Chapter 540 — Huo Yuhao vs. Tang San! The Might of a God King—Has Huo Yuhao Been Defeated? (Side Story)

Chapter 540: Chapter 540 — Huo Yuhao vs. Tang San! The Might of a God King—Has Huo Yuhao Been Defeated? (Side Story)

"So... as long as I defeat Huo Yuhao..."

"...you’ll spare my life..."

"...spare my life..."

The extreme humiliation made Tang San clench his fists tightly.

How many years had it been?

Never—never had anyone spoken to him in such a tone.

Yet now...he didn’t dare show even the slightest trace of anger.

Li Zhexian had effectively taken control of the Divine Realm. Three thousand gods acknowledged him as the Creation God!

Gods were proud beings.

If Tang San hadn’t witnessed it with his own eyes, he would never have believed the reverence those gods showed from the depths of their hearts.

"So that’s how it is..."

"No wonder the number of gods in the Divine Realm once suddenly dropped to a thousand... even eight hundred... only to return to three thousand just as I was preparing to descend to the mortal world!"

"I thought something strange was happening back then—but some invisible force always smoothed over my doubts!"

"What kind of power could do something like that...?"

Tang San’s wariness toward Li Zhexian—

no, his fear—

had reached its absolute peak.

"Since he spoke in front of the entire continent and three thousand gods, he should keep his word."

"If I defeat Huo Yuhao, I can lie low and cultivate quietly. Perhaps I’ll have another chance to rise again."

The thought flashed through his mind.

Tang San took a deep breath and spoke through gritted teeth.

"If this is a fair duel—then return my God King authority to me!"

The moment he said that—

mocking expressions spread across the faces of the gods.

Even the billions of people watching through the Heavenly Mirror couldn’t help but scoff inwardly.

Was Tang San simply frightened out of his wits by the Transcendent Immortal...or had he always been like this?

A God King facing a mortal like Huo Yuhao—yet he was the first to show weakness.

"I ask the two seniors to temporarily return the God King authority to Tang San."

Huo Yuhao’s handsome face remained perfectly calm.

"Otherwise... this battle wouldn’t be very satisfying."

Seeing Li Zhexian nod with a faint smile—

the Asura God and Sea God turned their weapons into two streaks of light that shot into Tang San’s body.

Divine power returned to him like a roaring tide.

The familiar sensation filled every part of his body once more.

Tang San slowly straightened his back, confidence reigniting in his eyes.

"Huo Yuhao."

"Today I’ll show you exactly how vast the gulf is between a mortal and a god!"

BOOM!

Crimson and deep blue divine armor erupted around Tang San, blazing with dazzling light.

Above the sky—

the vast ocean surged once more.

Endless power of the sea poured continuously into his body.

"Go!"

With a sharp shout—

the Golden Trident left his hand, transforming into a golden meteor that tore through the heavens.

An endless tidal surge followed behind it, condensing into a violent tornado that connected sea and sky.

It pushed the trident forward—its power climbing higher and higher, as if it intended to pierce straight through the world itself.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Wherever the trident passed—space tore apart like fragile silk, leaving behind a ten-thousand-meter-long black rift.

From within the crack burst annihilation storms capable of devouring half the continent in an instant.

Fortunately—the divine radiance released by the three thousand gods neutralized and dispersed the storms.

Facing this world-destroying attack—

Huo Yuhao did not dodge.

Instead, he slowly rose into the air, directly confronting the overwhelming pressure.

His long hair whipped wildly in the wind.

His robes fluttered violently.

Behind him, the massive Divine Eye that covered the sky spread ancient and mysterious patterns across the air.

At the same time—

deep golden markings appeared around his own eyes.

Buzz—

Buzz—

Space rippled like water, forming layer upon layer of wrinkles.

In the next moment—

two ancient beams of eye-light burst violently from Huo Yuhao’s pupils.

At first they were only as thick as a thumb.

But the instant they left his eyes—they expanded into two colossal pillars of light that seemed capable of holding up the heavens.

The enormous recoil force pushed Huo Yuhao backward through the air.

And under the gaze of countless spectators—the Golden Trident tearing through the heavens and the ancient eye-light splitting creation itself collided head-on.

BOOOOM!!!

The explosion swallowed all sound.

At the point where the golden trident met the primordial eye-beams—a radiance erupted as bright as a star going supernova.

For an instant—time itself seemed to freeze.

Then annihilation waves burst outward from the collision point, spreading in rings at terrifying speed.

CRACK—!

CRACK—!

The sky itself began to shatter.

Space shattered like fragile glass, countless cracks spreading across a thousand miles in an instant.

Chaotic currents of the void surged out from the fractures, carrying with them fragments of shattered elemental laws...

Ice crystals danced with flame, lightning intertwined with shadow. The most primal energies of chaos ran rampant across the sky.

Below, on the ground—a bottomless canyon was torn open in a thunderous instant. The cliffs on either side melted. Molten magma burst upward in crimson torrents.

Just as that destructive force—powerful enough to rip the continent apart—was about to spiral out of control...

Li Zhexian casually raised his hand and wiped forward through the air.

It was as effortless as brushing dust from a tabletop.

Where his hand passed—the shattered space sealed itself as if nothing had happened, and the raging void currents reversed course, flowing back into the cracks.

The wounds of heaven and earth were smoothed away in an instant.

A few breaths later—the violent energy storm was violently torn apart.

Tang San stepped out from within it.

His divine armor shone as brightly as ever, untouched, while the Golden Trident gleamed with a chilling edge that made it impossible to look at directly.

On the other side—

Huo Yuhao tumbled out of the chaotic torrent of light in a far more miserable state.

His face was pale.

A thin line of blood traced the corner of his lips.

The skin across his body had split open with countless cracks.

Vast life energy—half light, half mist—flowed continuously from the wounds.

It was as if he were a divine artifact rapidly repairing itself.

"Yuhao!"

Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Wang Dong cried out in alarm, their beautiful eyes filled with panic.

Mu En, Xuan Zi, Jing Hongchen, and the other experts also had their expressions change drastically, their hearts sinking to the bottom.

Huo Yuhao’s strength could be called unparalleled in this era.

A legend worthy of being recorded in the history of Douluo—surpassing all who came before.

But this time...

his opponent was a God King.

The gulf between their levels of existence was simply too great to cross.

"You managed to take one strike of my trident without dying on the spot."

Tang San’s voice was cold.

"You should already be proud."

"But the difference between god and mortal... is the distance between heaven and earth."

He gave Huo Yuhao no time to recover.

Before his words had even fully faded—he shot downward like lightning.

His wrist snapped forward.

The butt of the Golden Trident stabbed into empty space—using space itself as a pivot point to unleash another explosive burst of acceleration.

His speed instantly soared to the extreme.

Behind him trailed a string of shattered spatial cracks.

In the blink of an eye—

he closed to within two meters of Huo Yuhao.

The trident’s tip thrust straight for his chest.

A vertical golden eye suddenly opened on Huo Yuhao’s forehead.

A jade-gold carving knife appeared, bracing itself against the tip of the trident.

CLANG!

A sharp, soul-rattling collision rang out across heaven and earth.

Tang San’s gaze sharpened.

Divine power surged through his arms like a dam bursting, his strength increasing yet again.

The trident’s tip and the knife’s edge ground against each other, sparks scattering across the sky like a rain of stars.

Across these blades of destruction, their gazes met, both brimming with killing intent. One above, one below, their locked figures were like a meteor plunging toward the earth.

Just as they were less than a hundred meters from the ground, Tang San suddenly changed his move.

He switched to holding the trident with one hand, maintaining the pressure.

His other hand clenched into a fist as divine light gathered around it.

Without any flourish—

he drove the punch straight toward Huo Yuhao’s chest.

Huo Yuhao answered with a punch of his own.

BOOM!

BOOM!

Their fists collided—

like two stars exploding against one another.

Terrifying energy burst outward from the point of impact, and the space within a hundred miles collapsed under the pressure, crumbling into a field of dark nothingness.

Using the violent recoil, Tang San’s body leaned back sharply, taking the momentum to soar into the sky.

He hovered at a high altitude, feeling the numbness and hidden pain in his entire arm. Suppressing the shock churning in his heart, he looked down coldly.

He saw Huo Yuhao smash violently into the vast earth below.

BOOOOM!!!

Rock and soil blasted skyward.

Dust rose like a raging dragon, swallowing half of the Star Dou Great Forest in its wake...