"High Priest, Xiao Bai has urgent matters to report. Come out and see me!"
Arriving at the square in front of the Sea God Temple, Xiao Bai's clear voice rang out repeatedly.
The sound echoed across the square, but there was no movement from the Sea God Temple.
Xiao Bai was puzzled. Could the High Priest be getting intimate with that Tang Chen?
That would be too intense!
After quite a while, the door of the Sea God Temple finally opened, and the High Priest Poseidon emerged from within.
Poseidon's demeanor was as usual, only her eyes were bloodshot, and her complexion was somewhat pale.
With a calm expression, she said, "Xiao Bai, why aren't you playing in the ocean? What brings you to me!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Bai became even more certain that she had interrupted the High Priest's rendezvous with her lover. She giggled, "High Priest, if it weren't for urgent matters, I wouldn't dare disturb you.
I've discovered the Sea God's Heart!"
"What? The Sea God's Heart?" Poseidon finally showed a change, her voice becoming excited.
If there was anything that could pull her out of her longing for Tang Chen, it was her loyalty to the matter of the Sea God's succession.
"It really is the Sea God's Heart. The vast power it radiates—I couldn't possibly mistake it.
However, it always flashes and disappears, making it impossible for me to catch it.
Your Eminence, only you can handle this!"
Xiao Bai said innocently.
Poseidon's spirits lifted, without a trace of doubt.
Perhaps her duty of finding a successor for the Sea God was about to be fulfilled.
The appearance of the Sea God's Heart must signify something.
"Let's go, take me there!" Poseidon said.
"High Priest, what about Tang Chen? If we could have Your Eminence Tang Chen join in, our chances would be greater!" Xiao Bai still hadn't forgotten her desire to watch the drama.
Poseidon immediately smiled, a gentle smile, "He has already left. No need to worry about him!"
At this, Xiao Bai showed a look of regret. She had returned too late; otherwise, she could have teased the High Priest a bit.
"High Priest, follow me!"
Since she couldn't watch the excitement, it was time to attend to serious matters.
The two soared into the air and flew toward the sea.
Not long after the two left, Dugu Feng appeared above Poseidon Island.
He smiled triumphantly. The plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain had indeed succeeded. When it came to matters of the Sea God's succession, Poseidon was the most anxious.
Standing here, the Asura Demon Sword below was like a bright lamp in the dark night, incredibly clear.
The immense energy contained within it stirred Dugu Feng's heart. He didn't rush. Only after half an hour had passed, and Poseidon and the others were some distance away from Poseidon Island, did Dugu Feng finally wave his right hand. A palm-sized, three-dimensional triangular crystal appeared—precisely the Sea God's Heart.
Injecting one-tenth of his Soul Power, he activated the Universal Cosmos Protection Cover.
Simultaneously, a crack opened between Dugu Feng's eyebrows, and the Eight-Colored Poison Pill emerged. A wisp of Eight-Colored Hèlǜ Radiance filled the surrounding area.
The function of the Universal Cosmos Protection Cover was invisibility, capable of concealing both body and aura. Even if facing someone directly, the opponent couldn't see Dugu Feng with the naked eye.
The Eight-Colored Poison Pill could block Spiritual Power; any spiritual probing would be ineffective against him.
Combining the two, this concealment ability was unmatched.
Dugu Feng swaggered down in front of the Sea God Temple. Standing here, he could see the entire Poseidon Island at a glance.
The seven cities, the Seven Sacred Pillars, the Ringed Sea, and the staircase for the Sea God's Light trial.
He gave a carefree smile and turned to walk toward the Sea God Temple.
Just like returning to his own home, the blue light emanating from the Sea God's Heart gently caressed the temple doors, and the Sea God Temple opened its gates for Dugu Feng.
Returning to the Sea God Temple with the Sea God's Heart was indeed like returning home.
Inside the Sea God Temple, it was pitch black and incredibly vast.
Dugu Feng swept his gaze across the hall and immediately spotted eight cylindrical platforms within. Seven of them encircled a central three-tiered circular platform.
Looking up, Dugu Feng could see the upright Poseidon's Trident atop the three-tiered platform.
The Poseidon's Trident was entirely jet-black, with the main blade and the two side blades still gleaming with a sharp, cold light even in the darkness.
The only flaw was the triangular black hole at the base of the blade—the slot meant for the Sea God's Heart.
Naturally, Dugu Feng was not so kind as to return the Sea God's Heart.
After just a glance at the Poseidon's Trident, he turned his attention to the Asura Demon Sword in the corner of the hall.
But at that very moment, the Poseidon's Trident on the high platform seemed to grow brighter. In the pitch-black hall, any source of light would stand out starkly.
Dugu Feng could not have mistaken this.
Without daring to hesitate any longer, he instantly activated his Martial Soul Avatar.
Then, the sound of tearing fabric echoed through the hall as a massive tail, over ten meters long and covered in thick fur, gracefully emerged, its tip nearly reaching the ceiling of the hall.
Next, two enormous pincers, gleaming with a cold, menacing light, struck out imposingly to his left and right.
Finally, the magnificent Spider God Eight Wings on Dugu Feng's back trembled slightly, stirring faint ripples in the air.
The appearance of these three External Soul Bones meant Dugu Feng was going all out.
Dense, blood-red Magic Runes covered these three External Soul Bones. Apart from the Asura Power fused with his bloodline, the remaining energy was all channeled into his six Soul Bones and these three External Soul Bones.
Now, with Dugu Feng unleashing his full power, these blood-red Magic Runes came to life, radiating an aura of coldness, slaughter, and bloodlust.
These intentions surged toward the Asura Demon Sword like hungry wolves.
Dugu Feng also began walking toward it step by step.
With each step, the bloody glow around him intensified.
By the tenth step, even his originally greenish hair had turned blood-red.
Dugu Feng noticed that the Asura Demon Sword before him remained unmoved.
He instantly understood: Divine Tools possessed sentience. The Asura Demon Sword had been with Tang Chen for so many years, and with Tang Chen having just died, it would not easily submit to him.
"Come!"
Dugu Feng shouted coldly, gripping the hilt of the Asura Demon Sword with one hand.
In an instant, an even colder aura surged from the hilt into Dugu Feng's arm.
This icy energy moved like a swimming dragon, swiftly coursing through Dugu Feng's meridians.
It wasn't trying to merge with him—it was attempting to destroy his meridians.
"Born from the same root, why the urgency to torment one another?"
Dugu Feng sneered.
His Asura Bloodline erupted completely, and the Asura Domain overflowed with killing intent.
A blood-red phantom appeared behind him as Dugu Feng's aura reached its peak.
"The Asura has manifested. Will you not submit?"
Dugu Feng's domineering spiritual will flooded into the Asura Demon Sword like a torrent.
The Asura Demon Sword was stunned. It hadn't expected the Asura Domain of the person before it to be so powerful—far stronger than Tang Chen's when he first came into contact with the sword.
Moreover, this person had even cultivated a divine skill like Asura Manifestation.
In an instant, its will to resist vanished.
Ultimately, it is the Inheritance Divine Artifact of the Asura God, not the Asura God himself, and has no right to refuse the control of its inheritor.
And Dugu Feng is clearly a qualified inheritor.
Asura Manifestation is a skill that uses Asura Power to condense a trace of the Asura God's essence and manifest it on the Douluo Continent.
How could the Asura God not know of such an ability?
Since the Asura God is aware of Dugu Feng's capabilities and has already given his approval,
what right does the Asura Demon Sword, as an Inheritance Divine Artifact, have to refuse?
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