This guy is so strong!
His aura is even more formidable than the Great Worship!
If one absolutely had to make a comparison...
In her knowledge, perhaps only the Deep Sea Demon Whale King from ten thousand years ago could compare.
A drop of cold sweat slid down Xiao Bai's temple.
No matter how intense the fierce killing intent erupted from her greyish-blue eyes, no matter how her gaze seemed as cold and sharp as a blade, it still gave off a sense of being tough on the outside but frail within.
His aura was very concealed, but he was absolutely a soul beast. Yet, he didn't carry the scent of the ocean, which indicated he was a fierce beast from the land.
But the problem was, why would a soul beast as powerful as him come here for no reason? Don't tell me he sensed the appearance of this island.
Because even the Sea God bloodline wouldn't have known about this island—which had silently and suddenly appeared—if the sea soul beasts in the surrounding waters hadn't sent back the news.
While Xiao Bai remained silent, that black figure happened to turn his head and look over.
Perhaps it was because of her soul beast aura that the gaze of this black figure subconsciously fell upon Xiao Bai.
"Oh, the Devil Spirit Great White Shark clan..."
With just this one sentence, Di Tian lost interest.
In his view, although this Devil Spirit Great White Shark was also a fierce beast, and her cultivation was enough to rank ninth or tenth among the Top Ten Fierce Beasts ranked by humans... but sea soul beasts, well, everyone knew the deal. Ever since a soul master conquered the sea and became a god tens of thousands of years ago, they no longer believed in the Dragon God, but rather in the Sea God.
In Di Tian's eyes, this was undoubtedly heresy, an alternative form of betrayal. So it was already generous of him not to directly attack the Devil Spirit Great White Shark; how could he possibly pay any more attention to her?
"And then there's you all."
Skipping over Xiao Bai, Di Tian shifted his gaze to Huo Yuhao and the other ten, but most of his attention was attracted by the golden trident mark between Wang Dong'er's eyebrows.
Suddenly, thoughts welled up in his mind.
Is this the inheritor of the new Sea God?
As the patriarch of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King clan, the spokesperson of the Soul Beast Co-Master the Silver Dragon King, and the former captain of the Dragon God's personal guards, he was well-informed and experienced. Wang Dong'er's situation naturally couldn't be hidden from him.
If that's the case...
Then the Sea God's inheritance grounds are nearby?
At this thought, Di Tian glanced at the island filled with the intent of destruction. If so, that would be really interesting.
"Senior Di Tian (Senior Beast God)." x11
Although Di Tian's attention had already shifted away from them, the group, as if realizing it late, still spoke up to greet him.
"Mm."
He replied softly, seeming not to care much. Afterward, Di Tian retracted his gaze from the island.
"Are you all planning to enter this island?"
"Exactly."
Gu Tianchen stepped forward. "Is Senior here for the same reason?"
"That's right."
When the Silver Dragon King, who was sleeping in the alternate space at the bottom of the Lake of Life, was awakened by the commotion caused by the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life, she immediately ordered Di Tian to go overseas and investigate the divine miracles left behind.
Although there was a general direction, the sea was vast. Even for Di Tian, finding it quickly was no easy task.
Because of this, he had only arrived here today.
However, the moment he arrived, he noticed some clues.
"This island is not ordinary."
Di Tian looked Gu Tianchen up and down; Gu Tianchen remained neither humble nor arrogant. Ultimately, Di Tian's gaze fell upon the black star on his brow. "If you already have a Divine Trial protecting you, it should be enough."
"Thank you for the warning, Senior."
Gu Tianchen didn't immediately accept Di Tian's well-meaning advice. After all, coming to this island was a decision made by everyone together, so how could he alone decide not to go now?
Seeing this, Di Tian didn't try to persuade him further.
He slowly extended his palm, as if pressing against the air.
Suddenly, the void in front of him rippled, as if an invisible air barrier was blocking his way.
And the truth was mostly just like that.
Furthermore, the scene before them wasn't even the true appearance of the island.
One could say that this island, jointly constructed by the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life, was situated in an alternate space, and this alternate space was merging into the Douluo Star at an extremely fast speed.
Because of this, the space within this barrier was highly unstable. Although it looked fine on the surface, if one were to use spatial means, they would absolutely be shredded by the space where this island was located.
Therefore, to enter, one could only step directly into it.
At this thought, Di Tian was about to enter, while Gu Tianchen and the others chose to watch quietly from the side. Having the number one expert on the Douluo Continent personally explore the way was definitely better than barging in themselves to investigate, just in case there was something they couldn't handle.
But just as half of Di Tian's body had crossed over, he suddenly stopped. Under the puzzled gazes of Wang Dong'er and the others, he looked in a certain direction, exactly the same as Gu Tianchen's reaction earlier. Even Gu Tianchen and Huo Yuhao's current situation was no different from Gu Tianchen's just now.
However, what they were looking at this time was the sky above.
This scene couldn't help but raise a thought in everyone's mind.
Someone else was coming, and this time, they were flying.
The next second, a streak of light flashed across not far away. Under the sun's illumination, it was like a long rainbow piercing the sun. His aura was completely unrestrained, allowing everyone to identify the newcomer's identity from afar.
"Big Brother Junting is here too?!"
Huo Yuhao's tone was quite pleasantly surprised, and Gu Tianchen beside him was also quite astonished. But when his peripheral vision swept across the island, he seemed to realize something, and the surprise on his face turned into dismay.
However, this only flashed by and didn't attract any attention.
Could this island be because of this guy?
The intent of destruction, and the God of Destruction behind the Rakshasa God seal... regarding the latter point, Gu Tianchen, who had entered the City of Slaughter together with Chen Junting and braved Hell's Road, knew the inside story. So to say that there was no connection between the two lacked much persuasiveness when facing Chen Junting, who was currently speeding over on his flying sword.
Meanwhile, high up in the sky.
"The destination is here. Wait, what is that?"
Following the route given by the God of Destruction, Chen Junting didn't stop much along the way, rushing all the way to this sea area.
Who would have thought that he would find a bunch of acquaintances here.
Looking at this, they were mostly attracted by this island. It even alerted the existences behind them.
However, Chen Junting wasn't surprised by this.
After all, since the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life wanted to leave their methods on Douluo, how could they escape the eyes of Tang San, who viewed the plane as his own home? As for the Silver Dragon King, it went without saying; her true body was still sleeping soundly deep in the Star Dou Forest. Right now, this island was like a firecracker dropping into her room—how could she not wake up and take a look?
Thus, Chen Junting lowered his flying sword.
"Senior Di Tian."
"Are you also here for this island?"
Although it seemed like a question, his tone was certain.
Chen Junting nodded slightly. "I'm here for the Divine Trial."
"Oh?"
This answer was unexpected but reasonable to Di Tian. "Is the god position you are inheriting the God of Destruction?"
"Not Destruction, but Rakshasa."
Rakshasa...
This answer made Di Tian click his tongue inwardly.
Inheriting the Rakshasa God's position but having the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life jointly bestow a Divine Trial? That was truly rare. But no matter what, if he was inheriting the Rakshasa God's position, it was somewhat a pity.
On the side, apart from Gu Tianchen who knew the truth, the others, including Xiao Bai, were all surprised. What they hadn't expected was that Chen Junting had actually become a divine inheritor!
And this god, was the Rakshasa God who had appeared ten thousand years ago.
After ending his conversation with Di Tian, Chen Junting came to Gu Tianchen and the others' side. With just one glance, he saw through their current cultivations. In just two short years, their cultivations had increased greatly.
He had to say, he was very satisfied!
Subsequently, Chen Junting asked Gu Tianchen and the others why they were here. Gu Tianchen didn't hide it and told him everything about the content of their third test and their curiosity about this island.
"Since you're curious, let's go take a look together."
Saying this, Chen Junting extended an invitation to Di Tian.
"Senior Di Tian, do you want to go in and take a look together?"
"Then let me explore the way first. But you all must pay attention; the island before your eyes doesn't truly exist. It's some sort of projection. The real island is still in the alternate space ahead."
After giving this warning, Di Tian took a step forward, appearing in the sky as if teleporting, and then the next second, he submerged into the invisible barrier, disappearing from sight.
Seeing this, Chen Junting waved his hand.
A Seven Kill Sword the size of a soul tool warship appeared in the air, picking up everyone, including Xiao Bai, to ride the sword.
"Stand firm, let's go!"
The tip of the sword pierced into the barrier, seemingly rippling layer by layer.
Soon, they entered the alternate space that Di Tian had mentioned. Before Chen Junting could even notice where Di Tian was, he was directly shocked by the appearance of the real island.
Because they were in the sky, he could see it clearly.
The so-called island wasn't just one.
Instead, large patches of islands below were linked like a chain, covering a massive area. Although this environment seemed a bit too calm, all the small islands were completely black. Pitch black as ink, the terrain was very complex. Even though there was vegetation, it was all entirely black, as if dyed with a layer of ink.
What was even more peculiar was that around these sea island chains, the seawater within a 300-meter radius of the islands was actually also black, forming a stark contrast with the azure seawater outside.
How should he put it?
It was as if these islands were dead, but not entirely dead.
"Just as expected."
It was only then that Chen Junting looked from the inside out. He discovered that the position they had just entered was blocked by a layer of black barrier, making it impossible to see the outside clearly, which formed a sharp contrast to looking from the outside in just now. This also confirmed what Di Tian had said:
This island chain was integrating into the Douluo plane.
"Old Chen, look over there."
Gu Tianchen suddenly raised his hand and patted Chen Junting's shoulder.
Looking in the direction of Gu Tianchen's finger, he saw that Di Tian had already landed on an island, strolling around as if taking a leisurely walk in a courtyard.
"Let's go, we'll go down too."
Seeing this, Chen Junting controlled the Seven Kill Sword to descend.
Arriving on the ground, this island had lush vegetation, looking quite verdant.
The only downside was probably that all the trees, vegetation, and even the earth here were completely black, pitch black as ink. While making one feel somewhat suppressed, it also made people awestruck, suspecting ghostly shadows all around.
However, this wasn't a big problem for them.
In the group, Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes slightly, his Spirit Eye martial soul glowing with blue light as he released his spiritual power to feel the surrounding aura.
But the more he felt it, the more he realized something was wrong.
But specifically what was wrong, he couldn't say for a moment.
On the other side, Chen Junting, who was also investigating the island, found that although everything here was black and filled with the intent of destruction, this filling sensation only brought him a perceptual feeling. As for how to describe it specifically?
For example, it was probably like: I know there is a bowl of stinky tofu in front of me, and it is very stinky, but in reality, this stench that should have stimulated my nasal cavity didn't actually stimulate me.
Therefore, this gave Chen Junting an illusion that everything here was very normal, and there wasn't much difference between this and a normal forest.
That's right!
It was an illusion!
Rationally speaking, how could this island be simple?
Aside from Huo Yuhao and Chen Junting, the others also used their own methods and means to investigate different aspects of the island. It wasn't until Wang Dong'er, who was planning to recover her soul power to keep herself in peak condition, suddenly made a discovery. Her face changed drastically!
"Not good!"
"What's wrong!?"
Wang Dong'er's intense reaction attracted everyone's attention.
They saw that Wang Dong'er didn't make a direct conclusion, but instead asked the others to try it out as well. "Quickly check if you can absorb the Heaven and Earth Origin Energy from the outside to recover your soul power? I don't seem to be able to!"
As soon as these words fell, a look of horror appeared in everyone's eyes.
Unable to recover soul power!? What did this mean? If they exhausted their soul power on this island, wouldn't they become lambs waiting to be slaughtered!
Just as everyone was about to test it one by one...
"No need to test."
"I know the reason!"
Two voices rang out, one far and one near. The near one was right beside Chen Junting and his group, naturally it was Xiao Bai. The far one was Di Tian, who had landed on the island first. He gently pushed aside the vegetation, but a "crack" sound was heard. Then he flicked his hand back, crushing the branches and leaves in his palm.
This action was somewhat baffling.
"Senior Di Tian, Xiao Bai, you know the reason?"
"It's just the advantage of soul beasts."
After speaking, Di Tian glanced at Xiao Bai, the Devil Spirit Great White Shark. "Since you know the reason, you explain the situation."
Turning back, he resumed studying the branches and leaves in his hand.
Afterward, everyone learned from Xiao Bai that it wasn't their problem, but that there was no Heaven and Earth Origin Energy on this island, and they had to leave as soon as possible!
Almost no one had thought in the direction of "no Heaven and Earth Origin Energy." After all, this was Heaven and Earth Origin Energy; where in the world would there be none?
At most, it would just be a bit thinner.
Who would have thought today...
Sigh—they had finally seen it this time!
At this moment, everyone's faces turned grave. Without the existence of Heaven and Earth Origin Energy, they couldn't absorb that energy to recover their own cultivation. Soul power would be consumed, unless they didn't use a single bit of soul power.
But how was that possible?
If they didn't use soul power, and this island harbored some danger, they would be reduced to lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
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