Chapter 386: The Might of the Main God
The strange scene had no audience, as Cai Ning and the others had already fled the base, leaving only Yang Chen, Ares, and the unconscious Lin Zhiguo in the vast base.
Ares sneered, "Not bad, you've piqued my interest. You've got a decent grasp of spatial laws."
"It's only my second time using it, but this kind of thing doesn't really get rusty or more skilled with practice. It's just how it is," Yang Chen replied.
"In that case..." Ares licked his lips, excitement gleaming in his eyes, "Let's begin."
Yang Chen glanced at the large screen on the high platform, seeing the two Sandstorm warriors still holding the divine stone without any action. Only then did he turn back to Ares. "You're not going to have your men kill my family halfway through the fight, right?"
Ares snorted, "Do you think I'm like those idiots? In my dictionary, there's no word for 'blackmail.' If I want something, I take it by force! If I want the divine stone, no one can stop me. Today, I'm here to send you to reincarnation. Once you're done, I'll take the divine stone back to the Middle East."
Yang Chen shrugged, "It seems that's not entirely true. Five hundred years ago, Athena sent you 'reincarnating,' and she soon followed. Now that you're awake, she might be too. What if she comes to fight you again?"
"Hmph, do you think I'm afraid of her? She only used her 'prophecy' to gain the upper hand. In terms of combat strength, she's no match for me!" Ares roared.
"I don't know about your issues with each other. However, a war-crazed person like you getting the divine stone is indeed not a good thing. Other main gods don't care about you because they can't beat you. I don't think I can't beat you, so let's have a few rounds. Maybe afterward, you'll agree to leave the divine stone with me," Yang Chen said confidently.
"Haha, do you really think that just because you obtained your godhood by 'killing a god,' you can match me? Don't think I don't know; Hades was just tired of living and dispersed his 'divine consciousness.' He committed suicide, you didn't kill him!" Ares scoffed.
"Whether I can match you is not up to you to decide. If you want to fight, then fight. Why are you talking more than I am? Have you gotten rusty after sleeping for five hundred years?" Yang Chen taunted.
Ares, enraged and unwilling to waste another word, glared at Yang Chen and roared. The entire interior of the mountain base, spanning tens of thousands of square meters, shook violently!
The supposedly impregnable steel plates began to crack, and the ground started to fissure.
Yang Chen frowned and swiftly moved several hundred meters away from his original position.
Where Yang Chen had stood, three sharp, towering structures, mixing granite and metal, shot up from the ground like a bizarre spectacle just as he dodged.
"Goodness, starting with sneak attacks," Yang Chen smirked and began moving in circles at a leisurely pace.
Whenever Yang Chen moved to a spot, various steel plates and stone walls would rise from the ground, or massive boulders would fall from the ceiling.
Yang Chen didn't just dodge but also used spatial folding and fracturing to turn the rocks and metals in the base into his weapons. It was like a juggling act, creating colossal objects for collisions.
The falling rocks and steel walls, weighing at least several dozen tons each, would instantly crush a person to pulp. Yet, in their battle, they seemed as light as feathers!
"The place is too small, let's take this outside!"
Ares shouted, and the seemingly indestructible base split cleanly down the middle!
"Perfect timing!"
Yang Chen glanced at the still-unconscious Lin Zhiguo on the high platform. With a flicker of thought, two massive steel doors were positioned horizontally above Lin Zhiguo, creating a protective barrier.
Simultaneously, Yang Chen, mimicking Ares, used the vast space, causing another longitudinal split in the already bisected base!
Meanwhile, a mile away at the harbor, Master Yunmiao, Cai Ning, and Yu Ji stared in shock at the scene unfolding before them.
They couldn't believe their eyes as the cliff in front of them, along with the entire mountain range, was being cleaved into four sections by some tremendous force!
Rocks, soil, and vegetation disintegrated into fragments, sinking into the raging waves below.
Even from such a distance, they could hear the deafening sounds of the earth shattering and the colossal waves crashing.
Inside that base, built with reinforced steel, the aircraft carrier base had been easily obliterated by the battle between two individuals, reduced to rubble!
Cai Ning and the others finally understood why the "Covenant of the Gods" restricted main gods from unsealing in non-divine realms. This level of power was not meant for the mortal world!
If their location had been an aircraft carrier instead of a mountain, it would have been destroyed instantly.
Moreover, if a main god fought in a city, entire spaces could be shattered, causing countless people to disappear and leveling the city in the blink of an eye!
"This... this is like the mythical battles of immortals and deities," Yu Ji murmured.
"Fortunately, our aircraft carrier wasn't inside, or it would have been utterly destroyed," Cai Ning said.
But Master Yunmiao suddenly remembered Lin Zhiguo was still there!
"Terrible, I must save him!" Master Yunmiao immediately darted back toward the base, determined to save her husband despite their differences.
Cai Ning and Yu Ji exchanged glances, then followed suit.
Over the ocean, under the bright moon, the frigid wind cut through the air, and there wasn't a cloud in sight.
The dark sea raged with towering waves, and above the surface, more than a hundred meters high, stood two figures—Yang Chen and Ares!
Both could manipulate parallel spaces and master spatial laws, making standing in mid-air effortless.
However, fighting each other with the same mastery of space was not like dealing with the Brahma members.
Thus, the initial destruction of the mountain base was more about testing each other's spatial manipulation for weaknesses, rather than engaging in a direct fight.
"It seems you have indeed inherited Hades' understanding of spatial laws, but the old Hades couldn't match me, and neither can you," Ares declared. In an instant, his body folded through space, appearing right in front of Yang Chen!
A fist imbued with the power to shatter space aimed at Yang Chen's abdomen! Breaking space to crush or twist the opponent was impractical; the goal was to destroy the opponent's body within the spatial law framework, forcing them to reincarnate or obliterating their divine consciousness.
Yang Chen enveloped the shattered space, instantly solidifying it while catching Ares' fist. With a swift hand chop aimed at Ares' neck, Yang Chen countered.
Ares bent and withdrew his fist, dodging Yang Chen's seemingly ordinary hand chop.
Just then, Ares dodged, but the ocean beneath him did not. Suddenly, a trench appeared abruptly in the sea, over ten meters deep and more than a hundred meters long! It was caused by Yang Chen's hand blade, carrying the power to "tear space" and causing such destruction.
Ares naturally did not hold back, launching a series of punches and palms, swift as lightning. Although these seemed like ordinary moves, their extreme speed was imbued with numerous profound spatial laws. A single misstep could lead to being obliterated into dust!
Yang Chen parried each strike, constantly stabilizing the space around him while countering the effects of Ares' spatial laws, always looking for opportunities to retaliate.
The clash of their spatial laws, though temporarily unable to harm each other, caused countless disruptions, creating various trenches and surges below, with ocean currents becoming extremely chaotic.
The seawater seemed to reverse flow, churning up countless waves. The surging momentum quickly formed tsunami-like waves rolling towards the port.
Yang Chen and Ares had no time to care about the massive destruction caused by their confrontation. They continued to use their spatial laws, maneuvering mid-air.
Meanwhile, Master Yunmiao, followed by Cai Ning and Yu Jizi, returned near the base and happened to encounter the tsunami-like waves, leaving them utterly shocked!
From a distance, they had seen the terrifying battle and the incredible destructive power, which they thought they could handle. But up close, they finally understood what it meant to have overwhelming, earth-shattering force!
Fortunately, the three had excellent agility. As the tsunami approached, they managed to avoid the low-lying areas and weren't swept away, though they were drenched.
When they reached the depths of the base, an area already in ruins and unrecognizable, they carefully searched and finally found Lin Zhiguo. Surprisingly, the previously unseen gray-robed figure appeared beside Lin Zhiguo at this moment!