A Life Spanning the Heavens

As the light faded, people did nothing but marvel.

To ordinary people, it was merely a sudden spectacle in the night sky. No matter how dazzling it had been, it held no particular meaning for them.

But for King, floating in space, this interstellar flight had been an utterly miserable experience.

First of all, he had to admit that he had misjudged Gu Yu.

Though this guy was human, he was more insane than most demons.

As DarkKiva's ultimate finishing move, [Wake Up Three: King. World End] could destroy the world when driven at full power.

At the same time, if used improperly, it could very likely destroy its user's body before it destroyed anyone else.

Even after learning both of those facts, Gu Yu had decisively chosen to use that finishing move in a suicidal attack against him just to defeat him.

Damn it, this brat...

—Why couldn't he have been a little more ruthless when he struck?!

King was not furious because his opponent had gone mad at this moment. He was angry because he had somehow survived.

If that attack had blown him to death outright, then although the resurrected King would have suffered a massive drop in strength, his body could have been restored to perfect condition.

By then, Gu Yu, whose consciousness might not even be able to endure, naturally would not have been King's match.

But now, King had been blown to pieces.

Not only was his body battered beyond recognition, but if he remained in space any longer, he might soon die in the void of the universe.

But that was under one condition.

The Herrscher of Death Core inside him had to fail to function normally.

In order to make him get back up and kill Gu Yu, the Honkai God was