Chapter 543: Perfect Successor

From the moment the Sea God appeared, Xu Yang immediately entered a state of one hundred and twenty percent combat readiness. He knew very well that the Sea God's true power was beyond his immediate comprehension. After all, the Sea God was a genuine divine-level expert from a different era. What's more, they were on the open sea, the Sea God's territory. Even with his immense strength, Xu Yang wasn't confident he could eliminate the Sea God in his own domain.

Ideally, the relationship between him and the Sea God should have been that of a successor and predecessor, not the conflicting adversarial relationship they currently had.

What Xu Yang truly wanted was to resolve the conflict between them without bloodshed. However, this seemed far from easy, as they couldn't reach a consensus on the most crucial point. For Xu Yang, what mattered most was not the Sea God's legacy, but the precise location of the Glacier Ruins. This, however, was precisely the Sea God's taboo.

Boom!

This time, it was the Sea God's turn to unleash his power. The moment his soul body healed, it locked onto the location of Xu Yang's aura. He then unleashed an incredibly potent aurora of ice swords. The sharp sword in his hand instantly froze solid, and a glacial blue primal energy rapidly engulfed Xu Yang's physical body.

"Boss, be careful! This power of his is not to be underestimated!" Although the Sea Demon Lord often spoke recklessly, he knew very well that he and Xu Yang were in a symbiotic relationship, interdependent, with neither able to lose the other. If Xu Yang was in danger, the Sea Demon Lord, as his sacrificial beast, would definitely offer counsel. He knew that if Xu Yang were truly harmed by the Sea God, the Sea Demon Lord's own essence would also suffer a severe blow.

"Move quickly! Don't let his freezing power entangle you, or you'll be perpetually on the defensive!" The Sea Demon Lord's words were considerably helpful to Xu Yang. To be honest, Xu Yang had never felt confident or had any advantage when fighting water-elemental creatures. More importantly, Xu Yang still didn't want to truly fall out with the Sea God, so he had consistently held back some of his power. However, the Sea God's soul body was unleashing increasingly dominating and formidable attacks, clearly treating Xu Yang as a full-fledged opponent.

"Hey, old man," the Sea Demon Lord began, activating his "mouth cannon" mode again to verbally harass the Sea God's soul body during combat. "If you consider my boss your successor, why are all your moves so lethal? Will killing him really benefit you?" However, this seemed to have negligible effect on the opponent.

"Enough chatter, both of you!" the Sea God roared furiously. "If you think you're capable, come at me together! Today, I'll teach you a good lesson. Dare to oppose me, and you'll face dire consequences!"

In his fury, the Sea God suddenly raised the long sword in his hand high. Another incredibly potent freezing power descended once more from the Icebound Divine Sword in his palm.

Boom!

In that instant, Xu Yang's location was completely sealed by the freezing power. Even Xu Yang's physical body quickly became frozen, unable to move an inch. However, the Sea Demon Beast, as Xu Yang's sacrificial beast who had been hiding within Xu Yang's body, was not entirely suppressed by this freezing attack.

"My heavens, this guy is terrifying! The Sea God truly lives up to his name. His control over water elements has reached an unparalleled level; he is simply the supreme ruler of everything on the sea!"

"Hahahaha, is that all the power you have? Then you truly don't deserve to remain as my successor!" The next moment, an incredibly powerful killing aura suddenly emanated from the Sea God. It was at this moment that the Sea Demon Lord realized this fellow genuinely intended to kill Xu Yang.

"Damn it, what are you planning, old man? You're not going to personally eliminate your own successor, are you?"

The Sea God gave a cold laugh. "He is still my successor now, but if he falls, he will no longer be worthy of that title."

The Sea Demon Lord was enraged. On one hand, he was indignant for his master, Xu Yang; on the other, it was naturally out of self-preservation. The reason was simple: as Xu Yang's sacrificial beast, their fates were intertwined; if one flourished, so did the other, and if one suffered, so did the other. If Xu Yang were truly annihilated by this suddenly berserk Sea God, the Sea Demon Lord would completely lose the right to inherit power from the Supreme Sea Pearl. Furthermore, with Xu Yang's fall, the Sea Demon Lord, a divine-level demon beast, would automatically lose more than half of his vitality and entirely lose his divine-level strength.

"I can't worry about that anymore. No matter what, I must block this attack for my boss!" The next moment, without further hesitation, the Sea Demon Lord transformed into a streak of light and burst forth from his original position. His piranha true form reappeared, protecting the silhouette of Xu Yang, who was already frozen, and directly confronting the Sea God's terrifying sword strike head-on. At the same time, the Sea Demon Lord's piranha true form rapidly expanded, growing to dozens of meters in diameter in the blink of an eye, perfectly enduring the full might of the Sea God's dreadful sword.

Boom!

With just one clash, the residual power emanating from that sword completely broke Xu Yang free from his frozen state. Freed from the frozen state, Xu Yang didn't hesitate, immediately unleashing his Asura power. After all, that was his true, perfect divine inheritance; the outline of the Angel's Heart shone once more!

However, what he couldn't believe was that the moon totem behind him was no longer grayish-white; instead, it was now infused with a faint blue, water-attributed aura. This sight was something even the Sea God's soul body hadn't anticipated.

"Perfect Asura God Form - Asura Path: Bright Moon Over the Sea!" Xu Yang roared, unleashing an unparalleled and supreme divine domain. Unbeknownst to him, "Bright Moon Over the Sea" was created when, while frozen, he frantically mobilized all the primal energy within him. Unintentionally, he had perfectly fused the primal essence from the Supreme Sea Pearl with his Angel's Heart and Asura Path powers, forging this unique and extraordinary "Bright Moon Over the Sea" totem!

"What?! How is this possible? In just a few minutes, he comprehended such a perfect divine totem. What kind of person is this guy?" The Sea God was moved once more. As a divine being, who wouldn't want a near-perfect successor to carry on their legacy? Without a doubt, Xu Yang was the most perfect successor in this world. Unfortunately, due to the entanglements of the Glacier Ruins, the Sea God had decisively chosen to stand against this perfect successor. But now, he truly regretted it...

Because the Sea God genuinely realized that on this continent, he would absolutely never find another successor as perfect as Xu Yang!