Lan Fozi's heart was filled with worry. She knew that hatred had completely twisted her mother's mind, making her crazy and reckless. She was afraid that her mother would be punished by a curse from the heavens for this endless hatred and slaughter, ultimately leaving her alone and helpless.
"Didn't I tell you not to follow me? Are you not listening to me anymore?" Seeing her daughter had followed her, the Demon Empress's face instantly turned cold. Although her eyes were blinded by hatred, deep down, she didn't want Lan Fozi to get involved in this dangerous revenge. Her daughter only wanted a peaceful life, so she should let her quietly hide in the deep sea, away from all this conflict and slaughter, and not get dragged into her world full of hatred.
Being reprimanded by the Demon Empress like this, Lan Fozi instinctively shrank her neck. She was still very afraid of her mother when she was angry; her cold eyes seemed to freeze everything. But even so, she mustered her courage and said stubbornly, "Mother, it's been ten thousand years. Don't continue to slaughter. If you do, you'll be cursed by the heavens."
"Cursed by the heavens? Hahaha, what a joke!" The Demon Empress scoffed at Lan Fozi's words, her eyes full of disdain. "This world is a world where the strong prey on the weak. Did your father ever offend humans? He always kept to himself and never invaded the continent or humans, but what happened? He was brutally killed because that Sea God Tang San coveted his soul ring and soul bone."
"We, the Evil God Whale tribe, devour sea soul beasts. This is a part of nature, just like a wolf eating a sheep or a human eating meat. It's a matter of course. What's wrong with that?"
"The Evil God Great White Shark tribe is extremely bloodthirsty. How many sea soul beasts have they killed? Yet, have they ever been cursed by the heavens?"
"Humans hunt soul beasts for soul rings. The number of soul beasts they have killed is in the hundreds of millions. Have they ever been cursed by the heavens?"
The Demon Empress firmly believed that the existence of their Evil God Whales was an indispensable part of the natural ecological balance. They were the regulators that restricted the overpopulation of marine life. They were a part of this planet's natural selection and the darlings of the planet, so how could they be cursed by the heavens? What's more, she had now obtained the powerful authority to control electromagnetism. She felt that she had become the divine punishment itself, so how could she be afraid of the so-called curse from the heavens?
Lan Fozi's face immediately fell as she listened to her mother's words. Her mother simply didn't believe in karma, and her twisted logic seemed to make some sense if she thought about it carefully. In her debates with her mother, Lan Fozi had never won. Besides, her mother's mind had now been completely twisted by hatred. Even the most sincere and correct golden words of wisdom would probably be hard for her to listen to, let alone from her, a daughter who had lived in the deep sea and hadn't seen much of the world.
"Don't follow me anymore. Go back and stay put." The Demon Empress coldly left this sentence behind and walked toward the Douluo Continent without looking back. According to the information provided by that woman, Mobius, the Sea God Tang San was now in a difficult situation and was unable to manage the Douluo Continent. She finally didn't have to hide and live in fear like she used to.
Before, because of the Sea God Tang San's power, even though her heart was filled with hatred, she could only bury it deep down and hide in the deepest part of the sea with her daughter, carefully accumulating power and silently waiting for the opportunity for revenge. And now, she felt that the opportunity she had waited for for ten thousand years had finally arrived!
Lan Fozi watched the Demon Empress's back as she walked farther and farther away, her face full of helplessness. She understood that her mother had made up her mind, but as a daughter, she couldn't just watch her mother fall into the abyss of hatred and head toward eternal doom step by step.
After hesitating for a while, her eyes gradually showed determination. Even if she couldn't stop her, she couldn't let go of her worry, so she also chased after her mother toward the Douluo Continent.
Although Lan Fozi was a 100,000-year soul beast, the gap between her and the Demon Empress was like heaven and earth. Even her speed was far behind. She could only rely on her familiarity with her mother's aura, following that faint scent all the way. She knew she was powerless to stop her mother from continuing to kill, but deep down, she always held a glimmer of hope. She hoped that when her mother really did incur a curse, even if she had to pay the price with her life, she would save her mother. After all, her mother was her only family in this world, and no matter what, she could not give up on her.
The Demon Shark Sea, this vast and boundless ocean area, was the territory of one of the three great sea overlords, the Evil God Great White Shark. At the same time, it was also the most fertile sea area near the Douluo Continent. As one of the three great sea overlords, the Evil God Great White Shark tribe, with the unique advantage of having the Sea God as their backer and their special status as the Sea God's mount, had defeated and driven away the other two overlords—the Evil God Whale and the Demon Tiger Whale—over a long period of time.
To this day, in the vast sea area near the Douluo Continent, the Evil God Great White Shark tribe had already occupied an absolute dominant position, a position of being the sole ruler. Even those sea soul beast tribes with 100,000-year soul beasts as their leaders could only stand on the sidelines when facing the Evil God Great White Shark tribe. They didn't dare to provoke them in the slightest, nor did they dare to approach the Demon Shark Sea.
The Evil God Great White Shark tribe was inherently bloodthirsty and ferocious. With the powerful backing of the Sea God, they could almost walk sideways in the ocean, and no one dared to provoke them.
At this moment, a slender, pure-white, and petite Evil God Great White Shark was quietly leaving the Demon Shark Sea, once again starting her journey of running away from home.
"Hmph, Mom is so annoying. I'm already a grown-up and am about to break through to 100,000 years of cultivation, but she still treats me like a child." A clear and pleasant young girl's voice rang out on the sea. The petite Evil God Great White Shark was leisurely swimming quickly on the surface, drawing a dreamlike silver-white line in the sparkling ocean.
"This girl, Xiuxiu, has run away from home again!" A majestic and powerful Evil God Great White Shark, nearly a hundred meters long, slowly surfaced. Its eyes were filled with doting affection as it looked in the direction where Bai Xiuxiu had run off to. From the aura it radiated and its huge size, it was not difficult to tell that this was a male Evil God Great White Shark, and its cultivation had long surpassed 100,000 years.
"Let her go. She won't run too far. This girl is really a handful. As the princess of the Evil God Great White Shark tribe, she hasn't inherited our warlike nature at all. She's a complete weakling who can't even defeat sea soul beasts with lower cultivation than her!" A larger, even more ferocious, and noble Evil God Great White Shark also surfaced, its tone carrying a hint of helplessness. As the King of the Evil God Great White Sharks, her daughter Bai Xiuxiu was a naturally mutated species, possessing the extremely rare ice attribute that could run rampant in the ocean.
However, this unique little princess had a strong curiosity about everything in the world and didn't like to fight. Her pure and innocent appearance was just like that of a naive human child. In the Evil God Great White Shark tribe, which advocated fighting and being fearless, Bai Xiuxiu's personality was undoubtedly an anomaly. If it weren't for her status as a princess, she would have probably been mercilessly abandoned and expelled by the tribe long ago.
"It's good that she's leaving at this time. I always have a bad feeling. The so-called Holy Grail War and the inheritance of the Sea God's position are just too strange!"
The King of the Evil God Great White Sharks, Xiaobai, had fought alongside the Sea God Tang San ten thousand years ago, jointly defeating the Demon Tiger King and the Evil God Whale King. After that great battle, she had gained a lot of benefits, and her cultivation speed was as fast as a rocket. She was now a genuine fierce beast. Her strength was in no way inferior to the ten great fierce beasts rumored on the Douluo Continent. Of course, there was still a slight gap between her and the top three fierce beasts. If the ten great fierce beasts were not basically land soul beasts and sea soul beasts were not included in the selection, she would definitely be qualified to compete for a spot in the top five.
Since the Sea God Tang San ascended, the once glorious Sea God Island had gradually ceased to exist. In order to show their loyalty and reverence to the Sea God, Xiaobai and her tribe had carefully built a magnificent Sea God Temple at the bottom of the Demon Shark Sea to piously worship the Sea God. At the same time, they collected the power of faith from countless sea soul beasts in the deep sea for the Sea God.
Therefore, for the past ten thousand years, the Evil God Great White Shark tribe had maintained close contact with the Sea God. However, regarding such a major event as the Sea God passing down his position, they, as the Sea God's mounts, had never received any news. In this strange situation, the King of the Evil God Great White Sharks, Xiaobai, had a strong sense of foreboding. Her intuition keenly told her that something big was about to happen!
Just then, the clear sky suddenly became overcast without any warning. A large patch of dark thunderclouds quickly gathered, as if they were going to swallow the entire sky. Dazzling lightning flashed wildly across the sky like silver snakes. The deafening sound of rumbling thunder rolled over, and each sound seemed to strike the heart of the King of the Evil God Great White Sharks, causing her heart to beat violently a few times.
"This aura... the Evil God Whale King? How is this possible? I saw him with my own eyes being killed by the Sea God!" Along with this sudden thunderstorm, a terrifying and heart-stopping aura appeared. That aura seemed to come from the ancient prehistoric era, carrying endless ferocity and oppression. The King of the Evil God Great White Sharks, Xiaobai, was extremely familiar with this aura. It was the unique aura of the Evil God Whale, which was once one of the three great sea overlords. Although they were all three great sea overlords, the Evil God Whale was actually the true sea overlord, because compared to the groups of Demon Tiger Whales and Evil God Great White Sharks, the Evil God Whale King had become the sea overlord on its own.