Ascending to Godhood Through Destruction

Hodan had originally intended to create his own ultimate technique by taking advantage of the opportunity to crusade against the Black Mountain Bandits, but he never expected that his technique would be completed just as he arrived at the Black Mountain Range.

This was all thanks to the enthusiastic and hospitable bandits Hodan encountered while traveling. Hodan silently offered a word of thanks to those bandits who sacrificed their lives to perfect his technique; it could be considered a touch of humor in this cruel world.

"Let's call this move 'Present World Delusion'!" Hodan pondered for a moment, naming his strongest blade technique 'Present World Delusion'.

This was the manifestation of Hodan's obsession in this world turned into his strongest blade, containing his most intense intent and goal.

With the ultimate technique perfected, the goal of Hodan's trip was essentially achieved, but since he was already here, Hodan still had to complete his mission.

Before the mountain range, Hodan suddenly stopped in his tracks, then his body blurred and vanished from where he stood.

"The two of you have been following me all this way, what do you want?" At this moment, Hodan's voice entered their ears, and when the two turned around, they discovered that Hodan had actually appeared behind them.

This was the Black Mountain Range, and these two were clearly bandits of Black Mountain.

"Go to hell." Since they had been discovered, they attacked directly. One of them had a fierce look in his eyes, holding a sharp sword and thrusting toward Hodan like a gust of wind.

At the same time, the other person's Divine Domain enveloped Hodan. Suddenly, Hodan was plunged into a sea of fire, where wild winds howled, making the flames burn even more intensely.

"Two idiots..." Hodan was somewhat disdainful. He swept his blade, Zhengdu, and the two men's Divine Domains shattered with a boom. Their bodies were struck by the long blade and plummeted from mid-air.

They were just two ordinary High-Gods who hadn't even fused a single profound mystery, and they lacked defensive divine artifacts. For Hodan, one move was enough to kill them.

"After becoming a god, the most important thing is the comprehension, fusion, and application of the laws. Mere comprehension is considered inferior." Hodan felt a sense of realization.

For example, the Thunder Element laws had six profound mysteries. Fusing two mysteries would instantly increase one's strength tenfold. The fusion of law mysteries almost always resulted in a tenfold increase in power, and the fusion of higher-level mysteries could increase it by more than a dozen times!

"Hmm?" Hodan frowned and looked ahead. He saw three beams of light flying out from a cave in the Black Mountain Range. The leader was a young man in a black robe, and the other two were almost identical to the High-Gods he had just killed; they were clearly the divine clones of those two.

"Kid, you actually dare to come to the Black Mountain Range to run wild. And since you dared to kill the divine clones of Parker and Marinan, then go to hell." The black-robed youth said coldly, and then he saw the black-robed youth enveloped by black light. The black light then spread in all directions, and the space covered by the black light distorted, with those tall trees being completely swallowed.

The darkness was filled with black mist that corroded the soul, and at the same time, this black light suppressed Hodan's divine sense, making it very difficult for Hodan's divine sense to penetrate outside the light barrier. This move was somewhat similar to the effect of Linley's Blackstone Prison, the only difference being that Linley's acted upon matter, while this move was primarily targeted at the soul.

"Remember, the one who kills you is me, Kro!" This black-robed youth named Kro spoke as if delivering a verdict, sentencing Hodan to death: "You should be proud to die under my, Kro's, strongest ultimate technique."

After speaking, the black light barrier, having enclosed Hodan, collapsed inward with Hodan at the center.

Hearing that the black-robed youth was Kro, Hodan was actually surprised. The Black Mountain Range was so large that Hodan had been worrying about how to find this Kro, but he hadn't expected him to deliver himself to his doorstep.

"Such terrifying power; he definitely has the strength of a peak Five-Star Fiend." Hodan looked at Kro with surprise. He hadn't expected this High-God Kro to have the strength of a peak Five-Star Fiend.

When Hodan accepted this mission, he thought Kro was just an ordinary Five-Star Fiend.

This dark space alone was enough to instantly kill the two High-Gods he had just slain.

"An expert who cultivates the Darkness Laws." Hodan thrust the blade in his hand forward, piercing through the dark space.

"Go to hell!" Hodan slashed out with all his might. Amidst a violent buzzing sound, a crack was actually torn into the space.

"Damn it! I kicked an iron plate!" Kro's expression changed drastically. He instantly realized that he had offended an existence he could not afford to provoke. One had to know that to be able to tear space in Hell, one must at least have the strength of a Six-Star Fiend.

Kro targeting Hodan wasn't just to avenge his two subordinates; High-Gods, even those who refined a Godhead, were never short of wealth if they had enough time. But if Kro had known that Hodan possessed the strength of a Six-Star Fiend, he would never have had such a thought.

One had to know that the levels of Fiends meant that a one-star difference represented a nearly tenfold gap, and he, Kro, was only a Five-Star Fiend.

"No! My lord, spare me!" Kro begged for mercy.

"Begging for mercy now? Too late!" Hodan coldly decapitated Kro with one strike. Watching Kro's body explode, Hodan waved his hand to collect Kro's interspatial ring, then instantly swung his blade again, immediately wiping out the divine clones of the two who had followed Kro.

Hodan dripped a drop of blood onto the interspatial ring. After binding it with his blood, Hodan checked it with his divine sense and revealed a slight look of surprise: "Two hundred billion Inkstones in wealth, and there are even some precious ores."

The Black Mountain Range was also a place that produced many ores, but Hodan didn't care about these. What Hodan cared about was the fact that his full-strength strike just now had torn a spatial crack in Hell.

Being able to tear space in Hell meant that Hodan's material attack had reached the level of a Six-Star Fiend, and at the same time, Hodan's soul attack was no worse than an ordinary Six-Star Fiend.

Hodan realized that he had reached the level of a Six-Star Fiend without even knowing it. Hodan had taken another step forward on the road to the peak.

Hodan was still thinking about his destruction of space.

Hodan did cultivate the Destruction Rules, but after cultivating for so long, he was still stuck at the Saint-level limit, unable to become a god.

What is destruction? It is complete ruin or annihilation. When your power is sufficient, even space can be destroyed. Slaughter is a form of destruction, and so is ruin. All sorts of things that make objects disappear from this world are also a form of destruction.

In Hodan's mind, various aspects of the Destruction Rules flashed continuously, and his comprehension of the Destruction Rules was constantly deepening.

Finally, Hodan's Destruction Rules crossed that boundary—the boundary between the Saint-level and the God-level.

The Laws of the World descended once again. Hodan's Destruction Rules became a god, and Hodan chose to become a god outside his body without hesitation.

The Saint-level original body once again experienced the pain of the soul splitting in two, but Hodan endured it.

"Chi chi"

A Hodan wearing dark gray robes and with dark gray hair was born out of thin air; it was Hodan's Destruction divine clone.

A moment later, the fluctuations of the Laws of the World dissipated, and the Destruction divine clone merged into Hodan's original body.

The soul of the newborn Destruction divine clone and the Saint-level original body were both weak. Hodan hurriedly absorbed Soul Golden Beads to reach his best state as quickly as possible, so he could continue to comprehend the rules.