After the food was served, Tang San was still frowning.
He had not smiled once since coming ashore, as if something was troubling him.
"Little San, are you still thinking about why we all received the same mission?"
Tang San nodded slightly. "I still feel that this mission is not that simple. All seven of us accepted different inheritances, so why is the content of this assessment the same?
"This gives me a feeling that… these seniors seem to be targeting Jiang Chen, or rather, targeting the Spirit Empire."
Oscar said, "Little San, don't overthink it. Didn't you ask the Sea God senior at the time? He said this is not targeting Jiang Chen, but letting us defeat him, defeat the inner demons in our hearts, and walk out of the shadow he once brought us.
"Besides, this mission only requires us to defeat him, not kill him. Jiang Chen is just a mortal; how could he be qualified to be targeted by seniors from the God Realm?"
Oscar's analysis made a lot of sense. Tang San finally nodded and showed a smile. "Let's eat first."
"Great! After eating seafood on Sea God Island for a whole year, I'm dying here." Ma Hongjun shouted and started eating at once.
Everyone smiled knowingly. Indeed, over this past year on Sea God Island they had endured hardships ordinary people could hardly imagine, surviving nine deaths to obtain their current cultivation.
If they continued improving at this speed, within the next year they would be able to break through to rank one hundred and become the legendary gods.
Becoming a god-level expert was the supreme glory, the supreme glory belonging to Shrek.
Ning Rongrong was eating when tears suddenly slid down her face.
She sobbed, "My father would definitely be very happy if he knew my current cultivation."
She thought of how frail and haggard her old father had looked when she left, and sorrow welled up in her heart.
Oscar gently patted her back to comfort her. "Rongrong, don't be sad. Uncle Ning will definitely be very gratified to see that you have become a Titled Douluo and that your martial soul has upgraded to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda."
Ning Rongrong wiped away her tears and smiled. "I'm not sad; I'm happy."
Then she looked at Tang San and said, "Third Brother, you arrange the actions for this assessment. We'll all listen to you."
Tang San pondered for a moment and said, "The Sea God senior told us to wait for Jiang Chen outside Slaughter City. On the way to Slaughter City we will pass near Heaven Dou City, so let's first return to Heaven Dou City to visit Teacher and the others, then head to Slaughter City.
"I know you all miss the teachers a lot. I miss them too."
Tang San's smile grew richer as he imagined the scene when the Grandmaster learned of his current cultivation, whether he would be so shocked that his jaw dropped…
Ning Rongrong smiled and said, "Alright, we'll first return to Heaven Dou City, then go kill Jiang Chen and take back some interest first. After we all become gods, we'll destroy the Spirit Empire."
Tang San nodded. "That's right. The Spirit Empire has at least twenty or more Titled Douluo, plus a rank-ninety-nine Qian Daoliu. It's better to wait until we all break through to rank ninety-nine or the god level before coming back to destroy the Spirit Empire."
Ma Hongjun put down the large pig trotter in his hand, his face full of oil, and said with considerable disdain:
"Senior Bo Saixi said that if the seven of us join forces, even Qian Daoliu would have to run. In my opinion, we should just charge straight into Spirit City, kill that Jiang Chen, and while we're at it, wipe out the Spirit Empire as well."
Dai Mubai scolded him, "Fatty, the Spirit Empire doesn't just have Titled Douluo; it also has hundreds of thousands of spirit masters.
"If we quietly kill Jiang Chen we can still sneak away, but if we charge straight to Spirit City, that would be seeking death! By then the entire continent would issue warrants for us, and we'd have no place to stand."
Tang San's expression suddenly turned serious. "Big Brother Dai is right. Our plan needs to change. After we kill Jiang Chen, the Spirit Empire will definitely go crazy, so before that we need to first transfer Teacher and the others to Sea God Island."
A moment later, they decided that before heading to Slaughter City, they would first have the Grandmaster and the others wait in Hanhai City.
After they successfully killed Jiang Chen, they would take the Grandmaster and the others to Sea God Island.
On the sea, Sea God Island was invincible; the Spirit Empire could do nothing about it.
Xiao Wu suddenly said, "I want to go back to the Star Dou Great Forest to take a look. If possible, I want to have Daming and Erming also go to Sea God Island. The Douluo Continent is too dangerous now."
"I'll go with you," Tang San said.
Xiao Wu shook her head. "I'm already a Titled Douluo now and have entered maturity. No one can recognize my identity anymore; nothing unexpected will happen."
Xiao Wu's identity as a spirit beast had been confessed to her companions while on Sea God Island.
"Alright," Tang San nodded.
Although she had only just broken through to Titled Douluo, Xiao Wu's strength was already not to be underestimated.
"Then let's do it this way: Xiao Wu returns to the Star Dou Great Forest, I return to the Clear Sky Sect, and you all go directly back to Heaven Dou City. After Xiao Wu and I arrange for our clansmen to withdraw, we will immediately head to Heaven Dou City to reunite with you." Tang San made the final arrangements.
"Alright." Everyone agreed to this plan.
After killing Jiang Chen, they would immediately withdraw.
By the time the Spirit Empire reacted, they estimated they would already be back on Sea God Island.
After another year of focused cultivation, it would be time to seek revenge against the Spirit Empire.
After finishing the meal, the Shrek Seven Devils did not linger and set out at once.
After leaving Hanhai City, the group split up.
Xiao Wu headed directly for the Star Dou Great Forest.
Tang San carried the Sea God's Trident and first went toward the place where Tang Hao was living in seclusion.
Along the way, Tang San's heart gradually surged with excitement.
A year ago he had only just broken through to Spirit Emperor level; a year later, he had already become a Titled Douluo.
Breaking through thirty ranks in one year, if word of this got out, it would scare people to death.
Thinking of a year ago when Tang Hao had brought him back to the Clear Sky Sect and those clansmen had proposed harsh conditions, Tang San could not help but smile.
His current achievements had already far exceeded the conditions those people had set.
He and his father could finally recognize their ancestors and return to the Clear Sky Sect.
Before that, he would first heal Tang Hao's severed arm and leg, restoring Tang Hao's Titled Douluo cultivation.
With Tang San's current cultivation, plus the Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone's Wildfire Never Dies, Spring Wind Blows Again skill, he should be able to let Tang Hao regrow his arm and leg.
Perhaps he could even let his mother recover her human form.
Thinking of this, Tang San could not help but grow excited.
After the Spirit Empire was destroyed, their family would be able to live together without worries.
Tang San walked along the road, his heart full of longing for the future.
Suddenly, he discovered that this world was very different from before.
The road he was walking on was no longer a dirt path, but one of unknown material that had been poured and was extremely hard, flat, and wide.
"What is the Spirit Empire doing?" Tang San frowned, unable to figure it out no matter how hard he thought.
Roads were like the meridians of the human body; the more developed the transportation, the better the country's development.
Tang San still understood these principles.
But now the roads had become so hard that horses sometimes slipped on them and ran much slower than on dirt paths.
Just now he had seen several horse carriages pass by him, and those horses were running with extreme difficulty.
He really could not understand why the Spirit Empire would do this.
A year ago, before he left the Spirit Empire, he had still felt that the Spirit Hall governed the country quite well.
But now he discovered that he might have been wrong.
Now even transportation had become backward; he dared not imagine what the Douluo Continent would become after a few more years under the Spirit Empire.
By then, even if they took over the Spirit Empire, it might only be a mess.
This made him even more determined to destroy the Spirit Empire.
While he was worrying in his heart, his vast spiritual power sensed an object rapidly approaching from behind.
That speed was several times faster than a horse carriage, and the sound was extremely faint.
"A powerful expert!" Tang San's heart skipped slightly as he suddenly turned around.
Then he saw a car without horses speeding toward him from behind.
The car's speed was extremely fast; when it passed Tang San it brought a strong gust of wind.
The car was about ten meters long. Tang San clearly saw rows of seats inside, all filled with people.
At a glance, there were at least several dozen people in the car.
Tang San's eyes widened to the extreme; his mouth could not help but open, and his mind went blank for a moment.
Just then, a buzzing sound rose from the sky, a sound Tang San had never heard before.
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