That was why the Rakshasa God had chosen to conduct the Godly Trial herself. So Bibi Dong might very well have started the Rakshasa God Trial too.
At that moment, the Rakshasa God calmly spoke. "You must be wondering why I chose you, despite your Angel Martial Soul, aren't you?"
"Although you possess an Angel Martial Soul, you also possess a Dark Angel Martial Soul filled with darkness. Your Dark Angel Martial Soul bears countless evil thoughts and shadows, making you the perfect candidate. If you want to inherit my divine position, you need only use your Dark Angel Martial Soul to devour your Light Angel Martial Soul.
"Trust me. This will make you much stronger.
"Only a Dark Angel that has devoured and fused with another can wield the power of sin!"
The Rakshasa God spoke slowly before Qian Xun'an, trying to tempt him.
Qian Xun'an looked at the Rakshasa God. "You must have other successors besides me, right?"
The Rakshasa God laughed. "Of course. The Asura God chose many successors, so naturally I can choose many too. But compared with the successor with the Twin Poison Spider Martial Soul, I actually prefer you!"
At the Rakshasa God's words, Qian Xun'an's eyes narrowed.
Twin Poison Spider? So, besides Bibi Dong, who else had a Twin Poison Spider Martial Soul?
That meant Bibi Dong had definitely begun the Rakshasa God Trial. That gave her even more reason to kill his elder brother and devour him.
At that moment, the Asura God spoke from beside them as well. "Young man, don't you want to know what my trial entails?"
Qian Xun'an looked at the Asura God beside him and replied calmly, "Go ahead."
The Asura God looked down at Qian Xun'an and spoke indifferently. "My trial is simple. Your strength and power fully meet my requirements. You could say you're my perfect successor!
"So I have no need for any tedious trials. All you have to do is kneel right now and bow your head to me three times, and I will pass my divine position on to you!"
The Asura God looked down at Qian Xun'an, waiting for him to decide.
His offer was so tempting. He was a god, while Qian Xun'an was merely mortal. Mortals were supposed to revere gods. It was as good as handing him the divine position.
There was no way he could refuse such an offer.
The Rakshasa God immediately snapped, "Asura, you despicable cheat! How dare you use an offer like that to steal my candidate!"
The Asura God replied calmly, "I chose him first. It was the same back then. You were always the one trying to steal my candidates!"
The Rakshasa God snorted. "Asura, we're natural enemies. Whatever you want, I want too!"
Then the Rakshasa God turned to Qian Xun'an. "Since Asura doesn't need a trial, neither do I. Choose my divine position, and you can begin the Rakshasa inheritance immediately!"
Qian Xun'an looked at the two gods and frowned. "Would you two please stop talking as if I weren't here?"
At those words, both gods were startled and turned to look at Qian Xun'an.
Qian Xun'an regarded them coldly and continued, "Gods are just beings at a higher level of cultivation, living on a higher plane. If I were in your world, I might well be no weaker than either of you.
"So what makes you think that mere gods deserve to make me, Qian Xun'an, kneel and submit?"
At his words, surprise flashed in the eyes of the two gods, then turned to anger.
They had never seen such an arrogant human dare to show disrespect to gods!
"Boy, are you challenging the authority of the gods?" The Asura God glared at Qian Xun'an and shouted angrily.
Hell Road.
When Tang San and Hu Liena came to their senses, they found themselves on a circular platform. It was only about five meters in diameter, hardly large at all. Both of them were sprawled on the ground.
They woke almost simultaneously, and their eyes fell on each other at the same time.
Tang San saw a faint mist of blood rising from Hu Liena. Her eyes had turned completely bloodred, and the white ripples around her body grew stronger as they pulsed. Though she was looking at him, her body was convulsing violently, as if she were enduring tremendous pain.
Everything around them was tinged a faint red. Beyond the five-meter-wide circular platform beneath their feet lay nothing but an abyss thousands of meters deep.
"Ah—" Tang San threw back his head and let out a furious roar.
He clenched his fists so tightly that his fingernails dug into his palms.
Kneeling on the platform, Tang San roared, "Qian Xun'an, you killed my father, then my great-grandfather! Tang San and you are sworn enemies!"
"I have to get stronger! No, I will get stronger! I'll surpass you! One day, I'll make you pay a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times over!"
Tang San roared until his voice was hoarse.
Hu Liena came to her senses as well. She looked at Tang San, her eyes full of sympathy.
"Are... are you all right?" Hu Liena asked with concern.
Tang San glanced at Hu Liena. She hurriedly explained, "Don't worry. I'm not on Qian Xun'an's side. To be precise, I want revenge on him too, so we're on the same side."
Tang San looked at Hu Liena, his expression softening a little.
Hu Liena looked at Tang San and asked quietly, "What about our deal?"
There were no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. The road ahead was uncertain, and having another companion was better than letting him go mad and drag her down with him.
At that moment, Tang San kept telling himself to set aside his hatred for Spirit Hall and cooperate, for now, with the beautiful young woman from the Golden Generation standing before him.
Tang San's answer was just four words: "We'll face this together."
Hu Liena seemed delighted by his response and immediately nodded. "Mm. We'll face this together!"
Inside the God Temple space.
The Asura God looked at Qian Xun'an and flew into a rage.
He had never imagined that Qian Xun'an would still dare to refuse him after he had made such a generous offer!
This was a challenge to divine authority!
The Rakshasa God roared as well. "Boy, do you even know what gods are? Gods rule over everything in this world: your lives, your deaths, good and evil. Everything in your world is under the gods' control!
"To mortals like you, gods are beings to be revered. And yet you dare show disrespect to us?"
A faint smile curled Qian Xun'an's lips. "You two may have appeared here, but you're not real gods, are you?
"Perhaps you're nothing more than divine thoughts, mere avatars.
"I could destroy these feeble divine thoughts with a flick of my finger. I've always despised people who act superior. Why should I revere you?"
The two gods were utterly stunned. They had never expected Qian Xun'an to be so arrogant.
"Boy, aren't you afraid the gods will punish you for your disrespect?" the Asura God roared.
Qian Xun'an shook his head. "Punish me? Hahahaha... So merely disrespecting the gods is a sin? Your gods really are tyrants!"
The two gods' expressions darkened at Qian Xun'an's words.
Qian Xun'an looked at them and spoke calmly. "Even if your true forms were here, I wouldn't bat an eye. And you expect me to kneel before a mere avatar?"
As he spoke, Qian Xun'an stepped forward. The next instant, an utterly terrifying pressure erupted from him. His aura seemed to surpass even the Asura God and the Rakshasa God.
The Rakshasa God's expression shifted at the pressure.
The Asura God, meanwhile, was furious. This boy was far too arrogant!
As gods, how could they allow a mortal to scorn them?
But in the next moment, both gods' faces changed dramatically.
The power radiating from Qian Xun'an was as vast as heaven and earth!
The Rakshasa God's face changed abruptly. She cried out in shock, "How can this be? How is this possible? How could a mere mortal possess such an aura? How?!"
The Asura God was dumbstruck too. Then he murmured to himself, "Impossible..."
Qian Xun'an looked calmly at the two gods as his terrifying pressure grew even stronger.
"Thud!" "Thud!"
The two gods dropped to their knees at the same time.
The gods stared at Qian Xun'an in horror, just about to speak, when he gave a cold snort. Under his terrifying pressure, their divine thoughts began to crumble.
Qian Xun'an regarded the two gods coldly. "So what if you're gods? If a god provokes me, I'll cut him down all the same!"
After he spoke, the entire hall finally fell silent.
The Asura Demon Sword and the Death Demon Scythe also dissolved into specks of light before Qian Xun'an, vanishing from the world.
"Divine weapons?" Qian Xun'an looked at the vanishing Asura Demon Sword and Death Demon Scythe and said calmly, "What a pity they had to disappear like that."
"But having you is enough."
Qian Xun'an spoke calmly.
A bloodred spear materialized in Qian Xun'an's hand once more. Two nearly imperceptible words were inscribed on its shaft: God Slayer!
Qian Xun'an looked at the small space before him and said, "Break!"
Then the spear in his hand thrust forward. A terrifying spear intent burst from it and slammed into the barrier around the space.
With a boom, the spatial barrier shattered. Qian Xun'an slowly walked out!
The Divine Realm.
The Asura God and the Rakshasa God's faces were shrouded in gloom.
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