The Strongest Below Godhood Was Only a Peak Quasi-God

"You are..."

Sima Jinchi shot to his feet. That voice sounded so familiar.

The next instant, Baby Dragon's divine consciousness locked onto him, and Sima Jinchi's long-sealed memories finally awakened.

He was the Dragon-Slaying Blade, a Divine Artifact formed from the Dragon God's horn. After drifting to Douluo Continent, he had become Sima Jinchi and lived as a human, unaware until now of what he truly was.

The calm vanished from his eyes, replaced by a piercing sharpness. The familiar presence made him blurt out:

"You're the Golden Dragon King?

No. This isn't just the Golden Dragon King's aura. There's the will of the Supreme Dragon God in it. You're the Dragon God!"

Baby Dragon hovered above Shrek, radiating seven-colored golden light. His overwhelming draconic might stirred a flood of emotions in Sima Jinchi, and his next words removed all doubt:

"That's right. I am the Dragon God's incarnation.

Return to me, my horn, my divine weapon, the Dragon-Slaying Blade. I need you."

At Baby Dragon's words, Sima Jinchi hesitated no longer.

All his Soul Power and his Soul Core condensed. His human form fell away completely, revealing the gleaming golden Dragon-Slaying Divine Saber. He plunged straight into the Spatial Vortex.

The long blade, seemingly capable of severing anything, cut through space and landed firmly in Baby Dragon's tiny golden claw.

Humm!

The divine weapon returned to its master, and a dragon's roar shook the heavens.

As Baby Dragon gripped the Dragon-Slaying Blade, his Golden Dragon King Bloodline began to boil. His aura soared higher and higher.

Baby Dragon had been formed from a single drop of blood essence from the Golden Dragon King Spirit Bone, but Lin Yuan had no shortage of Divine Power. He had poured an immense amount into this avatar, forcibly raising him to god level.

He was a god, though one without a divine position.

With the Dragon-Slaying Blade in hand, Baby Dragon's combat power reached its peak. What was more, he was the sole administrator of the Dragon God's Ten Trials and held the highest authority over the Divine Examination.

Shrek Academy had been designated an examination ground. Now it had been destroyed, and Tang Hao intended to kill everyone present. The administrator could therefore classify him as a target for elimination.

That allowed Baby Dragon to draw freely on the Divine Examination's energy and tap the Divine Realm's endless reserves of Divine Power.

Now his combat power had truly reached its peak.

Tang Hao's gaze fixed on the Dragon-Slaying Blade in Baby Dragon's claw. Shock flashed through his eyes.

He could clearly sense the terrifying Divine Power within it and the force that could sever all things.

He had only ever felt such a presence from his son Asura God's Asura Divine Sword.

Could this be a Divine Artifact on par with the Asura Divine Sword?

But Tang Hao quickly recovered from his shock. He did not care who his opponent was. The whole of Douluo Continent stood behind him. Even a God King would have their cultivation suppressed upon coming here, let alone a mere dragon.

Tang Hao knew what Baby Dragon relied on. If he seized the Dragon-Slaying Blade quickly, the dragon would lose his fighting strength and be at his mercy.

"You're relying on underhanded tricks, nothing more. That isn't your own strength."

Tang Hao's voice exploded like thunder in everyone's ears.

Absolute confidence and arrogance showed on his face.

"I am the Plane Master of Douluo Continent, with authority over the entire Plane.

Even if a true god descended, I would have nothing to fear.

On Douluo Continent, I am invincible.

On Douluo Continent, even without calling upon Plane Power, I am the strongest beneath godhood."

Tang Hao had originally been a Divine Official. Without a divine position, he could not truly be called a god.

To become the Plane Master, he had even abandoned his status as a Divine Official. He was no god now, so that was the most he could claim.

Nor could he summon Plane Power at will. He could call upon it only when External Plane Invaders threatened the Plane. At other times, the choice was not his.

Hearing him, Baby Dragon looked even more disdainful.

He knew exactly what Tang Hao's trump card was. Tang Hao had seized the position of Plane Master, so how could he freely wield the entire Plane's power?

The entire Plane was resisting him!

If the enemy were not someone like the Abyssal Sage King, who threatened to devour the Plane, the Douluo Plane would never give Tang Hao the time of day, much less lend him power.

The Douluo Plane probably wished someone would kill Tang Hao so it could nurture a new Plane Master.

Baby Dragon held the Dragon-Slaying Blade as his aura continued to rise.

"The so-called strongest beneath godhood is only a peak Quasi-God Soul Master. Why not hand your miserable life over to me, Plane Master?"

"Arrogant fool! You're asking to die!"

Tang Hao flew into a rage, and his Innate Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, appeared.

The massive black hammer looked impossibly heavy, with nine golden Spirit Rings encircling it.

Simply holding the Clear Sky Hammer made the surrounding space collapse again and again. His strength was monstrous.

Baby Dragon watched him calmly.

He snapped his little claws.

"Examination ground authority: Full-Domain Unlock."

At that quiet command, the space around Shrek that Tang Hao had sealed shattered instantly.

Baby Dragon spoke at once.

"That mad dog doesn't care whether you live or die, but as your Examiner, I can't abandon my candidates. All of you, get out. Don't blame me if you're caught in the crossfire."

Everyone from the Tang Sect, Body Sect, Blacksmith Association, and the other factions breathed a sigh of relief. At this critical moment, a beast had shown more humanity than a human.

A so-called Plane Master, a human, wanted to kill them all. The one protecting them was a Soul Beast.

No matter how they looked at it, the Dragon God did not seem like a god of humanity. He was definitely a Soul Beast!

Grateful to Baby Dragon, they wasted no time. They used every means at their disposal to flee the battlefield.

They could imagine what this place was about to become: the most terrifying place in the world.

In an instant, only Tang Hao and Baby Dragon remained above Shrek's vast ruins.

Tang Hao's expression turned grave after witnessing what Baby Dragon had done. Underestimating him no longer, he raised his hand and unleashed the Clear Sky Hammer's secret art—the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

The first blow fell with crushing weight. The second built upon it, doubling its force. The third thundered down, adding yet another layer of power.

The fourth blow... the fifth...

In mere moments, he had stacked eighty-one blows.

The hammer's force grew exponentially, bearing down on Baby Dragon with the power to destroy everything.

At the same time, Tang Hao unleashed his Divine Slaughter's Domain at full strength. Blood-red killing intent, almost tangible, locked onto Baby Dragon in an attempt to suppress him.

Faced with Tang Hao's devastating attack, Baby Dragon remained calm, without a trace of panic.

His tiny claw tightened around the Dragon-Slaying Blade. In an instant, boundless golden Dragon Aura and seven-colored divine light burst from his body, effortlessly scattering Tang Hao's Divine Slaughter's Domain.

The Golden Dragon King's aura of destruction coiled around the blade. Its gold turned to a deadly red-gold, transforming it into a God-Slaying Blade.

He met the attack head-on. With one light slash, he sent out dozens of golden arcs.

Clang!

The clash of metal rang across the battlefield. Sparks flew, and terrifying shock waves swept wildly across Shrek's ruins, with the two combatants at their center.

The immense force Tang Hao had built up with eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer could not withstand the Dragon-Slaying Blade's power of destruction.

Tang Hao felt a domineering force, one that specifically countered Divine Power, surge back along the Clear Sky Hammer and into his hand. He staggered several steps backward.

"How is that possible?"