"Then what should we do?"
Ning Rongrong's tears welled up again.
"Are we... are we just going to stand by and watch?"
"Is this the only way?"
Tang San took a deep breath and glanced at everyone.
"If a direct assault doesn't work, then we have no choice but to... negotiate."
"talk?"
Dai Mubai was taken aback.
"Talk to whom? Talk to those beasts who killed our brothers?"
Tang San's eyes were calm and still.
"yes."
"Find Gu Yuena."
He made a decision that humiliated everyone.
"She is the ruler of all soul beasts. As long as she nods, Di Tian and Bi Ji cannot refuse."
"We can cooperate with her, temporarily put aside our hatred, and join forces to deal with Tang Chen and the Spirit Hall."
"I can agree to any condition she asks as long as it can save Fatty and Xiao Ao."
He was willing to set aside his dignity as the Sea God and the Asura God and bow down to his former mortal enemy.
...
The Demon King had retracted his massive tree body and transformed into a middle-aged man dressed in a jade-green robe, standing respectfully behind Gu Yuena.
Di Tian was still resentful about the exposure of his private affairs on the Heavenly Dao Ranking, and his face was gloomy.
Just then, Gu Yuena's silver eyes flickered slightly as she looked up towards the distant Tian Dou Empire.
A divine thought, perceptible only to beings of her level, traveled across thousands of miles to reach her.
"Gu Yuena".
Tang San's voice rang directly in her mind.
"It's me, Tang San."
Di Tian and Xiong Jun's expressions changed instantly, and they became on high alert.
Gu Yuena raised her hand, signaling them to calm down. Her face remained expressionless as she responded in the same way.
"What brings you here, Sea God?"
Tang San's thoughts carried a hint of suppressed humiliation and urgency.
"I want to see Brigitte."
"I need her divine reward, 'Ode to Life'."
"I can cooperate with your soul beast race to form an alliance and fight against Tang Chen and the Spirit Hall together."
"If you are willing to let Brigitte save my two brothers, I can make a divine oath that I will not hunt any soul beasts that are more than 100,000 years old for a hundred years."
The conditions he offered were undeniably generous.
For two god-kings to make such a vow is almost equivalent to giving up the expansion of their own power.
However, upon hearing these words, Gu Yuena slowly curled up a mocking smile.
"cooperate?"
Her voice, carrying an air of superior indifference, traveled back through divine sense.
"Tang San, have you forgotten that just half an hour ago, you wanted to torture and kill the Demon King and take his soul ring and soul bone?"
"Have you forgotten who it was that used my people as tools for you humans to increase your strength, hunting them down for millions of years?"
"Now that you need us, you've thought about cooperation?"
"Your life is precious, but aren't the lives of my soul beast race precious too?"
"Beauty's divine skill is to exchange her own eternal sleep for the rebirth of her beloved. This is a benevolent gift from Heaven to her, a treasure belonging to her and my soul beast clan."
"What makes you think we would risk our own lives to save your brother?"
"Are you worthy?"
The last question, like a thunderclap from the heavens, exploded violently in Tang San's mind.
"roll."
Gu Yuena replied with only one word before unilaterally severing the connection of divine thoughts.
...
Tian Dou Empire Camp.
"puff--"
Tang San suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his body swayed, and his face instantly turned deathly pale.
"The mistress!"
Dai Mubai and the others were shocked and quickly stepped forward to support him.
Tang San waved his hand to indicate that he was alright, but his eyes were so red that they were almost dripping blood.
I refused.
Gu Yuena refused without hesitation.
Those questions, those single word "get out," were like poisoned daggers, shattering his dignity as a god-king.
Humiliation, anger, powerlessness, and overwhelming hatred instantly consumed his reason.
"Soul beasts... Good! What a fine race of soul beasts!"
Tang San gritted his teeth and spoke slowly and deliberately, each word seeming to be squeezed out from between his teeth.
"You have the ability to save Fatty and Little Ao, yet you stand by and watch them die!"
"You beasts don't deserve to live in this world!"
His last shred of hope was utterly shattered.
At this moment, the hatred towards the soul beasts reached its peak.
It wasn't just because of Xiao Wu's sacrifice, nor just because of the fall of Da Ming and Er Ming, but because at this moment, they extinguished his only hope of resurrecting his brothers!
"I, Tang San, swear to the heavens!"
He raised the Asura Demon Sword high, and a scarlet killing intent soared into the sky, staining half the sky red.
"In this lifetime, I will slaughter every single soul beast! Not a single one will be spared!"
"Tang Chen! Gu Yuena!"
"You all just wait! I will repay this humiliation a thousandfold, ten thousandfold in the future!"
Just as Tang San's anger reached its peak.
Buzz—
Above the sky, that familiar golden light shone forth for the third time.
The Heavenly Cycle Review begins once again!
Everyone stopped moving involuntarily and looked up at the sky.
The golden list slowly unfolded, and a brand new line of large characters took shape.
[Ranking #8 on the leaderboard!]
It's here!
Following the Demon King and the Emerald Swan, who will be the eighth?
[Soul beast name: Snow Emperor. ]
[Cultivation level: 700,000 years.]
[Race: Ice and Snow Maiden]
[Brief Introduction: A spirit formed from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the true emperor of the far north, controlling the ultimate ice and snow in the world, and one of the ten most ferocious beasts.]
Snow Emperor!
When they saw the name, both Tang San and Dai Mubai's pupils contracted sharply.
They were familiar with this name.
Back in the far north, they had sensed that terrifying aura of absolute dominance from afar.
Seven hundred thousand years!
Yet another terrifying being whose cultivation far surpasses theirs!
Dai Mubai's expression turned extremely ugly.
"Damn it, another top-tier ferocious beast."
"If she were to receive some heaven-defying reward and her cultivation level were to break through to a million years... would we humans still have a chance to survive?"
The Shrek members all felt a chill run down their spines.
One after another, new soul beasts appeared on the list, each more terrifying than the last, filling them with deep anxiety about the future.
The strength of the soul beasts has far exceeded their understanding.
Just then, the gold characters on the list continued to appear.
[Reason for inclusion: As the core of the far north ice plains, born from and controlling ice and snow, its very existence is the law of the far north. A single thought can freeze thousands of miles; a single rage can plunge the world back into the depths of winter.]
[He was of noble character and aloof from the world, yet deep within his heart lay an indelible mark.]
Everyone held their breath upon seeing this.
Another special identity?
Or is it some unknown past?
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