"Boom!" With a loud bang, the massive sea god, Xiao Wu, with her blue hair, was sent flying like a shooting star at a third cosmic velocity, drenched in blood. She crashed straight into the core of the simulated black hole's explosion, into that patch of torn spatial turbulence.
Only Xiao Wu, who had always been focused on Tang San and had never taken her eyes off him, could react to Ma Hongjun's sudden attack. She charged forward without hesitation, taking the fatal blow for Tang San.
"No, Xiao Wu!"
Tang San, who had always been calm and composed, and who could even feign righteousness in the face of death to earn the goodwill of the gods, could no longer maintain his composure. He charged like a madman toward the distorted spatial turbulence.
The collision of the Trial of the Three Worlds and the simulated black hole created an unprecedented chaos.
Divine power, gravity, spatial energy, and other forces tangled and overlapped, making the explosion's center a complete mess.
In this core area where various forces ran rampant, even a God-King would not dare to approach easily.
The Golden Dragon King was also stained with blood, his scales shattered. He barely managed to escape with his severely injured body.
And the sea god, Xiao Wu, who had taken a full-power God-King strike head-on and was already severely injured, was in imminent danger.
In just an instant, the Sea God's Suit on Xiao Wu's body was torn to shreds by the rampaging chaotic forces. Her figure was mercilessly swept away by the spatial turbulence and finally disappeared into the God Realm.
Feeling Xiao Wu's aura completely vanish from the God Realm, Tang San fell into complete madness.
His eyes were bloodshot. Wielding the Asura Blood Sword, he frantically sent out bloody sword lights, desperately trying to cut into the chaotic and distorted area, hoping to find a trace of Xiao Wu.
Seeing this, everyone was silent.
The Sea God's deep affection for Xiao Wu was well-known to all the gods in the God Realm. In the God Realm, there were very few gods as devoted as Tang San.
Precisely because of Tang San's devotion, many goddesses had a good impression of him, and they were also incredibly envious of Xiao Wu.
Even the God of Destruction, who had many conflicts with Tang San, had to admit that Tang San's deep affection for Xiao Wu was no less than his love for the Goddess of Life.
Despite his many grievances against Tang San, he still deeply admired Tang San's devotion.
Xiao Wu had taken a full-power attack from Ma Hongjun and had fallen into the spatial turbulence created by the simulated black hole explosion. The chances of her survival were minimal, less than one in ten thousand.
In such a terrifying environment, even a God-King entering would likely perish, let alone Xiao Wu, who was only a first-level god.
"God of Phoenix, why would you do such a thing?"
At this moment, the God of Destruction, the God of Evil, the Goddess of Goodness, and the Goddess of Life quickly surrounded the God of Phoenix, Ma Hongjun. The Goddess of Life asked Ma Hongjun with a face full of confusion.
She was not unfamiliar with Ma Hongjun. She knew that he was a god who ascended with the Sea God back then.
Although after ascending to the God Realm, Ma Hongjun had always lived a low-key life in his own divine domain and was not known by many gods, the Goddess of Life, who had a good relationship with Tang San's family, had met Ma Hongjun.
Precisely because of this, she was especially confused. Ma Hongjun was undoubtedly a firm supporter of Tang San and was as close as a brother to him. Why would he launch such a vicious sneak attack on Tang San?
What puzzled her even more was when Ma Hongjun had become so powerful?
That strike just now, which was on par with a God-King, was not as strong as the God of Destruction or the Golden Dragon King, but it was in no way inferior to the God of Evil and the Goddess of Goodness.
One must know that the latter two were real God-Kings, while Ma Hongjun was only a second-level god! As one of the three great enforcers of the God Realm, the Goddess of Life could clearly sense that the God of Phoenix's divine throne, located in the God Realm's core, was still a second-level divine throne and had not been promoted.
For a second-level god to be able to unleash a God-King level attack was truly unbelievable.
"Fatty, have you gone mad? What in the world are you doing?"
At this moment, Dai Mubai and the others also rushed over. They looked at Ma Hongjun with heartache, completely unable to understand why he had suddenly gone crazy.
"Ma Hongjun!" No matter how many swords he swung, Tang San, who couldn't split open the spatial turbulence to find Xiao Wu, looked at Ma Hongjun with bloodshot eyes filled with murderous intent.
After roaring, he swung the Asura Blood Sword. A bloody sword light filled with killing intent shot out like lightning, heading straight for Ma Hongjun.
This strike was a true full-power attack from a God-King, condensing all of Tang San's anger, fully showing his rage at this moment.
At this moment, he had no intention of finding out the reason for Ma Hongjun's betrayal. He only wanted to kill Ma Hongjun to avenge Xiao Wu.
"Third Brother! No!"
Ning Rongrong and the others' faces instantly turned pale. The scene of brothers fighting each other to the death was heartbreaking for them.
However, just as the bloody sword light was about to hit Ma Hongjun, an arm wrapped in golden armor suddenly reached out and easily crushed the bloody sword light.
A handsome young man in golden armor, with short golden hair standing on end and blood-red vertical pupils, appeared beside Ma Hongjun. It was the Golden Dragon King in human form.
"You've finally decided to act, Herrscher of Disease. Join me and let's destroy this God Realm completely!"
The Golden Dragon King's face was slightly pale. It was clear that the explosion from the collision of the simulated black hole and the Trial of the Three Worlds had also severely injured him. He had no choice but to transform into a human to avoid more serious injuries.
After all, with his body's huge size, the area that would be hit by an attack was too large.
Seeing the Golden Dragon King standing with Ma Hongjun, the God of Destruction's expression was grave. He asked in a deep voice, "God of Phoenix, when did you get together with the Golden Dragon King?"
It was obvious that Ma Hongjun and the Golden Dragon King had colluded, but no one knew when they started to conspire.
Could it be that the last time the Golden Dragon King broke the seal, it was the God of Phoenix's doing behind the scenes?
Ma Hongjun, who had no idea he was being saddled with a huge, baseless accusation, calmly looked at the gods surrounding him.
Seeing Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong's looks of disbelief and Tang San's murderous eyes, he slowly said, "I am not the God of Phoenix. The gods gave me a sword, eternal flames wrapped around me, a spark that can ignite a prairie fire. I am the Herrscher of Disease."
As soon as he finished speaking, a blazing flame shot up into the sky, and then it quickly compressed and condensed. Ma Hongjun's appearance instantly underwent a drastic change.
His torso was covered in dark red crystalline scales, his joints exposed with molten gold-colored bones, and cracks leaked incandescent Honkai energy.
A miniature star, which continuously released energy, was embedded in his chest. The outer layer of the core was wrapped in a chain-like seal.
His fiery red hair turned into flowing plasma, spiraling dark red horns grew from his forehead, and his eyes melted into empty sockets, with only two clusters of white-gold flames dancing within.
Four twisted flame wings spread from his back. Each flap caused the surrounding space to distort from the high temperature.
This was Ma Hongjun's Herrscher of Flames mode.
"Hahaha, that's right, this is what you look like! Herrscher of Disease, unleash your power to your heart's content! Let these gods witness the might of us Herrschers! We are the true gods."
The Golden Dragon King threw his head back and laughed. He then activated the core of the Herrscher of Earth.
As the dark golden light spread out, a black gravitational wave covered his body.
The Golden Dragon King was now about 2.5 meters tall. His entire body was tightly wrapped in dark golden armor. Ring-shaped gravitational well devices were embedded in his forearms and calves.
His golden hair shimmered with the brilliance of diamond fragments. A pair of spiraling tungsten steel dragon horns grew from his forehead. His face was covered by a semi-transparent crystal mask, and dots of stardust seeped out from the cracks in the mask.
A gravitational crown, composed of seven miniature neutron stars, floated behind his back. The stars were connected by high-density meteorite chains.
The Golden Dragon King also directly transformed into his Herrscher of Earth form. He and Ma Hongjun, who was in his Herrscher of Flames form, resonated with each other. The terrifying power released by the two Herrschers formed a standoff against the gods of the God Realm.
"As expected, someone is plotting against our God Realm in the shadows, using the Golden Dragon King and the God of Phoenix. They are still themselves, but they also seem to no longer be themselves."
The Goddess of Life sighed helplessly.
She had long felt that something was wrong. The Golden Dragon King's unsealing, his new ability to control gravity, and his power, which was far greater than before, all pointed to someone secretly helping him. Otherwise, the sealed Golden Dragon King would never have gained new power and successfully broken the seal.
Coupled with the God of Phoenix's sudden betrayal and the God-King level combat power he now displayed, although he was not as strong as the Golden Dragon King and the God of Destruction, he was a genuine God-King level.
All signs indicated that an invisible pair of hands was manipulating everything from behind the scenes.
But she simply couldn't figure out how this mastermind managed to avoid the five God-Kings and directly influence the Golden Dragon King and the God of Phoenix.
For the person behind the scenes to have such power, their strength must be terrifying.
But why would they use the Golden Dragon King and the God of Phoenix to cause chaos in the God Realm? The Goddess of Life thought and thought, but she could never find an answer.
"Fatty, what is going on? Why have you become like this? Are you still the Ma Hongjun we knew? Are you still our brother?"
Dai Mubai's heart was filled with pain. He slowly closed his eyes and asked Ma Hongjun in a hoarse voice.
Ma Hongjun's sneak attack on Tang San, which led to Xiao Wu's death, was truly an unforgivable act. It seemed that brothers fighting each other to the death was a foregone conclusion, but Dai Mubai still wanted to know the truth no matter what.
"The pain in my heart, the long-standing resentment, and the endless unwillingness, like a spark, ignited the roaring flames of destruction and gave me a new 'life.' I have never been so sober. I am the calamity of civilization. I will give you all equal destruction."
At this moment, Ma Hongjun, or more accurately, the Herrscher of Disease, had his original personality completely replaced by the Herrscher personality, and he had completely embarked on the path of destruction.
His deep, countless years of longing for his wife, Bai Chenxiang, had all turned into the flames of anger under the erosion of time.
He loathed the cruel and ruthless rules of the God Realm, resented Tang San's inaction in the face of his plight, and hated his own cowardice and insignificance from before.
All these emotions intertwined, ultimately prompting him to become the Herrscher of Flames, vowing to ignite everything and turn everything into nothing.