20demayo Chapter 68 Tang Hao, the Mastermind Behind the Scenes, Plots His Origins
Chapter 68 Tang Hao, the Mastermind Behind the Scenes, Plots His Origins
Chapter 68 Tang Hao, the Mastermind Behind the Scenes, Plots His Origins
"This... I do recall it. Four years ago, I dispatched an army of abyssal ants to the abyssal passage as usual. However, this army of abyssal ants encountered a spatial rift halfway to the abyssal passage, and then the army disappeared without a trace."
Upon hearing this, the Ant King frowned deeply, pondered for a moment, and then spoke.
"Then later, all the abyssal ants in this army transformed into the abyssal essence, carrying the plundered life force back to the abyssal plane."
"Is the space in your Abyss Dimension unstable? Or do spatial rifts of this level occur frequently?"
A glint of light flashed in Jiang Xiu's eyes as he inquired further.
Over the past four years, by extracting fragmented memories from the Abyss Ants, he has learned a great deal about the disaster he experienced, and he has also vaguely guessed the mastermind behind it all, but there are some things he still needs to verify.
"To be honest, my lord, although our Abyss Plane is constantly moving around in the universe, the space inside our Abyss is very stable, and we have never had a spatial rift of that level before."
Emperor Ling also sent people to investigate, but ultimately found nothing unusual. He simply assumed that the defenses of Douluo Continent had loosened further, and that our Abyss Plane's further assault on Douluo Continent had yielded results. After all, regardless of the circumstances, we had obtained the life force.
The Ant King shook his head slightly in denial and then recounted the story of the Spirit Emperor.
Then, as if remembering something, the Ant King added.
"By the way, my lord, one of my personal guards, after being resurrected, told me that the spatial rift its army encountered was very stable, with no turbulence. When they emerged, they were already above a city. It was like...like..."
"It's like someone arranged it, isn't it?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiu's blood-red eyes suddenly darkened, and he spoke softly, his tone gentle yet extremely cold.
A spatial rift that is internally stable—can a spatial rift still be stable inside?
Great joke.
"So it really was you, Tang Hao! You even tried to extinguish my chance to live. What an obedient old dog!"
Jiang Xiu said in a deep voice, "The Abyss Saint King is asleep on this side of the Abyss Plane, and the other kings of the Abyss Plane cannot do the same. Tang San's divine sense will not be wasted on such a thing. In addition, according to what the Ant Emperor said earlier, the only mastermind behind this can only be Tang Hao, the master of the Douluo Plane."
"To destroy me, you didn't hesitate to unleash the abyssal tide, causing hundreds of thousands of souls to perish in Snow City. Sooner or later, I will drag you down from your divine throne and make you kneel before these souls in repentance!"
Jiang Xiu tried his best to calm his turbulent emotions, his eyes already filled with indifference.
The disaster in Snow City resulted in the deaths of nearly 600,000 federal civilians and shattered countless families, especially children. Snow City that day was a living hell, with blood flowing everywhere.
He finally understood that sentence: Destroying you has nothing to do with you.
In this world, weakness is the original sin.
"My lord, something seems amiss..."
Looking at the black mist swirling around Jiang Xiu, the Ant King hesitated for a long time before finally speaking.
"I'm fine. You should rest well. I need you in two weeks. It might be a bit dangerous then, so don't embarrass yourself."
Jiang Xiu took a deep breath, waved his hand, and said that now that he had identified the person who had harmed him, it was his turn to take action. What he needed to do first was to obliterate Tang San's divine sense.
"Yes, sir!"
The ant king dared not ask any further questions and quickly bowed in response.
"Buzzing!"
Ripples spread through the space as Jiang Xiu once again led the Shadow Legion underground, leaving only the Ant King in the desolate wilderness.
After Jiang Xiu left, the Ant King first breathed a sigh of relief, and then a hint of excitement flashed in its dark red compound eyes.
Originally, it would have been difficult for him to climb any higher at his level, but now there is clearly an opportunity in front of him, a chance to break through the shackles.
"Haven't you heard that there's no way to completely eliminate even ants? This time, I've also managed to get lucky..."
"We can't forget Sixclaws, we have to bring him along too!"
……
"Oh? Is this the end?"
Outside Jiang Xiu's room, sensing that the room had returned to calm, Na'er jumped down from the wooden stump and peered inside cautiously.
"Hey, that's a breakthrough."
Inside the room, Jiang Xiu focused his mind, while the little black disc fluttered its wings and hovered behind him, surrounded by two deep black soul rings.
The next moment, a black light appeared, and then the third soul ring began to condense on Jiang Xiu's body. In just a few minutes, three ten-thousand-year soul rings steadily surrounded Jiang Xiu, and Jiang Xiu's cultivation level also broke through three levels in succession, reaching level thirty-three.
Now, once a spirit provides a spirit ring, it is difficult to provide additional energy to the spirit master. In this respect, it is slightly inferior to the spirit rings obtained by directly hunting spirit beasts ten thousand years ago, since the spirit rings of that time were condensed from the essence of the spirit beast.
Jiang Xiu's ability to break through three levels in a row was largely due to his previous accumulation of experience.
"Hmm, this offensive soul skill is not bad. Combined with the Shadow King's [Descent] power, it will definitely produce unexpected results."
Sensing the effect of the third soul skill, Jiang Xiu's eyes flashed with a sharp light. He was very satisfied with it, as this was his first offensive soul skill in the true sense of the Shadow Monarch.
Originally, after absorbing the two bloodline soul skills of Dark Night Raven, Jiang Xiu planned to use his powerful mental strength to fuse another soul spirit, even if it was of a lower age.
However, when Dark Night Raven broke through ten thousand years at the Spirit Ascension Platform in the East Sea, he experienced a bloodline reversion and gained a powerful soul skill, which was just right to give him a third soul skill.
"Na'er must be getting impatient, that silly girl. Didn't we tell her to go back to the Spirit Pagoda first?"
Jiang Xiu chuckled as he watched the small heads peeking out of the one-way window. He then straightened his clothes, opened the door, and went outside.
"Boss, you're out. Sorry about that night, I drank too much and my head was all foggy."
When Na'er saw Jiang Xiu come out, her beautiful eyes lit up, but then she seemed to remember something, and a blush flashed across her pretty face as she put her fair legs together.
The next day, when she woke up, her master told her that she had slept on Jiang Xiu's shoulder all night. When Leng Yaozhu told this story, her meaningful smile was firmly imprinted in Na'er's mind.
"It's alright, you beat Gu Yue that night."
Jiang Xiu waved his hand and said something pointed.
"Of course, little Gu Yue, you'll take her down."
Na'er smiled dismissively upon hearing this.
Just then, the aroma from the kitchen began to waft through the air, and Aruheng was almost finished preparing the meal, which made Na'er's stomach rumble slightly.
Just then, the vermilion gate of the Body Sect opened, and a voice came from outside.
"My disciples, your master has returned!"
(End of this chapter)