Odin let out a great laugh, then took a step forward, walking on air.
Though there was nothing for his feet to tread on, it gave the impression that he was ascending stairs.
Reaching the sky, he charged straight towards Ao Yuan.
Billowing spiritual energy surged forth, producing rumbling sounds.
Simultaneously, his body erupted in streams of light.
At this moment!
It was evident that Odin had unleashed his true abilities.
Ao Yuan narrowed his eyes, observing Odin.
As Odin drew near, his eyes widened slightly.
A brilliant golden light flashed within them.
Then, his form flickered, and the ground split open with a roar. Thick, verdant branches shot out from the earth.
They swung wildly towards Odin.
Bang, bang, bang.
Several sounds echoed as the branches intertwined and swept towards him.
Odin's expression tensed, and he swung his arms, using his bare hands to fend off the branches.
Despite Odin having no sharp protrusions on his body, the branches, upon contact with his flesh,
snapped and broke within moments.
However, at that very same instant,
a fierce wind whipped up around Ao Yuan.
The gale lifted Ao Yuan, propelling him directly towards Odin.
He raised his long spear, which moved like a dragon. With immense force, he struck at Odin.
Odin's gaze flickered. Without evading, he swung his giant hammer, meeting the attack head-on.
With the aid of the branches, Ao Yuan and Odin fought back and forth.
Neither gave an inch.
It seemed as though only a second had passed, yet they had already clashed countless times.
To outsiders,
each collision between the two was like two distinct balls of light colliding.
Every impact was like a thunderous gong, and before the sound had faded, they would clash again.
This caused the sounds to reverberate endlessly, making their eardrums ache.
Fortunately, while their strength did not match Ao Yuan and Odin's, they were still powerful cultivators of the Tong Ling realm,
beings who could be called gods.
Had it been anyone else, they would have likely bled from every orifice and died under such fierce combat.
Clang!
At this moment, Odin's massive hammer struck Ao Yuan's body heavily.
Ao Yuan grunted, feeling as though his internal organs had shifted. His complexion paled slightly.
But Ao Yuan was not one to back down. With a movement of his spear, he thrust it directly into Odin's left chest.
Instantly, a bloody hole was pierced through him.
One could see Odin's internal nerves and blood, which gushed out like a breached dam.
Ao Yuan slightly calmed the discomfort within his body, his brow furrowing.
He truly hadn't expected Odin's blow.
It had so easily made his internal organs feel as though they were displaced.
Even though he wasn't in his original form,
he was still a genuine cultivator at the seventh level of the Hua Shen realm.
However, when he saw the bloody cavity on Odin's left chest, his tightly knitted brows relaxed slightly.
While Odin's strength was terrifying, his physique did not seem very robust.
This simple strike had created a gaping wound on him.
"Dragon brat!"
Odin, however, seemed less concerned about his injuries than Ao Yuan.
He stared at Ao Yuan, his killing intent radiating outwards, engulfing the entire world in his overwhelming aura.
"To be able to injure me, your strength is not bad."
Odin looked at Ao Yuan and spoke, "But you should never have angered me!"
"The only consequence of angering me is death!"
With these cold, cutting words, Odin didn't wait for Ao Yuan's response.
He swung his giant hammer and pointed it fiercely at Ao Yuan.
Rumble!
A streak of lightning flashed from the giant hammer.
Whoosh—
Torrential lightning, like a bolt of lightning, ravaged towards Ao Yuan.
Ao Yuan's body tensed, his face grave.
He didn't know what this strike appeared like to others,
but he could clearly feel the immense pressure it exerted on him.
There was a chance... he could be severely wounded.
Rumble.
The terrifying lightning surged forth, growing as it moved.
In an instant, the already fearsome lightning seemed to transform into a world-shattering giant hammer.
Boundless malevolence erupted from it, and suffocating killing intent covered Ao Yuan from all directions.
This immense power made it difficult for Ao Yuan to even breathe.
Ao Yuan dared not be careless. A yellow earth-toned light suddenly lit up around him.
Rumble!
The ground before Ao Yuan split open, and a thick earthen wall materialized, enclosing Ao Yuan.
Simultaneously, tendrils of branches and vines emerged, clinging to the earthen wall, as if clothing it in a thick suit of armor.
Rumble, rumble.
A deafening roar sounded as the terrifying lightning struck the earthen wall.
The entire world shook and cracked.
The dark red sky itself developed cracks.
Let alone the earth; it quaked as if a massive earthquake had struck.
Odin's strike was truly earth-shattering!
However!
Under this intense impact, everyone could clearly see that the vines and earthen wall conjured by Ao Yuan remained standing.
It seemed he had withstood the blow.
This made sense, as earth and wood are the least conductive materials.
No matter how terrifying Odin's divine lightning was,
if it couldn't even breach Ao Yuan's defenses, it was useless.
"Dragon brat, do you think this means I have no other way to deal with you?"
At this moment, Odin said coldly.
As he spoke, Odin swung his giant hammer and struck down from the air.
Rumble!
An extremely resonant sound echoed far, but no lightning was visible.
Instead, a wave of energy emanated from the giant hammer, spreading out like ripples on water.
This is!
A sonic attack!
Upon realizing this, before everyone could cover their ears,
they felt as if their hearing had been lost. Many people's ears began to bleed slightly.
At the same time, the vines enveloping Ao Yuan cracked inch by inch.
Stone fragments continuously flew from the earthen wall.
Crack!
A few seconds later, the vines and earthen wall were completely shattered, revealing Ao Yuan.
Rumble!
And the lingering force of the raging lightning in the sky, undiminished, struck Ao Yuan.
Instantly, dazzling, blinding lightning engulfed Ao Yuan entirely.
"Hahaha!"
Watching all this, Odin laughed heartily, "I don't know how you managed to improve so much in such a short time these past few days."
"But what does it matter if you improved?"
"Seventh level of Hua Shen realm? Before me, you are still nothing more than an ant!"
His words caused a sense of inexplicable dejection to fall upon the onlookers.
They wanted to retort, but the facts seemed to have proven everything.
"Is that so?"
However, at this moment, a cold shout rang out.
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