Chapter 129

"Enough!"

Ares roared like a madman, and the tide of divine power surged, directly sending the Thor Corps, who were taking turns releasing lightning in an attempt to 'wake him up', stumbling back a few steps.

In the lightning pit, the disheveled Ares floated up slowly, his eyes staring coldly and viciously at the Thor Corps.

"You are all going to die today!"

Antiope sneered and took a step forward: "No! The only one who will die today is you!"

After saying that, she picked up the Lasso of Truth and threw it out directly.

"Swish!"

The Lasso of Truth snared Ares.

Immediately after, golden lights flashed one after another as everyone in the Thor Corps threw out their Lassos of Truth.

In an instant, Ares's neck, waist, hands, and feet were all entangled by the Lassos of Truth!

Ares surged with divine power, wanting to break free, but being entangled by more than ten 'Thors' with Lassos of Truth, how could he break free in his current state?

After struggling several times, not only did he fail to break free, but he was bound even tighter!

"Diana!"

Antiope looked at Diana with a deep voice; the fate of killing the God of War, Ares, should be ended by her.

Diana lowered Stormbreaker with a solemn expression, staring at Ares, and raised her arms high.

"No!"

Ares knew this was his last chance. The remaining divine power in his body was unleashed without reservation, blasting toward Diana regardless of the consequences.

The incredibly thick, azure lightning emitted a dazzling light like the sun, and the entire sky, and even the entire world, seemed to have turned azure.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

The Lassos of Truth binding him were shaken off by the desperate Ares using his divine power.

Immediately after, the massive lightning, like a sun, blasted toward Diana.

Diana stared straight at the lightning and brought her arms down with force.

"Bang!"

The Bracelets of Submission collided heavily, and the divine power impact directly collided with Ares's lightning.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—"

The massive lightning seemed to have been blocked.

But—

One second, two seconds, three seconds!

In just three seconds, Diana's divine power was broken through!

Immediately after, the violent, massive lightning reached Diana and blasted onto her instantly.

"Boom!"

Diana was hit head-on, the massive impact forcing her arms back and her body to lean backward, as if she would be blasted away in the next second.

At this moment, she suddenly and inexplicably thought of the scene when she first met Su Quan.

"Lightning will not harm me; on the contrary, it will become my power!"

Diana murmured softly.

Suddenly, time seemed to have been slowed down countless times at this moment!

She seemed to see Antiope and the others running toward her in worry, seemed to see the triumphant expression and crazy eyes on Ares's face, seemed—to see the surging and strengthening power within her own body!

"Bang!"

The power suddenly became solemn!

The massive azure lightning instantly surged into Diana's body, circling between her arms!

Immediately after, the massive lightning was like a fist that had been pulled back and then punched out violently, blasting back toward Ares in mid-air along the original path at an even faster speed!

"How, how could this be—"

Ares, who had only been proud for a few seconds, widened his eyes in disbelief. His divine power was already near exhaustion; if he were hit, he would die, he would really die!

Face?

Dignity?

Anger?

These were far less than the fear of death!

Ares had killed so many gods; he knew the desire and terror of falling better than anyone or any god.

Dodge!

Must dodge!

Ares frantically squeezed out the little remaining power he had, wanting to teleport and dodge the attack that was already close at hand.

Suddenly!

A hand reached from behind and pinched his neck forcefully, instantly sucking away the last bit of power he had managed to squeeze out!

"No!!!"

Ares shouted silently with despair in his eyes, and his whole body was instantly enveloped by the massive lightning.

"Boom!"

The lightning turned into specks of blue radiance, and along with Ares, who had already been crushed into particles, it slowly drifted down from the sky until it disappeared.

The colorful scene made everyone subconsciously look toward the sky.

In the sky, a figure slowly descended, illuminated by the blue radiance.

"Ding!"

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

Su Quan nodded secretly with satisfaction. He had timed his move perfectly; it had both cut off the possibility of Ares surviving and allowed him to personally farm the final drop reward.

Just as he landed, Diana and the Thor Corps hurried over.

They hadn't expected that Su Quan, who had been watching the battle, would make a move in that situation.

Obviously, Su Quan's move had cut off Ares's path to survival and completely ended the battle!

But what surprised them even more was—

That powerful force just now had blasted the God of War, Ares, into ashes, yet Su Quan was completely fine. His strength was too exaggerated, too terrifying, wasn't it?!

Su Quan's gaze swept over everyone, finally stopping on Antiope: "I am not too satisfied with your performance this time, especially you, the commander!"

Antiope lowered her head in silence: "Yes, I—"

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"I don't want to hear your apologies or self-reflections; what I want is your performance! After you go back, think carefully about how to train, how to improve your strength, especially in large-scale group battles!"

"Yes!"

Su Quan called Diana and Venilia over, then waved his hand to send the others back to Themyscira.

This portal magic of Kamar-Taj was indeed convenient. In addition to the conventional usage, this way of waving a portal toward the other party to teleport them directly was even more convenient and even more flashy.

(In Thor: Ragnarok, the way Doctor Strange teleports Thor and Loki to find Odin is this method.)

"Swish!"

Su Quan opened another portal in the conventional way, and on the other side of the portal was a spacious and bright living room.

"Where is this? Are we not going back to Themyscira?" Diana, who had come to the other side through the portal, looked around curiously.

"This is Washington, USA, in the human world. I bought this house when I had some free time a few days ago."

Su Quan explained simply to Diana and Venilia, who was also curious but hadn't forgotten her duties, and then looked at Doctor Poison, who had been almost invisible since her appearance.

Should one say she was unlucky?

She was the only one in the entire arsenal who survived.

Should one say she was lucky?

The moment she appeared, she was bound by Venilia, who had identified her, with the Lasso of Truth, and it hadn't been undone yet.

"I'll give you a chance to choose freely: life or death?"

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— Author's Notes —

PS: Tomorrow is the 1st of October; I wish everyone a happy National Day!