The Terrifying Power of the Asura God King

In a private room at a tavern in a town on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Li Xun sat on the right, his parents beside him. Across the table sat Tang Hao and Tang San. The boy lifted his chin, looking unbearably pleased with himself.

"Uncle Hao, you saw how powerful I'll be in the future!" Li Xun said, beaming. "Find me a top-quality spirit ring, and when I get stronger, I'll have your back!"

Tang Hao looked up at the boy's boast, amusement flickering in his eyes. He raised his right hand and planted it firmly on Li Xun's shoulder.

"Sure. For the sake of that future, Uncle Hao will find you a fine spirit ring."

As he spoke, his grip slowly tightened.

A weight like a mountain bore down on Li Xun's shoulder.

Hiss!

Li Xun's face went white. Pain and numbness spread through his shoulder, and the pressure bent his whole body forward. His swagger vanished.

"Uncle—Uncle Hao! I was wrong, I really was! Let go!" he gasped, begging for mercy.

At the sight of his instant surrender, everyone in the room burst out laughing.

[The battle between the three gods had become a clash of Divine Skills.

Tang San gripped his golden trident, his Divine Body standing as steadfast as an ancient sea. His shout rang across the heavens:

"Brother Xun, take my Seagod's Golden Thirteen Halberds!"

Hum!

Divine light surged, and the first move, Unfixed Storm, appeared!

Layer upon layer of golden rings swept in, bearing the Sea God's authority to bind the heavens. They sealed space and divine power, seeking to trap Li Xun in place.

The next attack followed close behind. The trident swept back and forth, filling the sky with golden halberd shadows as the second move, Thousand Years of Emptiness, erupted!

Countless sea-green divine blades poured down like rain, blanketing the battlefield. The Sea God's power pressed down in wave after wave, gentle yet overwhelming—not to wound, but to subdue.

On the flank, Qian Renxue spread all six pairs of her golden divine wings. Holy light burned against the stars and moon.

She looked at the man she loved, tears glimmering in her eyes. Her heart struggled, but her hands did not falter. The divine markings on her angel armor blazed, sacred sunfire roared, and the power of light that judged the heavens burst forth!

"A Xun, forgive me!"

She raised the Angel Sacred Sword overhead. Golden light streamed down from the heavens as the supreme Divine Skill Angel Judgment descended!

A dazzling pillar of judgment, carrying holy power that purified all things, struck straight at the heart of Asura's killing force. It countered his violent nature, steadily dissolving the blood-red Asura energy filling the sky.

Then Ten Thousand Angel Lights Slash spread a canopy of holy blades. Countless fine golden sword lights wove an inescapable net, cutting off every route Li Xun could take. Under the cleansing holy light, even the murderous energy in the void rapidly melted away.

The Sea God's binding power held the field while Angel Judgment purified it. The two First-Level Gods gave everything they had, closing in together for the sole purpose of stopping Li Xun.

"You two really have grown stronger," Li Xun murmured from the depths of his blood-red Asura Domain. "Since you insist on stopping me, I'll break every power you have with Asura Divine Skills!"

The scarlet Asura Demon Sword burst from its sheath. Blood-red light overwhelmed the stars, and the might of a supreme God King crushed down on the two First-Level Gods!

As Unfixed Storm closed around him, Li Xun swept his wrist across and unleashed the supreme Divine Skill Asura Judgment!

Countless blood-red godslaying sword shadows shot skyward. Their killing force severed divine authority and shattered restraints. Dense streams of crimson sword light struck the golden binding rings with a thunderous crash, and the Sea God's binding power, Tang San's pride, broke apart in an instant!

Before the Sea God could continue his assault, Asura's demonic light pierced the void. Scarlet beams tore through layer after layer of sea-green halberd shadows, forcing their way through the barrage of Thousand Years of Emptiness.

Qian Renxue's pillar of Angel Judgment was already upon him, its holy flames burning away the Asura killing aura around his body.

Li Xun neither dodged nor retreated. His Asura Domain surged beneath his feet, and boundless blood-red divine power coiled around his sword. He brought it down in a fierce vertical slash!

The ultimate killing move, Asura Blood Sword, revealed its might!

A colossal blood-red sword strike slashed down across the entire moon!

The crimson Asura sword intent met the vast golden light of judgment.

Boom!

A devastating explosion of divine power swept across the lunar battlefield!

The sea-green divine light shattered, the angelic holy light scattered, and Asura's blood-red power streaked across the sky!

Three supreme divine powers collided, annihilated one another, and burst apart. The shockwave flung fragments of lunar rock into the void and shook the entire moon!

Tang San staggered backward, his grip numb and his Sea God armor trembling.

Qian Renxue's divine wings shuddered. Her face pale, she was driven back several yards by the blast before dropping to one knee, her chest rising and falling.

Li Xun stood at the center of the raging divine power, his black robes snapping around him. He did not budge.

In that moment, the gulf between a God King and a First-Level God was laid bare!

Li Xun flashed through the scattering waves of divine power and appeared before them.

His gaze went first to Qian Renxue. At the sight of her pale face and the fine cracks already spreading across her divine armor, he could not hide the pain in his eyes. His low voice carried through the battlefield's roar. "Xiao Xue, stop fighting. Please?"

Bracing herself against the broken lunar rock, Qian Renxue slowly struggled to her feet. The violent divine power had blown her golden hair loose, and she leaned on the Angel Sacred Sword for support. A bitter smile touched her lips.

"And what happens after you stop?"

She looked up at Li Xun. Her voice was weary but unwavering. "Am I supposed to stand by and watch you slaughter every noble? When a new generation of nobles rises, will you draw your sword and slaughter them too? Again and again, until killing consumes you completely and you sink into darkness forever?"

"Xiao Xue, don't you understand? It's too late to stop now. I've already killed many nobles. The hatred between us has gone too far."

"So what?" Qian Renxue shook her head gently. "I only want you to stop killing. They'll live a few hundred years at most, while we'll live forever. I don't want you to fall into darkness because of them."]

Across the continent, everyone watching the Heavenly Screen was shaken. Asura God Li Xun had taken the combined full-strength attack of the Sea God and the Angel God with apparent ease. Only now did they truly understand how vast the gulf in strength could be, even between gods.

Inside Spirit Hall's Consecration Hall, the assembled elders watched the Heavenly Screen, their faces darkening. Qian Daoliu's fingers curled into a fist.

Even together, Angel God Qian Renxue and Sea God Tang San—two First-Level Gods—could do nothing to Asura God Li Xun.

Far out at sea, the seven elders of Sea God Island looked just as grim. The Sea God was the supreme deity their island had worshipped for generations. Seeing him fight beside the Angel God and still fall short left them with a growing sense of helplessness.

Comments now flooded across the screen.