"I really didn't expect you to be able to fight me to this extent." The Asura God had already sensed the abnormality in this world. Even now, opening a teleportation gate to leave would be extremely difficult in the short term.
"Asura God, did you think that my alliance with the Golden Dragon King to seal the Divine Realm and the mortal world, deliberately luring you here, was a reckless act?"
"Don't forget—I inherited the Dragon God's wisdom and kindness."
"But your Divine Realm has gone too far."
"Too far?" The Asura God sneered. "The rule that soul beasts cannot become gods was set by the Dragon God before his fall. I don't know if you inherited that memory, but..."
"Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena, do you really think you can resist?"
"Yes." Gu Yuena said calmly. "I carry the resentment of all the dragons that fell in the Dragon Valley. I, Gu Yuena, will avenge the fallen dragons."
"Hahahaha—" The Asura God burst into laughter. "The Dragon God's fall was entirely because your dragon clan brought it upon yourselves. You turned around and attacked our Divine Realm, causing countless living beings to perish."
"In the end, when the Dragon God regained clarity, he had me split him in two with the Asura God Sword."
"Gu Yuena, do you think you could have left the Divine Realm without the tacit approval of us five God Kings?"
"Don't be naive, little first-level god."
"Since you crossed paths with the Golden Dragon King... then you are an enemy of my Divine Realm."
"Gu Yuena, don't blame me for not giving soul beasts a path to survive. According to our plan, as long as you behave yourselves, when the time is right, we would naturally leave you a sliver of hope. That was also the Dragon God's wish back then."
"But you have gone too far."
"A dragon has reverse scales—touch them and die!" The Asura God declared. "I return those words to you. I, the Asura God, am the enforcer god of the Divine Realm. You, Gu Yuena, should no longer exist."
"Hmph. You five God Kings who divided the Dragon God's power—what right do you have to judge the Dragon God's merits and faults?"
Gu Yuena swung her Silver Dragon Spear. A golden glow emanated from her chest as her aura climbed steadily to an even higher level.
"Dragon God Heart, activate!"
The Silver Dragon Spear in Gu Yuena's hand radiated boundless resentment.
This resentment spread across nearly the entire Dragon Valley. Gu Yuena's silver-white pupils shifted to gold.
"Half-step God King realm!"
The Asura God's pupils contracted. A vast surge of energy forced him back a hundred meters.
"Yes, I cannot fully bear the Dragon God's power, but borrowing some of it is still possible." Sweat beaded faintly on Gu Yuena's forehead as she spoke.
"Although I cannot achieve God King right now, within the Dragon Valley, your Asura God's strength will also be suppressed to first-level god by the Dragon God Heart."
"You carry the Dragon God's power, so I can suppress you."
"You must have noticed by now—you can only exert the strength of a peak first-level god."
"Asura God, next comes the moment of my Silver Dragon King's revenge." Around the Silver Dragon King, space slowly began to distort. The distortion then spread to encompass the Asura God's range.
"Spatial Sealing Domain."
As her words fell, the Asura God's Asura Domain cracked bit by bit. In the blink of an eye, it was covered in dense fractures.
"Bang!"
The Asura Domain was directly crushed by the twisting space.
"Die!"
Gu Yuena's figure flickered slightly. She turned into a streak of silver light that brushed past the edge of the sword blade. Her movements flowed like water, as if perfectly fused with the entire Dragon Valley environment.
The spear tip shot out like lightning, piercing through countless layers of space-time straight toward the Asura God's throat.
The Asura God had no time to fully react. He could only slightly tilt his head to narrowly evade, but Gu Yuena did not pause. She spun the spear shaft fiercely. The Silver Dragon Spear let out a long, resonant dragon roar.
Man and spear united, transforming into a silver rainbow.
The erupting energy tore through the sky in an instant, forcing the Asura God to retreat repeatedly.
Every clash between the two seemed to rip open a massive fissure in space.
Sword light and spear shadows filled the Dragon Valley.
Gu Yuena and the Asura God's figures flickered ceaselessly across the sky.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a massive explosion rang out from high in the air.
Red flames turned into a streak of light and smashed diagonally toward the ground. The already trembling surface shook even more violently.
After the dust settled, a crater dozens of meters wide had been smashed into the ground.
Gu Yuena dove down from high above and pressed her advantage. Her divine power and the Silver Dragon Spear fused into a silver dragon phantom that let out low dragon roars along its path.
"Body and sword united, soul and god united."
"Asura Blood Sword—Judgment!"
Blood-colored sword light sliced through the dust. The sky was instantly dyed in red hues.
Gu Yuena also sensed the danger. The handle of her Silver Dragon Spear spun rapidly, quickly forming a windmill in front of her.
"Rumble rumble—"
The sky-covering blood color engulfed Gu Yuena's figure. However, in the next instant, Gu Yuena burst out from the blood-colored sword light.
"It's over, Asura God!"
Various elements gathered onto the Silver Dragon Spear in Gu Yuena's right hand. Behind her formed the phantom of a silver giant dragon with wings.
"Divine Skill—Elemental Decomposition"
The swung Silver Dragon Spear erupted with blinding white light and slashed straight toward the Asura God on the ground. However, before Gu Yuena's slash could fully unleash—
"Pfft!"
Her half-step God King aura rapidly declined. Her body's energy became chaotic. Spitting out several mouthfuls of blood, Gu Yuena fell to the ground, using the spear handle planted in the earth for support.
"Damn it, Asura God."
"You... what did you do to the Dragon God's dragon soul?"
Hearing Gu Yuena's furious voice, a figure slowly walked out from the dust-filled crater—it was the Asura God King.
"Hahaha, hahahahahaha!" The Asura God laughed loudly. "Gu Yuena, what makes you think erasing my mark from the Dragon God's dragon soul would make everything fine?"
"You even thought to use the dragon soul to kill me."
"Yes, even if my true body came here, it would only be suppressed to first-level god level." The Asura God sneered. "But I had plenty of time to do something in the Dragon Valley—something you couldn't detect."
"Main body, you... could it be..."
"Correct." The Asura God was very satisfied with Gu Yuena's shocked expression. "This body is merely my clone—a peak first-level god clone."
"That's impossible!" Gu Yuena cried out in shock. "Whether it's the power or the weapon, both belong to you. How could it be a clone? And even if it were a clone, it shouldn't possess the power of a peak first-level god!"
"You... how did you do it!"
"Hahahaha." The Asura God shook his head. "Let me tell you something. That Tang San—you seem to know about him too. He was a person from the future who possessed the Asura God and Sea God god positions."
"I devoured him and obtained the future Tang San's god position. Though it was heavily damaged, with a certain method, reaching first-level god was still possible."
The Asura God's method was none other than the Blood River God-Slaying Great Array.
Originally, Tang San had intended to use this method to revive, condense a new body and divine soul, then replenish the missing energy of the god position to reach first-level god level.
But this scheme was discovered by the wise and mighty Asura God King.
How could the Asura God, maintainer of justice and judgment, allow an existence like Tang San to persist?
He endured the pain to slay him and used the blood qi and souls of those who died in the irreparable God-Slaying Blood River Great Array to forge a new body, achieving peak first-level god.
"How... how is this possible!" Gu Yuena's expression showed shock. "Are you saying you weren't suppressed to first-level god by me earlier—but were already at first-level god from the start?"
"Your true body is still in the Divine Realm?"
Gu Yuena could not help but be shocked. She had thought she could erase the Asura God without anyone noticing, preventing the Divine Realm from learning the specifics.
Then, she would comprehend the Asura power and find a way to control the occasionally unstable force within her body.
"Damn it..." Gu Yuena gritted her teeth.
This guy had been scheming against her all along—no wonder he dared come alone to die!
(End of chapter)