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

Chapter 375 The Death of Tang Wutong

Wang Qiu'er flicked her wrist and abruptly pulled back the Golden Dragon Spear.

Tang Wutong's body slumped forward, and bright red blood quickly spread beneath her, like a tragically blooming flower.

The light in her eyes dimmed completely, ultimately freezing into confusion, sadness, and regret.

Just as Tang Wutong's life force completely dissipated, a strange scene unfolded.

A dazzling halo containing strange soul fluctuations slowly drifted out from between Tang Wutong's eyebrows. It was the part of her soul that originally belonged to her, but also shared the same origin as Wang Qiu'er.

Wang Qiu'er took a deep breath, holding the Golden Dragon Spear horizontally in front of her, the tip of the spear seemingly generating an invisible pulling force.

That fragment of soul, like a fledgling returning to its nest, slowly and finally completely merged into Wang Qiu'er's brow.

At the same time, Tang Wutong's soulless corpse turned into specks of light and completely merged into Wang Qiu'er's body.

Om-!
An indescribable sense of completeness instantly swept over Wang Qiu'er's entire body.

Her soul was like a circle missing its most crucial part, which was now completely filled in, becoming perfect and flawless, without any stagnation or emptiness.

A powerful energy surge erupted from her center, and golden light shot into the sky, more dazzling and solid than ever before.

The golden dragon spear in her hand emitted a high-pitched dragon roar, as if it too was celebrating this final completion.

As the light faded, Wang Qiu'er stood quietly in place, feeling the new power flowing through her body and her flawless soul.

Her appearance seemed to have not changed much, but her temperament had undergone a tremendous transformation.

Having become whole, she gained Tang Wutong's complete memories, but those memories felt like watching a movie to her, without any sense of reality.

But it also transformed her, making her more noble and sacred.

She is no longer merely the transformed form of the imperial mythical beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, nor is she the other half that exists dependent on Tang Wutong.

From this moment on, she is a truly complete and independent individual.

She is—Wang Qiu'er.

"Congratulations, Qiu'er."

A gentle, smiling voice sounded from behind her, breaking the tranquility that Wang Qiu'er had been enjoying.

"From now on, no one and no one will be able to easily control your destiny."

Wang Qiu'er didn't need to turn around to know that the person who came was Lu Jingming.

She slowly turned around, her newly formed eyes, radiating golden divine light, looking at him.

She didn't show any joy at his words. Instead, she tilted her head slightly, a faint yet meaningful smile curving her lips, and softly asked in return:
"Is no one able to control my destiny? Then... what about you, Lu Jingming?"

This sudden, pointed question caused Lu Jingming's usual confident smile to freeze momentarily.

He clearly hadn't expected that after gaining a complete soul, power, and independence, Wang Qiu'er's first question would be so sharp and pointed at him.

"Pfft-"

A clear, undisguised, mischievous chuckle came from behind Lu Jingming.

Remy An raised her hand, her slender fingers elegantly covering the corner of her lips. Her pinkish-purple eyes, which always held a hint of playfulness and curiosity, curved into crescents. Clearly, she found Lu Jingming's rare moment of frustration extremely amusing.

As a follower with an observer's mindset who occasionally enjoys teasing Lu Jingming, she naturally wouldn't miss this excellent opportunity to watch the show.

Even more surprisingly, Ishtar, the ruler of the time who always seemed unmotivated and indifferent to everything around her, slightly raised her half-closed eyelids and, unusually, a faint and playful smile appeared on her lips.

She is usually like a still, ancient clock tower, indifferently watching the passage of time, rarely reacting to external fluctuations.

At this moment, she actually showed a near-pleasant emotion because Lu Jingming was stumped by Wang Qiu'er's question. This unprecedented scene was even more surprising than Wang Qiu'er's question itself.

Having been laughed at by Remy and Istaru, Lu Jingming could only laugh helplessly, spreading his hands in a very straightforward manner and admitting, "Okay, okay... except for me."

He spoke frankly, making no attempt to hide it.

"What I just said needs to be premised on one thing—besides me."

He did not deny that even though Wang Qiu'er's soul was now complete and her potential limitless, and she had become an independent and whole individual, her fate was still in his hands.

The so-called freedom from the control of anyone naturally excludes him, the one who created and planned her future path.

After all, he had already arranged her fate.

The Sea God's throne, which was already fully formed and suspended within the Holy Grail, was to be inherited by Wang Qiu'er, the one Lu Jingming desired.

Although Wang Qiu'er herself may never admit it, she has completely replaced Tang Wutong in both soul and bloodline, and has an unbreakable and profound connection with Tang San and Xiao Wu.

In a sense, it wouldn't be wrong to call her another Tang Wutong, only that her personality and name are completely different.

Lu Jingming decided to hand over the position of Sea God to Wang Qiu'er, partly out of consideration for her upbringing.

With the bloodline and fortune of the daughter of a god-king, combined with the bloodline and fortune of an imperial auspicious beast, Wang Qiu'er possesses terrifying potential, enough to bear the weight of a divine position.

On the other hand, Lu Jingming also frankly admitted that his personal mischievousness was involved in this—as a hidden amusement-seeker, he was very much looking forward to seeing Wang Qiu'er inherit the position of the Sea God, and the various interesting developments that this move might cause.

With Karna and Hurra's departures, this epic and unpredictable Holy Grail War is essentially drawing to a close.

The original purpose of the Holy Grail War was to help the Douluo plane advance and, incidentally, to condense godhood. Now, both objectives have been achieved.

The evolution of Douluo Star has accumulated enough energy, waiting only for time to complete its transformation, and the godhood has been obtained, and everything has settled down.

As for the remaining Servants, such as Artoria, Skykirk, and Jingyuan, Lu Jingming had no intention of exterminating them all.

These powerful beings from different worlds, acting as variables, remain in this rapidly changing world, and may spark even more exciting events, bringing entirely different changes and possibilities to the future Douluo Continent.

This is exactly what Lu Jingming is happy to see and expects.

"Huh? This is..."

Just then, Wang Qiu'er suddenly let out a soft "hmm" and raised her right hand in confusion.

On the smooth back of her hand, a blood-red command spell, identical to the one on her left hand and imbued with the power of a contract, was slowly emerging and coalescing.

Lu Jingming narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze instantly sweeping over Vita, who was fiercely fighting with Yulandal in the distance, and he immediately understood.

Logically speaking, since Tang Wutong, as the Master, is already dead, the time that her Servant Vita can remain is now counting down.

The Holy Grail will spontaneously begin to absorb the negative energy from unaffiliated followers, causing them to gradually dissipate and disappear.

However, he did not sense any sign that the Holy Grail was draining Vita's energy.

This means that Vita's Master-Master connection has not truly been severed—she still has someone to maintain the contract.

The answer is already obvious. Although Tang Wutong's physical body has passed away, Wang Qiu'er has become Tang Wutong in another sense, both in terms of soul and bloodline.

The two have merged into one, only the dominant consciousness has been completely replaced.

According to the Holy Grail's rules based on the connection between soul and contract, Wang Qiu'er and Tang Wutong were considered to be the same person.

Therefore, Vita's contract naturally transferred to the new Tang Wutong.

Wang Qiu'er accidentally exploited a bug in the Holy Grail rules, miraculously gaining contracts with two Servants simultaneously.

Of course, the Master's control over the Servant varies from person to person.

Just look at Ma Xiaotao and her follower Hanabi; Ma Xiaotao has absolutely no control over Hanabi.

And this Miss Vita... with her unpredictable and pleasure-seeking personality, would she really listen to Wang Qiu'er? That's undoubtedly a big question mark.

On the other side of the battlefield.

"Huh? Is Xiao Wutong... dead?"

Vita paused her attack slightly, a faint trace of regret flashing in her all-seeing eyes.

"It's really... a pity, I'm a little sad."

Although he had long anticipated that Tang Wutong's trip would be fraught with danger, he had developed some genuine but slight feelings for her after being called "sister" by that girl for so long.

Although, it may really only be a tiny bit.

However, before this sadness could last even a moment, she keenly sensed that the abruptly interrupted Master Contract was reconnected in an inexplicable way the next moment.

This discovery caused a rare moment of stunned surprise to appear on her elegant and composed expression, completely unexpected.

She had already prepared a backup plan, confident that she could use her own methods to evade the forced retrieval of the Holy Grail after her Master's death and maintain her existence.

But before she could take any action, the contract actually... came to life on its own?
Her gaze instantly pierced through space, landing in the direction of Wang Qiu'er. Her Heavenly Wisdom Eyes flickered slightly, and she understood the whole story.

"Ah... I see."

Vita's lips curved back into that usual elegant smile, as if she knew all the secrets. "The completion of the soul, what an interesting development."

Having understood the current situation, she immediately made the choice that best suited her immediate interests.

“Aiya——!”

She suddenly let out an exaggerated yet still elegant exclamation, raised her hands high in a gesture of surrender that conveyed no threat, and at the same time gave instructions to the Starduder behind her.

"Cease fire, cease fire! Xiao Wei surrenders~, Lady Durandal, please have mercy!"

"Shh-!"

The spear tip, imbued with the power of decomposition and creation, hovered just before Vita's brow.

Yulandel's handsome brows furrowed. To be honest, she desperately wanted to end this dangerous and cunning woman with a single shot.

However, her serious, almost rigid, personality would never allow her to kill an opponent who had already clearly expressed his surrender.

Even if killing is necessary, it must be done in a fair and square confrontation, not when the opponent gives up resistance.

Seeing that Durandal had stopped as expected, Vita's smile grew even brighter.

She had planned it all out long ago; given Yulandal's straightforward and earnest nature, she would never take advantage of someone in distress.

Of course, she was not entirely unprepared. If Durandal really did kill her without hesitation, she had her own trump card to save her life.

"Stop, Durandal."

Lu Jingming and Wang Qiu'er appeared at the right moment behind Youlan Dale.

Now that Vita's contract has been transferred to Wang Qiu'er, she is no longer an enemy that must be eliminated.

"What happened?"

Yulandale put away the Black Abyss White Flower, but the wariness in her eyes did not diminish.

Although the opponent is now down to only one person, Vita's unpredictable nature makes her dare not let her guard down.

"It's a long story, but this Miss Vita can no longer be considered an enemy."

Lu Jingming smiled at Vita, his tone gentle and friendly, "Am I right, Miss Vita?"

However, this gentle smile instinctively aroused Vita's wariness.

She always felt that behind Lu Jingming's seemingly harmless smile lay some intriguing depth.

In particular, his gaze would always intentionally or unintentionally sweep over the extremely imposing dark green mecha beside her—the Starduer—which made her eyelids twitch slightly, and she muttered to herself.

'Up close, this Stardust is truly captivating...'

Lu Jingming secretly admired it. A man is a boy until he dies, and what boy can resist the charm of a top-notch mecha?
Unless it's a mecha girl... Well, he already has a mecha girl named Ryuki, and now this perfect mecha seems to have been delivered to him as well?
"This guy is absolutely right!"

Vita immediately accepted the offer Lu Jingming made, as she was always very pragmatic.

"The contract between Master and Servant cannot be faked. We are now true comrades, aren't we?"

She smiled radiantly and spoke in a lighthearted tone.

Facing Durandal alone was already incredibly stressful, let alone with the unfathomable Ishtar and Remian on the other side. To fight head-on would be unwise.

Miss Vita is the best at judging situations.

Of course, she had absolutely no intention of revealing her dear younger sister, Hanabi.

Despite switching allegiances, finding fun remains her top priority.

Even with a new Master, her attitude towards Wang Qiu'er will most likely be the same as her attitude towards Tang Wutong.

On the surface, they comply, but inwardly they see it as something that provides a stage and opportunities, something dispensable. The real fun always lies in the process itself.

She turned her gaze to Wang Qiu'er, her all-seeing eyes filled with a hint of mockery and inquiry, and deliberately drew out her question.

"So... my dear Master~ should I continue to call you Xiao Wutong, or...?"

"My name is Wang Qiu'er."

Wang Qiu'er's face darkened, and she answered decisively without hesitation.

She would never admit that she was Tang Wutong, even though their fates were already entangled.

(End of this chapter)