Chapter 542 — Huo Yuhao Defeats Tang San! Get Down Here! (Side Story)

Chapter 542: Chapter 542 — Huo Yuhao Defeats Tang San! Get Down Here! (Side Story)

"Tang San... continue."

Huo Yuhao’s cold, commanding voice echoed throughout the Star Dou Great Forest.

The moment his words fell—the atmosphere of the entire world tightened. Everyone’s expressions turned complicated.

Through the Heavenly Mirror, billions of living beings witnessed the scene, and a suppressed excitement spread like wildfire.

"Lord Divine-Eyed has truly become a god! After ten thousand years, Douluo Continent has produced another true god!"

"The last one to ascend was Tang San, wasn’t it? Back then he was a legend too..."

"That was then, this is now! Lord Divine-Eyed wiped out the Holy Spirit Cult that poisoned the continent and created the Spirit Soul path to benefit future generations. What did Tang San ever leave for this land?"

"What’s the point of arguing? Lord Divine-Eyed will definitely win!"

"The battle of gods is about to begin!"

All across the Star Dou Forest—

hidden experts released their immense Spirit Power in silent agreement.

They turned into streaks of light and fled toward the forest’s outer edges.

Several elders with the most powerful auras landed atop towering treetops, their figures swaying with the branches.

They exchanged glances, each seeing the same unspoken understanding in the others’ eyes.

"They ran fast enough," Du Busi snorted, his dark green brows lifting.

"With the Transcendent Immortal’s Heavenly Mirror, the entire continent can watch the battle from anywhere."

"If anyone were actually caught in a clash of this level—even a Limit Douluo would either die or be crippled."

Xuan Zi, Jing Hongchen, and the others nodded solemnly.

"Yuhao... has finally become a god." A trace of relief appeared on Mu En’s dignified face, though he did not allow himself to fully relax.

He had never stepped into the realm of gods. Though he had witnessed the overwhelming phenomenon during Huo Yuhao’s ascension, Tang San’s legend and reputation ran too deep within Shrek’s history.

Which of the two was stronger—

he truly could not say.

And yet—

when his peripheral vision caught sight of the white-robed youth surrounded by three thousand gods within the Heavenly Mirror—

the tension in his heart quietly eased.

Farther away—

Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, Wang Dong, along with Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou, had been escorted to a safe distance where they could watch.

"Yuhao will definitely win." Zhang Lexuan raised her cool and beautiful face, gazing at the radiant figure within the mirror.

She remained as serene and distant as a moonlit fairy.

Only the faint trembling of her long eyelashes betrayed the storm within her heart.

That Transcendent Immortal... had once sent her and Huo Yuhao to wander together through the mortal world.

Her heart, which had once beat only for cultivation and for Shrek—had unknowingly carved the image of a certain young man deep within it.

"Ever since Junior Yuhao first rose to fame, he’s never tasted defeat! And this time will be no exception!" Ma Xiaotao burned with bright confidence.

She believed in Huo Yuhao more than she believed in herself. "What’s a god supposed to be?! The first battle after Yuhao ascends will be the battle where he slays a god!"

Just as Wang Dong was about to speak—

the war within the Heavenly Mirror suddenly erupted.

BOOM!

Tang San’s face darkened, twisted with faint ferocity.

The endless ocean hanging upside down in the sky churned violently, even the moon drifting within its waves.

His cold shout echoed together with the crashing tides.

"Huo Yuhao, don’t think that becoming a god guarantees your victory!"

"You and I both possess dual god positions. The Sea God and Asura God are ancient deities—far beyond what a newly ascended god like you can compare to!"

He suddenly swung the Golden Trident.

The weapon’s shaft extended outward, as if becoming infinitely long, its power rising with every instant.

The trident pointed forward—

RIP!

A tearing sound exploded through the air.

Space itself split apart like fragile silk.

The Golden Trident transformed into a lethal streak of golden light that pierced through the void, arriving before Huo Yuhao in an instant.

Azure divine runes flowed along its tip.

Within every line of those runes was compressed the boundless power of the endless sea.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Within a radius of ten thousand meters, space collapsed instantly.

A storm of annihilation surged from the black rift.

Huo Yuhao stood calmly in the center of the shattered void.

Huo Yuhao stood motionless.

Within three feet of him, a hazy divine radiance formed its own miniature world—

stable as an ancient monolith.

Not even the slightest disturbance reached him.

The annihilation storm capable of eroding bone and soul brushed past his body, doing nothing more than stirring his hair and fluttering the edges of his robes.

Bathed in the brilliance of dual god positions, his body carried the aura of something eternal—an existence that had endured through countless calamities.

Even the annihilation storm could not touch him.

Huo Yuhao’s expression remained calm.

He simply watched the trident tip rushing toward him, growing larger and larger in his vision.

One thousand meters.

One hundred meters.

Ten meters.

One meter.

The tip closed to within a single foot.

The razor-sharp force radiating from it struck Huo Yuhao’s body, producing a rapid series of metallic clangs—like blades striking solid steel.

Sparks burst outward.

Yet Huo Yuhao did not move even a fraction.

Just as everyone’s nerves tightened to the breaking point—the change came in an instant.

The trident tip was now less than an inch from his brow.

Deep within Huo Yuhao’s otherwise tranquil eyes, a layer of ancient violet-gold suddenly appeared.

Bzzzz—

Bzzzz—

The heavens and earth abruptly lost their color.

It was as if an invisible hand had wiped away the night sky itself—every star dimming at once.

Yet within Huo Yuhao’s pupils, an entire universe was born.

Vast galaxies revolved within them.

Countless meteors were created and destroyed.

The whole firmament seemed to have been drawn into his gaze.

BOOM!!!

Two beams of eye-light erupted from his eyes like the birth of primordial chaos, crashing directly into the trident tip that was about to pierce his forehead.

CLANG!!!

A thunderous sound beyond mortal comprehension rang across every corner of Douluo Continent.

Even the stars that had just returned to the heavens trembled under the force of the shockwave.

The collision between the eye-light and the trident unleashed a devastating blast.

Where the shockwave passed—everything was reduced to ruin.

However, before the destructive ripples could truly spread, Li Zhexian’s eyes moved slightly. A clear, resonant sword chime rang out, silently smoothing over the shockwave..

In the next moment—Whoosh!

The Golden Trident screamed as it shot backward—faster than when it had been thrown.

The two beams of eye-light merged into one, pressing firmly against the trident tip and accelerating it even further.

Tang San’s expression changed instantly.

Instinctively, he reached out to grab the trident’s shaft.

Sss—!

The moment his palm touched it—

a terrifying force and searing heat surged into him, shaking his divine body violently.

Tang San roared.

Divine power flooded through his arm as he tried to stabilize the trident.

But the returning force was unstoppable.

No matter how fiercely his divine power erupted, he could not halt the weapon.

Instead, the trident dragged him along as he was forced backward uncontrollably.

Tang San wasn’t unwilling to let go.

But this battle concerned life and death.

In a clash between gods, losing one’s weapon was equivalent to losing an arm—the outcome would already be half decided.

Just as he struggled with all his strength against the terrifying force surging through the trident—

his heart suddenly jolted with a premonition of danger.

Huo Yuhao had moved again.

Within that rainbow-like beam of eye-light tearing through the sky, Huo Yuhao stepped through space itself and appeared directly before him.

Face to face.

Tang San could even see the birth and destruction of stars reflected in the young man’s eyes.

"You—" Tang San’s face turned pale. He only managed to utter a single word.

The corner of Huo Yuhao’s lips slowly lifted.

"Get the hell down there."

The hem of his robe billowed like clouds.

His right leg shot forward like a dragon breaking through the void.

The kick landed squarely—

directly on Tang San’s chest.