readease Chapter 402 Slaying the Demon Emperor
Chapter 402 Slaying the Demon Emperor
Three thousand miles north of Poseidon Island lies the Sea of Death.
This sea area is shrouded in thick fog year-round, preventing sunlight from penetrating. The seawater is an eerie, inky black, like the gaping maw of an abyss. Large pieces of ice floes float on the surface, and the air is filled with a strong stench of blood and decay—the traces left by countless sea monsters and passing ships.
At that moment, a silvery-white light pierced through the thick fog and sped across the sea.
The Demon Soul Great White Shark is over thirty meters long, its entire body as silvery-white as the moon, its scales reflecting a cold luster in the dim light. It is incredibly fast; each tail swing propels it hundreds of feet, the spray it creates spreading like white wings behind it.
On its back, a figure sat cross-legged.
It was Tang Chuan.
He was dressed in a black outfit, with the Asura Demon Sword slung across his back. The Vast Ocean Universe was shrouded in light between his brows. His eyes were closed, as if he were regulating his breathing, or perhaps sensing something.
The sea breeze howled, making his long hair flutter wildly.
But he remained motionless, like a statue.
"Boy, there are still eight hundred miles to go." The great white shark's deep voice echoed in the water. "At this speed, we'll reach the territory of the Demon Orca King before noon."
Tang Chuan opened his eyes and looked north.
The sky there was even more gloomy, with low-hanging clouds and faint flashes of lightning.
More and more ice floes are floating on the sea, and the fishy smell in the air is getting stronger.
"Big White, what are the weaknesses of the Demon Orca King?" Tang Chuan asked.
The great white shark was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "That guy has almost no weaknesses. Its scales are even thicker than those of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, making its defense astonishing. Although it's not as fast as me, its explosive power in the water is extremely strong, and it can even catch up with me in short-distance sprints. Its most terrifying aspect isn't its strength, but its ferocity—it's fearless of death and pain, and once it starts fighting, it won't stop until it's dead."
Tang Chuan frowned slightly: "So how did you escape last time?"
"Escape?" The great white shark snorted, somewhat unconvinced, and said, "There are so many of us from Seagod Island, why should we escape? Naturally, it was me and the rest of Seagod Island who defeated it together."
Tang Chuan remained silent.
Tang Chuan touched the Asura Demon Sword on his back, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.
"My second spirit is still missing a spirit ring, but it's barely usable."
The great white shark grinned, revealing a mouthful of gleaming white teeth: "Good, you've got guts. But kid, let me make this clear—I won't fight for you this time. I'll help you hold it back and create opportunities for you. But the one who truly kills it must be you. This is your test, not mine."
"clear."
The great white shark stopped talking and increased its speed even further.
The sea breeze became even more biting, and the temperature plummeted.
Tang Chuan's breath condensed into white mist in the air, and a thin layer of frost formed on his eyelashes.
He closed his eyes and continued to regulate his breathing.
However, less than fifteen minutes after he entered a meditative state,
A terrifying aura suddenly rose from the deep sea!
That aura was as vast as an abyss, as cold as a prison, carrying endless hatred and killing intent, like a ferocious beast that had been sleeping for ten thousand years opening its eyes!
The great white shark froze, its eyes flashing with terror!
"This is--"
Before it could finish speaking, the sea in front of it suddenly exploded!
"boom--!!!"
A colossal wave surged skyward, the seawater churned back, as if the end of the world had arrived! The thick fog was torn apart, the dark clouds were dispersed, and a massive figure slowly rose from the abyss, blotting out the sky!
That was a whale.
A whale even larger than the Deep Sea Demon Whale King!
It is over 300 meters long, covered in jet-black scales, each scale the size of a millstone, radiating a cold, metallic light. Its eyes are blood-red, like two blood moons hanging in the dark sky, exuding endless resentment and hatred.
The great white shark's pupils contracted to their maximum size, and its voice trembled:
"The Demon...the Demon Queen?! Impossible! How could she be here?!"
Tang Chuan asked in a deep voice, "Who is the Demon Emperor?"
"The wife of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King!" the great white shark said urgently.
"When Lord Sea God defeated the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, the Demon Empress was in a deep slumber evolving and escaped death. Afterwards, she disappeared, and everyone thought she was dead. Unexpectedly... she's still alive! And her strength... is even greater than before!"
Tang Chuan's expression also changed.
He killed the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, and now his wife has come for revenge.
This is cause and effect, and also destiny.
In the sky.
The massive figure slowly lowered its head, its blood-red eyes fixed on Tang Chuan.
"Human..." Her voice was low and hoarse, like a lament from the abyss, or like the pronouncement of death, "You killed my husband."
"You absorbed his spirit ring."
"You took everything from him."
"Today, I will make you pay for your crimes in blood!"
Before the words were even finished, the Demon Emperor moved!
Although she was enormous, her speed was astonishing! Her three-hundred-meter-tall body was like a moving mountain, yet in an instant she traversed a thousand feet and appeared above Tang Chuan's head!
A gigantic flipper, with earth-shattering power, slammed down!
"Kid, watch out!" the great white shark roared, its body suddenly darting to the side!
Tang Chuan leaped up at the same time, using the back of the great white shark for leverage, and shot into the air like an arrow!
"boom--!!!"
Its flippers slammed into the sea, creating towering waves! Seawater rushed in, and the impact dented the surface of the sea for miles around, forming a massive whirlpool!
Tang Chuan hovered in mid-air, his expression solemn.
This attack was even more powerful than that of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King!
The Demon Emperor raised his head, his blood-red eyes fixed on Tang Chuan in the air, a cruel smile curling at the corner of his lips: "You run pretty fast. But how many times can you run?"
She opened her enormous mouth, and a black beam of light shot out from deep within her throat, shooting straight at Tang Chuan!
Wherever the beam of light passed, space distorted, seawater evaporated, and the air was filled with the smell of burning. Tang Chuan dared not take it head-on and dodged it with a flash!
The beam of light missed its target and crashed into the sea, creating a bottomless black hole! The seawater around the black hole surged back in, forming a massive whirlpool that sucked everything in its path into it!
The great white shark had already swum far away; instead of fleeing, it was waiting for an opportunity.
"Boy, use the Vast Ocean Universe Cover!" it roared.
With a thought, Tang Chuan's brow shone brightly, and the Vast Ocean Universe Cover floated out from his brow, instantly opening and transforming into a blue light shield that enveloped him!
Within the light barrier, his aura, figure, and soul power fluctuations all vanished! The Demon Emperor's blood-red eyes narrowed abruptly, her senses frantically scanning, but she couldn't find any trace of Tang Chuan!
"The Vast Ocean Universe Cover..." Her voice was filled with deep-seated hatred, "Poseidon's relic! Very well! Then let me tear this tattered cover to shreds!"
She roared to the sky, and her body shone with a bright red light!
"Abyss Devours!"
Centered on her, the sea surface within a radius of a thousand feet suddenly collapsed!
The seawater spun wildly, forming a massive whirlpool thousands of feet in diameter! At the center of the whirlpool, a terrifying suction force erupted, pulling everything around it towards the center!
The Vast Ocean Universe Cover trembled violently under this suction force, forcing Tang Chuan's figure to appear!
He gritted his teeth and frantically activated the Vast Ocean Universe Shield, trying to stabilize the light shield!
However, the Demon Emperor's power was too strong. Although the Vast Ocean Universe Cover could conceal his aura, it could not resist this pure physical suction force!
The light shield swayed precariously under the suction, and Tang Chuan's figure slid little by little toward the center of the vortex!
"Kid, I'm here to help you!"
The great white shark roared and its body transformed into a silver-white streak of light, rushing straight towards the Demon Emperor!
It was incredibly fast, instantly rushing to the Demon Emperor's side, opening its massive jaws, and biting down hard on the Demon Emperor's flipper!
"Snap—!"
The great white shark's sharp teeth pierced the Demon King's scales, and blood gushed out!
The Demon Emperor roared in pain and flung the Great White Shark away with a powerful flick of its flippers!
But in that instant of interference, the vortex's suction force weakened!
Tang Chuan seized the opportunity and retreated rapidly, escaping the vortex!
"Xiao Bai, are you alright?" he asked telepathically.
The great white shark surfaced from the water, blood trickling from its mouth, but it grinned: "I won't die. This woman's scales are thicker than before, her teeth are almost broken."
The Demon Emperor turned his head, his blood-red eyes fixed on the Great White Shark, his gaze filled with murderous intent.
"Great White Shark, you traitor! Back then you stood with Tang Chen against my husband, and now you're standing with this little thief against me! Fine, very well! Today I'll kill you first, then he!"
She abandoned Tang Chuan and went straight for the Great White Shark!
The great white shark's expression changed, and it turned and ran!
Its speed is unmatched in the water, but the Demon Emperor's speed is not slow either!
The chase and the escape left two white streaks in the sea!
"Kid, what are you waiting for?!" the great white shark roared. "Make your move!"
Tang Chuan took a deep breath and stopped hesitating.
He clenched his right hand, and the Asura Demon Sword flew out from behind him and landed in his palm!
The dark red sword blade, with flowing blood-red patterns, exudes a chilling aura of slaughter!
All nine soul rings lit up simultaneously!
The golden million-year soul ring was particularly dazzling; it was the soul ring of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, and at this moment it was emitting an aura that was the same as that of the Demon Emperor!
The Demon Emperor sensed that aura and his whole body trembled!
"That's... my husband's spirit ring..." Her voice trembled, her eyes filled with pain and hatred. "You... you actually used his spirit ring against me?!"
Tang Chuan did not answer.
He raised the Asura Demon Sword, its tip pointing towards the sky.
"Asura Hell!!!"
A dark red light surged from the sword, enveloping Tang Chuan completely!
His body swelled up, transforming into a blood-red giant three zhang tall!
The giant was clad in dark red armor, wielding a massive Asura Demon Sword, with nine phantom soul rings floating behind him, exuding a terrifying aura of judging life and death!
The Demon Emperor's pupils contracted to their maximum size!
She sensed that aura—the Asura God! That was a supreme god even stronger than the Sea God! And this human actually possessed both the Sea God's inheritance and the Asura God's inheritance!
"Who exactly are you?!" the Demon Emperor hissed.
Tang Chuan did not answer.
He raised the Asura Demon Sword, and the blood-red patterns on the sword flowed wildly. A blood-red pillar of light shot into the sky, piercing through the clouds and reaching the heavens!
"Asura - Sword of Judgment!"
He swung his sword, his movements so slow that the Demon Emperor could see every inch of the blade's trajectory.
But the Demon Emperor was unable to move an inch. The killing aura of the Asura Demon Sword locked onto her soul, and the Sea God Domain of the Vast Ocean Universe Shield imprisoned her body!
The sword fell.
A thin, dark red line, as thin as a cicada's wing, slowly emerged from between the Demon Emperor's brows, spreading downwards, across his nose, lips, neck, chest, and abdomen...
Time seemed to stand still.
The Demon Emperor's blood-red eyes widened in disbelief.
She opened her mouth as if to say something, but no sound came out.
then.
"laugh."
With a soft sound, the dark red line suddenly expanded!
The Demon Emperor's body split neatly in two along thin lines. No blood gushed out, because the wound was completely annihilated by the Asura's divine power the instant it appeared.
It wasn't just her body that cracked, but also her soul and the essence she had accumulated over millions of years of cultivation.
The two halves of the body slowly fell to either side, and before they even touched the sea, they transformed into countless blood-red specks of light, like a meteor shower flying backwards, rising into the sky, and then... dissipating.
The Demon Emperor has fallen.
The sea has returned to calm.
The thick fog gathered again, and the dark clouds once more enveloped the area.
But that suffocating killing intent had dissipated.
The great white shark slowly swam back, looking at Tang Chuan with shock in its eyes.
"You...you killed her with a single sword strike?"
Tang Chuan withdrew from his Asura True Form state, his face as pale as paper, his right hand holding the sword trembling slightly. The continuous use of the Asura Demon Sword had taken a heavy toll on him, almost completely draining his soul power.
"Um."
The great white shark remained silent for a long time before slowly saying:
"Kid, you're better than Tang Chen."
Tang Chuan didn't reply, but simply sat cross-legged on the back of the great white shark, closing his eyes to regulate his breathing.
The Vast Ocean Universe Cover hovered above his head, its azure light enveloping Tang Chuan and slowly restoring his soul power. After a moment, he asked:
"How far is the Demon Orca King from here?"
"Five hundred miles," the Great White Shark said, "but in your current condition, can you still fight?"
"Yes." Tang Chuan opened his eyes, a resolute glint in them. "The Demon Orca King must be killed. This is the third test; we cannot give up halfway."
"But before I go there, I need to absorb her spirit ring and spirit bone first!"
The great white shark sighed, "Okay, I'll go with you."
Beneath Xingluo City, the setting sun bleeds like blood.
The chaotic battle between eleven titled Douluo had lasted for a whole day. The city walls collapsed, the earth cracked, and the plains within a radius of several miles were shattered.
The air was thick with the stench of blood and the lingering effects of soul power, making even breathing difficult.
Dugu Bo knelt on the ground, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. The illusory image of the Azure Phosphorous Serpent Emperor had faded to almost transparent. His left arm hung limply at his sides, his shoulder blade shattered by Golden Crocodile Douluo's palm strike. Every breath was accompanied by excruciating pain, but he did not fall.
On his opposite side, Golden Crocodile Douluo was also having a tough time.
The golden robe of this level 98 Super Douluo was mostly torn, revealing the cracked golden inner armor underneath. His left cheek was charred black by the poisonous mist, making him look shocking.
"Old Poisoner, how much longer can you hold on?" Golden Crocodile Douluo said coldly.
Dugu Bo grinned, revealing his bloodshot teeth: "I'll hold out until you die."
Golden Crocodile Douluo snorted coldly, but did not make another move.
It's not that I don't want to, but I can't.
His soul power had been depleted by seventy percent, and the five Title Douluos behind him were also heavily injured. (End of Chapter)