The next instant, a blurred blood-colored figure appeared silently between Tang San and Yu Tianquan. He seemed to have been there all along, yet also appeared to have been created out of thin air. His features were indistinguishable; one could only sense that ultimate will which reigned supreme over all living things, wielding slaughter and judgment—the Asura God King!
The Asura God King did not even glance at Yu Tianquan, merely raising a finger casually and flicking it lightly against the tip of the Myriad Laws Dragon Spear, which was mere inches away.
Ding—!
A sound, crisp to the extreme yet seemingly ringing from the depths of the soul, echoed out!
Yu Tianquan felt an indescribable, massive force travel along the spear shaft. It was not a pure energy impact, but a "negation" and "verdict" containing a higher level of law!
The power of the "Myriad Laws Return to Ruins" he had condensed, under this light flick, dissolved and disintegrated instantly like snow under sunlight! Along with it, his entire body was pushed back thousands of meters by an irresistible force, his qi and blood surging, and his divine spark trembling slightly!
After doing all this, the Asura God King acted as if he had merely brushed away a speck of dust. He looked down at the dying Tang San, whose divine soul was on the verge of dissipating completely, his blood-colored gaze flickering slightly.
"Trash." A cold evaluation, like a sentencing, yet carrying a trace of imperceptible... helplessness?
He said no more, his sleeve waving casually. A gentle, blood-colored divine power wrapped around Tang San's broken remains; the shattered heart, the dissipating fragments of his divine soul, and the highly unstable Rakshasa God Position were all forcibly gathered and sealed by this divine power.
The next moment, a dark red small cauldron with an archaic design, neither gold nor jade, appeared out of thin air. A suction force generated from the cauldron's mouth, drawing Tang San and the blood-colored sphere of light wrapping him inside.
The dark red small cauldron flashed slightly before sinking into the Asura God King's sleeve and disappearing. Clearly, this was a special storage divine artifact capable of carrying and even nourishing spirit-level existences.
Above the City of Slaughter, time seemed to freeze.
The Asura God King's figure was shrouded in endless blood-colored divine light, his face blurred, save for those eyes that seemed to contain the birth and death of the cosmos and the end of all slaughter, gazing coldly downward. He knew that since he had stepped in, Yu Yuanchen would not let him leave easily.
He simply stood there, and the laws circulating around him caused space to constantly annihilate and regenerate. His vast divine might was like substance, pressing down so hard that living beings within a radius of ten thousand miles could not catch their breath.
Yu Yuanchen, Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen, Ye Zhilan, and Bo Saixi, the five Federation spirit-level experts, stood side by side, divine light flowing as they jointly resisted the overwhelming pressure of the God King. The atmosphere was tense, with a great battle on the verge of breaking out.
Yu Yuanchen stepped forward, his robes fluttering without wind. A look of "shock, anger, and righteous indignation" appeared perfectly on his face, his voice rolling like thunder across the land: "Asura! You are a God King, tasked with judgment, yet now you openly shield this demon who has slaughtered thousands of innocents and committed monstrous sins?! You treat the laws of the God Realm as nothing and the lives of sentient beings as grass! What face do you have left to call yourself a God King?!"
He said these words not only for the Asura God King to hear, but also for the other members of the God Realm Committee who might be watching from the void, and for the billions of lives on Douluo Planet. Occupying the moral high ground was crucial.
The Asura God King remained silent, his blood-colored gaze flickering slightly. He naturally saw that Yu Yuanchen was putting on a performance, but he was indeed in the wrong for intervening to save Tang San. However, Tang San was a chess piece related to his subsequent important plans and could not be lost.
To argue now would only make things worse. Moreover, he could see that Yu Yuanchen likely already had some suspicions about his schemes.
Seeing the other party did not answer, Yu Yuanchen sneered inwardly, though his expression grew even angrier. He said to the four beside him in a low voice: "Brother Qian, you all hold the line for me! Today, I shall personally meet this Asura God King and learn the strength of the God Realm's number one combatant!"
Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen, and the others looked solemn and nodded slightly. They understood Yu Yuanchen's plan. The Asura God King was a veteran God King famous for countless ages, his strength unfathomable.
Although they had become gods, it had not been long, and the gap between them and a God King was like a chasm. If they swarmed him, they might be able to decide the outcome in a short time by relying on their numbers, but if the Asura God King fought to the death, casualties were likely among them!
This was something Yu Yuanchen was unwilling to see. Furthermore, Yu Yuanchen believed his own strength was by no means weaker than Asura's, and he knew that after this battle, whether he won or lost, the conflict between him and Asura could no longer be reconciled.
It was not that they had some deep blood feud, but because Yu Yuanchen stood in Asura's way; likewise, Asura's schemes were a significant threat to Yu Yuanchen. If he won, he did not want to let Asura escape.
"Brother Yu (Brother Yuanchen), be careful!" the four said in unison, secretly channeling their divine power and locking onto the void to prevent the Asura God King from suddenly attacking Douluo Planet or having other helpers.
"Asura! We cannot let loose here; dare you fight in the starry sky?!" Yu Yuanchen let out a long whistle, his figure turning into a chaos-colored stream of light, soaring into the sky and crashing through the atmosphere into the boundless deep space of the universe! He intended to pull the battlefield away from Douluo Planet to avoid collateral damage to his home world.
A ripple flashed in the Asura God King's blood-colored eyes, seemingly surprised by Yu Yuanchen's "recklessness," but he did not speak. His figure flickered slightly and vanished from the spot. The next instant, he appeared in the distant sea of stars as if by instantaneous movement, facing Yu Yuanchen from afar. The light cocoon wrapping Tang San also appeared by his side.
The two stood in the void, with slowly rotating nebulae beneath their feet and ancient, twinkling stars in the distance. This desolate universe became the stage for the battle of the God Kings.
Without unnecessary chatter, the battle erupted in an instant!
The Asura God King joined his fingers like a sword and slashed lightly toward Yu Yuanchen.
"Sword of Judgment."
A thin, blood-colored thread silently sliced through space, ignoring distance, and appeared directly before Yu Yuanchen's brow! This was not an energy attack, but the manifestation of the law of slaughter, containing the intent of final judgment over all living things. Once struck, the divine soul would be marked and judged!
Yu Yuanchen's pupils constricted; he dared not be careless. The opponent's first move was an attack at the level of laws; the veteran God King was indeed worthy of his reputation. He joined his fingers into a claw and swiped out. A dragon claw wreathed in chaotic airflow emerged, as if it were that spark of light from the beginning of creation!
"Brilliant Dragon Claw."
The dragon claw collided with the blood-colored thread. There was no sound, but that patch of void suddenly dimmed, as if all color and energy had been wiped away, forming a brief area of absolute nothingness! The collision of laws annihilated everything.
The first move was a draw!
A trace of surprise flashed in the Asura God King's eyes. His sword strike, while seemingly casual, had actually used seventy percent of his power in his normal state. The contained law of judgment was enough to easily severely injure a veteran first-level deity, yet it had been received so nonchalantly by the other party?
"Interesting. It seems you have walked quite a long way on the path of the God King realm." The Asura God King finally spoke, his voice as cold as the cosmic wind.
He slowly raised his right hand, and a long sword with an archaic design, dark red throughout, its blade seemingly condensed from endless slaughter and resentment, appeared in his hand out of thin air. The moment the sword appeared, the light of the stars in the entire star field seemed to dim, and the endless killing intent made the gods watching from Douluo Planet feel a palpitation!
Super Divine Artifact—Asura Demon Sword!
"To be able to take one of my strikes, you are qualified for me to use my sword."
Yu Yuanchen's expression was solemn. He reached out and grasped the void, and a spear, purple-gold throughout, wreathed in thunder and chaotic airflow with dragon patterns coiled around it, appeared in his hand.
A cold glint at the tip of the spear seemed capable of piercing through all worlds! This spear was originally named the Thunder Dragon Spear. After he attained the God King realm, he smelted ten thousand metals, recast its origin, and fused it with his Yuanchen Great Dao, elevating it to a Super Divine Artifact—the Yuanchen Dragon Spear!
"Please!"
Before the words had faded, both their figures vanished into the void! The speed of God Kings had long since surpassed the speed of light and the limitations of space; the naked eye could not capture them at all. Only the void, constantly shattering and healing, signaled their movement trajectories.
The next instant, an indescribably brilliant light erupted in the vast deep space of the universe! Two extreme divine lights, blood-colored and chaos-colored, frantically intertwined, collided, and annihilated, forming a massive energy storm that swept in all directions!
As the Asura Demon Sword swung, it evolved into endless terrifying visions. Mountains of corpses and seas of blood appeared within the sword light, and the wails of falling divine demons echoed in the void. Every strike carried the terrifying will to judge all things and terminate everything, as if it intended to completely destroy this entire universe.
Sword qi rampaged; wherever it passed, stars trembled. The asteroid belts in the path of the sword qi could not even react before being easily sliced into powder by the terrifying sword qi, turning into cosmic dust and dissipating in the void.
Yu Yuanchen held the Yuanchen Dragon Spear, his posture as straight as a pine. His spear technique was practiced to perfection; whether thrusting, sweeping, parrying, or smashing, the moves were archaic and grand, yet contained infinite changes. Every move was in harmony with the Great Dao of heaven and earth, natural and seamless.
Where the spear tip passed, thunder coiled and crackled, and chaotic airflow surged, evolving into the mysterious scenes of the five elements generating each other and the birth and death of the two polarities. He perfectly fused the essence of the martial way he had realized with the Primordial Star Law, balancing offense and defense. As the spear struck like a dragon, every move pointed directly at the flaws of the Asura God King.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Dull yet terrifying sounds of collision echoed incessantly in the deep reaches of the universe. These were not simple exchanges of energy, but the ultimate contest of God King Level laws!
Where the two clashed, space collapsed and shattered in large swathes, forming fleeting micro-black holes that devoured everything in their vicinity. Yet, in the next second, they were forcibly smoothed over by the even greater power generated by the two, restoring everything to its original state.
Terrifying energy storms swept across the four directions, spreading into the depths of the universe. Wherever they passed, stars shifted and nebulae disintegrated.
Yu Yuanchen pushed his martial combat skills to the limit. His path of the martial way differed from the God Kings of the God Realm who relied on their God Positions and laws. Instead, he used his physical body as the foundation, soul power as the utility, and his will as the soul, stepping forward against the current to reach his current realm.
During the battle, he was at times like a lightning bolt streaking through the sky, his Yuanchen Dragon Spear transforming into a ten-thousand-foot Thunder Dragon. With thunder roaring and dragon might shaking the heavens, he forcibly tore through the blood-colored sword curtain laid down by the Asura God King. At other times, he was like a gentle breeze brushing against willow branches, his movement techniques strange and unpredictable. He unleashed his self-created god-level movement technique, "Void Escape," his figure flickering in the void. At the most critical moments, he dodged the repeated lethal strikes of the Asura Demon Sword, countering with a "World-Breaking Style" spear thrust. The tip of his spear precisely pierced the weak nodes of the Asura God King's law operations; every move was ruthless, every step pressing forward.
The Asura God King, meanwhile, fought steadily. Relying on the vast divine power accumulated over countless millennia and his peak understanding of the law of slaughter, he broke finesse with brute force and suppressed others with sheer momentum.
His swordsmanship appeared simple and direct, devoid of complex changes, yet every seemingly ordinary strike contained infinite follow-ups and variations. Within the sword moves lay lethal strikes, and within the lethal strikes were wrapped laws, forcing Yu Yuanchen to go all out, not daring to slacken for even a moment.
"Asura Divine Domain!" Unable to secure a victory after a long battle, the Asura God King felt a flicker of annoyance and finally unleashed his God King domain! A dark red light expanded rapidly from his center, instantly shrouding the entire battlefield.
Within the divine domain, all laws tilted toward "slaughter" and "termination." Yu Yuanchen immediately felt his Yuanchen Law operations become sluggish, as if trapped in a quagmire. His movements slowed, and even his divine power recovery rate dropped significantly!
"Yuanchen Divine Domain, open!" Yu Yuanchen let out a low shout. Chaos-colored light erupted from his body, crashing violently against the slaughter domain! His domain contained the "Yuanchen Great Dao" he had pioneered himself—all-encompassing, yet independent of external laws, aiming to "stabilize the universe and achieve immunity to all laws!" The two Great Dao divine domains collided and eroded each other frantically, forming a magnificent and deadly forbidden zone of laws in the void!
However, Yu Yuanchen had only recently attained the God King realm. In terms of the condensation and breadth of his domain, he was still slightly inferior to the slaughter domain that the Asura God King had accumulated over countless millennia, and he fell into a disadvantage in the domain collision.
"Hmph, a newly formed divine domain, and you dare to contend with me?" The Asura God King sneered. The Asura Demon Sword shone brilliantly as a massive blood-colored sword aura spanning the galaxy condensed, locking onto Yu Yuanchen. "Asura World-Ending Slash!"
This strike contained the full power of the Asura God King in his normal state and was one of his signature techniques. As the sword emerged, it felt as if it truly intended to reopen the heavens and earth, ending the world to bring about rebirth!
Facing this world-destroying strike, there was no fear in Yu Yuanchen's eyes; instead, an unprecedented fighting spirit erupted! He took a deep breath, and the qi and blood within his body roared like a surging river! Beneath his skin, purple-gold divine radiance flowed faintly, and his bones emitted Dao sounds like a dragon's roar!
"God King Battle Body, open!"
BOOM! His body seemed to transform into a cosmic furnace, erupting with billions of feet of light! A terrifying physical strength, pure, domineering, and surpassing that of ordinary divine bodies, exploded forth.
Over these years, Yu Yuanchen had never slacked off for a moment. He had obtained a more complete and core dragon race inheritance from Gu Yuena, using it as nourishment to plan the progression of the martial way after becoming a god, completely shedding the shackles of traditional god-level reliance on God Positions.
In his early years, he had used the remaining dragon power from the bones of the Ice Fire Dragon King in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as nourishment for his martial cultivation, tempering his physique and solidifying his foundation.
However, although those two Dragon Kings had possessed God King Level strength in their prime, they had long since fallen, and the dragon power contained in their bones had largely dissipated. Furthermore, Yu Yuanchen wanted to give Gu Yuena some face and was unwilling to absorb all the power from the dragon bones, cutting off the way out for the remaining dragon spirits of the two kings. He had only taken half, which for him now was a drop in the bucket, far from enough to support his breakthrough to a God King Level physique.
Thus, he set his sights on the Dragon Valley small world on the overseas Star Luo Continent. Buried within that Dragon Valley were the remains of countless ancient true dragons, containing massive amounts of pure dragon power—the perfect nourishment for tempering his physique.
Yu Yuanchen personally stepped into the Dragon Valley, spending much time absorbing a portion of the dragon power from the remains of countless true dragons. He then refined and purified it with his own Yuanchen Great Dao, eventually succeeding in achieving a God King Level physique, incidentally reaching the supreme realm akin to "seeing the god and not breaking" from his past life's novels, where his control over every ounce of his power reached a state of extreme precision.
During his exploration of the Dragon Valley, he had also tested the Dragon God's soul within. However, as he was a former Supreme God King who still retained considerable power, Yu Yuanchen could not deal with him for a time. Fortunately, Yu Yuanchen's bloodline had initially transcended the Dragon God's lineage; otherwise, he might have lost seventy percent of his strength just standing before the Dragon God.
Although Yu Yuanchen's Martial Soul was the Thunder Sacred Dragon and his bloodline had reached the Dragon King level when he first became a god, he was ultimately human, not a dragon. His path in the martial way after the god level was to melt down and dissolve all the various external forces he had borrowed throughout his life—the Thunder Sacred Dragon bloodline, the soul rings and soul bone imprints obtained from hunting soul beasts, and even the immortal herb spiritual energy he had absorbed—to ultimately reverse the innate!
The moment his physique reached the God King level, he was no longer anyone's descendant and no longer relied on any external inheritance. He, Yu Yuanchen, was the source himself, the unique "Yuanchen Divine Body," having completely transcended the shackles of the Dragon God.
"Heaven Splitting World Illumination!"
Yu Yuanchen let out a long roar that shook the sea of stars, condensing the power of his God King Battle Body, his Yuanchen Great Dao divine power, his lifelong martial will, and his Yuanchen Law onto the tip of the Yuanchen Dragon Spear! At this moment, his aura shattered the void, and his divine power transformed into brilliant world-illuminating light, as if to cleanse the life and death of the galaxy and reopen the heavens and earth!
Yu Yuanchen moved, transforming into a streak of chaotic light that tore through the universe. Without dodging or evading, he charged head-on into that world-destroying blood-colored sword aura!
Strength against strength! Hardness against hardness!
CHII--!
There was no explosion, only a piercing, extreme tearing sound! The chaotic light cut into the blood-colored sword aura like a red-hot knife through butter, forcibly splitting the massive strike in two! The momentum remained undiminished, stabbing straight toward the Asura God King's face!
"What?!" The Asura God King's complexion finally changed slightly, and for the first time, an expression of disbelief appeared in his eyes! His Asura World-Ending Slash had actually been forcibly broken by the opponent's pure strength and physical body?! What kind of terrifying physique and power was this?!
In haste, he blocked with his sword!
CLANG--!!!
It was like the collision of two stars! An indescribable roar and shockwave swept across the four directions! The Asura God King felt an irresistible force, his arm holding the sword shaking violently, his palm numbing, and his figure was actually pushed back several thousand miles! Although he immediately stabilized himself, that composure was gone!
Looking at Yu Yuanchen, although he was also pushed back a thousand miles by the recoil, his breath was steady and the light of his divine body grew even more brilliant; clearly, he had not been significantly affected!
The difference was immediately apparent!
In terms of raw strength, Yu Yuanchen, who walked the path of the martial way, reversed the innate, and achieved the Supreme God King Battle Body, was actually faintly suppressing the Asura God King, who relied on his God Position and focused on laws and divine power!
"Good! A fine martial way! A fine Yuanchen Divine Body!" The Asura God King stabilized his figure, and for the first time, gravity and a trace of true fighting spirit appeared in his blood-colored eyes. "I truly underestimated you, this rising star!"
Yu Yuanchen stood with his spear, surrounded by chaotic currents like a god who had opened the heavens and earth, and said calmly, "Asura, your path has reached its end. And my path has only just begun."
He felt the endless, seemingly inexhaustible power surging within his body, as well as the God King Battle Body that resonated faintly with the origin of the universe, and his confidence grew.
Martial cultivation might be difficult in the early stages, but once one steps into the supreme realm, its combat power and endurance are incomparable to those of the same level! Although the Asura God King's divine power was vast, he definitely could not outlast him in such a high-intensity war of attrition!
The Asura God King clearly realized this as well. He no longer held back, his blood-colored long hair dancing wildly without wind, his aura climbing once more. The Asura Demon Sword emitted an excited hum, and the law of slaughter boiled to the limit!
"Yu Yuanchen, you have successfully angered me." The Asura God King's voice was ice-cold to the bone. "Next, I will let you witness what is truly... the Number One Attacker in the God Realm!"
In the depths of the universe, an even more terrifying battle was about to erupt! And far away on the Douluo Planet, Qian Daoliu and the others felt their hearts rise to their throats. Although Yu Yuanchen was temporarily gaining the upper hand, as a veteran God King, how could the Asura God King not have hidden trump cards? The true test had only just begun!
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