Chapter 446: Tang San "If You Want to Condemn Someone, Any Excuse Will Do"
Tang San immediately sensed the suspicion in the God of Destruction's gaze, and a wave of anger surged within him. This bastard is such a hypocrite!
Destruction had clearly stolen the Love God's corpse and artifact, intending to frame him, yet now he was putting on an act pretending to be innocent and treating him as the thief?
How absurd!
How could such a shameless god king exist?
Sharing a seat with such an insect on the Divine Realm Committee how could the Divine Realm possibly be governed properly?
Tang San sneered at the God of Destruction. "Destruction, if the Divine Realm Committee hadn't voted to restrict me to only a divine officer level projection in Xiao Qi's body, that thief would never have been able to steal the Love God's corpse and artifact.
No wonder that decision was made clearly, there are corrupt individuals within the Divine Realm Committee.
If such corrupt individuals remain in power, the safety of the Divine Realm can never be ensured!"
Destruction responded with equal sharpness.
"Tang San, if you hadn't broken the rules, the Divine Realm Committee wouldn't have had to enforce such a restriction on you.
You brought this upon yourself.
What matters now is finding the Love God's corpse and artifact before they fall into the hands of some ambitious schemer."
He narrowed his eyes. "You and Ning Rongrong are highly suspicious. I need to investigate you both to determine your involvement."
As a law enforcer, the God of Destruction had the authority to conduct immediate investigations into such matters.
According to Divine Realm laws, Tang San and Ning Rongrong were obligated to cooperate.
Of course, they could refuse but in that case, as one of the Divine Realm's law enforcers, Destruction had the right to use force to make them cooperate.
That being said, dealing with Tang San, who held the Asura God's position, was troublesome even for him.
Tang San was, after all, a god king not just some ordinary deity.
Even though his real strength was lower than Destruction's, and he had weakened further due to Xiao Wu's temporary departure, taking him down wouldn't be easy.
Both were god kings Destruction had simply walked the path longer and was stronger. But he wasn't at the level where he could effortlessly crush Tang San.
Tang San's Counterattack
Tang San frowned, his voice righteous and unwavering.
"Destruction, you're falsely accusing me and Rongrong.
How could we possibly steal the Love God's corpse and artifact?
If you want to condemn someone, any excuse will do!
You claim we're suspicious well, I suspect that you're the real thief!
I was in the middle of pursuing the criminal, but thanks to your interference, my efforts were wasted.
Given this, I have every reason to believe that you deliberately blocked me to help the thief escape!
Hmph! Destruction, it seems you have ulterior motives!"
Since he truly hadn't stolen the Love God's corpse and artifact, Tang San spoke with absolute confidence.
Of course, he was still furious about the theft.
In his mind, everything on Douluo Star belonged to him including the Love God's corpse and artifact.
Now that they were missing, it was as if his possessions had been stolen.
Naturally, he was enraged.
As for manipulating Qiankun Wenqing Valley, that was a violation of divine laws. It interfered with the Love God's succession trials.
That was why Tang San was doing everything he could to prevent Destruction from investigating him and Ning Rongrong.
Even though the Love God had perished, her divine position remained, albeit damaged.
The Divine Realm Committee wanted someone to inherit it to gain another first tier god for the Divine Realm.
To facilitate this, the committee had set up the three trials of Qiankun Wenqing Valley to select a new Love God.
However, for the sake of his "train my daughter" plan, Tang San had secretly made some "minor" adjustments to the trials.
Of course, he trusted Ning Rongrong completely.
Their bond as the Seven Monsters of Shrek ensured that even if his involvement were exposed, Ning Rongrong would voluntarily take the fall.
She would never betray him.
Destruction Takes Action
The God of Destruction fell silent for a moment.
Tang San's confidence today seemed… excessive.
Could he truly have nothing to do with the theft?
No something was off.
Tang San must have been bluffing to mislead him.
If Tang San didn't steal them, then who did?
After some thought, the God of Destruction decided not to question him further.
Tang San was clearly refusing to cooperate, and interrogating Ning Rongrong wouldn't yield anything useful she would never tell the truth.
Instead, he made his move.
In the next instant, he reached toward Ning Rongrong.
Purple lightning crackled, surging toward her like a raging storm.
Ning Rongrong's face paled in horror.
Nine colored divine light erupted from her, but it was instantly extinguished by the overwhelming purple lightning.
A moment later, the God of Destruction grasped her divine consciousness and swiftly began extracting her stored memories.
Given the urgency of the situation, this was the fastest way to uncover the truth.
Even if he faced punishment from the Divine Realm Committee for this act, he had to expose Tang San's crimes and bring him to justice.
Why Ning Rongrong?
Because she was weak.
A second tier god was powerful in the mortal realm, but to the God of Destruction, she was barely worth mentioning.
If he had tried this on Tang San, he wouldn't have found anything useful.
Even in his current projection state, Tang San was a god king.
If pushed too far, he would unleash his full power, making memory extraction impossible.
Tang San Strikes Back
"Destruction! You're utterly shameless!
How dare you seize Rongrong's divine consciousness!
If you have the audacity to take her today, who knows what you'll do tomorrow?!"
Tang San's expression darkened with fury.
This turn of events was completely different from what he had planned.
With his experience, he could see that Destruction was now reading through Ning Rongrong's memories.
If he discovered the truth about Qiankun Wenqing Valley, it would be a massive problem.
In an instant, space shattered as a terrifying presence descended.
The Asura God Tang San himself arrived in full power.
His divine officer level projection merged back into his true body.
Tang San gripped the Asura Sword, radiating boundless killing intent.
He raised his sword and slashed toward the God of Destruction, aiming to free Ning Rongrong's consciousness.
Crack! Crack!
Purple lightning clashed against the Asura Sword, filling the sky with thunderous roars.
A surge of destruction energy rushed toward the blade, halting its momentum.
The God of Destruction's voice was icy.
"Tang San.
Ning Rongrong's memories confirm that you didn't steal the Love God's corpse and artifact.
But that doesn't mean you're innocent.
You interfered with the Love God's inheritance.
No wonder Qiankun Wenqing Valley has existed for so long without producing a new Love God."
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