Douluo Unrivaled: The Beginning Materializes the Black Abyss and White Flowers

Chapter 228 King of Plague
As the divine power shield shattered, the sea goddess Xiao Wu, with her long blue hair, was covered in blood. Her figure flew backward like a meteor at the third cosmic velocity, crashing straight into the core area of ​​the simulated black hole explosion, into the torn spatial turbulence.

Only Xiao Wu, who had been watching Tang San the whole time and whose eyes never left him, was able to react to Ma Hongjun's sudden attack and rush forward without hesitation to block the fatal blow for Tang San.

"No, Xiao Wu!"

Tang San, who was always calm and collected, and could even feign righteousness to gain the favor of the gods in the face of death, could no longer maintain his rationality at this moment, and rushed towards the distorted spatial turbulence in a frenzied manner.

The collision between the Sword of Judgment of the Three Realms and the pseudo-black hole triggered unprecedented chaos.

Divine power, gravity, attraction, spatial forces, and other forces intertwined and overlapped, causing chaos at the center of the explosion.

In this core area ravaged by various forces, even a god-king dares not approach it easily.

The Golden Dragon King was also covered in blood, his scales were broken, and he barely managed to escape with his severely injured body.

Sea Goddess Xiao Wu, who had already been severely injured after taking a direct hit from the God King, was now in imminent danger.

In just a moment, the divine armor of the sea goddess Xiao Wu was torn to shreds by the rampant chaotic power, and her figure was mercilessly swept away by the spatial turbulence, eventually disappearing from the divine realm.

Upon sensing that Xiao Wu's presence had completely vanished in the God Realm, Tang San descended into utter madness.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he held the Asura Blood Sword, frantically slashing out streaks of blood-red sword light, desperately hacking at the chaotic and distorted area in an attempt to find Xiao Wu's whereabouts.

Everyone fell silent upon seeing this.

The Sea God's deep affection for Xiao Wu was witnessed by all the gods in the God Realm. In the God Realm, there were very few gods as devoted as Tang San.

It was precisely because of Tang San's infatuation that many goddesses had a good impression of him, and at the same time, they were extremely envious of Xiao Wu.

Even the God of Destruction, who had many conflicts with Tang San, had to admit that Tang San's deep affection for Xiao Wu was no less than his love for the Goddess of Life.

Despite his many grievances against Tang San, he still greatly admired Tang San's devotion to love.

Xiao Wu withstood Ma Hongjun's full-force attack and fell into the spatial turbulence formed by the simulated black hole explosion. Her chances of survival were extremely slim, less than one in ten thousand.

In such a terrifying environment, even a God-King would likely perish, let alone Xiao Wu, who is only a Level One God.

"Phoenix God, why would you do such a thing?"

At this moment, the God of Destruction, the God of Evil, the God of Kindness, and the Goddess of Life quickly surrounded the Phoenix God Ma Hongjun. The Goddess of Life asked Ma Hongjun a question with a face full of doubt.

She was familiar with Ma Hongjun, knowing that he was a deity who ascended to heaven with the sea god.

Although Ma Hongjun lived a low-key life in his own divine realm after ascending to the God Realm, and not many gods knew him, the Goddess of Life, who had a very good relationship with Tang San's family, had still met Ma Hongjun.

That's why she was so confused. Ma Hongjun was undoubtedly a staunch supporter of Tang San and a brother to him. Why would he do such a cruel thing to Tang San and ambush him?
What puzzled her even more was when Ma Hongjun became so powerful?
That attack, which was comparable to that of a god-king, while not as powerful as that of the God of Destruction or the Golden Dragon King, was in no way inferior to the gods of evil and good.

It should be noted that the latter two are true God-Kings, while Ma Hongjun is only a Level Two God! As one of the three Enforcement Gods of the God Realm, the Goddess of Life could clearly sense that the Phoenix God, located in the central part of the God Realm, was still at the Level Two God position and had not been promoted.

It is truly unbelievable that someone with the strength of a second-level god could unleash an attack at the level of a god-king.

"Fatty, are you crazy? What are you doing?"

At this moment, Dai Mubai and the others also rushed over, looking at Ma Hongjun with heartache, completely unable to understand why he had suddenly gone mad.

"Ma Hongjun!" No matter how many sword strikes he unleashed, he couldn't break through the spatial turbulence to find Xiao Wu. His eyes turned bloodshot, filled with murderous intent as he looked at Ma Hongjun.

After roaring, he swung the Asura Blood Sword, and a blood-red sword light filled with killing intent shot straight at Ma Hongjun like lightning.

This attack, imbued with Tang San's pent-up rage, was a genuine full-force strike from a God-King, demonstrating the extent of his fury at that moment.

At this moment, he had no interest in finding out the reason for Ma Hongjun's betrayal; he only wanted to kill Ma Hongjun to avenge Xiao Wu.

"Third Brother! No!"

Upon seeing this, Ning Rongrong and the others turned deathly pale. The sight of brothers killing each other was heartbreaking for them.

However, just as the crimson sword light was about to strike Ma Hongjun, an arm covered in golden armor suddenly reached out and easily crushed the crimson sword light.

A handsome young man, clad in golden armor, with short, upright golden hair and blood-red vertical pupils, appeared beside Ma Hongjun. He was none other than the Golden Dragon King in human form.

"You've finally made your move, King of Plagues. Join me in utterly destroying this realm of gods!"

The Golden Dragon King's face was slightly pale, clearly indicating that the explosion caused by the collision between the simulated black hole and the Sword of Judgment of the Three Realms had also seriously injured him, forcing him to transform into human form to avoid further damage. After all, given his enormous size, the area affected by the attack was too large.

Seeing the Golden Dragon King standing with Ma Hongjun, the God of Destruction looked solemn and asked in a deep voice, "God of Phoenix, when exactly did you collude with the Golden Dragon King?"

It was obvious that Ma Hongjun and Jinlongwang had colluded, but no one knew when they had started working together.

Could it be that the Phoenix God was behind the last time the Golden Dragon King broke through the seal?

Unaware that he had been unjustly blamed, Ma Hongjun calmly surveyed the gods surrounding him.

Seeing the incredulous looks on Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and the others, as well as Tang San's murderous gaze, he slowly said, "I am not the Phoenix God. Gods bestowed upon me a sharp sword, immortal flames envelop me, and sparks can start a prairie fire. I am the King of Plague."

As soon as he finished speaking, raging flames shot into the sky, then quickly compressed and condensed, and Ma Hongjun's appearance underwent a dramatic transformation.

His torso was covered in dark red crystalline scales, with exposed molten gold bones at the joints, and incandescent Honkai energy flowing from the cracks.

Embedded in his chest is a miniature star that continuously releases energy, with a chain-like seal wrapped around its core.

His once fiery red hair transformed into flowing plasma, spiraling dark red horns sprouted from his forehead, and his eyes melted into hollows, with only two clusters of platinum flames leaping in his eye sockets.

Four twisted, fiery wings unfold from its back, each flap causing the surrounding space to warp due to the intense heat.

This is precisely Ma Hongjun's Herrscher of Flame mode.

"Hahaha, that's right, that's exactly how it looks, King of Plague, show your power! Let these gods witness the might of us Herrschers, we are the true gods."

The Golden Dragon King threw his head back and laughed, then activated the core of the Herrscher of Rock.

As the dark golden light spread out, a jet-black gravitational wave covered his body.

At this time, the Golden Dragon King was about 2.5 meters tall, his whole body was tightly wrapped in dark gold armor, and his forearms and lower legs were inlaid with ring-shaped gravity well devices.

His golden hair shimmered like diamond fragments, and a pair of spiraling tungsten steel dragon horns sprouted from his forehead. His face was covered by a translucent crystal mask, from which stardust seeped.

A gravitational crown composed of seven miniature neutron stars floats on its back, with the stars interconnected by a high-density chain of meteorites.

The Golden Dragon King also transformed into the Herrscher of Rock, echoing Ma Hongjun, who had transformed into the Herrscher of Flame. The terrifying power released by the two Herrschers created a confrontation with the gods of the divine realm.

"Sure enough, someone is plotting against our divine realm in the dark, using the Golden Dragon King and the Phoenix God. They are still themselves, but they also seem to have changed."

The goddess of life sighed helplessly.

She had long sensed that something was amiss. The Golden Dragon King's breaking of the seal, his new ability to control gravity, and his power far exceeding anything he had ever possessed must have been aided by someone in secret. Otherwise, the sealed Golden Dragon King could never have obtained new power and successfully broken the seal.

In addition, the Phoenix God's sudden defection and the God-King level combat power he is currently displaying, although not as good as the Golden Dragon King and the God of Destruction, are still genuine God-King level.

All signs indicate that an invisible hand is manipulating everything behind the scenes.

She simply couldn't understand how the mastermind behind this had managed to bypass the five great god-kings and directly influence the Golden Dragon King and the Phoenix God.

The person behind this must possess terrifying power to have such abilities.

But why did they need to use the Golden Dragon King and the Phoenix God to wreak havoc in the divine realm? The Goddess of Life pondered this question but could not find an answer.

"Fatty, what happened? How did you become like this? Are you still the Ma Hongjun we know? Are you still our brother?"

Filled with anguish, Dai Mubai slowly closed his eyes and questioned Ma Hongjun in a hoarse voice.

Ma Hongjun's sneak attack on Tang San, which resulted in Xiao Wu's death, is truly unforgivable. It seems that the brothers have reached the point of killing each other, but Dai Mubai is determined to know the truth.

"The pain in my heart, the long-standing resentment, and the endless unwillingness, like a spark, ignited the raging fire of destruction, and also gave me a new 'life'. I have never been so clear-headed. I am a calamity to civilization, and I will surely give you equal destruction."

At this moment, Ma Hongjun, to be precise, is the King of Plague. His original personality has been completely replaced by the Herrscher personality, and he has embarked on the path of destruction.

His deep longing for his wife, Bai Chenxiang, over the years had transformed into a burning rage.

He loathed the cold and ruthless rules of the divine realm, resented Tang San's inaction in the face of his predicament, and hated his own past cowardice and insignificance.

A mix of emotions ultimately led him to transform into the Herrscher of Flame, vowing to ignite everything and reduce it to nothingness.

(End of this chapter)