The pitch-black streak of light Emperor Star had become tore across the sky and vanished beyond the clouds in an instant. The suffocating God-level pressure of destruction faded from the world along with him. The raging aftershocks of energy finally subsided completely in the airspace ravaged by the battle between gods. Only the deeply furrowed earth, shattered rocks, and the lingering scent of blood and clashing laws remained, silently recounting the earth-shaking fight to the death that had just taken place.
High in the air, the War God, Kailin, and Cesar, three God-level experts who stood at the summit of the Yulan Continent, remained suspended in the void. All three looked in the direction Emperor Star had fled, their expressions utterly grave. There was no relief at the battle's end in their faces; instead, a lingering wariness hung over them. Emperor Star might have seemed easy to drive back, but only experts like them, who had personally entered the God realm, knew full well that behind this lay a disparity in fighting strength acknowledged across the continent, and profound apprehension.
No one understood Emperor Star's terrifying reserves better than those three. This ancient, savage beast lurking on the continent had never been an ordinary human god. He had taken form from an ancient Divine Beast Bloodline, born with an incomparably powerful body. His sinews, bones, and flesh all contained the primal power of a divine beast, giving him physical strength far beyond human gods of the same rank. Ordinary God-level attacks could barely even breach his defenses. Added to this were the extraordinary innate divine abilities inherited from an ancient divine beast. Whether in offense, defense, speed, or the use of laws, he surpassed ordinary Lowgods and had almost no rivals at his level.
What made the gods even more