Meanwhile, in a region of scorching heat.
It was desolate and uninhabited.
Only a seemingly calm volcano stood there!
Rumble!
Suddenly, the calm volcano erupted.
Fiery magma surged from the dark, silent crater.
It cascaded down the mountainside, causing the ground to shake, thick smoke to billow, and a 'sizzling' sound to arise wherever it passed.
Fortunately, there was no one around. Otherwise, even a city would surely be destroyed by this molten lava!
At that very moment, a hoarse voice, as if from ancient times, echoed.
"Zeus?"
"Lightning Pillar?"
"What's going on?"
Rumble!
As the voice sounded, the already terrifying magma became even more fearsome.
Vaguely, a gaunt figure could be seen leaping from the magma!
This figure surged along with the lava in a particular direction.
Its target was the direction from which Zeus's lightning pillar had erupted.
The aura emanating from this figure was exceptionally terrifying, indicative of a powerful cultivator at the Transformation God Realm!
There were many similar places to these two.
They erupted in various peculiar regions across the Sky Road.
Though they had no contact with each other, they all inexplicably moved towards the same destination.
That destination was where Zeus's lightning pillar had erupted!
"That should be enough!"
Looking at the sky-piercing lightning pillar before him, Zeus exhaled a long breath.
A sinister glint flashed in his eyes.
"Ao Yuan! How dare you provoke me!"
Zeus muttered coldly, "I want to see what abilities you have left!"
"With you, no matter how strong, can you defy the heavens?"
"At the Transformation God Realm, we are the heavens!"
"The heavens you must forever look up to!"
Zeus's words grew more abundant. "I must admit, you are a very strong individual."
"And your talent is also extraordinary!"
"If you had been born into the Dragon Clan, your future would have been unimaginable."
"But there are no 'ifs.' You can only blame fate."
"Fate brought me to you!"
As he murmured, a sharp coldness crossed Zeus's sinister gaze.
"If you had submitted to me from the beginning, you would surely have become a God Lord!"
"What a pity, what a pity! Such a gifted individual will ultimately perish!"
"Perish at your hands?"
However, the moment his words fell, a voice of immense authority suddenly sounded near Zeus's ear.
Instantly!
Zeus's face contorted as if he were a mouse seeing a cat, and his body rapidly fled in the opposite direction of the sound's origin.
Because.
He was all too familiar with this voice; it was none other than Ao Yuan's!
After fleeing for a while and not encountering the terrifying scene he expected, Zeus breathed a sigh of relief.
"What are you looking for?"
"Are you looking for me?"
His heart had barely settled when another voice sounded from ahead.
Instantly, Zeus's hair stood on end.
Bang!
But before he could react, Zeus felt a forceful impact to his abdomen.
"Ah..."
Zeus cried out in agony and was sent flying backward.
His recently scabbed wounds burst open once more.
Blood gushed out, forming a deadly, beautiful arc in the air.
He flew back several thousand meters before Zeus could barely stabilize himself.
"You... how are you so fast!"
Zeus's face was pale as he clutched his reopened wounds, a tempest of shock raging within him.
He had never expected Ao Yuan to arrive so quickly.
What filled him with dread was that Ao Yuan had entered the Sky Road.
He had been completely unaware, unable to even sense it.
This alone demonstrated Ao Yuan's immense strength.
He was far more powerful than himself.
"Fast?" Ao Yuan looked at the terrified Zeus and said calmly, "You are too slow."
The moment his voice fell, another collision sound abruptly erupted.
Bang!
Zeus felt enveloped by a massive sense of danger, but he was given absolutely no opportunity to react.
He was sent flying again.
This time, he couldn't even remain suspended in mid-air. Like a falling meteor, he plummeted to the ground with astonishing speed.
Rumble!
The ground cracked, and a cloud of dust rose.
The earth remained silent for a long time.
In mid-air, Ao Yuan watched below. Seeing no movement, he showed no mercy and swiftly conjured a flame, striking downwards.
Boom!
The vast, empty ground instantly transformed into a sea of fire.
"Ah! It hurts! It hurts so much!"
"Ah..."
Simultaneously, cries of agony echoed from the sea of fire.
These sounds were enough to make one weep and those who heard them tremble with sorrow.
However, Ao Yuan remained unmoved.
He continued to watch calmly, "Since you're feeling cold, let me help you cool down!"
Ao Yuan's claws condensed, and a water ball suddenly rose.
Bang!
The water ball struck, and the raging inferno was instantly suppressed.
Logically, Zeus should have been happy about this, but instead, his wails intensified.
"Ah! Why is it so heavy!"
"I... I feel so uncomfortable, I can barely breathe under the pressure!"
"Ah!"
In truth, under normal circumstances, Zeus would not have been so brutally beaten.
But at this moment, Zeus was already in a weakened state, severely injured.
And Ao Yuan was now different, far beyond what he once was.
Therefore, Zeus was suffering such a terrible beating at Ao Yuan's hands.
"Heavy?"
Hearing the voice, Ao Yuan pondered for a moment, and lightning surged from his claws.
"Since it's too heavy, I'll help you reduce the weight."
As he spoke, Ao Yuan directly threw the lightning he held.
"Ah!"
The ground was instantly filled with lightning. Especially since Zeus still had water on him.
This instantly subjected him to the greatest stimulus.
Inevitably, Zeus let out another round of agonizing cries.
"Now you shouldn't feel the weight anymore, right?" Ao Yuan said with a smile.
If he felt it was heavy, then by numbing the nerve endings, he naturally wouldn't feel the external weight.
One had to admit, Ao Yuan felt like praising his own cleverness.
If it were anyone else, they might have simply left Zeus crushed there.
Only he himself could make Zeus unable to feel the sensation of being pressed down.
"Ah!"
Unbearable screams echoed.
"Ao Yuan, if you have the guts, kill me!"
"Otherwise, I will make sure you die! I will make sure you die!"
Amidst his wails, Zeus shouted defiantly.
Because.
He knew that killing him quickly would not be an easy task for Ao Yuan.
After all, he was a cultivator at the Transformation God Realm. He admitted he couldn't defeat Ao Yuan.
But to kill him, he couldn't guarantee it would take a long time.
He could definitely hold on for a short period.
Especially since he had already sent out a signal.
He was sure he could hold out until the others arrived.
What about Hades?
Wasn't he killed by the Divine Heaven Tribulation Lightning?...