Little White thought that invoking the name of Sea God Tang San would make Jiang Shengyu and the Snow Empress retreat. It was a good idea—but unfortunately, neither Jiang Shengyu nor the Snow Empress cared in the slightest.
After hearing her words, Jiang Shengyu gave a soft laugh.
"If you weren't servants of the Sea God, I wouldn't even bother coming to trouble you."
Little White froze for a moment and immediately recognized Jiang Shengyu's identity.
"You're the 'evil demon' the Sea God spoke of?"
Someone who sought out divine envoys just to cause trouble—other than that evil demon, no one else would dare!
Jiang Shengyu's expression remained calm. He activated his martial soul, the glow of a crescent moon swaying behind him. From the moonlight, the Twilight Sword shot out and landed in his hand.
"Good that you recognize me. Saves me the introduction.
Demon-Soul Great White Shark Little White, pay the price for serving your god."
"Hmph! You think you are worthy of declaring war on a god? Overestimating yourself!"
The moment Jiang Shengyu released his aura, Little White sensed that his spirit power was only at the Soul Sage level, and a mocking expression instantly appeared on her face. In the deep sea, one Demon-Soul Great White Shark after another burst through the surface—nearly twenty in total!
Every single one of them over one hundred thousand years!
Over the past ten thousand years, the Demon-Soul Great White Shark clan had relied on Sea God Tang San's protection to grow at a speed surpassing any other sea soul-beast race. With the boundless resources of the ocean supporting them, they had produced twenty 100,000-year soul beasts!
As for the Shark King Little White herself, her cultivation had already surpassed four hundred thousand years—stronger even than the Ice Empress.
Because of the Sea God's restrictions, the Demon Emperor could not set foot in the territory of the Demon-Soul Great White Sharks, and thus did not intervene in this battle. Besides—she also wanted to see just what abilities Jiang Shengyu actually possessed.
Under Little White's lead, part of the 100,000-year sharks joined her to fight the Snow Empress ,while the rest surrounded Jiang Shengyu. Far from the Extreme North, out in the vast sea, sea soul beasts strengthened by the Sea God's blessing were even more powerful. Thus, even facing the Snow Empress, Little White did not fall behind.
Watching the battle unfold, the Demon Emperor felt a faint disappointment.
If Jiang Shengyu's strength was only this level, then everything he had claimed before was nothing but empty boasting.
Just as Little White fought with increasing ferocity, preparing to drive Jiang Shengyu and the Snow Empress out of her territory in one decisive push, a streak of light shot across the sky. It struck a 100,000-year shark in the water. Blood instantly dyed the sea red.
When the radiance faded, the Demon Emperor finally saw clearly—it was a red-and-blue long spear.
After stabbing into the shark, searing heat and extreme cold erupted at the same time. Half of its body was instantly frozen, the other half burned to charred black. The creature died without even managing to struggle.
A 100,000-year spirit ring floated up from its corpse.
The Demon Emperor turned toward the direction the spear had come from—and was stunned. A female version of Jiang Shengyu was rapidly approaching. She blinked, rubbed her eyes, thinking she must be seeing things.
Jiang Shengyu was right here.
Then who was the one in the sky?
Jiang Qingtong walked through the air as though taking a casual stroll. She raised her hand and retrieved the Ice-Fire Dragon Spear. At the same moment, Jiang Shengyu broke free of the surrounding sharks and moved to her side.
The Demon Emperor was even more shocked. How could two people look so alike? Their auras even felt subtly complementary to one another!
Below them, the Demon-Soul Great White Sharks launched wave after wave of attacks toward the pair, but an invisible barrier blocked every strike.
The two clasped hands. Behind them, the Crescent Moon and Mirror Lotus appeared. They simultaneously released their martial-soul true bodies, and from the merging radiance, a tall, stunningly beautiful Goddess of Fate emerged.
She grasped the Ice-Fire Dragon Spear, and the aura she released made even the Demon Emperor feel a moment of utter suffocation.
An Ultimate Douluo?
And not an ordinary one!
Little White had originally been able to rely on the sea and the Sea God's blessing to match the Snow Empress. But once the Goddess of Fate joined the battle, her resistance collapsed instantly.
The Ice-Fire Dragon Spear exerted absolute suppression on soul beasts. The divine nature left behind by the Dragon Kings negated the effect of the Sea God's blessing on the sharks.
With every strike, another shark died. In no time, the sea was dyed red with blood. Twenty crimson spirit rings floated on the surface as the corpses of Demon-Soul Great White Sharks rolled belly-up in the waves.
Seeing her strongest clansmen annihilated in such a short time, Little White was driven into a fury. She roared, merging all the Sea God-granted power within her and launching it at the Goddess of Fate.
A lotus-shaped barrier bloomed before the goddess and effortlessly blocked the attack.
Even as the surrounding space twisted, the barrier did not crack—not even slightly.
Little White exhausted her strength and had no ability to launch a second strike.
The Goddess of Fate's gaze was cold. A golden halo opened in the sky, and from it descended a massive golden hand that pressed downward. Little White tried to escape, but all directions were sealed by the Goddess of Fate's Zhu Xian Sword Array. Countless sword-lights crisscrossed above and below the sea.
Even the shark corpses near the edge were sliced into pieces instantly.
There was no escape.
The colossal hand seized Little White and pressed her toward the deep sea. Unable to resist the overwhelming pressure, she was forced down onto the ocean floor. No matter how she struggled, she could not break free.
A lotus of black-and-white fire bloomed, igniting flames that could not be extinguished even underwater. They consumed Little White completely. Only her anguished screams echoed through the sea—until even those disappeared.
A blood-red spirit ring with four golden lines floated to the surface. Alongside it rose the charred corpse of the Demon-Soul Great White Shark King.
The Goddess of Fate turned to the Demon Emperor. Under that gaze, the Demon Emperor suddenly felt an emotion she had not felt in a very long time—
Fear.
She was actually afraid to meet this person's eyes.
Then the Goddess of Fate waved her hand, gathering all twenty 100,000-year spirit rings.
Normally, spirit rings could only be absorbed by the one who killed the beast. But the world represented by the Goddess of Fate was unlike any other. The soul rings produced by beasts she killed contained no lingering spirit—only pure rings.
Anyone could absorb them.
And 100,000-year rings were priceless research material.
Whether used for study or given to someone strong enough to absorb them, they were truly extraordinary. She also took the corresponding spirit bones, naturally leaving nothing behind.
With a flash of silver-white light, Jiang Shengyu and Jiang Qingtong appeared before the Demon Emperor, standing side by side.
"Now," they said, gazing at her, "can you tell us your decision?
Will you submit—or cling to obstinacy?"
The Demon Emperor's expression shifted unpredictably.
"Just… what are you two?"
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