When they saw Su Mo's figure, they were instantly shocked.
Although they hadn't yet seen Su Mo manifest any soul rings, just looking at his presence made them feel a wave of pressure.
"Who are you?"
"Why did you bring us to a place like this?" Dai Mubai asked warily, his eyes fixed on Su Mo.
Although he sensed Su Mo might be very strong, he wasn't afraid.
Zhu Zhuqing said nothing, simply pressing close to Dai Mubai and standing guard beside him as they both watched Su Mo cautiously.
Seeing this scene, Su Mo once again sentenced Zhu Zhuqing to death in his heart.
Swish—
Then Su Mo waved his hand, slashing out a blade of spear energy and launched an attack at Zhu Zhuqing.
Su Mo had no interest in talking to Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing; only the divine sense left by Tang San on Zhu Zhuqing was worth his effort.
Right now, Su Mo wanted to force out the divine sense Tang San had left on Zhu Zhuqing.
"Watch out!"
Seeing Su Mo attack directly, Dai Mubai immediately used his Martial Soul to shield his body and stepped in front of Zhu Zhuqing.
Puff—
However, Su Mo's seemingly insignificant spear blade instantly knocked Dai Mubai flying.
Puff—
Dai Mubai spat out a mouthful of essence blood, his face turning pale immediately.
"Mubai!"
Zhu Zhuqing cried out in alarm.
Whoosh—
At that moment, Su Mo launched another attack directly toward Zhu Zhuqing.
Distracted by Dai Mubai's injury, Zhu Zhuqing did not notice Su Mo's attack and was too late to dodge when she realized it.
"No—"
Having barely withstood Su Mo's casual strike, Dai Mubai knew better than anyone how terrifying Su Mo was. Seeing Zhu Zhuqing about to be hit, he shouted in panic.
Buzz—
Fortunately for Dai Mubai, just as Su Mo's attack was about to hit Zhu Zhuqing, a golden light suddenly blossomed on her, blocking the attack.
"It's Tang San!"
"That's great!"
Seeing the familiar golden glow, Dai Mubai exclaimed joyfully, knowing that Tang San's protective divine sense on Zhu Zhuqing had activated.
Because the protection was active, Dai Mubai was even more certain that without Tang San's protective measures, Zhu Zhuqing would have died from that blow.
As the golden light faded, Tang San's golden phantom appeared before Zhu Zhuqing.
Tang San's divine sense, hidden on Zhu Zhuqing, had been dormant and unaware of the outside situation.
It only activated when Zhu Zhuqing's life was in danger.
Tang San's divine sense was somewhat surprised to appear, never expecting that the protective measure left on Zhu Zhuqing would actually work.
There were still people on the Douluo Continent who dared to attack the Shrek Seven Devils.
"It's you, Su Mo!"
But as soon as Tang San's divine sense saw Su Mo's figure, his expression was filled with shock.
In Su Mo's world, Tang San had been killed by Su Mo before he became a god.
Because there was some connection between the two worlds, the memories of the Tang San killed by Su Mo had been absorbed by the Sea God Tang San of this world, who had already become a god.
So before ascending to the God Realm, Tang San already knew about Su Mo's existence.
However, he never fully understood if those absorbed memories were really events from another world or just a dream he had.
Because after absorbing the memories of the Tang San killed by Su Mo, the Sea God Tang San of this world had specifically searched for Su Mo.
But he never found him and eventually stopped paying attention.
After all, in this world, he had already become a god, even holding dual divine thrones.
He was also together with the woman he loved.
He had resurrected his mother and defeated the Spirit Beast Empire.
Tang San had even once forgotten the name Su Mo.
But he never expected to actually see Su Mo in person.
And from Su Mo's presence, he could feel that Su Mo actually possessed divine power.
This was simply unbelievable.
"Oh? You actually know me?"
Su Mo was also very surprised that Tang San recognized him.
The Tang San in this world shouldn't possibly know him!
"You really are Su Mo!"
Hearing Su Mo's words, Tang San was deeply shocked. The Su Mo before him was somewhat different from the Su Mo in his absorbed memories.
Though Su Mo in the memories was powerful, he wasn't as strong as this one.
"I never expected the Sea God to know me. It's truly my honor!"
Su Mo smiled faintly, pondering how the other had come to know him.
In this world, his true form had appeared only twice, and both times he had well concealed his divine power using time-space techniques.
Unless someone like Tang San appeared before him or used divine power in battle, no one could see through his identity.
So Su Mo couldn't understand how Tang San could know him.
In this world, he had only introduced himself to Qian Renxue and Hu Liena.
Could it be that Tang San learned about him from them?
But that shouldn't be possible—when Su Mo last came, Tang San had already ascended to the God Realm. The divine sense before him was the one Tang San left behind before ascending, which had been dormant on Zhu Zhuqing until now.
That meant the Tang San before him had already known Su Mo before Su Mo's true form had even crossed into this world.
That was impossible...
Su Mo felt like his brain was about to burst.
Unless the Sea God Tang San in this world was the reincarnation after death of the Tang San he had killed, there was no way he could know him!
Wait...
Su Mo's mind raced. According to the timeline, when the Tang San in his world was killed by him, the Sea God Tang San in this world had already become a god but had not yet ascended to the God Realm.
And the Sea God Tang San in this world was unlikely to be possessed again.
But what if the Tang San he killed was reborn and tried to possess, then failed?
Then this Sea God Tang San might have absorbed the other's memories and thus recognized him?
The more Su Mo thought, the more plausible it seemed. There might be other possibilities, but this one seemed most likely.
Su Mo's thoughts turned quickly, deducing the truth.
The Tang San opposite him wasn't as clever or imaginative, so he didn't realize that this Su Mo was the same one from his memories.
He thought this Su Mo was the Su Mo of this world, even more powerful than the one in his memories, having broken through to level 100 and become a god.
At the same time, he was shocked to discover that Su Mo actually possessed the Life-and-Death Arena soul skill.
Back when he faced the Dark Devilgod Tiger using this ability, Tang San had nearly been killed inside it.
"This is the Life-and-Death Arena. I didn't expect you to possess such a soul skill!"
"I don't know why you're targeting Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, but as a god, to attack mortals—aren't you going a bit too far?" Tang San first complimented Su Mo, then spoke up.
"What?"
"Tang San, did you say he's a god too?"
"How is that possible…"
Seriously injured, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing gasped in shock when they heard Tang San's words.
They never expected that they'd run into another god.
Are gods so common now? One after another?
"Are you with Qian Renxue?"
Despite her shock, Zhu Zhuqing quickly caught on and glared at Su Mo, questioning him.
Other than that, she and Dai Mubai had no way of provoking such a figure.
This was a god—how could they dare provoke him?
That's why Zhu Zhuqing strongly suspected that Su Mo and Qian Renxue were working together, which was why he attacked her and Dai Mubai.
Fortunately, besides the divine sense on Dai Mubai, she also had Tang San's divine sense on her. Otherwise, she and Dai Mubai would already be dead.
When Su Mo made his move just now, he did it swiftly, not bothering to say a word. He clearly didn't look like someone with a personal grudge; he just tried to kill them outright.
"Qian Renxue?"
"You're with Qian Renxue?"
"What is that woman planning? Doesn't she know I spared her life once already?"
Tang San was also surprised when he heard Zhu Zhuqing, then looked at Su Mo with a probing gaze.
This divine sense of his had just been activated, so he didn't know Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai had already been chased by Qian Renxue.
"That's right, I'm here to get rid of them for Qian Renxue!"
"So there's no need for you to try persuading me. If you want to save them, let's see if your divine sense has the ability!"
Su Mo didn't deny it—he admitted it directly.
Boom—
Then Su Mo attacked at once.
He summoned the Soul-Hunting Spear, his figure flashing as he appeared behind Dai Mubai, thrusting upward with his spear.
Clang—
But his attack was blocked by Tang San.
Su Mo didn't mind. With a twist of the Soul-Hunting Spear, he continued his assault on Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
"Damn it!"
"What exactly does Qian Renxue want?"
Tang San blocked Su Mo's attacks while demanding answers furiously.
"San-ge, Qian Renxue has recovered her divine power and plans to rebuild Spirit Hall…"
Zhu Zhuqing, seeing that Tang San seemed unaware, quickly explained what had happened earlier.
"What…"
"That woman actually recovered her divine power?"
"She wants to rebuild Spirit Hall!"
"And now she's even teaming up with others to hunt you down…"
"Damn it, I should never have let her go!"
Tang San protected Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing while seething with anger.
"How laughable!"
"It was Qian Renxue who shouldn't have spared you back then!"
"You and all your Shrek Seven Devils!"
"If Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue hadn't held back out of kindness, giving you time to consider surrender, you would have lost long ago!"
"But look at what you did. After you defeated the Spirit Empire, you unleashed a massacre. Except for Qian Renxue and Hu Liena, you left none of Spirit Hall's high ranks alive."
"And as for sparing Qian Renxue, it was because she let you off once before!"
"As for Hu Liena, that woman is a traitor to Spirit Hall. If not for her, Tang San, you would never have achieved what you did!"
"Even if Bibi Dong hadn't pleaded for her, you still wouldn't have killed her!"
Hearing such shameless words from Tang San, Su Mo couldn't help but retort while attacking.
But Su Mo never used the power of the Sea God.
He didn't want Tang San to realize anything.
If this divine sense discovered it, then Tang San's true body would know as well.
Su Mo certainly didn't want Tang San to know he was from another parallel world.
Not that Su Mo feared Tang San. In the God Realm, Tang San couldn't descend so easily, and even if he did, Su Mo wasn't afraid.
What Su Mo feared were the other gods in that realm.
Otherwise, just to torment Tang San, Su Mo could summon Xiao Wu's soul from his Martial Soul space and make her call him master right in front of Tang San—that would really be satisfying.
So from beginning to end, Su Mo never used Sea God's power, relying only on divine power and his Soul-Hunting Spear.
After all, this was just a strand of Tang San's divine sense, nothing to worry about.
It was enough to wear him down, depleting his divine power until this divine sense was finished.
"Kill!"
Boom, boom, boom—
And in the Life-and-Death Arena, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing couldn't escape, so every time Su Mo attacked, Tang San had to save them.
It didn't take long before a large portion of Tang San's divine sense power was depleted.
"Damn it!"
"This can't go on!"
"Once I run out of divine power, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing won't be able to escape!"
"Damn…"
Tang San grew more and more anxious, realizing things couldn't go on like this.
If this continued, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were doomed.
"Su Mo, are you and Qian Renxue really going to be my enemies?"
"Don't forget, I possess the dual divine thrones of the Sea God and the Asura God!"
Having run out of ideas, Tang San could only try leveraging his identity, hoping it would intimidate Su Mo.
"Haha!"
"Don't make me laugh, Tang San. Gods are forbidden from slaughtering each other!"
"When you killed Bibi Dong and destroyed Qian Renxue, you already broke the laws of the God Realm. The only reason you got away with it was because it happened in the mortal world and your godhood is an enforcer god."
"If I stood in front of your true self now, you wouldn't dare touch me!"
"So what if I offend you? Once I ascend to the God Realm, do you dare to kill me?"
Hearing Su Mo's words, Tang San's expression turned dark.
Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, after hearing Su Mo, turned pale.
He really intended to kill them—even if it meant offending Tang San.
… (End of chapter)
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