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Chapter 328

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In fact, the Angelic Raiment was a divine weapon related to the life of the God of Angels. Even if it could be restored after being broken, it would be a huge blow to the God of Angels. With this attack, Qian Renxue's strength would be reduced by ninety percent. Moreover, within three days, she could only maintain ten percent of her strength.

If at this moment, Tang San recklessly launched the Sun of the Sea, Qian Renxue's desperate attack would only lock onto his body, and Qian Renxue would definitely die in Tang San's hands. But, Tang San basically couldn't dodge Qian Renxue's desperate attack. The final result would very likely be mutual destruction.

Qian Renxue had waited for so long, for this chance. After launching this attack, she couldn't even maintain her body's flight, and her entire body fell down from the city. She poured the last of her strength into her voice, her divine sense completely erupting, shouting towards Jialing Pass: "Spirit Empire, abandon Jialing Pass, retreat."

Compared to Tang San, she was of course even more reluctant to give up the Spirit Empire's almost full strength. Spirit Master had already lost more than eighty percent, Jialing Pass could no longer be defended, and she also didn't have the remaining strength to neutralize the poison. All she could do now was hope to preserve a spark for the Spirit Empire. In her heart, she had already decided that in the next moment, she would probably be swallowed by Tang San's attack.

However, the attack Qian Renxue expected didn't come. She fell straight towards Jialing Pass. Qian Renxue managed to control her body to turn around. He didn't attack me? Why? She didn't believe that Tang San could dodge her final attack.

Actually, Qian Renxue had planned to fight with Tang San for a while before launching her attack, looking for a better opportunity. Her move was also inspired by Tang San's Great Sumeru Hammer Ring Detonation. However, she was injured by Tang San in the first exchange, and seeing Tang San rushing over, she knew that if she didn't attack now, she might not have any chance. Thus, she didn't care about anything else and attacked. She used all of her god power and her god equipment. She gathered all of the sun true fire and released it.

Indeed, it was impossible for Tang San to dodge Qian Renxue's all-out attack. Facing that Sun Angel that once again turned from red to gold in the air, the temperature reaching an extremely terrifying degree, Tang San smiled. Until now, he hadn't wanted to confront Qian Ren Xue face to face. Wasn't it because he was afraid that she would perish together with him? How could he have made such a big mistake?

Amidst the clanging sounds, Qian Ren Xue couldn't believe what she saw. Tang San's body had shattered in the air. More precisely, the Sea God Armament on his body had shattered. However, it was not like how she had completely exploded the Angelic Raiment into energy. Instead, it was scattered piece by piece and reassembled. Tang San's body transformed into a blue light and became a part of this combination.

A brand new Seagod Trident appeared in midair, more than twice as large as before. The original blue color had disappeared, turning into the purest and most transparent gold. Yes, this was the true Seagod weapon, the original appearance of the golden trident.

"Body and halberd as one, Big Dipper." The last move of the Thirteen Yellow Halberds was launched.

A dazzling golden light suddenly burst out from the tip of the golden trident's main blade. It fiercely slashed at the Sun Angel in midair. Just as the Sun Angel's blazing energy enveloped it, the golden trident suddenly spun in the air, curled up, and swung. Three most direct and extremely effective moves.

The Sun Angel was wrapped in a strange golden light and compressed into a ball. Then, it was instantly flung away, flying even higher into the sky.

The next moment, the golden red light in the middle of the sky in the distance instantly changed the color of the entire sky.

Boom — — Qian Ren Xue's body heavily hit the city wall. When she fell, she had already attracted the attention of the experts on both sides. Because they didn't know the specific situation, Tang Hao promptly gave the order to retreat. After all, the situation couldn't be reversed. There was no need to risk their lives.

Amidst the violent explosions, the experts from both sides separated at the same time. The Tendou Empire's side retreated from Jialing Pass.

Falling from ten thousand meters in the air, what terrifying impact was that? Before Qian Ren Xue even fell, Golden Crocodile Douluo had already seen that she didn't have the Angelic Raiment. Qian Ren Xue's whole body radiating golden red light was already very difficult to control. This second priest had dedicated his life to the Martial Soul Palace. At this moment, he fiercely punched his chest with both fists, and his whole body instantly swelled up, his skin turning completely blood red. With a loud explosion, he actually exploded.

Fortunately, Tang Hao's order to retreat was quick, and they weren't affected by this peak Douluo's self-detonation. A huge bloody mist exploded in the air. Qian Ren Xue only felt her body being supported by a great force, and then heavily hit the city wall. Even with Golden Crocodile Douluo sacrificing himself, this hit still opened a large hole in the Jialing Pass wall.

Qian Ren Xue was after all a god. At this time, with Golden Crocodile Douluo's support, she already caught her breath. This violent hit was nothing to her. Intense grief and indignation filled her heart. Her conviction that she would die suddenly vanished. She thought that even for Golden Crocodile Douluo, she couldn't die like this.

Suddenly shooting up, she shouted: "Retreat."

Of the six great Consecrators, only four were left. Two of the Titled Douluo had been killed earlier, so there were only six of them left. The priests swiftly gathered, and together with Qian Ren Xue, they charged into Jialing Pass. The sound of retreat also quickly spread throughout Jialing Pass.

In the air, the golden trident separated, and Tang San recovered his figure, a tired pale face flitting across his face. Even though he had used the Golden Thirteen Halberds he had prepared long ago to neutralize Qian Ren Xue's life on the line attack, he had still consumed a lot of energy. The Seagod Eight Wings on his back had already turned completely blue, frantically absorbing the power of the sea.

Adjusting his divine power, Tang San then descended. Relying on his god level Purple Demon Eye, he just saw Qian Ren Xue and the Spirit Empire powers swiftly retreat.

You want to leave like this? Tang San snorted coldly. Even though he had consumed a lot of divine power, his recovery speed was still very fast. Swinging the Seagod Trident in his hand, he launched Millennial Space.

Enormous pressure abruptly came from behind, and Qian Ren Xue clenched her teeth. Under the light of the sun, she could barely maintain ten percent of her divine power. But, she clearly understood that if Tang San chased after her now, she basically couldn't escape.

At this moment, Martial Soul Palace's years of management showed results. The fourth and fifth priests roared at the same time and turned around. Their martial souls instantly exploded, and all of the energy spread through the air. Two clouds of blood mist exploded out amidst a loud boom.

Golden clouds of light exploded in the air. Millennial Space's power practically instantly swallowed the two priests' explosive energy. But, their sacrifice also bought Qian Ren Xue some time to escape.

Millennial Space's power of course wasn't so easily neutralized. Three of the six fleeing Title Douluo were also drawn in, directly exploding into blood mist. Counting the priests, this attack killed more than half of the ten Title Douluo level powers.

However, Tang San didn't continue to pursue. At this moment, if he continued to attack, Qian Ren Xue wouldn't have the slightest chance. Qian Renxue didn't have the slightest chance. Besides death, she basically had no other possibility. But, at the same time as he launched Millennial Space, Tang San clearly saw that a third of the entire Jialing Pass had already been infected by the green. Every second, tens of thousands of lives perished in that green.

Retreat? There were more than five hundred thousand people in this enormous stronghold, how could they retreat so easily? Seeing the corpses constantly exploding new poison mist, and even starting to spread outside the walls. Tang San couldn't help sighing inwardly. Xue, I'll let you live a bit longer.

To Tang San, the Spirit Empire already had no chance to turn the tables. Jialing Pass was like this, and Qian Ren Xue was even more seriously injured by him. The Angelic Raiment absolutely couldn't recover in a short time. In her current state, her divine senses couldn't escape his detection. First resolving the poison crisis before him wouldn't be too late to chase after her.

The benevolence in his heart plus the overall situation made Tang San temporarily give up on chasing Qian Ren Xue. But he didn't know that this moment of benevolence would bring him an enormous crisis.

Controlling his body to float above the walls of Jialing Pass, Tang San somewhat helplessly glanced at the lifeless expression of the Poison Douluo who had already returned to his side. 'Old freak, oh old freak, you are the one who will decide the outcome of this battle.' I'm afraid even you didn't think it would be like this. As for the aftermath, I'll clean it up for you.

Floating in the air, Tang San blossoming with sapphire light immediately became the focus of the entire battlefield, especially on the Tendou Empire's side. They clearly saw Qian Ren Xue fall like a flaming meteor, crashing into the walls of Jialing Pass, while Tang San flew down. This was already enough to tell them the result of this war of gods.

Even though the green poison mist was pouring out of Jialing Pass, these million soldiers were like fanatical believers in Tang San, shouting excitedly. In their eyes, there seemed to be no problem that Tang San couldn't solve. Even the emperor Xue Beng of the Tendou Empire felt the same way about this kind of fanatical worship, let alone the ordinary soldiers.

"Seagod — —, long — — live — —, Seagod — —, long — — live — —." They all knew that the outcome of this battle was already decided, that the Spirit Empire no longer had any power to resist. Even though it couldn't be said that they didn't lose a single soldier, the entire Tendou Empire army still hadn't entered the battlefield in a true sense before this battle was already over. People only had one life, who wouldn't be excited to win without any danger?

The rhombus gem in the middle of the Seagod Headband brightened, its flash like it ignited Tang San's power from the sea. The Seagod's Heart on the Seagod Trident as well as the gem with whirlpool energy on the Seagod's breastplate also brightened at the same time.

As Tang San raised the Seagod Trident high above his head, the light of these three gems formed a straight line in the air. Surging blue light quickly condensed into an enormous blue whirlpool over a hundred meters in diameter with him as the center, soaring into the sky.

The previously bright and beautiful sky instantly grew dusky. Visible to the naked eye, vast expanses of black clouds condensed over Jialing Pass. The air also became full of pressure.

Large drops of rain fell from the sky. At the start, it was still sporadic, but very soon it became a torrential downpour, crashing into Jialing Pass.

As they say, water and fire are merciless. Even though the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor's poison was powerful, under this torrential downpour, the green mist immediately faded, gradually disappearing in the rain. A layer of hazy blue light fell from the sky, enveloping all of Jialing Pass. Tang San's flat but indisputable dignified voice echoed,

"Spirit Empire troops of Jialing Pass, surrender on the spot, and you will be spared death. Stubborn resistance, kill without mercy. Try to escape, kill without mercy. "

No one doubted Tang San's words. At this moment, none of the Spirit Empire soldiers who still hadn't escaped Jialing Pass could leave. The blue curtain of water replaced the wall on the other side, completely sealing off their way out. As for the Tendou Empire army, the previous poison had caused too much panic, who dared approach this side? Besides, so what if they left Jialing Pass from this side? The Tendou Empire's millions of heroes were outside!

After saying this, Tang San pointed the Seagod Trident down. The torrential downpour washed away the poison, but it didn't flow in the direction of the Jialing Pass defenders, but rather towards the moat outside the city. At this moment, if Tang San wanted to wipe out the defenders without harming the Tendou Empire army outside, that couldn't be easier. As long as he led the rain to the defenders, Jialing Pass would truly become a dead city.

The Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor's poison was indeed terrifying. When any living creature was poisoned and died, their body would become highly toxic, and even their bones would be corroded. After this heavy rain, not even a corpse appeared. It could be seen how terrifying it was.

Under the guidance of the Seagod's power, the rain washed away every corner near the walls of Jialing Pass. Poison feared water, this was obvious. Of course, the water gathered in the moat after washing away the poison was also filled with the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor's poison.

Seeing that the rain had more or less washed away, Tang San waved his left hand again, a ray of blue light soaring into the sky. Instantly, a crack was opened in the dark clouds by the blue light, a ray of sunlight once again illuminating the earth. Moreover, the crack was widening geometrically, the warm sunlight once again falling on the soldiers on both sides, and not a single drop of rain leaked out of the city, just enough to fill that wide and deep moat.

The dark green river water was daunting. Everyone knew that this had already become a river of death.

Of course, Tang San's operation wouldn't stop here. The Seagod Trident shone with light again, and immediately, the water of the moat rose into the sky like a giant wave, like the Milky Way was spinning in reverse, charging straight at Tang San in the sky.

The enormous water surrounded Tang San, forming a giant ring. Not a drop of water was left in the entire moat, and all the poison was carried into the sky by the rain.

Under the illumination of the sun, a giant belt of water revolved around Tang San's body. This bizarre scene made the soldiers on both sides stupefied. A miracle, yes, this was undoubtedly a miracle!

Along with the violent revolutions, strands of blue water vapor began to peel away from this belt of water. That was pure water element, turning into a fine drizzle that sprinkled over the earth. And the green color of that belt of water grew deeper and deeper, gradually turning from the green jade to the color of black jade. Without a doubt, this was the concentrated Jade Phosphor Serpent Venom that had taken thousands of lives.

When the belt of water had shrunk a thousand times, already completely the color of black ink, Tang San raised his left hand and lightly flicked the Seagod Trident's blade.

A crisp clanging sound spread to every corner of the battlefield, and a speck of golden sparks flew straight into that black ink poison.

Boom — — The black ink became a giant ring of fire, guided by the Seagod Trident into the sky. All the poison also quietly dissipated in that fierce burning.

No one knew who was the first to cheer, but the Tendou Empire's army also seemed to be ignited by that spark, cheers and jubilation resounding through the plains.

Similar cheers also echoed from within Jialing Pass. The soldiers of Jialing Pass, and even the remaining Soul Master that hadn't escaped from Martial Soul Palace, were also cheering because of the disappearance of that poison. They were mostly ordinary people, not fanatics of Martial Soul Palace. They weren't so stubborn in their beliefs. Life was the most precious thing to them, and they firmly believed what Tang San had said before. That was a god! Would a god deceive them? He said he wouldn't kill them, so why would they keep fighting? Fighting such a god, wasn't that courting death?

Even though Qian Renxue was also a god, the impression she left in the Spirit Empire's soldiers was still too short. It was said that victory was king, defeat was a bandit. The moment she was defeated, she had already fallen from her divine position in the hearts of these soldiers. And the image of Tang San who could rely on his Seagod divine power to completely dispel the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor poison that had turned Jialing Pass into a land of death had already been deeply branded in their hearts. At this time, how could they still have a trace of fighting strength?

Clang, the first weapon was thrown to the ground, and the same sound spread like bamboo shoots after a rain. The Spirit Empire soldiers began to put down their weapons one after another, kneeling on the ground, voices of surrender rising and falling.

Tang San nodded in satisfaction, speaking in the direction of the Tendou Empire army: "Your Majesty, I leave Jialing Pass to you. I'm going to chase after Qian Renxue, and thoroughly uproot the Spirit Empire's last hope."

Xue Beng responded in a loud voice: "Farewell teacher, I'll respectfully await your good news in Jialing Pass." Facing Tang San, he didn't even call himself Zhen. Not so long ago, it was still a bit difficult for him to say the word 'teacher', mostly to rope in Tang San. But at this moment, when he said the word 'teacher' again, there was only endless glory in his heart. With a god as his teacher, even as an emperor, it was still the highest glory in Xue Beng's heart!

The blue light disappeared like a meteor with a dazzling tail flame. Only after the time it took for Tang San to disappear for close to ten breaths did that light gradually fade. Xue Beng's face revealed an unprecedented radiance, the emperor's sword pointing forward, "Pass on my orders, advance into Jialing Pass. By the lord Seagod's decree, those who surrender will be spared death, and those who dare resist will be killed without mercy. Enter the pass."

Along with Xue Beng's orders, the already waiting Tendou Empire army took victorious strides, one step at a time charging towards Jialing Pass. At this moment, they already didn't encounter a trace of obstruction. This war ended with the complete victory of the Tendou Empire.

Leaving aside the army entering the pass, after Tang San finished dealing with the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor's poison, he immediately chased after Qian Renxue according to the guidance of his divine senses. Just now he had spent a full meal's time dealing with the poison. Even though Qian Renxue was already seriously injured, and her strength was even less than a tenth, this much time was still enough for her to escape a very long distance. Tang San didn't want to give the Spirit Empire any more chances. If Qian Renxue's strength recovered, she would still be a big problem. After all, she was a god level power. If she no longer persisted in her beliefs, and faced the Tendou Empire army with harassment, she would become an enormous threat. He had to take advantage of this chance to thoroughly sweep away this threat. Only then would this war be considered a true victory, and the Spirit Empire would also lose this last spark. As for Bibi Dong who had returned to Spirit City, Tang San already didn't care.

Very soon, Tang San saw a portion of the Spirit Empire soldiers fleeing Jialing Pass like stray dogs. These had all fled Jialing Pass as soon as possible, and they hadn't gone far. In fact, those who could actually escape didn't even amount to a fifth of the Jialing Pass defenders. The Soul Master's numbers were even more pitifully few, at most two thousand. The terrifying effects of Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor poison had become the nightmare of the entire Spirit Empire Soul Master Legion.

But, just as Tang San caught up to these panicked fleeing Spirit Empire soldiers, his expression turned unsightly. Because at this moment, he suddenly lost his sense of Qian Renxue.

Even though he had temporarily let Qian Renxue escape and immediately dealt with the poison in the city, he still had a trace of his divine sense wrapped around Qian Renxue. He believed that with Qian Renxue's strength at that time, whether it was speed or divine sense, she couldn't contend with him. Of course, the final result wouldn't change.

But at this moment, Qian Renxue's divine sense suddenly disappeared without any warning, as if she had already left this world. This situation was something Tang San had never thought of. He didn't believe it and immediately strengthened his divine sense search. The enormous Seagod divine sense spread from the gem on the Seagod's headband, fanning out in a seamless search. However, things didn't turn out as he wished. He could sense the aura of each Spirit Empire soldier, but he couldn't find Qian Renxue. At the same time, he also lost the five experts who had escaped with Qian Renxue. If Qian Renxue's disappearance was somewhat reasonable, perhaps she had some special control over her divine sense, but those Titled Douluo shouldn't have been unable to detect her. Tang San couldn't help but feel like he had let a tiger return to the mountain.

Of course he wouldn't give up like this. Spreading his figure at full speed, his divine sense even more expanded to search for Qian Renxue's traces within a thousand li.

As for those Spirit Empire soldiers who had escaped Jialing Pass, Tang San naturally wouldn't do anything to them. At his level, he naturally wouldn't kill for these ordinary humans. In Tang San's heart, this war was already over. He just didn't want Qian Renxue to become a trouble for the Tendou Empire in the future. And in fact, even if Qian Renxue recovered her strength, she would never be his match.

Tang San's search continued for a whole two hours. To a God, this was already a long time. After such a long time without any result, Tang San knew that he might not be able to find Qian Renxue.

With a somewhat gloomy mood, he once again returned to the Jialing Pass stronghold. No matter what, after today's victory, the Spirit Empire had already lost their fundamental defense, and the following battles would be a lot simpler. If she still wanted to give the Spirit Empire any chance, she would inevitably appear in the following battles. If he could defeat her once, he could defeat her a second time.

When Tang San returned to Jialing Pass, the Tendou Empire's army had already completely taken over this most important stronghold of the Spirit Empire. Jialing Pass really was an impregnable stronghold. More than five hundred thousand of the million strong army entered the stronghold, but it still didn't feel crowded. The Spirit Empire soldiers who surrendered and the Soul Master were temporarily detained, their weapons confiscated. According to Tang San's original promise, those who surrendered were kept alive, and only a few who dared resist were directly drowned by the Tendou Empire's army. All of Jialing Pass had already become a part of the Tendou Empire, and cheers rose and fell. Even the most ordinary soldiers knew that even though they had only captured one Spirit Empire stronghold, this meant the war was about to end.

After Tang San returned, in order to avoid the excessive excitement and enthusiasm of the soldiers, he quietly put away his Seagod Raiment before entering the pass, changing into ordinary clothes before entering the stronghold. Relying on the guidance of his divine sense, he directly found the marshal's mansion inside Jialing Pass. Right now, the important generals of the Tendou Empire's army as well as the powers on the Soul Master's side were all gathered here.

As soon as he entered the marshal's mansion, Tang San immediately felt an intense excitement. Under the cover of the Seagod's divine power, he easily concealed himself. As long as he didn't want to, no one could see him. This was the most basic concealment ability of the Seagod's Heart. Unless it was a god level divine sense, it could be as if he didn't exist in this world at any time.

The discussion hall of the marshal's mansion in Jialing Pass was like a turtledove occupying a magpie's nest. Xue Beng sat at the head of the table. The smile on this Tendou Empire emperor's face had practically never disappeared since Tang San appeared on the battlefield. Right now marshal Ge Long wasn't at his side, and was presiding over the million strong army outside. He was carrying out full control of Jialing Pass. And the Soul Master's mission had already been completed. The great heroes of this battle, the Shrek Six Devils, Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, Maestro, Flanders, Du Douluo and the others were all gathered here.

"Senior Dugu, today's battle is all thanks to you! Your poison greatly reduced our casualties, and also directly destroyed the enemy's morale. In terms of merit, besides teacher, you should be the first. " Xue Beng spoke sincerely to Dugu Bo. They all knew that a god level power like Tang San naturally wouldn't care about this merit. But in fact, Dugu Bo's role in this battle wasn't one bit less than Tang San's.

Dugu Bo said bitterly: "Your Majesty, this old man really doesn't deserve it. I could release but couldn't retract, and almost caused a disaster. Fortunately Tang San could dispose of the poison, otherwise I might have become a sinner for all eternity. "

Tang Hao laughed out loud: "Sinner for all eternity, you can't escape the title of butcher. Actually it's nothing, at worst you'll poison all the Spirit Empire people to death. We only need to withdraw, and let you slowly dispose of the poison. Jialing Pass will still be ours, it'll just take a bit longer. "

When Tang Hao said this, those faces all paled. There were several hundred thousand Spirit Empire people in Jialing Pass at that time! But Maestro sitting next to Tang Hao nodded, not hiding his approval of Tang Hao at all. In terms of resentment towards the Spirit Empire, Maestro and Tang Hao were definitely the deepest. Because back in Martial Soul Palace, Tang Hao couldn't return home, he didn't even see his father one last time, and his wife sacrificed herself to save him. Twenty years of pain and resentment couldn't be erased. Even if the Spirit Empire was wiped out, Tang Hao still wouldn't blink. Maestro was even more so. The Tyrannosaurus Family was directly exterminated, and he wished he could also exterminate the Spirit Empire.

Hearing Tang Hao's words, Dugu Bo's expression immediately improved a bit, laughing dryly: "Haotian Douluo, this goes against the heavens! It's the first time I've done this, and I didn't expect it to have such a terrifying effect. I won't use my poison on the battlefield again. "

Xue Beng smiled: "Senior Dugu doesn't need to be like this. No matter what formidable strength is, it's good to use it righteously, evil to use it evilly. Taking a step back, if we didn't have your poison, don't tell me fewer people would die if we launched an all-out attack on Jialing Pass? At that time, it wouldn't just be the Spirit Empire's people who would die, our soldiers would also suffer heavy casualties. It's very possible that our casualties would exceed the Spirit Empire's soldiers. Therefore, you don't need to feel guilty. No matter what, we've already won this war. To be honest, I really don't know how to thank you seniors. I can only say that if any seniors have any needs in the future, the Tendou Empire will definitely support you with all its strength. "

Tang Xiao said: "Then I'll thank Your Majesty first. Back then our Haotian Sect disappeared because of Martial Soul Palace, and now we've also contributed a little. Taking this opportunity, I hope Your Majesty will allow our Haotian Sect to reestablish itself in Heaven Dou City. "

Xue Beng was overjoyed, hurriedly saying: "Of course. It's our wish, we don't dare ask. To have the Haotian Sect overseeing Heaven Dou City is my honor, and also the honor of the entire Tendou Empire. " Putting aside the factor of Tang San, the Haotian Sect was once the number one sect in the world, its fame even above the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile School. Even though the Haotian Sect didn't bring many people this time, the strength Tang Xiao and Tang Hao brothers displayed already amply proved that the title of number one sect in the world back then wasn't just for show. How could Xue Beng not be happy?

Blue light flickered, and a figure quietly appeared in the hall. After the Douluo Title Douluo were a bit nervous, they very quickly relaxed. Besides Tang Xiao, Tang Hao and Maestro, everyone else stood.

Xue Beng's reaction was the most intense. He actually directly took a few steps forward and knelt on one knee, saying respectfully: "Respectful greetings, teacher."

Without a doubt, this blue figure that quietly appeared was Tang San who had chased after Qian Renxue.

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