"You bastard! Let's see you dodge this!" Champa watched Mu Yang dodge and grew so agitated he was practically jumping up and down.
"Tch." Mu Yang rolled his eyes, sounding rather exasperated. "I won't dodge if you stop using Destruction."
Champa's eye twitched. If a God of Destruction didn't use Destruction, was he even a God of Destruction?
"You damn brat! I'll beat you until you're crawling on the ground!" Unable to win the argument, Champa flew into a rage and attacked.
Several more Destruction Energy Balls gathered in his hands. In one fluid motion, he hurled them all.
"Rat-tat-tat!"
Countless Destruction Energy Balls surged toward Mu Yang without a pause.
Mu Yang remained unruffled, a faint glint shining in his cold eyes.
"Heaven Swallowing Demon Art," he murmured.
Then demonic aura billowed from Mu Yang's body, releasing waves of black mist that covered the Destruction Energy Spheres.
The spheres grew smaller and smaller, until they all disappeared.
"How is that possible!?" Champa was stunned.
Something had absorbed his Destruction Energy Spheres.
But the problem was, how could that be possible?
There was nothing in this world capable of absorbing Destruction Energy Spheres.
"Not bad." Mu Yang was quite pleased with the effects of the Heaven Swallowing Demon Art. After all, this was his first time using it.
Right off the bat, it had absorbed Destruction Energy Balls containing a tenth of the God of Destruction Champa's power. Its potential was truly limitless.
He had no idea where the system had gotten it.
The Heaven Swallowing Demon Art Mu Yang had learned was somewhat different from the one in Shrouding the Heavens.
The Heaven Swallowing Demon Art in Shrouding the Heavens had been created by the Ruthless Empress. It was an incredible technique that could devour all things to strengthen its user, eventually allowing them to transform into the legendary Chaos Body.
Mu Yang's Heaven Swallowing Demon Art, on the other hand, was merely a modified, weakened version.
Compared to the traditional Heaven Swallowing Demon Art, this modified version was more focused on absorbing an enemy's attacks and replenishing the energy within the user's body.
Mu Yang could feel that ever since he'd used this Heaven Swallowing technique, the ki he'd expended had been replenished.
Even the Destruction Energy swirling around him had grown more powerful!
Champa noticed the change in Mu Yang and was even more dumbfounded.
What kind of monster was this?
Not only had he absorbed Champa's Destruction Energy, he'd actually gotten stronger.
And that Destruction Energy felt somewhat familiar.
What the hell... wasn't that his own Destruction Energy?
What the f—?!
While Champa silently screamed in disbelief...
On the ground...
The Vados siblings, watching the spectacle, had witnessed it all.
"Big Sister Vados, that technique of Mu Yang's..." Whis's expression was grave.
"Mm, that's right." Vados furrowed her brows and replied solemnly. "Without a doubt, it's a demonic technique."
"Ah, I imagine the people of the Demon Realm would greet him happily as a candidate for Demon God." Whis gave a wry, self-mocking smile.
"It's not that simple, Whis." Vados's expression remained as calm as ever.
"Oh?" Whis didn't understand what his sister meant.
"Every human—and even every god—has a demonic nature hidden within them. If we judged people that way, wouldn't we all be members of the Demon Realm?" Vados continued to explain. "As long as we can control the demonic nature within us and use our divine nature to suppress it, even someone with the potential to become a Demon God can become a great god."
"I see." Whis nodded thoughtfully.
"Mm." Seeing that Whis understood, Vados was pleased, and a smile crossed her face.
"But, Whis..." Vados suddenly said. "How about letting Big Sister train Mu Yang?"
"Someone with a demonic nature is too much for you to handle, little brother."
"Heh, Big Sister." Whis smiled calmly. "I may never have trained someone like that, but there's always a first time. At worst, I'll ask Father, the Grand Minister, for advice."
Hearing that her younger brother had even brought their father, the Grand Minister, into it to protect his claim on Mu Yang, Vados could only sigh helplessly.
"Ah, what a shame."
Vados continued watching the fight.
Whis watched Mu Yang on the battlefield as well, smiling broadly.
Training Mu Yang was his responsibility.
As a qualified Angel, he wouldn't shirk his duty!
The fact that he'd never trained someone with a demonic nature wasn't important.
The battlefield.
After absorbing Champa's energy spheres, Mu Yang's momentum soared. He rushed toward Champa at incredible speed.
He drew back his fist and aimed it at Champa's face.
"You little..." Champa hurriedly dodged the heavy punch.
If that fist had hit him...
He would've been disfigured!
The kid had no idea how to hold back.
Champa felt both exasperated and angry. His face was his livelihood, and if it got damaged, Vados would mock him every single day.
"Is dodging all you can do, mighty God of Destruction?" Mu Yang taunted him, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly. "I have no idea how someone like you became a God of Destruction."
"You brat, don't get too full of yourself!"
Champa gritted his teeth in anger, the purple flames around him growing even more fierce.
A God of Destruction's strength rose with his desire to destroy. The sudden flare of Champa's purple aura showed without a doubt that he wanted to destroy Mu Yang even more.
"Hmph." Mu Yang snorted, raised a hand, and beckoned tauntingly for Champa to come at him.
Champa's expression darkened, and he vanished from the spot.
He reappeared behind Mu Yang.
Champa tried the same trick again. He raised his fist and was about to punch Mu Yang in the back—
Mu Yang turned his hand into a palm and caught Champa's fist.
"What?!"
Champa was shocked.
Just a few minutes ago, Mu Yang hadn't even been able to react to his speed.
Now he could already block a sneak attack.
How was that possible?
How could anyone improve so quickly?
"The same move won't work on me, God of Destruction." Mu Yang tightened his grip on Champa's fist, then threw him over his shoulder and sent him crashing to the ground.
Boom!!!
Champa's body slammed into the sturdy ground of the God of Destruction's world, leaving a huge crater as dust billowed into the air.
Mu Yang's eyes blazed with fighting spirit, and he stared intently at the scene within the dust cloud.
He knew the God of Destruction Champa couldn't possibly be hurt.
Sure enough.
The God of Destruction Champa's figure was faintly visible through the dust. Before the cloud had even cleared, he charged out of it, wreathed in even more terrifying purple light, his eyes blazing with murderous intent.
"You damn brat! I'm going to kill you!"
Powerful God of Destruction Energy covered Champa's fist as he punched toward Mu Yang's abdomen.
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