Douluo Continent: On Becoming a God Through Science

Chapter 173 Another Sacrifice, Ah Yin Resurrected

"What's going on with Kennekis?"

Diwan watched the red-haired strongman who had fainted and was being held up by You Chen's soul power, and silently sweated.

You Chen glanced at Diwan and said calmly, "This guy is stubborn. He even said he wanted to arrest me. He's heard so many of my secrets. What do you suggest we do?"

Divan's sweat was getting heavier, and he chuckled somewhat sheepishly, "Um, You Chen, if I hadn't agreed earlier, would I have ended up like Kennekis?"

"What do you think?" You Chen smiled.

Divan wisely stopped asking questions.

"Alright. I have other things to attend to. Take my token to this inn in Tiandou City, and someone will meet you there."

As You Chen spoke, he tossed out his token as the leader of the alliance.

Divan took the token, scoffing, "You've really got a lot on your plate these days. You were so earnest and pleading just now, and now that we're in, you're just handing us over to someone else, huh?"

You Chen's lips twitched: "Are you playing the role of a resentful woman confined to her chambers? Alright, I'll find you guys for drinks once I'm done with what I'm doing."

As he spoke, You Chen suddenly smiled mysteriously and said, "By the way, I can also find you an excellent sparring partner. Now, Kennekis is in your hands."

Fortunately, according to his prior investigation, these three were all solitary individuals in Wuhun City, with at most a few close friends, but not the type to have families.

In other words, once the three of them are taken care of, there's no need to worry about their families being caught red-handed in the future.

"Feed. Wait a minute."

Divan hurriedly caught the unconscious Kenneth, panicking, "What do we do when he wakes up? Olger and I together can barely beat him, but if he tries to run, we can't stop him!"

Org nodded in agreement: "It will be difficult, but I will do my best."

Seeing Olger nod, Divan assumed the other was on his side. Hearing this, he immediately became furious, his face contorting with rage: "No way, Olger, what the hell is going on?"

You Chen interrupted their conversation, saying, "Kenekis won't wake up for at least a day or two. Once you get to Heaven Dou City, if he still wants to cause trouble, there will be Title Douluos to suppress him. There's nothing to worry about."

Divan broke out in a sweat again: "No, You Chen, what exactly did you do to Kennekis? I thought you just knocked him out..."

You Chen said in an extremely calm and natural tone, "It's nothing, just a little bit of mental magic. There won't be any aftereffects."

You Chen used a similar method on Kennekis to make Poseidon fall into a coma.

Keenekis's mental strength was only at the Spirit Abyss Realm. You Chen didn't need to weaken it beforehand. With a single Soul-Suppressing Technique, Keenekis fell into a coma on the spot.

Having finished explaining, You Chen truly bid farewell to the three of them and returned directly to the place where he had initially landed.

He looked at the armless woman who stood there with a deathly pale face and smiled with satisfaction.

"Let's go, Xixi. I said I'd take you around Douluo Continent more, and I can't go back on my word."

He embraced Poseidon and they soared high into the sky once more.

Poseidon watched the scenery rushing past in silence.

In the past, Poseidon might have misunderstood.

But now she knows for sure that You Chen didn't really bring her out to sightsee. Every time You Chen goes to a place, it's not just for casual strolling, but for a specific purpose.

Although You Chen would avoid Poseidon in some actions and conversations and never revealed his plans, over such a long time, as his bedmate, Poseidon realized that You Chen was definitely not someone who was content with mediocrity just by observing him.

Poseidon was no stranger to Wuhun City. When she was hesitant and conflicted before, she had also thought about You Chen's purpose in coming here.

but……

"It doesn't matter anymore."

She was like a walking corpse, simply being carried by You Chen as they flew.

After an unknown amount of time, as the sun began to set and the orange-yellow light of dusk bathed the earth, Poseidon suddenly realized that they had arrived at an incredibly vast grassland.

To be precise, it's a grassland of blue silver grass.

The boundless expanse of blue silver grass was draped in a golden veil under the dim light. For the first time, Poseidon felt that this common, ordinary plant could give her such a beautiful and stunning feeling.

Do you like it?

You Chen noticed that Poseidon's face had regained its radiance and couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"..."

The momentary shock on Poseidon's face returned to its deathly stillness.

Yes, what does it matter how beautiful the scenery is? As long as she's by You Chen's side, she's just a caged bird without freedom. Even the blue silver grass rooted in the earth is freer than her.

The man embracing her body was nothing but a devil in human skin. She would no longer indulge in the temptations he offered; doing so would only lead to a more tragic outcome.

You Chen saw that Poseidon's mind had fallen silent again, but he did not feel frustrated or impatient.

Humans are amazing creatures.

As long as they can see real hope, they will not fall into absolute despair.

You Chen agrees with the saying that life will find its own way.

For Poseidon, who had no other choice and was even unable to commit suicide under Youchen's surveillance, the only option left was to be tamed.

During this process, You Chen doesn't need to do anything; she will hypnotize herself and try to accept the outcome.

From the moment Poseidon gave up on escaping, Youchen's final act of enslaving Poseidon was complete.

The only difference is the subsequent routes.

You Chen then withdrew his gaze and headed straight for the core area of ​​this Blue Silver Grass grassland.

At this moment, even without deliberately releasing her mental energy, Poseidon could clearly sense the powerful soul energy fluctuations of the soul beast.

It was precisely You Chen's target on this journey—the Blue Silver King. In the original story, it was the spirit beast that became Tang San's natal spirit ring.

Sensing You Chen's unfamiliar aura, the Blue Silver King, with 85,000 years of cultivation, immediately controlled countless blue silver vines to soar into the sky.

But such an attack couldn't even break You Chen's skin.

However, You Chen still managed to use the power of stardust to envelop himself and Poseidon, forming a circular barrier. Countless blue silver vines automatically dissolved into nothingness the moment they touched this barrier.

Just as the Blue Silver King was about to continue its death throes, You Chen took out the Blue Silver Emperor from his storage soul tool.

"Your Majesty! Why do you have His Majesty's body?!"

I don't care about my own death, but if I harm the Blue Silver Emperor, I will be guilty of a thousand deaths!

Out of fear of harming the innocent, Blue Silver King immediately ceased all attacks and, without considering the possibility of mental backlash, proactively initiated a mental transmission to You Chen.

"Blue Silver King, you don't need to know why. I only need you and your people to offer sacrifices to the Blue Silver Empress now. You know, only in this way can she be resurrected!"

You Chen made no attempt to conceal the purpose of his visit, demanding that the Blue Silver King sacrifice the life force of the Blue Silver Grassland to the Blue Silver Emperor.

Plant-type 100,000-year-old soul beasts have a unique advantage over beast-type 100,000-year-old soul beasts in terms of resurrection after sacrifice.

After being nurtured at the core of the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, the Blue Silver Emperor has sprouted again from its original seed form. If it is combined with the life force of this Blue Silver Grassland and the Blue Silver King, it will definitely be able to complete its revival!

"...Human, I don't trust you." The Blue Silver King gave the expected answer.

You Chen did not respond, but simply watched the Blue Silver King silently.

Then, just as You Chen had expected, the Blue Silver King continued, "But this is indeed the only way to revive the Emperor! Even if it's a trap, I choose to accept it! Emperor, accept the power of our people!"

In an instant, an incredibly powerful aura suddenly rose up, originating not only from the Blue Silver King before them but also from the entire forest.

A faint blue light quietly emerges from each Blue Silver Grass. The light emerging from a single Blue Silver Grass may be just a tiny blue dot, but when the blue light from billions of Blue Silver Grasses gathers together, it becomes a blue ocean.

Countless points of light converged and surged wildly into the Blue Silver Emperor.

Seeing this scene, You Chen remained calm, but Poseidon could not hide her shock.

She watched as the Blue Silver Emperor's aura rapidly surged, exclaiming inwardly, "This...this is simply a miracle of life!"

Then, something even more shocking happened to Poseidon.

The Blue Silver Emperor, which floated in mid-air during the sacrifice, gradually grew and eventually transformed into a stunningly beautiful woman with long blue hair.

A long, blue-gold dress covered her entire body, its luxurious and elegant aura highlighting her otherworldly beauty. Her deep blue eyes were flawless, like blue crystals. Golden ribbons curled around the hem of the dress, and a faint, delicate fragrance wafted in the air.

Both are predominantly blue, but if Poseidon is sacred and noble, seemingly approachable yet actually possessing a transcendent and dignified air that keeps people at a distance, then this woman, while equally elegant and graceful, has a tranquil and gentle temperament. Just looking at her gives one a sense of relaxation and ease, as if connected to nature.

You Chen showed no surprise or reaction to A Yin's appearance.

As long as the original form isn't too ugly, soul beasts can generally have a near-perfect appearance and body after transformation.

For example, Xiao Wu, whose original form was just a soft-boned rabbit, became an unparalleled beauty after growing up.

However, as the original female lead who was paired with the male protagonist, Xiao Wu is probably outstanding among all her clansmen, at least in appearance, she is better than her mother.

Not only is she stunningly beautiful and possesses an ethereal and otherworldly temperament, but her perfect body proportions also make her arguably the most beautiful of the three Shrek Academy members in the original work (in the original work, Xiao Wu is the tallest of the three beauties, standing at over 1.8 meters tall. She was an adorable little girl when she was young, and grew up to be a long-legged mature woman with super beautiful legs).

When a soul beast takes human form, its basic appearance is already established.

The Blue Silver Emperor is of noble blood, the strongest among his many kin, and the emperor who has gained absolute recognition.

After transforming, her appearance naturally couldn't be too bad.

Even compared to Poseidon, they can only be said to have their own merits, both belonging to the first tier of beauties who have transcended the ordinary beauty category.

"who I am?"

Supported by soul power, Ah Yin slowly descended from the sky, muttering to herself with a bewildered expression.

The withered blue silver grass covering the ground made her feel a deep sense of closeness and pity, and she instinctively wanted to release her blue silver domain to nourish the blue silver grass whose life force was exhausted.

At this moment, You Chen suddenly appeared in A Yin's field of vision and wrapped his arms around A Yin's slender waist.

Surprisingly, Ah Yin felt a sense of helplessness as she looked at the unfamiliar man in front of her.

You Chen smiled slightly, leaned close to A Yin's ear, and said, "You are my slave."

"slave?"

Ah Yin's expression trembled.

If she recovers normally, Gintoki will naturally not forget her past memories.

But it's clear that You Chen wouldn't allow Ah Yin to be resurrected with her memories intact.

Brainwashing a normal 100,000-year-old soul beast is extremely difficult, but brainwashing a 100,000-year-old soul beast whose soul is completely dormant is even easier than planting the seed of fear in Hu Liena.

When planting Ah Yin in the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, You Chen showed no pity and directly wiped Ah Yin's memories clean, leaving her with nothing.

After awakening his consciousness and mastering hypnosis, he planted a mental restriction in Ah Yin's soul on the way here, preventing her from having any rebellious thoughts.

It is impossible for even a god to directly distort a person's thinking, but it is relatively easy to completely cleanse a person's thinking and then tint it with one's own colors.

If a normal person were subjected to such manipulation, their soul and mental instincts would resist, and even if they suffered a mental breakdown, they would probably not allow the perpetrator to succeed.

However, 100,000-year-old soul beasts whose souls are completely dormant after sacrifice are an exception.

Everything went very smoothly.

Gin lost her memory, but like many people with amnesia, she didn't lose her knowledge. After all, if some knowledge is lost, one's intelligence will basically regress to that of an infant.

This preservation of knowledge is naturally a self-protective function of organisms.

Ah Yin understands what slaves are, but she lacks a sensual understanding of it yet. However, she already instinctively resists the idea of ​​becoming someone else's slave.

However, under You Chen's gaze, A Yin's restless heart inexplicably calmed down.

"As for your name..."

Recalling Ah Yin's ethereal, fairy-like aura when she was resurrected, You Chen smiled and said, "From now on, you will be called Lingxian. Ling as in 'elf,' and Xian as in 'fairy.'"

"Yes, thank you for bestowing this name upon me, Master." Ah Yin... is now a spirit fairy. She has accepted her status as a slave and smiled serenely at You Chen.

But that smile only sent a chill down Poseidon's spine, who had witnessed the whole thing.

With the mental restrictions placed on her soul, and with You Chen himself hypnotizing her nearby, Lingxian naturally wouldn't rebel.

Over time, once the blank paper has been painted with color, submission to the wandering dust will become the very foundation of the existence of the spirit immortal. At that point, even breaking the mental restrictions and hypnosis will be useless.

"Owner."

Lingxian suddenly hesitated, looking at the Blue Silver Grass at her feet, and said, "Seeing these little grasses so fragile makes me feel very sad. I feel like I can do something..."

"No, Lingxian, that's just your imagination."

You Chen smiled and said, "You don't need to pay attention to or care about anything other than me. These Blue Silver Grasses are just weeds."

With a gentle wave of his hand, You Chen unleashed a vast, ocean-like power of stardust that instantly covered the entire Blue Silver Grassland. With its domineering power, it purified and dissolved everything, leaving not even a single grass root behind.

The Blue Silver King, who had completed his sacrifice and was in a weakened state, was suppressed by You Chen's terrifying mental power from beginning to end, and was unable to send out a single message. He was also easily destroyed by You Chen.

At this point, the Blue Silver King and the Blue Silver Grassland, which greatly changed Tang San's fate in the original story, completely disappeared.

There are countless Blue Silver Grasses in the world, but on the Douluo Continent, there is no other place where Tang San could complete his bloodline awakening.

If Tang San still wants to awaken the Blue Silver Emperor, he can only go to the other side of the sea and seek opportunities on the Sun Moon Continent. However, the success rate is negligible.

Seeing the suddenly empty grassland, Lingxian felt a strange pang in her heart, but looking at You Chen's smile, she finally nodded blankly: "I understand, Master."

Looking at the docile, lamb-like spirit in front of him, You Chen's smile finally revealed a hint of sincerity.

He was indeed in a very good mood.

If we're talking about the key moments in Tang San's destiny, there are actually only a few, and awakening the Blue Silver Emperor is arguably no less important than obtaining the Sea God's Divine Trial.

It didn't significantly boost Tang San's strength like the Sea God's Trial. Considering that Tang San rarely used the Blue Silver Emperor in combat later on, the claim that it improved his martial soul and potential should be discounted.

Its greatest help to Tang San was that it resolved the hidden dangers within him!

The original novel explicitly states: "What Tang San didn't know was that of the two martial souls he possessed, the hammer should have granted him soul power. However, due to the Blue Silver Grass, some negative mutations occurred between the two martial souls. Furthermore, the Mysterious Heaven Skill involved a fusion process with his own martial soul, so it seemed that no soul power appeared during the martial soul awakening." [PS: From "Seventh Palm: Xiao Wu (Part Two)"]

This basically indicates that while Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer spirit is considered normal, his Blue Silver Grass spirit does indeed have certain problems. This also foreshadows Tang San's later awakening of the Blue Silver Emperor.

With the help of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, this hidden danger was temporarily concealed, but it was not truly resolved.

Look at what kind of spirit rings Tang San chose later.

Of the first four spirit rings, three are related to poison.

It's likely that the original author himself realized that, based on the characteristics of the Blue Silver Domain, poison was definitely not a suitable attribute for Blue Silver Grass. So, when the Blue Silver Emperor awakened, he specifically mentioned that the life force of countless Blue Silver Grasses was integrated into Tang San's first four spirit rings.

The original text reads: "Tang San's four spirit rings all emitted a blue-gold luster... (omitted)...Looking at them, these four spirit rings were no different from before. But in reality, they were no longer the four spirit rings of the Blue Silver Grass, but the four spirit rings of the Blue Silver King."

In the later stages, Tang San's martial soul did not have any problems, which is hard to say whether it was because of the purification of his martial soul by the many Blue Silver Grasses.

However, without this incident, the already problematic martial soul, coupled with unsuitable spirit rings and the burden of twin martial souls on the spirit master...

Even if his future is cut off, Tang Sanjue will at least not grow up as smoothly as he did in the original story.

Even in the later stages, the two martial souls might clash so violently that one of them could explode.

After collecting the few soul bones dropped by the ten-thousand-year-old or higher Blue Silver Grass on the Blue Silver Plains, You Chen left the place with the two female slaves and then began to turn back, flying eastward towards Soto City.

……

"Um?"

In the shadows of a hill near Shrek Academy in Soto City, Tang Hao suddenly looked up, a terrifying glint in his eyes, and his composed expression vanished.

"This aura... is Ah Yin's soul bone! It's the person who stole Ah Yin's soul bone!"

He glanced in the direction of the academy, figuring that leaving in this short time wouldn't cause any problems, and immediately sped towards the aura that seemed to be slowly leaving Soto City.

That was a man's back view.

Tang Hao saw him walking out of the city, which suited his wishes perfectly, so he silently followed him.

After the man had walked several kilometers out of Soto City, the immense soul pressure showed no mercy or restraint and poured directly onto him.

Tang Hao, wrapped in a tattered cloak, emerged from the shadows and said in a hoarse, low voice, "Tell me, where did you get that right leg bone?"

Tang Hao naturally wanted to kill the other party on the spot to vent his anger, but compared to sparing the other party's life and venting his own rage, he was more concerned about how the other party obtained this soul bone.

If he wasn't mistaken, the man before him was definitely connected to the Spirit Hall! In Tang Hao's eyes, only those disgusting and despicable people would do such a thing!

"Hehehe."

Enveloped by Tang Hao's soul pressure, the man felt no discomfort whatsoever. Instead, he sneered, "Tang Hao, you don't think that just because you're a Title Douluo, you can be invincible, do you? You should know that a so-called Title Douluo is merely qualified to stand on the table."

Tang Hao's expression turned serious, and he murmured, "So, you're also a Title Douluo?"

In the blink of an eye, Tang Hao had already grasped the Clear Sky Hammer in his hand.

He carefully observed the man's face, only to notice something strange: the man's face seemed to be completely blended into the darkness because it was facing away from the light, making it impossible to see clearly.

This thwarted Tang Hao's plan to deduce the other party's identity and martial spirit based on their appearance.

This man, whose face could not be clearly seen, was undoubtedly You Chen.

The reason he didn't act immediately was to trigger the mission, but currently, Tang Hao's emotions seem insufficient. You Chen guessed that perhaps he was in combat mode, forcibly suppressing his anger.

Lingxian had just awakened, and to prevent any dramatic mishaps, You Chen didn't let her see Tang Hao. This time, luring Tang Hao out was purely by leaking the aura of his soul bone.

Otherwise, if I were to play the same trick on Tang Hao, even if he has a strong fighting spirit, he would probably break through his defenses instantly.

However, You Chen knew Tang Hao very well and knew that it didn't take this much trouble to anger him.

He simply smiled and said, "Title Douluo? What a titled Douluo. Tang Hao, weren't you curious about how I obtained this soul bone? Of course, you led me there yourself! As fellow titled Douluos, aren't we Haotian Douluo far too careless? We didn't even notice we were being followed, and in the end, we couldn't even protect our wife's remains."

Tang Hao's eyes widened.

Tang Hao was tormented by guilt and regret for failing to protect his wife.

You Chen's words were like dancing on his wounds.

"I'm going to kill you!!! Martial Soul True Form!!!"

Tang Hao instantly flew into a rage.

(End of this chapter)