Both martial souls were crippled—so what?
Simple.
🔹 Use external soul bones to wreck it instead!
Tang Lan's Vast Sea Divine Pupil flashed,
Harnessing Vast Sea Power and spiritual energy,
Compressing them into a razor-thin beam—
And firing it straight at the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's single eye!
🔹 Heaven and Earth Soul Breaker!
The Vast Sea Divine Pupil's most powerful single-target divine skill!
Its cutting force was unmatched,
And the eye was the most vulnerable part of any creature.
Even a demigod-level Deep Sea Demon Whale King couldn't afford to ignore it!
But—
It was charging too fast, and Tang Lan's attack was too sudden.
It only had time to squeeze its eye shut,
Trying to block the strike with its eyelid!
🔹 "SSHHHRRRK—!"
The beam sliced through its eyelid,
Narrowly missing a direct eye-piercing shot.
🔹 "UUURRRGH—!"
A deep muffled groan rumbled through the ocean.
The spiritual damage of Heaven and Earth Soul Breaker made the Deep Sea Demon Whale King stagger,
Blood gushing from its wounded eyelid,
Blinding it in a crimson haze.
It dared not open its eye—
Afraid that Tang Lan would fire again.
Fueled by rage,
It whipped its massive tail,
Swinging a devastating attack at where Tang Lan had been.
But—
Tang Lan had already vanished.
🔹 Left-eye soul bone—Shattered!
🔹 Soul Bone Ability—Reset Activated!
Tang Lan blinked out of existence in the next frame—
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's attack hit nothing but empty water!
🔹 "RRRROOOOOOOAAAAARRRRR—!!!"
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King exploded in rage,
Its power churning the entire deep sea into chaos.
But no matter how hard it searched,
It couldn't sense Tang Lan anywhere.
Not until—
Its wound finally healed, and it reopened its eye.
Just in time to see—
🔹 A familiar streak of blood-red light flashing above its head!
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King froze.
It just now realized—
🔹 "That damn human… ESCAPED?!"
And the direction he was headed…
🔹 Sea God Island?!
Without any hesitation,
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King tore through the ocean,
Raging waves surging in its wake,
Pursuing the blood-red streak at full speed!
🔹 "New hatred and old grudges combined—TODAY, YOU DIE!"
The distance between them gradually closed.
Fueled by hatred,
It pushed its soul power to the limit,
While considering how best to kill this human.
🔹 Torture him to death?
🔹 Or just end it with one satisfying blow?
This chase lasted for a full hour.
Now, with only 1,000 meters between them,
The Deep Sea Demon Whale Kingactivated Magic Whale Domain,
Expanding its control field over Tang Lan!
Normally—
🔹 Magic Whale Domain's greatest strength was its overwhelming control.
But—
The blood-red light treated its domain like thin air,
Slipping through as if it wasn't even there.
And then—
The blood-red glow vanished completely.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's heart leaped with excitement!
🔹 "Did it finally run out of power?!"
Just as it prepared to deliver the killing blow—
Tang Lan's body split in two,
Transforming into two fiery-winged tigers,
Dashing off in opposite directions!
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King was momentarily stunned.
It carefully scanned both targets—
But couldn't tell which was the real one!
After a brief hesitation,
It chose one at random,
Hurling a Deep Sea Fang at the left one!
🔹 "BOOM—!"
The mirror clone shattered instantly!
Meanwhile—
The real Tang Lan reignited his Blood Escape,
Dashing away once again!
But this short delay had already widened the gap again.
Now—
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King wasn't just angry—
It was pissed beyond words.
Instead of chasing at full speed,
It switched tactics—
🔹 Trailing Tang Lan from a distance, like herding fish into a net.
🔹 Waiting for Tang Lan's stamina to run out.
🔹 Watching to see how long this mere "Soul Emperor" could possibly last.
🔹 "No way he has more endurance than me, right?"
Tang Lan glanced back at the Deep Sea Demon Whale King,
Instantly figuring out its plan.
And he couldn't help but laugh.
"You're worried about MY endurance?"
Sure,
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King had far more energy reserves than Tang Lan.
But stamina?
🔹 "Hah!"
This dumb whale still hadn't realized—
🔹 "I'm just leading you away from home."
Since the Deep Sea Demon Whale King wasn't in a hurry,
Tang Lan was in no rush either.
He continued leading it further away,
Buying more time for the Thunder Hell Prison Vine.
Two Hours Later—
Judging by the time,
The Thunder Hell Prison Vine had likely finished its transformation.
Even if the Deep Sea Demon Whale Kingrealized it now,
It would never make it back in time.
So—
🔹 Tang Lan suddenly stopped.
He waited for the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to catch up.
🔹 "HUMAN! KEEP RUNNING!"
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King sneered.
🔹 "Sea God Island is only 1,000 nautical miles away—you're almost there!"
🔹 "What happened? Out of energy?"
🔹 "I thought you were so tough!"
Wait…
Was this massive, million-year-old soul beast… being sarcastic?
Tang Lan just smiled, eyes twinkling.
🔹 "Oh, you'll find out soon enough."
🔹 "Not being able to break through a million years and become a god… must be painful, huh?"
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's smug expression instantly darkened!
The ocean churned, waves crashing violently.
"HUMAN! SHUT YO—"
🔹 "I have a way to help you become a god."
Tang Lan's calm statement
Made the Deep Sea Demon Whale King freeze.
The Deep Sea Thunder Orbs it had been charging in its mouth
Stopped mid-formation.
Its single eye narrowed in suspicion,
Staring intently at Tang Lan.
🔹 "You?!"
If any other human had dared say this,
Their ashes would've already been scattered to the sea.
🔹 "Speak." The Deep Sea Demon Whale King rumbled.
🔹 "If your method is viable, I will… leave you a complete corpse."
Tang Lan almost laughed out loud at the phrasing.
"Yeah, no way this guy's agreeing to be a soul spirit."
Its arrogance was simply too overwhelming.
So—
🔹 Time to play the emotional card.
🔹 "You've been wronged."
Tang Lan spoke with empathy—
🔹 "All you did was quietly cultivate by eating sea spirit beasts."
🔹 "You never even attacked humans."
🔹 "And yet, just because of the Divine Realm's rules—"
🔹 "You had your eye gouged out, your cultivation forcibly suppressed, and were constantly oppressed."
🔹 "Really… just ridiculous."
🔹 "ENOUGH!"
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King roared,
The ocean trembling from its fury.
🔹 "I DO NOT NEED YOUR PITY, HUMAN!"
🔹 "Just tell me your method! Do not test my patience!"
"Damn, this thing is hot-tempered."
Tang Lan raised a hand—
🔹 A glowing spiritual sphere shot forward.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King, sensing only a small amount of spirit energy,
🔹 Absorbed it directly.
🔹 Soul Spirit Equal Contract.
🔹 Thunder Hell Prison Vine's Growth.
🔹 Sea God's Divine Will following the God King of Destruction's orders.
🔹 Everything.
The Deep Sea Demon Whale Kinginstantly pieced everything together.
🔹 "HUMAN!"
🔹 "You intentionally lured me away… to give that vine time to evolve?!"
🔹 "Yep." Tang Lan admitted without hesitation. "I tried fighting you before. You're just too damn strong."
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King didn't explode in rage this time.
Instead—
It concentrated its power inward.
Its terrifying energy surged—
Then collapsed inward,
Compressing into a tangible set of armor,
Merging seamlessly with its humanoid form.
🔹 Energy Armoring!
This was the final stage before true godhood—
Just like how human soul masters fused their soul bones into godly armor before ascending.
It had already reached the "demigod" threshold.
If it could fully integrate its divine armor and body,
🔹 It could inherit a divine position and ascend.
But…
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King crossed its arms,
Standing face-to-face with Tang Lan.
🔹 "Human."
🔹 "At this range, I can kill you instantly."
Tang Lan calmly pointed to his right eye.
🔹 "This external soul bone is called Evil Eye."
🔹 "It lets me reset my state."
🔹 "If you strike me, I'll disappear instantly."
🔹 "Which means… your last chance at godhood disappears, too."
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King narrowed its single eye,
Studying Tang Lan carefully for several seconds.
Then—
🔹 It snorted disdainfully.
🔹 "Human. You want me… to be your soul spirit?"
🔹 "Of course." Tang Lan answered truthfully.
🔹 "But not yet."
🔹 "If nothing unexpected happens, one of my Sea God Trials will require me to hunt you."
🔹 "When that time comes, you can make your decision."
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King said nothing.
For a moment,
Tang Lan thought he'd convinced it.
He was just about to press further—
When—
🔹 BOOM!
The Deep Sea Demon Whale Kingsuddenly lunged!
A massive punch, enhanced by Magic Whale Domain's suppression,
🔹 Aimed straight at Tang Lan's skull!
It was an instant-kill attack!
But—
🔹 Tang Lan's Purple Demon Eye could even track the speed of light.
But—
🔹 Tang Lan didn't dodge.
He stood firm, taking the punch head-on.
🔹 A thunderous impact!
🔹 The ocean trembled!
🔹 But then—
🔹 (End of Chapter)