Chapter 425: Chapter 425: The Wine Martial Soul Divine Ability— Drunken Sea, Myriad Whales Dance; The Sword Lord Is Also the Strongest Support God

All the gods rushed to every corner of the Divine Realm, joining forces to construct vast barriers of divine power, completely blocking the torrential meteor storm pouring down from the heavens.

At the core of the battlefield, however,

Li Zhexian and the Asura God were battling the Golden Dragon King.

Dark-golden divine radiance flowed over both of the Golden Dragon King’s claws as they slammed down toward the two of them.

The mere gale of claw wind alone blew apart incoming clusters of meteors like dust.

"Slash!"

Li Zhexian and the Asura God exchanged a glance, their coordination instantaneous.

The Qinglian Sword and the Asura Sword rang out together. One sword qi was clear as crystal glass, the other crimson like a spring of blood, crossing as they cleaved toward the two dragon claws.

CLANG—!!!

The violent clash of metal rang out.

The soundwaves became tangible shockwaves that swept outward.

Some gods who were slightly closer felt their heads buzzing violently and hurriedly retreated farther away.

A numbing sensation traveled through Li Zhexian’s sword hand. He staggered back, his heart tightening.

The Golden Dragon King’s physical body was already powerful enough to directly contend with both the Qinglian Sword and the Asura Sword.

"In the past, the Dragon God relied solely on physical might to sweep through the Divine Realm, undefeated even against super-divine tools."

"This Golden Dragon King truly deserves to be the inheritor of the Dragon God’s body."

The Asura God held the faintly trembling blood sword horizontally before Himself.

The web of his thumb had already split, and dark red divine blood soaked the blade, which instead caused the killing intent of the blade’s edge to become even more intense.

"It wants to devour me." Killing intent erupted in Li Zhexian’s eyes. "What a coincidence. I am also very interested in its Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone."

As his words fell, he and the Asura God suddenly struck with their swords.

"Shaking Light!"

"Sword Qi Slaughtering the Heavens!"

As their sword intent surged,

The light of the stars within this celestial region was drawn away.

It transformed into tens of thousands of flowing streams of starlight, converging at the tip of the Qinglian Sword, condensing into an incomparably frigid stellar sword beam.

The Asura God likewise drove the Authority of Slaughter to its utmost.

The killing intent unleashed by a single sword stroke condensed into rolling blood clouds behind him.

The Golden Dragon King opened its massive jaws.

A stream of golden dragon breath spewed forth, rushing straight toward the two sword lights.

Where the dragon breath passed, stars were silently annihilated, space folding and shattering inch by inch.

Three forces of destruction collided head-on.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Energy storms raged and swept across the battlefield.

The center of the battlefield was turned into an absolute dead zone.

The gods who were resisting the meteor star rain felt their hearts tremble at this sight.

This Golden Dragon King was indeed terrifying—actually able to forcibly receive the joint strike of the Sword Lord and the Asura God.

As the storm gradually subsided—

Li Zhaixian and the Asura God emerged, solemn expressions tinged with a trace of understanding.

Especially Li Zhaixian.

After this probing exchange—

He had sensed the limits of their respective powers.

"The Dragon God’s level... I may still fall short for now."

He lightly brushed the stardust from his robe,

Raised the Qinglian Sword,

And pointed it from afar toward the golden dragon encircled by stars.

"But a Golden Dragon King who has merely inherited part of the Dragon God’s power..."

The Asura God was about to charge forward—

When Li Zhexian moved ahead of him.

"Asura, cover me!"

The Asura God stared at the white-robed figure rushing toward the Golden Dragon King, his blood-red brows knitting together.

The Sword Lord intends to face the Golden Dragon King alone?

Li Zhexian’s tiny, dust-like figure stood in extreme contrast to the dragon body that dominated the starfield.

Yet—

The eleven sword-intent laws of differing attributes erupting around him were like divine light that split heaven and earth, surging skyward.

CLANG!

CLANG!

CLANG!

Blazing Frost Sword Intent, Clear Wind Sword Intent, Thunder Sword Intent...

One resplendent sword qi after another spanned the heavens, colliding madly with the Golden Dragon King’s claws.

Each collision detonated rings of destructive ripples, the clangor of metal echoing without end.

"Exhilarating!"

Li Zhexian’s laughter shook the starry expanse, his eyes growing brighter the longer he fought.

Neither the Asura God nor the God of Destruction had ever allowed him to fight with such unrestrained exhilaration.

The Golden Dragon King’s physical body had reached an immortal level—each claw strike carried the might to shatter all laws, even stirring the space-time laws around Li Zhexian into chaotic turmoil.

A surge of shock rose within the Golden Dragon King’s heart.

The sharpness of this unfamiliar God King’s sword far exceeded all expectations, and the profundity of his sword dao was something it had never witnessed across endless ages.

Even though its dragon body could forcibly contend with super–divine tools,

Every single strike from the opponent landed with absolute precision—again and again on the very same spot.

Splurt!

Dragon blood splashed across the starry sky.

On its dragon claws, sword scars now crisscrossed densely, faintly revealing the golden dragon bones within.

The long-forgotten pain ignited the Golden Dragon King’s ferocity. All reason vanished from its crimson dragon pupils, leaving only madness bent on destruction.

"ROAR—!"

It neither dodged nor evaded the incoming sword qi.

Both dragon claws slammed out violently.

It allowed the sword qi to tear through its scales, dragon blood cascading into the cosmos like waterfalls.

Then—

It twisted its massive body.

That dragon tail, stretching like an endless mountain range, swept horizontally across the battlefield.

Where the tail passed,

Stars exploded one after another like firecrackers.

Even the gods far outside the combat zone were battered by the escaping shockwinds, their divine light flickering violently.

Li Zhexian raised his sword horizontally before him.

BOOM!

He was sent flying to the frontier of the Divine Realm, smashing into a dead star.

The Golden Dragon King gave him no time to breathe. Its colossal body crushed through space itself, charging savagely toward that dead star.

"Zhexian!" Qian Renxue, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others cried out in alarm.

The Asura God, who was covering him, raised his blood sword.

Right at this critical moment, a mellow aroma of wine suddenly diffused, filling this star region in an instant.

"Ang~~~~!"

A vast, ancient whale’s cry echoed through the void.

Under the horrified gazes of the gods, the dead star exploded apart.

A gigantic whale formed of immortal brew surged forth, raising towering waves of alcoholic spray as it crashed head-on into the Golden Dragon King.

Splurt!

Like the rippling of water—

The immortal-brew whale collapsed at the instant it collided with the dragon body, transforming into an endless, aromatic ocean that drowned the entire starfield.

All gods bathed in this immortal brew felt their bodies grow light.

Divine power that had nearly been exhausted from resisting the meteor star rain recovered to peak condition within mere breaths.

Moreover, a host of positive buffs—agility, regeneration, spiritual nourishment, and more—descended upon them, causing divine radiance to erupt from their bodies and their auras to surge dramatically.

In stark contrast,

All manner of negative effects—

Corrosion, sluggishness, potent poison, confusion...

Swept toward the Golden Dragon King.

"What... what kind of divine power is this?!"

Looking at the white-robed youth stepping upon wine waves—his cheeks flushed with drunken color, yet his eyes still bright—shock filled the gods’ faces.

"Such terrifying amplification over such a vast range..."

"Even the Flower God, the Food God, and the Nine-Colored Goddess can’t compare!"

"The Sword Lord actually concealed such heaven-defying support abilities!"

"I am willing to honor the Sword Lord as the number one god of the Divine Realm!"

Ji Dong stared at the Clear Spring Wine Gourd floating beside Li Zhexian, envy practically spilling from his eyes.

"No one is more suited to the Record of Wine Brewing than the Sword Lord."

At the center of the battlefield,

The Asura God’s tense expression finally relaxed, and an unprecedented blaze of fighting intent ignited deep within his eyes.

"With such an opponent, how could the Divine Realm ever know loneliness? One day, I will surpass the Sword Lord!"

The Golden Dragon King’s physical body had reached the realm of indestructible immortality; none of the negative effects were able to take hold.

Li Zhexian swept his hand outward.

The immortal-brew ocean blanketing the starry sky abruptly collapsed, transforming into countless trillions of crystalline droplets suspended in the deep void.

In the next instant,

Every single drop of immortal brew throughout the void, amid waves of ancient whale calls, transformed into gigantic whales formed entirely of immortal brew.

"Clear Spring Wine Gourd — Seventh Spirit Ability: Martial Soul True Body · Drunken Sea, Myriad Whale Dance."

With flushed cheeks, Li Zhexian scooped up a handful of immortal brew and poured it into his mouth.

This was precisely the sole Spirit Ability granted to the Wine Martial Soul by the Deep-Sea Demon Whale King—

Bestowing the million-year Martial Soul True Body of the Wine Martial Soul with the form of whales.

One enormous whale after another churned the starry sky, converging into an unending torrent of whales.

Its momentum was so overwhelming that even the Golden Dragon King’s colossal dragon body was swallowed within this surging whale tide.