Bo Saixi hadn't expected Tang San and Xiao Wu to intervene in this matter, nor had she expected Tang Wulin to stand so firmly on Qian Renxue's side.
"Young master, do you know what you're saying?" Bo Saixi's voice carried suppressed trembling, "The Angelic God Armament is crucial to Sea God Island—this is the joint decision of the Elder Council. You are the young master of Sea God Island, yet you stand on the enemy's side?"
Tang Wulin gripped his Golden Dragon Spear tighter, his golden armor reflecting resolute light in the sun: "Grand Worship, I'm not standing on any side. But Renxue is my wife—I promised to protect her. Moreover—" he turned to look at Bibi Dong, a trace of reverence flashing in his eyes, "I also heard what Senior Bibi Dong said just now. The comprehension of power should not be plunder and conquest, but understanding and fusion. Sea God Island already possesses the Sea God's inheritance—why must you seize the Angelic God Armament?"
"What do you know!" Bo Saixi said sharply, "Sea God power is restricted on the continent—this is the innate defect of the divine position! If we don't remedy this, Sea God Island's status on the continent can never compare to Spirit Hall at its peak! Do you think we're willing to take risks? This is for Sea God Island's future!"
"Future?" Bibi Dong, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke. Her voice remained calm, yet made every person present feel their heart tremble, "A future bought by snatching others' inheritance—is such a future worth it?"
She took a step forward, and the wind throughout the entire space stilled with her.
"Bo Saixi, you just asked me if I still wanted to fight?" Bibi Dong's gaze swept over the six from Sea God Island, "Now, let me change the question—can you still fight?"
Before her words fell, the five Titled Douluos behind Bo Saixi nearly simultaneously grunted, all spraying out a mouthful of blood!
Their body surfaces were, at some unknown time, already covered with dense cyan patterns—these were marks left by the wind laws within their bodies. During the battle just now, every one of Bibi Dong's attacks had silently penetrated their defenses, eroding their meridians and soul power circulation.
"You... when did you..." that Douluo with the injured left arm looked in terror at the cyan patterns spreading across his arm.
"From the first wind blade." Bibi Dong said indifferently, "You thought you blocked the surface attacks, but didn't know the law power had already seeped in. Now, I need only a single thought, and the wind marks within your bodies will explode. At that time, your meridians will shatter and your cultivation will be completely destroyed."
Bo Saixi's face turned deathly pale. She tried to mobilize Sea God power to dispel these marks for her companions, only to discover that her own soul power circulation had also become sluggish—at some unknown time, she had been infiltrated too!
"You... you are so vicious!" one enforcer said through gritted teeth.
"Vicious?" Bibi Dong tilted her head slightly, as if hearing something interesting, "Six of you peak Douluos, ambushing a junior who just broke through to god level with unstable condition—this isn't vicious? You want to seize her inheritance and destroy her foundation—this isn't vicious? I merely left a lesson for my enemies, and I become vicious?"
With every sentence she spoke, her voice grew colder by one degree. By the end, the temperature of the entire plain seemed to drop several degrees.
"Senior Bibi Dong," Tang Wulin spoke up with difficulty, "Could you, for my sake, spare them this once? I guarantee that Sea God Island will have no further designs on the Angelic God Armament."
Bibi Dong looked at Tang Wulin, her gaze resting on him for a moment, then turned to Qian Renxue behind him. Qian Renxue had already caught her breath by now, standing with difficulty under Dai Chengfeng's support, golden eyes flickering with complex light.
"Xue'er, what do you say?" Bibi Dong asked softly.
Qian Renxue was silent for a long time. She could feel the gazes directed at her from the Sea God Island crowd—pleading, unwilling, humiliated, and despairing.
Finally, she slowly exhaled: "Let them go."
"Xue'er!" Tang Wulin looked at her in pleasant surprise.
Qian Renxue shook her head, golden eyes carrying a trace of weariness: "I'm not being merciful—I just don't want to become like them. Plunder, killing, hatred... these have been enough. Sea God Island's inheritance was given by the Sea God; the Angelic God Armament was left to me by the Angelic God. Each guarding their own path, they never should have encroached upon each other."
She looked at Bo Saixi, her voice very soft yet clearly entering everyone's ears: "Grand Worship, go back. Tell the Elder Council of Sea God Island that I will not surrender the Angelic God Armament. But if Sea God Island encounters a true crisis in the future, I am willing to assist once in my personal capacity—this is for Wulin's sake, and also for the sake that the Sea God and Angelic God once both belonged to the Divine Realm. But if there is a next time..."
She didn't finish speaking, but the cold light in her eyes already said everything.
Bo Saixi opened her mouth, ultimately saying nothing, only bowing deeply—this wasn't submission, but respect for Qian Renxue's bearing.
"Dispel." Bibi Dong uttered one word softly.
The cyan patterns within the six Sea God Island members rapidly receded, and that omnipresent suppressive feeling also disappeared. But everyone knew that scene just now had been deeply branded into their souls—facing a true law controller, numbers, formations, even divine blessings all seemed so pale and powerless.
"Thank you for the mercy of not killing." Bo Saixi said bitterly, then turned and left with the five Titled Douluos. Their silhouettes stretched long in the sunset, carrying unspeakable loneliness.
Only when the figures of the Sea God Island crowd completely disappeared into the horizon did Bibi Dong slowly turn to look at Qian Renxue.
"You're too soft-hearted." she said calmly.
"I just didn't want to make things difficult for Wulin." Qian Renxue said softly.
Tang Wulin stepped forward, gently taking her hand: "I'm sorry, Xue'er, I came late. Father and mother are indeed on their way, but they still need some time. I sensed your aura fluctuation first and rushed over immediately."
"Uncle and Aunt are coming?" Qian Renxue was somewhat surprised.
Tang Wulin nodded, his expression grave: "The Angelic God's aura reviving—the entire Divine Realm sensed it. Father said there may be some ancient secrets involved behind this, and he must come personally to investigate."
Just then, two vast auras suddenly came from the distant sky—one as blue as the sea, one as pink as cherry blossoms, approaching this direction at extreme speed.
"They're here." Tang Wulin released her hand.
A few breaths later, two figures descended onto the plain. The person on the left wore blue robes, his face handsome and refined, his eyes seeming to contain stars and seas; the person on the right wore a pink long dress, her appearance devastatingly beautiful, her brows carrying liveliness and gentleness.
They were precisely Tang San and Xiao Wu.
"Father, Mother." Tang Wulin stepped forward to salute.
Tang San nodded, but his gaze immediately turned to Bibi Dong. The two's eyes met in the air, and the atmosphere of the entire space instantly became subtle.
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