Thanatos crashed through several walls in a row before being buried within.

Wisps of white smoke rose from a fist as big as a casserole dish.

The owner of this fist was none other than Joe Elm.

However, Joe Elm's condition seemed a bit off. His entire consciousness was somewhat blurred.

He felt a lot of power within his body, but this power was completely out of his control, rampaging within him.

His various attributes were also fluctuating wildly. For example, the punch he just threw at Thanatos saw his strength attribute soar directly to twelve thousand, before dropping again.

"Haa... Haa..."

Joe Elm knelt on the ground, panting heavily. He felt extremely uncomfortable, as if his whole body was about to explode.

Waves of black aura rose from Joe Elm's skin. Unlike the aura of death and desolation released by Thanatos, the aura released by Joe Elm was more like the final destination of everything.

It was as if the ultimate destination of everything in the world was to transform into this almost-void black aura.

Rumble!

Dust and rubble shot into the sky.

The tall figure of Thanatos stood up from the rubble again.

He had obvious abrasions on his face, clearly Joe Elm's handiwork.

Thanatos walked towards Joe Elm step by step, the anger finally appearing on his face that had always been devoid of any expression.

A mere ant had actually injured him, a noble god. How could Thanatos not be furious!

But when Thanatos saw the black aura on Joe Elm's body, the anger on his face immediately turned into shock.

"Nether... Nether energy? And it's the purest nether energy without any impurities! This is impossible!!! How could nether energy appear on the body of an ant?"

Thanatos' face was filled with disbelief, and his silver-white eyes were trembling slightly.

"Could it be that you are also one of the inheritors? But how could the Seed of Inheritance choose an ant from a low-level universe?!"

Joe Elm didn't hear a word of what Thanatos said. He now felt like his body was melting, and the nether energy Thanatos mentioned was constantly coursing through his body.

The surging, violent power filled Joe Elm's limbs and bones, and he felt an urgent need for a channel to vent it.

"Thanatos!!!"

Joe Elm could only vaguely see the blurred figure of Thanatos. He clenched his fist, countless nether energies gathering on his fist. The flesh and blood on Joe Elm's fist kept collapsing and reforming.

"What are you doing? Stop! If you are also an inheritor, I am not your enemy!" Thanatos shouted.

But Joe Elm ignored him completely, charging forward and punching towards Thanatos.

"Damn it! Has the power of the Seed of Inheritance clouded his mind?"

Thanatos threw out a black ball of light, but it was directly blasted apart by Joe Elm's punch.

"Impossible! Even fusing with the Seed of Inheritance shouldn't cause such a surge in power! What kind of monster are you?" Thanatos was terrified.

Facing the charging Joe Elm, Thanatos clenched his fist with one hand and swung it towards Joe Elm. He had to subdue the ant in front of him first in order to find out what exactly had happened to him.

"Deathly Extinction!"

A thick aura of death condensed on Thanatos' fist, and then attacked Joe Elm.

Clatter!

A scene that stunned Thanatos occurred. Joe Elm raised one hand and easily caught his fist!

Moreover, the aura of death he unleashed retreated constantly before the nether energy emanating from Joe Elm, just like a subject meeting their ruler.

"This is impossible!!!"

The scene before him made Thanatos' handsome face distort.

He couldn't understand how the ant in his eyes could suddenly become so terrifying?

But Joe Elm didn't give him any time to react.

Boom!

A punch mixed with thick nether energy moved in an instant, hitting Thanatos' cheek.

He let out a muffled groan, and his tall body flew out backwards, in a miserable state.

Black wings flashing with cold light instantly unfolded, forcibly stopping Thanatos' backward momentum. He hovered in mid-air, looking at Joe Elm with suspicion and uncertainty.

There was a pitch-black fist mark on his face. The flesh and blood covered by the fist mark had all dried up. That was the damage caused to Thanatos by the nether energy.

Thanatos raised his hand and gently pressed on the wound on his face. His eyes turned cold, and a chilling killing intent surged from his body.

"You actually dare to punch a god, even if you are really an inheritor, I, Thanatos, will kill you! I want to see how long you can maintain this power!"

"Deathly Soul Loss!"

Thanatos, flying in the air, raised his hands, and countless auras of death roared out like black dragons, pouncing on Joe Elm.

"Kill...!"

Joe Elm, whose consciousness was a little blurred, shouted, facing the thick aura of death, punching one punch after another.

At this time, he had no way to think at all. He only knew that if this power was not vented, his body would explode directly!

Countless nether energies surged, and Thanatos' aura of death retreated steadily in the face of the nether energy.

The strange power on Joe Elm's body, which was completely out of control, began to rush out of his body continuously as he punched, turning into violent fist shadows.

[Ding! Congratulations to player Joe Elm for successfully merging with the S-grade item, Seed of the King of the Underworld!]

Along with the sound of the Otherworld System's notification, Joe Elm's consciousness finally regained some clarity. He gathered all the remaining power in his body on his fist.

In Thanatos' horrified gaze, Joe Elm jumped high and punched him in the face, knocking him down from the sky.

Thanatos opened his mouth wide and spat out a mouthful of blood, staining half of Joe Elm's cheek red.

Under this terrifying punch, Thanatos' body flew out like a cannonball, directly smashing a bottomless pit in the ground.

After squandering all the remaining power in his body, Joe Elm's vision finally returned to clarity. At the same time, an indescribable sense of weakness surged from his body, causing him to collapse directly to the ground.

Joe Elm felt as if he had been taken advantage of by hundreds of strong men at the same time. He felt like his whole body was about to fall apart, and he couldn't muster any strength at all.

Accompanied by a wave of fatigue, Joe Elm passed out directly.

And after he fainted, a large hand grabbed the edge of the deep pit.

Thanatos crawled out of the pit!

The bones on his face were sunken, and his face was covered in blood. His silver eyes were full of resentment and killing intent!

At this time, he didn't look like a god, but more like an Asura evil ghost crawling out of the eighteenth level of hell.

"No one has ever dared to hurt me like this. You damn ant, I will imprison your soul back to the underworld and torture you for ten thousand years! Deathly Extinction!"

Thanatos raised his hand towards the unconscious Joe Elm, and violent power gathered in his palm.

Just as Thanatos was about to turn Joe Elm into dust, a black shadow suddenly appeared on Joe Elm's body.

And Thanatos, who had always regarded himself as a god, was stunned when he saw this black shadow, and then slowly knelt down...