Death God Island, flames raged, the entire island trembled, while the surrounding sea exhibited a strange stillness, as if the island were in a different dimension.
The island split in two, with a lava pit like a volcanic crater at its center.
A robust figure slowly emerged from the fiery lava. His physique was exceptionally large, nearly four meters tall, clad in armor of flowing magma, and wielding a massive greatsword.
This was none other than Death God Egfen.
Egfen rotated his grayish-white eyes, first glancing towards the beach, passing over the Hunter Group members, and fixing his gaze directly on Hors and Nefita.
He seemed perplexed, then spoke, "Hors, why are you associating with that bitch Nefita?"
The words were shocking!
Egfen's first utterance upon awakening immediately enraged Nefita.
Hors was also stunned, then burst into laughter. He found himself somewhat admiring this arrogant fellow Egfen.
Nefita's face turned ashen, her golden fiery eyes burning even more intensely.
"Hors, stop laughing. Don't forget why we're here!"
Hors took a deep breath, his gaze sharp. Heli was still on the island. If he were to act rashly, Heli might strike from behind. In a direct confrontation, he might not even be Heli's match, let alone be ambushed.
Nefita harbored similar thoughts.
But what they didn't know was that Heli was merely putting on a show. In a head-on battle, he truly wasn't a match for Hors and Nefita.
He could only bully lower gods like Qi Shuang, who had just awakened. The last time he pursued Nefita, it was fueled by the rage of his recent breakthrough.
Currently, Hors, Nefita, and Egfen were all mid-level gods.
If Heli could defeat them, would he need to hide behind sand dunes and employ schemes?
Hors pondered for a moment, his brow furrowed, and shouted,
"Egfen! We're not alone here, Xiapesh is also present!"
"Xiapesh?"
Egfen paused. He closed his eyes, sensed, then opened them, saying coldly, "Hors, don't try to deceive me. I don't feel Xiapesh's presence, and Xiapesh is a high-level god. How could he possibly come to welcome my awakening!"
"Damn it!"
Hors cursed inwardly, then said, "Although I don't know what happened to him, he's no longer Xiapesh, but he is indeed here."
Egfen's divine power instantly spread across the entire island, scanning everyone, including Heli.
Heli, however, had Xiao Yue use telekinesis to create a barrier around him, preventing Egfen's divine power scan. Then, he stood there shamelessly, looking adorably at Egfen. *You're looking for Xiapesh, what does that have to do with me, Heli?*
*Fooled you! I have a jammer!*
Unable to find Xiapesh, Egfen was enraged. He roared, "Damn you, Hors, for daring to lie to me again!"
Egfen's furious roar echoed across the sea. He raised his greatsword and struck the ground heavily, sending a cleaving slash that tore through the earth towards Hors.
The battle began in an instant.
The gods welcoming a god's awakening were not friendly. Just as Hors had welcomed Heli, if not for He Jun, Heli would have been killed by Hors.
When Heli welcomed Qi Shuang, he instinctively wanted to kill Qi Shuang, ultimately destroying Qi Shuang's left arm and shoulder.
And now, Hors and Nefita stood there to greet Egfen's awakening, and combat was inevitable.
The Hunter Group's situation was awkward, but this was precisely what Shang Jun hoped for: let Egfen kill these four, and then Susan would activate the God-Slaying Nuclear Warhead to destroy Egfen.
But he hadn't expected that this man and woman were also gods.
However, it didn't matter, as long as Susan could activate the God-Slaying Nuclear Warhead...
"Retreat!"
After shouting, Shang Jun flew away first, followed by the other Hunter Group members.
The battle between gods commenced.
Facing a slash powerful enough to split the island, Hors extended his hands, and a massive spatial vortex met Egfen's cleave.
As the spatial vortex blocked the slash,
Nefita made her move. Just as the spatial vortex was Hors's ability, those golden fiery eyes were Nefita's. Golden flames erupted from all directions of the island, and dozens of golden fire pillars shot directly at Egfen.
Egfen swung his greatsword in a circle, and a ring-shaped slash shattered all the fire pillars. Then, Egfen stomped on the ground, and his figure vanished.
The next moment,
He appeared before Hors. Hors quickly reached out to release a spatial vortex.
But Egfen's true target was not Hors at all, but Nefita. He shifted his sword's edge and swung it at Nefita.
Clang!
The sword was blocked by a talisman with an arcane pattern.
Bang!
The next second, the tortoise shell talisman shattered, Molin spat blood and flew out, crashing heavily onto the beach.
However, he had indeed bought Nefita a moment to counterattack.
Nefita reached out towards Egfen's head, condensing a small golden fiery arrow in her palm. It shot out, hitting Egfen directly between the eyebrows.
Egfen was sent flying backward by the impact.
The exchange between the three gods was simple and fast, but it seemed not as simple as it appeared.
For instance, Molin's tortoise shell talisman could easily block Jiang Zhong's full-power saber strike and Luzel's full-power arrow, but facing a very ordinary sword strike from Egfen, it shattered without lasting even a second.
Egfen, sent flying backward, crashed into a sand dune, kicking up a large cloud of dust. He stood up from the dust and walked out. He looked at Molin with confusion and said, "Isn't this Xiapesh's divine envoy? The one who uses arts and talismans, specifically talismans. Why is he following around that bitch of yours?"
Nefita said coldly, "Egfen, watch your mouth!"
"Heh heh..."
Egfen sneered, looking at Nefita with disdain. "In the last divine war, you wanted to attach yourself to Xiapesh. After being rejected, you colluded with other trash and killed him during the weak period after Xiapesh and Sesokjiang's great battle.
You failed to attach yourself and became enraged.
Tell me, if you're not a bitch, what are you?"
Nefita trembled with rage, her golden fiery eyes flickering.
However, Egfen paid no mind to Nefita's fury and continued,
"As long as Xiapesh and Sesokjiang are still around, and they haven't decided the final victor between them, and until someone leaves, you will always be just mid-level gods. There are only two high-level god positions, and the victor will only emerge from the high-level gods.
And as mid-level gods, as long as I am here, you will always rank below me. Even Xothu and Paikui would have to acknowledge my position if they were here.
What are the two of you?"
"In this divine war, after sending off Xiapesh and Sesokjiang, the vacant high-level god positions will only be decided among the three of us. You two, who only know how to play dirty tricks, are still trash even if you climb from lower gods to mid-level gods."