Shu Punos smiled, raised his hand, and gently patted Ma Fei's shoulder.

Then his body fell from the magic sword and slowly collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

Ma Fei raised his head, his whole body covered in magic纹 (wen - patterns), the last trace of clarity remaining in his eyes.

His body was almost completely torn apart by the cosmic aurora released by Shu Punos, and he could even see his still-beating heart through the wounds.

With such terrifying injuries, even the surging demonic energy could no longer repair Ma Fei's body.

"I knew it... no one but Qiao Yu can beat me in this world."

Ma Fei murmured, the last trace of clarity in his eyes washed away by demonic energy, and his body fell beside Shu Punos like a toppling mountain of gold, making a muffled sound.

Bang.

Qiao Yu punched the door of the Hades Temple.

Black hair covered his eyes, making his expression unreadable.

After a moment of silence, Qiao Yu didn't hesitate any longer and directly pushed open the door of the Hades Temple.

Creak.

The heavy double doors slowly opened to the left and right.

On the throne in the center of the temple, Hades sat quietly, like an eternal sculpture.

"Hades!"

Qiao Yu spoke coldly, raising his head, his eyes full of hostility.

Hades on the throne opened his eyes, devoid of any emotion, like two exquisite gems.

"You killed Shu Punos and Thanatos, not just destroying their physical bodies, but also obliterating their divine persona. That truly exceeded my expectations."

Hades murmured, as if talking to himself, or perhaps intentionally speaking for Qiao Yu to hear.

"It seems that behind you, besides Qiao Anqing's shadow, there should be another god plotting against me. That god's strength wouldn't be weak."

"If I'm not mistaken, it's Hermes. Only that guy would be interested in controlling the underworld."

Qiao Yu didn't answer Hades' question, but walked towards Hades' throne step by step.

"It doesn't matter what the truth is anymore. The only important thing now is that I want to kill you."

Qiao Yu drew out the Zhulong Crescent Blade. When Yang Xiangdi and Ma Fei risked their lives to fight Thanatos and Shu Punos, this battle was no longer just his own affair.

"You don't seem to understand why the final realm is called the Supreme God Rank instead of the Tenth Rank God..."

Hades on the throne slowly stood up.

"Do you know? Even Ninth Rank Gods are no different from false gods in the eyes of the Supreme God Rank."

Qiao Yu suddenly felt an extremely terrifying pressure pressing down on him. That pressure seemed to be everywhere, squeezing every pore on Qiao Yu's body.

This feeling was as if Qiao Yu was being rejected by this world!

Yes!

Rejection!

Qiao Yu clearly felt that the surrounding space was rejecting him, just like oil cannot dissolve in water, and he was like the only drop of oil in the water.

Hades merely standing there caused Qiao Yu unbearable pain. He felt as if his body was about to be directly crushed by this pressure.

The pressure suddenly receded like a tide. Qiao Yu supported himself with his hands on the ground, gasping for breath. He looked like he had just been pulled out of the water, cold sweat soaking his body.

"You are the physical body I chose, but that doesn't mean I won't kill you."

Looking at Qiao Yu's unwilling eyes, Hades spoke expressionlessly.

"Back then, Qiao Anqing helped the benevolent force to cut me down and seal me. Today, I will use his son's body to rule the world."

"This is karma, and it is also reincarnation. The son repays the father's debt, Qiao Yu. This is what your father owes me, and you must repay it!"

Qiao Yu leaned on the Zhulong Crescent Blade and slowly stood up.

"The son repays the father's debt? Actually, there is a way to avoid repayment, such as... killing the debtor!"

"Undead Swap!"

A tiptoeing little skeleton appeared behind Hades' throne at some unknown time.

Qiao Yu instantly swapped places with the little skeleton. Instantly activating Nether Asura Body and Yang Shou Blade Technique, the Zhulong Crescent Blade slashed down towards Hades.

He could only hope now that the Yang Shou Blade Technique's disregard for defense could ignore even the defense of a Supreme God.

However, facing Qiao Yu's sneak attack, Hades didn't even turn his head.

Qiao Yu also noticed something was wrong at this time!

The Zhulong Crescent Blade couldn't even touch Hades' body!

He kept feeling the Zhulong Crescent Blade slashing down, but he couldn't touch Hades' body, as if there was an infinite distance between the blade of the Zhulong Crescent Blade and Hades' body.

"Qiao Yu, don't you understand? Only a Supreme God can deal with a Supreme God."

Hades turned his head, revealing a cold half of his profile.

"The Nether Asura Body was bestowed upon you by me. Since you are so stubborn, I can also take it back."

Hades raised a finger, and the ghostly armor on Qiao Yu's body actually transformed back into chimaeras and escaped.

Screams of pain echoed in the Hades Temple. The feeling of strands of ghostly energy being drawn out of his body was like having his bones pulled out one by one.

When all the ghostly energy had escaped Qiao Yu's body, Qiao Yu instantly fell from the Nether Asura Body to an ordinary physique.

His face was pale as paper, and he was much weaker. The aura on his body also became extremely chaotic, as if he had suffered a heavy blow.

"There's no need to pretend. I know your character and behavior very well. Stripping away a Nether Asura Body wouldn't make you so weak."

Hades spoke coldly. Having spent so much time with Qiao Yu, he naturally knew that Qiao Yu liked to feign weakness and then give his enemies a head-on blow.

Seeing his plan exposed, Qiao Yu didn't pretend anymore. He stood up with the Zhulong Crescent Blade in his hand, and in his other hand, he held a grain of rice formed by the fusion of a Nirvana Divine Lightning and Chaos Fire.

"Eat shit!"

Qiao Yu simply stopped pretending and threw the rice grain of light directly at Hades.

This move could injure Thanatos, so it shouldn't be completely ineffective against Hades.

However, the scene from before appeared again. When the light spot containing terrifying energy flew in front of Hades, it could no longer move forward, as if there was an infinite distance in front of Hades.

"What's going on?"

Qiao Yu frowned. His attacks couldn't land on Hades at all. How was he supposed to fight like this?

He suddenly remembered that Hades seemed to control the Law of Reincarnation!

Could it be... that the Hades he was seeing now wasn't in this lifetime?!