"You're just being a bully! You're an Ultimate Douluo, I'm only a Soul Ancestor—how can you rely on your cultivation to oppress me like this?" Gu You tried to stall for time. As long as he could delay her, rescue was bound to come.
"The world has never been fair—you know that, don't you? On a real battlefield, no one cares about fairness. All they care about is winning, because once they win, they're never in the wrong!" Yue Zi's figure flickered, and her fifth soul ring lit up.
Evil God's Light!
A black light enveloped everything. Gu You suddenly felt suffocated; even the flow of blood in his veins slowed down.
Ice and Snow Domain!
Gu You retaliated with his own domain. Within it, he could clearly sense Yue Zi's movements. Any energy flow that didn't belong to his ice and snow power could be accurately distinguished, allowing him to pinpoint her position.
'There!'
With a dragon claw attached to his arm, Gu You struck. Yue Zi didn't dodge; instead, she met his attack head-on with her fists.
Unexpectedly, Gu You was sent flying in an instant. The blast from the soul missile had already faded into ashes, but the scent of gunpowder still hung heavily in the air, catching the senses off guard.
This was the true might of an Ultimate Douluo. No matter how powerful you were, under absolute suppression of cultivation, it was all a joke.
Yue Zi walked silently through the air. Supported by soul power, each step she took seemed to crack space itself.
Her sixth soul ring lit up:
Evil God Slash!
A massive demonic shadow rose behind her. It drew its sword, and in that instant, space shattered.
Two massive beams of sword light, each a hundred meters long, surged forward…
"He... he's not dead!? General! General, please save him!" Jiang Xing turned anxiously toward Qiong Shiyu.
Qiong Shiyu shook her head. Jiang Xing froze. "Why not?" he muttered under his breath.
"I don't have the right to save him. The one who will has already arrived..."
Dragon God's Wrath!
Gu You unleashed his most powerful strike without reservation. The orb of destruction he cast was slashed in two midair and exploded violently.
He retreated with all his speed, trying to widen the distance. The hundred-meter sword light struck the ground—Boom!—the earth split apart, and a hundred-meter-wide canyon appeared!
Gu You patted his chest. He was lucky to have dodged in time. If he had taken that hit, he would've died for sure.
Suddenly, Gu You felt an immense pressure. He immediately dropped to one knee. Yue Zi was no longer giving him any chance.
Thorn Vines of Chaos!
Yue Zi laughed loudly. A massive vine burst from the ground, charging at Gu You.
At that moment, Gu You was afraid. It was a feeling every human should have. Even having died once, he had no desire to die a second time.
"It's over!" Jiang Xing shut his eyes, unable to bear watching.
Qingtian—Heaven-Piercing Arrow!
The entire world went pale. A beam of white light descended from the sky. Everything around began to turn blindingly white. No one could explain what that power felt like—only that it brought a profound peace to all things.
Gu You opened his eyes. A circular trench over a thousand meters long stretched into the distance. He sensed no soul power at all, and Yue Zi's figure was nowhere to be seen.
Yun Ming tore through space and emerged beside Gu You, holding a wisp of white light in his hand. "Her soul—what do you plan to do with it?"
His expression was calm, as if everything that had just happened had been effortless. To instantly defeat an Ultimate Douluo—it was absurd. Gu You now felt that Yun Ming's strength in the original work had been grossly underplayed. How could he have failed to withstand even a few Godslayer-grade soul missiles?
So Yun Ming had been here all along. At that time, Gu You had been absorbing the soul ring and bone of the Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor. The Dragon God's seal in his body had just been undone. His aura was in chaos, and his soul tool connector was activated. Yun Ming couldn't possibly have missed all that.
But what puzzled Gu You even more was—if that's the case, then Yun Ming must have heard all the things he said cursing Tang Hao. And the Plane Lord's power had definitely suppressed Yun Ming. Otherwise, Yue Zi's strike wouldn't have hit.
"Leave her to the Federation. I do pity her, but crimes must still be answered for. However, I hope they don't annihilate her soul—let her reincarnate into a better life next time, and not repeat her mistakes." Gu You had many doubts in his heart, but now was not the time to express them.
"I understand. The Plane Lord… Tang Hao? And that hundred-thousand-year soul ring of yours—what exactly happened?"
Gu You knew this question was coming. He looked at Yun Ming and said, "It's a long story, Uncle Yun. Have you ever heard of divine inheritance?"
"Divine inheritance?" Yun Ming was stunned. "You don't mean—?"
Gu You nodded. There was no need to hide it anymore. Though he wouldn't reveal the full truth, he could at least make something up to buy time.
"Yes. My martial soul is the key to a divine inheritance. Uncle Yun, at your level, you must've felt the disappearance of the God Realm. The divine consciousness within me gave me many answers."
"The God Realm was swept into a spatial storm during a catastrophe, losing contact with the Douluo Plane. But not all gods disappeared. Some inherited the will of the plane and became Plane Lords. Others chose to pass on their inheritances, hoping the next generation could wait for the God Realm's return. The one who inherited the plane's will… was once the father of Tang San, our ancestor—Haotian Douluo, Tang Hao!!" Gu You aimed to make Yun Ming see the true face of the Tang Clan.
So gods really did exist in this world. Then that meant… his own path wasn't wrong.
Seeing Yun Ming's increasingly excited expression, Gu You wondered if he had overdone it.
"But why would that legendary figure of Shrek Academy—the Sea God Tang San's father—use the plane's power to suppress us?" Yun Ming pondered deeply.
"I don't know. But I have a theory: the Plane Lord might be afraid of what's inside me. The history we know may not be the truth. After all, history is written by the victors. I believe the Plane Lord tried to kill me through her because he wanted to cut off my growth and protect his position." Gu You's words struck Yun Ming hard.
Yun Ming couldn't believe it. If what Gu You said was true, then could everything he once believed in be false? The person he had admired his whole life—his father...
Though Yun Ming didn't want to admit it, he had indeed felt that oppressive power. As the strongest man on the continent, who else but a god could suppress him with pure might?
…
A long silence followed. Thunder rolled through the skies. Gu You noticed—it wasn't an ordinary thunderstorm.
'So, Tang Hao, you're really going to destroy your own reputation!' Gu You was inwardly ecstatic. This was his chance—to make Yun Ming believe him.
A streak of lightning struck Yun Ming's hand—the one holding Yue Zi's soul. The force was weak, yet Yun Ming reflexively let go.
'Impossible!' Even Yun Ming was stunned.
The soul drifted away instantly and vanished into a pile of rubble.
"He struck again," Gu You said, looking at Yun Ming.
Yun Ming's brows furrowed slightly. He shook his head at the sky.
(End of Chapter)
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