"Come on, I won't lose to you. The Sea God position is mine," Ning Rongrong said, raising the Sea God Trident.
Though she didn't fully agree with the Sea God's worldview, which was similar to Tang San's "I am justice" stance, it was a fact that the Sea God had taken good care of her. Considering her short time as a combat soul master, he had placed the trial to kill the Deep Sea Demon Whale King—originally for the eighth trial—in the ninth, giving her more time to grow.
Moreover, the Sea God was extremely protective. To ensure Ning Rongrong's trial went smoothly, he not only taught the Golden Thirteen Halberds without holding back but also strengthened her compatibility with the Sea God Heart. From this, the Sea God had shown her kindness, so she wouldn't let this position be seized by the Sea God's enemy, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
"Heh, then let's see what you've got." The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's massive body suddenly thrashed in the sea, its huge tail fin whipping out a blue-purple beam of light.
Where the energy passed, space was forcibly torn apart. The power of this move probably surpassed even Bibi Dong's pre-Evil Spirit Pearl Space-Tearing Abyss Slash.
"Nine Treasure Invincible Divine Light." The nearby clone unhesitatingly activated the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's ninth soul skill, using up one invincibility chance for defense.
"One Way Trip!" Ning Rongrong's main body took the opportunity to launch a strong attack—one of the Golden Thirteen Halberds' powerful single-target skills, with immense power. In the original story, level 85 Tang San had used it to severely injure level 99 Bibi Dong.
Now, with the Sea God Trident fused with the Sea God Heart, its power was even greater. Even the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's tough body couldn't avoid being scarred by this move, but it was just a scar—the Deep Sea Demon Whale King didn't even bleed a drop.
"Such strong defense—the Sea God Trident can't even pierce its body," Ning Rongrong said in shock. This was the first time she'd encountered an opponent the trident couldn't break through.
"Rongrong, against this monster, don't hold back or test the waters. Bring out all your trump cards and finish it in one go," Snow Empress advised.
Facing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, Ning Rongrong had no room for underestimating or holding back.
"Got it, Sister Snow Empress." Ning Rongrong responded, switching her main body's martial soul to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Her eighth soul ring flashed, but not for Nine Treasure Divine Light Protection—instead, it was the God-Summoning Technique, Snow Demon.
The clone continued maintaining the Nine Treasure Invincible Divine Light. After all, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King wouldn't just watch her summon a god. Unfortunately, even though it attacked four more times in the meantime, it couldn't break the absolute defense of Nine Treasure Invincible Divine Light.
Nine Treasure Invincible Divine Light had five uses left.
At this point, a beautiful and holy Snow Goddess flew out from the pagoda. The Snow Demon summoned at Ning Rongrong's current level had strength exceeding level 98, surpassing even Golden Crocodile Douluo by a notch.
"How is this possible? It's actually a god!" The Deep Sea Demon Whale King was greatly shocked. It was only one step from godhood, with 99% of a divine body, but it could sense that the woman before it was a true god—though limited by Ning Rongrong's cultivation, she couldn't exert her full power.
This Sea God inheritor actually had such a trump card!
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King abandoned its tail attacks and opened its mouth to unleash a breath capable of splitting the sea. This was its even more powerful ultimate move, with god-level power—even Nine Treasure Invincible Divine Light might not fully defend against it.
But the Snow Demon was unafraid. Floating in front of Ning Rongrong, she clasped her hands in prayer, emitting an intensely powerful freezing aura that collided with the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's breath on the sea surface, instantly freezing thousands of miles.
The two sides were evenly matched.
In terms of cultivation, even with the Sea God's Light suppression, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was still higher. But in terms of ultimate move power, the Snow Demon's techniques far surpassed it, so she wouldn't fall behind.
"Thank you, Sister Snow Demon," Ning Rongrong said with a smile, taking the opportunity to switch martial souls again. Then her seventh soul ring flashed. "Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul True Body, Snow Empress Descent!"
The Ice Sky Snow Woman's true body activated, forcibly triggering the Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain. Ning Rongrong's figure instantly became more slender and beautiful; her originally emerald green dress turned crystalline, and her brown hair became blue, fluttering in the wind.
This martial soul true body allowed the Snow Empress to temporarily use Ning Rongrong's body to restore her original form, briefly exerting her peak combat power. In other words, at this moment, Ning Rongrong was as strong as a Limit Douluo.
With her main body borrowed by the Snow Empress, Ning Rongrong split off a strand of consciousness to control the Purple Crystal clone. This clone wasn't just for casting Nine Treasure Invincible Divine Light—she had a secret weapon too.
To defeat the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, Ning Rongrong was using every trick in the book.
Ice Emperor and Snow Demon exchanged smiles. These two most beautiful snow goddesses, like true sisters, charged at the Deep Sea Demon Whale King from left and right with perfect coordination.
Ning Rongrong controlled the clone to apply a layer of Nine Treasure Invincible Divine Light to each, leaving three uses for the divine light.
Even the Deep Sea Demon Whale King couldn't unleash god-level attacks at will—that breath required charging. Facing two snow women with such astonishing speed, it had no time to use it and could only resort to wide-range but weaker attacks. Unfortunately, anything below god-level was instantly negated by Nine Treasure Invincible Divine Light.
Boom boom—hits from left and right. The Deep Sea Demon Whale King took two palms, with powerful ultimate ice surging into its body, beginning to freeze its organs.
The power of these two snow women was not much inferior to its own—it had no way to resist.
Moreover, its body was too massive, like a giant target—it couldn't even dodge attacks.
Helpless, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King made a choice. Its body flashed with blue-purple light, and the original 200-meter-long Deep Sea Demon Whale King vanished, replaced by an ancient-faced middle-aged man.
This man was over three meters tall, with deep blue long hair cascading down his back. Most peculiar was his strange deep purple armor, crystalline in form, consisting of chest plate, shoulder guards, abdominal armor, battle skirt, and limb armor—all seamlessly integrated without any visible joints. A high collar protected his neck, and he wore a semi-enclosing deep purple helmet with fish-gill-like patterns on the sides. The moment he appeared, all energy in the air seemed to converge on him.
At the same time, a massive deep purple vortex appeared behind him. The vortex slowly floated up, spinning from his back to his front, finally condensing at the center of his chest armor into a fist-sized gem. Even as a gem, it still flickered with swirling energy, looking extremely bizarre.
"Transformed into human form, and energy armored? This is what Brother Sword mentioned—the realm close to godhood, not inferior to soul bone armor," Ning Rongrong said without panic. Before coming to Sea God Island, Tianlin had already explained the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's abilities to her, so she had anticipated this.
In this form, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's mobility greatly increased, but both its physical strength and surface defense were inferior to its original appearance. Tianlin had told her that when the Deep Sea Demon Whale King transformed into this state, it was the best opportunity to thoroughly defeat it.