363: If nothing unexpected happens

Wu Ning watched the battle indifferently and casually asked God Xi, "How long does the Banquet of the Gods usually last?"

"Anywhere from three to five years, or even over ten years, I suppose."

God Xi's beautiful eyes lingered on Wu Ning as she asked, "What, are you bored?"

"It's alright."

Wu Ning replied casually. After all, it was just a battle of the Divine Emperor Realm, and as a Heavenly Monarch Realm cultivator, he did find it a bit tedious after watching for a long time.

God Xi softly said, "If you're truly bored, we could sneak away first."

"No," Wu Ning shook his head slightly. The God Lord had not left, nor had the other God Race Heavenly Monarchs, so it seemed inappropriate for them to leave first.

Besides, there was nothing to do if they left, so they might as well stay and watch the Prodigies compete.

Anyway, it was only a few years; it would pass in a blink.

Unlike the quiet and calm atmosphere above the main hall, the area below the main hall was constantly buzzing with excitement and activity.

After more than half a year of arena competitions, fewer than thirty Divine Emperor Prodigies ultimately entered the ranking battles.

Among them, seven were Peak Divine Emperors, and the rest were mostly Late Stage Divine Emperors.

After entering the ranking battles, to save time, the God Lord of Heavenly Ruins personally divided the vast arena space into more than a dozen Divine Emperor battlefields, allowing all Divine Emperor Prodigies who entered the ranking battles to enter them simultaneously for one-on-one combat.

The final ranking would be determined by their respective battle records.

The space inside the arena was extremely vast; not to mention fewer than thirty Divine Emperors, even three hundred Divine Emperors fighting simultaneously could be easily accommodated.

Time flew by. As the most top-tier Prodigies in the arena space defeated their opponents one by one, their strengths and weaknesses became clearly apparent to everyone.

At this moment, almost everyone in the main hall was focused on one Divine Emperor battlefield in the center of the arena.

There were two people in the battlefield: one was clad in black-gold battle armor, wielding an incomparably domineering blood-colored heavy halberd; he was Cang Yu, the peerless Prodigy of the Abyss God Race.

The other wore gilded battle armor, held a golden Divine Sword that emitted dazzling divine light, and had slightly disheveled golden hair; he was Ming Yao, the Young Lord of the Heavenly Mirror God Clan.

Based on the strength displayed by all the Prodigies in the ranking battles, if nothing unexpected happened, the first and second places would be decided between these two.

However, after several hours of combat, Cang Yu fought with increasing ferocity, his Aura like a rainbow. In contrast, Ming Yao gradually fell into a disadvantage, continuously suppressed by Cang Yu.

"Hahaha, why are you giving up so quickly?"

In the center of the arena, Cang Yu burst into laughter.

"Hmph, do you think you've already won?!"

Ming Yao snorted angrily. The next moment, the golden vertical pupil pattern on his brow suddenly shone brightly, forming a massive golden vertical pupil that appeared in the air.

The golden vertical pupil was tightly closed, but the faint terrifying Aura emanating from it made people's hearts palpitate.

"Is this the Heavenly Eye Divine Ability of the Heavenly Mirror God Clan? It truly is extraordinary."

Cang Yu instantly flickered backward, his gaze solemn as he stared at the golden vertical pupil, sensing an extremely strong threat from it.

Seeing Cang Yu retreat, Ming Yao immediately showed a sneer, "Trying to escape?"

"When the Divine Eye appears, the world is slaughtered; everything in the world has nowhere to hide. Where can you escape to?!"

Ming Yao confidently looked at Cang Yu and immediately fully activated the Divine Eye. The golden vertical pupil in the air instantly became even more solidified, and as it slowly opened, the Aura leaking from it grew increasingly terrifying.

"The Heavenly Eye Divine Ability is indeed powerful, but do you think I came unprepared?!"

In the distance, Cang Yu raised his hand and conjured a crimson-gold Divine Bow, using his battle halberd as an arrow. He immediately drew the bowstring, pulling it taut as all the power of his Great Dao surged wildly into it.

"No matter how strong the Heavenly Eye Divine Ability is, its attack takes too long to prepare; it can be interrupted if struck in advance!"

Boom—!

As his words fell, Cang Yu immediately released the bowstring, and the blood-colored battle halberd instantly transformed into a long rainbow, shooting towards the golden vertical pupil in the air.

Ming Yao's expression suddenly changed. Sensing the terrifying power of this attack, he immediately furiously activated his Divine Weapon to strike at the blood-colored battle halberd and conjured various Defensive Magic Treasures to block in front of the golden vertical pupil.

"Damn it! Block it for me!"

Boom boom—!

The blood-colored battle halberd contained unparalleled terrifying power, arriving in an instant, destroying the barriers in its path like a decaying force, unstoppable and unyielding.

Ming Yao's Divine Weapon was instantly knocked away, and his Defensive Magic Treasures shattered like mirrors in an instant.

A terrifying energy storm wildly swept and raged through the battlefield, its formidable Aura causing even those in other battlefields to involuntarily turn their heads.

"Damn it! How can it be so strong?!"

Ming Yao's face was extremely grim. Without time to think, he once again conjured a golden Defensive Divine Talisman and directly sacrificed a drop of his essence blood to enhance the Divine Talisman's power.

Boom—!!

The next instant, the blood-colored battle halberd slammed into the golden Divine Talisman. The Divine Talisman instantly revealed lines of golden runes, resisting the terrifying power carried by the blood-colored battle halberd.

With a drop of a Peak Divine Emperor's essence blood for enhancement, the power of this Emperor-grade Divine Talisman was unleashed to its fullest, finally resisting the unstoppable blood-colored battle halberd.

Chii—!

However, before Ming Yao could even let out a sigh of relief, a terrifyingly sharp, eerie glow suddenly appeared behind him. Before he could react, he was directly sliced in half by a black longsword, losing half of his head.

"Idiot! What Heavenly Eye Divine Ability? As long as I take care of you, no matter how powerful the Divine Ability, it will collapse on its own!"

Cang Yu, having succeeded in one strike, did not hesitate and continued to bombard Ming Yao's shattered body.

A Divine Emperor Realm expert is not that easy to kill.

Boom boom—!

One terrifying attack after another, in a short while, shattered Ming Yao's body to pieces. His gilded battle armor was directly destroyed, and even the half of his head that had been sliced off was not spared.

The golden vertical pupil in the air also dissipated accordingly.

"Alright, stop now. This round is yours!"

The Elder presiding over the competition couldn't bear to watch any longer and directly appeared to stop him from continuing his "corpse abuse."

Cang Yu dared not be presumptuous and had to retreat.

Ming Yao's broken body began to writhe and gather, and after a long while, it re-formed into a complete body.

His face was ashen, having been severely wounded. He glared fiercely at Cang Yu, then immediately sat down to consume various Medicinal Pills and treasures to recover from his injuries.

Compared to his angry and unwilling mood, the crowd below watched with great interest.

"The battle truly changed in an instant. I didn't expect Ming Yao to lose so miserably, not even successfully using the Heavenly Eye Divine Ability that the Heavenly Mirror God Clan prides itself on!"

"Cang Yu's strength is terrifying; he's clearly much stronger than other Peak Divine Emperors. It seems the first place in this round is definitely his."

"What was supposed to be without surprises ended up with a surprise. Ming Yao is so heavily injured; he was originally likely to be second, but now I wonder what rank he'll end up in..."

Many Divine Emperor Prodigies who hadn't entered the ranking battles began to discuss, and some even showed a hint of schadenfreude upon seeing Ming Yao's miserable state.