Soul Land 5: The Rebirth of Tang San-Chapter 742: Unveiling the Trump Card

A faint smile appeared on Tang San’s face, and a determined glint shone in his eyes. The pain on his body gradually faded away like flowing water, while the armor formed by the Golden Armor Transformation scattered into the air like gold dust.

The Nine Heavens Ten Earths Divine Extinguishing Tribulation was indeed terrifying, a force capable of annihilating everything. Even a transcendent bloodline could not withstand it and could only shatter under its terrifying power.

However, in the end, he withstood this strike. Only the armor had been destroyed... and once more, every single hair on Tang San's body. After painstakingly growing his hair for eight months, he was again completely bald, with countless charred and cracked marks crisscrossing his skin, as if his body might completely shatter in the next moment.

But at the same time, a faint golden halo emanated from within. The Sea God's shadow, which had shattered when the Nine Heavens Ten Earths Divine Extinguishing Tribulation descended, was now re-condensing, and it was even more solid than before.

Just one baptism of lightning made Tang San feel as if he had been reborn. In his sea of consciousness, no spiritual power existed—only divine consciousness remained. Even his connection with the Seagod Trident seemed to have become clearer.

He didn’t have to endure it with his body; there were other ways to resist to some extent. But he chose to directly accept the tribulation’s baptism because he wanted to undergo his transformation as quickly as possible. The earlier the transformation, the more prepared he would be to withstand the upcoming lightning.

Crystalline’s form, after being illusory, solidified once again. The intense pain twisted her face, but she could clearly feel the drastic changes happening within Tang San. The originally furnace-like fluctuations of his internal energy and physical vitality began to collapse inward at this moment, as if a black hole had formed within his body. It was devouring not only the remaining power of the lightning tribulation but also the fortune within the Hell Garden.

A transformation, a complete transformation! This is unprecedented! This guy is really...

At this moment, Crystalline couldn’t help but recall Tang San's promise to her.

......

"Your Majesty, do you know that the ceiling of this plane is far too low? Your lifespan is nearing its end. Once I succeed in crossing the tribulation, I believe you’ll want to find a way to take over me fully. But that won't benefit you at all. Even if you regain the position of Crystal Demon Emperor, you still won’t escape this plane's constraints. The only way is to cooperate with me, and do so in earnest.

"I do not belong to this plane, and when I regain my former strength, I will choose to leave. At that time, because of my power, you, too, will break through your limits and be rejected by this plane. I can take you back to my divine realm, where you will truly be immortal and unbound by any restriction. This is my promise to you, but the choice is yours. If you insist on competing with me and trying to take over my body, then you can give it a try. But all of this will have to wait until we successfully cross the tribulation. I believe, after the tribulation, you won’t have such thoughts anymore."

......

His words still echoed in her mind, and at this moment, the Crystal Demon Emperor finally began to understand what he meant. He had been telling her that once she truly felt his strength, she would abandon any thoughts of opposing him.

This guy was really confident in himself, but he had a solid foundation to back it up.

The Crystal Demon Emperor had lived for three thousand years, and even though she was no longer an Emperor per se, she still had the mindset of one. Yet when facing Tang San, she simply could not feel superior.

Meanwhile, the Celestial Fox Demon Emperor, who had been terrified when the lightning first descended, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The Hell Garden was intact! After the terrifying lightning shattered, the most destructive force had actually dissipated, and the remaining power had all flowed into the Heavenly Bloom.

He didn’t know what had happened inside the Heavenly Bloom, but at least the lightning’s power was gradually fading. Although it caused some disturbance in the Hell Garden, it hadn’t destroyed it.

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It seemed that the Crystal Demon Emperor ultimately didn’t want to destroy the Hell Garden. As long as she didn’t intentionally destroy it, there was still a chance for everything to be okay.

But just as this thought crossed his mind, there was another loud rumble from outside.

The tribulation clouds in the sky seemed to have been further enraged. The blinding golden light that erupted in that instant was like the sun descending over the Ancestral Court, causing all the Emperors to be shocked and horrified.

Just now, such a powerful lightning strike had descended, yet there was no explosion within the Celestial Fox Sacred Mountain; it seemed as though the lightning had been swallowed. They were still puzzled, but in the next moment, even more terrifying lightning descended again, crashing down madly.

The Emperors had to refocus, quickly joining forces once more to concentrate the lightning toward the center and guide it down toward the Celestial Fox Sacred Mountain.

"Hehe. You guys can handle it, right? Then keep going."

This was another reason Tang San had chosen to undergo the tribulation here: he wanted to leverage the power of the Emperors.

In another place, even though he had chaos energy protecting him, the relentless lightning attacks would be overwhelming. With only a single drop of chaos energy, it couldn’t protect him entirely. If hit directly by the Nine Heavens Ten Earths Divine Extinguishing Tribulation, he would be reduced to ashes in an instant.

But here, as the Emperors gathered the lightning, they effectively helped neutralize part of the tribulation's malevolent energy. And although the lightning's power was actually greater due to being concentrated in a smaller area, its attack range was limited to the area above his head, maximizing the effectiveness of the chaos energy. This allowed Tang San to respond more calmly.

A brighter golden lightning bolt descended from the sky, once again targeting the area above Tang San's head.

The chaos energy’s effect was still in play; as long as it was a force belonging to Falan Planet's plane, it would never attack the chaos energy. This was the rule, a subconscious principle.

The so-called planar ruler was nothing more than the entire plane’s consciousness; it was very rarely a separate being with a concrete form. This consciousness sought to avoid harm and pursue benefit for the plane itself, so how could it strike the plane’s very foundations?

The lightning stalled once more, then quickly disintegrated, turning into countless tiny electric sparks that rained down on Tang San again.

This time, the Golden Armor Transformation could no longer form. The armor that had just collapsed left the bloodline imprint of the Golden Armor Transformation absorbing the lightning's power, and it had fallen silent.

But at this moment, the least conspicuous of Tang San's nine imprints suddenly lit up.

Everything around him suddenly slowed down. The tiny bolts of lightning, like countless golden threads, froze in place around Tang San’s body.

Chrono Croc Transformation!

Yes, it was the Chrono Croc Transformation, the power of the Chrono Croc bloodline. It was the only second-tier bloodline Tang San possessed, which made it seem lackluster in comparison. But at this moment, this lackluster imprint was taking center stage. Because what it was activating, and fusing with, was Tang San's divine artifact, the Spacetime Lighthouse.

The Chrono Croc Transformation imprint merged with the aura of the Spacetime Lighthouse, controlling the changes in time and space. The powerful lightning bolts transformed into tiny strands, slowly piercing into Tang San's body bit by bit.

It was clearly visible that each time a lightning bolt entered Tang San's body, his skin would brighten and he would shiver violently; then his flesh would be charred, and his skin would crack apart. The next moment, his body's powerful healing ability would fix the damage, only to fix it again after a few moments.

Under the control of the Chrono Croc Transformation, the lightning continued to strike him bit by bit. At the same time, his healing ability, greatly accelerated by the Chrono Croc Transformation, continuously repaired his body. Through this cycle of destruction and restoration, he endured the tribulation's baptism.