Thunder God's Reincarnation

The Dragons watched with nervous expressions as Mu-Gun absorbed and harmonized the Spirit Kings’ divinities, knowing full well that their victory against the Demon God depended on his success. If he failed or ran out of time, defeating the Demon God, who would have fully recovered by then, would prove impossible.

The Dragons wanted to help Mu-Gun but had no means to. He had to solve this on his own. Much to their relief, the longer they waited, the more his energy stabilized. It was proof that the process was going smoothly.

The problem was time. If the Demon God appeared before Mu-Gun was done, they would be helplessly wiped out. The one-day ceasefire they had agreed on was almost over.

Once the Demon God recovered all his power, he would definitely come looking for them. The Dragons prayed earnestly for Mu-Gun to succeed before their enemy could find them.

However, their prayers did not reach the heavens.

While waiting, they sensed huge amounts of energy rapidly approaching the Centrion Mountain Range. The Dragons had no doubt that it belonged to the Demon God.

Sure enough, the Demon God soon came into view, flying from the distance with his dark fiery wings spread out. The Dragons’ faces stiffened, realizing that they were now in the worst-case scenario they could imagine. They looked back at Mu-Gun, but there were no signs of him waking up.

Blaze turned to Antalion.

- We have to hold him off no matter what.

Antalion’s expression stiffened.

- We cannot possibly deal with the Demon God on our own.

The Demon God hunting them down could only mean that he had already recovered all his power. Considering he was already a threat to Mu-Gun and the Dragons before, it would be impossible to stop him now without Mu-Gun. Even just stalling for time would likely be extremely difficult.

- It does not matter. The least we can do is try.

Thermeon nodded, agreeing with Blaze.

- I agree. We have no other choice. Let us hope that Argon will wake up before the Demon God can wipe us out and get to him.

- It has not even been long since we left God’s boundary, yet we are already about to risk being annihilated.

Antalion’s expression distorted.

- This would allow us to fulfill the mission that Dragon God Bracant had given us. It would be great if we could destroy the Demon God now that we have come this far, but if we are not strong enough to do that, we can at least lay down our lives for the one who can.

- This might lead to the Dragon clans’ extinction. I wonder if Dragon God Bracant hoped for this to happen as well.

- If we cannot defeat the Demon God, all living beings in Avalon would be wiped out anyway. We can only hope that our deaths will help stop that from happening.

- What does all this matter anyway? We cannot avoid fighting the Demon God. Let us stop this meaningless bickering and focus on the fight in front of us.

The other Dragons could not help but agree with Antalion. Now was not the time to have second thoughts. They should only be focusing on stopping the Demon God.

The six Dragons flew toward the Demon God and bombarded him with their Breaths. In response, the Demon God lightly waved his hand, conjuring a huge wave of dark flames and forming a barrier in front of him. On impact, the dark flames instantly devoured the Breaths.

When the Demon God recovered all his powers, his dark flames also grew stronger, gaining the Annihilation trait, which allowed it to absorb and nullify attacks at the same time. The destruction of the Breaths just now served as proof of that. It did not work on all attacks, but the Dragons’ offensive seemed far too weak to break through it.

The Dragons could only glare at the Demon God and his insurmountable power. In response, the Demon God chuckled. He then looked past them, finding Mu-Gun in a lotus position,

Sensing unusual energy coming from him, Baal realized that Mu-Gun was in the middle of gaining new powers right now. Based on the energy he felt, even he would not be able to guarantee victory if Mu-Gun succeeded. He had to kill him before then.

The Demon God stretched his hands toward Mu-Gun, sending a Demonic Dragon made of dark flames at him.

The Dragons hurriedly cast Tenth-Circle Dragon Tongue Magic to defend. However, even though their attacks were powerful enough to split the ground and sunder mountains, they all disappeared as soon as they collided with the Demonic Dragon, which also had the Annihilation trait.

After devouring the Dragon Tongue Magic in its way, the Demonic Dragon continued its charge toward Mu-Gun. The Dragons hurriedly used their Breaths again, but like before, they proved useless against the Demon God’s flames.

The Dragons panicked. If they failed to stop the Demonic Dragon now, it could devour Mu-Gun and destroy everything they had worked so hard for. They couldn’t let that happen. Having run out of options, Blaze threw himself in the Demonic Dragon’s path.

The Demonic Dragon opened its jaws and tried to sink its fangs into Blaze. Blaze mustered a powerful wind pressure with his two huge wings to blast it away, but his attack also dissipated as soon as it touched the dark flames.

The Demonic Dragon aimed its blazing jaws at Blaze’s neck. However, just before it could chomp down on him, a cluster of golden lights fell from the sky and penetrated its head. The lights then unleashed a chain of explosions from its head to its tail, wiping it out of existence.

Blaze and the other Dragons looked up. Mu-Gun hovered above them, engulfed in golden light. The Dragons brightened up at the sight.

“Thank you. Without you all, I would not have managed to absorb the Spirit Kings’ divinity safely,” Mu-Gun said. “You can rest now. I’ll deal with him.”

The Dragons retreated without any complaints. The blows they had treated with the Demon God earlier were enough evidence that they were no longer even mere threats to him. They would only be a hindrance if they stayed.

“I did not expect you to devour the Spirit Kings,” the Demon God said, clearly surprised.

“They were willing to sacrifice themselves to eradicate you.”

“Keke. Do you really believe you can take me down just because you have absorbed their divinity?” Baal questioned, seemingly finding the idea ridiculous.

“Yes, I do,” Mu-Gun answered, baffling Baal.

“Come. I will show you my true power.”

Dark flames blasted out of Baal and wrapped around him, taking the shape of a thirty-meter demon with dark fiery wings and dark horns. He had assumed his True Form.

Mu-Gun wore his Dragon Scale Divine Armor, which used three of the Dragons’ Mana Hearts as its core. The armor itself had divinity, which it transferred to its user, Mu-Gun, to increase his divinity.

Baal frowned, realizing that Mu-Gun’s divinity was far more powerful than he expected. Considering the situation, he could no longer guarantee his victory.

‘My decision backfired.’

Although Baal mistakenly believed that it would be beneficial for him to drag out the time, he did not regret it. It wouldn’t be easy, but he concluded that the odds were still in his favor.

“Let’s begin, shall we?”

Taking the initiative, Baal flew toward Mu-Gun, reaching him in the blink of an eye. He sent a Dark Flame Fist toward the Dragon Scale Divine Armor’s chest, but Mu-Gun simply thrust his knee up, deflecting the attack upward. Immediately after, he fired a Heavenly Descent Thunder Strike at Baal’s chest.

Golden palm energy extended from the Dragon Scale Divine Armor’s right hand and attempted to pierce through the Demon God. The distance and its speed gave him no time to dodge.

The Heavenly Descent Thunder Strike spread through the dark flames and struck the Baal in the chest. However, it disappeared just as it hit, devoured by the dark flames.

Taken aback, Mu-Gun momentarily hesitated. Capitalizing on this brief opening, Baal tried to punch Mu-Gun in the face, but the latter swiftly leaned back and stepped away. Baal extended both his hands and sent a Demonic Dragon after him.

Mu-Gun reached his arm out toward the Demonic Dragon as he conjured an Infinite Thunder Sword using the Infinite God Qi. The sword stretched forward like Sun Wukong’s Jingu Bang, piercing and shattering the Demonic Dragon into pieces.

The power of annihilation was not absolute. It could not affect forces stronger than itself. Hence, although it managed to nullify the Heavenly Descent Thunder Strike, it could not do anything against the Infinite Thunder Sword.

Following that information, Mu-Gun attacked the Demon God using the Infinite Thunder Sword. The Celestial Moonlight Sword Art techniques he unleashed through his weapon covered the sky and rained down on his target.

However, the Demon God easily blocked his attacks using the Dark Flame Shield, allowing him to launch a counterattack. Determined to end it with his next offensive, he summoned multiple Demonic Dragons far more powerful than the Dragons.

Despite the dozens of Demonic Dragons rampaging toward him, Mu-Gun stood his ground, summoning and launching Infinite Thunder Swords in quick succession. Each one stabbed through a Demonic Dragon and disappeared with it.

As the golden swords and the Demonic Dragons committed mutual destruction, Mu-Gun and Baal flew toward each other and unleashed a golden sword and a Demonic Dragon, respectively. Their attacks took out the other, preventing neither side from gaining the upper hand.

Realizing that trying to overwhelm Baal with brute force alone would get him nowhere, Mu-Gun summoned twice as many golden swords to overwhelm him with numbers instead. Baal did not back down from the challenge, increasing the number of his Demonic Dragons as well.

Golden swords and Demonic Dragons filled the sky above the Centrion Mountain Range. Just like before, the two techniques destroyed each other, filling the sky with golden sparks and dark embers. From a distance, the colorful explosions likely looked like a fireworks display.

Before the explosions subsided, Mu-Gun and Baal once again doubled their golden swords and Demonic Dragons. Their clash created a shockwave so powerful that it sent tremors throughout the entire Centrion Mountain Range, yet neither managed to tilt the tide of the battle in their favor this time either.

Unable to kill the Demon God with the Infinite Thunder Swords, Mu-Gun realized he needed to launch a far more powerful offensive.