From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 467 The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's Open Scheme! [Please Subscribe! Please Vote!]

"Originally, I did not want to discuss these matters with you, because in my eyes, you are already a dead man."

The deep-sea whale traversed the pitch-black waters, and beneath the surface lay a bottomless, enormous trench! That trench resembled a gaping maw, its blood-red jaws agape, devouring any creature that dared to pass above it.

Even in the pitch-black depths of the sea, Chen Hong could see what appeared to be a dark red light deep within the trench.

Finally, Lan Fuzi floated above this mysterious abyss, and the Demon Whale King stood up, quietly watching the black and red light below the abyss.

There was almost no light or sound here; everything seemed still. They couldn't even feel any buoyancy. On the contrary, a terrifying suction force was trying to drag them into the bottomless abyss. But when a purple-blue light flashed from Lan Fuzi's body, an invisible bubble enveloped them, isolating them from the suction force of the abyss.

"But the Demon Whale King's actions don't seem like those of someone facing death." Although he heard the Demon Whale King declare his inevitable fate, Chen Hong remained calm, like an observer, and stood beside the Demon Whale King, following the Demon Whale King's gaze down into the abyss.

"You cannot die now; you still have the right to cooperate with me," the Demon Whale King said calmly.

"Is it because they want me to be the bait in the open?" Chen Hong replied quietly.

The Demon Whale King turned his head, his over three-meter-tall body exuding a natural sense of oppression. He coldly looked at Chen Hong, whose expression remained calm: "There's a rumor on the continent that you possess the ability to see in all directions, hear in all directions, twist wills, and see into people's hearts?"

"I do have the ability, but most of the time, I don't need it because many things I rely on can't withstand close scrutiny, and coincidentally, I'm also very good at scrutinizing things." Chen Hong's eyes flashed with black lotus as he looked down at the abyss below: "Since Senior Demon Whale King has brought this junior here, then this junior might as well make things clear."

"When I realized that Senior Demon Whale King intended to contact the Sea Soul Alliance, I combined the descriptions of many people and finally concluded that perhaps Senior wanted to use the Sea Soul Alliance as a medium to give the Deep Sea Demon Whale an opportunity to contact the Sea Soul Beasts. Once the Sea Soul Alliance provided this platform, with Senior's power, as long as he applied a little bit of thunder and rain, all the marine creatures of Douluo Star would surely acknowledge Senior as the absolute king of the ocean."

"But I actually have a question: if you, senior, were to complete the integration of the ocean and become a god with the authority that Poseidon lacked, the final result would inevitably be the condemnation of the gods. But now, I understand the true plan deep in your heart."

The Demon Whale King listened quietly as Chen Hong finished speaking. He sneered and said coldly, "The gods are all untrustworthy. History has proven this more than once."

"The human heart can fall into depravity, and so can the divine heart."

"So, Senior Demon Whale King, do you want to use some divine authority to open the spatial rift below, the one called the Abyss?" After fusing with the Death Devouring Spider God Martial Soul, Chen Hong had a more comprehensive understanding of spatial power. Now, under his extraordinary vision, the depths of the Abyss below were a spatially unstable passage.

"A legend has always circulated within the orca pod that the Demon Whale King was not a soul beast of this world, but a beast from another dimension."

The Demon Whale King scoffed, "It seems we didn't kill them all back then; some escaped."

"However, you are not wrong. I am not a soul beast of this world, and the realm of gods is untrustworthy. Your wisdom qualifies you to become my subordinate and the master of the new world!"

Lan Fuzi seemed not to hear Chen Hong's conversation with the Demon Whale King, and made no sound.

"I really want to know, what gives Senior Demon Whale King the confidence to tell me all this?" Chen Hong silently closed his Black Lotus Soul Eye. The spatial passage beneath the abyss was extremely complex, with even something like void chains connecting it to this world. Just one glance at it gave him a headache.

Judging from the Demon Whale King's actions, it seems that once he becomes a god, he will have the ability to activate this abyss passage and transform the pressure from the divine realm onto him into a greater dimensional conflict.

In Chen Hong's view, this tactic of muddying the waters had a high success rate.

"Because of you, you will surely die," the Demon Whale King said indifferently.

"Why?" Chen Hong asked.

"There is a divine succession examination, which has descended from the realm of gods," the Demon Whale King replied calmly.

As the ultimate soul beast of this world, he can perceive many things, especially the laws of divine power!

Thinking of this, the Demon Whale King felt a sudden, dull pain in the eye that Poseidon had blinded him. Poseidon had used divine power to blind one of his eyes, making it impossible for him to recover. While inflicting thousands of years of pain and humiliation on him, Poseidon had also given the Demon Whale King an extraordinary sensitivity to divine power.

"What does the Divine Succession Examination have to do with me?" Chen Hong remained silent for a moment.

"You have already embarked on the path of divinity, and at this time, a god has descended to test you. What do you think the other party's intentions are?" the Demon Whale King coldly retorted.

Chen Hong fell silent.

He has already begun his divine path and completed the transformation of his soul. In the next few years, he will be able to upgrade his soul power to level 99. Under these circumstances, his divine path will be virtually unobstructed.

If the Demon Whale King hadn't mentioned anything else, and had instead descended to test him at this moment, Chen Hong would have simply assumed it was good luck on the other side.

But now, Chen Hong doesn't think the other party was just lucky.

"...Senior Demon Whale King can sense the fluctuations brought down by the divine test?" Chen Hong frowned slightly.

The Demon Whale King glanced at Chen Hong with a strange look in his eyes, and then said, "I cannot sense location and time. Divine power in the Douluo Realm will cause some law fluctuations, and I can sense these law fluctuations."

"Furthermore, there should be two participants in the divine test." The Demon Whale King dropped a bombshell that caught Chen Hong's eye.

These two chosen ones? Are they both here for him?

"What do you think their purpose in descending to earth was? To help you become a god? Ha, or to ambush you along the way?"

Although it was a question, the Demon Whale King's tone was quite certain.

Two successors to the divine position have appeared in this world, something Chen Hong had not anticipated.

"If they are merely successors to the divine throne, they cannot stop me," Chen Hong said firmly.

"Heh." The Demon Whale King merely sneered.

"I understand what you're doing, senior. The Sea Soul Alliance will be handed over to you, but I will handle the rest myself."

(End of this chapter)