It could be said that during that battle, Tang San's decision not to intervene gave Xu Yuan an absolute reason to kill him.
In a chaotic fight, neutral parties are the first to be targeted.
Even those who merely hesitated would become the primary focus of concentrated attacks.
Though Tang San's situation was different in terms of stance, the principle remained the same. He was waiting to reap the benefits, and such people should have been dealt with before the major battle began.
Xu Yuan's gaze turned cold as his spirit energy spread out, probing the true nature of the current Sea God's incarnation.
Without a doubt, the foundation of this incarnation lay within the third seal inside Tang Wulin's body—it was Tang San's true trump card, originally intended to suppress the Abyssal Saint Lord.
However, one difference was that the power of this incarnation wasn't entirely derived from the seal itself.
Xu Yuan keenly sensed that through the Sea God Trident, a steady flow of Sea God divine power was seeping through.
His eyes narrowed sharply.
He stared intently at the Sea God's incarnation, as if trying to see through how Tang San had accomplished this.
This was definitely Tang San's main body channeling power over.
Fortunately, the rate of power transfer wasn't fast—compared to battles at this level, it was like trying to put out a fire with a cup of water.
Not giving Tang San any time to accumulate strength, Xu Yuan wielded the Hunyuan Spear and instantly teleported in front of Tang San.
The spear shot out, cycling through the five elements.
The power of the five elements spread around them, forming a vast domain that enveloped both fighters.
Tang San frowned and raised his trident to block the Hunyuan Spear.
Behind Xu Yuan, countless Blue Silver Emperors rapidly expanded, attempting to engulf his figure.
In the next moment, Xu Yuan's figure vanished, reappearing behind Tang San.
"Such mastery of spatial power." Even Tang San was taken aback.
He turned his head and quickly retreated, instantly creating distance between them.
With a clench of his right hand, countless Blue Silver Emperors surged forth again, completely surrounding the two.
The Sea God Trident rippled like waves, emitting unique fluctuations that spread outward like water ripples, seemingly freezing space in place.
Xu Yuan's pupils contracted.
Was this one of the moves from the Thirteen Styles of the Sea God?
There were thirteen styles in total, and Xu Yuan didn't know all of them—he only remembered the most famous one, "Unfixed Storm."
Indeed, if even the Unfixed Storm existed as a means of immobilizing space, the original Sea God must have developed it.
The Blue Silver Emperors ferociously lunged toward Xu Yuan.
Blue Silver Entanglement?
Xu Yuan wore a disdainful expression.
Tang San didn't get angry. With a clench of his left hand, thick Blue Silver Emperors erupted from Xu Yuan's body, intertwining with the incoming ones to bind him.
Xu Yuan's figure was quickly overwhelmed.
However, Tang San's expression never relaxed.
As the five elements cycled, Xu Yuan's form transitioned from nothingness to solidity, as if stepping across from a distant dimension, slowly emerging.
Around his body, no traces of the Blue Silver Emperor's residual power remained.
Tang San furrowed his brows.
What kind of soul skill was this?
None of the soul skills Tang Wulin had gathered intelligence on possessed effects like this.
Where did he learn it from?
"These are all the tricks you have?" Xu Yuan said. "Now, feel the full extent of my power."
With that, the Hunyuan Spear in Xu Yuan's hand erupted with black and white forces. As they intertwined, they entangled with the surrounding five-element domain, causing the space around them to explode as if a new world had been created in an instant.
Xu Yuan held the spear, pointing it at Tang San.
Boom!
A bolt of lightning descended with terrifying destructive force.
Tang San swung the trident, releasing a shadowy strike, which was instantly shattered by the lightning.
Seeing this, he gritted his teeth and summoned over ten layers of Blue Silver Cages around himself.
The Blue Silver Emperors, resembling greedy snakes, quickly devoured the lightning's power, dispersing the initial bolt into layers upon layers. What started as a single bolt of lightning was divided into millions of smaller streams, each significantly weakened. Tang San swung the trident once more, annihilating the remaining lightning completely.
The multiple layers of Blue Silver Cages shattered, crumbling into charred fragments.
Xu Yuan squinted.
"Devouring attribute."
Tang San's Blue Silver Emperors possessed a devouring attribute.
Was it influenced by the Eight Spider Spears' derivative effect on his martial soul?
Or perhaps Tang San had unearthed the hidden devouring power within his Blue Silver Emperor, similar to Tang Ya's mutation?
Regardless of the case, his Blue Silver Emperor's devouring attribute was still too weak.
It barely managed to handle the lightning, and even then, it wasn't truly devouring but rather guiding and dispersing its power.
The inherent fragility of the Blue Silver Emperor determined its upper limit.
No, to be precise, its inherent fragility combined with improper cultivation determined the upper limit of Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor.
With a thought, spirit energy spread throughout the area.
Runes fused into the heavens and earth.
Then, a torrent of lightning descended once more.
Each bolt of lightning was no weaker than the previous one.
Seeing this, even Tang San's incarnation felt troubled.
These bolts of lightning made his scalp tingle.
It wasn't that they were impossible to deal with, but so many lightning strikes would deplete his current state significantly.
Though just an incarnation, his power essence was at the God King level—it was just that his reserves were limited.
Xu Yuan's strategy was very prudent: attrition.
Deplete the incarnation, and then he could deal with Tang Wulin.
Holding the Golden Trident, Tang San made a decisive move.
His incarnation dissipated.
He tossed the Golden Trident to Tang Wulin.
Simultaneously, he channeled all his remaining divine power, forming several rings on the Golden Trident.
Tang Wulin watched as his father's incarnation faded, hearing Tang San's final words.
"My child, this is all I can do for you."
"The Unfixed Storm on the Sea God Trident is my last ounce of power. You've learned this move, so try breaking the seventeenth seal. Use the Unfixed Storm to lock down the eighteenth seal firmly. Even if you fall into madness while breaking the seventeenth seal, there will always be a day when your consciousness returns."
"My child, unleash your full potential. This time, you're on your own."
Tang San's voice faded.
Tang Wulin's eyes turned crimson.
Letting out a roar, blood began to seep from the scales of the golden dragon.
The pure golden dragon quickly turned a fiery gold.
Tang Wulin struggled wildly, trying to break free from Xu Yuan's chains.
But it was futile.
Tang Wulin knew that breaking through was his last chance.
Taking a deep breath, he pushed against the second-to-last seal within his body.
Frenzied dragon roars echoed in his mind.
His unwillingness overflowed with destructive emotions, causing his brain to momentarily crash.
The bound golden dragon's anger flared skyward.
On the other side, Xu Yuan naturally sensed Tang Wulin's change.
"Abandoned his son and ran?" Xu Yuan sneered.
But Tang San's main body wasn't here. Even if his incarnation lingered, it couldn't be used to kill his main body.
"Is he breaking through to the next seal?" Xu Yuan pondered.
Under the sixteenth seal, Tang Wulin's strength surpassed the True God level, nearing the Super God level. Under the seventeenth seal, he might surpass the Super God level, truly reaching the Main God level.
At eighteen seals, he might directly achieve a half-step God King.
As for absorbing the Golden Dragon King's power to directly ascend to the God King level, Xu Yuan no longer believed in that.
The Golden Dragon King was already dead. What remained inside Tang Wulin was only the most fundamental essence of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline—not the massive energy it once possessed.
To break through to God King?
Others needed not only a God Position but also an immense amount of energy to reach God King status. Why should he be any different?
Pure bloodline power reaching half-step God King was already the limit.
And even a half-step God King was still within Xu Yuan's ability to handle.
Thus, today's outcome was certain.
Even if Tang Wulin went all out in a desperate bid, unleashing all eighteen seals, Xu Yuan could retreat unscathed, while Tang Wulin would lose his life in the process.
"The current fluctuations suggest only seventeen seals," Xu Yuan observed.
He saw Tang Wulin's dragon claw extend through the gaps in the chains, catching the Sea God Trident and fusing the several rings on it into his body.
Roar!
A frenzied dragon cry echoed across the Dragon Plane.
Little Jia retreated, feeling the frantic pulsations in his bloodline.
At this moment, the power of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline overshadowed the might of heaven and earth.
Yet, the raging golden dragon was still tightly bound by the chains.
Its frenzied willpower poured out, appearing like impotent rage.
Tang Wulin's consciousness briefly returned, and in a fleeting moment of clarity, he felt his still-bound body and immediately sank into despair.
He struggled wildly.
What the hell was this thing?
Constructed purely of energy, how could it possibly be indestructible?
The frenzied willpower invaded his consciousness again, and Tang Wulin immediately chose to break through.
He had to break through.
His soul power surged past the constraints. The Blue Silver Emperor's power devoured the essence of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, and Gold Song helped him endure the dragon king's power.
Nevertheless, the relentless surge of the Golden Dragon King's essence battered their bodies until they were riddled with holes.
Seeing this, Xu Yuan intensified the binding force.
Spirit energy continuously wove through the air, forming runes that interconnected, forming chains that firmly suppressed Tang Wulin.
At the same time, Xu Yuan condensed chains to restrain the Sea God Trident in Tang Wulin's hands, preventing Tang San from reclaiming it.
With this, the battle entered its final phase.
Tang Wulin's heart filled with despair.
Even the seventeenth seal had been suppressed so thoroughly.
Could the eighteenth seal really break free?
And this was only Xu Yuan's control-type soul skill.
Even if he could break free from Xu Yuan's control-type skills, could he truly defeat him?
Or escape?
Tang Wulin's heart utterly collapsed.
The once-proud bloodline of the Golden Dragon King now gave him no sense of superiority.
So, even after fully integrating the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, he had his limits.
Meanwhile, Xu Yuan, who had trained alongside him, utterly crushed him.
"Father, I may never see you and Mother again." A tear rolled down Tang Wulin's eye. He stopped struggling, allowing the frenzied willpower to erode him.
He didn't attempt to break the eighteenth seal anymore; he simply gave up.
Whether his soul was shattered by the Golden Dragon King's frenzied will or he was personally killed by Xu Yuan, he no longer cared.
"Xu Yuan, when I return, I'll repay you in blood!"
"Don't worry, I'll collect my debts piece by piece," Xu Yuan said indifferently.
As the trident mark on Tang Wulin's forehead dissipated, Tang San's presence vanished completely.
A vortex appeared, attempting to draw the Sea God Trident away. But Xu Yuan, having anticipated this, firmly suppressed the trident and kept it.
Joking aside, this was a Super Divine artifact.
Moreover, it could be used to reverse-locate the Sea God's God Position. Xu Yuan obviously wouldn't let it go.
The transcendent divine artifact ensured that Tang San couldn't simply hide and give up.
And the reverse-location gave Xu Yuan the qualification to take the fight to the Divine Realm.
Turning back, he looked at the still-roaring golden dragon, furrowing his brows.
Tang San's divine consciousness imprint within Tang Wulin had shattered. Tang Wulin should be dead.
Unexpectedly, using his body, the Golden Dragon King's bloodline was still being unleashed.
"A mindless monster."
In Xu Yuan's understanding, that was what the frenzied golden dragon had become.
"Is there any way to extract his bloodline power again?"
As Xu Yuan spoke, a small phoenix appeared beside him.
"This has already been used twice. Are you really going to use it again?" The little phoenix looked disdainful.
Xu Yuan glanced at the little phoenix.
"Do you think I need this?"
"What do you want to do?"
"You help me extract the Golden Dragon King's bloodline again. I'll handle the sealing, and you ensure there's no residual power from Tang Wulin or Tang San in the bloodline."
"I'm not some laborer!" Seeing Xu Yuan's matter-of-fact attitude, the little phoenix immediately protested.
"What level are you at now?" Xu Yuan asked.
"Uh, just reached level 100."
The little phoenix honestly reported her level from two months ago.
"Recovering your power should require quite a bit of energy, right?"
"I have plenty of time. I can accumulate it slowly," the little phoenix said.
"I don't have time to wait for you to accumulate it slowly. When I ascend to Supreme God King, if you haven't tried to fuse your God Position again, I won't bother helping you afterward."
The little phoenix's eyes widened as she listened to Xu Yuan's words.
Listen to yourself—does that even sound human?
Do you think becoming a Supreme God King is that simple?
However, given Xu Yuan's track record, the probability of him ascending to Supreme God King was indeed high.
"You help me extract the bloodline, and I'll find energy sources for you to absorb?" The little phoenix's tone softened slightly.
"There's the Sacred Heart Plane. It has nurtured three half-step God Kings. The plane has a core—the Tree of Life. I'll arrange for you to cultivate within the Tree of Life for a while."
The little phoenix's eyes darted around, calculating.
The Tree of Life.
Its allure was immense to her.
After all, she was the Phoenix God, but in this life, to avoid detection by other phoenix-type god kings, she cultivated only powers related to rebirth. Her core now revolved around destruction and life essence. The vitality nurtured by the Tree of Life, as the core of a plane, was exactly what she needed most.
Especially since it came from a super plane that birthed three half-step God Kings.
It was infinitely close to the core of a God Realm.
"Alright," the little phoenix finally agreed after much deliberation.
She began instructing Xu Yuan on extracting the Golden Dragon King's bloodline power.
As Xu Yuan extracted the bloodline, he discarded some of the excess blood energy towards Little Jia.
"This is pure blood energy. Just absorb it directly."
Little Jia happily began absorbing the blood energy orbs Xu Yuan threw over.
Meanwhile, Xu Yuan gradually stripped the bloodline essence from the golden dragon bound by the law chains.
Watching the accumulating essence of the Golden Dragon King in the air, the little phoenix curiously asked, "By the way, what do you even need this Golden Dragon King bloodline for?"
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