Dai Mubai's commanding question, brimming with divine power, was like a thunderclap, but it was met with Toji a nonchalant, even slightly provocative, response.
"Beat me, then I'll tell you."
These seven words were like a cold dagger, precisely piercing into the anger that had been building up in the God of War Dai Mubai, due to the mistreatment of his descendants in the lower realm.
"Good, good lad."
Dai Mubai was taken aback at first, then as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world, he burst into loud laughter, which shook the space of the Divine Realm and created visible ripples.
However, there was no warmth in that laughter, only a violent and sinister rage that had been completely ignited.
"You've already tormented my descendants in the mortal realm, and now you dare to talk to me like that? Fine! You've got guts! You're pretty arrogant!"
As he uttered the last "ah," Dai Mubai's body suddenly swelled up.
"Roar--"
A deafening roar, filled with boundless fury and pure destructive power, erupted from the heavens.
The golden light of the God of War was like a supernova explosion, so dazzling that even the gods watching from afar couldn't help but squint.
Dai Mubai's body grew and expanded wildly in the divine light, his muscles bulging and his white hair covering his entire body, with dark golden mysterious divine patterns flowing on it, exuding an invincible sense of power.
In the blink of an eye, a towering white tiger god, hundreds of meters tall, stood atop the divine realm.
Its enormous body was like a moving mountain, casting a shadow that completely enveloped Toji. Its violent divine power crushed down like a tangible tsunami, and even the air groaned under its unbearable weight.
His enormous eyes, now completely transformed into tiger eyes, burned with icy fury, fixed intently on Toji below.
Without a word, Dai Mubai's tiger claws, as massive as a pillar supporting the sky, slammed down with a piercing shriek that seemed to tear through space, carrying a terrifying force capable of shattering stars.
The claws were wreathed in Destruction golden divine power, and wherever they passed, five pitch-black cracks were forcibly plowed into the space.
Faced with this overwhelming, all-encompassing claw, what did Toji do?
He simply raised his head, and in his dark, deep eyes, like ancient wells, there was no fear, but rather a pure, heart-pounding excitement and fighting spirit belonging to a predator.
It's an instinctive excitement when you see a powerful prey.
"Oh."
A barely audible hum escaped from Toji's lips.
Faced with that colossal claw that seemed to topple the heavens, he neither dodged nor blocked, but instead made a move that caused the pupils of all the gods, including the Destruction God King and Tang San, to shrink in shock.
He slightly lowered his waist, twisted his body, and instantly compressed all his strength to the extreme.
That lean, bare torso, covered in both old and new scars, now flowing with a dark golden hue as if cast from divine iron, its muscle fibers instantly taut like a steel winch.
He also threw a punch.
It's not a divine skill, nor is it an external energy projection; it's just the most primitive, savage, and purest straight punch.
He faced off head-on against the claws of the God of War Dai Mubai.
Above his fist, there was no dazzling divine light, only a layer of strange energy film, condensed to the extreme, displaying a mixture of dark gold and blood color. That was the God-Level Blood and Qi he had just completed his leap to.
This Bloodline Power was restrained and profound, yet it exuded a terrifying aura that was more domineering and aggressive than the Immortal Spirit Energy, as if even space itself was distorted and groaning before its fist.
Fists and claws clashed!
There was no stalemate as expected, and no frantic spread of energy shockwaves.
Time seemed to freeze for a moment at that instant.
Immediately afterwards, an indescribable and terrifying scene unfolded, one that surpassed the expectations of all the gods.
A loud bang, accompanied by the muffled sound of something tough being forcibly torn apart, erupted simultaneously.
The enormous golden tiger claw, powerful enough to shatter stars, shattered like fragile glass the moment it made contact with the tiny fist.
Golden divine blood gushed out from the ruptured wound like a torrent of molten lava bursting its banks.
Huge bone fragments pierced through flesh and were exposed to the air of the Divine Realm, shimmering with dazzling golden light.
Dai Mubai's massive, mountain-like White Tiger True Body was as if it had been struck head-on by a high-speed ancient star.
An overwhelming, incomprehensible pure power instantly spread throughout his body via his tiger claw.
Dai Mubai let out a muffled roar of pain and disbelief. His massive body, hundreds of meters tall, was actually blasted off the ground by this savage and unreasonable force.
Like a giant meteorite being flung with all its might, it flew backward uncontrollably.
It smashed through several floating islands of the Divine Realm along the way, carving out a massive ravine thousands of meters long in the void, filled with spatial fragments and golden divine blood.
Boom!
Finally, he crashed heavily onto an even larger sacred mountain in the far distance, causing the entire mountain to tremble violently and sending dust and debris soaring into the sky.
Witnessing this scene, the silence of all the gods enveloped the entire battlefield.
Whether it was Tang San's side, the other gods watching from afar, or even the Destruction God King himself, all had only one expression on their faces: extreme horror and frozen blankness.
Everyone's brains seemed to have stopped functioning from the shock of this unbelievable scene.
A mortal who had just ascended to godhood, whose Godhood was not yet secure and who was even unable to convert Immortal Spirit Energy, blasted away the renowned Second-Level Deity, the God of War Dai Mubai, with a single punch from the front.
How is that possible?
This completely overturned their understanding of power, hierarchy, and the rules of the Divine Realm.
" Mubai!"
For the first time, Zhu Zhuqing's usually cold voice carried a clear hint of panic and concern. In an instant, her figure transformed into an almost elusive shadow, appearing beside Dai Mubai, who had crashed into the mountainside.
Dai Mubai struggled to his feet from the rubble, his massive tiger body trembling slightly. His right forepaw was a bloody mess, and golden divine blood dripped down, scorching small pits into the pure ground of the Divine Realm.
His enormous tiger eyes were fixed on the tiny figure in the distance, whose aura had barely fluctuated, filled with incredulous rage and a hint of fear that even he himself was unwilling to admit.
shame.
Utter disgrace!
On top of the old grudge of being abused by the descendants of the lower realm, a new grudge has been added: being blasted away by a newcomer with a single punch!
Where does this leave his reputation as God of War?
"Roar--"
Dai Mubai was completely enraged; his tiger roar was filled with madness and killing intent.
Zhu Zhuqing and he understood each other perfectly, without needing to say a word.
The instant Dai Mubai roared, her shadowy figure, as swift as lightning, disappeared into the embrace of Dai Mubai's massive white tiger like a swallow returning to its nest.
The movements were fluid and natural, possessing a strange rhythmic beauty, like a nimble cat nestled against a fierce tiger.
A vast, ancient, primordial aura, seemingly from the very beginning of the universe, suddenly erupted from the point where the two were joined.
It was no longer the pure power of the God of War of War or the power of the God of Speed, but a completely new and higher-level source of power.
Under the astonished gazes of the gods, the five-ringed divine light wheels behind Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing instantly merged into one, as if water and milk were blending together.