Soul Land 5: The Rebirth of Tang San

Chapter 583: Double Champions

At this moment, the Red-Crowned Crane exploded with power.

The intensely burning sword aura burst forth almost instantly. The terrifying sword intent soared to the heavens, and the Red-Crowned Crane and the Scorching Sunflower contestant vanished simultaneously. What remained was a single sword light—a sword light that could shock the heavens and make ghosts and gods weep. Man and sword as one; man and heaven as one!

In that moment, the Red-Crowned Crane even felt an exhilarating sensation, as if he had pierced through the firmament and broken through the bottleneck that had always troubled him.

This was the absolute pinnacle; the strongest strike he had ever launched in his entire life. Even if it meant completely burning off his long beak, consuming his life force, and requiring a long time to recover afterward, he had no regrets. Being able to unleash such a strike before reaching the god level would bring unparalleled benefits when he did reach that level in the future.

The earth-shattering sword light descended from the sky, clearly much stronger than Big Cat's strike in yesterday's competition. After all, this was the combined power of two individuals, forged through years of sword cultivation—a true desperate strike. It contained an explosive power that seemed poised to obliterate everything in its path.

At this moment, Mei Gongzi moved. She gently moved the Celestial Plume in her right hand, the shimmering silver light tracing a beautiful arc in the air.

The silver light was not intense, but the arc carried a sense of perfect balance and calmness. The soft light arc gently moved upward, creating faint silver ripples in the air.

On one side there was a young man’s explosive release of power that sacrificed everything, further ignited by his fiery partner. On the other, another young man’s hand was guiding his lover’s as she painted the sky, drawing a perfect circle.

One side was fierce, the other serene.

And the next moment, they clashed.

Mei Gongzi's delicate body leaned into Tang San's embrace. At that moment, she felt her body, bloodline, and spirit had completely merged with Tang San’s. They were no longer separate; even their heartbeats were in the same rhythm.

You are me, I am you.

The silver ring of light radiated a gentle glow in the air. That extraordinary, almost impossibly powerful sword strike silently vanished within that peaceful circle.

Yes, it vanished just like that, disappearing without a trace, leaving no mark behind. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Mysterious Circles of Heaven!

This time, just like the first time she’d done it, Tang San personally guided Mei Gongzi.

Mei Gongzi’s eyes were radiant, and she even felt that she had advanced; her understanding of space had been elevated to another level.

That circle seemed to open up a gate to a new world, a new sky. It erased the intense sword light like a cloud erasing the moon reflected in a pond, leaving no trace behind.

Not a hint of sword intent touched them.

The perfect unity of physique, bloodline, and spirit allowed Mei Gongzi's spiritual power to fully transcend to another world at that moment. And although it fell back in the next moment, she had felt a lot in that fleeting instant.

She sensed the incredibly powerful auras in each private box and the multitude of weak ones around her.

Divine consciousness... This must be what divine consciousness feels like.

She didn't know how Tang San had done it, but she was absolutely certain that at that instant, when Tang San's spiritual power completely fused with hers, their spiritual power had transformed into divine consciousness, enabling them to draw this perfect circle. This was a true divine technique, in every sense!

In the air, the Red-Crowned Crane's figure reappeared, and the Scorching Sunflower also appeared beside him. They were both pale as paper, and their fiery momentum was nowhere to be seen. They floated down to the ground, looking at their opponents that were now standing side by side, hand in hand. They lowered their heads in despair.

The match was over. Even without the Celestial Fox Demon Emperor's announcement, the match had already ended, and the outcome was already decided.

Then the Celestial Fox Demon Emperor's melodious voice rang out. "Asura, Mei Gongzi, congratulations. You are the winners of this doubles competition!"

Tang San instinctively turned his head to look at the Demon Emperor, feeling slightly shaken.

When announcing the victory, the Celestial Fox Demon Emperor had placed Tang San's name first, not Mei Gongzi's. Had he... sensed something?

When using the Mysterious Circles of Heaven, Tang San relied entirely on the fusion of his own spiritual power with Mei Gongzi’s, using the power of the blood oath as a conduit. This temporarily elevated their spiritual power to the level of divine consciousness, ultimately neutralizing the opponent’s desperate strike.

This conveniently allowed him to avoid using another bloodline power and prevent the Celestial Fox Demon Emperor from probing his secrets. And yet... it seemed the latter had still sensed something.

Yes, Tang San utilized the power of the blood oath. As a former God King, he understood such oaths very well. He had willingly made the blood oath for Mei Gongzi partly because it allowed him to better protect her, to sense immediately when she was in danger, and partly because it could serve as a medium to enable their powers to combine.

Mei Gongzi turned to look at Tang San.

They had won. They had won. Absorbed in her enlightenment, she hadn’t even paid much attention to what had happened.

She looked down at her hand and the hand holding hers.

When performing the Mysterious Circles of Heaven, he held her right hand with his right hand, but now as they stood side by side, he was holding her right hand with his left.

She had a peculiar feeling—as his hand held hers, it felt so natural, as if it was meant to be. As if it should have always been this way.

Tang San looked at her too, with a smile on his face, showing no intention of letting go. Since he had already decided to take off the mask and let her know everything, there was nothing to hold back.

He had held her as they used the Mysterious Circles of Heaven. Now, he was holding her hand, and he would inevitably hold her heart.

In any case, by using a divine technique to neutralize the opponent’s strongest strike, they had finally won the match. All the glory belonged to Mei Gongzi, who was standing forward with Tang San slightly behind her; the thunderous cheers almost instantly resounded through the heavens.

Double champion—both in the individual and the doubles competitions, Mei Gongzi had achieved the highest honors. Undoubtedly, at this moment, she had reached the pinnacle of her life.

Her delicate body quivered slightly, but the warmth from the large hand holding hers made her turbulent emotions feel like they had found a safe harbor. At this moment, her eyes became a little moist.

Since childhood, within the Peacock Demon clan, she had always been an outcast. Only her mother brought her warmth. Her father was strict at that time, urging her to cultivate continuously for as long as she could remember.

Gradually, her mother had told her many things, narrating the tragic stories of humans. As she grew older, she began to understand her responsibilities as a human. Her childhood never seemed to be associated with happiness; perhaps only while helping her mother sell milk tea in the shop did she feel somewhat relaxed.

On the surface, she was the little princess of the Peacock Demon clan, but no one had ever regarded her as a clan member. In their eyes, she was a mongrel with lowly human blood.

She had always held back her anger, working hard to prove herself. When the Peacock Great Demon King realized that she was more diligent than her peers, even without his urging, his strictness gradually faded.