"Oh my, isn't this the Beast God of our Star Dou Forest?"
"Did you catch your wife cheating and rush off to catch her in the act?"
"Eek, so scary, so scary!" Tokisaki Kurumi patted her slightly heaving chest, her face showing mock fear. She brushed back the black hair covering her eyes, her clock-like pupils emitting mysterious ripples. "But those dragon legs of yours might break from running and still not make it in time!"
"They've already finished, and you show up—how can you catch them red-handed?"
"Such a pity, such a pity!"
Di Tian: "…"
Is this tiger insane?
What does Bi Ji have to do with me?
I'm going to save someone, not catch an affair.
Di Tian suppressed the anger in his heart, not wanting to argue with this deranged tiger, let alone fight at a time like this.
"Dark Devilgod Tiger, get out of my way. I don't have time to waste with you."
"Oh, I knew you'd say that." Tokisaki Kurumi's lips curled into a smirk. "How about I help you? You've probably heard about the deal between your boss, my master, and the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect."
"I don't trust you," Di Tian said coldly.
"Then what about me?"
At that moment, Tokisaki Kurumi's pupils began to spin.
The next second, a spatial rift opened two or three meters to her left.
Another Tokisaki Kurumi, with a slightly different hairstyle, and Ning Rongrong stepped out of the rift.
"Ning Rongrong, and you are…"
Di Tian scrutinized the two Tokisaki Kurumis flanking Ning Rongrong.
"I'm a clone of the main body. That's the gist of it!"
"We'll leave this to you," the clone Tokisaki Kurumi said before her body turned into a mass of dark red bloodlight, quickly merging into the Tokisaki Kurumi on the right.
Tokisaki Kurumi rubbed her forehead, exasperated. "Why are my clones getting less reliable, teasing Di Tian at a time like this?"
"You were never that reliable to begin with, and you're blaming your clone," Ning Rongrong quipped.
Tokisaki Kurumi: "…"
As if you're so reliable yourself.
We're two peas in a pod, or our personalities wouldn't match, right?
Still, Tokisaki Kurumi knew Ning Rongrong was her master, and she had to follow her lead on important matters, even if it meant facing a god later.
Sigh!
Life is hopeless, meow meow sigh.
Wait, no!
I'm not a cat, I'm a tiger! A ferocious Dark Devilgod Tiger.
And I can go, roar~
Ning Rongrong had no idea what Tokisaki Kurumi was muttering about, but it wasn't important.
Her gaze turned to Di Tian, still locked in a standoff.
"We meet again, Di Tian. You've probably heard some things about the Silver Dragon King's situation."
"Given our previous help, how about I take you there directly?"
Silence. After a long pause, Di Tian gritted his teeth, setting aside the dignity he'd held for hundreds of thousands of years after his rebirth. "Fine!"
With Di Tian's agreement, the clock-like pupils of Ning Rongrong and Tokisaki Kurumi spun, representing time and space.
A spatial teleportation gate slowly opened in the air.
Moments later, it closed completely.
But Di Tian, Ning Rongrong, and Tokisaki Kurumi were no longer in their original positions.
…
"Spear Flash—"
"Blade of Killing Intent!"
Gu Yuena and Hypnos shouted simultaneously.
The Silver Dragon Spear and the Killing God Sword erupted in dazzling white light.
"Clang!"
"Clang, clang, clang!"
Countless clashes and collisions produced crisp weapon sounds.
With each exchange, the ground and the boundless sky seemed to be plowed through.
Both were second-level gods, not newly ascended level 100 gods.
The shockwaves from their clashes were so terrifying that even a Limit Douluo could perish instantly under sustained waves.
Second-level gods weren't some fragile "hydrogen people."
In the yet-to-unfold world of the Five Elements Continent (The Wine God: Yin-Yang Crown), during the battle between Killing God Hypnos and Lie Yan, a second-level god's full power could affect an entire planet. If aimed at the planet's core, destroying it entirely wasn't impossible.
Even the future God of Kindness, Lie Yan, as a second-level god, could use flames to seal off the Dark Continent from the Five Elements Continent for five whole years.
A level 100 god might not even break a wall.
But a true second-level god, tempered over time, was a cornerstone of the Divine Realm.
And Hypnos's strength ranked among the top of second-level gods.
Hypnos looked somewhat disheveled, his golden armor and short hair in disarray, breathing heavily.
But compared to Gu Yuena, he was faring much better.
Gu Yuena's body was covered in blood, her white attire stained red, with traces of blood seeping from the corners of her mouth.
She coughed violently from time to time.
"It's over, Silver Dragon King!"
"Your strength is far inferior to the Golden Dragon King's."
"Today, I, Hypnos, will eliminate you as an unstable factor for the Divine Realm."
Hypnos knew capturing her alive might be unrealistic and prepared to deliver a killing blow.
His body radiated blood-red light, and he twirled the Killing God Sword in a flourish.
"Killing God Domain!"
As the chief warrior under the Asura God, Hypnos could wield the Killing God Domain, not yet evolved into the Asura Domain, far more refined than Tang Chen or Tang Xiao's version.
The Killing God Domain slowly spread, but Hypnos wasn't satisfied.
To defeat Gu Yuena, a second-level god with top-tier skills and abilities, he needed that move—the only move that could ensure she didn't escape.
"After eliminating the Silver Dragon King, I'll head to the Five Elements Continent to execute justice!"
The native god there shouldn't be as strong as the Silver Dragon King.
With that thought, the red light on Hypnos grew even more intense.
A massive red silhouette slowly appeared behind him. The faint outline revealed a burly man clad in blood-red armor, with a radiant blood-red halo exuding majestic authority.
Looking at the silhouette, Hypnos's eyes shone with devout fervor.
He was like the most loyal believer.
"Asura God…"
Others might not know, but Gu Yuena could never forget. It was a hatred etched into her bones, carved deep in her soul.
In the Dragon God's memories, the Asura God had used the true Asura God Sword to split the Dragon God in two, creating the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King.
Because of that wound from the Asura God Sword, she, as the Silver Dragon King, still hadn't fully recovered.
"Sorry, but if you manage to contact the Asura God, I'll be in quite a bind!"
Suddenly, the spreading Killing God Domain shattered.
Countless clock faces danced in the vision of Gu Yuena and Hypnos.
Amid the endlessly spinning clocks, everything else was pitch black.
Most critically, the connection to the Asura God's power was completely severed.
The red silhouette behind Hypnos, not yet fully formed, quickly faded and dissolved into specks of red light.
"Who… who's there?"
Hypnos exclaimed. Someone had interrupted his Asura Possession.
This… this was at least a god-level being.
Perhaps even stronger than the Silver Dragon King—no, maybe stronger than her.
Hearing that slightly accented tone, Gu Yuena let out a sigh of relief. "So, you've intervened after all."