73: Chapter 73: Tang San's Defeat and Fall

The room was so quiet that one could hear the crackling of the flickering candle flame.

Xiao Wu stood by the bed, watching Wang Donger's brows furrowed in pain. Her pretty face was full of worry, and her long eyelashes trembled gently like the wings of a startled butterfly.

She couldn't help but tug on Lu Jing's sleeve, her voice carrying a trace of imperceptible choking: "Lu Jing, Sister Donger... will she be alright? Look at how hard she's shaking, and her complexion is so poor..."

Lu Jing's gaze fell upon Wang Donger's sweat-dampened forehead hair. His fingertips subconsciously wanted to brush it away, but he was afraid of disturbing her, so in the end, he just shook his head slightly: "She should be fine."

Logically speaking, the two people acting inside would not truly harm her.

Because Wang Donger could trigger the Sea God's Heart, it meant that she had gained the approval of the Sea God's Divine Power. Since they wanted her to be the successor, how could they bear to hurt a seedling they had taken a fancy to?

As for the other one... although the things Tang San did were disgusting, regardless of anything else, he was still Wang Donger's father. Blood is thicker than water; no matter how they fought, he would absolutely not let his daughter be put in danger. After all, his real purpose was to seize this opportunity to control the child of luck of the Douluo Continent. So, if he guessed correctly, their fight was more like two Divine Powers competing, which would at most cause Wang Donger some mental shock, but would not cause fundamental harm.

Even so, he was actually sweating in his heart.

Poseidon was a veteran Tier 1 Divinity who had held the Sea God God Position for ten thousand years, and his Divine Power was terrifyingly pure.

Although Tang San was only a wisp of Divine Power, he had integrated the Asura God's Divine Power and had experienced the tempering of the Divine Realm, with endless methods at his disposal.

If these two really fought with all their might, whether Wang Donger's Sea of Consciousness could hold up was still an unknown.

Only then did Xiao Wu relax slightly, her attention returning to Wang Donger. She reached out to wipe the sweat from her forehead, but fearing she might wake her, her hand hovered in mid-air for a long time before finally pressing gently onto the quilt, as if this could share some of the pain.

Meanwhile, inside Wang Donger's Sea of Consciousness, the fierce battle had reached a fever pitch.

Tang San's figure floated in mid-air, his blue-gold Divine Power wrapped in the scarlet killing intent of the Asura God. Every time he swung his trident, it carried a sharpness akin to judgment.

Poseidon was forced to retreat repeatedly by him, and several cracks had even appeared on his deep blue divine robe, clearly putting him at a disadvantage.

"Damn it!" Poseidon was both shocked and angry. He stared fixedly at Tang San and said: "Who exactly are you, you yellow-mouthed child? You are clearly just a wisp of Divine Power, so why can you unleash such powerful strength?!"

He had lived for ten thousand years and had never seen such a bizarre Divine Power—not only did it possess the Sea God's Divine Power, but it was also mixed with another completely different killing Divine Power. The two powers should have repelled each other, yet they were integrated perfectly within the opponent, even erupting with power far greater than 1+1.

Tang San snorted coldly, his trident pointing directly at the center of Poseidon's brow: "I have already said, I am the Sea God Tang San, the Enforcer of the Divine Realm! It is you who are blind and deaf, insisting on treating me as a fake!"

If it weren't for the fact that this Divine Power could not call upon the full power of his main body, why would he have been entangled with this stubborn old man for so long? He would have defeated him with a single strike of his trident long ago!

"You still dare to quibble!" Provoked by the title "Sea God Tang San," Poseidon was burning with rage. A flash of determination crossed his eyes as he rebuked: "Since you refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit, don't blame me for using my trump card!"

Before his words had faded, he suddenly raised his hand, his palm aimed at the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud floating above the Sea of Consciousness.

The blue diamond-shaped object instantly erupted with brilliant light, and a Divine Power far more magnificent and pure than before poured out from within, like a burst tsunami, rushing madly into Poseidon's body!

"This is... the power of a peak Tier 1 Divinity?!" Tang San's complexion changed suddenly, and for the first time, horror appeared in his eyes.

He could clearly feel that this power was several times stronger than the limit his own Divine Power could mobilize, carrying the most fundamental divine might belonging to Poseidon himself, as if that ten-thousand-year Sea God had arrived in person!

"Hmph, realized you're afraid?" Feeling the brimming Divine Power within him, a ferocious look appeared on Poseidon's face as he explained: "This Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud is a divine artifact I left behind, within which is sealed a wisp of my original Divine Power from my prime! It is more than enough to deal with a fake like you!"

Tang San's heart sank, and he subconsciously wanted to mobilize the power of his main body to support him.

He tried to communicate with his main body in the Divine Realm, but found that his Divine Power seemed to be isolated in this Sea of Consciousness by an invisible barrier. Not to mention mobilizing power, he couldn't even send out a single trace of connection!

"How can this be?" Tang San was completely panicked, cold sweat seeping from his forehead for the first time, as he exclaimed: "What kind of place is this? Why can my Divine Power not connect with my main body?!"

Only then did he realize something was wrong. It had not only suppressed his Divine Power but also cut off his connection with the outside world.

Poseidon did not give Tang San any chance to think. Holding his trident and wrapped in the Divine Power of a peak Tier 1 Divinity, he descended like the true Sea God, bringing with him an earth-shattering momentum as he stabbed fiercely toward Tang San!

The deep blue Divine Power condensed into a beam of light that pierced through heaven and earth. Wherever it passed, the water of the Sea of Consciousness surged violently, golden runes shattered in swathes, and even space rippled with distortion.

Tang San gritted his teeth, pouring all the remaining blue-gold Divine Power and Asura killing intent within his body into his trident, blocking in front of him with all his might.

"Clang—!" The two tridents collided with a boom, emitting a deafening roar.

The blue-gold light was like a candle in the wind under the impact of the deep blue Divine Power, instantly compressed and torn apart!

Tang San's Divine Power let out a painful groan, and his figure flew backward like a kite with a broken string. The blue-gold robe on his body shattered inch by inch, and the light of his Divine Power dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Pfft—" He fell heavily onto the "surface" of the Sea of Consciousness, spitting out a mouthful of golden divine blood, and the phantom of his trident dissipated along with it.

"No... impossible..." Tang San looked at Poseidon in disbelief, his eyes filled with unwillingness and confusion, and said: "Who exactly are you... why do you have such strong power... and also, what is your relationship with Poseidon?"

"This Divinity IS Poseidon!"

Poseidon walked slowly to his front, looking down at him from above, his eyes as cold as frost: "I have held the Sea God God Position for ten thousand years! It is strange that you, a fake who steals Divine Power, actually do not recognize this Divinity!"

To be honest, he still didn't know where this guy's Divine Power came from.

It was clearly power of the same origin as his own and the Asura God's, but there was absolutely no existence of this person in his own memories.

Logically speaking, this situation should not have occurred; after all, whether it was the Sea God God Position or the Asura God God Position, both were created by himself and the Asura God, not passed down through inheritance.