Douluo Continent: Starting with the Tiger Emperor Template

Chapter 297 Tang San: I'd rather face Lu Ren

Ten days have passed since the return of the dead.

The central part of the divine realm.

Tang San, the four God Kings of Destruction, Kindness, and Evil are leading a large and powerful army forward.

There were over a hundred deities in the procession.

Over the course of ten days, relying on the remaining senses from the central hub of the divine realm, and with the four god-kings sweeping away the scattered deities in the central part of the divine realm, they gathered them together one by one.

The incorporated gods followed behind the procession, heads bowed, none daring to utter a word.

"At this rate, the central region will be completely cleared in a few days," said the evil god-king Ji Dong.

"Clean it up?" The God of Destruction sneered. "You missed something."

"What?"

"In these ten days, the cursed spirits we've encountered have become increasingly powerful." The God of Destruction said in a gloomy tone, "At first, they were just some lowly minions at the level of third- or second-level gods, but in the last three days, all of them have been cursed with rules and spells, and even we have difficulty dealing with these spells."

"If the four of us god-kings hadn't been together, we would have been caught off guard and capsized long ago."

Tang San nodded.

He noticed it too.

Lu Ren's death and return were like a pot, cooking these monsters more and more intensely.

"So we need to dismantle this barrier quickly," Tang San said, then called to the little golden beetle, "Open the points leaderboard."

"Okay, the current leaderboard has been opened for you." The little golden beetle stretched out its body, and then the contents of the scroll appeared.

Ye Guyi is currently still in first place on the leaderboard with 77 points.

The second place went to someone else, named Golden Dragon King, with 75 points.

Huo Yuhao is in third place with 61 points.

Upon seeing the Golden Dragon King, Tang San froze on the spot as if struck by lightning.

"What??? The Golden Dragon King?"

"Did the Golden Dragon King also participate in this journey of death and destruction?"

After sensing Tang San's surprise, the other deities also gathered around.

The God of Destruction's expression also changed slightly: "Golden Dragon King—this is terrible, even this guy has been released—"

"Now I really feel like the world has collapsed from the start," Ji Dong couldn't help but say. "Lu Ren, who had already started the Death and Annihilation Return, was already enough to torment us. Now, the Golden Dragon King, who was sealed in the Forbidden Land of Gods, has broken out of his seclusion."

"If we just wait for him to accumulate 100 points and then strengthen himself, won't we be completely finished?"

"It's not that simple. He wants to accept Lu Ren's power baptism—that will only bring trouble upon himself." Tang San snorted coldly.

But Tang San hadn't even finished speaking.

The next moment, the sky darkened.

A black curtain descended from the sky above.

It fell without making a sound, yet a portion of the light in the entire divine realm was absorbed.

If you are very knowledgeable about barrier techniques, you will understand.

This is the "account".

Then came the second, third, and tenth rounds.

Black curtains descended from all directions, enclosing the entire wasteland like a giant cage, leaving only a few narrow passages between each curtain.

"This thing is here again." Ji Dong frowned.

Three days ago, they were also blocked by this thing, but they escaped quickly that time.

Tang San waved his hand, and the light of the sea god transformed into a giant hand that grabbed at the nearest tent.

But the light pierced through the tent and floated lightly to the other side without even causing a ripple.

He froze for a moment.

Last time, this "tent" deflected the God King's attack, but this time it doesn't.

"It's not blocking us anymore, which seems different from the one we encountered last time," Tang San said slowly.

He turned to look behind him.

One of the level two gods in the group was cautiously walking towards the nearest tent.

The second-level god reached out and touched the tent, then actually stepped across it, standing on the other side of the tent unharmed.

"Lord Tang, this—I can get through!"

Tang San immediately fell into deep thought: "—Hmm, it seems that only you two can get through."

"It's just preventing us from getting past."

Tang San's gaze gradually turned cold.

He got it.

Are these barriers only targeting them?

He remembered the little golden beetle that followed him and beckoned it over: "I want to know, what do these barriers mean? And what's going on?"

"I'm sorry, but the information you asked is completely different from the information I was responsible for providing regarding the return of the dead."

The little golden beetle hovered in mid-air, its voice still polite: "Therefore, I cannot answer."

"Why?!" Tang San demanded coldly. "You know, this thing has already appeared in the 'Return to Annihilation,' so it should be considered part of the 'Return to Annihilation' content!"

"You clearly stated that you would answer our questions within the rules, but now you're not following those rules!"

In these ten days, Tang San quickly adapted to the environment of the Death Return Tour.

Based on the information from the little golden beetle, Tang San deduced that in order to cast the massive barrier of Death and Annihilation Return to cover the God Realm, Lu Ren not only paid a huge price in terms of energy, but also had to create many rules that were unfavorable to him, thus incurring a cost.

This is one of the constraints.

Tang San had a general understanding of the function of the restraints.

To be precise, Lu Ren must have established a large number of rules that bound the creation of this Death Return, resulting in a defensive capability that even the combined forces of these God Kings could not break.

"Although what you said makes perfect sense, I'm sorry, this barrier only came into existence after the birth of the Death Return, and it's not something I can answer." The little golden beetle answered honestly, following the rules.

Tang San:

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Meanwhile, the other god-kings, such as Destruction, were also responsible for questioning their respective little golden insects, but the answers they received were all outside the scope of the question.

Damn it.

The God of Destruction couldn't help but curse.

"How much help can you little things really provide us? I strongly suspect you were sent by Lu Ren to spy on us, just to get real intelligence about us!"

The ever-radical God of Destruction could no longer contain himself.

"I'd like to see what happens if I wipe you all out!"

"No!" Tang San quickly intervened to stop the destruction. "Don't do this! I don't think killing them will bring us much benefit. These little things may seem harmless, but they could very well be a trap Lu Ren wants us to fall into!"

"Things that appear harmless on the surface often harbor immense danger. If I had to choose between killing them and fighting Lu Ren, I'd rather face Lu Ren!"

God of Destruction:

The hand that was originally raised was lowered.

However, before the atmosphere at the scene could even warm up...

A muffled thud came from behind the gods.

The earth began to shake.

The rhythm of the vibration was strange; it would start, then pause for a long time, then start again.

It looked like a colossal creature was walking towards them at an extremely slow pace.

The four god-kings turned around at the same time.

At the edge of the wasteland, darkness fell.

They then discovered that all the lightning in the sky was converging on the same point.

One, two, a thousand, ten thousand.

The lightning bolts in the sky twisted into a ball in one spot, and then that ball of lightning began to recede.

Immediately afterward, within that ball of lightning, the body of some being grew out of the lightning.

It was something that was hard to describe in words.

It has neither human form nor animal form.

Its shoulders and back are high and its limbs are thick and strong, and its entire body is covered with flowing lightning patterns.

The head is blurred, with only a slit running across the face. Instead of eyes, the slit reveals only a continuously flashing electric light.

Every time this unknown entity moved, the surrounding air was ionized and turned a scorched white.

Wherever it passed, the rubble on the ground turned to ashes.

Upon witnessing this scene, the expressions of the various god-kings changed slightly.

The same thought flashed through their minds.

That's no ordinary cursed spirit!

The aura emanating from this cursed spirit contains some kind of lingering, chaotic curse power, the scent of the seven original sin gods, and the familiar fusion of good and evil.

"That's my—divine power?" Ji Dong's voice tightened. "Its body contains the power of me and the Blazing Flame."

"And the power of the original sin gods," Flame said softly. "The full divine power of the seven first-level gods is contained within."

Tang San's gaze was fixed on that giant creature.

"So—this is a cursed spirit created by Lu Ren using your power, or the cursed power born from the Death and Annihilation Return?"

"—And my power of destruction." The God of Destruction couldn't help but speak again, "Don't forget, Lu Ren absorbed a large amount of my God of Destruction power in the Castle of Destruction. I suspect that this thing was created using my God of Destruction power, so this guy's strength—may not be too low."

Gods:

Could you please not say such things?

It's really disheartening!

As soon as the God of Destruction finished speaking, the Thunderous Cursed Spirit stopped at the other end of the wasteland.

Then, a flash of electricity suddenly appeared in the crack that ran across the face.

With that clap of thunder, the sky over the entire wasteland changed completely.

"However—since it relies on my power of destruction as its main force, what is its spell?" the God of Destruction asked sternly.

The little golden beetle honestly replied, "Sorry, this isn't one of the questions I'm responsible for answering."

God of Destruction:

The fist hardened.

With the appearance of this great cursed spirit, the surrounding environment in the distance suddenly became restless.

A large number of cursed spirits poured in through the gaps in the tent.

There were also hordes of the dead crawling out of the ground, and one after another, skeletal heads emerged from the soil.

Every cursed spirit, every undead, possesses the aura of a second-level god or higher.

They didn't rush up immediately, but quietly gathered around, crowding the edge of the entire wasteland.

"We're about to be surrounded," Flame whispered.

"Attack!" the God of Destruction roared, raising his hand to unleash a bolt of destructive lightning.

Lightning struck the nearest group of cursed spirits.

Just as the purplish-black lightning struck, a tent fell down from directly above him without warning!

The tent neither blocked his path nor his body; it landed in the direction he had struck, swallowing his lightning bolt whole.

Immediately afterwards, lightning flashed in the sky.

"boom!!!"

A bolt of lightning struck down from the void, hitting the God of Destruction squarely on the head.

He suddenly raised his hand to block, and his body was forced back more than ten steps, the ground beneath his feet cracking in a circle.

As the dust settled, a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

"What's going on?" the God of Destruction gritted his teeth. "I was trying to dodge, but this lightning bolt seems to be aimed right at me; I can't dodge it at all!"

"Could this be the spell of some cursed spirit?" Ji Dong looked at the cursed spirits that appeared around him and began to ponder.

Tang San quickly waved for everyone to back off: "No matter what, let's step back first. The situation is getting a bit bad!"

The moment they retreated, the great cursed beast came alive.

It took a step that covered dozens of feet, raised its arm formed of lightning, and slammed it down hard towards the God of Destruction!

The God of Destruction had no choice but to intervene again.

However, another "tent" descended from the sky, directly blocking the God of Destruction's attack. Immediately afterwards, another bolt of lightning struck down, targeting the God of Destruction.

"Rumble—"

The God of Destruction was struck by the heavenly lightning and forced to take a step back, his body smelling slightly burnt.

However, before he could react, the Great Curse Spirit slammed his fist down on the door!

"Bang!"

The God of Destruction was blasted away and disappeared from the sight of the gods.

"destroy!"

Tang San, Lie Yan, and Ji Dong were dumbfounded.

Is this great cursed spirit really that powerful?

Did he just punch Destruction away?