Chapter 333: The Final Battle

Tang San himself was steady and solid in his cultivation. He had by now elevated his Celestial Fox Transformation and Chrono Croc Transformation to the same level as his companions, and now that his cultivation of the Mysterious Heaven Technique was at the eighth order, he was in no rush. He focused on enhancing both his physical body and spiritual power.

He didn't need to consume many natural treasures because he could directly absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth purified and filtered by the Golden Tree. This spiritual energy was more effective in nourishing his body and sea of consciousness.

The enhancement of his energy cultivation was not urgent, because the more he cultivated, the more Tang San realized that the levels of his bloodline imprints and his cultivation of the Mysterious Heaven Technique were closely related.

If he hadn't deliberately suppressed it, he would have already advanced to the ninth order. But this wasn't what he wanted; he needed to accumulate power and make sure everything was as solid as possible. Only he understood how difficult it would be to break through to the god level in the future.

Another reason for his lack of a hurry was that he was waiting for his companions' Demonic God Transformations to catch up.

On the other hand, in terms of spiritual power, he was striving to improve with all his might.

Having already reached the peak of the ninth order in spiritual cultivation, the spiritual power he now cultivated was naturally used to nourish his divine consciousness.

This was not a conversion; spiritual power did not transform into divine consciousness. It was a kind of nourishment.

Undoubtedly, using spiritual power to nourish his divine consciousness consumed a lot, and the improvement speed of divine consciousness was very slow. It was not a cost-effective method by any means, but unfortunately, it was the only method. Without reaching the god level, divine consciousness couldn't be directly cultivated. In other words, if Tang San directly cultivated his divine consciousness, the planar ruler would immediately notice. At that point, becoming a god would be the least of his concerns; the plane would immediately try to crush him with full force.

Therefore, he could only use this method to nourish his divine consciousness. Although it was slow, it worked and it could be done continuously.

Now, the memories in Tang San's mind were becoming increasingly clear due to the stabilization and enhancement of his divine consciousness. When he reincarnated, his most profound memories were of his time with his wife. To prevent his weakened divine consciousness from affecting them, before reincarnating, he had placed these memories at the very core, and everything else on the outer layers. As a result, when he first reincarnated, some things—including cultivation techniques and the likes—were not very clear. He only remembered the most basic things.

As his divine consciousness stabilized and recovered, his memories became clearer, including various experiences and powerful cognitive abilities of a God King. This was his greatest gain.

No matter how much he cultivated the abilities of this plane, he could never surpass his former self. After all, in this world full of vast resources, a God King level being had never appeared.

The birth of a God King was practically the greatest hope of all planes, because only in this way could an entire plane ascend to the god level. But the birth of a God King was an incredibly difficult task, close to impossible even. Countless powerful planes were stuck at this step, making enormous efforts to overcome it.

Therefore, the best way for Tang San to dominate this world was to restore everything he once had, to regain his status as a God King. Even then, he couldn't easily disrupt the balance of the entire plane, but he would certainly be invincible.

Of course, he wasn't thinking about this now. He was far, far away from restoring his former realm. First, he had to worry about the colossal task of reaching the tenth order.

In recent days, he had been continuously pondering how to achieve a breakthrough under the pressure of the entire plane.

And the final conclusion was to coerce the plane into allowing his breakthrough.

After the ninth match ended, they had been staying in Golden Valley for more than half a month, diligently working to make up for their shortcomings and enhance themselves.

However, even in a place as suitable for cultivation as Golden Valley, improvement in their cultivation couldn't happen overnight; it required continuous accumulation to sustain growth.

Through the matches and the sale of the Spirit Summoning Array discs, they now had a substantial fortune. Recently, Tang San had intentionally asked Zhang Haoxuan to reduce the supply of array discs, partly to raise prices and partly to express dissatisfaction toward the organization.

Tang San's handling of Zhang Haoxuan's breakthrough to the god level revealed the internal shortcomings of the Redemption Society. Thus, the organization had urged Zhang Haoxuan multiple times recently to report to the headquarters.

With that, going to the Ancestral Court was even more of a pressing task. Their tenth match had to be done.

Sitting around the Golden Tree, Tang San looked at his companions with a faint smile on his face.

"Are you all ready? This is the final match."

Wu Bingji looked at Tang San, smiled slightly, and said, "As long as you think we're ready, then we should be ready."

Du Bai laughed. "That's right, if you say it's okay, it's okay."

Cheng Zicheng glanced at her faintly golden skin, which seemed less fair than before, feeling slightly troubled. She stole a glance at Wu Bingji, wondering if her eldest brother liked the way she looked now. However, her strength had indeed increased significantly.

Gu Li said, "My spiritual power seems to have reached a critical point and needs some stimulation. Let's do it. We've gotten through nine matches, it's all down to this last one."

Tang San nodded. "Alright, everyone, get ready. Let's follow our plan."

A day later, news from the Great Beast Fighting Arena in Kali City seemed to set the entire city ablaze. The Shrek Squad, who had already secured nine team battle victories, were finally going to face their tenth challenge. Their opponents were also victorious in nine team battles, and they were a particularly powerful and ferocious team.

Would the five human warriors of the Shrek Squad ascend to nobility in one fell swoop, or would they fall, rendering all their previous efforts in vain? This ultimate showdown would determine the answer.

For a time, every corner of Kali City buzzed with discussions about this battle. Humans were almost unanimously optimistic about the Shrek Squad's chances of winning. Whoever the opponent was and however strong, they were united and supportive in moments like these. After all, it was an exceedingly rare opportunity, even throughout their entire lifetimes, to see their kin emerge with such momentum. Though their hearts were tense, they were also filled with desire. They truly hoped that humans could reach greater heights.

Perhaps, in the eyes of human slaves and lowly vassals, the rise of humanity and standing toe-to-toe with the demons and nymphs seemed impossible. They just hoped to see humans have a chance to become nobles. On the other hand, the ones with greater power and higher standing naturally harbored the desire to grow stronger and break free from the oppression of the demon and nymph races.

The Great Beast Fighting Arena provided them with such an opportunity, allowing them to feel for the first time that it was possible for humans to contend with the powerful demons.

For this battle, tickets were hard to come by. The prices had tripled, yet demand still exceeded supply. Nearly all major nobles in Kali City wanted to watch this exceedingly rare showdown in the Great Beast Fighting Arena.