"A peak level-150 God King, or rather half-step Supreme, or even stronger." Kindness and Life moved to Qian Renxue's side, their faces also showing astonishment.
Reaching God King level in the lower realm was already absurd enough.
Yet the unknown black-haired twin-tailed girl before them seemed to have already surpassed the peak strength of the former five great God Kings.
Didn't this make them, the Life God King and Kindness God King, look utterly pathetic?
"Qian Renxue, Silver Dragon King—who is this person? Do you know her?"
Kindness God King asked in considerable surprise.
"I have a name. I'm called Gu Yuena." Gu Yuena rolled her eyes at the Kindness God King.
From beginning to end, she had never liked the five great God Kings, but now that Kindness and Life were on their side, she wasn't going to stab them in the back either.
"She is the Dark Devilgod Tiger. Now she's Ning Rongrong's artifact spirit—similar to Di Tian, but her strength far exceeds Di Tian's current level."
As she spoke, Gu Yuena glanced toward Di Tian, hoping this "traitor" could offer some explanation.
"I don't know." Di Tian gripped the Glazed Holy Sword slightly tighter.
"As fellow artifact spirits, Tokisaki Kurumi is valued more highly by Master than I am. Her cultivation method is completely different, and it seems she shares some special connection with Master. The specifics—I'm not very clear on them either."
Although he had become the artifact spirit of Ning Rongrong's Glazed Holy Sword, in practical terms, the other party was the artifact spirit of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul—far more intimate than a half-way newcomer like him.
Moreover, most importantly, Ning Rongrong was female.
Some memories were not guarded against Tokisaki Kurumi, but that didn't mean they weren't guarded against him, Di Tian.
"In other words, the advantage is on our side?" The Life God King's eyes reddened, blood threads creeping across the whites around her pupils. The life energy around her gradually began shifting toward the opposite extreme—death.
The Asura God had killed the Life God King's husband. With her husband's killer right in front of her, how could she possibly remain calm?
"Life, calm down." The Kindness God King soothed her. "Asura is our common enemy. He may still have tricks up his sleeve. We must stay vigilant."
While the two spoke, the Asura God and Tokisaki Kurumi had already clashed countless times.
Evenly matched—truly evenly matched.
"Time laws and space laws." The Asura God's expression grew heavy. "Is this the cycle of causality?"
"Back then, the Space-Time Dragon King stopped the Dragon God. Now it's you trying to stop me?"
"Seventh Bullet—Time-Space Freeze!"
The bullet shot through the air was dodged by the Asura God. Tokisaki Kurumi flickered and reappeared behind him once more. After exchanging one move, she retreated several hundred meters with both hands raised.
Tokisaki Kurumi spoke calmly: "Stop you? Who do you think you are?"
"I am a Nightmare Spirit. Of course my goal is to eliminate you."
"A mere sword carrying a wisp of consciousness—don't think you can act without anyone knowing."
At these words, the Asura God's face changed dramatically.
"You… how do you know?"
"If no one is to know, don't do it yourself. Do you really think you can surpass the Dragon God?"
"Damn it!" Endless killing intent surged in the Asura God's eyes. "Those who know too much never live long—just like the Dragon God!"
"Clang—"
The two crossed and exchanged positions once more. A Western rapier now appeared in Tokisaki Kurumi's left hand.
"Another super-divine tool?" The Asura God King was stunned.
In that single brief contact, he had already sensed powerful spatial fluctuations.
A space-attribute super-divine tool…
What the hell—how could the lower realm have so many strange and bizarre things?
He had originally thought that a mere Douluo Star would be nothing.
How much trouble could it possibly cause him? Now, this had become a serious threat at his doorstep.
Tokisaki Kurumi gave a light laugh and looked at the Western knight sword in her left hand. "This kind of sword really isn't very comfortable for me to use."
Specks of light gathered along the blade. With a "bang," the Western sword turned into scattering points of light that quickly merged into Tokisaki Kurumi's body.
The Western sword vanished. In its place on Tokisaki Kurumi's left hand appeared a silver-white flintlock pistol.
"I really don't like close combat. Unlike Sawa, huh?"
"Oh wait—no, it seems that plot doesn't exist in this world. Sorry, sorry."
Tokisaki Kurumi shrugged, having almost gotten herself too immersed in some anime.
"So then…"
Her eyes narrowed slightly. Tokisaki Kurumi's original wine-red pupils began to change, transforming into the engraved form of a blue-white clock dial. "Now, round two begins."
"Swish!"
Tokisaki Kurumi vanished once again.
This time, even the Asura God could not react at all.
"Time-Space Collapse!"
The Asura God's body rapidly distorted. Blood, cells, even divine power—all became imprisoned, as though sinking into quicksand.
"Don't get too cocky, little yellow-haired brat!"
The Asura God shouted loudly.
His aura rapidly fused with the Asura Sword. His entire being seemed to become one with the Asura Sword itself.
Blood energy spread outward, even overflowing from the collapsed space.
"Three Realms Judgment Sword!"
Intense light expanded outward. Crimson and white radiance flooded everyone's vision.
The ground shook violently. The entire Douluo Star was swept by blinding light.
It was as though another scorching sun had appeared high in the sky.
At this moment, on the ground below, Ning Fengzhi and the others.
"Everyone, are you ready?"
Ning Fengzhi took a deep breath and looked toward the group of first-level gods behind him.
"We're ready." Bibi Dong nodded.
The others responded in agreement as well.
"Phew—"
Ning Fengzhi inhaled deeply and stood side by side with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
A vast voice resounded across the entire planet.
"In the name of the Plane Lord, I, Ning Fengzhi, together with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, gather all the power of the Douluo World to completely conceal the planet."
Waves of soul power and divine power flowed toward the three of them.
In moments, their auras faintly rose to approach God King level.
"Seal!"
A massive character for "Seal" appeared reflected in the sky. Moments later, it descended and engraved itself onto the surface of Douluo Star.
Douluo Star grew faint, turned transparent.
Finally, it vanished from the universe.
The combatants high above also noticed this.
"As expected, it's begun." Qian Renxue let out a soft sigh.
The participants in the battle had already stepped out into the cosmos.
The planet beneath their feet had completely disappeared.
It had hidden itself within the dimensional rift.
It seemed that battles at God King level—or higher—had reached the point where they could no longer remain on the planet.
All present were God King-level existences. Fighting in the cosmos posed no issue for them.
More precisely, even half-step God Kings who wished to break through to God King—like the Mother of the Crimson—had to plan on devouring entire planets.
Let alone a battle of this level.
If not for Ning Fengzhi and the other two becoming Plane Lords and being able to borrow a certain degree of God King-level power from the planet to maintain its stability, the planet would likely have perished in a very short time.
"But now…"
The blazing light had not yet dissipated.
It was like a white dwarf star illuminating everything in the cosmos.
No one knew how much time had passed before the Asura God and Tokisaki Kurumi separated once more—or rather, pulled distance between them.
A thin trickle of blood flowed from the corner of the Asura God's mouth. He reached up to wipe it:
"Tokisaki Kurumi, you are very strong. But do you truly believe you can defeat me?"
Suddenly, raging crimson flames ignited around the Asura God—not just him, but even the Asura Sword began to burn.
(End of chapter)