Chapter 332: Space God-King VS Sword God-King!
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The War of the Gods Domain.
Because Sword God Gu Tong was currently breaking through to the God-King realm, the eyes of every single deity in the domain turned toward his position.
"Gu Tong?"
"Is that the Sword God? He broke through to the God-King realm too?"
"Heh, why is this current War of the Gods getting so ridiculously competitive?"
"This is going to be the death of us."
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The host of deities couldn't stop roasting the situation in their minds.
This particular War of the Gods was simply getting way too competitive. Previously, Seito was the only anomaly who had broken through to the God-King realm, but now, Sword God Gu Tong had followed suit and advanced right into the exact same tier!
This development caused everyone's mental composure to crumble slightly. At the same time, those deities who had powerful God-Kings backing them began to harbor their own designs. They knew they couldn't achieve a natural breakthrough to the God-King realm in such a short period, but they could definitely look for a shortcut!
Consequently, their thoughts collectively drifted toward the divine sponsors standing behind them.
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Back at the Sword God's coordinates.
Gu Tong reined in his surging aura, opened his eyes, and quietly felt the vast ocean of power now coursing through his body.
"Is this the strength of the God-King realm?" His eyes flashed with a sharp, piercing brilliance.
The raw power of a God-King was simply too magnificent! It was no wonder everyone desperately wanted to advance to this stage. He couldn't help but wonder just how staggeringly powerful the higher Main God realm would be.
Whoosh—!
Right at that exact microsecond, a figure materialized abruptly directly in front of Gu Tong!
The silhouette held a dragon-patterned katana high in the air, slashing down toward him with terrifying, mountain-splitting momentum!
Gu Tong's pupils contracted violently. Instinctively circulating his divine energy, he threw up his arm to block.
BOOM!!!
RUMBLE!!!
Instantly, a cataclysmic shockwave erupted from the jagged planetary rift! The sheer residual force generated by the collision of two genuine God-Kings instantly shattered the entire planet into billions of cosmic dust particles!
Every single ordinary living being residing on that planet was instantly vaporized, their bodies and souls erased from existence. Meanwhile, the lower deities serving under Gu Tong were violently blown away like leaves in a hurricane by the kinetic shockwave!
Looking around the surrounding expanse... countless stars and meteors were completely obliterated as the devastating wave of energy rippled out frantically in all directions. A direct collision between God-Kings was a cataclysmic event capable of shifting the balance of an entire galaxy!
The distant deities, who hadn't even fully processed Gu Tong's breakthrough into the God-King realm, were completely shell-shocked.
"That's...!"
"The God-Kings have engaged in battle!"
"Is it the Sword God-King and the Space God-King?!"
"It looks like the Space God-King couldn't sit still either. After all, his opponent just became a God-King!"
"To think a development like this would happen so suddenly!"
"I wonder if the two of them are planning a duel to the death, or if this is just a probationary clash."
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The expressions of the watching gods shifted erratically with dread. This was a battle between two God-Kings! If it was merely a brief, testing skirmish, it wouldn't be a major issue. But if they truly locked into a prolonged deathmatch, none of them would be able to escape the catastrophic fallout of being caught in the crossfire! For a time, an incredibly tense atmosphere gripped the entire divine community.
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Back in the center of the blast radius.
Seito looked at Gu Tong standing before him, the corners of his mouth curving into a confident smirk. The moment he had locked onto Gu Tong's coordinates earlier, he had directly closed the distance using space teleportation, swinging his Spatial Dragon Katana right at the man's neck.
"You're... the Space God-King?!"
Gu Tong's expression turned dead serious. Executing a sudden burst of physical strength, he forced Seito's blade back, executing a short-range flash-step to retreat a hundred meters away.
"Heh." Seito deftly spun his blade into a stylish reverse grip, resting the flat of the Dragon Katana casually against his shoulder with a completely relaxed, wind-and-cloud demeanor. "So you're the Sword God, Gu Tong?"
"Indeed!" Gu Tong responded coldly, immediately pressing with a question, "Space God-King, what is the meaning of this? Do you intend to lock horns with me right here and now?"
Seito's sudden ambush was entirely outside Gu Tong's calculations. Looking at the young man's casual stance, it was blatantly obvious he hadn't come for a peaceful chat. Furthermore, because his opponent was a God-King wielding the absolute authority of space, Gu Tong remained hyper-vigilant, not daring to let his guard down for a single second.
"Isn't that a redundant question?" Seito replied casually. "The War of the Gods has already officially commenced across the entire War of the Gods domain. Only the absolute strongest have the right to ascend to the God-King Star Region. This war, by its very definition, is a brutal game of survival where you either kill or get killed!"
Whoosh—!
The moment those words left his mouth, Seito's figure flashed out of existence, materializing directly over Gu Tong's head with his Dragon Katana raised high.
"Today is the day you fall!"
"Hmph! You underestimate me too much!"
CLANG!
Gu Tong let out a cold snort as a magnificent longsword materialized in his grip. Snapping his arm upward, he drove his blade straight up to parry Seito's incoming downward slash!
But to his absolute horror, his longsword didn't collide with the Dragon Katana as he had anticipated. Instead, his blade cleanly phased straight through Seito's physical form, continuing on a trajectory toward Seito's head.
This is...!! Gu Tong's heart skipped a beat in sheer shock. What kind of bizarre ability is this?! His attack had actually completely passed through Seito's body as if he were a mere illusion.
However, seeing his longsword closing in directly on Seito's head, a ruthless light flashed across Gu Tong's eyes. He didn't bother pulling back his strike; since the trajectory was already perfectly aligned to cleave Seito's skull, he poured even more divine force into his hands to accelerate the blow. If he could successfully repel or execute Seito right here, his prestige within the War of the Gods domain would skyrocket, completely paralyzing the other deities with pure terror!
Both of their lethal strikes closed in on each other's heads simultaneously. But...!
SPLAT—!
"What?!! " Gu Tong's eyes widened to the size of saucers, staring at Seito in absolute, horrified disbelief as a deep gash opened up across his left cheek.
The familiar, sickening sensation of cold steel slicing through his own flesh and bone registered perfectly in his mind. He hadn't touched Seito at all! His own attack had effortlessly phased through the youth, while Seito's blade had cleanly connected with his face, causing golden divine blood to spray frantically into the void.
Whoosh—!
Without a single moment of hesitation, he executed a short-range teleportation to break away, retreating a full five hundred meters before skidding to a halt. Gu Tong stared at Seito with an erratic, deeply unsettled expression, a cold sweat breaking out across his forehead. A foe equipped with this kind of unhittable trait was simply too monstrous to handle!
"Heh, your reaction time is pretty fast," Seito chuckled softly.
He had deliberately activated his Kamui spatial intangibility just now to bait Gu Tong into a head-on, high-stakes trade. He had to admit, the absolute invulnerability granted by this ability felt incredibly satisfying.
"Was that the application of spatial distortion?" Gu Tong quickly analyzed the anomaly he had just experienced. If his hypothesis was correct, the exact coordinates where his sword was supposed to impact Seito's body had been seamlessly shifted into an alternate dimension right before contact! To pull off a technique of this caliber, one didn't just need a master-class, fluid command over spatial energy; their visual processing speed and raw reflexes had to be top-tier as well! This was an exceptionally thorny enemy.
"Spot on," Seito replied with a beaming smile, before asking in an amused tone, "But even if you've figured it out, what exactly can you do about it?"
So what if his opponent understood the mechanics? Seito didn't care in the slightest.
"Hoo—" Gu Tong took a slow, deep breath. Pressing his right index and middle fingers tightly together, he held them vertically in front of his chest like a ritual seal.
"Sword Qi Eruption!!!"
Whoosh—!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...!!!
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