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--- Chapter 439 ---
A strong wind moved above the Glory City. If one looks from afar, one could see a massive green tornado forming with the city as its very center.
Yet, no one notices because all their attention is laser-focused on the two figures hovering in the sky.
One is an evil deity who conspired with mortal affairs, causing too much suffering in this land.
And the other is an unknown hero, a mysterious young man in white who appeared to save the day.
Their fight is seemingly fated, as their images are two sides of the same coin.
Suddenly, the Slaughter God made his killing move. He was eager to stab his mighty greatsword at Beta and caused the surrounding space to ripple like raindrops on water.
Beta caught on that Slaughter God planned to cause a disturbance in the surrounding space, thus preventing his 'infinity' from changing quickly and stopping him again.
The excitement was etched on Slaughter God's fierce face as he watched his own greatsword tear through the invisible barrier.
Nevertheless, this excitement came to a halt when the greatsword failed to pierce through Beta's defense completely. Yes, it pierced through the first two layers, but the last one stopped the sword from touching Beta.
Beta clasped his hand in surprise, "Phew, that was close. You're changing the space-time fabrics so much that I have a hard time adjusting my infinity."
"Thankfully, I am just that good."
"Well, then, I hope you don't mind if I show off a little."
"I need to make an impression, after all~!"
Beta casually tapped the greatsword away from his direction and locked onto Slaughter God's shoulder, driving him to the ground with a boom.
Slaughter God doesn't want to be too close to Beta, covering himself with the Slaughter God's domain, preventing the latter from dropping him like a missile from the sky.
Beta expected this and flung the Slaughter God's body, clenching his right hand and punching his chest hard.
BOOOM!
Shockwave permeated the area, but the Slaughter God's armor is a divine artifact and can take a beating. Even then, one could hear a faint metal-beating sound from that exchange.
Slaughter God
Slaughter God tossed his greatsword away, letting it hover in the air while he was launching a kick at Beta.
Beta grabbed the kick and narrowed his eyes slightly because it attacked a vital weakness he exposed.
Surprisingly, the Slaughter God wasn't completely bad in bare-hand close combat and exchanged several blows with Beta.
However, the truth is they are probing each other.
Oddly enough, their fight wasn't something mortals could witness.
Ye Ziyun struggled her way out of the ruin, seeing countless shockwave bubbles appearing one after another in the sky. She bit her lips because one of those shockwave bubbles could easily decimate Glory City.
Thankfully, they took this fight in the sky.
And that's Ye Ziyun, who has tapped into the power of gods by inheriting the Ice God's divine force. For others, all they could see was blinding red and silver lights.
Huff! Huff! Huff!
Slaughter God breathed heavily, 'How come he was not even tired? We have exchanged hundreds, if not thousands of moves, and yet, he didn't even break a sweat.'
'I feel... so exhausted.'
'Too exhausted, in fact...'
Then, Slaughter God caught a golden luster around Beta's skin, constantly absorbing, breaking down, and refining his divine force. His eyes widened in disbelief. Slaughter God's divine force got stolen right under his nose!
"You!"
Beta grinned, "Ah, you finally noticed? "That's right, I've been replenishing my own reserve by stealing your divine force."
"Quite observant, but there is no reward for noticing this."
"Well, you might like this."
Beta caught Slaughter God's glove-covered hand and twisted it like a tree branch as a swirling green-purple sphere materialized on his other hand, pointing it right at the divine envoy's chest.
"Hollow Technique - Nether Void!"
At point-blank distance, the Slaughter God saw the green-purple swirl flicker from Beta's fingers and made contact with his divine armor, but soon discovered its horror.
The green-purple sphere not only dragged Slaughter God toward itself, but also emitted a super-heated lightning wave that pierced through his divine armor. Topping all that with extreme divergence and reversal of spinning energy, it tore him like soft tofu.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!
Slaughter God got swept by the overbearing technique as the world lost its color, becoming blindingly light.
When the light dissipated, the Slaughter God looked miserable, his divine armor broke, and a hole appeared on the left of his bloody chest, narrowly missing his divine heart.
Yet, Slaughter God's divine heart still got injured by Beta's overwhelming attack, pouring crimson-gold blood.
Cough! Cough!
Slaughter God coughed a mouthful of blood and slowly wiped his mouth clean with a foul expression, "B-Bastard!"
"Huh, God does bleed, after all," Beta commented jarringly while waving his smoking hand. The difference between the laws of the universe and the conceptual power between two planes caused him a bit of trouble.
Even then, Beta still achieved the result he wanted. He also confirmed a few things about the Douluo Plane that he previously couldn't do in the Dou Qi Plane.
"The law's here too chaotic. It is weak at first glance, but that's because the natural order wasn't working properly."
"At least not like the laws did in the Dou Qi Plane."
"Is it because of the existence of the Divine Realm and Gods? Or perhaps, a meddling hand of a certain Old Dragon?"
While Beta was absorbed in his thought, Slaughter God glared at him in great humiliation. After making such an off-handed comment, this brat actually didn't pay attention to him anymore.
Slaughter God struggled recovering from this injury, but he's still a divine being, after all, a higher-dimensional existence that could recover from a mortal attack quickly.
Using his authority, Slaughter God dominated the surrounding energy of heaven and earth, using it to heal.
"Hmm, whatever." Beta noticed this, but let it happen because 'Alpha' had communicated with him.
Han Yuan's voice echoed in Beta's ears, "How long can you last in that timeline?"
"Really? I just arrived and solved your problem, and that's your first word for me?" Beta responded in disbelief. "Not cool, man! Not cool!"
Han Yuan snorted, "Believe me, if I could, I would be very willing to be the one who beat that guy up."
"My hands are itching to burn his body and then drag his soul to eternal purgatory."
"Jeez, someone has a sadist streak." Beta felt sorry for Slaughter God now because this Asura God's subordinate was lucky that 'Alpha' wasn't the one who saved the day for Glory City.
Of course, that was a joke. Pity? Beta doesn't have that!
Beta also shared a hatred for Asura God, and beating Slaughter God did give him some degree of satisfaction, which he very well realized made 'Alpha' jealous of him.
Beta chuckled and answered, "Calculating from the remaining enhanced Dou Qi in my Dou Core, I could probably stay long enough until I solved the Slaughter God problem."
"Good, then, I have something important you need to do," Han Yuan said calmly. "This would be crucial for us."
Beta narrowed his eyes, "More important than beating the Slaughter God and saving the Glory City?"
"Yes." Han Yuan's solemn voice replied bluntly.
"Alright, tell me!" Beta glanced at the Slaughter God. Then, he heard Han Yuan's plan, a big plan that could change the course of Douluo Star's own history.