Chapter 333: Executing the Sword God-King Gu Tong! The Pass to the God-King Star Region!
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Following Gu Tong's declaration, a torrent of sharp sword qi materialized around him, conjured entirely from his divine energy.
One hundred... one thousand... ten thousand...
Until finally, a staggering hundred thousand columns of sword qi completely locked down the surrounding space.
"Heh."
Witnessing this grand display, Seito merely chuckled softly. Remaining perfectly composed in the face of imminent danger, he didn't view this ultimate skill as a threat in the slightest.
"Dimensional Cube!"
Hum—!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!
The Dimensional Cube shot out from within his body, hovering elegantly around him before splitting into twenty-seven distinct blocks. These floating metallic cubes rapidly condensed glowing violet points of light, aiming their parameters dead at Gu Tong.
The two God-Kings locked eyes.
In the very next instant!!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!!
BOOM!
RUMBLE!!!
The infinite columns of sword qi and the lasers of the Dimensional Cube launched their offensives simultaneously! The sound of their explosive collisions echoed through the void in a series of earth-shattering cracks. The entire battlefield was a spectacular vision of destruction as countless stars and meteors were collateralized and shattered into dust.
Watching this display from afar, the lesser deities felt their hearts sink with pure terror.
"This... have the two God-Kings completely lost their minds?!"
"Damn it! They're actually engaged in a duel to the death!"
"The Space God-King's abilities are way too broken. It feels like the Sword God-King is going to lose."
"Heh, when God-Kings go to war, it's always the minor deities who suffer the fallout."
"..."
The watching deities couldn't stop venting their anxiety, relentlessly roasting Seito and the Sword God-King. The two entities had clearly entered a state of total bloodlust; it was painfully obvious that only one of them would leave this cosmic arena alive.
Meanwhile, at a position nestled between the Game Star and the active battlefield...
Maple and the vanguard squad stared blankly at the staggering display of raw destruction unfolding before their eyes.
"Should we head over to assist him?" Maple asked, turning her head toward her companions.
"Let's not," Shiro shook her head. "How could deities of our rank possibly interfere in a high-stakes battle between true God-Kings?"
Hearing her assessment, the others nodded in unison. They certainly didn't want to become an unnecessary distraction to Seito. Without another word, they turned around and smoothly retreated back toward the safety of the Game Star.
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Back on the main battlefield.
"Pant... pant..."
Hovering in the cosmic void, Gu Tong gasped heavily for breath. A powerhouse at the God-King realm wouldn't normally experience physical fatigue from a mere handful of exchanges. He was breathing heavily entirely because Seito's offensive output was overwhelmingly oppressive!
His body had already been rent and struck countless times by Seito's spatial blade.
In stark contrast...
Seito stood directly opposite him completely unharmed, without even a single speck of cosmic dust blemish to mar his clothing. This absolute disparity caused Gu Tong's mental fortitude to crumble quite a bit.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
The twenty-seven floating cubes gathered tightly together, reassembling into the uniform shape of the Dimensional Cube before returning to hover quietly around Seito.
Seito drove his Dragon Katana vertically into the empty space before him, resting his hands casually over the pommel as he asked with a beaming smile, "Shall we keep going?"
"Isn't that a completely redundant question?" Gu Tong roasted back through grit teeth.
If he didn't keep fighting, wasn't he just giving Seito a free pass to execute him on the spot? He literally had no choice but to push his limits to the absolute end!
"Then let's finish this!" Seito smiled faintly, gripping his Dragon Katana as he burst forward with explosive speed. Gu Tong's mouth twitched, but he steeled his resolve and forced himself forward to meet the charge head-on.
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One day later...
The two God-Kings had been locked in a fierce, unyielding collision for a full day and night.
Across the wider War of the Gods domain... countless independent deities were thoroughly suffering from the ongoing fallout. If they hadn't constantly channeled their divine power to maintain structural barriers over their respective home planets, their domains would have been completely wiped out by the residual shockwaves of Seito and Gu Tong's battle long ago.
This situation was a massive pain in the neck! Since the cataclysmic duel had dragged on for an entire day and night, none of them dared to slack off or drop their guard for a single second.
Meanwhile, over on the Game Star.
Compared to the panic gripping the other celestial bodies, the situation on the Game Star was exceptionally stable. After all, this planet boasted a high concentration of peak God-rank powerhouses. With everyone pooling their resources to erect a unified defense network, the defensive pressure was drastically reduced.
"Tsk tsk, it looks like that Sword God is finally hitting his limit," Sora remarked, smacking his lips as he observed Gu Tong's blood-soaked, battered, and utterly wretched state through a tracking interface.
"Holy cow! Is the Boss always this fiercely ruthless when he fights?" Yun Qingge swallowed hard. He felt incredibly relieved that she had made the correct choice to align herself with Seito's faction early on. Otherwise, He probably would have been cleanly executed by Seito a long time ago.
Sharing her sentiment was Tet, the Main God of the Game Star.
"The climax is finally here," Amou said, resting a hand confidently on her hip as a brilliant smile spread across her face.
Hearing her words, everyone focused their attention entirely on the visual feed.
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Back in the void.
SPLAT—!
With a decisive, fluid motion, Seito drove his Dragon Katana straight through Gu Tong's head. He indifferently withdrew the blade, flicked the golden divine blood off the steel, and smoothly slid the weapon back into its scabbard.
"You..."
Gu Tong coughed up a massive torrent of divine blood, the sharp light within his eyes rapidly dimming into darkness. He had long deduced that today would be his final hour, but he hadn't anticipated his demise would arrive so swiftly and definitively. The Space God-King's spatial authority was simply too profound and unpredictable to counter.
Before he could piece together a single complete sentence, the final traces of life faded from his eyes, leaving behind an empty, hollow stare. The majestic divine aura radiating from his body gradually dispersed into the vacuum of space.
At this exact microsecond... Sword God-King Gu Tong had officially fallen!
[System Log: Your "Space Set" equipment effect has been triggered. You have successfully harvested 10,800,000 Divine Power points.]
[System Log: Since a player has successfully completed a solo kill against the deity "Sword God-King Gu Tong" for the first time, you are awarded the Solo First-Blood Reward: Ten Divine Runes.]
[Server-Wide Announcement]
[Congratulations to "Space God-King Seito" for securing the First Blood against a God-King-tier powerhouse!]
[Special Reward Issued: Pass to the God-King Star Region!]
The player base across the server was utterly stunned by the booming notifications. However, the shock was within manageable levels; after all, everyone had been tracking the monumental duel that had raged on for a full day and night. They already knew a high-stakes war was occurring, so the ultimate demise of the Sword God-King was well within their expectations.
Meanwhile, back with Seito.
Hearing the string of clear system rewards, he froze in place for a brief moment.
Whoosh—
A golden token adorned with intricate divine patterns materialized directly in front of him. This was the legendary item he had just been awarded for the first-blood execution: The Pass to the God-King Star Region!
Seito was genuinely surprised. He had initially figured that receiving ten high-tier Divine Runes was already an incredibly broken reward, but he hadn't expected the system to straight-up drop a transit pass to the higher Star Region.
"Heh, now this is getting interesting."
With a faint smile, Seito reached out and caught the golden pass, turning it over to inspect it from top to bottom. Securing a God-King pass for executing a God-King within the War of the Gods domain made thematic sense.
However... was the God Domain system actively trying to pressure him into migrating to the God-King Star Region as quickly as possible?
Although Seito's current combat prowess meant he no longer needed to linger around the War of the Gods domain to farm resources, he had absolutely no intention of rushing into the higher region just yet. After all, he was currently only at the early stage of the God-King realm. He wanted to wait until he had securely reached at least the mid-tier of the God-King realm before making his grand entrance into the next arena!
"I'll set this matter aside for now."
With his mind made up, Seito stored the golden transit pass safely away in his inventory and opened his personal status panel to review his updated stats.
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