Soul Land: Bibi Dong Is My Martial Soul-Chapter 219: Giving Up Resistance

Chapter 219: Giving Up Resistance

Boom—

Boom—

Boom—

Inside the Arena of Life and Death, the Asura Divine Sword and Sea God Trident clashed relentlessly.

After detonating his soul rings, Tang Chen fought as if possessed by a god. His power was so overwhelming it could be described as reaching the divine level—he was already infinitely close to it.

Su Mo, bolstered by multiple buffs and states, was just as formidable.

In terms of combat technique, Su Mo had also undergone the brutal trials of the Slaughter City, and was by no means inferior to Tang Chen.

With his unpredictable control over space-time, Su Mo did not let Tang Chen reclaim the upper hand even after the latter's ring detonation.

Instead, the battle between them plunged into a true, blazing deadlock.

It was the first time Su Mo had faced such an evenly matched opponent. He fought with unrestrained joy and intensity.

Only when he sensed Tang Chen's aura starting to wane—as the effect of the ring detonation was clearly about to end—did Su Mo deliver his finishing blow.

"Light of the Sea God!"

Buzz—

A powerful beam of Sea God's radiance burst from Su Mo, instantly illuminating the entire Arena of Life and Death. Tang Chen had no place to run and was immediately engulfed by the golden light.

"Urgh—"

Tang Chen let out a muffled groan as the Sea God's light consumed him.

Under the brilliance of that golden glow, Tang Chen found himself completely immobilized. Pain wracked every inch of his body, as though he were collapsing from the inside out. It felt like even his flesh and soul were screaming in agony—a torment beyond words.

"Damn it... what kind of soul skill is this..."

Tang Chen cursed inwardly, clenching his teeth, but he could do nothing—he could only grit his teeth and endure.

"Ahhh—!"

"No—!"

Only after a long moment did Tang Chen suddenly realize that the screams weren't coming from his own body, but from something else within him.

That damned creature which had parasitized him for decades—the Scarlet Nine-Headed Bat King!

As the bat king's agonized howls gradually faded into silence, Tang Chen felt the unbearable pain in his body start to lessen.

It dawned on him instantly: the agony had been due to the bat king's demise.

The Scarlet Nine-Headed Bat King, which had lived as a parasite inside him for so many years, had been destroyed by his opponent's soul skill.

Realizing that the source of all his suffering was finally dead, Tang Chen felt a moment of twisted relief—yet he could only respond with a bitter smile.

Let it die, then.

But the death of the Scarlet Nine-Headed Bat King was also a death sentence for him.

His body had been host to the parasite for so long that all of his internal organs and tissues had fused with it—becoming inseparable.

With its destruction, his body was now on the verge of total collapse.

He was finished.

Even if he somehow defeated Su Mo, he had only a few days left to live.

But with the way his body was now, there was no way he could beat Su Mo!

"You've won. Can you at least tell me your name?"

"I want to know who it is that will be remembered as the one who killed Tang Chen."

As Su Mo's Sea God's light faded, Tang Chen completely gave up resistance. He looked at Su Mo and asked slowly.

"You said you're Tang Chen?"

Hearing this, Su Mo widened his eyes in mock surprise and played along with feigned astonishment.

"That's right. I am Tang Chen!"

Tang Chen wasn't surprised at Su Mo's words—after all, it wasn't strange that someone had heard of his name.

"Impossible! Tang Chen was once the legendary Clear Sky Douluo, and his martial soul was the Clear Sky Hammer! The weapon you used just now clearly wasn't that!"

Su Mo immediately voiced his suspicion.

"Hmph!"

Buzz—

Tang Chen snorted proudly at the doubt, offering no explanation. Instead, he simply reached out with a gesture, and summoned his Clear Sky Hammer.

Indeed, he had called forth his martial soul. However, no soul rings appeared around Tang Chen's body.

That was because after detonating his soul rings, he was temporarily left without any. It would take several days for them to regenerate.

This was only possible because of his mastery over the technique of ring detonation. Had he been less skilled, there was a real risk that those rings would never have reformed again.

"The Clear Sky Hammer..."

"Then you really are the Senior Tang Chen that Senior Bo Saixi has been searching for!"

Upon seeing the Clear Sky Hammer, Su Mo finally revealed that he knew Bo Saixi.

"Who did you say?"

At the sudden mention of Bo Saixi's name, Tang Chen's expression changed at once.

"Senior Bo Saixi from Sea God Island," Su Mo said again.

"...She... Is she doing well?"

Upon confirming that Su Mo truly meant Bo Saixi, Tang Chen's face became deeply complicated.

"Senior Bo Saixi has always been the High Priestess of Sea God Island..." Su Mo replied simply, then withdrew his Sea God Trident. "Senior Tang Chen, the Slaughter King from earlier—that wasn't truly you, was it?"

Su Mo feigned the expression of someone who had noticed the difference between the current Tang Chen and the previous Slaughter King.

"That's right. I was ambushed and parasitized by a Scarlet Nine-Headed Bat King. The Slaughter King from before wasn't me at all..."

"If it hadn't been for you, I might never have woken up."

"Thanks to your previous attack, the Scarlet Nine-Headed Bat King that was latched onto me has been destroyed. I suppose you've returned my freedom to me."

Since Su Mo had noticed the truth, Tang Chen didn't try to hide it anymore and spoke openly, though his tone was inevitably tinged with bitterness. He had never imagined that a soul beast would one day trick him and occupy his body for decades.

"This Arena of Life and Death... does one of us have to die to leave it?"

In the end, Tang Chen looked up and asked the question.

If someone really did have to die, then there was no doubt it would be him.

In that case, he planned to entrust Su Mo with a few final words to pass on to Bo Saixi.

But if death wasn't necessary, then that was naturally for the best.

Though his body was in terrible shape, he still hoped to hold on just long enough to see Bo Saixi one last time before the end.

Because of that, his gaze toward Su Mo was unconsciously tinged with nervousness.

He didn't want to die here—not like this.

"That's not necessarily the case," Su Mo replied with a faint smile. "If the person I brought in wants to leave, then someone has to die."

"But if I dissolve the Arena of Life and Death myself, then it's no longer required."

Buzz—

With just a thought from Su Mo, both he and Tang Chen vanished from the Arena of Life and Death.

In the next moment, they reappeared just outside the borders of the Slaughter City.

"Senior Tang Chen, if you don't mind, I'll use my space-time soul skill to take you to Sea God Island."

As Su Mo spoke, he gently placed his hand on Tang Chen's shoulder.

Tang Chen instinctively tensed for a brief moment, but quickly relaxed and offered no resistance.

He saw no reason to resist. If Su Mo had wanted to kill him, he could have done it already.

Besides, Su Mo knew Bo Saixi and had just freed him from the Scarlet Nine-Headed Bat King. Tang Chen was willing to trust him.

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(End of Chapter)

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