As he watched the enormous hand draw closer, the Asura God's heart turned ice-cold.
Even if Cao De changed his mind now, it was already too late.
The Asura God's aura attached to Cao De instantly dissipated, lest the High God discover him and use the Golden Net's rules and order to punish him.
Cao De watched the giant palm looming right before him, his gaze utterly unchanged.
He did not feel much pressure from it.
The Soul Rings are far too restrictive. I might as well detonate them.
At that thought, Cao De recalled what he had learned about Ring Detonation while upgrading his Soul Rings in Star Luo City: detonate the rings without restoring them.
He had never expected to put that knowledge to use here.
With a thought from Cao De, nine Soul Rings instantly encircled him.
Cao De raised his right palm, and the nine blood-red Soul Rings instantly circled it, bathing it in blood-red light.
Cao De looked like an ant trying to shake a tree, a mantis raising its arms against a chariot.
The gods inwardly mocked the sight. Truly, the ignorant knew no fear.
The Asura God silently cursed him for having a death wish, but what happened next made his jaw drop.
The instant the colossal heavenly hand made contact, the expected scene of Cao De being seized did not occur. Instead, the hand was stopped in its tracks.
The nine blood-red Soul Rings exploded one after another, from the outside inward.
With each explosion, the colossal heavenly palm was driven farther back, while crimson energy swept upward from the ground.
Boom!
Boom!!
By the time the ninth explosion sounded, the colossal heavenly hand had been blasted into the collapsing void.
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