Terra Sector, training grounds.
This vast space had been specially reinforced and embedded with multiple layers of spatial stabilization and energy-absorption force fields, enough to withstand sparring between top-tier gods.
At that moment, Neos and Gorda stood facing each other in the center of the training grounds, while the spectators watched the match from behind the force fields.
Neos did not fight in his full Supreme God form. Instead, he deliberately suppressed his power and presence, maintaining them at roughly Gorda's current divine power level—around that of a top-tier god.
For this battle against his "old covenant," he wanted to personally experience the true combat strength of Gorda, once Khorne and now Inquisitor Gorda, using relatively equal power.
Gorda's heavily armored helmet dipped slightly, and his muffled voice rang out. "Come! Let me see what you can do!"
Before his words had even faded, Gorda shot forward like a cannonball!
There was no flashy release of energy. Pure physical acceleration, amplified by his Inquisitor armor, broke the sound barrier in an instant, kicking up rings of white airwaves as his heavy fist drove straight at Neos's face!
That battle intent and power, condensed to the extreme, seemed capable of punching a hole through space itself!
A sharp gleam flashed in Neos's eyes. He neither dodged nor retreated, meeting the blow with an equally unadorned right fist!
"Boom—!!!"
At the instant their fists collided, there was no deafening explosion, but an incomparably terrifying, muffled impact!
A visible shockwave burst outward in a sphere, slamming hard against the energy-absorbing walls of the training grounds and sending vast ripples across them!
Pure strength clashed, divine power surged, and the air was instantly blown away. The force-field-protected ground beneath their feet groaned as fine cracks appeared!
After one strike, they were evenly matched!
"Good!"