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At this point, Tang Wulin deeply realized his own limitations.
Relying solely on himself and Da Ming and Er Ming, the others could not escape the predicament before them.
Thus, Tang Wulin decided to seek external help!
Though he wasn't certain whether using his ultimate means would allow him to escape this world, if he didn't even have the courage to take a gamble, he and his group would be completely trapped in this undead realm.
Moreover, though using Tang San's power violated the rules of the God Realm, Tang Wulin inwardly reasoned that as long as he was discreet, his current Sea God divine energy—identical to his father's—should be enough to fool everyone.
After all, compared to the potential accountability from the God Realm later, the idea of dying here was something Tang Wulin absolutely refused to accept deep down.
"Father, please use all your strength to carve a path to victory for me," Tang Wulin earnestly addressed the divine consciousness of Tang San left within his mind.
The divine fragment of Tang San slowly opened its eyes, taking in the full extent of Tang Wulin's situation.
Though only a separated fragment of Tang San's consciousness, it possessed the same complete thought patterns and personality as Tang San, just like Ye Wen's avatar.
Even knowing that its destruction wouldn't harm the main body, this fragment of Tang San still felt a tinge of displeasure—an instinctive aversion of the living toward death.
But with no other choice, for the sake of his useless son's future and his own main body, this divine fragment of Tang San had no choice but to comply.
"Wulin, prepare yourself. Next, I will burn this fragment of divine consciousness to open a path back to the original world for you.
I hope… this time you won't disappoint me again."
With those words—
The divine fragment of Tang San began to rapidly burn, and the released energy poured into the Sea God Trident, causing the already radiant golden weapon to shine even brighter!
At this moment, Tang Wulin finalized his plan of action. Since sticking together had allowed this suddenly appeared Grim Reaper to pull them into this small world, and since they couldn't guarantee they could ambush Electrolux after escaping, Tang Wulin decided that upon returning to the Douluo Continent, the eight would immediately split up. Then, they would swiftly dismantle the Tian Xing Federation's structure and usher in the era of the Sea God Alliance!
Using his divine consciousness, Tang Wulin conveyed his thoughts to the group. By now, the power he had accumulated had reached its peak!
Tang Wulin unleashed the ultimate technique of the Sea God Trident once more.
"Thirteen Techniques of the Sea God – Twilight of the Sea God!!!"
A blinding sacred light erupted, and the surrounding undead, who had been swarming toward them, seemed greatly suppressed. They let out soulful wails of agony.
As the concentrated might of Twilight of the Sea God struck a single point, the passage connecting the undead demi-plane to the Douluo Continent finally opened.
Tang Wulin's face lit up with joy. Though it was just a guess, he had bet correctly this time!
Interplanar teleportation was something even the God Kings of the God Realm couldn't achieve, yet this God of Death had forcibly transferred them to another plane. This could only mean that this plane was an independent space created by the Death God, and such a subspace must rely on the main plane to exist. Therefore, by forcibly opening a spatial node, they could return to the Douluo Continent.
Though the strike fueled by burning Tang San's divine fragment was astonishingly powerful, it was ultimately only an insignificant sliver of Tang San's true self.
The forcibly opened spatial gateway began to show signs of closing under the erosion of the undead plane's rules.
"Go!"
Tang Wulin barked sharply, and the others dared not hesitate. They transformed into streaks of light and fled this world.
The moment they returned to the Douluo Continent, they noticed Electrolux standing at the same spot.
Their pupils contracted in shock, but after being repeatedly trounced by two formidable figures, they were now in a state of extreme caution—one bite from a snake made them fear wells for ten years. Moreover, Tang Wulin had already laid out their plan of action earlier. Without any hesitation, the eight transformed into streaks of light and vanished from Electrolux's sight.
Electrolux, who had raised his Reaper's Scythe, intending to delay Huo Yu'er's group's return, was momentarily stunned.
"Ah, this…"
Electrolux, having regained his composure, scratched his head in exasperation, muttering inwardly: If it weren't for their numbers, how could these eight possibly stand a chance against Huo Yu'er and the others?
This scene was also fully observed by the gods in the God Realm.
After a brief silence, the gods burst into laughter.
The third-generation inheritor of one of the strongest Tier-1 gods? Is this all they amounted to? Not even the courage to fight head-on—it was truly laughable!!!
But the laughter came quickly and faded just as fast. After all, none of the gods were fools. They remembered that the father of this third-generation Sea God was still present. To avoid trouble in the future, it was better to rein in their mockery.
However, the God King of Destruction paid no heed to such subtleties. A disdainful sneer curled at the corner of his lips as he remarked:
"Is this all they're capable of? It seems we'll need to impose stricter requirements for divine position inheritors at the next God Realm Assembly. Otherwise, if the God Realm ends up filled with such useless individuals in the future, we might as well disband entirely. At least then we won't have to worry about someone attacking us or stabbing us in the back someday."
Tang San offered no response, having grown accustomed to such ridicule.
However, Tang San still had grand schemes to pursue. He intended to connect with the divine fragment in Tang Wulin's mind to reprimand his incompetent son and urge the conquest of the Douluo Continent.
But when he attempted to establish the connection, Tang San discovered—to his shock—that the divine fragment he had left in Tang Wulin's mind was gone!?
"What's going on?" Tang San felt confusion, then unease, and soon realized why this had happened!
Though the gods could peer into Electrolux's demi-plane, the distance and the separation of planes meant they only knew that Tang Wulin had unleashed a mighty power to forcibly break open the spatial barrier between the two planes.
None of the gods found this suspicious. After all, becoming a god required one to have once been the protagonist of their plane—bursting with power was a common occurrence.
But at this moment, Tang San's expression turned incredibly grim.
Because the situation had now completely slipped out of his control.
Though the gods of the God Realm couldn't interfere directly in the mortal realm, as long as they acted secretly without being caught, it wouldn't matter. However, with the gods' attention now fixed on them, even Tang San couldn't resort to underhanded tactics to send another divine fragment down.
Originally, there had been two fragments of Tang San's divine consciousness in the Douluo Continent. The first had resided in Da Ming's body, allowing him to issue commands conveniently. But after Da Ming ascended to godhood, Tang San's Sea God divine fragment was no longer suitable for residence within him. Thus, Tang San had chosen an elder of the Haotian Sect—a failed divine trial candidate—as the new host. That person had already been killed by Ye Wen at the start of the battle.
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