Zhao Tongzhi was followed by three figures, and then those eight monsters. They ran wildly above Wulin City, rising and falling, still landing on the outskirts in the southwest direction.
Four people and eight monsters stood outside a patch of woods. Behind the sparse trees was a small grassy slope, and beyond that was a large mountain, obscured by clouds and mist, its peak invisible.
In the middle of the slope sat a person, a woman. Her posture of sitting cross-legged indicated she was tall. She wore a military combat uniform of unknown origin, her features ordinary, somewhat resembling an Eastern European.
"Are all of you here to kill me?" The woman's voice was not loud, yet despite the distance, it reached Zhao Tongzhi and the others clearly.
Moreover, the voice seemed to possess a soul-shattering ability, like a demonic sound that forcefully entered their ears and minds, causing them to tremble.
Furthermore, the killing intent emanating from the woman was even more potent than the killing intent shrouding Wulin City, as if a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood from a recent slaughter lay behind her.
The woman's gaze swept over everyone, finally settling on Zhao Tongzhi at the forefront. Without any attempt to conceal her killing intent, she spoke:
"I am not interested in your Hunter Group's trap. If you have the ability to kill gods, you can begin now.
I am Tang Ya, and I am also the god you wish to kill. I am looking for a woman, also a god, named Annihilation. Have you seen her? If you know where she is, please tell me."
Zhao Tongzhi clearly had no desire to waste words with Tang Ya. She slightly tilted her head and glanced at Qian Hongshan beside her.
Qian Hongshan nodded, looked at the seven companions beside him with grim expressions and silence, gave them a look, and nodded.
Qian Hongshan vanished from his spot, transforming into a streak of bloody red light and charging forward. In the air, he completed his transformation.
Ferocious, ugly, massive, and berserk – he was a demonic monster.
The seven people who charged with Qian Hongshan were the same, also transforming into strange and ferocious monsters.
Almost in the blink of an eye, they completed their transformations and attacked simultaneously. Their momentum was immense, their roars like thunder, and their forward charge stirred up a gale that flattened the already sparse woods.
Tang Ya watched the eight charging monsters and uttered a sound of surprise. Then, her figure flickered and appeared a step away. Once her stance was steady, she gathered her divine power and unleashed a punch forward.
Boom, boom, boom...
With several resounding explosions, all eight monsters were sent flying. They bled from all seven orifices from the impact of divine power, their bones cracking as they fractured. Their massive bodies, carrying the force of their descent, smashed into the ground, creating deep craters.
With just one punch, she sent eight bloodthirsty monsters flying. This aura, this power, was truly awe-inspiring.
However,
Tang Ya did not dismiss her look of confusion. In fact, she was even more bewildered because the monsters she had sent flying with her divine power were not dead. Instead, they were crawling out of the craters, their bodies contorted in bizarre postures. The places where their joints and bones had broken emitted sounds that made one's hair stand on end. They grew larger, their ugly, ferocious bodies undergoing further mutation, and bone-membrane wings sprouted from their backs.
Immediately after,
They roared and snarled, lunging at Tang Ya.
Tang Ya was merely puzzled. Why could humans do this? The abilities humans possessed, whether it was spiritual power or the various abilities from gene locks, all originated from gods.
The transformation-type ability users among humans, no matter how strong their abilities, were all derived from Ricardo. Powerful strength and speed, terrifying recovery abilities, even immortal bodies – but such near-perfect abilities should only belong to Ricardo.
Why could these humans achieve this?
They had directly endured her divine power bombardment, not only surviving but becoming stronger. No, they had evolved again.
In close-quarters combat, Tang Ya naturally had no fear. She was not an opponent for those mid-tier gods, nor even for Ricardo, but dealing with these monsters was effortless.
Boom, boom, boom!
Tang Ya stood her ground, allowing the monsters, half her height, to attack. She did not move an inch, merely extending her hands to deflect them one by one. Simultaneously, she used her divine power to shatter all the monsters' bones, tearing off their limbs and wings. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Tang Ya grabbed Qian Hongshan by the neck with one hand, looking at his bloodthirsty, scarlet eyes, and frowned slightly. She tightened her grip.
Crack.
Qian Hongshan's head lolled to one side, his neck broken.
She tossed Qian Hongshan's monstrous body aside.
The moment she let go of the body, two streaks of green light flashed before her eyes.
Clang!
Clang!
Tang Ya raised her arm diagonally, holding a dagger about thirty centimeters long. The dagger parried two sharp blades, which were imbued with surging spiritual power.
Tang Ya looked at the petite girl before her, then at the spirit-powered twin blades that were almost as tall as the girl. Suddenly, she laughed and said incredulously,
"You, a human, can actually make me use a weapon?"
Zhao Tongzhi unleashed her spiritual power, her twin blades growing larger. Pushing down Tang Ya's dagger in her dream, she looked at Tang Ya, narrowed her eyes, and asked with a smile, "Should I be proud then?"
Tang Ya shook her head and looked at Zhao Tongzhi seriously, saying, "No, there's no need to be proud. What I mean is, you can actually use spiritual power to cut divine power."
Zhao Tongzhi remained silent.
However,
Two men and one woman appeared behind Tang Ya, all in combat stances. They simultaneously drew their blades and attacked Tang Ya from three directions.
Boom!
A deafening explosion erupted, kicking up a massive cloud of dust.
Zhao Tongzhi held her blades with both hands, followed by the three behind her. They slowly emerged from the dust, looking at Tang Ya standing on the slope. She held her giant blade level, its tip pointing at Tang Ya, and taunted,
"So, gods can also retreat."
Tang Ya ignored Zhao Tongzhi's taunting provocation, instead fixing her gaze on Zhao Tongzhi, as if contemplating something. But after a moment, she shook her head to herself, dismissing her thoughts.
Seeing Tang Ya momentarily distracted, Zhao Tongzhi vanished from her spot and attacked Tang Ya again. Almost simultaneously, the three others formed a four-way encirclement with Zhao Tongzhi.
Tang Ya swung her dagger, deflecting Zhao Tongzhi's twin blades, and then twisted to dodge the three long sabers. She was still thinking; the combat was merely her body's instinctive reaction. There was no offense, only pure defense.
The four engaged Tang Ya in fierce combat, a bloody battle. Four massive bursts of spiritual power burned, simultaneously compressing unseen divine power. But no matter how they attacked, how they bombarded with spiritual power,
Their blades could not touch Tang Ya's body. Although Tang Ya appeared to be surrounded and at a disadvantage, in reality, Tang Ya was not fighting at all; her body was fighting.
"Rumble!"
A surge of immense divine power erupted, sending Zhao Tongzhi and the other three flying.
Tang Ya placed one hand on her hip, twirling the dagger in the other, and looked at Zhao Tongzhi mockingly, saying,
"The power you used to cut me just now was not spiritual power. In this world, apart from Sesuo Jiang, who can use divine spiritual power to contend with divine power, no spiritual power can firmly strike divine power without dissipating.
Therefore, what you used to cut me just now was not spiritual power, but divine power.
You are Annihilation!"