Chapter 149

Then he used the King of Gluttony to devour the monkey.

After completing all this, Li An felt Pan Duola's call to himself.

But he did not rush to the Netherworld; instead, he seized Qingqiu Yuan Lan beside him, teleported above the Western Heaven Palace, and slashed down once more.

In an instant, the Western Heaven Palace was utterly destroyed.

Qingqiu Yuan Lan, witnessing this, had no words left to say.

Li An teleported back to the hotel, released Qingqiu Yuan Lan, tore open space, and departed for the Netherworld.

At this moment, Pan Duola had already been waiting.

"Li An, you're amazing! You've slain the Great Sage Equaling Heaven!" Pan Duola said joyfully the moment she saw Li An arrive.

Li An stepped forward and pulled her into his arms: "If I weren't powerful, how could I conquer you, little demoness?"

Pan Duola's face flushed red, and she spat at Li An.

Next, she summoned the Ring of Usurpation and began the Dark Christmas Ritual.

Since the monkey's corpse had been devoured by Li An, it could not be sacrificed; thus, the ritual was changed to a soul offering.

As the ritual commenced, Li An felt a surge of curse energy flow into his body.

But all this curse energy was assimilated and absorbed by his divine power, further increasing the total amount of his divine power.

In addition, there was the inheritance of authority.

A newly ascended Godslayer cannot perceive the inherited authority at first; it requires specific conditions to activate.

Moreover, the authority has no name—Godslayers name it themselves, or the Xianrenyi Society helps name it.

This time, the authority Li An received was the Eight-Nine Profound Art!

In fact, the original Journey to the West does not mention the Eight-Nine Profound Art; the monkey's cultivation technique is called the Great Celestial Immortal Decree. But fan authors are too numerous, especially in Honghuang novels—those authors never even read the original, so they assigned the Eight-Nine Profound Art from Yang Jian in the Investiture of the Gods to the monkey.

Perhaps because most people regard the monkey's past life as Yuan Hong, who cultivated the Eight-Nine Profound Art in the Investiture of the Gods, fan authors have written increasingly absurd versions.

Gradually, the idea that the monkey possesses the Eight-Nine Profound Art has been widely accepted and recognized.

The deities of the Godslayer World originate from myths and human history; many Unsubmissive Gods have multiple aliases.

For example, Verethragna is not only the Persian god of war, but also Bahram of the Baihuo Sect and Indra of Hinduism!

Due to the factors of Investiture of the Gods, Honghuang, and fan fiction, the monkey has acquired another alias: the Four Wastes Star, Yuan Hong!

Precisely because of this, Li An received the authority of the Eight-Nine Profound Art.

This authority has four primary attributes: Battle, Transformation, Law of Heaven and Earth, and Indestructible Gold!

Battle is combat instinct; using this ability grants mastery of all martial arts, elevating every single one to the Divine Realm level, while also granting Divine Realm-level combat awareness!

It is somewhat similar to the Free Will Technique from Dragon Ball, but a weakened version.

It is also very similar to the Camel Avatar in the Eastern War God, but the Camel Avatar only grants Divine Realm-level kicking techniques, whereas Battle grants Divine Realm-level mastery in all martial arts!

Transformation is the Seventy-Two Transformations; it allows transformation into any object, and when transformed into a species, one gains that species' abilities and innate talents.

This offers little benefit to Li An, since he already possessed Omnipotent Transformation.

Moreover, the King of Gluttony has the abilities of devouring and mimicry.

Law of Heaven and Earth is formidable—a divine technique that enlarges the body into a miniature universe for battle, granting infinite divine power reinforcement!

The original Journey to the West describes Law of Heaven and Earth thus: "When this divine technique is activated, the caster becomes one with heaven and earth, mirroring their scale, imitating heaven and emulating earth, towering as high as heaven and as vast as earth—a skill that matches the height of heaven and earth, belonging to the greatest divine arts!"

In other words, using this authority transforms the user into a miniature universe, endowed with infinite power reinforcement!

Indestructible Gold is the Steel Blessing possessed by Steel Hero Gods, granting the flesh the hardness and weight of steel to protect one's divine power!

Of course, "steel" is merely a metaphor for extreme hardness—not actual steel-level rigidity.

Ordinary Godslayers' bodies are already harder than steel, let alone with the Steel Blessing.

The weakness of the Steel Blessing is high heat, yet even then, it can withstand solar flare-level thermal attacks for over ten minutes with only sunburned skin.

This reveals just how terrifying the Steel Blessing is.

However, Li An's Indestructible Gold is even stronger than ordinary Steel Blessing.

Not only is its defense greater, its heat resistance is also superior.

Moreover, Indestructible Gold does not increase the user's weight like Steel Blessing does.

After activating Indestructible Gold, the body retains its original weight, leaving agility unaffected.

Additionally, Steel Blessing requires neither oxygen nor food; even if one remains submerged in water or in a vacuum for years, one will not die.

This is of no consequence to Li An.

After all, he is now a Divine Race being—he can survive without eating, drinking, or breathing.

Don't forget—he possesses the Eternal Authority!

That is true immortality!

After familiarizing himself with the new authority, Li An said to Pan Duola: "Wait for me a moment—I'll be right back!"

He then teleported out of the Netherworld.

Returning to the real world in Sakura Country, Li An found Qingqiu Yuan Lan again and teleported with her back to the Qingqiu Yuan residence.

"In your capacity as head of the family, summon your granddaughter, Qingqiu Yuan Hina!" Li An ordered Qingqiu Yuan Lan.

"Hina? Has that child offended you?" Qingqiu Yuan Lan asked, visibly tense.

"No. Just do as I say!" Li An's tone grew stern.

"Yes!" Qingqiu Yuan Lan jumped, and immediately complied.

Soon, she summoned her granddaughter, Qingqiu Yuan Hina, in the name of the family head.

"Grandmother, why did you summon me?" A clear, melodious voice echoed through the hall.

Immediately after, Li An saw a beautiful young girl enter, wearing a school uniform with long, straight black hair.

Behind her back was a simple, ancient longsword—the very national treasure of Sakura Country, the Tensōun Sword!

Li An flashed behind the girl in an instant, and before she could react, he snatched the Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi away from her.

Seishuuin Ran saw that Li An's target was the Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

She was deeply afraid her Sun Nu had offended this god-slaying fiend.

However, Seishuuin Ena did not know who Li An was; her own sword had been snatched, and she immediately raged, "Who are you? Why are you stealing my things?"

Even as the girl questioned him, she had already made her move against Li An.

But Li An merely narrowed his eyes, and an invisible barrier trapped the girl on the spot.

"Damn it, what kind of ability is this?" the girl slapped at the invisible barrier wall, saying furiously.

"Shut up, Ena, say no more!" Seishuuin Ran hurriedly cut the girl off.

Seishuuin Ena looked at her own grandmother with a face full of incomprehension and asked, "Why? That was the sword Grandpa gave me!"

Seishuuin Ran's face turned bitter as she reminded her, "This one is the seventh God-Slayer, His Highness Li An, the God King. You must not be rude!"

Seishuuin Ena's expression finally changed upon hearing this.

A God-Slayer!

That was the Demon King who stood supreme over the world!

Li An paid no attention to the Meiyouli Society of grandmother and granddaughter; after he obtained the Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, he immediately used it as Susanoo's subordinate deity to lock down Susanoo's coordinates in the Underworld.

"You old thing, daring to scheme to trap the Monkey, keeping him like livestock — today is your time of death!" A cruel smile curled at the corner of Li An's mouth as he directly tore open space and stepped into the Underworld.