307: Suspicion leads to failure

"Tang Sanzang, you really are very clever. It seems that since just a moment ago, you had already planned everything out, haven't you?"

Professor Darwin squinted, "You calculated that I wouldn't trouble you right now, didn't you?"

Tang Ku stood to the side, pinching the bridge of his nose, and said, "I don't have time to chit-chat with you. Actually, I'm in a very bad mood right now. If you want to fight again, I can oblige... and it just so happens that you ran into this time, and I happened to run into this opportunity, that's all..."

Having said that, Tang Ku looked up, staring at Darwin with burning eyes, and smiled slightly, "Now, the decision is in your hands!"

Darwin, however, squinted his eyes and said, "It seems you are indeed certain that I won't make a move. Heh, then I will not let things go as you wish... Even if it costs me half my life today, I will keep you here!"

Upon hearing this, Tang Ku's eyes lit up, and he rubbed his hands together. He immediately seemed to realize his behavior was a bit inappropriate, then pressed his palms together and said, "In that case, please, benefactor... bring it on!"

Darwin frowned slightly and thought to himself, "He seems very excited, very much hoping to fight me? No... that's not right. There's something strange. Although his strength has become very strong, he is still far from being my match. So why is he so confident?"

He carefully observed Tang Ku's calm and indifferent demeanor, his eyes flickering with divine light, and then he suddenly laughed, "So that's how it is. He is bluffing me... The trace of worry in his eyes, although deeply hidden, still exists... He is not my match, so he wants to use this method to make me suspicious, and then... goad me into leaving! Heh, truly a good tactic..."

"Since that's the case, I won't stand on ceremony with you... This finger of mine targets only living creatures. It can cause all living things to devolve into their most primitive state."

Darwin held up a finger and chuckled, "This is a technique I accidentally obtained while contemplating the Dao; it can be called the 'God-Devolving Finger,' and it contains my understanding of life... If you can't take it, just wait to devolve into a primitive man..."

"Mm-hmm... then hurry up and come..."

Tang Ku remained calm and immediately began to mobilize all the power he could muster.

The War God Gauntlets were applied to his right hand, followed by thirty times the amplification of power, concentrated onto a single index finger.

All the Buddha Power and energy in his body began to converge toward his right index finger. The violent power concentrated at his fingertip actually formed a tiny whirlwind.

"There's nothing to say about this move of mine; it's just using pure physical strength to cause greater destructive power..."

Tang Ku held his finger up. There was not a shred of energy in the surrounding area, because all of Tang Ku's energy had been used to enhance that one finger.

A cold glint flashed in Darwin's eyes. His figure flashed, almost escaping Tang Ku's visual perception, appearing instantly in front of Tang Ku, that finger already pointing toward Tang Ku's forehead.

However, at this very moment, the Tang Ku in Darwin's eyes actually revealed a smile that looked extremely sinister.

This smile flashed and vanished, seemingly even more subtle than the trace of worry from just before... No, that's not right!

Or rather, was that trace of worry from before... a disguise?

"No, he is not a simple character... That's right, he was trying to bait me, because he really has the confidence to seriously injure me! The so-called hidden worry from before was actually the trap to make me fall for it!"

"That is to say... if my finger lands, then he might die, but the loser... will definitely be me!"

Swoosh!

In the instant Darwin was shocked, his body had already paused for a fraction of a second. The smile on the corner of Tang Ku's mouth could no longer be hidden, and he chuckled, "Accept your fate..."

As he said this, he also pointed a finger toward Darwin's forehead.

He did not choose to clash head-on with Darwin's finger, but instead adopted a fighting style that would result in mutual destruction, or even trading his life for his opponent's.

"He did it on purpose... He wants to die together with me... How could such a smart person choose this way to fight me..."

The corner of Darwin's eye glanced at Nemo's corpse, and his heart suddenly trembled: "Is he avenging this test subject? But why avenge someone completely unrelated?"

"Madman!"

When the last two words jumped into his mind, Darwin was finally moved, or rather, afraid.

Although that finger looked unremarkable, he still chose to dodge it, and for this, he had to give up this excellent opportunity to attack.

Because that finger was very dangerous; if he were hit by this move, he would definitely be seriously injured.

And even healing would consume a huge amount of his energy; if he faced an even stronger opponent then, he would definitely be defeated.

Tang Ku was right before; he had long heard about the Buddha sect gathering troops to attack the Dongying Island, and he had even made deployments based on this.

If he suffered even the slightest injury here today, he would not be able to be in his best condition in the upcoming battles, and defeat would only be a matter of time.

"Killing Tang Sanzang is a small matter; confronting the Buddha sect and a host of other enemies is what's big! Losing the big for the small is not a wise move..."

Swoosh!

When Darwin withdrew his finger, his body suddenly flashed to the side, and his dodging speed far exceeded Tang Ku's reaction speed.

And Tang Ku clearly did not have this kind of control, so his finger still forcefully pointed out, striking into the air.

"Plop!"

Like a drop of water falling into a lake, wherever Tang Ku's finger reached, it instantly shattered the space in front of him, just like shattering a piece of glass.

Crack!

Boom!

A large area of space was torn to shreds, and Darwin's body, merely by coming into contact with its edge, was sent flying away entirely.

Hundreds of cubic meters of space were torn apart, producing a terrifying black hole effect. The central point suddenly collapsed, and in the sudden contraction, it actually formed a brief black hole. Half of Darwin's clothes were torn to shreds and sucked into the black hole.

However, because the rules of this Universe were still in operation, in the blink of an eye, this temporary artificial black hole only appeared for a brief 0.5 seconds, but it was enough to shock Darwin.

Tang Ku exclaimed, "Damn, he dodged it..."

He suddenly turned his head, looking at Darwin, and suddenly frowned slightly: "What... why didn't you make a move? Do you look down on this monk?"

Darwin smiled slightly: "Sorry, although I really do want to take your life right now, I'm not that stupid... I can't do the whole 'dying together' thing... You want to drag me down with you, that's wishful thinking... It looks like your move can still be used once or twice, right? I'm not a person who likes to take risks. As long as you still have the ability to strike, I won't make another move!"

Darwin came straightforwardly and left just as readily. Before he had finished his sentence, he had already slowly become transparent and then disappeared.

The corner of Tang Ku's mouth twitched slightly, and he almost knelt on the ground, but he forcibly held it back and revealed a cold sneer: "Hmph, lucky you ran fast, otherwise..."

But his internal monologue at this moment was: "My goodness, I finally bluffed him away... Dealing with such a suspicious person is really brain-draining!"