Chapter 249: The Shock of the God King of Destruction

  Without a doubt, it was Qin Xiao who used his spatial dispcement ability at the critical moment, switching pces with the Deep Sea Demon Whale King from thousands of miles away, saving its life.

  “I didn’t expect this. Truly, I didn’t,” the God King of Destruction stared at Qin Xiao, clicking his tongue in amazement. “In just three short years, according to the time on Douluo Continent, your spiritual realm has already reached the level of a God King, and your cultivation is only a step away from reaching that rank as well. You’re practically half a God King now.”

  Three years ago, during Qin Xiao’s final battle with the Abyssal Saint Sovereign, the Thunder Emperor had obscured the details of the fight, leaving the God King of Destruction clueless as to how Qin Xiao had won. He had guessed that the Abyssal Saint Sovereign had been severely weakened, and Qin Xiao had eked out a victory.

  But now, seeing Qin Xiao’s current cultivation, he was utterly stunned.

  “Luckily, you couldn’t hide for more than three years. If I had given you more time, you might have truly reached the God King realm. At that point, you could have become the second Dragon God,” the God King of Destruction remarked with a hint of relief.

  He was genuinely gd that he had discovered this early. Qin Xiao’s talent was shocking, but it was a blessing to be able to nip it in the bud before he could fully bloom.

  “Are you the God King of Destruction from the Divine Realm?” Qin Xiao, uninterested in the God King’s arrogance, asked instead.

  “Hmph, do you think you have the right to utter my revered name, you sinner?” The God King of Destruction’s expression turned cold at Qin Xiao’s question. “Kneel before me and surrender the Sea God and Asura God positions!”

  Qin Xiao remained unfazed, offering a cold retort. “You expect me to just hand them over because you say so? Who do you think you are? If I asked you to give up your Destruction God position, would you do it?”

  “How dare you!” The God King of Destruction’s face grew even colder.

  As one of the most esteemed God Kings of the Divine Realm, he had never encountered such insolence. In such a short amount of time, both the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and Qin Xiao had dared to defy him.

  Yes, this wasn’t the Divine Realm, but did that mean he deserved to be insulted?

  Did being a God King mean losing all respect?

  “Just a moment ago, I was considering taking you back to the Divine Realm if you obediently surrendered the god positions. I would’ve even granted you the honor of serving as one of my divine officers.”

  “But now, you have no chance. Unless I destroy you, I won’t be able to quell the anger in my heart!”

  The God King of Destruction’s fury erupted like a volcano as he waved his hand, releasing tendrils of dark godly power.

  Each strike of this divine power was at least ten times stronger than the attack Qin Xiao had just defended against.

  It was clear that the God King of Destruction was now going all out.

  Qin Xiao, however, did not sit idly by.

  Facing a God King-level opponent, he knew he couldn’t afford to be careless.

  With a series of intricate hand seals, purple lightning erupted from his palms, forming arcane runes that converged together. These bolts of lightning, as menacing as serpentine beasts, surged toward the incoming attack from the God King.

  This was a high-level technique from the Thunder Emperor's teachings. Qin Xiao had reached the point where his mastery of it was fluid and intuitive, no longer restricted to specific forms.

  “He blocked it again?”

  The God King of Destruction was in shock.

  Qin Xiao’s strength was far beyond his expectations.

  He was a legitimate God King, while Qin Xiao, at best, was only half a step into that realm. Should it really be this difficult for a true God King to take down a mere half-step God King?

  I don’t believe this! The God King gritted his teeth, resolving to stop holding back and go all out.

  The sooner he could eliminate this threat, the better.

  In an instant, the God King of Destruction seemed to ascend to a higher state. His entire body became enveloped in a dark, destructive force, one that seemed capable of obliterating everything.

  Even the void around him couldn’t bear the immense pressure of his godly power and began to colpse.

  A massive bck vortex formed around him, spanning dozens of miles, devouring everything within range, living beings and objects alike, adding to his power.

  “When a God King is enraged, rivers of blood will flow for miles!”

  “But this is not enough!”

  “It’s far from enough!”

  The God King of Destruction’s thunderous voice echoed from the swirling vortex.

  Qin Xiao frowned, realizing the God King had become completely unhinged.

  I can’t beat you, so I’ll destroy everything you care about.

  That was the message.

  This guy is completely unreasonable, Qin Xiao thought to himself. So, you want to py dirty?

  Qin Xiao quickly devised a counterpn.

  The only way to deal with this was to crush the God King of Destruction with overwhelming power.

  Raising his hand, Qin Xiao said, “Wait, let me show you something.”

  As his voice fell, a blood-red glow gathered in his palm, forming a fist-sized orb of light that pulsed in his grasp.

  Then, a stream of white energy spread outward, a manifestation of the tangible killing intent.

  No, it wasn’t just killing intent.

  It had become Asura’s divine power.

  The God King of Destruction felt this energy and ughed maniacally. “Hahaha! So now you understand how small you are, and you’re finally willing to hand over the Asura God position?”

  “I thought I was facing a worthy opponent, someone who could excite me. But it turns out you’re just a coward with no guts after all.”

  His words carried a hidden taunt, as if saying to Qin Xiao: You like pretending to be tough, don’t you?

  But now, you’re done pretending.

  I haven’t even gone all out, and you’re already surrendering.

  How boring.

  "Hey, I say, do you have to have such a dramatic internal monologue?" Qin Xiao quipped in response.

  Qin Xiao's face darkened.

  He could easily detect the underlying meaning in the God King of Destruction's words and couldn't help but sigh inwardly. This guy has such an overactive imagination.

  "When I said I’d show you, I meant it literally..."

  As Qin Xiao spoke, his fingers tightened, and bolts of destructive lightning instantly enveloped the blood-red orb in his hand.

  Crack, crack, crack.

  The next moment, both Qin Xiao and the God King of Destruction witnessed cracks forming across the Asura God position in Qin Xiao’s hand.

  "You insolent fool! How dare you destroy a god position!"

  The God King of Destruction exploded with rage.

  To destroy a god position was an act of utter defiance, a btant insult to the Divine Realm and all its gods.

  However, Qin Xiao wasn’t one to be easily intimidated. He had no intention of halting his actions simply because of the God King's furious roar.

  With a bang, the Asura God position could no longer withstand the immense pressure and shattered completely.

  A blood-red beam of light shot up from the fragments, piercing through the sky.

  "Now you've seen it, right? The Asura God position is gone, and I’d rather crush it than give it to you." Qin Xiao's lips curled into a mocking smile, clearly provoking the God King of Destruction.

  He wanted to enrage the God King, to push him into a state of blind fury.

  "You’re truly courting death! Destroying a god position is an unforgivable crime! Unforgivable!"

  The God King of Destruction could no longer contain himself. His destructive divine power surged forth, forming a massive, jet-bck spear in his hands.

  He was confident that such an attack would be formidable enough that even a true God King would have to retreat.

  Let alone Qin Xiao, who was merely half a step into the God King realm!

  Wait, something’s not right!

  Suddenly, the God King of Destruction noticed something amiss, causing him to hesitate and dey throwing the bck spear.

  "You’ve destroyed the Asura God position... so why hasn’t your cultivation regressed?"

  The God King of Destruction was bewildered. In the Divine Realm, a god’s position was directly tied to their divine power. Without it, their strength would plummet.

  Both Poseidon and the previous Asura God had fallen from their positions when they lost their godhood, their cultivation levels dropping to that of mere divine officials.

  Yet here stood Qin Xiao, unaffected by the loss of his god position. Not only had his strength not decreased, but it was growing stronger as he bathed in the blood-red light!

  The God King of Destruction, though overwhelmed by disbelief, quickly deduced a possibility—one that left him even more shaken.

  "Impossible... How is this possible?!"

  "You didn’t fuse with a god position, but you’ve already elevated your soul to the God King realm? And your cultivation has reached the level of a primary god?"

  The God King of Destruction was utterly stunned.

  This was something that had never happened in the history of the Divine Realm. Before meeting Qin Xiao, he never would have believed anyone could achieve this because it defied the established ws of the Divine Realm.

  "Congratutions, you’re correct."

  Qin Xiao smiled at the God King, who was still trapped in the swirling vortex of space, his face full of shock.

  As Qin Xiao’s voice fell, the terrifying power of the Asura God fully merged into his body, causing his cultivation to break through even further.

  A terrifying aura radiated from him, causing the very rules of the world to shift.

  Even the gods far away in the Divine Realm felt something change, as if something had been erased from existence and something new had been born...

  "You... you’ve truly ascended to the God King realm!"

  The God King of Destruction’s eyes flickered with a complex mix of emotions—shock, disbelief, and confusion.

  Even after witnessing the entire process, he found it difficult to accept this outcome.

  "So, as the witness to this miracle, I will grant you... destruction!"

  Qin Xiao was uninterested in the God King’s astonishment.

  With a surge of divine power, he summoned purple lightning runes, which twisted together like chains in his hands. Without hesitation, he swung the lightning chains fiercely at the God King of Destruction.

  This was another manifestation of the Thunder Emperor’s power, which Qin Xiao now wielded effortlessly.

  Simplicity at its finest.

  Though the attack appeared simple, it carried immense destructive power.

  "You think that just by stepping into the God King realm, you can contend with me?"

  "Do you really think my tens of thousands of years of cultivation amount to nothing?"

  To the God King of Destruction, Qin Xiao’s actions were the greatest insult he had ever endured.

  In fact, ever since meeting this man, he had been humiliated repeatedly.

  Unforgivable!

  With a single thought, the bck spear in his hand was unched forward, hurtling toward Qin Xiao in an instant.

  But just as the spear reached Qin Xiao, the purple lightning chains in his hand shed out, smashing into the bck spear.

  Crack!

  The bck spear shattered into pieces, and the lightning chains also broke apart, dispersing into a thousand arcs of purple electricity.

  But don’t forget, Qin Xiao’s left hand was also holding a thunder chain. With a swift flick, it split the spatial vortex surrounding the God King of Destruction in two, and the chain continued its relentless path, striking directly at the God King.

  “Ahhh...”

  The God King of Destruction cried out in agony as his skin split open, unable to withstand the sheer, terrifying force within the thunder chain.

  What made it worse was the chain’s power to attack the soul. With just one hit, he felt as if his soul had been nearly torn in half.

  “You can’t face this head-on!”

  At that moment, the God King of Destruction realized that underestimating Qin Xiao in this fight could cost him dearly. He needed to be cautious, as letting his guard down could lead to his downfall.

  Qin Xiao, on the other hand, showed no intention of relenting. With a flick of his wrist, the thunder chain spun through the air, unching another fierce strike at the God King from a different angle.

  He had said before—he would grant the God King of Destruction his destruction, and he was determined to fulfill that promise.

  "Do you really think I’m afraid of you?"

  "A God King’s true power isn’t just from the god position but also from possessing divine weapons capable of world-shattering destruction! The true strength of a God King lies in combining their cultivation with such a divine weapon."

  "Destruction Scepter!"

  With a fierce grip, a jet-bck scepter appeared in the hands of the God King of Destruction. The moment the scepter materialized, his aura surged to a whole new level, far beyond what it had been before.

  The Destruction Scepter wasn’t an ordinary divine weapon—it was a super divine weapon. Even in the Divine Realm, there were only a handful of such artifacts.

  "Shatter!"

  The God King roared, and the super divine weapon unleashed a beam of pitch-bck light that struck Qin Xiao’s thunder chain.

  There was no deafening explosion, no blinding brilliance. The moment the dark beam hit the chain, the thunder chain dissolved as though it were melting ice.

  However, Qin Xiao remained unperturbed. He calmly discarded the broken chain and praised, “A super divine weapon indeed. Such overwhelming power. I like it.”

  The God King’s expression darkened instantly.

  What kind of nonsense was this guy spouting?

  “This is my Destruction Scepter! What does it matter if you like it?”

  “It’s yours now, but soon it’ll be mine.”

  Qin Xiao’s left hand clenched, and the ring on his finger glowed. In an instant, a massive halberd appeared in his hand, its bde gleaming with a cold, murderous light.

  “This... is also a super divine weapon?”

  The God King of Destruction’s pupils constricted sharply.

  The aura emanating from Qin Xiao’s weapon, the Heavenly Saint Rending Abyss Halberd, sent waves of terror through his very soul, causing a deep sense of danger to well up within him.

  “Impossible! How could such a powerful super divine weapon exist on Douluo Continent?”

  He shook his head in disbelief, unable to accept this reality.

  After all, the Divine Realm had always had control over the Douluo Continent. If such a weapon had existed there, the Divine Realm would have cimed it long ago.

  “Heh, who said this came from Douluo Continent?” Qin Xiao sneered coldly.

  Gripping the Heavenly Saint Rending Abyss Halberd in both hands, he charged at the God King of Destruction.

  Could it be...?

  A thought fshed through the God King’s mind. Could this weapon have come from the Abyss Pne?

  Regret flooded his heart.

  Had he known that such a powerful super divine weapon existed in the Abyss Pne, he would have seized it long ago, ensuring it never fell into enemy hands. Even if he couldn’t use it, he could have handed it to a trusted ally. Letting such a weapon fall into enemy hands was a grave mistake.

  “You dare to be distracted during a battle?”

  Qin Xiao’s cold voice suddenly rang out in the God King’s ears, and a fsh of cold light appeared above his head, crashing down with the weight of a mountain.

  So fast... The God King’s pupils contracted sharply. Qin Xiao’s afterimage still lingered, yet the real Qin Xiao had already arrived in front of him.

  In his panic, the God King hastily gripped his scepter with both hands, raising it to block the incoming strike.

  At that moment, the Heavenly Saint Rending Abyss Halberd struck the scepter with a crisp cng.

  With a loud boom, the God King of Destruction plummeted from the sky like a falling star, crashing into the ocean below.

  The sheer force of Qin Xiao’s strike was evident from this impact.

  However, the God King of Destruction wasn’t so easily defeated. In the next instant, a jet-bck stream of light shot up from the ocean, rejoining the battle with Qin Xiao.

  Their speeds were so fast that their figures became indistinct blurs.

  All that could be seen were a purple and bck light colliding repeatedly in the sky, each csh sending shockwaves that created massive waves hundreds of meters tall across the ocean.

  (End of the Chapter)

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