Douluo: The Unrivaled Evil Nightmare Devil

Chapter 306 The Sea God Exploded? Gathering the Tang Sisters
"Nonsense!"

Mu En looked at Ye Qing with a serious expression.

"The academy's legacy has never been determined by a single tree. Even without the Golden Tree, Shrek Academy will still be Shrek Academy!"

"Indeed, you can abandon the Golden Tree and turn to fight that evil god with the determination to die. But have you considered what if you fail to win? What if the other side wins? Do you think anyone in our Douluo Continent will stand up to fight him?"

Ye Qing fell silent.

But in reality, he was complaining in his heart.

Although he genuinely admired Moon's character and was willing to maintain a final connection with Shrek because of him, rather than severing it completely.

But Moon's words were somewhat humorous.

In Moon's view, even without the Golden Tree, Shrek Academy would still be the number one academy on the continent, with abundant teaching resources and a wealth of ancient knowledge.

With these things in place, Shrek Academy will always be Shrek Academy.

However, in Ye Qing's opinion, if Shrek Academy lost the Golden Tree, its current situation would probably not be much better than that of the Tang Sect.

Both are forces that have been passed down for thousands of years, and both follow Tang San's lead. After destroying the Spirit Hall ten thousand years ago, the books and materials they obtained were probably about the same.

The Tang Clan, on the other hand, possesses unique Tang Clan techniques and hidden weapons that Tang San brought from another world.

Why is it that even the Tang Sect has declined, while Shrek Academy is still the number one in the continent?

To put it bluntly, it's all because of the Golden Tree.

Without the Golden Tree to continuously cultivate strong individuals for Shrek Academy, given Shrek Academy's current teaching methods, it would probably decline even earlier than the Tang Sect.

The premise for Shrek Academy to recruit talent across the entire continent is that it has enough resources to cultivate them. Even if the teaching methods are terrible and the brainwashing ability is well-known, there are still plenty of people willing to join Shrek Academy in order to become stronger.

Without the Golden Tree, Shrek simply doesn't have any more advantages to attract others.

If Ye Qing really swallowed the Golden Tree, it would be no different from personally severing the Shrek Academy's legacy; the only difference would be between dying on the spot and dying slowly.

However... he didn't feel any psychological burden.

Ultimately, the Golden Tree is the life source of Douluo Continent, not Shrek Academy's private property. They can use the Golden Tree to maintain Shrek Academy's millennia-long legacy, so Ye Qing can naturally also devour the Golden Tree to take the final step towards becoming a god.

Natural treasures belong to the capable.

As it happened, Ye Qing felt that the golden tree was destined for him and should belong to him.

Mu En had no idea what Ye Qing was thinking. Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, he assumed that Ye Qing was still hesitant and felt somewhat relieved.

Given Ye Qing's current strength, even if he wanted to forcibly take the Golden Tree, in theory no one could stop him, especially since Ye Qing had already given his consent. He could have simply taken it away.

But he didn't.

What a kind and gentle heart!

Although he usually wished he could distance himself from Shrek Academy, he still cared about the academy when it came to the survival of the school!
"Alright, don't hesitate any longer, go ahead. I hope the Golden Tree can help you advance further and give you the strength to fight against that evil god." Mu En smiled and patted Ye Qing on the shoulder, his tone filled with encouragement and entrustment.

"Ah, this..." Ye Qing opened his mouth.

"Stop with the nonsense. Even if you choose to keep the Golden Tree, that evil god won't let it go." Ye Qing wasn't in a hurry anymore, but Mu En urged him on instead.

"Rather than let that evil god who wants to destroy the continent take it away, let it lend you a hand. Go, your teacher believes in you, you can definitely win, in the name of Shrek!"

"Sigh... Teacher, you've really put me in a difficult position!" Ye Qing said with a wry smile. "Alright then, I'll accept the Golden Tree without hesitation. With its help, I'm confident I can slay the Nightmare!"

Looking at Mu En, who had been completely fooled by his superb acting skills, Ye Qing felt somewhat embarrassed.

but it does not matter.

Before storming the God Realm, Ye Qing would find a way to help Mu En break through to the God Official level. Once Mu En broke through to the God Official level, he would be considered immortal to some extent, which would be a way of repaying Mu En for his help.

Ye Qing turned to look at the golden tree, her eyes filled with surprise and disbelief.

During the time that Moon was imagining, Ye Qing's divine sense completely enveloped the entire Shrek Academy, including the interior of the Golden Tree.

However, the situation detected by his divine sense was vastly different from what Ye Qing had anticipated.

Strangely, Ye Qing was unable to detect the divine sense of the Sea God. Even Ah Yin, who was possessing the Golden Tree, was sensed by Ye Qing's divine sense, but he just couldn't sense the presence of Tang San's divine sense!
This...something doesn't seem right.

As a cautious player, Ye Qing's first thought was, could it be that Tang San's divine sense was too powerful, reaching a level that even he couldn't detect?

But upon further reflection, Ye Qing dismissed the idea.

The reason is simple: inside the Golden Tree, Ah Yin, who is trying to possess the life essence of the Douluo plane, is in a bad situation.

During Ye Qing's investigation, the Golden Tree was like a giant celestial herb, and the medicinal power of light and life attributes contained within it was simply unimaginable.

If I had to use an analogy...

In Ye Qing's view, the Golden Tree was like the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm among the second-level gods.

Although it lacks direct combat capabilities, the energy it contains is ridiculously high, making it a top-tier natural treasure and a true medicine. After all, this thing has reached its current level of energy by being fed with one's life.

Aside from the normal growth of the life essence itself, the portion of lifespan that has been reduced for humans and Soul Masters in the Douluo Continent over the past ten thousand years has most likely been consumed by the Golden Tree.

In addition, every Sea God Pavilion Master of each era in Shrek Academy sacrificed himself to the Golden Tree after reaching the end of his lifespan.

According to Mu En's performance in the original work, that wave of sacrifice left not even a soul bone behind. The immense soul power, martial soul origin, soul rings, and soul bones of the Limit Douluo all became nourishment for the Golden Tree and Ah Yin.

In Ye Qing's perception.

Originally, Ah Yin had the upper hand. Although the energy inside the Golden Tree was all of the light and life attributes, some of the energy aura was obviously different.

That was a blue-gold energy different from the Golden Tree. Ye Qing knew without guessing that it was definitely the lowly energy of the Blue Silver Grass. How could the Blue Silver Grass, which could be found everywhere, possibly compare to the unique Golden Tree?

Inside the Golden Tree, however, blue-gold energy occupies nearly two-thirds of the total energy, leaving less than one-third of the energy as the original golden-yellow essence of the Golden Tree.

Once two-thirds of the blue-gold color has completely permeated the entire golden tree, Ah Yin will have successfully possessed it.

But... Ah Yin, who should have been dominating the rankings and steadily chipping away at the Golden Tree, is now being devoured by the Golden Tree instead.

Her blue-gold essence, which occupied two-thirds of the Golden Tree, is now being devoured by the Golden Tree's essence, constantly transforming into golden energy.

What does this mean?
Originally, she relied entirely on external forces to possess more than two-thirds of the Golden Tree. Now that she has lost that external force, even though she has succeeded more than halfway, she is still easily and slowly killed by the counterattack!
As for what this external force is, it is quite clear: it is Tang San's divine sense, as well as the Sea God Pavilion's Limit Douluo-level masters who have sacrificed themselves to the Golden Tree over the past ten thousand years.

Ten thousand years.

If we calculate based on one Limit Douluo every two hundred years, that would be fifty Limit Douluos. Even if we calculate based on three hundred years, there would still be around thirty.

Now that the external force that helped Ah Yin possess the Golden Tree has disappeared, she has naturally begun to be possessed in return.

"Tang San's Sea God consciousness has disappeared? Why?" Ye Qing frowned slightly and began to increase the output of his divine sense, using it to carefully examine the Golden Tree's body.

No matter how he searched, he could not find any trace of the sea god's consciousness.

Tang San's divine sense couldn't find her, but Tang San's daughter was found...

"Wang Dong'er?" Ye Qing was slightly taken aback. He stepped out of the teleportation space and entered a room inside the Sea God Pavilion in the next instant.

The room was undecorated, with only a simple wooden bed, on which lay Wang Dong'er—no, she should be called Tang Wutong.

Ye Qing had seen Wang Dong'er at the Sea God's Fate event. Back then, she had straight hair, but now she had curly hair. According to the original novel's rules, the one with straight hair is Wang Dong'er, and the one with curly hair is Tang Wutong.

She is now a princess of the Tang Dynasty.

But... why is she unconscious?
Moreover, Ye Qing did not sense Tang San's divine sense on her.

"That's strange, what's going on?" Ye Qing took two steps forward, looking at Tang Wutong's delicate and pretty face as she slept. After hesitating for a moment, he stretched out his right hand and placed his index and middle fingers on her forehead.

This behavior is practically dancing in a minefield.

The trip to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well could be considered a gamble, and this trip to the Golden Tree can also be considered a gamble, because Tang San's divine sense did not actually appear in these two places in the original work. Ye Qing could use the reason that 'if it is not written in the original work, then it does not exist' to convince himself.

But Tang Wutong definitely has it; the trident symbol of Poseidon between her eyebrows is proof of that.

Now Ye Qing is going to dance in the minefield to see if Tang San's divine sense is still there, whether he is unable to attack or if something has happened.

"So, Tang San... are you there?" Ye Qing smiled slightly, with a hint of excitement, and probed Tang Wutong's spiritual sea with his divine sense.

then……

Nothing happened...

"You really don't have any?!"

Even Ye Qing herself was surprised.

In Tang Wutong's spiritual sea, there was no blue-gold barrier of the Sea God's consciousness. There was only a spiritual sea riddled with cracks, on the verge of collapse at any moment.

Although she was still subconsciously trying to maintain her spiritual sea and allow it to heal itself, it was clear that this injury could now be considered fatal.

For example.

If it's just a cut on the body, as long as it's not too deep, the body's own healing ability can completely restore it.

However, if Tang Wutong's current spiritual sea were compared to human injuries, it would be no different from being disemboweled. The fact that she didn't die on the spot was already a testament to her status as the daughter of a god-king.

Only doctors can save her now; otherwise, she can only wait to die.

Coincidentally, Ye Qing was the doctor who could save her.

"Although I didn't learn much necromancy from Old Yi, in order not to become an illiterate person like Tang San who only knows how to throw bricks with his strength, I still learned a lot about the soul," Ye Qing murmured with a sigh.

Even this ability related to the soul was something Ye Qing learned in order to treat Mu En, so it can only be said that this whole thing benefited Tang Wutong.

"Hmm... I can't let you have too much of a taste. Didn't you want to put it around my neck before? I'll give you some extra 'thickness' during this treatment..."

Hehehe, let's modify it!
Cool!
A dazzling golden light shone from Ye Qing's hand, which he then showered upon Tang Wutong with a wave of his hand.

Within the golden light, there were also strange black and red specks of light, which merged into Tang Wutong's body along with the healing golden light.

The golden light gradually glued Tang Wutong's cracked soul back together, and her soul instinctively absorbed the power Ye Qing had sent into her body, even accepting the black and red light spots that carried a somewhat evil aura.

She couldn't refuse.

Accompanied by a warm golden light, Tang Wutong's soul finally showed signs of merging, no longer heading headlong towards the dead end of collapse.

"Good heavens, this isn't right." While healing Tang Wutong, Ye Qing also discovered something very important: Tang Wutong's injuries were not something that could be caused overnight.

She is now basically on the verge of death, clearly due to the prolonged lack of treatment leading to the deterioration of her injuries.

Based on this level of condition, Tang Wutong must have been in a coma for at least half a year to end up like this.

Doesn't that mean that Tang San's consciousness had already disappeared at least half a year ago, and Ye Qing had been fighting against thin air for more than half a year?
Ye Qing fell into deep thought.

Ye Qing gave up thinking.

It doesn't matter. It's always better to be cautious than to waste half a year. It's better to go out and die than to waste half a year. But now we can rest assured. Even the Golden Tree and Tang Wutong don't have Tang San's divine sense. Something unexpected must have happened in the sky.

Now is the perfect time to devour the Golden Tree.

Glancing at Tang Wutong, who was slowly recovering, Ye Qing waved his hand and sent her into the undead demiplane to become neighbors with Tang Ya.

This time, we've finally got the Down sisters together. I'll have to try having them warm my bed together sometime.

When Tang Wutong wakes up again, although she won't turn into an inflatable doll like Tang Ya, she will take on Ye Qing's shape and obey him completely.

It wasn't that Ye Qing wanted to turn her into this; it was simply that her soul had been damaged for too long and hadn't been healed for too long, causing her soul to deteriorate severely and she had already lost a large part of her memories.

Then Ye Qing slightly... modified her memory, inserting some 'truth' into it.

(End of this chapter)