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The deepest part of the Death Sea is a stretch of water that never sees the sun. The seawater is ink-black, thick as blood, and smells like strong sulfur. Large piles of white bones float on the water surface. Some belong to Sea Spirit Beasts, some to destroyed ships, and others to dead humans. These white bones look very clear and scary against the black seawater, just like decorations from hell.
The thick fog here is extremely heavy, making it impossible for anyone to see their own fingers. Only the quick flash of lightning can briefly light up this dead and quiet sea. Black clouds hang low in the sky, almost touching the surface of the sea, while purple lightning snakes constantly move inside the clouds and make low thunder sounds.
This place is the territory of the Evil Spirit Orca King. Within a radius of a thousand miles, no Sea Spirit Beast dares to come close. Any creature that steps into this sea area will immediately become a meal for that dangerous beast.
At this moment, a silver-white light cuts through the thick fog and speeds over. It is the Devil Spirit Great White Shark. Its speed is much slower than before, not because it is tired, but because it feels deep fear. As a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast, it instinctively senses the suffocating evil aura ahead—the powerful pressure that belongs only to the Evil Spirit Orca King.
"Kid, we've arrived. Three hundred zhang ahead is its lair," the Devil Spirit Great White Shark says in a low voice as it stops and hovers on the sea surface.
Hearing this, Tang Chen stands up from the back of the Devil Spirit Great White Shark and looks toward the north. In the thick fog, a huge black shadow can be seen, stretching across the water like a small island. That is not an island, but the back of the Evil Spirit Orca King. Its body length is more than four hundred meters, even larger than the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and the Demon Empress. Its whole body is covered in pitch-black scales.
Each scale is the size of a millstone with edges sharp like knives, shining with a cold metal light under the lightning. On top of its head, there is a long spiral horn over ten zhang long. It is dark red, with a faint blood-red light moving at the tip. Its eyes are red like lanterns, and it is staring coldly in Tang Chen's direction.
At this moment, the Evil Spirit Orca King wakes up. It slowly lifts its huge head, and seawater slides off its scales with a roaring sound like a waterfall. Its gaze cuts through the thick fog, landing on Tang Chen, and then on the Devil Spirit Great White Shark. The corners of its mouth slowly open, showing a sharp set of white teeth.
"Devil Spirit Great White Shark... I haven't seen you in decades, but you actually dare to come here. You even brought a human. What, is the Sea God dead, so you found yourself a new master?"
The Devil Spirit Great White Shark snorts coldly. "Xie Hu, today is the day you die!"
"Just by relying on you?" The Evil Spirit Orca King smiles with disdain, then turns its eyes toward Tang Chen with a bit of interest. "This human is quite interesting. To become a Titled Douluo at such a young age."
Tang Chen does not answer. He just quietly watches it.
The Evil Spirit Orca King laughs out loud, and the sound rolls across the sea surface like thunder. "Hahaha! Good, very good! Xiao Bai, I was worrying about not having a reason to go to Sea God Island to find you. Now that you've delivered yourself to my door, you saved me the trouble. Once I kill and eat you, your cultivation will become mine!"
Right after saying that, it slowly rises out of the seawater. Its four-hundred-meter body is fully shown above the water like a moving mountain.
The pupils of the Devil Spirit Great White Shark shrink. "Kid, be careful! Its power is even greater than before!"
Tang Chen shows no fear at all. He quietly looks at the Evil Spirit Orca King with calm eyes, as if he is looking at a dead object. "Xiao Bai, move back."
The Devil Spirit Great White Shark is surprised. "Kid, you..."
"Move back," Tang Chen repeats again. His voice is calm, but it carries a strong authority that cannot be questioned.
The Devil Spirit Great White Shark hesitates for a second, but it backs away slowly until it is a thousand zhang away. On the sea surface, only Tang Chen and the Evil Spirit Orca King remain, facing each other.
The Evil Spirit Orca King narrows its blood-red eyes and looks at Tang Chen carefully. It feels that something is wrong. This human is too calm. Facing a powerful beast like itself, even a level 99 Limit Douluo should not be this calm.
"Human, are you not afraid?" the Evil Spirit Orca King asks.
Tang Chen shakes his head. "I'm not afraid."
"Why?"
"Because..." Tang Chen raises his right hand, palm facing up. A bright blue light lights up from his palm, and he sneers, "...the one who's going to die is you."
Before the words fully fade, the nine spirit rings around his body light up at the same time! The bright light illuminates the whole Death Sea as if it were day!
The pupils of the Evil Spirit Orca King shrink fast! It senses the immense power inside those two million year spirit rings. It is the aura of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and Tian Meng—the great power it once feared and wanted, but could never get!
"You—"
Before it can finish its words, Tang Chen's Ninth Spirit Skill activates! That golden million year spirit ring shines with a massive light! It is the spirit ring of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, and also the Ninth Spirit Skill of Tang Chen's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
"Ninth Spirit Skill—Abyss—Myriad Streams Return to Silence!"
In an instant, the sky and the sea change color! The sea surface for ten thousand zhang suddenly boils, not rising up, but pressing downward! The seawater, as if pushed by a giant invisible hand, compresses toward the center, forming a huge vortex with a diameter of ten thousand zhang! In the center of this vortex is the Evil Spirit Orca King!
"What?!" The Evil Spirit Orca King is shocked. It struggles with all its power to break free from the pull of the vortex, but that force is too strong. Even its four-hundred-meter body cannot fight against it!
This is not a normal water spirit skill. This is the innate Divine Ability of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King—the ultimate control over the ocean!
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King, a million year Spirit Beast, was the absolute ruler of the sea. Its control over seawater was even greater than that of normal gods. Since Tang Chen absorbed its spirit ring, he inherited this power.
Myriad Streams Return to Silence uses spirit power to control the seawater within ten thousand zhang, bringing all water flows to a single point to form a quiet space of absolute zero. Inside this space, all movement stops, and all life freezes.
The body of the Evil Spirit Orca King starts to grow stiff. Thick ice forms on its scales, its blood flow slows down, and its heartbeat becomes very weak. It frantically uses its spirit power to break free, but the force holding it is like a giant net. The more it struggles, the tighter it gets.
"No!" It roars, its red eyes full of fear and anger. "How can you... how can you have the power of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King?! That is its own divine skill, a human can't—"
"It is possible," Tang Chen interrupts in a calm voice. "Because I'm stronger than it."
He raises his right hand and slowly closes his five fingers into a fist. "Return to Silence."
The vortex shrinks instantly! Ten thousand zhang, one thousand zhang, one hundred zhang... all the seawater condenses into a blue light sphere with a diameter of only ten zhang, trapping the four-hundred-meter body of the Evil Spirit Orca King inside!
The body of the Evil Spirit Orca King twists, breaks, and shatters inside the light sphere! Scales split, blood flies, and bones break into pieces! It opens its mouth to scream one last time, but it cannot make any sound!
The light sphere explodes with a loud bang! The body of the Evil Spirit Orca King turns into countless pieces, splashing everywhere! Blood rains down like a storm, turning the whole sea red!
However, it is not over yet. Before the pieces fall into the sea, they turn into red light dots in the sky, rising up like a rain of falling stars going backward. Those light dots turn and combine in the air, finally forming a bright red spirit ring. It is the hundred thousand year spirit ring of the Evil Spirit Orca King, with blood-red patterns flowing along its edges. At the same time, a Spirit Bone with a strange shine floats in the air.
Tang Chen floats in the air, his face pale and his breathing fast. The spirit power needed for the Ninth Spirit Skill is huge. Even though he is already a level 97 Super Douluo, his spirit power is almost completely gone.
However, he won. With just one attack, the Evil Spirit Orca King was killed.
A thousand zhang away, the Devil Spirit Great White Shark stares at this scene with its mouth wide open, shocked beyond words. It has lived for a very long time, seen many powerful figures, watched the Sea God Poseidon kill the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, and watched the High Priestess fight the Evil Spirit Orca King. Yet, it has never seen anyone kill a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast in just one single blow.
It whispers in shock, "This kid... what kind of monster is he..."
Tang Chen ignores the shock of the Devil Spirit Great White Shark and looks quietly at the red spirit ring in the air. It is the spirit ring of the Evil Spirit Orca King. Taking a deep breath, Tang Chen calms his weak body, reaches out his right hand, and begins to absorb it. The spirit ring slowly comes down to circle around his body.
This time, there is no struggle or backlash. The mind of the Evil Spirit Orca King was erased completely by the Myriad Streams Return to Silence, leaving behind only pure energy.
The moment the spirit ring enters his body, Tang Chen's body shakes hard. A wild power surges into his meridians, running around and trying to take control of his body. That is the leftover wild nature of the Evil Spirit Orca King. Even without a mind, it wants to fight back by instinct.
However, Tang Chen's body has already been improved by two million year spirit rings. His meridians are strong enough, so he guides that wild force into his core, into his spirit rings, and into every part of his body.
Meanwhile, under Star Luo City, the night wind blows cold.
The six Titled Douluo from the Spirit Empire, including Gold Crocodile Douluo, are backing away step by step. The Martial Soul Fusion Skill of Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo is like a large invisible net covering the whole battlefield. Silver-white threads come from all sides to trap, cut, and destroy the attacks of the six Titled Douluo one by one.
The deep sword mark on Gold Crocodile Douluo's chest still bleeds badly. Blood flows from Grey Wolf Douluo's cut arm, Red Tiger Douluo's fire is completely put out, Mystic Crane Douluo's last wing is cut off, Stone Turtle Douluo's turtle shell is broken to pieces, and Green Python Douluo's poison fog is destroyed by the sword energy.
All six of them are in terrible shape, forced to fall back continuously.
"Retreat! Quickly retreat!" Gold Crocodile Douluo roars loudly, his voice full of anger and frustration.
Right at this moment, a strange purple-black light appears from the distant sky. The light travels fast, reaching the battlefield almost instantly. Purple-black clouds turn rapidly to form a large vortex, and in the center of it, a figure slowly comes down. It is Tang San.
He wears a black robe, his long hair is messy, and the scythe mark on his forehead burns with a green flame. Behind him, nine spirit rings turn slowly: black, black, black, black, black, black, black, black, and red. However, right now, a strange purple-black fog surrounds those nine spirit rings, and inside the fog, many twisted face phantoms can be seen crying.
In his hand, he holds a giant scythe. It is the Rakshasa Demonic Scythe, dark all over, with a curved blade that shines with green light. The blade is covered in strange symbols that flicker like they are alive. At the end of the handle, a purple-black gem is set, and inside it, many souls seem to be struggling.
Tang San floats in the air, looking down at the battlefield. His eyes look over the six warriors including Gold Crocodile Douluo, then over the five including Dugu Bo, and finally rest on Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo. The corners of his mouth lift into a cold smile.
"A Martial Soul Fusion Skill... what a good combination of Sword and Bone. Unfortunately, you met me today."
He raises the Rakshasa Demonic Scythe, and the green light on the blade shines brightly!
"Rakshasa—Break!"
He swings the scythe down hard.
A green light blade flies out from the scythe and slashes straight at the silver-white net! Wherever the light blade goes, the air tears apart, space bends, and even time seems to slow down. That large net, made from sword energy and bone dust, gets sliced open like weak paper in front of the green light blade!
With a loud tearing sound, the silver-white net splits right down the middle and falls back to both sides! Countless silver threads break and turn into small lights that fade into the air.
Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo spit out blood at the same time, their bodies flying backward through the air!
They crash hard onto the ground, their faces looking extremely pale. Sword Douluo's long sword shatters into pieces, and Bone Douluo's giant bone shield completely breaks apart. Since their Martial Soul Fusion Skill was broken by force, both of them suffer severe internal injuries. Their meridians are broken, their spirit power is a mess, and they can no longer fight.
"Uncle Sword! Uncle Bone!" Ning Fengzhi shouts in worry. His Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda lights up as he tries to heal them, but his own spirit power was already used up. The pagoda lights up once and then goes dark.
Dugu Bo's face changes fast. The phantom of his Jade Phosphor Serpent appears to protect Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo. Yang Wudi's Soul Breaking Spear shakes as he points it at Tang San, his eyes filled with anger.
"Tang San!" Dugu Bo shouts. "How dare you—"
Tang San interrupts him, his cold smile growing wider. "Dugu Bo, Tang Chen is still on Sea God Island. Are you sure you want to stand against me here?"
Dugu Bo's expression changes immediately. "What do you mean?"
"Nothing much," Tang San says casually. "Just a small reminder: smart people know when to back down. You think the Spirit Empire has lost? No, the Spirit Empire is just getting started."
He stops paying attention to Dugu Bo and looks down at the ground below. Dead bodies are everywhere on the field. The soldiers of Star Luo City and the Spirit Empire suffered heavy losses in this fight. Blood covers the dirt, broken weapons lie on the ground, and the air smells like blood.
Tang San takes a deep breath, a look of greed flashing in his eyes. "So many souls... it would be a shame to waste them."