Chapter 213: It wasn't just a death blow I dealt

Above the sky, the hurricane stirred up by the thunder lion and the scarlet blood-Qi confronted each other, resulting in a brief stalemate.

Ares sneered, his entire body covered in a scarlet, blood-like hue.

The instant that blood-color appeared, Su Nian felt the blood throughout his entire body burning; at this moment, his skin visibly flushed red, and blood even spilled from the corners of his mouth.

He felt his strength, his physique, his Authority, and even his Spirit Status being plundered—brutally plundered.

In contrast, Ares displayed the opposite state; his momentum surged in an instant, and at this moment, his body began to swell as scarlet patterns emerged on his skin.

This was a sign that the power exceeded Ares's limit of endurance, and he could only barely withstand the power plundered from Su Nian by expanding his body.

"This is somewhat beyond Laozi's expectations; your physique is actually so strong that it makes me unable to bear it and enter this state."

The essence of the War Authority held by Ares is plunder—the plunder of benefits.

Having fully launched a war, he can link to his subordinate gods to gather collective power into himself, or he can seize the power of his enemies through the initiation of war.

And now, he has used the characteristics of war to plunder Su Nian's physique and life force.

In fact, the target of the plunder was the Leo Sun Authority, but the Spirit Status of the Leo Sun Authority currently fused with the lion was clearly higher than Ares's current Avatar.

The characteristic of war—plunder—is naturally fearless when plundering existences weaker than oneself, but it is not so effective when facing existences stronger than oneself.

The connection between Su Nian and the Fifth Familiar, Leo Sun Authority, is very tight, so Ares could bypass the Leo Sun Authority and directly plunder Su Nian's physique.

And a very coincidental matter is that Su Nian's Spirit Status at this time is only at the ordinary Four-digit level; well, his Merit was all used to pay off debts, so the improvement of his Spirit Status has been relatively limited.

However, what was beyond Ares's expectation was that, clearly, in the instant just now, he had already plundered Su Nian's physique and his life force; Su Nian should have died directly at this time.

But it doesn't matter; it won't be too late to kill Su Nian after he kills this troublesome lion.

"Come on, let's fight! If you're a man, come and fight Laozi; what kind of skill is hiding and sneaking around?"

Ares roared and cursed, wanting to use this to force Su Nian to appear.

At the same time, his massive, crimson palm slapped toward the Leo Sun Authority, relying on the physique and life force plundered from Su Nian to kill Su Nian's Familiar.

Caught off guard, Ares's two massive hands had already neared the Leo Sun Authority, and the fifth Pumptos (the name of the fifth Vessel) felt a strong sense of threat.

I'm going to die, right! If it just slaps down like this, I'll definitely die, right!

The Leo Sun Authority erupted with all its power, and endless thunder burst open above the sky; the entire space above the City of the End was, at this moment, shrouded in dark clouds accompanied by rumbling sounds and electric light.

If a single trace of the powerful electric current were to leak out carelessly, the entire City of the End would instantly turn into a barren land like glass.

But even such powerful thunder, when facing Ares, who had at this time plundered Su Nian's physique, merely left a black dot on his skin.

Su Nian once again had a deeper understanding of the strength of his own physique, and this understanding came under the circumstance of someone else plundering his physique and life force.

The giant palm, red like flowing magma, slapped down!

The next moment, a loud noise stirred up a powerful sonic boom!

Slap!!!

It was as if he wanted to swat the Leo Sun Authority to death like a mosquito.

Only when Ares looked at his palm, it was empty inside, without even any residual lightning.

Immediately, he raised his head, looked at Su Nian, who was sitting on the head of the Leo Sun Authority and gently stroking it, and let out a "ho."

"Shrinking turtle, have you finally come out?"

Hearing this, Su Nian sighed, raised his head, rubbed his brow, and said.

"I admit, I overestimated your character."

Who could have thought that the War God of Greece was such a disgusting thing.

【War】 that plunders the power of others, forcibly plundering everything from existences weaker than him.

Has he really pushed bullying the weak to the extreme? Then what should he do when facing a guy stronger than himself?

Alright, almost forgot, this guy can also gather the power of his subordinate gods, Sons of God, and those who believe in him collectively onto himself.

If one adds the rumored War Legion composed of Ares's Sons of God.

Then Ares's fighting style is very obvious: to achieve the goal of elevating himself by plundering his enemies.

As for what to do when facing an existence that cannot be plundered? Then, of course, it's to raise the white flag directly.

Just this? And he's a War God? Su Nian thinks he's more of a rogue.

He really did not expect that one day he would be tripped up by the strength of his Spirit Status.

He had already underestimated the character of the Gods and Buddhas of Little Garden, but he discovered that the Gods and Buddhas of Little Garden might be even more bottomless than he thought.

"Character? Is that thing more useful than a loincloth?"

Ares sneered, then grinned, revealing his neat teeth, and said.

"Want to try running away? You can try to see if you can escape my battle domain, running away like a rotten-assed dame."

"Forget it, as expected, I still can't stand your foul language."

Su Nian sighed helplessly and snapped his fingers.

"Displacement!"

Almost in an instant, the current states of Su Nian and Ares were swapped; Su Nian swapped his state after being plundered by Ares with Ares's current state.

Suddenly, Su Nian returned to his normal state, and because of the Sun Sovereignty: Xu Dog within his body, it directly gave him a certain resistance the next time he faces this kind of Authority.

In fact, as early as the moment his physique and life force were being plundered, he could have resisted this state by relying on the Sun Sovereignty: Xu Dog.

However, he was more curious about what Ares's Authority actually was, so he just let it happen on purpose.

Ares's Authority really opened his eyes, one can only say.

Conversely, Ares, who had swapped states with Su Nian, was not doing any better, with his physique and life force both plundered away.

Ares had by now almost turned into a mummified corpse, able to maintain the existence of his consciousness only by relying on his remaining Divine Power.

After all, Ares is not like Su Nian, who is a Fourth Progenitor with negative life force; although usually, under his physique that is as powerful as a Star Spirit, this characteristic of negative life force is not apparent.

But when his life force was all plundered away, even if he owed life force, he could still jump around like a person with nothing wrong.

Su Nian looked at Ares in this state, sighed, and revealed a relaxed smile.

After seeing clearly the essence of Ares as a bully who picks on the weak, Su Nian was filled with contempt for him.

Su Nian's gaze flickered slightly; he raised his hand and slowly removed the glove he was wearing.

"The ones I despise most are those who bully the weak."

As Su Nian said this, he removed his bowtie, tossed the gloves and bowtie to the side, and even took off his coat and undid three buttons on his shirt.

Ares saw Su Nian's movements, frowned, and felt the killing intent rising from Su Nian's body.

The expression on his face gradually turned to terror.

"I surren—"

Before the words could finish, a palm grew larger and larger in Ares's eyes, infinitely larger.

Until it covered his entire field of vision, stopping all of his words.

Crack!

Su Nian grabbed Ares's face with one hand, his five fingers digging into his skull amidst a crunching sound, and said expressionlessly.

"Sorry, I don't care to listen to the lazy!"

It is enough to just kill an enemy; when Ares activated his Authority, he was truly aiming to kill him.

It is only natural for him to kill back, right?

Moreover, even his Authority is so shameless; who knows if Ares might have any thoughts of revenge.

So, for his own safety, if possible, Su Nian even wanted to kill Ares's true body on Mount Olympus along with him.

"You should be glad that I haven't developed 【Displacement】 to the level of an Authority, otherwise, it would be your true body here."

Su Nian's voice echoed softly in Ares's ear, followed by Ares's terrified expression as he was unable to make a sound.

Su Nian's waist and right arm suddenly exerted force!

Amidst a piercing sonic boom, he smashed Ares's head toward the ground.

The ground collided with the back of Ares's head, and with a thunderous roar, magma surged out.

The Artifact on Ares's right arm glowed with a cold light, blocking this blow for Ares.

"Tsk, not dead? Almost forgot, you have an Artifact on you."

Su Nian clicked his tongue in annoyance, then snapped his fingers.

"Displacement!"

The air was displaced with the Artifact on Ares's body.

Su Nian then picked up Ares's head again, preparing to smash it into the ground once more; in Ares's current state of hanging by a thread, perhaps the next hit would really kill him?

Many of those watching the battle seriously woke up in an instant, and they hurriedly tried to stop Su Nian from dealing a lethal blow to Ares.

"Hey! Kid from Arcadia, you better think clearly; if you kill this Avatar of Ares, you will have completely broken ties with the Greek God Group."

"Besides, killing this Avatar alone won't help; it will only provoke Ares's displeasure."

"Yeah, yeah, all this killing and fighting is so bad."

The situation between Su Nian and Ares had reversed too quickly; clearly, Ares had the upper hand a moment ago, so how did he fall into defeat the next?

For this group of bystanders, the best outcome was for no one to have any trouble, and ideally, to be able to build a good relationship with Su Nian and Greece.

But now, who could have imagined that even though Su Nian was chatting happily with Heracles just a moment ago, he would be ready to kill Ares the next?

And when facing the conflict between Su Nian and Ares, almost everyone stood on Greece's side.

After all, everyone was inclined to be a peacemaker, and Su Nian hadn't actually suffered any harm, right?

Furthermore, almost everyone believed that Su Nian, representing Arcadia, would not break ties with the Greek God Group.

After all, everyone knew that the biggest investor behind Arcadia was the Greek God Group, and even Su Nian had an ambiguous relationship with Athena.

Perseus's alliance with Arcadia was formed long before Su Nian made a name for himself.

In short, given the relationship between Su Nian and Greece, it was impossible for him to deal a lethal...

Looking at Ares, who was like a smashed watermelon on the ground, almost everyone was stunned.

Just now... what happened again?

Suddenly, my face hurts!

"Sorry, I don't allow a guy who threatens me to stay alive."

Su Nian took out a white towel and wiped his hands with a smile, as if explaining to the bystanders.

Among them, Su Nian's smile was exceptionally brilliant when facing a certain blonde goddess who had suddenly appeared directly in front of him.

Athena looked at the corpse under Su Nian's feet, which had lost most of its head, still wore a look of terror, and was dissipating in the wind, and sighed softly.

"You shouldn't have dealt a lethal blow, at least not after I arrived."

Killing in front of Athena and killing behind her back were two different concepts; the latter meant that at least she could pretend she knew nothing and brush it off.

But the former meant that Athena had to handle it seriously, handle it seriously as the successor to the God King.

It wasn't just a lethal blow that I dealt.

Su Nian raised the corners of his mouth and answered Athena in his heart.

If Athena returned to Mount Olympus at this moment and went to Ares's War God Temple, she should be able to see Ares, who was severely injured and as weak as a skeleton.

Although he had not yet developed his Magic of Displacement to the level of an Authority, it did not mean he could not consume Merit to temporarily strengthen it.

What was under his hand just now was not some Avatar of Ares, but his true body; otherwise, why would Ares have shown such a terrified expression?

Su Nian even borrowed a little power from Humanity's Final Trial to ensure the damage to Ares was deep enough and difficult to heal.

It was only because Ares was a Four-Digit Exceptional hiding in the lower levels, and one who could have become a Three-digit long ago, otherwise, it would be his corpse lying in the War God Temple right now.

A bit of a pity.

However, as of now, Ares would at least have to lie down for a few years before he could regain consciousness.

And within these few years, Su Nian was confident he could secretly finish Ares off completely.

This was his self-confidence.

To be honest, he actually did not want to have a falling out with the Greek God Group, and he had no intention of killing Ares.

But who told Ares to provoke him first? Besides, being targeted by Ouroboros put him in a very foul mood, and he needed a target to vent on.

Ares just happened to walk straight into the line of fire.

Moreover, his relationship with Heracles was quite good; strictly speaking, his relationship with the Greek God Group had not fallen apart.

It was just that the relationship could never be as close as it once was in Arcadia.

(End of chapter)