Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, who was kidnapped to another world

After consuming the pill given to her by Xiao Yan, which was made by refining a portion of her soul with ghostly energy, Zhu Zhuqing gradually awakened the bloodline of the Dark Sacred Tiger and learned about the value of the Yin Tiger and Yang Tiger. After a long silence, she murmured to herself.

Looking at Zhu Zhuqing's lifeless eyes, the golden cat looked puzzled—if you don't know, you don't know, why do you look like you're about to die?

Zhu Zhuqing, unaware of what the auspicious beast was thinking, lowered her head again. Although she was now known as the savior, she harbored a secret she could not tell anyone: it seemed that the Ghost King had escaped from the Star Luo Empire's palace only after she followed the guidance of the so-called Zhu family ancestor, entered the seal left by the Dark Holy Tiger, and obtained the Dark Holy Tiger's final inheritance.

'To completely kill the Ghost King, I'd at least need to break through to the Reincarnation Realm…' Feeling the demonic energy eroding her body, Zhu Zhuqing muttered to herself, 'Can I really still break through to the Reincarnation Realm now?'

As the final legacy of the Dark Holy Tiger, as long as the successor is not a waste, the accumulation of energy alone is enough to push an ordinary person to the level of the Reincarnation Realm. After that, the Reincarnation Tribulation will depend entirely on whether the successor has such talent.

However, given that she hadn't even reached the peak of the Reincarnation Realm before being corrupted by the Ghost King's demonic energy, Zhu Zhuqing had no idea she could ever reach that point.

Chapter 400 Current Situation (Part 2)

Ten minutes ago, somewhere outside the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest.

"That guy Tang Chen actually succeeded?" Bibi Dong, the former Pope of the Spirit Hall, whose upper body remained human but whose lower body was completely a spider, looked at the blue-skinned woman standing opposite her with some surprise and said.

"I used the Ghostly Summoning Technique bestowed by the King," the blue-skinned woman said calmly.

“You’re becoming more and more like a shark,” Bibi Dong chuckled, looking at the countless sharp teeth in the blue-skinned woman’s mouth. “I heard your martial soul is the Sea God? Could it be that your Sea God is actually some kind of shark soul beast in disguise, Poseidon?”

The High Priestess of Poseidon Island, a level 99 Limit Douluo with the Martial Soul of Poseidon, known as the Invincible One at Sea—these were the titles of the blue-skinned woman, Poseidon, who was becoming increasingly like a shark, before such a shocking event occurred on the Douluo Continent.

“Their savior essence has been corrupted, and now is the best time to completely exterminate them.” Poseidon did not react to Bibi Dong’s completely provocative words, after all, her faith in the sea god was something she had only had while she was still alive.

“It’s not that easy,” Bibi Dong casually waved her arm, which was shrouded in purplish-black mist. “For people of their level, even if they are corrupted by demonic energy, they are beyond our ability to deal with. We should just wait for the Ghost King to return.”

There was no fear or respect in their words for the Ghost King who held their lives in his hands.

“However, I am quite curious. With Tang Chen’s strength... how exactly did he complete the mission?” After rejecting Poseidon’s suggestion, Bibi Dong asked with some curiosity.

Before the Ghost King appeared on Douluo Continent, Bibi Dong, Tang Chen, and Poseidon, along with Qian Daoliu who is still human, were the pinnacle of Soul Masters, the Soul Masters closest to the level of gods.

But after the appearance of the Ghost King, everything changed. Putting aside the energy that the Ghost King called demonic energy, even Zhu Zhuqing, who was just a member of a team in the Soul Master Competition ten years ago... and not even the strongest member of that team, experienced an abnormal increase in strength. This increase far exceeded that of those who were killed by the Ghost King and resurrected as "Otherworldly Demons".

“According to the Ghost King, the three of us are only at the Death Profound Realm. If she hadn’t had no better options, she wouldn’t have even been willing to bestow the title of ‘General’ upon us… Although I don’t think Spider Demon General, Bat Demon General, and Shark Demon General are any particularly nice titles.” Bibi Dong looked at Poseidon with curiosity.

"But according to Zhu Zhuqing, she's already at the Reincarnation Realm, right? She's even comparable to her strength before she left Douluo Continent. Normally speaking, with our strength... even with the Ghost Soul Guide bestowed by the Ghost Soul King, we wouldn't be able to harm Zhu Zhuqing, let alone complete the erosion of her, right?"

"Unable to harm her" is a rather euphemistic way of putting it. According to what the Ghost King said when he left... even if the three of them self-destructed together, they could only temporarily repel Zhu Zhuqing, and...

"Why hasn't Tang Chen revived yet?" Bibi Dong glanced at the three coffins standing upright on the dark ground behind her. "It's been more than ten minutes since he self-destructed. He should have fully recovered by now, right?"

The three coffins behind Bibi Dong were considered "insurance" left by the Ghost King for the three of them. No matter how many times Zhu Zhuqing killed them, as long as these three coffins were still there, the three of them could completely walk out of the coffins again in at most ten minutes.

“He borrowed the king’s power and completely gave up the chance to be resurrected,” Poseidon replied calmly. “And he only managed to injure the Silver Dragon King by rushing towards him and making the savior think that he was actually going to kill the Silver Dragon King and destroy the elemental barrier.”

"Oh, is that so!" Bibi Dong exclaimed in realization.

The so-called "completely giving up the chance to be resurrected" is pure nonsense. What can really hurt Zhu Zhuqing is the power of the Ghost King.

"When will the Ghost Queen return?" However, since Zhu Zhuqing is already injured, and the Ghost Queen has been able to lend her power to Tang Chen, it shouldn't be long before the Ghost Queen returns.

“The King said that she will be able to return to Douluo Continent in at most another month,” Poseidon said, her eyelids slightly lowered. “Except for the Douluo Continent region, all life in this world has been transformed into the King’s power.”

"So, we still haven't found a replacement for us?" Bibi Dong didn't care at all about the life being devoured. "Or is it that the powerful beings from other worlds are just like the five great god-kings, nourishment to the Ghost King?"

In terms of strength, these three Limit Douluo are naturally inferior to the gods in the God Realm, as well as the five God Kings who are considered the pinnacle of the gods. However, Ghost King ultimately chose the three of them as his three generals. After all, for Ghost King, both the five God Kings and the gods in the God Realm are the best "supplements," and they are only supplements.

“I don’t know…” Poseidon paused, “Then you should wait for the king to return.”

After saying that, Poseidon turned towards the direction of the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest.

"What? Are you planning to die with Tang Chen?" Bibi Dong sneered. "You two... one of you keeps saying that humans shouldn't fall into the demonic path, and the other keeps saying you have a lot of respect for the Ghost King. Just listening to you talk, I thought you were some great and righteous figures... but you've killed more and more people than the other."

Poseidon stopped in her tracks, wanting to refute Bibi Dong's sarcasm, but she couldn't say anything, after all, everything Bibi Dong said was the truth—

Of the three, Tang Chen was the first to become the Ghost King's lackey. It is said that more than 90% of the population of the Star Luo Empire died at his hands. She was the second to be corrupted by the Ghost King. All the believers of the Sea God, whether human or soul beast, were killed by her. Although Bibi Dong was the last to be converted, the number of people who actually died at her hands was far less than the two of them.

"So what? Do you think they'll spare you if they survive to the end?" Poseidon turned her head, looking coldly at Bibi Dong. "Or do you think your daughter will spare your life?"

“If you could really spare my life, I would shamelessly live on,” Poseidon thought his vicious words were like a gentle breeze to Bibi Dong. However, Bibi Dong still stretched out her right hand, and a long-handled, purplish-black scythe appeared in her hand. “However… to prevent them from becoming trash like us, we should strike before the Ghost King returns!”

Dark purple energy began to gather on the scythe.

Chapter 401 Melee

As energy continued to gather on the purplish-black scythe in Bibi Dong's hand, a purplish-black light slowly condensed in the inky sky.

Aren't you going to make a move?

As the energy on the scythe reached its limit, Bibi Dong turned her head to look at Poseidon, her emerald eyes covered by a black net-like structure. "I remember... the Ghost King entrusted the Sea God's artifact to you, didn't he?"

The realm of gods had long been destroyed by the Ghost King. The sea god worshipped by Poseidon, the Asura God who was about to pass on his divine position to Bibi Dong, and the Asura God who chose Tang Chen as his successor could not possibly escape this fate. However, since the power of Poseidon, Bibi Dong, and Tang Chen was, to some extent, a weakened version of these three "gods," the Ghost King gave the artifacts of these three gods to them.

"Huh? We've been discovered?"

However, before Poseidon could react, Bibi Dong suddenly looked towards the core area of ​​the Star Dou Great Forest, where a woman with long golden hair was staring straight at her.

"Netherworld Rakshasa!"

With a soft shout, Bibi Dong swung the giant purplish-black scythe in her hand. The purplish-black energy surged out instantly, transforming into a crescent moon as it left the scythe. Then, the purple light in the sky swept away into the distance.

“Looks like they’re getting desperate,” Bibi Dong said with a smile, watching the crowd rushing out from behind the woman with long golden hair. “Maybe they really can do what you think and annihilate the last hope of Douluo Continent this time.”

Poseidon remained silent, not seeing Zhu Zhuqing. Then, black water gathered around her, and the next moment, she held a black trident in her hand.

"I'll deal with those small fry."

After uttering those words, Poseidon grasped the once sacred golden trident, which had turned completely black under the influence of magic, and flew away into the distance.

“So that’s an admission…” Bibi Dong chuckled as she watched Poseidon’s departing figure.

Although all three of them were only level 99 when they were killed by the Ghost King, she and Tang Chen were still inheritors of divine positions. Even though this status was currently useless, the divine power enhancement they received was still slightly greater than that of Poseidon, who was just the High Priestess of the Sea God. After becoming the Ghost King's minions, Poseidon's power would inevitably be slightly weaker than theirs.

"But... is what Tang Chen holds really the artifact of the Asura God?"

Before leaving the area, Bibi Dong muttered to herself that she always felt that when Tang Chen was still alive, the giant sword in his hand... did not seem to contain entirely the power of the Asura God and the Ghost King. She even vaguely felt that the giant sword contained the power of the Rakshasa God.

*

"Angel's protection!"

Gazing at the purplish-black crescent moon so close at hand, Qian Moyun opened her arms as if she wanted to embrace it. Then, golden light burst forth from her body, condensing into a golden humanoid figure a hundred feet tall with Qian Moyun at its center.

boom!

The moment the golden humanoid figure formed, the purplish-black crescent moon slammed into it.

“Sea God…” Poseidon, who was following closely behind the crescent moon halo, naturally understood that Bibi Dong’s move could not cause any harm to this first angel god, so she immediately raised her trident without hesitation.

"Angel's Roar!"

However, before Poseidon could affect Qian Moyun, two mental shocks struck her in succession. Knowing that her body would not lose its fighting power due to mental shocks, Poseidon simply released control over her demonic body.

As Poseidon released control of her demonic body, endless demonic energy immediately surged out from her body, forcibly stopping Di Tian and the others who were preparing to inflict damage on Poseidon during the moment she was stunned by the mental shock.

"Seal off the demonic energy!"

Di Tian roared loudly, and a jet-black dragon claw reached out. Several streams of demonic energy that were almost approaching the elemental barrier suddenly solidified into a sphere, and then gradually moved away from the elemental barrier.

"Do you need to tell me?!"

While Di Tian used the Dragon God Claw to control the demonic energy closest to the elemental barrier, the others also used all their methods—

Vast swaths of green poisonous mist erupted from Dugu Bo's hands, emitting a sizzling, corrosive sound upon contact with the eerie demonic energy; the Snow Empress and Ice Empress worked together, their near-pure white ice protecting the elemental barrier while simultaneously launching a counterattack against the demonic energy; the golden light emanating from Qian Renxue's hands sliced ​​through the overwhelming demonic energy piece by piece, then entrusted to Qian Daoliu and the others to carefully seal away bit by bit…

"Your people aren't very capable. If I did the same, wouldn't Zhu Zhuqing be the only one who would get out?" A regretful voice rang in Qian Moyun's ears, accompanied by the explosive sound of a sharp blade cutting through the air.

“You’re welcome to try,” a golden light condensed into a longsword in Qian Moyun’s hand. After blocking the vertical slash of the sickle, Qian Moyun looked at Bibi Dong with a half-smile. “Their strength is insufficient, but I am different.”

With a tremor of his longsword, Bibi Dong was forced back several steps.

“That’s true,” Bibi Dong casually tucked the scythe behind her back, “but don’t you feel resentful? You’ve cultivated diligently for decades, yet you can’t compare to my less than ten years of ‘effort’.”

“If the price wasn’t becoming a minion of the Ghost King, I might still be somewhat unwilling,” Qian Moyun slowly raised the longsword in her hand, and countless golden rays of light quickly converged on the blade. “I also want to ask you, becoming a minion of the Ghost King, with your life and death controlled by it alone… are you really willing?” With a flick of her wrist, four golden sword lights flew out, crossed in the air to form a “米” character, and then slashed towards Bibi Dong.

"I don't really care about that kind of issue."

After letting the golden sword light leave a piercing wound on her body, Bibi Dong said lazily, "Anyway, I'm not a good person either. If the Ghost King hadn't appeared, I might have been the one to destroy this continent..."

The demonic energy writhed on the pitch-black demonic body, and the wounds inflicted by Qian Moyun were completely healed within a few seconds, leaving no trace of injury.

"Speaking of which, since we can't really decide a winner anyway, why don't we wait for them... I didn't expect you to be so belligerent."

After her wounds healed, Bibi Dong, who was quietly watching the battle between Poseidon and Di Tian and the others, was about to "make peace" with Qian Moyun. She swung her long scythe and blocked Qian Moyun's long sword that was heading straight for her head.

"Who knows how many guys like you the Ghost King has under his command?" Qian Moyun sneered.

Qian Moyun did not know Bibi Dong. After all, when Bibi Dong was killed by the Ghost King while covering the Spirit Hall people's entry into the Star Dou Great Forest, she was still in the God Realm fighting against the "mad" Asura God, or rather, the Asura God who had been devoured by the Ghost King, with the other gods.

Nevertheless, after Bibi Dong and the other two harassed the Star Dou Great Forest countless times, she also learned that this woman was the successor of the Rakshasa God in her previous life... Although she didn't know where the Rakshasa God and those gods who were devoured by the Ghost King went, if someone who hadn't yet become a god could be transformed into a Dou Zong by the Ghost King, then those guys whom Qian Moyun looked down on must be quite strong right now.

Therefore, Qian Moyun dared not relax in the slightest.

While Qian Moyun was relentlessly pursuing Bibi Dong, trying to force out Bibi Dong's weaknesses or even kill her, the unconscious demonic energy emanating from Poseidon's demonic body was sealed away one by one by the combined efforts of Di Tian and the others. Poseidon also slowly raised the trident in her hand.

"The Trident of Poseidon?" Qian Renxue frowned slightly as she looked at the weapon in Poseidon's hand.

This wasn't the first time they had seen Poseidon, but before this, they had never seen this former High Priestess of the Sea God use a weapon. Even when Tang Chen, the former Haotian Douluo who brought the Haotian Sect to its peak, died, Poseidon hadn't used a weapon.

“It is now the Ghost Trident,” Poseidon said calmly, “a weapon bestowed upon me by the King, the most suitable for me.” As she spoke these meaningless words, fine streams of water slowly gathered on the black trident…

"Bing'er!"

"understand!"

The moment the Snow Empress spoke, the Ice Empress understood what she wanted to do. As she answered, a bright green light spread from the Ice Empress's body, and the Snow Empress also emitted a strong light. Almost instantly, the temperature in the air dropped to more than two hundred degrees below zero, and this range only covered the two of them and the location of Poseidon.

"Let's do it!"

Although it was only the first time he had witnessed the fusion soul skill of the Snow Emperor and the Ice Emperor, when he saw that the subtle water flow on Poseidon's trident showed obvious signs of freezing, Di Tian did not hesitate to swing the Dragon God Claw. The Dragon God Claw, carrying endless crimson flames, smashed towards Poseidon as if it were going to blast her into ashes.

Naturally, Qian Renxue and the others would not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In just a few seconds, everyone unleashed their most powerful moves, bombarding Poseidon, who was being controlled by Xue Di and Bing Di and seemed unable to escape or even use his trident for defense in the short term.

The dazzling light struck Poseidon, who was completely unprepared.

Ping!

After the sound of metal striking stone, both Qian Moyun and Bibi Dong staggered back more than ten steps.

"Looks like they're about to win." Qian Moyun, who had been watching the situation between Di Tian and the others and Poseidon during the fight, smiled and said.

"They were actually able to control her movements, and even temporarily seal the Trident of Poseidon?" Bibi Dong's face showed a somewhat surprised expression. "It seems that we shouldn't underestimate the Martial Soul Fusion Skill."