Shendu: "The gap between you and him will only grow wider!"
Shendu: "As for 'the Oldest Godslayer'—why do you think the chat group gave you that title?"
Shendu: "Is it praise? If so, why not call you the strongest Godslayer? The Godslayer with the most Authorities?"
Shendu: "It proves the only thing about you that can be shown off among Godslayers is your age!"
Shendu: "Other than having lived a long time, what else do you have that's worth anything? What even are you?"
When Shendu's words fell, the entire chat group went silent. Everyone looked on, a little stunned, at Shendu rampaging in the chat like a force of nature.
For Marquis Voban, those barbs had to cut deep.
Brandon White hadn't expected Shendu to be this sharp-tongued.
He'd gone absolutely feral—
And yet, Shendu still wasn't done.
Shendu: "What's the matter, cat got your tongue? Can't refute it?"
Shendu: "Because it's the truth."
Shendu: "Given the hostility between you and Luo Hao, I'd wager you've already used the Virtual Battle feature."
Shendu: "Did you win? If you had, you would've leaked that little tidbit in the chat long ago. But clearly you didn't. Every time Luo Hao speaks, you never counter—you just go quiet."
Shendu: "So many Authorities in your hands, yet your strength isn't the greatest."
Shendu: "Those Authorities are pearls cast before swine on you!"
Richest Man: "He's snapped—he's snapped. Shendu's completely snapped."
Himouto Umaru: "First time I've seen Shendu talk like this—these lines go straight for the heart!"
Himouto Umaru: "This feels like trouble brewing… so why am I excited?"
Boil Daigo into Soup: "You're not the only one."
Lin Fengjiao: "I'd like to mediate, but I have a feeling this isn't something I can mediate."
Left Wing of the Holy Guard: "Settle it with a fight."
Angel Yan chimed in, full of enthusiasm.
The Most Evil Elf: "Is it proper for an angel to say that?"
Left Wing of the Holy Guard: "They're from other universes anyway. Angels don't govern that broadly."
Himouto Umaru: "@Wuxia King, did Voban actually lose?"
Umaru asked Sect Leader Luo Hao, curious.
In the memory replicas, the two hadn't fought, so she didn't know.
Wuxia King: "A defeated foe, nothing more. Godslayers have an upper limit. Once reached, no matter how many Authorities you hold, they're merely means of fighting."
Wuxia King: "As he said himself, that so-called 'Oldest Godslayer' just means he's older. Strongest? He isn't qualified."
The Oldest Godslayer: "Luo Hao, your years hardly trail mine by much."
Wuxia King: "Hm?"
A chill flashed through Luo Hao's eyes. Age was something she could throw at Voban, but Voban couldn't throw it at her.
The Oldest Godslayer: "Hmph."
The Oldest Godslayer: "@Shendu, meet me in the Virtual Battle arena."
The Oldest Godslayer: "I've killed enough gods—I'd like to see if your demonic strength matches even half your mouth."
Shendu: "Heh. It's certainly stronger than yours."
Shendu: "I just hope you measure up to the title 'Godslayer.'"
Shendu: "These days any weakling deity in some backwater world can be called a god."
With that, the two of them spent points to open the Virtual Battle feature and stepped in to settle it.
Himouto Umaru: "I want to watch so badly. Shame it can't be streamed."
Railgun: "Who doesn't?"
Ordinary Group Owner: "This chat group really is lame."
Richest Man: "Aren't you afraid you'll get muted again for that?"
Ordinary Group Owner: "Not like it'd be the first time."
Ordinary Group Owner: "What's there to be afraid of."
Uchiha Dance King: "…"
Time inside the Virtual Battle feature didn't match real time. No matter how long the combatants fought inside, at most a minute would pass outside.
So very soon, everyone saw Shendu's triumphant messages pop up.
Shendu: "Executor of Infernal Judgments? Crimson hellfire?"
Shendu: "You dare call that flame 'crimson hellfire'? I am the Demon of Fire. You wanted to burn me?"
Shendu: "You handle wind and rain well enough, I'll grant you that—but what good is it? A little thunder and lightning—does that amount to anything?"
Shendu: "And that petrifaction—fine, I admit it's a decent ability. But it has no effect on me."
The Oldest Godslayer: "Heh. Demon of Fire, are you? And how mighty are your flames, really?"
The Oldest Godslayer: "If not for the Dog Talisman's immortality and the Horse Talisman's healing, do you think you could have withstood my Authorities?"
Shendu: "Childish. The Dog Talisman and the Horse Talisman are my power."
Shendu: "Why don't you say your Authorities belong to the gods?"
Shendu: "Be grateful: a Godslayer's physique has some resistance to my Monkey Talisman. Otherwise I'd have turned you into a pig and finished you off."
The Oldest Godslayer: "Hmph! Next time, I'll kill you!"
Godslayer world.
Marquis Voban stared at Shendu's messages in the chat, his face dark.
He had indeed lost that fight.
Armed with the Dog and Horse Talismans, Shendu shrugged off everything Voban threw at him.
In raw power, Shendu's physique was formidable in its own right—enough to suppress Jackie even when the Ox Talisman was in Jackie's hands—and when paired with the Ox Talisman, Shendu surpassed even that. His speed was astonishing as well. He had no obvious weaknesses.
And that Monkey Talisman… At the thought of it, a flicker of wariness crossed Voban's eyes.
Even though a Godslayer's resistance to sorcery reached the level of the gods themselves, Voban felt his body almost fail to hold out. In the end, it was scarcely his Godslayer resistance alone resisting that power—it was his Authorities straining alongside it.
He hadn't expected that this talisman, which transformed the myriad things and looked, among all the Talismans, the least threatening, could be so terrifying in practice.
Used against those with weak inherent resistances, it could almost instantly turn an opponent into an animal with no strength whatsoever. Even if one's rational mind remained intact—what would thought avail you without power?
And this Shendu—possessor of such might—had been defeated by that bunch so many times!
And then there was the mockery aimed at him.
"The Oldest Godslayer"—did that title really just mean he was older?
Shendu. Luo Hao. Kusanagi Godou.
He would settle accounts with them one by one.
Voban's gaze grew colder, the aura around him more savage. Objects around him began to tremble; above the castle, gales howled and lightning burst forth.
Seeing this, Voban's retainers in the old fortress were seized with dread.
"Something's happened—the Demon King is angry!"
"Damn it, who enraged Lord Voban?"
"Let's hope Lord Voban doesn't vent it on us. If he does, we're dead for sure!"
(End of this chapter)