The Flame God Rank's eyes widened in surprise as he was not expecting Tang Shaoyang to be this fast. He thought of blocking the sword with his flame, but then he remembered about the javelin. However, his hand was midway to block the sword. That was his unconscious reaction when Tang Shaoyang appeared right in front of him.
"Don't try to block that sword, idiot!" The cautious Lightning God Rank came to the rescue. He was prepared to be surprised, and he arrived in time before Tang Shaoyang fully sheathed out the sword. He pulled the Flame God Rank back, bringing the Flame God Rank down to the ground.
Tang Shaoyang's eyeballs followed the two figures to the ground, and he whispered in a low voice, "Void Domain!"
The surrounding space cracked, twisted, and opened. Tang Shaoyang controlled the cracked void, opening a connection between two cracks. One in front of him and another one right above the two God Ranks. As he slashed the sword forward, his sword went through a void crack and appeared from the void crack above the two God Ranks.
"We are fucked!" The Lightning God Rank said when he noticed the void crack right above him.
"We are not!" The Flame God Rank's body got brighter and brighter, and when the sword was a few centimeters away from their chest, The Flame God Rank exploded. It was one of his skills, Supernova. The surrounding area was surrounded by a massive explosion of fire, and Tang Shaoyang was blown away by the explosion. That saved both God Ranks from getting cut by the sword.
The explosion reached the other side of the battlefield, causing the others to run from it. However, the explosion might be fatal for the others, but not for Tang Shaoyang who was invulnerable to fire. The explosion pushed him twenty meters away from the two God Ranks.
"I told you not to underestimate him. Your Supernova is just a joke to him, did nothing even though he was so close with you, Irnus!" The Lightning God Rank saw what Tang Shaoyang did. Not only did the Supernova not hurt Tang Shaoyang, but Tang Shaoyang also minimized the Supernova by sending the fire to the void.
Meanwhile, Tang Shaoyang got a headache because of The Calamity Behemoth. Doombringer kept calling him out, loudly in his head to summon him out. That was not his plan, he planned to get an easy kill with a surprise summon. His surprise attack failed even though he felt like he almost got them, but now Doombringer kept nagging him.
"We will talk after we kill them, Doombringer." He had no choice but to summon his ace card. Not because he abandoned his plan but because Doombringer wanted to fight the God Rank head-on instead of launching a sneak attack and killing one.
[I will not attack even if you summon me later. I will fight them head-on without using a dirty trick!] That was what Doombringer said. The surprise attack was useless if Doombringer did not cooperate with him.
'I need to teach this beast a lesson,' Tang Shaoyang made a mental note as he summoned Doombringer.
"Finally!" Doombringer let out a roar, observing the two God Ranks, "You have become so strong that I managed to regain my full strength. This is going to be fun!" The Calamity Behemoth rushed forward after he said that he ran toward the Flame God Rank, and Tang Shaoyang noticed that. He could tell Doombringer purposely chose Irnus so he fought the tougher enemy. It would be easier for Tang Shaoyang to fight Irnus because he also had a fire element.
That made Tang Shaoyang angry. He was annoyed that Doombringer wouldn't listen to him, and now Doombringer tried to mess him up by isolating him and the Lightning God Rank. Before Doombringer could reach the Flame God Rank, Tang Shaoyang recalled him back. The Calamity Behemoth disappeared midair as the flame wall rose to the sky. Irnus did not expect that The Calamity Behemoth would disappear like that.
At the same time, the two God Ranks rushed backward, making a distance from The Calamity Behemoth. While both did not recognize Doombringer as Calamity Behemoth, they knew Doombringer was a behemoth, the dangerous monster at the same level as the dragon.
[What's the meaning of this!? Why are you calling me back!?] Doombringer did not sound happy, but then he sensed Tang Shaoyang's fury. They could feel each other's feelings, and Tang Shaoyang knew that Doombringer was not as upset as Doombringer sounded.
"I can tolerate you because we just made a contract, and you don't listen to my plan. I can tolerate that because you are God Rank with pride, but now you try to mess with me, Doombringer! I am willing to bear the consequence of breaking our contract, and I will sacrifice you instead!" Tang Shaoyang had his Spirit Eyes locked on Irnus and the Lightning God Rank while he had a conversation with Doombringer.
He thought everything would go smoothly after he killed the first God Rank, and he had Doombringer as well, the beast that was feared even by the God Rank. He was being serious about sacrificing Doombringer. If The Calamity Behemoth did not want to listen to him. The next was to hold two God Ranks himself while waiting for Avyn and the others killed the other God Ranks.
The Calamity Behemoth could tell that Tang Shaoyang was serious with his words. He could feel Tang Shaoyang was holding the fury while speaking to him. And he could also tell what Tang Shaoyang planned if he did not listen to Tang Shaoyang. Sacrificing him was not as easy as it sounded because of the process that Tang Shaoyang had to beat him in a battle to sacrifice him. If it was just Tang Shaoyang himself, he was confident that Tang Shaoyang would not be able to win, but not the case with the other five God Rank spirits. His losing the battle was ninety percent, and he did not think he could win, not when he was still in spirit form.
[What are you talking about?] Doombringer toned down, pretending to not know what Tang Shaoyang fussed about.
"Are you still pretending you don't know what you did? You are aware that I am at an advantage if I fight The Fire God Rank, and you tried to isolate me against the Lightning God Rank instead? Do you think I am a joke to you? I don't care if I die a few times, but I will make sure to kill you after I kill them all if you don't listen to me!" Tang Shaoyang usually would not resort to a threat to resolve the issue. But he did not have that time for a conversation with the Calamity Behemoth. The quickest way to resolve the issue was with a threat, and it worked even with a fearsome beast.
"This is humiliating! How can you get distracted when you fight against us!" The Lightning God Rank went through the firewall. He could hear from the other side that Tang Shaoyang was talking to someone. He took the chance to strike. He was holding a spear and thrust it forward to the chest. n.-0VElbIn
Of course, Tang Shaoyang saw Lightning God Rank's movement through his Spirit Eyes. He used the seventh Heavenly Gate, The Heavenly Tortoise. A black tortoiseshell formed and the spear struck the shell. The spark of lightning burst out, as the lightning raged on. However, the lightning failed to break the shell, and the impact pushed him backward as his feet skidded on the ground, pushing him twenty meters backward.
"You can't hide forever in your shell!" The Lightning God Rank rushed toward him once more.
Tang Shaoyang saw the Lightning God Rank come toward him, and he could easily counter the movement. However, he chose to block the spear with the Heavenly Tortoise Shell because that was a show for Doombringer to see. A show that he could hold down on his own until the others finished their fight. That was not a bluff that he could hold on his own without Doombringer.
"This is the last time I will ask you, Doombringer! Will you listen to me, or will you keep doing whatever you want? Make your choice, 07:06
and if you don't answer me right now. I will take that as a no!"
[I will listen to you!] As Doombringer gave his answer, Tang Shaoyang used [Blink]. He easily avoided the second strike and appeared behind the Lightning God Rank. He then summoned Doombringer out for the second time, "This is your last chance! I will never give anyone a third chance!" The threat worked well as The Calamity Behemoth immediately faced off against The Lightning God Rank.
"Don't you dare to ignore me, Mortal!" Irnus was right in front of Tang Shaoyang with his flaming fist. The flame fist was three times bigger than Tang Shaoyang himself.
Instead of dodging or blocking the attack, Tang Shaoyang decided to meet the fist with a fist.
Fourth Heavenly Gate: Heavenly Force - Heavenly Crushing Strike.
The first met in the air and exploded. The crimson fire and Heavenly Energy clashed, forming a massive explosion.