Clang, clang, clang!
"The gladiatorial match begins!"
Just then, the sound of the bronze bell and the referee's voice rang out at once.
Seeing this, perhaps because he had been enraged by the earlier insult, Nalant took the lead in imbuing himself with divine power and charged forward, actually launching a rare attack on his own initiative.
"Die, human ant! Death God Slash!"
With a swish, Nalant's blade radiance slashed out, its might surging; his fury toward the human god ahead was clear to see.
Seeing this, however, the human god merely curled the corner of his mouth slightly. "Haha, looks like you really are in a hurry. Then let me play with you properly!"
As he spoke, this god also drew his longsword, then began gathering divine power and swung fiercely at Nalant. "Swift Sword-Light Slash!"
With a whoosh, this god's sword radiance likewise slashed out.
And this god's strength was clearly above Nalant, this disgrace of the demon gods.
Moreover, that sword radiance was astonishingly fast—at least half again as fast as the sword radiance of other gods.
Immediately, the human god's sword radiance arrived after being launched later, crashing into the blade radiance still several dozen meters in front of Nalant.
Rumble!
Crack!
After a thunderous roar, a faint sound of shattering came.
There was no need to think too much. Clearly, Nalant's blade radiance had been smashed apart and turned into points of light.
Sure enough, in the next instant, the human god's sword radiance still came roaring toward Nalant.
Seeing this, though Nalant gnashed his teeth, in the end he could only return to his old trade and swiftly pulled out a demon god husk shield from his storage space.
Rumble!
Just as the human god's sword radiance was about to blast right before him,