"What?"
The words from the Life God King caused everyone present to suddenly feel shocked.
Before the surprise could even settle, the Kindness God King added, "As Life said, Evil stayed behind together with Destruction to cover our retreat, which allowed us to barely escape from the God Realm."
"Evil told me that if we could reach Douluo Star, we should find a person named Ning Rongrong—perhaps that could change the situation."
"From the place where Xue Di received the Ice God inheritance, I clearly learned the location of Douluo Star, and I also know some things about the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."
"So after descending to Douluo Star, Life and I hid ourselves, inquired about your whereabouts, and then came straight here."
The content revealed by the two great God Kings—Kindness and Life—shocked everyone present, including Qian Renxue.
Infighting in the God Realm?
The Asura God King, one against four, beat the other God Kings until they were rolling and crawling, forcing them into a strategic retreat?
"Impossible. As fellow 150-level God Kings—half-step Supreme God King existences—even if the Asura God King is stronger, he shouldn't possess power that makes it impossible for you to resist."
"No." The Kindness God King shook his head. His gaze turned toward Ning Rongrong as he explained, "The Asura God King concealed his strength. This matter is also related to the Golden Dragon King…"
It involves the Golden Dragon King?
A trace of astonishment appeared on Ning Rongrong's face.
Right, could it be that the Golden Dragon King broke free of his seal?
But that doesn't seem right either. Something feels off.
"Not long ago, the Golden Dragon King suddenly went into a massive rampage." Seeing that Ning Rongrong seemed unconvinced, the Life God King continued, "Because in the previous Dragon God War we lacked offensive methods, afterward several of us God Kings researched and developed an extremely powerful technique."
"And just before the Golden Dragon King was about to break free of the seal, we jointly used that technique at the same time and struck the Golden Dragon King down in one blow."
"You killed the Golden Dragon King?" Qian Renxue's face was filled with shock.
Qian Renxue wasn't very clear on the Golden Dragon King's strength, but it was definitely at God King level; otherwise the five great God Kings wouldn't have been unable to kill it.
It might even carry some special power of the Dragon God, making it far harder to kill than an ordinary God King.
"Yes!" The Kindness God King took over the conversation. "We five God Kings—no, it should be said that the four of us excluding Asura—nearly exhausted all our power and used the Sword of Three Realms Judgment to kill the Golden Dragon King."
"But at that very moment, Asura betrayed us."
"Not only did his power barely deplete at all, he even seized the Golden Dragon King's power and, while Destruction was off guard, heavily wounded him in one strike."
"Evil vaguely noticed this and made some preparations in advance."
At this point, Kindness sounded somewhat dejected.
It was only because Kindness and Destruction stayed behind to cover the retreat that the rest of them were able to leave the God Realm.
"Is it related to the God Positions?" Ning Rongrong suddenly asked. "Both you and Life no longer have the God King God Positions on you."
"You even noticed that?"
An incredulous look flashed through the deep eyes of the Kindness God King.
"No wonder you could pass through the isolation barrier—you borrowed the Dragon God's gift entwined on the divine seats to get out, right?"
"But the two of you currently still have your God Positions left at the God Realm entrance."
In simple terms, Life and Kindness forcibly stripped away their own divine seats, allowing them to find a flaw in the barrier seal and thus leave the God Realm.
After all, all five great God Kings had received the Dragon God's gift; in essence, that was enough to discover certain loopholes.
The power sealing the three realms was produced by the resonance between Gu Yuena and the Golden Dragon King.
No matter how you look at it, Gu Yuena's so-called God Realm seal really isn't reliable at all!
"If I'm not mistaken, the strength of you two has already dropped from level 150."
Ning Rongrong's voice was calm, as though she were merely stating something very minor.
"N-No… that's correct…"
The Life God King spoke up. "Forcibly stripping away one's own divine seat causes great damage to one's strength and soul. Right now we're roughly at level 141."
Although their auras surged and gave a very powerful feeling, their current combat strength was only at the early God King stage—and not the combat-oriented type of God King either.
"So, how exactly do you want me to help you?" Ning Rongrong asked directly.
Suddenly, the Life God King spat out a mouthful of blood, and his aura became extremely chaotic.
"No… impossible!"
"Little Purple has fallen."
Little Purple—the affectionate nickname the Life God King used for the Destruction God King.
Ning Rongrong glanced at the pale-faced Life God King but did not continue that topic. Instead, she placed her consciousness into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
"Asura killed Destruction. Then Evil…" The Kindness God King also fell silent.
With the Destruction God King fallen, the Evil God King—who had likewise exhausted himself excessively while killing the Golden Dragon King—was most likely also in grave danger.
As one of the original five great God Kings, Kindness had always felt only faint goodwill toward Evil—after all, because of the matter involving Ji Dong and Lie Yan, he had made a bet with Evil.
"The Evil God King has probably fallen as well." An abrupt voice rang out, drawing the gazes of both Kindness and Life.
At this moment, Ning Rongrong was holding a black light orb in her hand.
"What is that?"
Qian Renxue sensed extraordinary divine power coming from the light orb.
"The inheritance of Evil's Nine Examinations. I don't need it, and Kurumi has no interest in it either, so I sealed it away. There might still be a remnant thought of the Evil God King inside."
As she spoke, Ning Rongrong released the seal on the light orb.
In an instant, black light enveloped the entire fault space.
A proud and untamed figure appeared before everyone's eyes.
"Evil!" Seeing this person's appearance, Kindness and Life stood up excitedly.
"You've already arrived!" Evil looked at the two familiar figures and let out a soft sigh. "I already know what you want to ask."
"My main body and Destruction have both fallen. Our power was absorbed by Asura."
"Sigh…" The Evil God King let out a sigh.
"However, I've roughly figured out Asura's situation."
"He was still able to fight us with ample power even while using the Sword of Three Realms Judgment—because he possesses two Asura God Positions."
"Moreover, the two Asura God Positions emphasize different aspects."
"Dual God Positions at the God King level?" Qian Renxue's voice carried clear astonishment.
"That's right. Perhaps he had already planned long ago to seize the power of all the God Kings."
"What an impressive guy! Neither I nor Destruction was his match!"
"And the fact that you were able to leave was probably intentional on his part as well."
"Then what is his goal?" The Life God King's expression turned cold.
"Heh, what else could it be? He obtained the Golden Dragon King's power and also obtained the God Positions of the five great God Kings, which contain the Dragon God's laws."
"In other words, the reason we could reach level 150."
"He wants to absorb the Dragon God's mighty power and achieve Supremacy?" the Kindness God King asked uncertainly.
Above God King, there is still one higher rank: Supreme God King.
Legend says only the Dragon God ever reached that level.
"Who knows? But completing that probably won't happen so quickly." As the Evil God King spoke, his figure grew noticeably dimmer.
"Come to think of it, I actually stayed behind to cover your retreat. Really… looks like I was still influenced by your nonsense after all, Kindness."
"Evil…" The Kindness God King opened his mouth, wanting to say something.
But the Evil God King directly interrupted him:
"Don't overthink it. Just live on! Live on in my place as well."
"And if Asura achieves Supremacy, he probably won't let you and Life go either. Perhaps we'll meet again soon."
After saying all this, the Evil God King's gaze shifted to the side. When he saw Qian Renxue, a flash of shock crossed his face, but it quickly disappeared.
"I've never been able to see through you, Ning Rongrong."
"But that's even better. After all, I don't like that guy Asura either."
With that, black mist gathered in his hands before slowly drifting out and landing in front of Ning Rongrong.
"I'll leave these two things to you. I hope they'll be of some use."
(End of chapter)