Awoke As A God After Auto Battling For 1000000 Years

Declaration of war is a unique feature of the Professional Competition.

After a match ends, participants can, before leaving the Divine Realm, declare war against any professional from the opponent's country whom they faced during the match.

The condition for declaring war is that the declarer must be ranked within the top three of their country and can only declare war once.

At the same time, the rules for declaring war are exceedingly harsh...

The declaring side will have their total attributes reduced by 50% and must engage in a PK (player-kill) duel with the opponent.

Moreover, if either side dies during this PK, they will permanently lose one use of their resurrection scroll per cycle—a severe punishment.

Upon receiving the declaration of war, Inoue Kojiro was both shocked and elated.

"He actually declared war on me!"

Hearing this, the spectators around him were ecstatic: "I only mentioned it casually; I didn't expect it to actually happen."

The others started discussing:

"Doesn't he know that as the declaring party, he'll have 50% of his total attributes reduced?"

"This suggests that even with a 50% attribute reduction, he's confident he can defeat Kojiro-kun?"

Inoue Kojiro snorted coldly, his eyes full of disdain: "Don't overestimate yourself!"

"With only half of his combat power, defeating him will be as easy as a father disciplining his child."

Inoue Kojiro exuded absolute confidence.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Previously, he had almost one-shotted Zhang Yue's dragon with a single strike, proving that the gap between them wasn't as wide as it seemed to others.

If he were at full strength and Zhang Yue was at 50%, wouldn't his victory be assured?

At worst, even if he somehow lost, the only penalty would be a permanent loss of one resurrection use per cycle. As long as he didn't die, he would absolutely not miss this chance to kill Zhang Yue in front of the entire world, weakening the morale of the Dragon Nation.

Moreover, for Inoue Kojiro, killing Zhang Yue would not only impose the penalty of losing one resurrection use but also achieve far more significant impacts…

Thus, Inoue Kojiro gladly accepted Zhang Yue's declaration of war.

Because this feature of declaring war was so unbalanced, in the past century, apart from the mythic-level professionals like Elfa from the Lighthouse Nation, Kwon Ji-hyun from the Cold Nation, and Restiev from Bear Nation, almost no one else dared to declare war.

Therefore, this uneven duel between Zhang Yue and Inoue Kojiro attracted attention from many participating countries.

Even though the match had ended and they should have returned to their home countries from the Divine Realm, many came to spectate the event.

"Nowadays, there are still people bold enough to play declaration of war?"

"Besides the three mythic-level professionals from the Lighthouse, Cold Nation, and Bear Nation, has anyone else ever successfully declared war?"

"Apparently not!"

"Everyone who participates in the World Finals is a top-tier powerhouse. Reducing their own strength by 50% to declare war—this Zero from the Dragon Nation is truly courageous."

Soon, both sides were teleported to the competition arena.

Inoue Kojiro looked at Zhang Yue, who had the debuff glow from the attribute reduction, and sneered, "This time, you're dead!"

Zhang Yue glanced at Inoue Kojiro and replied nonchalantly, "Even if you had ten thousand years, you couldn't kill me."

Inoue Kojiro's gaze turned cold: "Shine!"

With that, he gripped his iron hammer and charged toward Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue stood calmly in place, unshaken.

At this moment, not only the billions of viewers in the Dragon Nation but also the participants from various countries were all focused on this battle.

Over 80% of foreign viewers believed that Zhang Yue would lose.

However, reality defied expectations.

When Inoue Kojiro, brimming with confidence, approached Zhang Yue, his iron hammer almost striking Zhang Yue's head…

WHOOSH!

With an S-rank [Blink], Zhang Yue vanished from the spot.

Light of Destruction!

Thunderous Might!

Two S-rank single-target burst skills were unleashed in rapid succession. Even with 50% attributes, Zhang Yue instantly killed Inoue Kojiro.

At that moment, the entire world fell silent.

"Why didn't he dodge?"

"It wasn't that he didn't dodge—it was unavoidable."

"These two aren't even in the same league!" Finally, someone saw the truth.

Even with only half his combat strength, Zhang Yue killed Inoue Kojiro with ease.

He didn't even need to use the newly-learned SSS-exclusive skill [Glory: War God's Physique]

"Did you forget? With just 10% of my power, I could kill you." Zhang Yue looked at Inoue Kojiro, whose eyes were wide open in disbelief, and said lightly, "Now it's 50%. What do you think your odds of winning are?"

"You..." Inoue Kojiro pointed at Zhang Yue, trying to say something.

But he suddenly noticed that his body was turning to ash from the feet up.

Outside the arena, all the spectators were shocked.

"Why did he turn to ash upon dying?"

"Isn't this a sign of permanent death? The penalty for dying in a declaration of war is just a permanent loss of one resurrection use—it shouldn't lead to complete annihilation."

"Could it be that Zero used some sort of item…?"

Inoue Kojiro looked down at his gradually disintegrating body, panic-stricken: "Nani?"

Quickly, he realized the truth, his face filled with disbelief: "The Mark of Death. How do you have the Mark of Death?"

"What do you think?" Zhang Yue smiled faintly. "I confiscated it from the people you sent after me before the competition began."

The Mark of Death is a unique treasure commonly used in the Eastern Nation.

Its effect allows a weapon to permanently erase an enemy from existence.

Collaborating with traitors from the Empire, the Eastern Nation frequently used the Mark of Death to target Dragon Nation participants.

As a result, every year, many of the Dragon Nation's 100 participants were replaced by substitutes.

Before the finals, Zhang Yue was ambushed by assassins attempting to prevent him from entering the Divine Realm. However, he killed them instead.

The Mark of Death was among the loot he collected.

It was only fitting that it was now used against Inoue Kojiro—returning it to its rightful owner.

Realizing he had indirectly caused his own demise, Inoue Kojiro was filled with hatred, regret, and overwhelming fear.

"NO! I DON'T WANT TO DIE! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"

"SAVE ME! SOMEBODY SAVE ME!"

Inoue Kojiro's desperate cries echoed.

But in the end, his body turned completely to ash, disappearing from everyone's view.

[World Announcement]:

[[Zero], a participant from the Dragon Nation, has killed [Inoue Kojiro], a participant from the Eastern Nation, in a declaration of war]

When Zhang Yue was teleported back to the Divine Realm…

The remaining participants from the Eastern Nation retreated in fear.

Even the small teams from other countries nearby were intimidated by the overwhelming aura emanating from Zhang Yue.

Everyone's attention was focused on Zhang Yue alone.

At this moment, one of the Eastern Nation participants mustered his courage, pointed at Zhang Yue, and said, "Baka yarou!"

"You dare kill Kojiro-kun! Kojiro-kun was the only son of our Emperor Inoue Tenno. Zero, you're doomed! His Majesty the Emperor will never let you go!"

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Zhang Yue took a step toward the Eastern Nation participants and said coldly, "Starting now, the threats and losses you've brought upon the Dragon Nation—I will repay a hundredfold on their behalf!"

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