While the people behind the Sky Screen were still watching Dai Mubai get humiliated by Zhu Zhuqing like a dog, they never expected that the taunting, provocative voice from above the screen would speak again.
[ Ding! In view of the God Realm Committee's utter lack of even the most basic reverence for higher-dimensional worlds, ]
[ the Sky Screen has decided to make an exception and add one "God-level" experience slot! ]
[ Target locked: Douluo God Realm, one of the Five Great Enforcers, Asura God! ]
[ Destination: Battle Through the Heavens Plane, Central Plains, depths of the Corpse Burial Mountain Range, Soul Hall Tiangang Hall! ]
[ Mission: Survive. ]
At the round table of the God Realm Committee.
Asura God, clad in dark red armor etched with demonic patterns and wreathed in an almost tangible aura of slaughter, sprang to his feet.
His blood-red eyes held no trace of fear, only boundless fury.
"Good! Very good!"
--
Asura God gripped the Asura Magic Sword. Its blade trembled, radiating a heart-stopping red glow. "I'd like to see what this so-called Battle Through the Heavens World is capable of!"
"I am Asura!"
"I rule over all slaughter and judgment in the world!"
"Since the Soul Hall of that world desecrates souls, I shall represent the Divine Realm and carry out Heavenly Punishment!"
"I will purge the evil there once and for all!"
Boom!
The next second, a blood-red pillar of light shot down from the Divine Realm, piercing heaven and earth. Wrapped in its wake, Asura God's lofty figure tore through the plane barrier and vanished into the void!
"Asura! Show them the power of the Divine Realm!" God of Destruction shouted, clenching his fist.
"Go forth and judge that filthy world!" Poseidon raised his cup in farewell.
For a moment, the gods were brimming with confidence.
Asura God was the strongest fighter in the Divine Realm!
Even if he couldn't sweep through the place, surely he could at least carve out a fearsome reputation in this so-called Central Plains, right?
Battle Through the Heavens Plane, Central Plains, Corpse Burial Mountain Range.
This was one of Soul Hall's core territories. Dark clouds hung over it year-round, and for thousands of miles in every direction, not a soul could be seen. Only endless, chilling winds and shrill ghostly wails filled the air.
Rumble!!!
The gloomy sky suddenly split open, revealing an enormous blood-red rift!
The next second, a vast, terrifying divine power poured down like a scarlet waterfall, dyeing the black mist for hundreds of miles a deep crimson!
"I am Asura God!!"
A booming shout rang out, shaking heaven and earth!
Asura God floated in midair, an enormous blood-red divine ring unfurling behind him. The Asura Magic Sword in his hand erupted in a brilliant crimson radiance, pointing straight at the enormous black palace hidden beneath the dark mist. "Evil spirits of the lower world!"
"Seeing me, you should get on your knees and await your death!!"
His presence was indeed astonishing.
Had he appeared in Douluo Continent, he could have sunk the entire continent.
Even here, in the Corpse Burial Mountain Range, he caused quite a stir.
Inside Soul Hall's Tiangang Hall.
Deep within the dim palace, several ancient, sinister figures sat cross-legged in the air, apparently discussing some kind of capture plan.
Suddenly, the arrogant blood-red divine power from outside reached them.
The old man seated at the head slowly opened his eyes.
One of his eyes was black, the other white. The space around him kept collapsing with every breath he took.
Soul Hall Great Heavenly Venerable, Black White Heavenly Venerable!
Below him sat several other old men whose auras were just as terrifying.
Second Heavenly Venerable, Gu You!
Third Heavenly Venerable!
"Hmm?"
Second Heavenly Venerable Gu You furrowed his brow. A trace of displeasure crossed his skull-like face. "That's a strong stench of blood—"
"Which blind fool dares to cause trouble at my Tiangang Hall?"
"From the sound of it, he's here to deal with us?"
The Great Heavenly Venerable, the old man in black and white, smiled faintly. His smile looked more like a grimace. "Asura God? Never heard of him."
"But his Soul Power is rather interesting. It's filled with the most extreme killing intent."
"Third, go have a look."
"If he's good material, take him while you're at it. The Hall Master needs some special main souls to refine a formation."
"Yes, Uncle."
Third Heavenly Venerable gave a sinister smile. With a flicker, he vanished on the spot.
Above the Corpse Burial Mountain Range.
Asura God hovered in the sky, staring at the motionless palace below. The fury in his eyes only grew.
"How dare you ignore my divine might?!"
"Then die!!"
"Asura Judgment, Heavenly Punishment!!"
--
Asura God roared and swung the Asura Magic Sword down!
A blood-red sword beam, a thousand meters long and carrying the law's power to tear through space, slashed fiercely toward the black palace below!
This strike gathered the divine power of a First-Level God. It was powerful enough to shatter stars!
Across Douluo Continent, everyone held their breath!
Tang San and the others stared fixedly at the scene. This was the Divine Realm's strongest attack!
Whether it could salvage even a shred of Douluo Continent's honor rested on this strike!
But just as the earth-shaking blood-red sword beam was about to hit the palace—
Hum!
The black mist below suddenly churned violently. A gigantic, shriveled, pitch-black ghost claw, seemingly formed from pure dark energy, reached out of the void without warning!
The claw was a thousand zhang across. Nauseating black energy coiled around it, and every wisp could corrode space!
Smack!
There was no fancy technique to it.
The enormous ghost claw simply grabbed Asura God's world-ending sword beam as though it were pinching a toothpick!
"Zzzzt!"
In an instant, Asura Divine Power, which Asura God had always taken pride in, seemed to have met its natural enemy. It began to sizzle as the black energy corroded it!
"What?!"
Asura God's pupils shrank. His face filled with disbelief. "My Asura laws were blocked?!"
"How is that possible?!"
"That was a divine skill!!"
But before he could react—
A hideous, grating laugh, like fingernails scraping glass, came from the black mist. "Heh heh heh—"
"Divine skill? That's it?"
"All flash and no substance."
As the laughter rang out, an old man in a gray robe with a sinister face stepped through the air, one step at a time.
He released no Martial Soul and had no Soul Rings.
But with each step he took, Asura God felt the surrounding space press in on him a little more!
Space Lock!
"Y-you—who are you?!"
Asura God felt a sense of danger unlike anything he had ever known. He tried to draw on the surrounding spatial power to escape, only to find that this world no longer seemed to belong to him!
"Who am I?"
Third Heavenly Venerable tilted his head, looking at Asura God's flashy red armor. He licked his lips. "I'm the one who's here to take your life."
"Tsk, tsk. What a pure killing soul."
"I don't know what remote backwater you crawled out of, but your flesh and soul are top-grade supplements!"
"Break for me!"
With that, Third Heavenly Venerable clenched his hand!
Crack!
The enormous ghost claw holding the blood-red sword beam suddenly squeezed hard!
Before the horrified eyes of everyone across Douluo Continent, the beam—symbolizing Asura God's strongest attack—was crushed to pieces and dissolved into a rain of crimson light!
"Pfft!"
His divine weapon had been damaged. Asura God spat out a mouthful of golden divine blood, and his aura instantly weakened.
"No, this is impossible!!"
"I am an enforcer! I am Asura!"
"How could you crush my laws with your bare hands?!"
Asura God's mental defenses crumbled. He couldn't accept it!
His opponent hadn't even used a weapon. He had crushed Asura God's ultimate attack with nothing but a claw formed from Dou Qi?!
"Laws?"
Third Heavenly Venerable scoffed and vanished in an instant.
The next second—
Smack!
A resounding slap landed squarely across Asura God's face!
His dignified features crumpled. He spun through the air like a top, flying around a dozen times as several teeth gleaming with divine light shot out with his blood!
"In the Central Plains, the biggest fist makes the laws!"
Third Heavenly Venerable grabbed Asura God by the throat and lifted him before his face like a little chick. "You think you can play with space? With killing intent?"
"Your killing intent isn't even as strong as one of Soul Hall's protectors!"
"Now that you're here, you're not leaving."
"Conveniently, my Ten Thousand Soul Bone-Devouring Banner is missing a main soul."
"You'll do nicely."
Boom!
Then Third Heavenly Venerable tightened his fingers. Black Dou Qi slithered into Asura God like venomous snakes, instantly sealing away all his divine power!
"Ahhh! Let go of me!!"
"I'm a god! You can't treat me like this!!"
Asura God struggled desperately, but in the hands of a peak Nine-Turn Dou Zun, the power he had once been so proud of was pitifully weak.
Meanwhile, on Douluo Continent.
The Divine Realm Committee.
Clatter!
The wine cup slipped from Poseidon's hand and hit the ground. Wine spilled all over him, but he didn't notice.
The purple aura around God of Destruction faded. He stood rigid as a stone.
The smile froze on God of Evil's face. His eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"L-lost?"
"In one move?"
"He couldn't even withstand a single move?"
"But that was Asura!"
"Asura, the strongest fighter among us!!"
God of Destruction's voice trembled with the terror of a shattered worldview. "He crushed Asura Judgment with his bare hands."
"One slap sent him flying!"
"What level is that gray-robed old man?!"
Elsewhere, above the Corpse Burial Mountain Range.
Third Heavenly Venerable carried the half-dead Asura God, whose face was swollen like a pig's head, and turned toward the black palace below.
As he flew, he flashed a chilling smile at the void. "Thanks for nature's bounty."
"Please, send us more top-grade ingredients this stupidly delivered right to our doorstep."
"Soul Hall welcomes all comers!"
Battle Through the Heavens Plane, Central Plains, Soul Hall branch.
Tiangang Hall plaza.
"Thud!"
With a muffled crash, Asura God's once untouchable body was hurled onto the cold obsidian floor like a bag of trash.
"Cough, cough—"
Asura God coughed up mouthfuls of blood. His dark red divine armor was shattered, exposing the raw, bloody wounds beneath.
Third Heavenly Venerable's strange Dou Qi had sealed his divine power. At that moment, he didn't even have the strength to stand up.
"Was this the way of this world?"
Asura God lay sprawled on the ground, the arrogance in his eyes replaced by fear.
He couldn't understand it. He was a mighty God King, the Divine Realm's strongest fighter, yet he hadn't lasted even one move against that gray-robed old man!
"Ke ke ke, behave yourself."
The Third Heavenly Venerable landed and planted a foot on Asura God's head, grinding it down hard. "This is Tiangang Hall, a vital stronghold of the Soul Hall."
"Even a Dou Sheng would have to behave himself here, let alone a fake god like you, who knows where you crawled out from."
"Someone!"
Then the Third Heavenly Venerable called toward the shadows deep within the square. "Take this newly captured, top-grade main soul away. First, let the Bone-Eroding Yin Wind blow on him for seven days and seven nights, until his divine bones soften. Then send him to the Hall Master to refine the formation!"
"Yes, Honored Elder."
The next moment, a woman's voice, devoid of the slightest emotion, slowly emerged from the shadows.
The instant he heard it, Asura God's originally clouded eyes suddenly narrowed.
Why did that voice sound so familiar?
And with the voice's appearance, an exceedingly strange aura began to permeate the air around them.
It was a light fallen to the utmost depths, perfectly blended with a darkness pure beyond measure!
Clang, clang, clang.
Accompanied by the heavy clank of metal, a figure slowly emerged from the black mist.
She wore a tight black battle armor covered in spikes and demonic patterns, sealing away her devilish figure completely.
Her once brilliant golden hair had turned a lifeless black, hanging loose over her shoulders.
Most chilling of all were the six enormous wings on her back.
They were no longer pure white, sacred wings. Instead, the Fallen Demon Wings blazed with black flames, twisted and fearsome like a bat's!
Dark Fallen Angel, Qian Renxue.
Codename: Heavenly Calamity!
"You—"
Asura God struggled to lift his head. Through eyes smeared with blood, he stared fixedly at the woman before him, whose entire body radiated overwhelming wickedness.
Though her temperament had changed completely, though she had fallen into darkness—
he still recognized her!
She was the inheritor of the Angel God!
The most sacred, most luminous symbol on the Douluo Continent!
The granddaughter whom that old fool Qian Daoliu had cherished as his own life!
"Q-Qian Renxue?!"
Asura God's voice turned shrill and cracked with utter shock. "What happened to your Angel Martial Soul?!"
"What happened to your sacred radiance?!"
"How did you become this inhuman, monstrous thing?!"
In response to Asura God's questions, Qian Renxue's pitch-black eyes, without a trace of white, merely glanced over him.
There was no excitement at seeing an old acquaintance, only the indifferent gaze one would give a corpse.
"Qian Renxue?"
She tilted her head, as if trying to recall the name, then curled her lips slightly.
"That weak woman died long ago."
"I am a Soul Hall Protector, codename Heavenly Calamity."
"As for the light you speak of—"
Then Qian Renxue raised a hand. A mass of black flame suddenly blazed in her palm, and countless vengeful spirits seemed to wail within it. "How could something so hypocritical compare to the intoxicating power of darkness?"
Boom!
The next moment, the six Fallen Demon Wings on Qian Renxue's back spread wide.
A terrifying pressure comparable to a Two-Star Dou Zong erupted in an instant, directly sending Asura God, still prone on the ground, skidding several meters backward!
"Impossible! This can't be!!"
Asura God completely broke down.
He couldn't accept it!
The Angel God was a First-Level God of the Divine Realm, the embodiment of absolute light and justice.
Yet her inheritor had been utterly brainwashed and remade in this world, turned into a lackey of darkness?!
This wasn't merely physical torture. It was the most naked trampling of the Divine Realm's faith and the laws of light!
"Take him away."
The Third Heavenly Venerable, standing nearby, waved impatiently.
"Yes, sir."
Then Qian Renxue's figure flashed, and she appeared before Asura God in an instant.
Her hand, encased in black armor, seized Asura God by the hair and dragged the Divine Realm Enforcer toward the depths of the dungeon like a dead dog.
"Let go of me!!"
"I am Asura God!!"
"I am the Enforcer!!"
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