"Asura Demon Sword, a Super Divine Artifact..."
Qian Renxue's pretty face had gone deathly pale. Even the Angel Holy Sword in her hand was trembling slightly.
It was absolute suppression by rank.
They had originally thought Tang San was merely the inheritor of the Sea God, and that she and her mother might still have a chance if they joined forces.
But now...
Asura God?
How were they supposed to fight that?
This was practically an attack from a higher dimension!
"So this is what it means to be the Child of Destiny?"
Bibi Dong gritted her teeth, her eyes full of unwillingness.
Why did every good thing have to go to that Tang San?
However, what came next was even more despairing.
The Sky Curtain's emotionless voice once again pronounced their death sentence.
[Given the excessive killing intent of the Asura Demon Sword, and the fact that its wielder bears Dual Godhood, it ranks fifth on the Rare Treasure Ranking!]
[A reward is hereby granted!]
[Reward One: The Asura Demon Sword's quality advances! It is upgraded to the Asura Demon God Sword!]
[Reward Two: The wielder is granted an exclusive divine skill—Asura God Demon Slash!]
[Skill Description: A supreme strike that gathers Asura Divine Power and the will of the Demon God. Deals 500 percent true damage to all targets who possess a divine position! It also inflicts the "Shattered Divinity" effect, which can directly sever the connection between a deity and their divine position!]
Boom!
A blood-red pillar of light enveloped Tang San atop Jialing Pass.
"..."
Tang San felt the Asura Demon Sword in his hand grow heavier, yet somehow more attuned to him.
An unprecedentedly powerful force filled his body.
The skill that had appeared in his mind, Asura God Demon Slash, filled him with wild joy.
This was practically a skill made for slaying gods!
It meant that even if Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue became gods, they would still fall obediently before his sword!
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Tang San couldn't help throwing his head back and roaring with laughter, his voice brimming with arrogant superiority.
"Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue!"
"This time, let's see what you can possibly use to fight me!"
Tang San casually swung the Asura Demon God Sword in his hand. A blood-red sword aura instantly tore through the space ahead, leaving a bottomless ravine in the ground.
However, just as Tang San was basking in the intoxicating rush of his surging power,
Oscar, standing nearby, furrowed his brow, rubbed the stubble on his chin, and came over.
"Little San, something's not right."
Oscar pointed at the rankings in the sky, his face full of indignation.
"Asura God is a God King!"
"And the Asura Demon Sword is known as the most powerful weapon in the Divine Realm!"
"Now it's been upgraded to the Asura Demon God Sword, an artifact that's this powerful, so how did it only rank fifth?"
At those words, Tang San's laughter abruptly froze on his face.
He paused, then furrowed his brow as well.
That was right.
What kind of existence was Asura God? He was the chief enforcer.
And this sword was the greatest weapon of slaughter.
Even Gu Yuena's Silver Dragon Spear had been ranked below it. What could there possibly be in this world that was stronger than the Asura Demon Sword?
"Little Ao's right."
Ma Hongjun fanned the flames from the side, shouting,
"Third Brother has Dual Godhood and two divine artifacts in his hands!"
"Is this ranking broken or something?"
"How can there be four things more powerful than the Asura Demon Sword?"
"This is way too disrespectful!"
"..."
Looking at the Demon Sword in his hand, Tang San's joy immediately faded, replaced by deep suspicion and defiance.
He considered himself the chosen one. All the best things in this world belonged to him.
In his eyes, the Asura Demon Sword was unquestionably number one.
How could it possibly be ranked fifth?
"Hmph."
Tang San snorted, withdrew the Demon Sword into his body, and fixed a gloomy stare on the Sky Curtain.
"I see this Sky Curtain is all reputation and no substance."
"Or maybe the rankings are just made up at random."
"I'd like to see what kind of scrap metal these supposed top four are, if they can put my Asura God to shame!"
In his view, this was definitely a rigged ranking.
There was no weapon in this world stronger than the Asura Demon Sword.
Absolutely none!
Just as Tang San and the people of Shrek were voicing their intense dissatisfaction and doubts about the rankings,
the scene on the Sky Curtain shifted once more.
The blood-red killing intent vanished without a trace.
In its place came a surge of wind-elemental energy that felt strikingly familiar, yet immeasurably more vast.
This wind was older and freer than the wind summoned by the Vision before.
It did not belong to the mortal world—not even entirely to this world.
At the center of the image, light gathered.
No earth-shattering weapon appeared.
Instead, a chess piece came into view.
That's right, an object resembling a chess piece from an international chess set.
It glowed with a soft, verdant light. Its shape looked like a crown, or perhaps a soul wrapped in wind.
Though it was tiny, the moment it appeared, the wind elements throughout Godwind City—and even across the entire Douluo Continent—seemed to behold their true sovereign. They stopped flowing, then rushed together toward it.
[Fourth Place on the Rare Treasure Ranking: Heart of the Wind God!]
Tang San froze at the name.
Bibi Dong froze.
The entire continent froze.
A Gnosis?
The Vision had ranked seventh, and now a Gnosis had appeared?
Was this another thing that Venti had made?
However, when the wielder's name appeared, everyone's jaws dropped in shock.
Especially the people in Godwind City. Bai Chenxiang and the others had been celebrating moments earlier, but now they stared wide-eyed, as if they had seen a ghost.
Bibi Dong even crushed the armrest of her throne outright.
[Type: Divine Core / Magical Organ / Proof of the Seven Sovereigns of the Mortal World]
Above the Sky Curtain, the sea of blood that had surged moments earlier looked as if an invisible hand had wiped it away.
In its place was a breeze.
At first, it merely brushed their faces. Then the currents across the entire Douluo Continent began to stir restlessly.
It wasn't a violent typhoon. It was more like a cheer, a pilgrimage.
All the wind elements converged toward the Golden Ranking. Its green radiance wasn't as dazzling as the Vision's had been, yet it held an ineffable depth and age.
A strangely shaped chess piece slowly emerged within the light.
It was only the size of a palm, crystal clear from top to bottom, and glowed with a soft, verdant light.
Its shape looked just like a queen from an international chess set, or perhaps an exquisite crown.
Simply floating there, it made the surrounding space breathe in rhythm with its movements.
[Fourth Place on the Rare Treasure Ranking: Heart of the Wind God!]
At those words, countless people across the continent stopped breathing for half a beat.
The Vision had ranked seventh, and now the Gnosis had arrived at fourth.
Even a fool could see that these two things were undoubtedly part of the same series.
Before everyone could process this information, the wielder's name appeared right after it, shining across the great screen.
[Wielder: Qian Renxue]