Chapter 203: Tang San's Big Loss - His Mother!

Chapter 203: Tang San's Big Loss - His Mother!

A month ago, at the bottom layer of the Golden Tree within Shrek Academy, the golden cage that had persisted for eight months suddenly exploded, transforming into countless light element fragments that scattered in all directions.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha, I'm finally free!" Xuan Zi, having escaped his confinement, laughed heartily. Over these eight months, not a single soul had noticed the anomaly here. It's uncertain whether to say that the folks at Shrek were too laid back or the invisibility magic the Golden Tree cast on Xuan Zi was just too impressive. Apart from Mu En, who had merged his soul with the Golden Tree, nobody even knew Xuan Zi had turned evil.

The now-free Xuan Zi, with a fierce look in his eyes, stared at the scattered light element fragments around him. These were the last energies released by Mu En as he burned his soul, representing the last traces of his existence in this world. Yet, Xuan Zi felt not a hint of guilt; instead, his hatred for Mu En and Shrek Academy grew even denser.

Not only did they not heal him after he was disabled, but they also confined him in the darkest depths of the Golden Tree. Even in death, they did not let him rest, sealing him away for eight months with a burning soul.

How could Xuan Zi not harbor resentment?

What does Taotie represent? Greed! Gluttony!

Having been confined in a cage for eight months, eating nothing, Xuan Zi was famished. But now, the most delicious food for him was the energy-rich roots of the Golden Tree. Under the trembling gaze of Ah Yin, Xuan Zi, with a ferocious smile, began devouring the roots of the Golden Tree.

Unfortunately, Ah Yin had not completely taken over the Golden Tree, and her control over it was far inferior to its true self. The Golden Tree would rather use its life to suppress Ah Yin than let her act against Xuan Zi.

Ah Yin was in despair.

The divine power left by Tang San was meant to protect her from being overtaken by the Golden Tree during the takeover process. To use this power, she would have to burn her soul. Each Sea God Pavilion Master who wanted to use the Sea God's power to release the Light of the Sea God had to consume a great deal of their own life force and soul, nourishing the Light of the Sea God and, by extension, nourishing Ah Yin's soul.

Thus, the more the Sea God Pavilion Masters used the Light of the Sea God, the faster Ah Yin's takeover of the Golden Tree progressed. Ah Yin could also invoke this Sea God power, but now she was being suppressed by the Golden Tree!

Currently only in a soul state without a physical body, she shared one body with the Golden Tree. When the Golden Tree fully suppressed Ah Yin, all her remaining strength could only be used to counter the Golden Tree.

It was like having a gun in your pocket but being pinned down by someone stronger; even if you have a gun that could instantly kill him, you can't even draw it.

What use is the gun then?

As Xuan Zi continued to devour, both the consciousness of the Golden Tree and Ah Yin weakened. Ah Yin, feeling Xuan Zi's powerful devouring ability consuming her soul, felt her fear intensifying. If the soul disappeared, that meant true death.

Even gods need a soul to resurrect someone!

Especially someone like Tang San, who didn't quite grasp souls; if Ah Yin's soul disappeared, he had no means to save her.

"Hao Ge, Xiao San... I'm sorry, farewell..." With despair, Ah Yin's soul closed its eyes for the last time, and her last bit of strength, along with the withering of the Golden Tree, was completely devoured by Xuan Zi.

The Golden Tree fell! Ah Yin fell! The blurry plane consciousness, sensing that the life core being overtaken had died, was overjoyed. "Goodness, truly impressive. Worth being the ascendant sent by the Only True Realm! I'm so thrilled seeing this!"

In a sense, the life core and plane consciousness are one, both being the primal forces of the Star Dou Planet. The consciousness and life core, both overtaken by Tang Hao and the couple Ah Yin, were like two foreign forces eroding Star Dou Planet.

Now with Ah Yin dead, half of those forces vanished in an instant, leaving only Tang Hao still trying to take over the plane consciousness.

But does the plane consciousness now fear anything? Not at all! If the life core is safe, even if you give Tang Hao another ten thousand or a million years, he wouldn't be able to take over the plane consciousness! After all, the plane consciousness is also a being of a second-level divine status.

Tang Hao, who doesn't even have a divine position and was merely taken to the divine realm once by Tang San, barely reaching the status of a divine officer, wants to take over a second-level god? Is that possible?

If not for the divine consciousness left by Tang San on Tang Hao, the plane consciousness could easily erase Tang Hao now!

"Ascendant! Keep it up, you're the only one who can save me now..." With joyful emotions, the plane consciousness suppressed Tang Hao once again. Tang Hao, struggling against the plane consciousness, did not yet know that Ah Yin, along with the Golden Tree, had been devoured by Xuan Zi, becoming nourishment for this glutton.

He just felt a pain in his chest, as if he had lost something, but the suddenly intensified oppression from the plane consciousness left him no room to ponder further, only able to resist fully.

Tang Hao, also protected by Tang San's divine consciousness, wouldn't be completely killed by the plane consciousness, but he would be thoroughly suppressed, trapped in a sleep-like state, completely unaware of the outside world.

If fully suppressed without external help, he would never wake up again. Tang Hao did not want this, so he had to cast aside his distractions and guard his mind against the plane consciousness's all-out offensive.

Meanwhile, Tang San in the divine realm felt Ah Yin's soul dissipate almost immediately. After his initial disbelief passed, it was replaced by a sky-high murderous aura and rage. The power of the Asura God exploded instantly.

It's hard to say how much of a mother-son relationship Tang San felt for Ah Yin, or whether his anger was due to the death of his mother or the ruin of his thousand-year plan.

But his anger was evident. His sea-blue hair instantly turned pale, and his eyes reddened as if bleeding. "Mother... How could my mother's soul..." Shock and anger filled Tang San's eyes. In his plan, with a divine king-level divine consciousness protecting her, the Golden Tree should never have been able to counter-kill Ah Yin.

It didn't have the power.

The only possibility was... The Golden Tree had also died. Tang San was nearly exploding with fury. The plan had been progressing well, but first, he misjudged the real Son of Fortune, fooled by the plane consciousness. Now, even his mother, who was in the process of taking over the Golden Tree, had died!

How outrageous!

Tang San immediately connected to the thread of divine consciousness attached to Ah Yin. Although Ah

Yin was dead, the divine consciousness had not dissipated. Tang San saw at once, Xuan Zi, filled with the primal energy of the Golden Tree...

(End of Chapter)