"Teacher, what are you saying!" Huo Yuhao said crossly, "Seeing as Tang Xuanyu has basically lost his reason, the energy he erupts with is even more not to be underestimated. Leaving him here for now is also a last resort. We can deal with him later..."
"Yuhao." Electrolux interrupted him. "Do you believe in your teacher?"
"Of course I believe, but if you want me to leave you here, I won't do it!" Huo Yuhao said stubbornly.
"Hehe, silly child..." Electrolux smiled gently. "The situation on Douluo's side is not optimistic. You should take Yuena back first. If your teacher stays here, perhaps I can help you..."
"I refuse." Huo Yuhao shook his head. How could he possibly leave Electrolux here and leave on his own? "If we go, we go together. With my current strength, even if I forcefully take you away, you wouldn't be able to struggle."
"Your teacher naturally knows of your achievements..." Electrolux's gaze was very gentle, faintly containing a trace of pride. "Walking along this path, your teacher is very satisfied with you."
"Then you should come back with me right now..."
"Yuhao." Electrolux interrupted him once again. "There are some things that only your teacher can do. Your teacher can promise you right here, the two of us, master and disciple, will definitely meet again safely."
Seeing that Electrolux clearly showed displeasure on his face, Huo Yuhao didn't persist anymore. Since the Electrolux of this life could create a complete Soul Spirit system, he should have even more reason to believe in his teacher.
"Teacher, when the matter on Douluo is settled, this disciple will come back to pick you up." Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and knelt solemnly towards Electrolux: "Teacher, take care!"
"Go, my grand-disciples are still waiting for you. They are waiting for you, their father, to be their great hero—" Electrolux smiled with satisfaction.
Huo Yuhao gritted his teeth, grabbed Gu Yuena and the Ice Empress, abruptly turned around, with the Demon Tree King following closely behind, and galloped towards the direction of the cosmic wormhole.
It wasn't until Huo Yuhao and the others completely disappeared from sight that Electrolux let out a long sigh of relief.
He looked indifferently at the giant monster wreaking havoc on the Tianma Twin Stars and tapped his Undead Scepter on the ground.
"As a teacher, this old man also has ways to help his disciple..."
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Xiao Wu ultimately used her own life to block Huo Yunhan for an instant.
At this time, many people noticed that the ocean on the Douluo Continent was continuously rising. A pillar of water shot into the sky, seeming to wrap something within it.
"What is that..." Many deities were puzzled. Could there be anything on the Douluo Continent that could threaten Huo Yunhan?
Huo Yunhan seemed to sense something and immediately flashed towards Tang San to attack.
"I advise you not to make a move. If I destroy this thing, your Douluo will be finished too..." Tang San sneered, immediately transporting the massive object wrapped in the water pillar towards the Divine Realm.
"You..." Huo Yunhan glared at him angrily. "Despicable!"
"In this world, there are only winners and losers." Tang San manipulated the ocean currents with his divine thought. If Huo Yunhan made any rash moves, he could use the ocean's authority to crush this thing.
However, for some reason, Tang San seemed to be able to feel a beating rhythm from this earth's core, just like a heart...
"That is, the earth's core." Jialin, whose perception of high-heat energy bodies was the sharpest, instantly called out the identity of the object in Tang San's hands.
"What did you say?" Bibi Dong's pretty face turned pale, and she turned to angrily rebuke Tang San: "Tang San, if you crush it now, your descendants won't be saved either!"
"Descendants?" Tang San gave a cold laugh. "Bibi Dong, do you think I still have room for choice in this situation?"
"Kid, I'll wait for you in the Divine Realm!" Tang San knew very well that as long as he took the Douluo earth's core to the Divine Realm, the fairy spirit energy could cut off the connection between the two, and Huo Yunhan's powerful foundation would naturally cease to exist.
Even though he would face the other God Kings on Huo Yuhao's side, it was still easier than facing a despair-inducing existence like Huo Yunhan.
"Everyone, follow!" Cui Yajie immediately set off in pursuit, but was quickly grabbed by Xie Huanyue, who was deep in thought.
"Don't go, everyone come back!" Xie Huanyue seemed to have thought of something. His arms extended, and he even pulled back Huo Yunhan, who was pursuing.
"What?" Zhongli Yu glanced at him. "Are you scared? You should know that once we set foot in the Divine Realm, we can absorb fairy spirit energy and become official deities."
"No! I seem to remember a certain matter!" Xie Huanyue indisputably stopped everyone.
At the same time, as Tang San brought the Douluo earth's core into the Divine Realm, the entire Douluo Planet began to undergo drastic changes—
With the planet losing the support of the earth core's energy, the earth began to crack. The land seemed to be wantonly torn apart by an invisible giant hand, and massive rifts rapidly spread like hideous scars. Mountain ranges collapsed loudly amidst the shaking, crushed stones splashing like raindrops, burying countless towns and villages. Rivers that originally flowed with clear water were ruthlessly cut off by the rifts in the earth at this moment. River water surged violently into them, emitting deafening roars.
The climate also plunged into extreme chaos. Fierce winds swept the land with unprecedented intensity. Wherever they passed, trees were uprooted, and houses were instantly destroyed.
Torrential rain poured down, mixed with fist-sized hailstones, smashing fiercely onto the ground, bringing even more harm to this already devastated continent. All life struggled bitterly under the torment of this harsh environment.
Losing the constraint of the earth core's gravity, the seawater began to surge wildly, stirring up tsunamis dozens of meters high, surging toward the continent's coastline. Coastal cities and ports were instantly submerged under the impact of the tsunamis, and countless lives were ruthlessly swallowed.
Deep in the ocean, due to the lack of earth core energy, seabed volcanoes began to erupt frequently. Boiling magma and freezing seawater collided with each other, generating massive steam and whirlpools, throwing the entire ocean into chaos.
"The Douluo Continent was already on the verge of collapse. With Tang San tossing it about like this again..." Watching this scene, Qian Renxue gritted her teeth in hatred.
"We will charge into the Divine Realm right now!" Regardless of everything, Cui Yajie and Zhongli Yu flew towards the Divine Realm. This time, Xie Huanyue failed to stop the two of them.
"You guys..." Xie Huanyue became instantly flustered and exasperated.
"Let them go. No matter what, they are two God Kings..." Zhang Lexuan comforted softly.
At this time, some inexplicable words began to surface in Xie Huanyue's mind—
"It itself does not have the concept of death, so no power can kill it. It can only be made to cease activity through extremely powerful physical attacks."
"Its outer skin is harder, softer, more resistant to temperature differences, and sharper than any material in this world, and it can imitate the abilities of the creatures it absorbs."
"As long as it exists, the planet will change according to the environment it resides in. It can tamper with physical laws and gradually alter them to become the order of the universe..."
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Tang San didn't care about the changes on Douluo Planet. It was just that for some reason, upon returning to the Divine Realm, he had an indescribable ominous premonition.
The Douluo earth's core he used as leverage seemed to beat even more violently, and some power within it seemed to be gradually reviving—
Suddenly, the originally clear sky of the Divine Realm was suddenly covered by a layer of bizarre dark clouds. This layer of dark clouds was not ordinary clouds; it emitted a creepy aura, as if it were a curse from the abyss.
Following closely, the entire Douluo Divine Realm began to tremble violently. The earth cracked, mountain peaks collapsed, and rivers dried up.
"What's going on? What happened?"
Deities walked out of their own shrines one after another, their faces full of shock and fear. They didn't know exactly what had happened, why the peaceful Divine Realm would suddenly fall into such a terrifying disaster.
Just when the deities were at a loss, a massive figure emerged from the cracked ground, slowly rising from the core area of the Divine Realm.
This figure was initially just a blurry outline, but as it continued to rise, it gradually became clearer. When the deities saw the true face of this figure clearly, they couldn't help but draw a sharp breath of cold air.
"That... what is that thing? Didn't they say the Divine Realm only imprisoned a Golden Dragon King?"
The massive figure was like a spider the size of a mountain range. Its body was composed of countless crystals flashing with bizarre light. Eight massive long legs were as hard as steel, each leg covered with sharp barbs.
And the most terrifying thing was that the eyes of this monster flashed with madness and bloodlust, as if to swallow the entire Divine Realm.
"Heavens, what kind of monster is that?" Cui Yajie and Zhongli Yu, who were just preparing to ascend to the Divine Realm, noticed this scene and immediately halted their steps.
The aura erupting from that monster was probably not something an ordinary God King could compare to.
This massive creature was precisely the Star-Devouring Monster mutated from the Douluo Divine Realm. It was originally a part of the Douluo Divine Realm that underwent a terrifying mutation. Now, it had completely lost its reason and only knew how to madly strangle all life in the Divine Realm.
What was terrifying was that the Star-Devouring Monster innately emitted cosmic radiation. This radiation was like an invisible shackle, tightly wrapping around everything nearby.
With it as the center, rings of radiation waves invisible to the naked eye spread outwards. Wherever they reached, space became incredibly distorted, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of burning.
Flowers, grass, and trees withered instantly under the erosion of the radiation, turning into flying ash; hard rocks also began to disintegrate, turning into powder.
When the Star-Devouring Monster let out a deafening roar and prepared to attack, those deities who stepped forward trying to resist felt a powerful force eroding their divine bodies the moment they stepped into the radiation range. Cosmic radiation drilled into the deities' bodies, wantonly destroying the circulation of their divine power and the structure of their divine souls. Deities hit by the rays had their divine bodies instantly pierced. Their divine power and souls disintegrated together, and their entire person perished instantly in the light, leaving not a single trace behind.
"Ah... save me..."
"What kind of monster is this..."
Some deities were enveloped by radiation, their divine bodies beginning to decay rapidly, their power continuously draining. In painful struggles, they ultimately turned into pools of pus and blood.
The Star-Devouring Monster seemed to have little interest in them, turning instead to crawl toward the direction where Tang San was.
Facing such a terrifying creature, Tang San's eyes sharpened. He immediately raised the Sea God Trident, and the Sea God's power erupted instantly, forming a blue energy shield around him. The Seven Elemental Gods beside him also reacted quickly. Fire burned fiercely around the Fire God; the Water God manipulated endless water currents to spiral around him; lightning flashed in the Thunder God's hands; the Wind God stirred up fierce winds; the Earth God condensed a yellowish-brown rock shield; the Light God emitted dazzling light, while the Darkness God hid within a patch of darkness.
They each exerted their full strength, preparing to meet this life-and-death battle. However, the Star-Devouring Monster's attack seemed to come too swiftly—
One of its long legs, like a black bolt of lightning, instantly broke through Tang San's Sea God shield and directly hit his chest.
"Ugh!"
Tang San only felt an irresistible force strike him. His entire person flew backward like a kite with a broken string, blood spraying wildly from his mouth. The Sea God Trident also slipped from his grasp, tumbling in mid-air.
Almost at the exact same moment, the Star-Devouring Monster's other long legs respectively attacked the Seven Elemental Gods.
The Fire God's raging fire was extinguished the instant it touched the long leg, and his body was directly pierced through. The Water God's water currents were stirred to pieces by the long leg, and his entire person was swept into a chaotic energy vortex. The Thunder God's lightning seemed so weak in front of the long leg and was easily dispersed; he was also shaken to dust by the powerful force. The Wind God's fierce wind was stirred into countless small tornadoes by the long leg, and he himself was swept into it, his body and bones destroyed. The Earth God's rock shield was shattered like fragile glass, and his body was crushed into meat paste by the long leg. The Light God's light was instantly swallowed by darkness, and his life vanished along with it. The Darkness God tried to hide his figure, but had nowhere to hide under the Star-Devouring Monster's powerful perception, and was ruthlessly obliterated.
All of this happened in just a short instant. The Seven Elemental Gods were instantly insta-killed by this mutated Star-Devouring Monster before they even had time to let out a complete roar of anger.
"What exactly..." Tang San struggled to climb up from the ground, and then he saw this mutant abruptly extend a tentacle and grab that earth core from the Douluo Continent.
Poof—
The monster actually stuffed that planetary core, whose temperature reached nearly ten thousand degrees, into its own abdomen!
"Did it... eat the Douluo earth's core?" Tang San's face was full of fear. Even when he wrapped that thing in seawater, it was hard to lower its temperature even a little.
Could that thing be eaten into a body?
But in the very next moment, the aura of this Star-Devouring Monster skyrocketed again. Its aura fluctuations, which already far exceeded an ordinary God King, approached the Supreme God King level in just a few short breaths!
"Impossible... this is impossible..." Tang San struggled to get up, spreading the Sea God's Eight Wings, preparing to flee.
But that monster had already whistled and charged at Tang San—
Tang San, who was already heavily injured, no longer had any possibility of dodging. He was directly torn to pieces by the forelimbs of this completely revived monster! Even the Super Divine Tool, the Sea God Trident, was forcefully snapped in two under the monster's tentacles!
The entire Divine Realm fell into dead silence. The other deities witnessing this scene were filled with fear and despair. They looked at that massive Star-Devouring Monster, not knowing if they too were about to face the same fate. And the Douluo Divine Realm seemed to be heading towards the abyss of destruction.
Author's Note: For readers on Qidian who are surprised by the sudden appearance of this aberration, you can go back and read Chapter 388: Birth of the Divine Realm. Perhaps then you will understand exactly how this thing came to be.