Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor [483] (Patreon)

After activating the explosive ring, Tang Xiao felt that, at most, he could handle fighting two people at once before dying. Facing five opponents, one of whom had a higher soul power level than him, he thought the best he could do was die a bit more heroically.

Yet, for some reason, the five Worships of the Spirit Hall only surrounded Tang Xiao without attacking, as if they were wary of something. This hesitation led to a temporary stalemate.

Up in the air, Tang Chen was being completely suppressed by Qian Daoliu, who wielded the Angelic Holy Sword and the advantages of the Spirit Hall. Even in his Martial Soul True Body state, using his ninth spirit ability, Tang Chen could only barely maintain a stalemate with Qian Daoliu. Anyone could see that, if this continued, Tang Chen would inevitably lose.

In this situation, Tang Chen finally revealed his trump card. The divine power stored within his body was released, and he began to use his High Priest privileges to contact the God of Asura.

The divine consciousness of the God of Asura, already prepared in Tang Chen's mind, seized the moment the divine power was activated to break through the Angel Realm’s sealing effect. A blood-red light surged from Tang Chen’s body, pouring into the void.

The true form of the God of Asura in the Divine Realm took advantage of the opportunity to channel a sliver of power into Tang Chen’s body, instantly exchanging information with all divine consciousness present. The God of Asura was both shocked and angry.

The godly power of Asura poured into Tang Chen through the rift in the void, transforming into the purest energy to heal all of Tang Chen's injuries and restore his spent strength. With this continuous influx of power, Tang Chen’s aura soared, and he let out a thunderous shout.

"Asura Domain—Asura God Manifest!"

The blood-red power expanded from Tang Chen, forcibly tearing apart a small section of the Angel Realm, creating a space that seemed like an alternate dimension within the Douluo Continent. The Asura God’s consciousness took over Tang Chen’s body, and, empowered by the deity’s true form, stood in the sky, looking calmly at Qian Daoliu.

"Sword, come!"

Controlling Tang Chen’s body, the Asura God reached out and called. Deep within the Slaughter City, the Asura Demon Sword, worshipped by the Killing God and absorbing the power of faith, tore through space and appeared in the Asura God’s hand.

"Mortals, since you dared to harm my High Priest, then suffer the wrath of a god."

The Asura God twirled the sword and, in a calm tone, declared to Qian Daoliu:

"For the sake of your status as the Angel God's High Priest, I’ll spare you this once. If you can withstand one strike, then today's events are over. If you cannot, don’t blame me for being merciless."

"Is that so, Asura? It seems your High Priest was the one in the wrong today."

Since earlier, Chen Ming had been silent. Now he lifted his head, his eyes flashing with purple light as he looked at the Asura God inhabiting Tang Chen, speaking in a deep, mature male voice.

"Destruction?" Hearing this voice, the Asura God’s heart skipped a beat. Chen Ming, stepping on purple light, flew into the air, his body boiling with destructive power, and a purple male phantom formed behind him.

"When did this kid summon the God of Destruction for a divine descent? How did I not sense it? Could it be... Did Destruction start lurking in this kid’s body since last night just to intercept me?"

The Asura God muttered inwardly but maintained a calm facade.

"What is it, Destruction? The Divine Realm allows High Priests to summon gods’ divine consciousness to possess them for battle. What I have done is not out of line at all."

"Is that so?" The God of Destruction, summoned by Chen Ming, processed some of the information sent by Chen Ming, his gaze filled with clear hostility, as if ready to fight at any moment.

"Asura, as the God of Law, you should be the last to break the Divine Realm’s laws. You should know the consequences of a god interfering in the mortal world beyond the rules. You know how your High Priest was awakened; you don’t need me to remind you. If you calculate it, you should know what punishment you deserve."

"I advise you to behave yourself. If you interfere with my chosen inheritor again, don’t blame me if things get ugly between us." A phantom of the Destruction Scepter appeared in Chen Ming’s hand; with a casual swing, a bolt of destruction-charged lightning shot toward Tang Chen.

The Asura God met the destructive lightning with the Asura Sword. Feeling the genuine malice within, the Asura God chose to back down.

The God of Destruction’s single-target combat prowess was the strongest among the five Divine Kings of the Divine Realm. After all, he was the embodiment of the cosmic law of destruction. Though he suppressed his destructive urges due to the presence of the Goddess of Life, his true role was to act on behalf of the universe’s laws to destroy life within the cosmos.

He restrained his destructive urges, but he was never good-tempered; in true battle, he was the most reckless and least concerned with consequences among the five Divine Kings.

What’s more, the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life were a married couple—if they fought, it would be a two-on-one. The combined might of two synergizing Divine Kings was far beyond what he could handle alone. Unless necessary, the Asura God did not want to fight the God of Destruction.

The Asura God glared at the God of Destruction, cursing him internally for meddling and ruining his plans, but on the surface, he conceded. Controlling Tang Chen’s body, he swept up Tang San, and the others within his protection groaned, and tore open space to leave.

At that moment, the God of Destruction suddenly swung his scepter again, and a bolt of destructive lightning struck Tang Chen, shaking the Asura God’s divine consciousness.

"You never paid for letting your High Priest attack my inheritor. Now you’re taking my inheritor’s reward. If I don’t teach you a lesson, do you think I’m a pushover?"

"I’ll let you go this time. If it happens again, we’ll settle it at the Divine Realm conference. Let Kindness and Evil return, and the five of us will have the committee judge."

The Asura God didn’t quite understand why the God of Destruction’s temper had become so irritable lately, but he didn’t want to cause more trouble. Gritting his teeth, he glared at Destruction one more time, then controlled Tang Chen’s body to leave Spirit Hall’s territory and entered the Star Dou Great Forest.

With the God of Destruction watching, the Asura God could no longer act recklessly. He gave Tang Chen’s body some extra power and split off a portion of his divine consciousness to stay behind, then returned to the Divine Realm under Destruction’s watchful gaze.

Seeing Asura leave, the God of Destruction snorted coldly, glanced at Qian Daoliu, who carried the aura of the Angel God, then looked deeply at Bibi Dong, who bore the aura of Rakshasa, before finally returning to the Divine Realm.