When the God of Life brought Tang Wutong to the Forbidden Land of the Gods, she was met with an incredibly bizarre scene.
In the distance, the God of Destruction and the Evil God stood facing a silver-armored young woman. Judging from their posture, they had clearly just been engaged in fierce combat, yet now all three were motionless.
On the other side, the Asura God remained in his strongest form of dual-god coexistence. However, he too stood still, holding the Asura Demon Sword before him, his gaze fixed intently upon the blade.
Only the unfamiliar figure suspended in the sky, surrounded by giant Dragons, radiated an aura that continued to grow stronger. Even as a God King, the God of Life felt a weight pressing upon her heart.
Realizing that her husband was not the one fighting the Asura God, her worst fear did not come to pass, and she exhaled in relief.
"These two likely came for the Seal in the Forbidden Land of the Gods."
The area was eerily silent. Her eyes swept over the tottering tower nearby, and she pondered briefly. A moment later, emerald light blossomed around her as a gentle rain descended upon the Forbidden Land. The fine drizzle fell upon the three deities: Asura, Destruction, and Evil.
She was, after all, one of the Five God Kings. Though she did not fully understand what had occurred, she ultimately stood on the side of the God of Destruction.
The God of Destruction suddenly regained his clarity, though confusion lingered briefly in his eyes.
The Asura God likewise awoke from his trance. The visions of his past shattered like fragments of glass before him, dissolving until only the Asura Demon Sword remained in his sight.
This is the effect of a divine skill.
Though countless memories had flashed through his mind, only a few breaths had passed in the outside world.
He looked up. Wang Nan's aura was still rising. Even as a God King, he felt an undeniable pressure.
He cannot be allowed to continue.
Having resolved himself, the Asura God closed his eyes and raised the Asura Demon Sword before him.
His figure and the Sea God phantom behind him ignited simultaneously. Blood-red flames engulfed his form as space twisted and fractured around him. In the next moment, his body merged with the Asura Demon Sword.
"Asura, Blood Sword!"
Body and sword united. Divine soul fused.
This was the Asura God burning his own origin for a final strike.
A blood-red brilliance burst from the blade. The aura of a God King surged into the heavens. Winds gathered, clouds churned, and the power of the entire God Realm converged toward the Asura Demon Sword.
This was not merely divine force resonating with the world. The Asura God was directly invoking the God Realm Central Hub.
Killing intent exploded outward. Wang Nan's Domain shattered beneath the sword's edge as blood-red light tore into the sky.
With his Domain broken, the Silver Dragon King also snapped awake. Without hesitation, she thrust her silver spear toward the God of Destruction.
High above, Wang Nan's tightly closed eyes opened. The fleeting insight he had just touched vanished instantly.
There was no time to dwell on it.
The Asura God's ultimate strike was already before him.
Defend?
This was a blow born of self-immolation and divine fusion. No defensive divine skill could withstand the Asura Demon Sword at this moment.
Dodge?
The Asura God was drawing upon the God Realm Central Hub. The entire God Realm resonated with him. Though vast, there was nowhere to hide.
There was only one choice.
Confront it head-on.
The countless Dragon shadows vanished, merging back into Wang Nan's body. His complete divine armor shone with blinding golden radiance.
Yet in the next instant, the Asura Demon Sword cleaved through space. Before Wang Nan could even raise the Coiling Dragon Staff, the blade pierced directly through his divine armor.
No. Something is wrong.
The sword struck true, cracks spreading across the golden armor. But instead of triumph, the Asura God felt dread. A sharp pain stabbed at his brow, urging retreat.
Too late.
Wang Nan's strongest offensive Spirit Ability had never been his eighth.
When the Asura God chose to burn his origin and strike, Wang Nan made his own decision without hesitation.
Divine Skill: Mutual Destruction.
His fourth Spirit Ability once granted him the Tyrannosaurus Armor. That armor contained two additional skills, one of which was Mutual Destruction, capable of detonating the armor to unleash overwhelming power.
Since acquiring that spirit ring, Wang Nan had never been forced to use it.
Until now.
When Mutual Destruction appeared before the gods for the first time in the God Realm, what detonated was no longer mere spirit armor.
It was his divine armor.
A blinding explosion erupted from Wang Nan's body. The radiance was so intense that even gods could not look directly at it. Violent power expanded outward in all directions, shaking the entire God Realm.
The God of Life immediately released her divine force to shield herself and Tang Wutong. Even so, the shockwave sent them flying backward, pain flashing across her face.
The tower sealing the Golden Dragon King collapsed with a deafening crash. The earth split open, and a massive crack spread outward from the tower's foundation. From within it emanated chaotic, furious, and tyrannical auras.
The Silver Dragon King hurled her spear forward. The Dragon God's Heart on her chest radiated nine-colored brilliance as she released a deafening dragon's roar. Her human form vanished, replaced by a colossal silver Dragon that soared toward the crack.
"Not good. Stop her!"
The God of Destruction transformed into a streak of violet lightning and shot forward.
The Evil God had just deflected the silver spear. He glanced briefly at the Asura God at the center of the explosion, hesitated, then turned and rushed toward the crack.
The upheaval in the Forbidden Land of the Gods rippled across the entire God Realm. Countless deities and divine officials paused simultaneously, sensing the source of the disturbance.
Thud.
The Asura God's body fell from the sky.
His blood-red divine armor was shattered beyond recognition. A massive section of his chest was gone. Beneath it, his physical body had collapsed inward. The Sea God phantom behind him had completely dissipated.
Clang.
The Asura Blood Sword fell at last. Its blade was chipped and ruined, no longer resembling its former self. The blood-red hue faded, gradually revealing a dark golden hammer.
The Asura Demon Sword, originally forged from the Asura God's Clear Sky Hammer Spirit with Xiao Wu as its sheath, had exhausted all its power and returned to its original form.
"Cough… cough…"
The Asura God coughed violently, blood mixed with fragments of his internal organs spilling from his lips. One hand pressed against his ruined chest as he stared upward at the sky.