Chapter 227 Battle Demon
Liesuotus, who rushed to attack, faintly revealed a green line of blood on his chest. After he had flung the three deities of the beast clan, the wound in front of his chest finally burst open, but it soon disappeared.
Seeing this scene, Song Quan's face immediately showed joy, "Damn, there's a chance; keep using that move, I'll try to cover for you."
Having created a kingdom of gods, Song Quan's power was greatly reduced, but over the years, he had collected not a few divine artifacts. With a squeeze of a jade stone in his hand, a gigantic golden castle was summoned in mid-air.
Struck by Lu Hong, Liesuotus, although not gravely wounded, had already lost his contempt for the human Heavenly God.
Now, seeing the golden castle summoned by the Great Bright Heavenly God, he immediately turned his hammer and swung upwards.
Song Quan's expression grew stern, divine power surged, and he shouted, "Holy Warrior Shield, intercept!"
At Song Quan's summon, a massive pitch-black divine shield flew out from within the castle.
With the hammer colliding with the divine shield, Liesuotus stumbled back several steps, his expression shocked.
The only beings that had calmly withstood his strike were the Ancestor Dragon of the Endless Forest and the Demon King who had once ruled the Hell Abyss. Was he actually singlehandedly blocked by a seemingly inconspicuous shield today?
Liesuotus couldn't accept this, swinging his hammer again, smashing it onto the shield.
And the shield summoned by Song Quan, crafted from some unknown material, was extremely solid, indeed successfully restraining Liesuotus.
"If you had a way to deal with him, why didn't you use it sooner?" Yin Snake God crawled out from the ruins, his gaze toward Song Quan carrying a hint of anger.
At this moment, Song Quan was also faring badly. Although the shield had withstood Liesuotus's attack, the cost was a severe drain on his divine power. In less than ten minutes, he too would be defeated. "Stop talking nonsense, find a way to restrain him, I can't hold on much longer."
Lionheart took a moment to adjust his condition, then charged at Liesuotus again, clashing with him.
Meanwhile, Lu Hong began the second round of charging power.
Seeing this, Liesuotus attacked even more frantically. First, he knocked Lionheart God back with a hammer blow, then he smashed fiercely at the shield with a punch. This punch, infused with an enormous amount of magic power, green divine power washing over the divine shield, made it so that Song Quan could no longer block it—a mouthful of old blood sprayed out, and without the support of divine power, the shield retreated back into the castle.
Having broken through Song Quan's shield, Liesuotus immediately swung his hammer down fiercely at Lu Hong.
At that moment, Dog God moved, growing larger in size, and actively collided with Liesuotus.
With a loud crash, Dog God, like Lionheart, was blasted away like a cannonball.
Song Quan seized this brief respite to regather divine power, "Holy Light Mirror, heed my call!"
Instantly, golden Holy Light emerged from within the castle, enveloping Liesuotus.
Caught in the beam, Liesuotus suddenly seemed to lose all his divine power, transforming into a mere mortal, the huge contrast leaving him stunned on the spot, momentarily forgetting to attack.
Yet this Holy Light lasted only three to four seconds before vanishing without a trace.
With the dissipation of the Holy Light, Liesuotus's strength was fully restored, but his expression toward Song Quan had subtly changed; what the hell kind of creature was this human race Heavenly God to possess such against-the-heavens divine artifacts?
Severely depleted of divine power, Song Quan pulled out a mysterious magic potion from his bosom and moved to stuff it into his mouth.
Liesuotus gasped in alarm, instinctively knowing the other party intended to restore divine power. If Song Quan replenished his divine power, wouldn't he once again be suppressed by those top-tier divine artifacts?
Facing the magic potion about to be swallowed, Liesuotus also unleashed his own skill, "Demon Pill Swallowing the Heavens!"
With a loud shout from Liesuotus, a massive beast tore through the sky, biting down towards Song Quan with incredible speed, so fast that Song Quan simply couldn't dodge.
However, just at that moment, Fallen Wolf God and Yin Snake God intervened.
"Mad Wolf Howling the Moon!"
"Nine Mighty Heaven Swallow!"
The two beastly Heavenly Gods had now pulled out their last tricks. A giant wolf with silver-white fur emerged from the void and collided with the demon pill summoned by Liesuotus.
At the same time, at Yin Snake God's summon, nine massive black pythons spread through purplish mist, spiraling up from the ground, biting at the demon pill.
"Trifling tricks!" Liesuotus snorted coldly. With divine power infused, the demon pill grew more ferocious, unleashing a powerful impact. Just a single wave of assault shattered both their final moves.
Yin God and Fallen Wolf spat out a large mouthful of blood and passed out.
Shattering both of their ultimate moves, a demon beast once again lunged at Song Quan.
Even though Song Quan had swallowed a magic potion during the brief respite, it still required some time to take effect; facing the demon beast's attack, he was virtually defenseless.
Seeing this, Lionheart also erupted in fury and launched an attack at the demon beast.
However, blocked by Liesuotus, he could only watch helplessly as the demon beast swallowed Song Quan whole.
In such a situation, Lu Hong could no longer build up his power; he had to save Song Quan.
The Eternal Sword was launched once again.
The brilliance of the sword beam flashed, fiercely slashing toward the demon beast.
Sensing the threat rushing towards it, the demon beast let out a ferocious roar.
The next second, the sword qi swept past the demon beast's neck.
The roaring stopped abruptly.
Though it was a mimic creature summoned by the skills of Liesuotus, it had developed a hint of purpose, dissipating bit by bit in unwillingness and rage.
Song Quan also fell out of the demon beast's belly, his body scorched by demonic flames and he fell into a coma.
Weiwei, dragging half of his shattered body, caught Song Quan before he hit the ground.
As for Lionheart God, within three rounds, he was beaten down by Liesuotus, his shoulder blade shattered and his chest cavity caved in, his breath weak, sprawled on the ground nearly unable to move.
Lu Hong sheathed his sword and stood upright, looking around—the unconscious Song Quan, Mad Wolf, and Yin Snake; the defeated Weiwei and Lionheart God; and now, the only one who could still stand was himself.
"Kid, you must be War God, right? Let me see how much you weigh," Liesuotus spoke with a renewed smile on his face after Lu Hong forcefully interrupted his power buildup to launch the sword move.
Lu Hong also smiled slightly, "Why don't you try and find out?"
"Good, let's see just how powerful the War God who once defeated the Demon King really is!"
With those words, Liesuotus prepared to launch an attack.
"Wait!"
Lu Hong's sudden shout made Liesuotus halt, "What? Do you have any last words?"
"I have two questions, I wonder if you could enlighten me?"
In this sealed space, anticipating that the opponent couldn't stir up much trouble, Liesuotus nodded, "I'm in a good mood today; go ahead and ask."
Seeing his consent, Lu Hong then asked, "The first question, the Ancestor Dragon was transported with us, so why has it disappeared without a trace?"
"You're asking about the Ancestor Dragon? I'm not too clear; probably, the Yin Demon took it away," Liesuotus answered. "You should also know that the Yin Demon had previously used the grandson of Ancestor Dragon to create a puppet; it's possible that Ancestor Dragon sensed the Yin Demon's aura and went after it, so it didn't end up here with you."
Liesuotus's answer was more or less what Lu Hong had suspected, so he then asked the second question, "The sword strike I just delivered, how much damage did it actually cause you?"
"That," Liesuotus pondered slightly and then a layer peeled away from his skin like a protective film, revealing the terrifying fissure inflicted by the sword qi.
Through this wound, Liesuotus's pulsating heart could be clearly seen.
"Your strike, to say it was strong would truly surprise me, but it ultimately fell just short of shattering my heart. Although this wound may seem frightful, unless there's another attack that can break my outer defense, this wound might as well be considered non-existent."
After hearing Liesuotus's response, Lu Hong nodded, "Understood, thanks for telling me."
"Are you done asking? If so, you can go die now!" Liesuotus reconstructed his body's protective layer, lifted his hammer, and smashed it down towards Lu Hong's head.
Witnessing Liesuotus's formidable strength, Lu Hong was not panicked at all. He pressed down with his holy sword, and power buildup began anew.
"I won't give you another chance!" Seeing this, Liesuotus increased the intensity of his swing, the hammer bursting forth with a sonic boom, almost instantly reaching Lu Hong's forehead.
And in that instant, Lu Hong drew his sword.
All his magic power converged at a single point, transforming into a burst of starlight that struck Liesuotus's chest.
Meanwhile, Lu Hong's head took the hammer blow unprotected.