The Three Great Gods of War

Under the gloomy sky, a cold wind howled. Snow began to fall at some unknown moment, dusting the earth in patches of white. In a park within City 003, vast swathes of trees lay toppled, the scene as devastated as if a tornado had swept through. The air was thick with a pungent, nauseating stench of blood. A giant ape, the size of a small hill with black fur like steel needles, lay dead on the ground. A bowl-sized hole gaped in its chest, and blood had already stained half its body crimson.

Chen Daolin stood beneath the carcass of the Black Demon Ape, looking as tiny as an ant. No one would have guessed that this "ant" was the one who had slain a giant beast ten or twenty times his size. Ji Xuan was also using her Spirit Reading Power to retrieve the throwing knives she had just deployed; these Grade 9 throwing knives were incredibly expensive.

"This Black Demon Ape is considered powerful among mid-level Lord Level monsters. Selling the materials to the HR Alliance should fetch around 1.7 billion," Chen Daolin said with a smile while watching Ji Xuan use her telekinesis to manipulate tools and harvest the materials.

Snowflakes landed on Ji Xuan's head only to be pushed away by an invisible force. Chen Daolin couldn't help but sigh; Spirit Reading Power was truly convenient and useful. It was a pity that all Spirit Readers in the world relied on natural awakening; not only was it mysterious, but they were also incredibly rare.

The cold wind bit, and snow swirled, turning the world into a silver-clad landscape. Amidst the wind and snow, three figures suddenly appeared like ghosts, covering a distance with every blink. As they drew closer, it became clear they were three martial artists.

One of them was a young man in his twenties wearing a cyan combat suit, carrying a sword on his back. He had handsome features and an elegant temperament.

In the middle was a beautiful woman with a silver combat suit and long silver-white hair. She looked like a young girl, her delicate, three-dimensional face filled with an eerie charm. She held two silver-white curved blades, and her lithe figure exuded a captivating allure.

Finally, there was a burly, bald man, two meters tall and as sturdy as an iron tower. He wore a tan combat suit, carried a massive black shield on his back, and held a bronze-colored great axe. The three moved with incredible speed, whistling past like a gale before quickly disappearing at the edge of the city.

If anyone who knew them had seen these three, they would have surely gasped, for these were renowned figures in the God of War circle: Wind Sword Liu Feng, Savage Axe Tie Liu, and Silver Pupil Long Yue. They were all members of the same God of War squad, life-and-death partners who had adventured together for many years. Every one of them was a God of War!

"Long Yue, is it right here?"

In a tall building not far from a sprawling university town, the three God of War level powerhouses who had just traveled through the wind and snow appeared in a hidden, spacious room. Each sat down to rest and drink water. The beautiful, eerie woman with silver hair and eyes that shimmered with a faint silver light spoke in a voice as ethereal as heavenly music. "That's right, it's inside the university town gymnasium just ahead."

"Long Yue, your information isn't wrong, is it?" the bald, burly man, over two meters tall with muscles like cast iron, asked in a muffled voice. "After all, the target we're going after this time is no ordinary one."

Long Yue replied, "It won't be wrong. I have already confirmed it."

The God of War who looked like a handsome young man in a cyan combat suit smiled. "We naturally trust you; otherwise, we wouldn't have accompanied you here."

Long Yue also revealed a smile.

Tie Liu, Liu Feng, and Long Yue actually belonged to different factions, but they had remained in the same squad for a long time. After more than a decade of life-and-death adventures, the other members of the team had died, and they had successively stepped into the God of War realm; their bond was naturally extraordinary. Long Yue was also a powerful Spirit Reader, and her status within her faction was even higher than that of Zhou Yongzheng, the head of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall in Jiangnan Base City.

"A Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox—although troublesome, with the three of us joining forces, we are quite confident," the iron-tower-like man, Tie Liu, nodded.

Long Yue reminded them, "Our main goal this time is not to kill the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox, but to obtain that item. So, it is possible that we will lure out the Three-Eyed Fire-Tailed Fox and its horde of monsters, and then let Liu Feng, who has the fastest speed and best movement technique among us, sneak in to retrieve the item."

Liu Feng and Tie Liu exchanged a glance and nodded. "We understand."

Long Yue smiled, her captivating expression seemingly brightening the entire room. "Now, let us discuss the battle plan in detail..."

While the three Gods of War appeared outside the university town, a battle erupted a few kilometers away. Bursts of dull, thunderous roars echoed continuously. A four-to-five-meter-tall, massive, silver-white Lion Mastiff Beast was fighting a tall, black-haired female martial artist. The intense combat left the surrounding buildings in a wretched state, with dust and smoke filling the air.

Ji Xuan's figure was agile and elegant as she dodged the Lion Mastiff Beast's attacks, simultaneously slashing out with her long blade. Each strike accelerated during the swing, eventually breaking the sound barrier. Ji Xuan, whose strength was only at the mid-level Warlord Level, unleashed high-level Warlord Level power. Her speed surged, and her blade light, like snow, left the Lion Mastiff Beast bleeding and roaring in fury.

A figure stood on the sixth floor of a nearby residential building, watching the battle between Ji Xuan and the Lion Mastiff Beast with an expression of amazement.

"A-Xuan's blade technique is truly formidable. To think she could cultivate the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade to the third layer so quickly, combined with her 'Perfect' level movement technique. It seems this high-level Beast General Level Lion Mastiff Beast is no match for her."

The Nine-Layered Thunder Blade was created by the world's second-strongest person, Thunder God. It was ranked alongside World Destroyer as an SSS-level secret manual and was also known as the most difficult technique in the world to cultivate, possessing the highest force-exertion skill.

The Nine-Layered Thunder Blade was divided into nine layers. Each successfully cultivated layer could add 70% of the original attack force as hidden energy. By the ninth layer, one could unleash a full seven times the original force.

Legend had it that the creator of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, Thunder God, was known for having the world's fastest speed, the world's strongest physical body, and the world's best blade technique... Logically speaking, with the fastest speed, the strongest body, and the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade known as the world's strongest force-exertion technique, Thunder God should have been the strongest in the world.

However, Hong was universally acknowledged as the strongest in the world.

No one dared to challenge Hong's status, and perhaps only Thunder God had a smaller gap between himself and Hong.

Even if others were also beings who had surpassed the God of War level, they were no different from ants in front of Hong.

Hong was synonymous with invincibility; he was a myth in the hearts of martial artists.

The falling snow gradually grew heavier, and the cold wind blew from high above. Chen Daolin's hair fluttered randomly, his gaze clear and calm as he watched the battle below, which was nearing its end. "A-Xuan's own physical fitness should be around 18,000 in strength. Combined with the 2.8-fold burst from the third layer of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, that's 50,000 kilograms of force. Coupled with her Perfect level movement technique and exquisite blade skills, even without using Spirit Reading Power, it's more than enough to ravage this high-level Beast General Level Lion Mastiff Beast."

Chen Daolin couldn't help but marvel at Ji Xuan's high talent. From August until now, in January, in just over five months, she had cultivated to this level.

In terms of blade technique, Ji Xuan, who was already at the mastery level and nearing perfection, was far superior to him, as his spear technique had only just stepped into the mastery level.

In terms of movement technique, she had left him behind by an entire realm.

In terms of force-exertion skills, the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, known as the world's most difficult technique to cultivate, had been forced by her into the third layer in just four months. Her 2.8-fold force-exertion skill even surpassed his 1.9-fold skill!

If it weren't for the "cheat" of the King Kai Fist assisting his cultivation and his rapid improvement in physical fitness, plus the Dragon Blood, Chen Daolin's physical fitness might not even be as good as Ji Xuan's right now.

Chen Daolin felt immense pressure.

"I must work even harder," Chen Daolin thought to himself. It would be embarrassing to be surpassed by Ji Xuan while holding such a large lead.

Of course, he didn't know that Ji Xuan's rapid progress was because she regarded him as her target to chase.

Chen Daolin was currently the most dazzling person in the Elite Training Camp, considered the trainee most likely to surpass the God of War level in the future among these batches.

Being a partner to such a person actually put a lot of pressure on Ji Xuan as well.

But both of them were stoic; neither spoke, and both simply buried their heads in the pursuit.