At the same time, a thick, resonant voice echoed through the cosmos: "I, the Asura God, after countless years of effort, have today achieved the rank of Supreme God King."
The echoing voice caused the faces of everyone present to change dramatically—especially Gu Yuena, who had fused with the Dragon God's dragon soul and was extremely familiar with the aura of a Supreme God King.
"The Dragon God—no… Asura has already fused all the laws from the five great God Kings bestowed by the Dragon God."
"It's over. Everything is over."
Gu Yuena instinctively retreated, her expression shifting uncontrollably.
The Asura God was clearly right here.
How could this be…
She had originally thought that even after fusing the power of the five great God Kings, the Asura God was only at his current level—still far from the Dragon God. But it seemed that was not the case.
"What do we do?" Di Tian flashed to Tokisaki Kurumi's side in an instant.
That aura was absolutely at the Dragon God level.
As one of the former nine great Dragon Kings, he could be said to be second only to Gu Yuena in how familiar he was with the Dragon God's aura.
Seeing that Tokisaki Kurumi did not respond, Di Tian directly sent a voice transmission.
"Should we notify Master?"
"With Master's strength, perhaps we…"
"No." Tokisaki Kurumi cut him off decisively. "No matter what, we have to hold out until she emerges."
"Have you forgotten how the Dragon God fell?"
"If you want everyone to die together, then go ahead and notify her."
"But…"
"There are no buts. Master's father has already hidden Douluo Star. Even if we are completely wiped out here, it won't affect her, and the Asura God won't be able to locate Douluo Star in a short time."
"As long as Master can break through the deadlock, there may still be a chance to turn the situation around."
"Phew—" Di Tian took a deep breath.
"I understand."
In the cold darkness of the cosmos, waves of scorching heat surged forth. The Asura God King, holding the Asura Sword, transformed into blood-colored flames.
Then, he fused completely with his weapon.
"As expected…"
Tokisaki Kurumi's brows furrowed slightly.
The Asura God's own time flow slowed, exactly the same as that of the Asura Sword he held.
He had attached his consciousness to the Asura Sword?
The only way this could happen was if the Asura God himself was originally the Asura Sword.
Or rather, the Asura God she had been fighting was merely the Asura Sword with a portion of the Asura God's divine sense attached—similar to her own and Di Tian's form as artifact spirits.
"Di Tian, lend yourself to me for a moment."
Di Tian was momentarily stunned. Once he reacted, he withdrew his laws and, together with his own body, transformed into the all-black Glazed Holy Sword radiating the aura of a Dragon King.
Tokisaki Kurumi reached out and gripped it.
She took a deep breath.
She was different from Ning Rongrong—she could not fully control the flow of true qi the way Ning Rongrong could.
She was merely something akin to a mirror image or a complementary existence to her.
She also could not bring forth the full power of the four ultimate realms.
Tokisaki Kurumi's time-and-space pupils contracted slightly as she stared at the Asura Sword wreathed in blood-colored flames.
The Glazed Holy Sword emitted a dark black luster. As true qi surged, the violent energy faintly reached parity with the Asura Sword.
"Sword Technique—Time-Space Annihilation!"
A flat slash swept forward. Profound energy gathered at a single point before suddenly exploding outward.
Along its path, time and space shattered layer by layer. The cosmic stars in view dimmed in an instant.
The powerful law energy quickly suppressed the red flames of the Asura Sword to their lowest point.
Dense time-space energy transformed into blades that launched an assault on the Asura Sword.
"Clang clang clang—"
The space around the Asura Sword began to collapse.
As though being twisted apart, the blade of the Asura Sword slowly distorted. The collision of laws and energy made the surrounding energy field extremely unstable.
One spatial-time rift after another formed, like gaping bloody maws that bit and tore at the Asura Sword.
"Hmph. Mere power like this—you think you can destroy my sword?"
"Clang—"
A violent tremor ran through the Glazed Holy Sword's blade. Tokisaki Kurumi was sent flying thousands of meters backward.
"Pfft!"
Scarlet blood overflowed from the corner of her mouth. Her aura became chaotic.
She swiftly raised the gun in her right hand and fired a shot at herself.
Under the restorative power of time, she recovered both her own condition and that of the Glazed Holy Sword. Yet the oppressive pressure from the forced suppression of her soul remained impossible to dispel.
"Asura God!"
Tokisaki Kurumi's time-space pupils contracted as she looked toward the Asura God standing at the center of the collapsed space-time.
Compared to the previous Asura God, the current one gave off an extreme sense of majesty—faintly carrying an aura of invincibility.
The Asura God glanced at Tokisaki Kurumi, then swept his gaze toward Qian Renxue and the others not far away. Without speaking, he reached out and grasped the hilt of the Asura Sword.
In an instant.
The Asura Sword, radiating blood-red flames, began to be dyed crimson starting from the hilt.
In just a few seconds, the entire blade turned a deep, uniform dark red. Laws of destruction and creation rippled faintly across its surface.
Merely the pressure emanating from the blade already surpassed the Glazed Holy Sword in Di Tian's form.
"You've lost, Tokisaki Kurumi."
"Your little clones ultimately failed to stop me in the God Realm."
"Indeed, a bit regrettable." Tokisaki Kurumi showed no excessive emotion. After discovering that the Asura God was merely a portion of the Asura God's divine sense attached to the Asura Sword, she had dispatched hundreds of clones to infiltrate the God Realm in an attempt to prevent the Asura God King from breaking through.
In the end, the gap was too vast. If it had been her main body, perhaps she might have succeeded.
But…
Here, five against one had nearly resulted in a total wipeout with a counter-kill.
She really didn't believe that the situation here could remain stable if she left.
Moreover, even if her main body had gone, she might not have been able to stop him from achieving Supremacy.
"You all should leave first. This is no longer a battle you can interfere in." Tokisaki Kurumi glanced toward the several God Kings still confronting the Asura God King.
"But…" Qian Renxue hesitated.
"Alright."
Gu Yuena nodded and used her divine power to prepare to lead everyone away.
"Want to leave? Did you ask us first?" Seeing Gu Yuena and the others departing, the Asura God gave a contemptuous smile. He lightly swung the Asura Sword—no, at this point, it was more fitting to call it the Asura Demon Sword.
The malevolent intent radiating from its aura was enough to make one tremble.
The released sword qi cut through like a hot knife through butter.
Space shattered. Stars dimmed.
With just a casual swing, the burst of divine power already surpassed the Three Realms Judgment used against the Golden Dragon King.
"Clang!" Tokisaki Kurumi blocked in front of the sword qi. The Glazed Holy Sword released a protective barrier that completely withstood the Asura God's divine power.
"You actually broke through to Supreme God King!"
The Asura God King was momentarily stunned. A flash of surprise passed through his blood-colored eyes.
Tokisaki Kurumi did not answer immediately. She glanced at the group that had already left, then withdrew her gaze and spoke frankly:
"Asura God, did you really think I sent so many clones to the God Realm just to stop you?"
At these words, something dawned on the Asura God King. His blood-red pupils contracted sharply.
"You devoured those gods in the God Realm?"
"Heh, who knows? You take half, I take half. Whatever you didn't have time to fully devour, I helped myself to." Tokisaki Kurumi paused, then gave a light laugh.
"Since I couldn't stop you, I had to maximize my gains. Although it's a bit different from what I planned, right now I'm also a Supreme God King above level 150—just like you."
"So tell me—am I now on the same level as you, Asura God King?"
(End of chapter)