Soul Land 5: The Rebirth of Tang San

Chapter 189: Mei Gongzi’s Spatial Mystery

Tang San stopped behind a large tree, quietly taking out his Godly Zhuge Crossbow, ready to act at any moment.

Observing the battle between the Beauty and the Beasts team and the tigers, he couldn't help but be impressed by the strength of the demon races—especially Song Junhou, who had managed to break through the blockade despite being surrounded by numerous Winged Tigers.

Had it not been for Tang San’s strategy and the fact that he and Du Bai had deprived Song Junhou of his fortune using the Celestial Fox Vision, with his strength, he could have roamed the Kali Mountain unchallenged.

Mei Gongzi remained indifferent, seemingly unaffected by everything that had happened earlier.

Four eighth-order Winged Tigers approached slowly from four directions. The powerful Wind Astral surrounding them merged into a great wall, pressing toward the Beauty and the Beasts team.

Their focus was on Song Junhou because of the formidable strength he had displayed earlier. Especially the scene where he had summoned the power of his ancestor, which still left these eighth-order Winged Tigers somewhat intimidated.

At this moment, Song Junhou clearly had no no strength left for battle. He was as pale as paper; activating the ancestral possession required a significant consumption of his golden bloodline essence, and now he couldn't even use his Golden Holy Fire.

Initially, he thought that with this deterrence and his severely injuring the Tiger King, he could escape the territory of the Winged Tigers and they would not pursue further. But unexpectedly, the relentless Winged Tigers continued their chase, cornering them into a dead end.

With the speed of the Winged Tigers, the team couldn't outrun them. Their only option was to fight with their backs to the wall.

"Captain, what do we do?" the Ironback Ape asked loudly.

Song Junhou gave a bitter smile/ "Our only choice is a desperate battle. I've severely injured the ninth-order Winged Tiger King, but my strength is almost depleted. I can't continue to fight. It's up to you to fight to the death. We can't run away."

The Beauty and the Beasts team still had six fighters left: the Ironback Ape, Cat Demon, Shadow Sparrow, Bear Demon, Skunk Demon, and Mei Gongzi. However, the Skunk Demon might as well not be there, especially against the Winged Tigers whose main attribute was the wind element. In other words, there were only two seventh-order fighters among them, while their opponents were four eighth-order powerhouses.

The Cat Demon felt the current situation was eerily similar to when four eighth-order Peacock Demon powerhouses besieged Mei Gongzi. And now, they were all under attack, an ironic twist of fate.

"Let's fight!" the Ironback Ape roared. Its figure swelled as its bloodline power ignited, unleashing its most potent strength.

The Bear Demon also put down Song Junhou, stepped forward, and activated its bloodline power, its body swelling in size.

"Step back," a cold voice said at that moment.

Mei Gongzi slowly emerged from between their burly figures.

Only thirteen years old and about 1.6 meters tall, she appeared small and delicate compared to her monstrous demon teammates. Her beautiful face was cold and expressionless. Yet, for some reason, as she stepped forward, both the Ironback Ape and the Bear Demon subconsciously took two steps back.

The elongated peacock feathers shimmered in a deep, mysterious peacock blue, and as Mei Gongzi took each step, her aura began to change.

Her jet-black hair and eyes had turned a peacock blue. While her aura didn’t increase much, everything around seemed to darken instantly, as if her body was devouring all the light.

The four eighth-order Winged Tigers almost simultaneously stopped in their tracks, their gazes filled with wariness as they watched Mei Gongzi.

Just then, a pair of enormous peacock wings unfurled from Mei Gongzi's back. Each densely packed feather radiated a soft glow. Golden patterns emerged on her forehead, forming a crown-like design.

"Peacock Golden Crown?!" the Ironback Ape blurted out almost instantly.

At a distance, Song Junhou’s jaw dropped, and he looked at Mei Gongzi with a face full of shock and disbelief.

At this moment, he finally understood why Wang Yan and the Peacock Demon clan had retreated earlier. Even if they had a thousand times the courage, they wouldn't dare to strike at the Golden Crown Successor! Moreover, a Peacock Demon who had awakened the Golden Crown was incomparable even to those with a golden bloodline like himself.

Song Junhou had always held high expectations for Mei Gongzi. According to rumors, she was one of the Peacock clansmen granted an exceptional right to succession. Even so, he had never imagined that a human hybrid could awaken the Peacock Golden Crown, becoming a generation's Golden Crown Successor.

In his memory, it had been long since a true Golden Crown had appeared even among the pureblooded members of the clan. This was the mark of a being with the potential to become a Demon Emperor!

For a moment, as the crisis eased, the Beauty and the Beasts team members were utterly stunned.

In the next instant, Mei Gongzi moved. A burst of blue and gold suddenly blossomed, the pleasing hue outlining a pattern of peacock tail feathers in light.

All the surrounding green Wind Astral was instantly dyed blue and gold. Mei Gongzi's figure seemed to disappear instantly, only to appear suddenly in every space in the field of vision. It was as if, in a moment, there were countless Mei Gongzis, behind each of them trailing a splendid swathe of peacock tail feathers.

Peacock's Display, a dazzling brilliance!

The enormous peacock wings on her back slowly closed, and the brilliant blue and gold in the air converged toward her body like a river flowing into the sea, finally merging into the peacock feathers on her back.

The four eighth-order Winged Tigers froze in place, motionless like sculptures, devoid of any hint of life.

Her comrades fell silent.

"Let's go," Mei Gongzi said softly. She retracted her peacock feathers and headed into the distance.

Song Junhou, supporting himself, struggled to stand and followed with a stagger.

The other members of the Beauty and the Beasts team followed with rigid movements. The lagging Skunk Demon looked at their retreating figures and then back at the four eighth-order Winged Tigers, frozen in place like statues.

The Skunk Demon quietly approached one of the Winged Tigers, intending to collect it in its storage bag. But the moment it touched the eighth-order Winged Tiger, there was a loud bang. The tiger instantly exploded, turning into a shower of flesh and blood that covered the Skunk Demon from head to toe.

The Skunk Demon yelped in surprise and fled, drenched in blood, chasing after its teammates.

Tang San stood behind the tree, unmoving for a long time. At that moment, his shock was no less than that of Mei Gongzi's teammates.

To be more accurate, perhaps he was the only one who truly understood what Mei Gongzi had done. And precisely because he had seen it clearly, the shock in Tang San's heart was even more intense. He now truly understood how powerful Mei Gongzi was and why she was fearless even when besieged by five Peacock Demon clan powerhouses.

It was the power of space—yes, she mastered the power of space!

The moment she took action, she did not move forward; rather, space itself folded to let her pass. She cut through space with each flicker of the peacock feathers, leaving behind traces of fragmentation. And the torn space turned into the sharpest of blades, slicing through everything within range.

The four eighth-order Winged Tigers were thoroughly dissected in this fractured space. The space sliced their bodies from the inside out; they appeared intact on the outside, but even the slightest touch would cause them to shatter.

Such a terrifying power of space was unheard of; even in the world of his past life, Tang San had never seen anyone wield such spatial abilities.