"Boom!"
The instant the seven-colored radiance met the purple glow of Rakshasa evil power, a violent explosion erupted.
The shock waves from a clash between god-level powerhouses were terrifying. Even the Spirit Hall Empire's fleet, which had tightly encircled Shrek City, was retreating in an orderly fashion.
"Bibi Dong, you died long ago! How could you have come back to life?!"
Tang Hao was utterly horrified. Even the hand gripping his Clear Sky Hammer had grown unsteady.
Over the past ten thousand years, he had attempted to seize some of the plane's will, imbuing his Clear Sky Hammer with seven-colored radiance.
The power of his Great Sumeru Hammer also far surpassed anything he had possessed as a Super Douluo.
But ten thousand years ago, Bibi Dong had been a First-Level God!
Having visited the Divine Realm, Tang Hao now understood just how vast the gulf between a Third-Class Deity and a First-Level God truly was.
The enormous Clear Sky Hammer, dozens of meters long, smashed down toward Bibi Dong's head, its seven-colored radiance dazzling.
Yet Bibi Dong merely smiled disdainfully. The Rakshasa evil power of Vengeful Evil Rakshasa corroded all that seven-colored radiance the instant it touched the Clear Sky Hammer.
Unlike the Asura God's pure attribute of slaughter, the Rakshasa God's divine power possessed the attributes of evil and filth, allowing it to erode all things.
The moment Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer touched the Rakshasa evil power, all the divine power upon it was corroded away.
The Great Sumeru Hammer lost its power, but Bibi Dong's Vengeful Evil Rakshasa continued onward without slowing.
By then, Tang Hao could no longer dodge. He could only hold the Clear Sky Hammer before him and defend with all his might.
"Brother Hao!"
Ah Yin cried out in alarm at the sight.
She had no choice but to abandon her plan to devour Mu En's remnant soul. Drawing out the immense life force accumulated within the Golden Ancient Tree over ten thousand years, she poured it toward Tang Hao.
The purple crescent blade of Vengeful Evil Rakshasa struck Tang Hao's body, instantly cleaving him in two at the waist.
But with that tremendous infusion of life force, most of Tang Hao's injuries swiftly healed.
However, even life force could be corroded by Rakshasa evil power. No matter how hard he tried, he made little progress in healing his remaining wounds.
Above Sea God Lake, Qian Daoliu saw this and swung the Angel God Sword in his hand.
Using his powerful aura of light, which shared the same origin, to draw Mu En's remnant soul toward him, he stored it inside the Angel God Sword.
"If this hadn't happened, his death would simply have been the end of it!" Qian Daoliu said with a faint smile.
"But now that Tang Hao and Ah Yin have done something like this, I'll have my grandson-in-law resurrect this lad named Mu En."
"Shrek Academy will likely face a reckoning!"
Seeing Qian Daoliu snatch Mu En's remnant soul away when it was already at their lips, Tang Hao and Ah Yin flew into a rage.
"Qian Daoliu, you dare steal our spoils? You're truly following the Way of Seeking Death!"
But just as they were about to attack Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong blocked their path, purple Demon Scythe in hand.
She glanced toward Qian Daoliu, her eyes flickering.
Although Bibi Dong had no great fondness for Qian Daoliu, she did not particularly loathe him either.
Their former struggles for power and influence within Spirit Hall had become utterly meaningless ten thousand years later.
And now, Qian Daoliu was Qian Renxue's grandfather, as well as another person the Phoenix God had personally resurrected.
If anything truly happened to Qian Daoliu and the Phoenix God flew into a rage, he would hardly care whether his mother-in-law lived or died!
We're both relatives on his wife's side, so why is there such a huge difference in how we're treated?
"You seem to have accumulated quite a bit of life force over these ten thousand years. Is that what gives you such confidence?"
Bibi Dong looked at Tang Hao and Ah Yin standing shoulder to shoulder, a disdainful smile curling her lips.
"But against me now that I've returned to life, you're merely mantises raising your forelegs to stop a chariot."
"How dare the light of fireflies compete with the bright moon? Today, by the Phoenix God Oracle, I shall slay you both-the filthy hands the Divine Realm has stretched into the Douluo Plane!"
"Divine skill, Eternal Creation!"
The purple Demon Scythe in Bibi Dong's hand traced a purple "X" in midair, sending it flying toward Tang Hao and Ah Yin.
There was little radiance or oppressive might, yet this attack from Bibi Dong made both Tang Hao and Ah Yin sense a deadly threat.
"Ring Detonation!"
Tang Hao knew that even together, he and Ah Yin were no match for Bibi Dong, who stood at the peak of the Third-Class Deity level.
But the Clear Sky Sect's divine skill, Ring Detonation, could briefly grant him power beyond his original rank, at the cost of leaving him weakened for a long time afterward.
As a Third-Class Deity, Tang Hao possessed three seven-colored divine rings.
At that moment, one of them exploded with a thunderous crash, turning into a streak of seven-colored light that poured into Tang Hao's body.
Tang Hao's aura surged instantly, and the seven-colored Clear Sky Hammer in his hand grew to dozens of meters in length.
"Great Sumeru Hammer!"
The enormous Clear Sky Hammer smashed down once more, as though it would utterly destroy Bibi Dong's divine skill, Eternal Creation.
But what happened next stunned everyone watching the Sky Screen.
Upon coming into contact with the Great Sumeru Hammer, Eternal Creation passed straight through it.
Although its purple radiance dimmed somewhat, it struck Tang Hao and Ah Yin with unerring precision.
Bibi Dong's divine skill, Eternal Creation, ignored physical defenses, while energy defenses could only halve its effect.
Thus, despite being obstructed by Tang Hao's divine power upon the Great Sumeru Hammer, it still struck them both.
Once Eternal Creation struck its target, the wounds would continue spreading. They could only endure it through the divine power and life force within their bodies.
And if they could not withstand that tremendous depletion of divine power and life force, death was certain.
"Aaaaaaah..."
Tang Hao and Ah Yin felt agonizing pain spread through every part of their bodies, nearly shattering their sanity.
Even the immense divine power and life force they had accumulated over ten thousand years could only be continually eroded, like carrying firewood to extinguish a blaze.
Meanwhile, in the Douluo God Realm.
"No!!!"
Tang San strode up to the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life, his eyes bloodshot and his breath heaving like an ox's.
"Destruction, Life, you must help me unleash the Three Realms Judgment Sword and cleave through the blockade surrounding the Douluo Plane!"
"If anything really happens to my parents, I..."
The God of Destruction sneered and spoke indifferently.
"You'll what? Will you, a God King of Law Enforcement, enforce the law against other gods because you yourself violated the Divine Realm's rules?"
"If so, the two of us can strip you of your law enforcement authority in the name of the God Realm Committee!"
"As for your parents, they brought this entirely upon themselves. They have no one else to blame."
"And let me remind you: if the Phoenix God of the Phoenix God Continent truly is the Phoenix God I'm thinking of..."
"Even the Three Realms Judgment Sword will be utterly useless against him!"
Tang San stood rooted to the spot, silent and dazed.
But by then, all the gods had turned their gazes toward the Sky Screen.
Because in the image on the Sky Screen, Xu Yi was installing the Divine Flame Xuanyuan Sword, a supreme divine artifact, into the Flagship's launcher.
And the Flagship's cannon was aimed directly toward Tang Hao and Ah Yin.
"Fire!"
"This time, we of the Spirit Hall Empire's Royal Academy of Sciences will slay gods!"
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