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Chapter 153 Who Gave You the Courage?

In fact, Ares did not lie to Atreus. As the god of war born from the ancient myths that are the source of all realms, Atreus is, in a sense, derived from Ares.

But among all the realms, he is not the only Ares.

He comes from the world of the God of War, a unique world derived from Greek mythology, one of the ancient source myths.

In that world, a god-slayer named Kratos opened Pandora's Box and then killed him.

After Kratos slaughtered the entire Greek pantheon, the world of Greek mythology collapsed. His corpse wandered through the rifts between realms and eventually fell into the Star World, where it gave birth to new intelligence within a completely different supernatural system.

His resurrection in the Star World freed him from the confines of his original world, giving him a transcendent perspective to witness many worlds.

Ares is not the only one!

He was one of the twelve Olympian gods; he was defeated by Athena and stripped of his power; he was the god of war, praised and worshipped by mortals; he led the berserkers into the twelve palaces; and he was also the one killed by Kratos, who opened Pandora's Box...

All of this is merely a reflection of many worlds.

As Ares, the god of war who was killed by Kratos, he was just one of many Ares in many worlds.

He was unwilling to admit that he was not the only one. As one of the twelve Olympian gods, Ares had his own pride.

After witnessing Ares in many worlds, he conceived a bold idea: to gradually bring together himself from all those worlds.

When Ares is the only one left in all the worlds, he will be the only ancient war god among all the worlds, wielding immense power over war, and he will have the chance to ascend to the highest position!

Faced with such a huge temptation, Ares decisively chose to break away from the control of the Great Yin Empire and join the Undying Duke family.

After a meticulously rehearsed play, Ares faked his death through a battle and then lay dormant in the five planes, striving to regain his former strength.

Ares was once one of the twelve Olympian gods, but limited by the limits of the God of War world, he was only a mid-level god in the various realms.

After recovering to intermediate divine power, he longed to climb to a higher level.

He secretly orchestrated conflict between the five major planes and the Great Yin Empire, hoping to ignite a plane war and use the war to sweep across the five major planes to help him complete the crucial final step.

However, the ruling power of the nobles in the Dayin Empire exceeded his expectations. No matter how much he tried to sow discord between the Dayin Empire and the five planes, he was still easily suppressed by the noble forces.

Even though he guided the alien races to kill the nobles, those profit-driven individuals did not choose to wage war against the five planes. Instead, they almost exposed Ares to the vision of the true god behind the Undead Clan.

Left with no other choice, Ares could only continue to lie low.

Upon learning of the demise of the Immortal Clan and the outbreak of conflict within the Great Yin Empire, Ares, believing the time was ripe, decisively launched a war.

Ares originally planned to wait for the right opportunity to expand the war to its maximum extent in order to absorb more war will to help him complete his promotion.

But due to unexpected factors, he was forced to unleash the final battle ahead of schedule.

Even so, this was still enough for him to absorb enough war will, allowing him to advance to become a powerful god among the few in the world, and even in a world as powerful as the gods, he could become a god-king of a vast pantheon.

But Ares's appearance brought him an unexpected surprise.

If he can acquire the power of the War Constellation, he will advance even further in his promotion.

So at this moment, he was simply enjoying everything before him, even Atreus's fierce resistance seemed interesting to him.

The indomitable warrior wielded the Darkin power of the Darkin Blademaster, and as the Darkin power filled Atreus's entire body, Aatrox let out a hearty laugh.

The body favored by the Protoss is undoubtedly the best host for the Darkin Blademaster, a qualified vessel.

In that instant, Aatrox even felt a sense of exhilaration as if he were in control of his own body.

As the demonic sword was swung, Aatrox's hoarse and tyrannical voice echoed along with Atreus's.

"Follow me! Charge into destruction together!"

The dark red sword light seemed capable of piercing through the stars, and the sword energy of death contained the will of the Star-Piercing Spear, thrusting down towards Ares in front of him.

A flicker of emotion finally crossed Ares's indifferent face. He gazed intently at the cracked demonic sword and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration:

"You are worthy to be my sword!"

The moment he finished speaking, Ares pointed his right index finger to the sky, and a long, drawn-out neighing of a warhorse pierced the air.

Then, a chariot covered in blood crashed to the ground like a meteor, meeting the sword strike of the Unyielding Sword Demon.

The earth trembled, and the surrounding white bones instantly turned to dust upon impact, as if a battlefield from an ancient mythology had been revived. Countless battles and sharp blades fell upon Atreus at this moment.

His body was pierced by spears and severed by swords, and a furious roar once again came from Atreus's mouth.

"Great Annihilation!"

The shattered black dragon wings revived, and at the same time, a pair of dark red demon wings reappeared behind Atreus.

Time seemed to stand still for Atreus, whose scarred body was revived after the Great Destruction.

Ares's expression remained unchanged as he calmly threw a punch, his palm seemingly carrying the entire massive battlefield of the plane as he slammed it down.

Space shattered, and even the raging spatial storm subsided under this punch, demonstrating the terrifying suppression brought about by absolute power.

That great destruction that had frozen time finally shattered at this moment.

Atreus's body slammed into the ground like a rag doll, and the magic sword he had been gripping in his right hand flew out and plunged into the earth.

Ares, who was only one step away from possessing great divine power, was terrifyingly overwhelming in his crushing defeat of Atreus and Aatrox.

Two powerful warriors, capable of slaying gods, were almost powerless against Ares.

Shaking his head slightly, Ares slowly began to speak:

"Actually, I have already given you two chances, but it is obvious that you do not know how to cherish the opportunity to follow me to the highest place."

I will take the War Constellation, and let it witness my ascension to the throne, the sole ruler of all realms, and my attainment of supreme power.

As he spoke, Ares's gaze fell upon the demonic sword embedded in the ground.

"However, you did give me quite a surprise today."

I will use this demonic sword you brought me to end this interdimensional war, and ascend to the realm of powerful gods before countless witnesses!

As soon as he finished speaking, Atreus reached for the magic sword.

But at that moment, a fair hand blocked Ares's path and easily pulled out the demon sword.

Then, a gentle voice, seemingly imbued with a strong sense of death, slowly rang out.

"I'd really like to know, who gave you the courage to touch this sword?"

Chapter 154 The Power of Death!

"Danger!"

A tremendous sense of crisis suddenly welled up in Ares' heart.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ares's robust body suddenly leaped, and the blood-red chariots fell from mid-air to his feet.

His will to fight returned, and in an instant, it seemed as if millions of soldiers behind him were brandishing their sharp spears and roaring at Luo Tian.

Standing atop the chariot, Ares, spear in hand, finally felt that the immense sense of crisis had begun to lessen.

The sense of security brought by the radiant protection of the war artifact made him breathe a sigh of relief. Then, he looked at the figure holding the demonic sword on the ground with a cautious gaze.

He was an ordinary-looking black-haired youth. Apart from being somewhat handsome, he had nothing special about him and was not as eye-catching as the aloof nun beside him.

"wrong!"

Ares frowned, his golden eyes fixed on Luo Tian's figure.

In the eyes of the god who once saw through all realms, a huge black hole seemed to slowly and quietly emerge.

This is not a special celestial body with extremely high density at the physical level, but rather a huge void at the conceptual level.

Even though he was in a complete world, Luo Tian's existence still seemed to be isolated from the world, and all the rules that came near him were devoured by him.

No! It's not simply being swallowed up, but a declaration of death at the conceptual level.

At that moment, many ancient names suddenly appeared in Ares's mind.

"Tartars, Osiris, Cernunus, Hela, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Lord of Mount Tai..."

Those ancient names represent the great beings who control death in various primitive myths.

Their authority may not be as glorious as that of some of the creator gods in the vast world, but they are the source of the extension of many worlds and the symbol of death in the endless world.

If we trace it back to its source, even he, who calls himself the God of War of All Realms, is far inferior to any one of them.

Of all these wielders of the power of death, Ares is most familiar with Tartarus, the Greek god of the underworld.

That was a god second only to Chaos, the primordial creator god, possessing authority that was even more ancient and noble than that of the Olympian gods.

His enormous body transformed into the hellish world, becoming a prison for countless gods.

And this is just one of many great beings.

"What a joke! The Star World may be a great world, but it's just a great world. How could it possibly involve those beings!"

A bead of cold sweat trickled down Ares's forehead, but his resolute will then sever the crazy and absurd idea from his mind.

As the god of war, Ares can be angry, cruel, and arrogant, but he must never be afraid, especially of war.

His defeat against Athena had already cost him the power of victory. If he were to simply face a powerful enemy head-on, he would be too afraid to fight. Once this cowardly thought took root, it would sooner or later cause him to lose the power of war.

With his fear gone, Ares's calm gaze returned to Luo Tian.

To his surprise, the black hole-like phenomenon only appeared for a brief moment. At this moment, although Luo Tian was still filled with a terrifying aura of death in his eyes, the previous heart-stopping fear was completely gone.

It was as if what had happened before was merely a fleeting illusion.

Gone was the fear that had previously emanated from the depths of his soul; the powerful aura of death that Luo Tian exuded instead ignited Ares's fighting spirit.

"As the victor of the war, shouldn't it be my right to take the spoils of war?"

Looking down at Luo Tian with a superior air, Ares's eyes were filled with a fanatical fighting spirit.

"Unknown powerhouse, you have the right to tell me your name!"

Luo Tian narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling a little surprised by Ares's sudden change of expression, which was like a barometer.

However, Ares's arrogance and fervent fighting spirit at the end made Luo Tian feel that the brute Ares he knew had returned.

After Athena took away the power of victory, Ares was left with only the power of war.

"When it comes to fighting, I'll go all out regardless of whether I can win or not."

Even a lost war is still a war!