Chapter 244: God Kings' Reinforcement, Confrontation Beyond the Boundary
Outside the world boundary, the deep space of the Universe, which had been jointly submerged by Lei Chen's "Nirvana Thunder Light" and Gu Yuena's "Creation Destruction Light Spot," was currently staging a terrifying scene sufficient to freeze the divine soul of any witness.
There was no sound, because the energy level erupting from the center of the collision had temporarily distorted, or even "erased," the fundamental Law of sound propagation in this area.
Only a vortex of destruction—chaotic, variegated, constantly collapsing inward and exploding outward—roared and raged silently.
Purple-gold lightning and silver-gold Chaos light intertwined and annihilated frantically. Intermingled within was the Asura God divine force, dark red like blood, flickering constantly like the final struggle of a dying giant beast, turning that patch of Void Realm into an absolute forbidden zone where even a Divine Thought probing in might be shredded.
Within the Douluo Plane, Lei Chen and Gu Yuena stood side by side, calmly gazing at that vortex of destruction. Their Divine Thoughts, like the most precise detectors, penetrated the violent energy turbulence and locked firmly onto the dark red figure at the very core of the vortex, whose aura was rapidly weakening yet still stubbornly existing.
"As expected of the Asura God King, who wields the authority of slaughter and judgment; his resistance to death far exceeds that of ordinary God Kings," Lei Chen thought to himself. There was no surprise in his eyes, only a cold realization. "However, after taking a combined blow from the two of us head-on, even if he is Asura, he definitely won't be feeling well."
Sure enough, after several breaths, the violent vortex of destruction reached a certain peak and then began to shrink and subside sharply inward.
When the last trace of chaotic energy turbulence was swallowed by the cold Universe Void Realm, revealing the scene within, even with Lei Chen and Gu Yuena's Heart-Nature, a subtle ripple crossed their eyes.
In the cold Void Realm outside the world boundary, Asura God Tang San still floated in place, not having retreated a single step. However, his posture was wretched to the extreme.
The dark red asura god armor on his body, with its astonishing defensive power, was now covered in cracks!
Countless cracks, some fine and some hideous, crawled across every inch of the armor like a spider web. Especially on the chest, arms, back, and other parts that bore most of the impact, the armor was mostly shattered, revealing the divine body beneath, which was scorched and eroded into a charred mess. There were even faint, strange gold and silver energies entwined and writhing. Dark red divine blood, like beads from a broken string, constantly seeped from the cracks. As soon as it left his Physical Body, it was frozen by the Void Realm's low temperature into crimson ice crystals, floating around him and adding a touch of tragic intensity.
The Super Divine Artifact Asura God Sword in his hand was still held tight, but the radiance on the blade was dim. There was even an extremely subtle, almost imperceptible distortion. The blood-colored gemstone at the crossguard, symbolizing the Asura God Position, had also weakened in light by several degrees, as if its power had been exhausted.
Tang San's face was hidden beneath the broken helmet, making it hard to see clearly. But those eyes, crimson as blood and burning with the flames of revenge, were now much dimmer. Besides the sky-high hatred, they were mixed with an undisguisable shock and... a trace of weakness from the depths of his Soul after surviving a catastrophe.
The crimson Killing Intent around him, though still thick, was no longer as condensed and overbearing as before. It became somewhat dissipated and flickering, and his aura had dropped to an extremely low point. Clearly, in that terrifying strike just now, not only was his god armor shattered, but he himself had suffered extremely heavy injuries. Being able to barely maintain his float without fainting was already due to his incredibly tough Asura God King will supporting him by force.
"One strike... just one strike..." Stormy waves churned in Tang San's heart, mixed with boundless humiliation and lingering fear. "My full-strength 'Asura Judgment' was actually defeated so easily... How could the strength of those two reach such a level?! That intent of end-times within the lightning... that reality-warping power of creation and destruction... This is definitely not something an ordinary God King can master!"
However, before the shock and fear in his heart could ferment, an even more fatal crisis had already descended!
Within the world boundary, the moment Lei Chen and Gu Yuena confirmed that Tang San was heavily injured but not dead and that his aura was weak, they did not hesitate for a second, nor did they waste a single word.
Strike while he's down!
Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself. They understood this principle better than anyone.
Clang!
Lei Chen grasped the Void Realm with his right hand, and the Nine Heavens Thunderstrike Sword, which had already been promoted to a Super Divine Artifact and was in sync with his mind, suddenly appeared in his palm. Chaotic purple-gold lightning danced on the blade, and a terrifying Sword Intent—more vast and majestic than the lightning from his fingertips just now, as if executing punishment on behalf of heaven—soared into the sky, locking onto the weakened Tang San outside the world boundary.
At the same time, Gu Yuena also moved. She did not take out any Divine Artifact, but simply raised her hands, which were as fair and white as jade. In her left palm, facing upward, a pure silver-white "Source of Creation"—internally evolving earth, fire, water, wind, light, and darkness, brimming with vitality—quietly emerged. In her right palm, facing downward, a deep dark-gold "Destruction Finale," emitting an aura that returned all things to nothingness and caused Laws to collapse into deathly silence, slowly rotated.
She brought her hands together. The two diametrically opposed yet same-sourced supreme powers began to approach and friction. A destructive fluctuation that made the entire Douluo Plane's world boundary tremble slightly began to brew.
Clearly, the two intended to give Tang San no chance to breathe or recover. They planned to use an even more powerful Move to thoroughly, cleanly, and decisively slay one of the strongest combatants of the Old God Realm, Asura God King Tang San, right there outside the world boundary!
The shadow of death, heavier and colder than before, enveloped Tang San. He could even feel the absolute Killing Intent contained within the lightning Sword Intent locking onto him and the impending eruption of creation-destruction power.
"Could it be... that I, a dignified God King, having returned after so much hardship, am to perish here before the war has even truly begun?!" A strong sense of unwillingness mixed with sky-high hatred exploded in Tang San's chest. His eyes nearly split as he tried to once again stimulate his remaining divine force to make a final struggle. Even if he had to self-detonate his godhead, he would drag the opponents down with him!
However, At this critical moment, at this critical moment when Tang San's life hung by a thread—
Buzz!!!
Swish—swish—swish—swish—!
Four divine lights of different colors, yet equally vast and majestic, containing the supreme majesty of God Kings, were like four meteors tearing through the deep space. At a speed even faster than Tang San's previous crimson light, they shot wildly from the direction of the Old God Realm, which was struggling to adjust in the distant Void Realm!
These four divine lights were precisely the other four God Kings of the Old God Realm—Kindness, Evil, the Goddess of Life, and the God of Destruction!
They had obviously been watching Tang San, who had gone ahead. The moment they sensed Tang San encountering a fatal crisis and his aura plummeting, they could no longer care about the overall stability and speed of the Old God Realm. They did not hesitate to consume massive amounts of divine force to tear through the Void Realm at top speed and rush to his aid!
"Tang San, hold on!"
"How dare you?!"
"Life's Eulogy, Protection!"
"Destruction Divine Light!"
Four angry shouts and low murmurs, containing different God King wills, exploded almost simultaneously in the cold Void Realm.
The powers of the two God Kings of Kindness and Evil instantly intertwined, laying down a flexible defensive barrier in front of Tang San that seemed capable of encompassing and swallowing all attacks.
At the same time, the emerald-green Life Divine Light turned into countless light spots full of vitality, like living fireflies. Ignoring spatial distance, they instantly merged into Tang San's divine body and dim divine soul, beginning to repair his physical wounds, nourish his Origin, and stabilize his divine soul at an astonishing speed.
And that pitch-black, deep Destruction Divine Light slammed into the spatial trajectory corresponding to the second wave of killing attacks about to be launched by Lei Chen and Gu Yuena. A terrifying will full of destruction, termination, and the collapse of all Law burst forth. It wasn't a head-on clash, but rather an even more overbearing posture, forcibly "interfering with," "eroding," and "prematurely detonating" the spatial structure and energy balance of that area, attempting to disrupt and delay Lei Chen and Gu Yuena's attacks.
Boom boom boom boom—!!!
A series of energy roars, muffled like rolling thunder yet restricted to a very small range, exploded in the Void Realm outside the world boundary.
Lei Chen's chaotic purple-gold sword light, containing the will of heavenly punishment, struck the defensive barrier of the two God Kings of Kindness and Evil. Although it caused the two layers of defense to ripple violently and flicker unsteadily, it failed to penetrate and hit Tang San, who was being urgently treated by the Life Divine Light behind.
Gu Yuena's "Source of Creation" and "Destruction Finale," which were about to close and release terrifying power, also had their surrounding spatial structure become extremely unstable under the interference of the God of Destruction's destructive divine light. The energy balance was broken, and she had to pause the Fusion and eruption process to avoid triggering an uncontrollable chain annihilation that would harm herself.
Taking advantage of this precious breathing space, the four divine lights completely solidified, turning into four majestic figures. They stood firmly in front of the heavily injured Tang San, forming a confrontation with Lei Chen and Gu Yuena inside the world boundary, separated by a layer of the plane's world boundary flowing with seven-colored radiance.