Chapter 293: Asura God's Inheritance: Asura God Extinction

After a fleeting moment of daze, Yang Xiong's complexion turned extremely ferocious.

At this moment Yang Xiong recalled his lifelong struggle, his lifelong strengthening; to make his power even greater, he had indeed left no stone unturned.

He not only acquired all kinds of resources, but also each time he desperately trained his body, each time he hovered between life and death, breaking his limits again and again.

Back then, whether it was the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan, or the Blood River of Killing City, or even the Tidal Body Forging on Sea God Island, he was repeatedly in desperate situations, repeatedly on the brink of collapse, his body seemingly melting each time.

But Yang Xiong survived each time, which gave him his current strength, the strength that truly resists fate.

All along Yang Xiong has been extremely unwilling; in the Douluo Shijie, Tang San is the undisputed Child of Destiny, and Qian Renxue possesses a godlike talent, while everyone else, aside from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, are merely cannon fodder.

Yang Xiong refuses to be cannon fodder, refuses to spend his life unable to escape a fate of being slaughtered, even a god cannot stop his strengthening, even a god cannot control his destiny.

At this moment Yang Xiong let out a roar; how could the Divine Sense matter? As long as he is strong enough, as long as he breaks through infinitely many times, he can surely stand shoulder to shoulder with the Divine Sense in his mortal body.

In this instant, Yang Xiong's mind recalled the situation in Killing City, the red light of the Asura God, the moves of the Asura God, and the earth‑shattering sword the Asura God wielded against the Dragon God.

In terms of power, the Dragon God could definitely crush the Five Great God Kings, and even the Asura God would be like an ant before the Dragon God.

But the Asura God did not give up; he unleashed the strongest sword in the world, a sword that pierced heaven and earth, a sword that shone across ages, a sword that seemed to rebuild the order of the world.

Now Yang Xiong was fiercely defiant, as if merging all his power into the Asura Demon Sword, using his full strength to unleash his strongest slash; this slash contained all of Yang Xiong's killing aura, all of his unwillingness, his challenge to the Divine Sense, and also the Asura God's preservation of order, like a mortal challenging a god.

What Yang Xiong did not know was that while he was fully focused, the blood‑red figure behind him actually changed, becoming exactly like the Asura God he had seen in the Asura God's Temple before.

After this all‑out slash, heaven and earth fell silent; even Qian Renxue's Angel Judgment turned to void in that instant, the blood‑red light locked onto Qian Renxue, as if to shatter the Angel God Inheritor into fragments.

This was Yang Xiong's full‑force strike, also the second technique the Asura God once used: Asura God Extinction.

Under this blow, Qian Renxue's Angel Judgment was shattered, the massive Six‑Winged Angel was smashed into pieces, and heaven and earth trembled in that instant, as if countless voices roared, as if countless people challenged the Divine Sense.

The huge Six‑Winged Angel was shattered in that instant, causing Qian Renxue to spit blood, yet even so, Qian Renxue was extremely terrified, as if standing on the brink of life and death.

At this critical moment, the long sword in Yang Xiong's hand subtly changed, and at the last instant it missed Qian Renxue's vital point, directly cutting off the Six‑Winged Angel's wings.

The entire sky resonated with Yang Xiong's words.

"You have been defeated!"

The once lofty Qian Renxue, struck by Yang Xiong's heavy blow, fell to the ground like a meteor; her entire body was riddled with horrific wounds, her golden battle armor stained crimson with blood, the blood spilling across the ground.

Even in the final moment, Qian Renxue seemed utterly stripped; Yang Xiong's final strike shattered all her confidence, shattered the lofty words she once spoke, and shattered the pride of her whole life.

Yang Xiong gradually regained his calm; the desperate momentum from before had completely vanished, and the Asura Demon Sword was sheathed.

Yang Xiong, looking at Qian Renxue's tragic state, couldn't help but shake his head, then sat cross‑legged on the ground to begin recovering his body.

In this battle Yang Xiong pushed his power to the limit, and even in the final instant he comprehended the second form of the Asura God's Inheritance: Asura God Extinction.

This technique is stronger and more domineering than the original Asura Judgment; if truly perfected, Yang Xiong doubts that using it could slay a god.

But at the last moment, Yang Xiong finally understood the meaning of the Asura God's Inheritance, and the purpose of the Asura God's trial.

The Asura seeks to end killing with killing, preserving the world's justice and order; although the Asura God and the Angel God are natural enemies, the world's order cannot rely solely on the Asura God—it requires everyone to uphold it.

Perhaps the Asura God had foreseen this; originally he deliberately told Yang Xiong that the later trial was not about ability, but about choice.

If Yang Xiong now chooses to kill Qian Renxue, or to render her useless, everything in this world would change, even the structure of the God Realm would shift.

Once Qian Renxue falls, not only Qian Daoliu will go mad, all the offerings of the Spirit Empire will go mad, and even Bibidong will also go mad; then order will completely collapse, and the Douluo World will become a furnace of torment.

But Yang Xiong has not yet become a god, nor even reached the Title Douluo level, so he lacks the power to establish order.

This is probably the Asura God's assessment of himself, also the choice issue the Asura God mentioned.

After Yang Xiong sat cross‑legged beside Qian Renxue for a long while, the gravely wounded Qian Renxue finally slowly regained consciousness.

Qian Renxue forced herself to sit on the ground despite the pain, her eyes filled with intense anger.

"Yang Xiong, you bastard, why did you hold back at the last moment, why didn't you just kill me outright?"

Yang Xiong shook his head: "Qian Renxue, you have lost. Your life is now in my hands; your former pride was just a joke."

Qian Renxue laughed like a madwoman.

"Yang Xiong, you didn't kill me to be charitable, to humiliate me now? I'd rather die than endure your humiliation."

Yang Xiong's face remained unusually calm: "No one intends to humiliate you. Our battle was fair and open; I won, you lost—that's the simplest outcome."

"As for why I didn't kill you, it's because your Angel Clan once contributed to the Douluo Continent, your Angel Clan maintained the continent's order, your Angel Clan once united humanity and organized humanity to oppose the Soul Beast Clan; without that, the Soul Master World would not have developed."

Qian Renxue retorted: "Is that the reason? We are natural enemies; whether it's the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect or the Asura, they are enemies of my Angel Clan, enemies of my Spirit Hall."

Yang Xiong's eyes showed a hint of contempt: "Is that all you see, such trivial things? No wonder you cultivated to the Ninety‑Eighth Level, yet you still cannot grasp the true meaning of the Angel God."

"All these years you've schemed and plotted, even for power and desire, squandering your time, wasting your talent, all for the Heaven Dou Empire's palace and its vile techniques; don't you feel you have betrayed the Tianshi Zu Shen?"

Hearing this, Qian Renxue fell silent; her whole life had been spent proving herself, proving herself to that woman, but years in the Heaven Dou Palace seemed to have made her lose herself.

Even after completing the seventh of the Angel Nine Examinations, she still could not face her own heart, could not confront her darkness, and only then launched this challenge.

Qian Renxue gritted her teeth, stood up; her eyes no longer held anger or hatred, but became unusually calm.

"Yang Xiong, I lost this time, but next time I will definitely not lose to you."

"If you spare me this time, and I later defeat you, I will spare your life as well; I, Qian Renxue, will never owe you in this lifetime."

Having said that, Qian Renxue endured the intense pain and slowly left the place.

Yang Xiong watched Qian Renxue's back and couldn't help shaking his head.

"This little Angel is rather interesting; unfortunately, those I defeat can never surpass me, even if they become gods."

After an unknown amount of time, Yang Xiong finally spoke lightly.

"Since the senior has arrived, why not reveal yourself for a meeting?"

Sure enough, as Yang Xiong's words fell, a golden figure slowly stepped out.

The person was strikingly handsome, appearing in his thirties, with long golden hair, dressed in very ordinary clothing.

Especially, this person emitted no soul power fluctuations, as if he were an ordinary person without soul power.

But Yang Xiong knew that anyone who could appear on Liang Yue Shan and silently observe this battle could not be an ordinary person; this alone proves that the individual's strength has reached the pinnacle of a Soul Grandmaster, even surpassing Qian Renxue.

The middle‑aged man appeared somewhat indifferent: "Young friend, you held back on your final move earlier; I am deeply grateful here."

Yang Xiong laughed: "Since Senior Qian Daoliu is present, what difference does it make whether I hold back on my final move? Either way I cannot kill Qian Renxue, and I would even put myself in death's path."

The newcomer is Qian Daoliu, also the true number‑one master on the Douluo Continent.

Compared with Tang Chen's fierce and domineering style, Qian Daoliu seems utterly calm, his soul power not a single ripple, which looks nothing like a top master, yet makes Yang Xiong feel a sense of returning to simplicity.

In terms of strength, Tang Chen has spent the past fifty years sinking in Killing City, while Qian Daoliu has been hidden in Douluo Hall training hard; his power is definitely stronger than Tang Chen's, and his realm is even higher.

Qian Daoliu laughed, "I am, after all, a renowned figure; I wouldn't be besieging a junior together with my own granddaughter. Moreover, you wield the Asura Demon Sword, and I doubt anyone in this world could hold you back."

"Furthermore, I am already an old man, and I have long ceased to meddle in the Soul Master World conflicts; this time I left Douluo Hall only because I worry about my granddaughter's safety."

(End of chapter)