The Evil God's silence shocked every god present. He offered no rebuttal or defense and chose silent acquiescence as the leader of the gods.
Especially when Chen Yi mentioned that "for countless years, the Asura God had used the plundered power of judgment to suppress his uncontrollable killing intent," the scene fell into a suffocating silence.
"Using the power of judgment… to suppress killing intent?!" The God of Destruction's face was so dark it seemed water could drip from it.
He finally understood! Why the Asura God had been so reluctant to let his subordinate law-enforcement gods inherit their positions properly. This also explained why the Asura God had become increasingly extreme in temperament and reckless in action in recent years!
He had already been eroded by endlessly amplified slaughter and had reached the point where he needed to steal and absorb the core power of his colleagues to maintain his sanity. He was no longer a God King who ruled by rules! He was clearly a hidden danger who had fallen to his own power and could lose control at any moment!
The God of Destruction suddenly turned his head and glared at the Evil God like a sharp sword. His eyes contained unconcealed disappointment. As the oldest companion and a firm guardian of the Divine Realm's laws, he could not accept the Evil God's leniency in this matter.
Facing the almost burning disappointment in the God of Destruction's eyes, the Evil God remained silent. He slightly lowered his blood-red eyes, avoiding eye contact, and offered no rebuttal or explanation.
That silence was more powerful and hair-raising than any explanation. He had admitted it—or rather, he could not deny it.
"Heh…" Chen Yi sneered. It was a laugh full of contempt for the so-called rules of the Divine Realm.
He looked coldly at the Evil God.
"Because in your eyes, the rules of the Divine Realm are nothing but nonsense that can be conveniently twisted. In that case, Evil God, you no longer have the right to judge my actions from the heights of the rules!"
Before he finished speaking, Chen Yi made a grasping motion with his left hand. Purple-gold lightning flashed, and a second Thunder God's mace appeared in his hand, echoing the one he held in his right and pointed at the Asura God.
With maces in both hands, Chen Yi's aura rose again! Ignoring the silent Evil God, he pointed the tips of the maces firmly at the Asura God before him and spoke in a voice that echoed through the Divine Realm.
"Without parting with the old, the new cannot be born! Today, after judging the Asuras, I will personally rebuild the laws of the Divine Realm!"
His gaze toward the Asura God was cold and sharp.
"Asura! You arbitrarily seized the authority of your colleagues and used it to suppress your own demonic nature. This is dereliction of duty and embezzlement! You conspired with the Sea God Poseidon to harm the first-rank main god, the Angel. This is a conspiracy to kill a god! You interfered in the human world and broke the taboos of the Divine Realm. This is dereliction of duty and abuse of power! These three crimes were committed in combination, the evidence is conclusive, and they are unforgivable!"
Chen Yi's voice suddenly rose, accompanied by thunderous roars, as if heaven and earth were uniting to condemn him.
"I, Thunder God, wielding the power that governs the punishments of heaven and earth, pronounce judgment upon you today— Torture by lightning that strikes the bones!"
"You dare judge me?!" Upon hearing this, the Asura God's blood-red eyes flashed with a chilling light as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world. His voice turned hoarse and manic.
"You brat, you merely inherited the Thunder God's legacy by chance—do you have the qualifications to judge me?! When I was wielding the powers of slaughter and judgment, your ancestors hadn't even been born yet!"
Before he finished speaking, Asura completely abandoned his last pretense. The terrifying killing intent that had been suppressed for thousands of years erupted from his body like a beast that would destroy the world, shooting straight toward the heavens of the gods.
The intensity and ferocity of that killing intent made the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life both contract their pupils, their hearts pounding with shock. Even as God Kings, they felt instinctive fear before this killing intent that was about to become reality.
Even the Goddess of Good, who knew that strong killing intent lurked within the Asura God and needed to be suppressed by the power of judgment, couldn't help but gasp. Her beautiful eyes were filled with terror.
She had known about the strong killing intent inside the Asura God and the need to suppress it with judgment power, but after years of digestion and restraint, she had thought the situation had already been brought under control. Unexpectedly, this killing intent had accumulated and stagnated to a terrifying degree, like a volcano about to erupt.
The gods watching from afar felt the overwhelming killing intent and felt their scalps tingle.
"Is… is this really Lord Asura? How did it come to this?!"
"Killing intent… such terrifying killing intent! This is no longer a god's aura—this is simply… a world-destroying demon!"
"The killing intent has seeped into his body, making it difficult to calm his mind… No wonder he schemed so hard to seize the power of judgment!"
"The Evil God… did he know everything from the start?! Has he gone mad?!"
"Damn it! This Asura must be killed! If we don't eliminate this monster, there will be no peace in the Divine Realm!"
Previously, some gods had doubted Chen Yi's harsh approach and might still have held some old feelings toward the Asura God. But now, every god's eyes were filled with firm resolve—the Asura must be eradicated. For the safety of all gods in the Divine Realm and for the continuation of divine order.
"Phew… it's been a long time since I felt this relaxed."
Having fully released his killing intent, the Asura God stretched his neck and arms with a chilling creak, as if he had shed a massive burden. A sickly madness appeared on his face as he looked at Chen Yi again. His blood-red eyes contained nothing but pure killing intent.
"When I slew the Dragon God back then, the strength of my killing intent was unprecedented in the Divine Realm! Unfortunately, to maintain this damned dignity, I had to forcibly suppress it. Today, I can finally release it without any constraints!"
The Asura God's voice gradually turned manic. "I'll kill you… The killing intent accumulated within me for thousands of years will surely undergo a new transformation. That might even be the moment I witness the power of the Creation God! Hahahaha!"
Amid the manic laughter, the Asura God suddenly raised his hand and grabbed the ruins of the floating temple!
"Sword, come!"
Screech—!
A streak of crimson light that seemed to tear through space flew out from the depths of the ruins at astonishing speed and instantly landed in the Asura God's palm!
As the light faded, a massive blood-red sword suddenly appeared. It was deep crimson with terrifying patterns!
It was the Asura God's signature weapon, the ultimate divine artifact—the Asura Demon Sword!
However, the moment Chen Yi saw the sword, his eyes narrowed slightly. He had already sealed the Asura Demon Sword. The sword before him emitted a similar aura to the real Asura Demon Sword, but its essence was different. The sword before him was filled with killing intent, but its aura was weak—at most ordinary super-divine artifact level—and far from the primordial demon sword the Asura God had wielded when slaying the Dragon God, renowned for its ferocity.
The weapon before him was probably a spare part after the Asura God inherited his position, or a simplified version left for successors. Yet, for some reason, when Chen Yi's divine sense touched the newly forged Asura Demon Sword, a strange sense of déjà vu rose in his heart.
Knowing that he could not afford to be distracted with a powerful enemy before him, Chen Yi quickly suppressed the strange, distracting thought.
He gripped Thunder God's twin maces tightly with both hands. Lightning crackled from the maces as his fighting spirit soared to the heavens!
"Kill me? With your skill and this… broken sword?" A cold smile appeared on Chen Yi's lips. You don't qualify!
"Then let's see!" The Asura God sneered. No longer wasting words, he raised the reforged Asura Demon Sword high with both hands. His figure transformed into a blood-red lightning bolt that tore through heaven and earth as he charged toward Chen Yi.
"Blood Sea Surging Toward the Heavens!"
As the Asura Demon Sword swung down, an endless sea of blood—seemingly formed from the blood and resentment of countless creatures—emerged from nothing under the power of the Asura Demon Sword and surged toward Chen Yi, attempting to engulf him.
Waves churned and swirled within the sea of blood. Upon closer inspection, they were all born from endless killing intent. Within the swirling sea of blood, the wails and roars of vengeful spirits pierced the soul, as if dragging one's consciousness into the endless abyss of depravity and slaughter.
Wherever it passed, the extremely dense sword intent tore the stable space of the divine domain into countless tiny black spatial cracks.
Faced with the approaching sea of blood and slaughter, Chen Yi's eyes were as sharp as knives, showing no trace of fear.
"Thunder Shaking the Heavens!"
The Thunder God's mace in his right hand suddenly swung down, releasing a terrifying lightning pillar as thick as a mountain range from the tip of the mace. It collided violently with the towering sea of blood.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The lightning pillar and the sea of blood clashed fiercely! An energy explosion occurred… Terrifying roars shook the entire Divine Realm as blood and lightning intertwined violently. Destructive energy shockwaves spread fiercely in all directions like tsunamis.
The sea of blood was blasted apart by the lightning pillar, forming huge fissures. Countless crimson sword intents screamed and were purified within the lightning.
However, the sea of blood was endless. Waves surged like people trying to drown the lightning pillar.
At the center of the intertwined lightning and sea of blood, Chen Yi and the Asura God focused their gazes simultaneously!
The next instant, the two moved almost at the same time, turning into two streaks of light and charging straight at each other.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! …
At the center of the energy storm, deafening metallic clashes rang out. In the blink of an eye, Chen Yi and the Asura God exchanged dozens—no, hundreds—of blows.
Thunder God's twin maces collided fiercely with the Asura Demon Sword. Each strike released dazzling light and destructive energy ripples. Their speed was so fast that most gods could not catch it with the naked eye—it appeared only as a storm of shifting colors.
Seeing this, the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life moved in unison, appearing before the Evil God and the God of Good to form a subtle barrier.
The Goddess of Life stared at the raging energy storm at the center of the battlefield with surprised emerald-green eyes.
The Asura God, having fully released his killing intent, emitted an aura so fierce it surpassed even the Dragon God at his peak. The newly ascended God King Chen Yi was able to fight the Asura God on equal footing in this state and even showed signs of growing stronger with each exchange.
By this time, the Eight Great Elemental Gods and the Seven Great Sin Gods had already arrived at the edge of the battlefield. They exerted all their strength to build powerful divine barriers, preventing the aftermath of Chen Yi and the Asura God's battle from affecting the Divine Realm.
If an uncontrolled life-and-death battle between God King-level beings occurred, the core area of the Divine Realm could be destroyed, causing irreparable damage.
Meanwhile, upon seeing Chen Yi and the Asura God begin their fight, Qian Renxue turned a cold gaze toward the God of Good.
"Where is Poseidon?"
Hearing this, the God of Good realized the inevitable fate and sighed inwardly. She looked at Qian Renxue's heterochromatic eyes and quietly replied,
"The Sea God Poseidon has been sentenced to exile in the Forbidden Lands of the Gods for violating the laws of the Divine Realm."
She announced the official outcome, but she knew it would never satisfy Qian Renxue.
After listening, Qian Renxue nodded lightly to the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction, then flapped her eight wings and flew off as a streak of light toward the Forbidden Lands of the Gods.
Not long after, a terrifying roar filled with endless violence suddenly rang out from the direction of the Forbidden Lands of the Gods. It pierced through multiple layers of spatial barriers and divine power seals, echoing across most of the Divine Realm.
The intense power and familiar aura within that roar dramatically changed the expressions of all ancient gods who had experienced the Dragon God War that had swept the Divine Realm.
"This aura… this… this is it?!"
"Impossible! It should be sealed in the deepest part of the Forbidden Lands!"
"The Golden Dragon King… has it been released?!"
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