A battle of gods, Zi Tian's first martial soul

"I feel a little nostalgic."

Seeing the Asura God Position behind Tang Chen, Zi Tian thought of the Asura God King.

But the Asura God King had already gone off to explore new worlds in the universe. There was no telling when they would meet again.

Facing two opponents at the Divine Official level, Zi Tian finally perked up a little.

An enormous, pitch-black phantom rose behind him.

Nine soul rings, crimson to the utmost, circled the phantom.

With their god positions empowering them, Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu looked closely.

The three-dimensional, pitch-black phantom was actually an abandoned, desolate ruin.

"That is the Young Master's first God King-level martial soul, the ruin of destruction."

Sensing the terrifying power within the ruins, which seemed capable of destroying everything, the God of Envy spoke slowly.

He had fought Zi Tian before, so he naturally understood how terrifying Zi Tian's first martial soul was.

The ruin of destruction had inherited the God of Destruction's origin of destruction and possessed the terrifying power to destroy and devour everything.

As long as Zi Tian had enough soul power, he could grind anything below the God King level out of existence.

Even a First-Level God like the God of Envy could only endure it by expending vast amounts of divine power.

And Zi Tian had not even reached the god level yet.

When Zi Tian had attacked Bone Douluo earlier, he had used the power of destruction to obliterate all of Bone Douluo's soul skills.

Because Bone Douluo's cultivation was insufficient, it had seemed to him that Zi Tian had merely raised his hand casually and nearly slapped him to death.

Much the same had happened when he faced Qian Renxue.

Of course, this was only the simplest way to use the ruin of destruction.

As a God King-level martial soul, the ruin of destruction came with a destruction domain that could devour every attack around it.

Moreover, the destruction domain would suppress all of an opponent's attributes and use the devoured power to bolster Zi Tian.

"What domain is this?"

Feeling his holy light domain being ravenously devoured, Qian Daoliu's expression changed.

His holy light god position was a first-level godhood, after all.

Yet before Zi Tian's destruction domain, it had no power to resist whatsoever.

Not only Qian Daoliu, but Tang Chen beside him also wore a grave expression.

Against the destruction domain, his Asura Domain could barely hold its own.

His Asura God Position was at the God King level, after all.

Before Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu could react, Zi Tian extended his right hand and pressed downward.

At the same time, the third soul ring on the ruin of destruction lit up. Dense power of destruction gathered into an enormous purplish-black palm that bore down on Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu.

"Holy Light Illumination!"

Golden light flashed in Qian Daoliu's eyes, and intense holy light blazed from his body as he tried to resist the Palm of Destruction.

But the moment the holy light touched the Palm of Destruction, it was rapidly melted away and devoured.

After devouring the holy light divine power, the aura radiating from the Palm of Destruction grew even more terrifying.

"Get back. Let me."

Seeing Qian Daoliu's holy light divine power dealt with so easily, Tang Chen hurriedly took out the Clear Sky Hammer and smashed it toward the Palm of Destruction.

Even bolstered by Asura Divine Power, the Clear Sky Hammer was slapped straight away.

But as the two divine powers canceled each other out, Zi Tian's Palm of Destruction gradually shrank, until Qian Daoliu finally severed it with the Holy Light Sword.

"Nine soul rings. You haven't broken through to the god level yet. How can you have such tremendous combat strength?"

Tang Chen recalled the Clear Sky Hammer, his expression grave.

"In that case, I won't hold back anymore."

The Asura divine ring behind him lit up, and Tang Chen extended his hand.

A rift appeared in the void.

Then a blood-red longsword slowly flew out of the rift and into Tang Chen's grasp.

The moment the blood-red longsword appeared, the surrounding space began to tremble violently.

"This is the Asura Blood Sword."

Seeing that the blood-red longsword nearly tore space apart with nothing more than its casually leaking aura, Tang Chen raised the Asura Sword and pointed it at Zi Tian.

"The Asura God King's Super Divine Artifact, the Asura Blood Sword. Zi Tian, how will you block this sword?"

At the sight of this Super Divine Artifact, Zi Tian showed no fear. Instead, a trace of nostalgia appeared in his eyes.

He beckoned gently, and the Asura Blood Sword slipped straight out of Tang Chen's control and flew into Zi Tian's hand.

"Long time no see. Didn't Uncle Asura take you with him?"

The moment the Asura Blood Sword landed in Zi Tian's hand, the surrounding space stabilized.

It reined in its entire aura to ensure Zi Tian would not be hurt.

"Wait, that's my Super Divine Artifact!"

Seeing the Asura Blood Sword resting obediently in Zi Tian's hand, Tang Chen's eyes widened.

What exactly had happened?

Why was the Asura God King's Super Divine Artifact letting that boy hold it so obediently?

Even though Tang Chen had passed the Asura God Trial and inherited the Asura God Position, he still felt terrifying pressure whenever he used the Asura Blood Sword.

This was because he was not strong enough and had yet to gain the Asura Blood Sword's recognition.

But why could Zi Tian do it? He hadn't used even a trace of Asura Divine Power!

This wasn't fair!

Sensing the meaning conveyed by the Asura Blood Sword, Zi Tian smiled faintly.

"So you're the gift Uncle Asura wanted to leave me before he departed."

With a turn of his hand, the Asura Blood Sword vanished, stored together with the Destruction Scepter.

"What exactly did you do?!"

Seeing his Super Divine Artifact disappear just like that, Tang Chen burned with anxiety.

Even in his perception, the Asura Blood Sword had vanished without a trace, as though it had never appeared.

"Qian Daoliu, support me!"

With Tang Chen's furious shout, the Clear Sky Hammer reappeared in his hand.

Then the divine ring behind Tang Chen exploded outright.

Terrifying divine power erupted in that instant, all of it pouring into the Clear Sky Hammer.

This was the explosive killing move Tang Chen had created, and the ultimate profound art of the Great Sumeru Hammer: Ring Detonation.

As his close friend of many years, Qian Daoliu had naturally fought alongside Tang Chen before.

The moment Tang Chen spoke, holy light was already shining over him, enhancing all his attributes.

"Ring Detonation? Fine. Let's end this here."

Seeing Tang Chen ready to stake his life, Zi Tian raised both hands before his chest and traced an irregular oval.

At the same time, the ninth soul ring of the ruin of destruction behind Zi Tian glowed faintly.

"Void Annihilation."

As Zi Tian spoke softly, a breeze seemed to sweep past outside Zi Tian Palace.

Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu froze in midair, as though someone had pressed pause.

In the void, the many deities had already flown far away the instant Zi Tian made his move.

Even so, they felt waves of chill coming from behind them.

"It seems the Young Master doesn't intend to drag this out any longer."

The God of Greed looked back and wrapped another layer of divine power shielding around himself before he felt a little better.

Seeing the puzzled expressions on some of the surrounding deities, the God of Greed offered no explanation.

Some of the deities had never fought Zi Tian, so naturally, they did not understand.

But he had personally tasted the Young Master's Void Annihilation.

After that single move, the God of Greed had to be sent to the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life before he could be restored to his former condition.

Looking from far away, they saw that, at some unknown moment, Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu had drifted down from the sky, devoid of any sign of life.