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"Having undergone the tempering of thunder and fire, is my godfather's soul realm about to break through again?"

"Beyond the divine form, what realm of the soul lies?"

As everyone watched with bated breath, the celestial anomalies grew increasingly violent.

Thick bolts of lightning, each carrying blazing flames, crashed down one after another.

The supremely powerful and yang thunder and fire Dao intertwined and merged, their power layered upon layer. With each strike, Su Mu's majestic divine form trembled violently, and the Dao divine patterns flickered between light and shadow.

The vast and boundless power of nature, carrying the complex forces of the myriad heavens, frantically washed over and shaped the origin of the divine form.

To withstand such an extreme baptism of the Great Dao and test of one's realm, the minimum requirement is to fully understand and master at least one Great Dao, and to have a sufficiently strong and powerful soul origin.

Having consumed countless Enlightenment Pills and Harmony Pills over the years, Su Mu had already thoroughly comprehended and perfectly mastered the four Great Daos: the Imperial Dao, the Sword Dao, the Thunder Dao, and the Fire Dao. His divine essence and soul origin were also incomparably profound, fully capable of withstanding this extreme tempering.

He never acts rashly unless he is absolutely certain of success.

It should be noted that the Enlightenment Pill and Harmony Pill bestowed by the system are the most exquisite and flawless divine products in all the heavens, with no side effects or hidden dangers in cultivation. They can enable his cultivation and soul to steadily improve and advance rapidly.

Su Mu had thought that this time, the condensation of his Dao Soul would be a smooth and safe process, but unexpectedly, a fatal change suddenly occurred.

Four powerful auras from different races suddenly locked onto the imperial city, and four top experts from the Horned Scale Clan broke through the air and arrived!

Two of them were former acquaintances who had fled after their defeat—Jiao Kun, a mid-stage True God, and Jiao Yan, a late-stage True God.

The other two are the true top combat power of the Horned Scale Clan, two Great God Realm experts!

Keratinization, forging a perfect Dao body, mid-stage Great God!

Jiao Lun, a late-stage master who has condensed the original Dao embryo!

Clearly, the Horned Scale Clan had already figured out the details and knew that Su Mu possessed a god-level puppet. Ordinary gods would only be throwing their lives away if they came. Therefore, this time they directly dispatched a late-stage god to suppress the enemy and a mid-stage god to assist.

The opponent's strategy was extremely clear: in the late game, the Great God Jiao Lun would restrain the Great God Puppet, and in the mid-game, the Great God Jiao Hua would focus on attacking Su Mu himself, aiming for a decisive blow to eliminate any future troubles.

In fact, the four of them had already quietly arrived outside the imperial city yesterday and lay in wait, without making any rash moves, just to secretly investigate the situation and find out Su Mu's background.

The two powerful beings at the Great God Realm possessed extremely high soul levels and boundless, invisible divine senses, capable of silently covering the entire imperial city and probing all secrets.

Previously, when Jiao Yan, Jiao Kun, and their group attacked, they were too arrogant and overconfident. They rashly provoked Jin Zi without conducting any investigation and ended up suffering a crushing defeat.

Having returned with two powerful experts, they were extremely cautious. They lay in wait for a day, and although they did not discover the core secrets, they did find out Su Mu's identity as a Star Palace Envoy.

Seeing that Su Mu was at a critical juncture in his breakthrough and had no time to spare, the four of them waited no longer and launched a deadly surprise attack!

call--!

A colossal axe suddenly appeared high above the imperial city, its blade wreathed in blazing Dao fire. Driven by the full power of the late-stage Great God Jiao Lun's Dao Embryo, it unleashed a devastating force and cleaved fiercely toward the divine image of Su Mu, who was undergoing a baptism!

This strike was powerful, domineering, and extremely sudden, without any warning!

Su Mu never let his guard down. The moment his opponent made a move, he instantly sensed the killing intent. He leaped into the air, gripping the Phoenix Feather Divine Sword he had just acquired, and bravely met the attack!

At the same time, Su Mu's mind stirred slightly, and he no longer held back, revealing his two ultimate trump cards simultaneously!

A mid-grade divine metal puppet and a high-grade divine fire puppet both burst forth from the sky, suppressing the heavens!

The high-grade divine fire puppet has combat power comparable to a mid-stage celestial god, and its level and power far exceed those of ordinary late-stage great gods!

The puppet was bathed in raging heavenly fire. The moment it appeared in the world, it neither dodged nor avoided, and went straight for the late-game god Jiao Lun!

With speed reaching its limit, almost instantaneous, the iron fist, wrapped in endless heavenly fire, slammed into Jiao Lun's body in an instant!

Jiao Lun didn't have time to mobilize all his forces for defense. The Dao Fire and Dao Embryo protective shield he hastily assembled were useless in the face of the Heavenly Fire's divine might, and instantly collapsed!

Although the mid-grade divine armor he wore managed to deflect some of the force, it was ultimately unable to withstand the fatal blow from the celestial-level puppet.

"puff!"

Jiao Lun spat out a mouthful of his life-bound divine blood, and his body retreated thousands of miles like a severely injured meteor!

The protective light shield and divine armor prevented his physical body from being blown apart by a single punch, but they failed to protect the foundation of his Dao body. His perfect Dao body was instantly severely damaged, with cracks covering his entire body!

"Heavenly Fire... it's actually a god-level puppet!"

Extreme terror instantly swept over Jiao Lun's mind.

Before he could stabilize his injuries and activate his life-saving technique, the endless heavenly fire swirling around the puppet had already covered his body, firmly imprisoning him!

Heavenly Fire surpasses all other Dao Fires, capable of burning the heavens and boiling the seas, and melting all things!

Jiao Lun's already severely damaged body was completely unable to withstand the burning of the heavenly fire. Extreme pain swept over his entire body, and his body disintegrated and dissolved at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When the Heavenly Fire Puppet turned to attack the mid-stage Great God, the body, Dharma form, and Dao embryo of this dignified late-stage Great God had already been completely incinerated by the Heavenly Fire and utterly disintegrated into nothingness!

In the blink of an eye, he didn't even have a chance to use his trump card to save his life or to teleport away and escape.

The advantages of the Heavenly Fire Puppet are never limited to the power of heavenly fire; its physical strength, explosive speed, and pure power all overwhelm the great gods of the heavens!

Witnessing the instantaneous fall of Jiao Lun and being completely shocked by the hornification of the Heavenly Fire Puppet, he was deeply shaken and terrified!

The thought of escaping had barely formed when it was already too late!

He had previously taken Su Mu very seriously, and had never expected that the other party would possess a god-level trump card, and had not made any preparations to escape from the very beginning of the battle.

In his haste, he hurriedly took out a mid-grade divine-level escape talisman, but before he could fully activate the talisman, the Heavenly Fire Puppet's iron fist crashed down!

Without the support of the Dao Embryo, the protective light shield of the keratinized body was already weak, and this punch completely shattered its Dao body!

The raging heavenly fire swept across, engulfing its divine spirit and divine form, mercilessly melting and obliterating them.

The second great god of the Horned Scale Clan perished in an instant!

On the other side of the sky, Su Mu, wielding the Phoenix Feather Divine Sword, met the deadly blow of the giant axe head-on.

The divine sword clanged and clashed, steadily blocking the axe's divine power. Su Mu's body remained unharmed, but his blood and qi surged violently within him, and a sharp pain shot through his palm as he gripped the sword hilt.

The power of a mid-grade divine treasure activated with all the might of a Great God Realm expert is indeed not to be underestimated.

High in the sky, Horn Rock and Horn Kun, who were watching the battle from afar, were completely stunned, their faces filled with disbelief, their minds trembling and in a daze.

Two top gods of the same race perished in the blink of an eye, leaving no trace of their bodies!

The two had deliberately kept their distance, intending to sit back and watch the battle unfold, unwilling to drag down the power of the top player, but in doing so, they missed their only chance to escape.

If the two had turned and fled without hesitation the moment the Heavenly Fire Puppet appeared, they might have had a sliver of hope.

But having witnessed their two powerful allies holding the line, they were completely fearless and had never anticipated such a desperate situation, ultimately missing their chance to survive.

In the instant the two were distracted, the mid-grade divine golden puppet had already broken through the air and attacked!

Extreme speed, overwhelming power, and unstoppable crushing victory!

In just a few breaths, the two True Gods, Jiao Yan and Jiao Kun, followed closely behind the two Great Gods, perished in the sky!

The four formidable enemies who invaded were all annihilated without exception!

Su Mu then raised his hand to clear the battlefield and collect all the spoils of war.