"Yeah, kid, I originally thought you were just going all out for mutual destruction."
The Evil God King also wiped the amusement from his face. With his arms folded and brows raised, his eyes grew more serious. "From the sound of it, this grand show hasn't even reached its climax yet?"
The surrounding first-class gods also erupted into hushed discussion:
"Could it be that he only wanted to sabotage the Asura God's inheritance plan? He didn't want the God King to interfere with the lower realm again and wanted Douluo Continent to return to its original destiny?"
"Impossible, right? Would he really throw away his own life for that? Was it worth it?"
"Even if the Asura God's plan was ruined, how could a god official who had just ascended withstand a God King's revenge?"
"Could he have some other trump card? But he could barely stand right now. What backup could he possibly have?"
None of the gods could understand it. This Six-Winged Angel had planned every step and driven the Asura God into losing his composure. Why would he make such an apparently unprofitable deal? He had risked himself to expose a God King's disgrace, yet he clearly knew it could not truly harm him. It completely contradicted the cunning he had shown before.
Just as the gods were buzzing with discussion and the Asura God's killing intent was nearly taking physical form, Qian Chongguang suddenly moved.
Bracing himself on the Light and Dark Twin Swords embedded in the ground, he slowly straightened up.
Even though every bone in his body was shattered, golden divine blood soaked through his robes, and the six wings behind him were tattered beyond repair, his spine remained perfectly straight. He was like a holy sword that had never bent, without the slightest trace of defeat. He casually wiped away the divine blood spilling from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, then looked up at the Asura God with a meaningful smile.
"Asura God King, I told you from the beginning that I had left myself a backup plan."
His voice was not loud, yet it clearly drowned out every murmur. He enunciated each word. "And I never said that I had only one backup plan."
The entire scene fell deathly silent.
The Asura God's pupils suddenly contracted. The killing divine power around him instantly tightened to its limit, like a massive bow drawn taut and ready to fire, locking firmly onto Qian Chongguang.
He had already suffered a major loss once. He no longer dared underestimate this newly ascended god official who appeared to be nothing more than an ant—who knew what earth-shattering scheme he had hidden this time?
Destruction, Life, Goodness, and Evil, the four God Kings, also simultaneously reined in their auras. Their gazes all fell upon Qian Chongguang, their eyes filled with vigilance and confusion. They truly could not understand what sort of substantial support a god official who had just ascended could produce while surrounded by five God Kings and dozens of first-class gods.
At that moment, a sudden change occurred!
In the east of the God Realm, the Angel Temple, which had lain silent for ten thousand years and had gradually been forgotten by the gods, abruptly erupted with a golden pillar of light that pierced heaven and earth!
That pillar was too dazzling, too holy. In an instant, it tore through the vast sea of clouds in the God Realm and dyed the entire sky a pure gold.
Light divine power, dense to the extreme, swept outward like a tsunami. Wherever it passed, even the divine grasses and trees of the God Realm glowed with a shimmering golden light. Its majesty was more than ten times greater than the phenomena accompanying any ascendant's rise just moments ago!
Every god upon the Ascension Staircase instantly changed expression and turned in unison toward the east.
"What is that?!"
A first-class god who controlled the Law of Light cried out in shock. "It's coming from the Angel Temple! That is the resonance light of the Angel God Position's inheritance!"
"Impossible! Isn't the inheritor of the Angel God Position right here?!"
Another god stared in stunned disbelief, pointing at Qian Chongguang, his voice trembling. "He's standing right in front of us! How could he activate the Angel God Position's inheritance at the same time?!"
"No, this power fluctuation..." The Life Goddess closed her eyes and carefully sensed the incoming light divine power. Her beautiful brows suddenly furrowed. When she opened her eyes, they were filled with shock. "This is a genuine first-class divine origin fluctuation! It is not power a newly ascended god who has only just broken through level one hundred could possess! Even if someone had just inherited a Divine Position, this foundation is terrifyingly stable. It does not resemble someone who has only just completed the inheritance!"
The gods were completely dumbfounded.
The Angel God Position's inheritance had succeeded, and the temple in the God Realm had erupted with resonance light. Yet Qian Chongguang, who was supposed to be the inheritor, stood before them covered in wounds, struggling even to move.
What exactly was going on?!
All eyes instantly turned back to Qian Chongguang.
Faced with the stunned, astonished gazes of the gods, Qian Chongguang merely smiled calmly, as if everything had gone exactly as he expected. He gently shook the Light and Dark Twin Swords in his hands. Faint phantoms unexpectedly appeared along both blades, as though they might dissipate at any moment.
"Well, God King?" He looked up at the Asura God, whose face had turned livid, his smile brimming with mockery. "Are you all satisfied with this second layer of backup?"
"What exactly did you do?!"
The Asura God's voice carried rage and incomprehension suppressed to the utmost limit. He could clearly sense that the inheritance light indeed contained pure Angel origin from the same source as Qian Chongguang. Yet Qian Chongguang was clearly standing right here. How was that possible?!
"It's very simple."
Qian Chongguang shrugged, his tone as casual as if he were discussing something utterly ordinary.
"From beginning to end, the ant you were watching—the one whom the Asura God King held in his hand and beat for so long, the one who publicly exposed his disgrace—was merely a perfect clone I spent a hundred years creating, using one-third of my soul origin along with the Angel Clan's innate divine blood."
The instant those words left his mouth, they were like nine-heavens thunder crashing savagely upon the heads of every god present!
The entire scene was silent. Not even the sound of breathing could be heard.
Everyone froze in place, their faces filled with disbelief. Even the four God Kings were stunned, their eyes full of astonishment.
A clone?!
So many gods, including all five supreme God Kings, had failed to notice that this Angel before them—one of flesh and blood, with fluctuations of divine soul and even the ability to unleash light and dark divine power—was merely a clone?!
A God King's divine sense could sweep across the entire God Realm, leaving nothing hidden. Forget a clone; even the faintest trace of divine soul fluctuation could not escape their perception. Yet now, they had been thoroughly deceived by a clone. They had even surrounded this clone, spent ages discussing him, and spent ages deducing his intentions!
The one who suffered the greatest collapse was undoubtedly the Asura God.
The blood-red divine power around his body instantly exploded out of control. The hard White Jade Divine Platform beneath his feet was violently shaken apart, splitting with countless spiderweb-like cracks.
He stared fixedly at Qian Chongguang. Bloodshot veins filled his crimson pupils, and even his voice trembled—
It was rage driven to the limit by the utmost humiliation and manipulation.
"What did you say?! A clone?!"
The one he had madly beaten in public, humiliated, and nearly crushed to death was actually just a clone?!