Chapter 127

"Ding!"

"Combat detected, drop reward: Stormbreaker (Venilia)"

"Ding!"

"Combat detected, drop reward: Shapeshifting (God of War Ares)"

"Ding!"

"Combat detected, drop reward: Lasso of Truth (Wonder Woman)"

"Ding!"

"Combat detected, drop reward: Flight (God of War Ares)"

The rewards for Venilia blocking Ares's attack and Diana attacking Ares dropped one after another.

It was a pity that both times Ares dropped basic abilities; wanting to farm his core ability, divine power, would probably take some time.

But it didn't matter; there were many people in the Thor Corps. If everyone took a swing at Ares, it should be farmable.

If not, then do it again!

Of the four rewards just now, only the shapeshifting ability was worth mentioning. Simply put, like the mutant Mystique or the Skrulls, he could turn himself into any appearance.

It was just that Ares's shapeshifting didn't change his genes like theirs did; it was purely changing his appearance and body.

To put it bluntly, it was just a bit stronger than magic illusion shapeshifting, because illusions are fake, but his shapeshifting is real!

"Shoo—"

Ares teleported to dodge the Stormbreaker flying from behind and flashed in front of Diana.

Seeing that Venilia had caught her axe, Diana didn't bother to recall it and directly took out the God-Killer sword to stab at Ares.

Ares wore a faint smile on his face and raised his palm toward the incoming God-Killer sword.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—"

The thrusting God-Killer sword shattered inch by inch under Ares's palm, turning into ashes.

Diana stared blankly at the remaining hilt, somewhat incredulous: "This—this is a weapon for killing gods."

"It is not a weapon for killing gods, you—"

Ares just wanted to use words to disturb her mind and provoke Diana's stance, but he saw that Diana had already recovered from the shock and directly bound him with the glowing Lasso of Truth.

Diana pulled the Lasso of Truth with one hand and reached behind her with the other, summoning Stormbreaker.

"I am not the God of War, Diana; I am the God of Truth."

"Humans stole this world from us. They destroy it day by day, and I, the only god who saw through this, was powerless to stop them."

"For so many years, I have fought alone. I whispered in their ears, brought them inspiration, invented poison and weapons. But I never forced them to use them; they started the wars themselves. All I did was plan an armistice they would never follow, leading them toward self-destruction."

"But these were never enough, until you came."

Ares spoke with the tone of an uncle trying to show you goldfish, attempting to seduce her.

"If you can see what the gods have never been able to see, then you will stand with me! When we unite, we can end all the pain, all the suffering, and all the destruction brought by humans."

"We can make this world return to the paradise it was before humans appeared, forever!"

Ares looked at Diana with a smile, and the divine power flickering in his hand had already allowed her to see the changes in the world through the Lasso of Truth.

A world destroyed by humans inching toward ruin, and a world that regained natural vitality after humans were gone.

He could feel Diana's hesitation and wavering!

"Come, join me, let us work together to make the world return to the state before humans—"

"Pfft!"

The belated Stormbreaker interrupted Ares's seduction, directly hacking into his shoulder with one blow!

The cycle of heaven is fair!

In the ancient war many years ago, Ares, at the peak of his strength, had hacked and injured the posturing Darkseid with an axe. As time passed, the one posturing had become him, and the one hacked and injured by an axe had also become him!

"You talk too much!" Diana gripped Stormbreaker and suddenly channeled her divine power.

"Boom!"

Stormbreaker erupted with powerful lightning energy, directly blasting Ares, who was wearing a look of astonishment and pain, away.

His seduction had indeed made Diana waver for a moment.

Aside from the accidental invasion by those humans earlier, Diana's understanding of humans was basically limited to the stories told by her mother, Hippolyta.

In these stories, the big villain was Ares, and humans were just seduced. So when Ares spoke of human nature, Diana was indeed somewhat wavering.

Were such humans worth saving?

And then, she woke up.

Whether humans were worth saving was one thing, but the main purpose this time wasn't to save humans anyway; they were here to defeat Ares!

Saving humans and defeating Ares were not mutually exclusive; you didn't have to choose just one!

Looking at Ares, who was struggling to get up in the distance, Diana charged forward.

Ares stared angrily at the rapidly approaching Diana and raised his arm, waving it forcefully at her.

In an instant, the surrounding wreckage of cars and planes flew toward Diana like raindrops.

Diana swung her axe, unleashing a bolt of lightning that instantly blasted the debris into dust, then leaped high and slammed Stormbreaker down at Ares.

"Boom!"

Powerful energy surged outward, and the ground cracked like a spiderweb.

Ares, who had teleported to another position, channeled his divine power, and some nearby metal debris instantly floated up, then rapidly changed and landed on him.

Ares used his divine power to reshape this debris into a suit of armor.

"Bang—"

Diana rushed in front of Ares like an arrow from a bow, and Stormbreaker slashed down again.

"Thud!"

Ares, who had just put on his armor, had his arm severed!

This was only because he reacted quickly and took a step back; otherwise, it wouldn't have been just his arm that was severed.

The pain and anger of the severed arm made Ares roar, and his remaining arm directly channeled divine power, turning into crackling lightning that blasted toward Diana.

Diana held the axe with both hands to block in front of her.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—"

Stormbreaker, struck by the lightning, showed no sign of being outmatched; instead, it also began to flicker with lightning.

The two streams of lightning clashed, crackling; the two divine powers stalemated, hard to distinguish who was stronger.

However, with a loud roar from Diana, her own divine power erupted!

In an instant, a tide of divine power poured out.

The lightning of Stormbreaker surged, directly blasting Ares's lightning away.

Ares was sent flying backward by the combined impact of the Thor's power and Diana's divine power. At the same time, the armor on his body shattered inch by inch under the impact, turning into ashes.

Just like the God-Killer sword before!

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— Author's Notes —

PS: My upstairs neighbor is renovating; it's so annoying.