Published: March 8, 2025
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Tan Tan's body trembled. His brows began to twitch up and down, gritting his teeth, his face contorted in pain, tears streaming from his eyes.
"Hiss... Xie Danfeng... Hiss~~ you little girl... oh... spare me..."
The highest level cultivator, Ancestral Patriarch Xie Zhiqiu, stared in shock, suddenly dropping to the ground, sweating profusely, groaning, "Oh my gosh~~~ I... I... that day..."
The previously oppressive atmosphere lightened immediately with Tan Tan's desperate cry.
Gu Duxing and the others revealed faint smiles at the corners of their lips. Their tense muscles finally relaxed.
The formidable enemy had turned to smoke.
Now, only their own people remained, so how could they not relax?
The two exchanged glances, both noticing the cold sweat on each other's foreheads. The terrifying pressure from earlier still lingered in their hearts. But at that moment, they had both erupted in unison, consumed by uncontrollable rage!
You are powerful! But you are not my brother!
I would prefer to have a weak brother than to want you!
If my brother were as powerful, I would admire him, be happy, feel safe, and he would undoubtedly become my goal to chase.
But you are not!
Tan Tan's situation had certainly sounded a warning bell for Gu Duxing and Dong Wushang! They both understood that Tan Tan had only been forced to awaken, or rather... this was the first awakening of that Demon King, whose power was still limited.
So, Tan Tan was able to awaken.
But... when that... power becomes sufficient, will Tan Tan still awaken?
Although they had relaxed, their hearts still felt a slight tension. Who knows if this would happen again?
Yet, Tan Tan's awakening also served to remind Gu Duxing and Dong Wushang: So this is what a true strong person is like!
A true strong person... this is it!
Their previous goals had indeed been... too small, too small!
Since such strong individuals have appeared before, then they must exist! So... why can't I?
It was from this moment that Gu Duxing and the brothers truly etched the deep imprint of "becoming such a strong person" in their hearts!
They had thought of it before, but that concept had always been too vague. Though they had seen the supreme figures like Bu Liqing and Ning Tianya, those two had never truly struck, and what mattered most was: they had never truly killed!
Now they realized... so-called strong people could be this terrifying!
...
Seeing Tan Tan awaken, Xie Danfeng broke into tears of joy, laughing and crying as she embraced Tan Tan, "You’re back... you’re back..." Yet, her severely injured body could no longer endure such intense stimulation and fainted softly.
Tan Tan smiled wryly, tightly holding Xie Danfeng's body.
No one noticed that deep within Tan Tan's eyes, a faint dark gleam quietly slipped away, followed by a fleeting pain of contradiction. It was exquisite agony, profound sorrow!
He held Xie Danfeng as if it were the only time in this life, holding her tightly, his eyes filled with reluctance yet helplessness.
He wanted to cry out loud, but this was clearly not the moment for sadness. It would only cause more worry among the others.
In that moment, all the memories were clear to him!
He distinctly felt that deep within his heart, it had suddenly changed masters!
No!
It wasn't like that; rather... he had suddenly transformed!
That person, that soul, though powerful and violent, Tan Tan had a clear feeling: that was himself! And absolutely not another person!
The so-called two souls weren't real at all!
That was truly, truly himself. But how... how had he become like that?
Tan Tan could feel that force suddenly erupting from his body. A cruel and indifferent emotion took dominion over his body.
Tan Tan desperately tried to seize control of this body, yet he simultaneously felt: it was clearly himself controlling this body!
This was an indescribable contradiction to the extreme.
Moreover, he distinctly felt these two emotions quietly merging; the feeling was even more bizarre, like a person living well suddenly being struck hard and turning into an idiot. Everything from before was no longer there. Thus, from the moment he became aware, it was as if a newborn baby, learning anew, forming a new personality, a new style of action, a new life.