"Ah!"
"Ao Yuan, I... I will definitely kill you!"
Zeus's furious voice boomed from the depths of the crater.
The hearts of the warriors tightened instantly.
Even Ao Yuan's gaze narrowed slightly.
Although Zeus was not the most powerful chief god.
He was still a chief god, after all.
Ao Yuan would still grant him this consideration.
However, the next moment.
Everyone was stunned.
They saw.
After shouting this, Zeus turned into a bolt of lightning and surged upwards.
His body was tattered, covered in wounds.
Yet his aura was incredibly fierce, as if he wanted to fight Ao Yuan to the death.
As if to see who was stronger.
But in the next second.
He actually fled in the opposite direction of Ao Yuan with a ‘whoosh’.
This scene not only stunned the warriors below but even Ao Yuan was taken aback.
It was obvious.
None of them had expected Zeus's actions.
By the time Ao Yuan reacted, Zeus's presence had vanished from the scene.
"He... he's leaving just like that?"
"What the hell? Weren't chief gods supposed to be powerful?"
"Is this Zeus's power?"
"Isn't this a bit too much like a child's play? Or did we meet a fake Zeus?"
"It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be."
The warriors exchanged bewildered glances, each face clearly displaying their confusion.
"No matter what, Zeus has run away, so Ao Yuan must have won."
"Blue Star, Zeus wouldn't dare step foot on it again, right?"
Suddenly, a warrior shouted out a thought.
All other voices immediately ceased.
From the current situation, this was undeniably accurate.
Upon realizing that Blue Star would no longer be destroyed, everyone couldn't help but feel excited.
In the air.
Hearing the jubilant voices below, Ao Yuan’s expression held little joy.
His eyes, far in the distance, gazed towards the direction Zeus had left.
In truth, Ao Yuan's first instinct was to pursue Zeus.
His intuition told him that Zeus's departure this time would lead to endless troubles for him and Blue Star.
However, Ao Yuan ultimately dismissed this thought.
The reason was simple enough.
Zeus's speed was incredibly fast.
So fast that in the blink of an eye, Ao Yuan could no longer sense his presence.
Under such circumstances, catching up to him was as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Another point was that other chief gods were still present.
Ao Yuan could only barely defeat Zeus.
Facing the other chief gods, Ao Yuan had no confidence in defeating them.
After all, Zeus was only ranked as a lower-tier chief god.
After a long period of thought, Ao Yuan gracefully landed before the warriors.
"Dragon God!"
"Dragon God!"
"Dragon God!"
Seeing Ao Yuan up close, the humans were ecstatic.
"Let's go."
Ao Yuan shook his head and turned to leave.
Seeing this, the warriors naturally did not hesitate and followed closely behind Ao Yuan, heading back to their original location.
Along the way.
The warriors excitedly chatted amongst themselves.
Ao Yuan did not stop them.
Zeus's departure was not a good thing, and telling these warriors would be of little use.
It would only add to their troubles, so it was better to let them be happy.
While Ao Yuan and his group were walking back.
In a desolate and vast area.
Whoosh!
A lightning bolt flashed brightly, plunging from the sky and striking the ground.
"Cough, cough…"
As the lightning dissipated, Zeus's figure slowly emerged from it.
Zeus clutched his chest, his body dripping with blood, his face deathly pale.
His already disheveled hair was scattered haphazardly, making him look like a vagrant at first glance.
"How... how could this be..."
Zeus took a few steps forward, his gait unsteady.
But he seemed to be facing some crisis, and despite his stumbling, he continued to move forward, occasionally turning to look back.
After walking several hundred meters further, perhaps convinced that Ao Yuan was not pursuing him.
His tension eased, and he collapsed to the ground.
"Cough, cough…"
Zeus lay on the ground, his expression somewhat relieved.
However, a thick, lingering doubt lingered in his eyes.
To this day, he couldn't understand.
Why could Ao Yuan absorb his lightning, while he couldn't absorb Ao Yuan's, and was even severely injured because of it.
It couldn't be that his own talent was inferior to Ao Yuan's, could it?
Zeus absolutely denied this.
To become a chief god required both effort and talent.
Without talent, he would have been eliminated or replaced long ago.
However, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't fathom how Ao Yuan had absorbed his lightning.
But Zeus had learned a valuable lesson.
No matter what, he could not let Ao Yuan continue.
Otherwise, he would face a devastating blow.
"Blue Star! Ao Yuan!"
"I will kill you both!"
Zeus suppressed his thoughts, took a deep breath, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Dare to provoke me, and prepare to report to the underworld!"
As he spoke, Zeus scrambled to his feet.
Although he desired to kill Ao Yuan, and wished he could eat his flesh and stomp on his bones!
He did not lose his reason.
He knew that relying on himself alone would make it difficult to kill Ao Yuan.
Therefore, he decided to find help!
As long as he found allies, wouldn't it be simple to kill Ao Yuan with their combined strength?
Not long after.
Zeus arrived in a withered and ancient region.
In the center of the region stood a colossal and magnificent palace.
However, the palace appeared lifeless, and faint sounds of howling could be heard.
"Zeus, what are you doing here?"
As Zeus approached the palace gates, two guards immediately surrounded him.
"Go inform Hades that Zeus is visiting!" Zeus said in a deep voice.
"Hahahaha!"
The moment he finished speaking, a hoarse yet incredibly arrogant voice echoed from all directions.
The next moment.
A person suddenly appeared in front of where there was previously no one.
This figure was tall and imposing, cloaked entirely in black robes, with wings on his back and an incredibly sinister aura.
"Zeus, it's only been a short while, how have you become like this!"
Upon seeing Zeus's vagrant appearance, the newcomer burst into laughter.
Zeus remained expressionless and got straight to the point, "I've come to talk about cooperation!"
"Cooperation? What kind of cooperation?" Hades narrowed his eyes.
Zeus ignored him and said directly, "If you agree to cooperate with me, I can lend you the Core of Lightning that you've been wanting for three days!"
Hades's eyes narrowed even further, staring intently at Zeus.
He then said, "If it concerns other chief gods, I will not agree."
"It doesn't concern other chief gods," Zeus replied.
"Then it's a deal!" Hades said directly.
He then extended a black, withered hand.
Seeing this, Zeus clasped it, "Pleasure cooperating with you!"
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