The viscous malice, profound darkness, and unseen pressure surged over them in an instant.
The Demonic Orca King, in its infinite descent, was the first to bear the brunt of this overwhelming crisis from all directions.
"Roar—!"
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King let out a roar. Blood gushed from its body, turning into a misty fog that swirled around its massive form like water. Its falling body halted, and its eyes, burning with crimson flames, fixed on Tang San, who was falling closely behind from above. Despite being in mid-air, it moved with the agility of being in the sea.
"Demonic Mirror Annihilation!!!"
Its colossal tail fin whipped through the air as the Demonic Orca King bellowed. Several blood-red orbs of light appeared around Tang San, instantly solidifying into irregular crystalline shapes. These crystals, like mirrors, refracted several blood-red beams, lancing towards Tang San, who had already retracted the Vast Sea Cover.
"Buzz—"
A purple-gold mist filled Tang San's eyes.
Before the blood lines could seal off all paths, Tang San, stepping on the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, swiftly pulled Tang Sui into his embrace. His body moved with rapid grace through the void, leaving no trace, not even an afterimage.
Even the Demonic Orca King couldn't accurately pinpoint Tang San's movements, let alone lock onto the siblings.
"Hee hee hee—"
From the profound darkness, sharp laughter echoed intermittently, laced with deep mockery. It seemed to taunt the Demonic Orca King's incompetence, further fueling its already volatile emotions, which were now consumed by pure hatred.
It was all because of these two!
"Among soul beasts, there is competition between populations, the victor becomes king, devouring the vanquished. Just as humans hunt other creatures for sustenance to survive, this death is natural law!"
"I can sense that your path of cultivation is akin to mine. Now, claiming to be righteous and just, standing with the demonic soul great white shark that also hunts sea soul beasts, isn't that a joke!"
The Demonic Orca King questioned in fury.
Tang Sui, now removed from the blood line's lock by Tang San, paused slightly, her dark blue eyes closing.
The next second, a deep purple spirit ring flickered, and two beams of light fell upon her and Tang San.
"Second Spirit Ability, Benevolent Countenance."
Sixty percent of her spirit power was restored to Tang San, and the remaining fifty percent went to herself.
Tang San glanced at Tang Sui. She slowly opened her eyes, her black irises filled with a tranquil depth.
"Martial Soul Fusion Skill—"
Tang San's thin lips moved. He extended his calloused hand, meeting Tang Sui's raised right hand. Their seven brilliantly colored spirit rings and Tang Sui's eight spirit rings suddenly floated upwards. The fifteen spirit rings merged, emitting a dazzling radiance.
The Demonic Orca King's pupils contracted violently. A more piercing alarm blared in its mind. Its body instinctively moved, unleashing a blood-red slash. Only four words echoed in its thoughts—
Stop them!
"Tai Xu."
Black and red mist billowed like a sandstorm, interspersed with dark raven feathers radiating an eerie red glow, drifting within the space.
In the Demonic Orca King's vision, it could clearly see the inauspicious black and red aura emanating from each feather.
Realizing it was ultimately too late, the Demonic Orca King looked at the enemies opposite it, whose aura had drastically changed and become subtle. It threw its head back and let out a mournful, resolute roar. The flames that had only burned in its eyes began to spread, instantly engulfing its entire massive body in crimson inferno, becoming the only pure color in this pitch-black world.
"Die—!"
Thick malice churned throughout the space like boiling water.
Tang San, whose spiritual consciousness had established a connection, grunted. His youthful, handsome face, now visibly matured, showed a flicker of pain. His deep black eyes occasionally flashed with a hint of bewitching scarlet.
During a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the domains and partially usable skills possessed by each participant were shared.
Tang San, who had not performed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill in a long time, felt his spiritual consciousness tremble the moment the link was established.
If Tang San's spiritual consciousness was like a vast and clear sapphire sea, then Tang Sui's spiritual consciousness was like a deep-sea trench at the ocean's deepest point.
Gloomy, cold, and filled with countless negative emotions, it was like ink dropped into water, rapidly polluting Tang San's spiritual consciousness, accepting the immense darkness that Tang Sui bore and carried.
As if worlds of light and darkness collided, the moment he gained control of Tang Sui's domain, he would also bear this immense negative emotion.
Were it not for his spiritual power having already reached the highest, vast state, upon contact with that dark domain, another person would at best faint, and at worst, their brain would collapse, leading to brain death, never to open their eyes again.
It was hard to imagine how much malice his sister had endured in places he was unaware of...
A hint of sorrow flickered in Tang San's eyes. Sensing his thoughts, Tang Sui sighed softly and reassured him, "It's okay, brother. This is because of the karma I incurred in that trial world."
The strange beasts in the misty world willingly submitted to her, revering her as their king. Therefore, the karmic consequences of dividing the new domain forces established by their king would also fall upon her.
The countless beliefs of the strange beasts were linked to her, and the karmic fruits of casualties incurred before the transformation were naturally borne by her, the new "king."
This was because the leaders of those strange beasts had already attained the qualification of "Outer Gods" when she left.
These beliefs and karma were both a benefit and a harm.
Just like the Demonic Orca King, who had elevated the Demonic Orca tribe to its current glory, but had also trodden on countless bones and the resentments of innumerable deceased.
The Demonic Orca King was like this, and so was she.
All thoughts transpired in a single moment. Tang San, who "heard" Tang Sui's thoughts, maintained the tight curve of his lips. He then looked at the Demonic Orca King, who was also gathering its strength for a desperate final stand. Taking a deep breath, he opened the fingers of his left hand. In his other hand, the black and red Haotian Hammer appeared, firmly grasped by him.
This was Tang Sui's Haotian Hammer.
"Haotian Hammer—!"
Terrifying arcs of electricity surged in the dark domain, as if a storm was brewing. Lightning and thunder circled the two darkly colored Haotian Hammers, which moved with an indomitable momentum, whistling towards the Demonic Orca King.
"Haotian Nine Arts, Collapse!"
"Rumble—!"
Dense, spiderweb-like lightning enveloped the Demonic Orca King's scarred body. The dazzling and swift, sky-shattering hammer shadows swung down repeatedly, carrying infinite killing intent and overwhelming resolve. They destroyed everything in their path, colliding fiercely with the blood-red-eyed Demonic Orca King.
"Boom—!"
The collision of two terrifying energies resulted in a deafening explosion. Tang Sui, whose body could be materialized or etherealized and was hidden within half of the dark spiritual consciousness, grunted, absorbing half of the backlash damage.
Simultaneously, the two hammers struck the Demonic Orca King heavily. The immense power infused into this "Collapse" technique caused the Demonic Orca King's body to instantly shatter into pieces, becoming a mangled mass of flesh.
Tang San, a trickle of fresh blood seeping from his lips, raised the two Haotian Hammers splattered with blood.
It was evident that he, too, had endured half of the backlash.
Even though Tang San was focused on his offense and Tang Sui was fully mobilizing her spiritual and demonic power to reinforce the domain, she still sustained significant shock damage from this terrifying blow.