodged, leaping more than ten meters backward.
But in the next moment, she was caught up again by the emerging Blue Silver Emperor. The vines wrapped toward her body in a dense onslaught.
"Trace-less."
Ning Rongrong evaded once more. Several afterimages appeared across the area as she pulled distance from the Blue Silver Bind skill.
"So that's how it is—scent?"
The Blue Silver Emperor was able to track her movements based on scent. Without the specific five senses of humans, it relied on wild, instinctive capture.
Ning Rongrong used "Trace-less" several more times to avoid the Blue Silver Emperor's attacks.
She swung the Glazed Sacred Sword in her hand.
"Incinerate."
Blazing flames erupted in the sky. The fire fell like meteors from above, landing on the blood-red Blue Silver Emperor.
The branches ignited with a "sizzle sizzle sizzle" sound.
Zhenqi's suppression over Douluo divine power, combined with fire-attribute zhenqi comprehended with the aid of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's energy, caused the entire Blue Silver grid to burn to ashes.
However, Tang San, wielding the Seagod's Trident, used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to appear behind Ning Rongrong. Intense killing intent locked onto her.
Ning Rongrong instinctively flew back to evade. The moment their eyes met, a powerful surge of mental force rushed in.
"Purple Extreme Demon Eye—Light of Space-Time."
In an instant, Ning Rongrong's body was enveloped in blue aura.
In terms of mental power, Tang San was confident he was inferior to no one.
Moreover, with the aid of Mysterious Heaven Skill that resounded through the three realms, he held an innate advantage.
Forget second-level gods—even against first-level gods, he had confidence in injuring their minds.
No matter how strong Ning Rongrong was, at best she was in the realm of a second-level god.
No—even if she was half a step into first-level god, so what?
"Die!" Tang San poured all his strength into unleashing his strongest killing move.
A torrential downpour fell from the sky. The power of heaven and earth was drawn in.
This was the technique that had once defeated Qian Renxue. Its terror was based on the principle of ring detonation—an ultra-rule divine skill, and the strongest ability Tang San possessed as Sea God.
"Thirteen Halberds United—Twilight of the Sea."
Overwhelming divine power stirred the ocean into turmoil. On the sea, he was the Sea God.
The heaven-and-earth origin energy was so intense that even Title Douluo on the continent sensed the anomaly.
Ning Rongrong's expression froze, as though she had become a lone boat adrift in the vast ocean. Blue light of space-time covered her body, rendering her immobile.
"Die!"
At Tang San's command,
The torrential energy slashed toward Ning Rongrong, seemingly capable of cleaving the entire sea domain in one strike.
However, at that moment,
The blue color on Ning Rongrong rapidly faded.
"Is this your ultimate technique? It doesn't look all that impressive."
Tang San was stunned.
How was this possible!
This was a divine skill combining space-time power and mental force capable of injuring first-level gods—how could she break free?
Twilight of the Sea had already descended, but with the space-time light broken, Tang San's expression changed dramatically.
Suddenly, sensing something from the stirred heaven-and-earth origin energy, Tang San turned to look around.
Wherever his gaze reached, a gigantic domain covered everything.
The sky and earth—every visible place—were filled with enormous Taiji array patterns.
The entire sea domain seemed to have frozen in place.
"You… what did you do?"
"Who knows!" Ning Rongrong replied leisurely.
The Glazed Sacred Sword let out a clear sword cry and flew straight out of Ning Rongrong's hand. Its crisp ring echoed through the sky.
"Hundred Steps Flying Sword—Go!"
Ning Rongrong formed hand seals. Her hand seals accelerated, and the domain underwent massive changes, becoming even more vast and profound.
"Damn it—Asura Domain!"
He didn't know what Ning Rongrong was planning, but stopping her was the right move. As the former Asura God, after advancing to god level he could naturally transform the Killing God Domain into the Asura Domain.
Yet the Asura Domain shattered with a "bang" in an instant.
Tang San groaned, blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth: "How is this possible? How can it be this strong?"
Tang San couldn't comprehend it. She clearly wasn't god-level—how could even her domain be so powerful?
"Taiji, Heaven and Earth Furnace—Refine!"
The full-powered strike from Tang San that had nearly reached Ning Rongrong dissipated into specks of energy.
The scattered energy fell onto the array patterns and was rapidly refined, pouring into the suspended Glazed Sacred Sword.
"Damn it!" Tang San's eyes nearly split with rage as he sensed the Glazed Sacred Sword's aura growing stronger.
"Super-divine artifact! You're actually using my power to refine a super-divine artifact!"
"No way!"
The Clear Sky Hammer's ten soul rings erupted with blinding light at the same time as he hurled it toward the Glazed Sacred Sword.
"Great Sumeru Hammer Mystery—Ring Detonation!"
"Ten Rings Detonate Together!"
The golden Clear Sky Hammer expanded at a visible speed. In the blink of an eye, it grew to hundreds of meters in size.
"This has nothing to do with you, Tang San!"
"What!"
Tang San was shocked. A nine-story pagoda shot out, blocking the path of the Clear Sky Hammer.
"Let me tell you something—my Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is the strongest tool martial soul." As Ning Rongrong's words fell,
A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar resounded between heaven and earth.
"Bang!"
The Clear Sky Hammer collided with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Cracks appeared across the hammer's body amid the violent clash of energies.
A second crack emerged. Unable to withstand the impact, the Clear Sky Hammer was sent flying.
Tang San summoned it back. Several mouthfuls of blood sprayed from his mouth.
"No… impossible!"
Veins bulged on his forehead. The hand gripping the Clear Sky Hammer trembled slightly.
What kind of martial soul was that? It was clearly a super-divine artifact!
Using a super-divine artifact against a martial soul—this was pure bullying!
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda returned to Ning Rongrong's palm and was gently lifted.
"Damn it!" Tang San's face was filled with indignation. He reached up to wipe the blood from his mouth.
"She clearly hasn't reached god level—how can she have such combat power…"
She could separate her martial soul, and that martial soul had already reached the super-divine artifact stage.
"Damn it! Where exactly did things go wrong?"
His plan had been flawless—why did accidents keep happening one after another?
"Tang San, it's time for your curtain to fall."
An indifferent voice came from afar. Ning Rongrong hovered in place, her pressure locking onto Tang San.
"Just relying on the power of a super-divine artifact. If you've got the guts, don't use the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."
Tang San ground his teeth.
The Seagod's Trident was currently only a divine artifact—not yet the super-divine artifact it would become after years of tempering. It couldn't possibly resist the might of a super-divine artifact.
"I'm not falling for any bet or provocation from you."
"Tang San, forging a super-divine artifact using only the resources native to Douluo Continent is extremely difficult."
"But there is another way."
"That is to use gods and divine artifacts as energy to elevate the main artifact." Ignoring Tang San's ashen face, Ning Rongrong continued, "The Glazed Sacred Sword in my hand is only one step away from becoming a super-divine artifact."
"I was still thinking about how to elevate it, but you've given me quite an interesting idea."
Yes—just like how on the Five Elements Continent, Ji Dong greatly enhanced his sword's quality by sealing Hypnos inside it before becoming a god. Of course, Ning Rongrong had no intention of merely sealing.
"You… you…"
Seeing the greed on Ning Rongrong's face, Tang San instinctively retreated. He roared viciously:
"Evil soul master! You're an evil soul master!"
"Ning Rongrong, if you do this, do you think the people of Douluo Continent won't know? The Angel Clan will never let you go!"
"You mean Qian Renxue? She… heh, that proud little angel finally managed to blacken herself. She can't control me."
The Glazed Sacred Sword floating in the sky returned once more to Ning Rongrong's hand.
Compared to devouring Tang San's Seagod's Thirteen Forms, the Glazed Sacred Sword's energy fluctuations had grown even more dominant. It even seemed to stand in sharp opposition to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda floating around Ning Rongrong.
"Tang San, it's time for your curtain to fall."
"With your soul and life, using the Sea God divine artifact Seagod's Trident as the blueprint and the Asura God Sword as material, I will forge a super-divine artifact that belongs to me—Ning Rongrong."
"If you think you can, then try."
Tang San took a deep breath. He sensed that the entire array domain seemed centered on Ning Rongrong herself.
"Only by severely wounding Ning Rongrong can I hope to escape this domain maintained by a super-divine artifact and powered by divine artifacts."
If he hadn't known that Ning Rongrong couldn't possibly have predicted his arrival,
Tang San would have suspected that everything—including the death of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King—was a trap set by Ning Rongrong.
All of it just to make him become a god, so she could use him to forge her sword.
(End of chapter)