Chapter 426 – Entering the City
"You, are you sure you're an Evil Soul Master?"
Hearing the man's words, the three exchanged glances. Seeing the same doubt in each other's eyes, one of them asked uncertainly.
If he really was an Evil Soul Master, why was the aura around him so different from theirs? Normally, after devouring another's blood and martial soul through evil methods, an inexplicable aura would appear—one that all Evil Soul Masters possessed, no matter their strength or how long they had been one.
"Nonsense!"
Tang San frowned and looked at them as if they were fools. "Have you ever seen someone who wasn't an Evil Soul Master claim to be one on their own?"
In truth, he had absorbed many soul masters in the past. But after working with the Dark Origin Will, all the harmful energies in his body had been purged, replaced by the purest dark origin power. At this point, he could claim he wasn't an Evil Soul Master, since he no longer carried that aura or mindset.
Yet he could also claim he was one—after all, the Dark Origin Will was the progenitor of all darkness and harmful matter in the world. The so-called evil, destruction, and slaughter were merely fragments split from that pure dark origin.
"That… does make sense."
The three thought for a moment, finding some logic in his words, then asked, "Since that's the case, why are you asking about the Sun Moon Continent?"
On the entire Douluo Continent, they could confidently say that no more than five people knew of that place. They were curious how a youth not yet twenty years old could possibly know about it.
After all, the Sun Moon Continent was extremely far from here.
"That's not something you need to know."
Tang San's eyes narrowed as he warned coldly, "You only need to take me to the Sun Moon Continent. Everything else is none of your concern."
"And what do we get in return?"
Seeing his eagerness, their expressions grew calm.
"The fact that I'm not killing you is already generous," Tang San said with a cold laugh. "And you still dare to bargain?"
"What else? At worst, we die," the middle-aged leader said with a sneer. "When we chose this path, we were already prepared for death. But if we die, you'll never find that place."
"In that case, you can die first."
Tang San's eyes hardened. With a wave of his right hand, he slit the leader's throat.
Blood sprayed, staining the ground.
The remaining two stared in shock, clearly not expecting him to act so decisively.
"What about you?"
After disposing of one, Tang San's gaze turned ice-cold. "Will you take me there, or die like him?"
Brotherhood between Evil Soul Masters was never reliable. When the strongest among them had been killed right in front of their eyes, the others' resolve shattered instantly.
"We'll take you to the Sun Moon Continent!"
The two answered quickly, unwilling to die so pointlessly after years of cultivation to reach the rank of Soul Sage.
"A wise choice."
Tang San's lips curved into a faint smile. He then set off with them toward the coast.
Since the place was so far from Douluo Continent, it meant they would need a large ship to reach it.
And only Hanhai City had such vessels, so if they wished to reach the Sun Moon Continent, their first destination had to be Hanhai City.
On the other side, in an unknown world.
Kong and Gu Yuena arrived before the brown bear that Ying had taken care of. After looking it over from both sides, they fell into thought.
"King of Thunder, can you see anything?" After a moment, Gu Yuena was the first to speak.
"No."
Kong shook his head lightly. "But I can be certain this thing is definitely not a soul beast. It's more like some kind of mutated animal."
"Mutated?"
Hearing this, Gu Yuena's brows furrowed slightly in confusion. Could this place also have an unparalleled powerhouse capable of altering the power of plants and animals?
"That's right."
Kong crouched down and took a dagger from his soul tool. "But to know the details, we'll have to ask the locals."
"That makes sense."
Gu Yuena nodded gently, but then looked at him in puzzlement. "If that's the case, what are you doing now?"
"Do I really need to say it?"
Kong glanced back at her, rolling his eyes in exasperation. "Of course I'm packing up this fresh meat for later use."
Hearing that, Gu Yuena was speechless. They were already god kings and had eternal life—why would they still need to eat such things?
Still, she didn't say more. If he wanted to carry it, let him. She had no interest in doing such work.
Selecting the best cuts of meat from the brown bear, Kong then led Gu Yuena onward toward signs of human habitation.
Since it was their first time here, they didn't know what kind of place it was, what dangers it held, or what rules governed it. They also didn't know what level of power the so-called strong possessed, so the two moved with great caution, afraid of running into some hidden powerhouse who might suddenly make a move on them.
A month later, they finally saw a city in the distance. At that moment, they looked like down-and-out beggars—utterly disheveled.
It was hard to imagine that the two, one a god king and the other the soul beasts' ruler, would ever find themselves in such a state.
"We're almost there!"
Kong's eyes lit up at the sight of the towering city walls ahead, and his pace quickened.
"Finally, we can figure out what kind of place this really is!" Gu Yuena was equally expectant and curious. Over the past month, she had begun to notice the uniqueness of this place.
Perhaps what the Cosmic Origin had said was true—maybe, here, she could find the long-lost Light Origin.
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