Of course Valen could recognize Lu Wen. It had only been a few decades since the two last fought, which was the blink of an eye for a greater god.
Valen finally realized this entire conflict was a trap aimed at him.
Tier 8 God of Time? That was just a clone of the person before him. But he didn't know how many years Lu Wen had been planning this, to actually leave such a flawless clone here. No one expected the truth to be like this.
"Lu Wen." But in the end, Valen was still a great god-level figure. He quickly calmed down after his initial shock.
He was inside his own Divine Kingdom. What was there to fear when facing an opponent of the same level?
Even if the unexpected attack earlier injured him slightly, he still didn't believe the other party could easily take him down. And as long as more time passed, other greater gods would definitely notice that something was wrong here.
Once that happened, Lu Wen would be besieged by thirteen greater gods, and it would be his turn to worry about escaping.
However, as soon as Valen's thoughts fell, he felt a chill on his back. A shadow had arrived behind him at some point, and the sword of shadows stabbed directly into his back.
The force of this strike was so great that even the shadow sword itself couldn't withstand it. The laws seemed to be on the verge of breaking down.
With Gu Nan's current realm, the Evil God physique almost had the tendency of crushing his own laws, reaching a completely new level.
For Gu Nan, the most significant benefit of leveling up was to strengthen his physical body, making it harder for others to withstand his attacks or destroy his body.
As for his actual laws, those became less relevant.
As expected, Valen was completely powerless against this punch, and his divine body instantly transformed into pure laws that scattered throughout his Divine Kingdom.
It was naturally impossible for him to escape with Lu Wen present; the Time Divine Kingdom had already been completely sealed off long ago.
It was a Divine Kingdom built by the law of time in the first place, so it was much easier for Lu Wen to take it over when Valen was preoccupied and had no time to manage it.
For a second, Gu Nan even felt like it would be much more convenient to bring a Unified Dao cultivator with the same law when killing greater gods in the future.
Of course, except for a special case like Valen, there would probably be no such opportunity in the future.
Gu Nan's aura appeared for only an instant, and after killing Valen once, he never appeared again so as not to attract the attention of other greater gods.
"Ignorant one!"
Valen's voice instantly resounded throughout the entire Divine Kingdom. As the Ruler of Time who was also in his own Divine Kingdom, not even destroying his physical body could possibly make him shrink back.
But neither was Valen a fool. He wasn't stupid enough to reconstruct his divine body again for Gu Nan to do another instant kill. He continued fighting by only manipulating his laws.
Of course, without his divine body acting as the core, his control over laws would also be weakened. If Gu Nan changed targets to destroy his Divine Kingdom right now, his tens of thousands of years of hard work would be destroyed in mere moments.
But Valen made such a decision precisely because he'd already recognized Gu Nan the instant the latter struck.
He was gambling on the fact that the other party would not dare show up again. If it was just Lu Wen, Valen would be able to hold him back with his laws alone.
Valen was right, but he was also wrong. Although he correctly judged that Gu Nan wouldn't show up again, he made the mistake of assuming the other side only had two people.
An inexplicable quake reverberated from within the Time Divine Kingdom, and all living beings in the Divine Kingdom suddenly felt a slight tremor under their feet, which rapidly intensified in a short period of time.
"Earthquake! Earthquake!"
"Earth… No! This is not an earthquake, this is…"
This was indeed not a simple earthquake. Rather, the ley lines themselves had been upended by a power rising from the depths of the earth. On this inverted land, it didn't matter if one was god or mortal—none had the power to resist.
Some people tried to appease the earth with laws, but unfortunately, they did not know that this phenomenon was caused by a sublime law in the first place.
Jiu Po Heaven's Star Ruler Jiu Po controlled the power of the nine depths, the ley lines and the earth. He had the ability to make the earth swallow the sky and destroy thousands of living beings with a wave of his hand.
By the time Valen realized this, it was already too late to stop it. And Jiu Po's true realm was also revealed with this blow.
Tier 15!
The oldest Star Ruler in the Myriad Heavens was already a supreme powerhouse on par with Austin, truly standing at the top of the world.
Under the crushing force of the Tier 15 laws—and with Lu Wen restraining him from the side—Valen was unable to resist at all and could only watch the fall of his Divine Kingdom.
"All of you… will die here!" Valen couldn't help reforming his body and glaring at Lu Wen furiously.
"You should worry about yourself first," a flat voice came from behind him. With Gu Nan's punch, the divine body that just formed was also smashed to pieces.
And after Gu Nan revealed himself this time, he no longer intended to go back into hiding. It was impossible for the other greater gods to not notice the huge ruckus Jiu Po just caused. What they needed to do now was to seize every second.
"Attack!" Of course Lu Wen also knew this and shouted, but his hand movements did not slow down as he purged everything in the Divine Kingdom as quickly as possible.
For gods, the Divine Kingdom was their foundation, but greater gods went one step further—the Divine Kingdom became their shield.
To kill the greater gods who were one with the laws themselves, one must first destroy their Divine Kingdom, and only then could they be stripped of their godhood.
A greater gods' Divine Kingdom was naturally extremely prosperous, but under the joint efforts of three Unified Dao powers, it was also quite fragile.
Setting aside everything else, just the upending of the ley lines was enough to destroy the Divine Kingdom.
The Time Divine Kingdom had already been completely destroyed before the other greater gods could arrive, and Lu Wen breathed a small sigh of relief. The next step was to find Valen's hiding spot and actually kill him.
But Jiu Po's expression changed slightly right at this moment. "Austin is here… You guys find Valen."
His figure blurred as Jiu Po suddenly disappeared, and what descended in his place was endless holy light.
"Intruders." Austin's gaze landed on the two, and the holy light surrounding him flickered slightly. "Sheltering the Evil God is akin to courting death."
Jiu Po smiled. "That's not for you to worry about."
As he finished speaking, a spectral light suddenly lit up from the ground and rushed straight at Austin.
The Ruler of Light and Justice didn't even spare it a glance. He just casually pointed down, and the holy light shot downwards instantly, attempting to engulf the attack.
The two rays of light collided, but they were evenly matched. It was because the two's laws were at the same level, and their ranks were also very close, so it was impossible to determine the winner this early.
Furthermore, Jiu Po's intention was merely to stall Austin and give Lu Wen and Gu Nan time to kill Valen before the other gods could arrive.
But it was a pity that Jiu Po had never truly fought against Austin. He overlooked one factor at this time—the other party did not only control holy light.
Austin frowned slightly, revealing his true form in a flash of holy light.
There were twelve pairs of pure white wings on his back, and his curly golden hair almost fell down to his waist. He held a holy sword in his left hand and gently lifted the scales of justice in his right hand.
At this time, the holy light shone brilliantly. Austin pulled back the holy sword slightly, instead raising the scales.