Armipotent

"Foolish Xaphan! This is why I don't like bringing a newbie with us. Instead of gaining experience, he instead died!" One of the Light God Rank voiced his displeasure, and his voice was loud enough for Tang Shaoyang to hear clearly. Even though he could probably hear even if he said it in a low voice with the distance between them and how sharp his hearing was.

Xaphan was the God Rank who just died, killed by Afi. Xaphan was one of the new God Ranks from the Divine Church. A few years was nothing for the God Rank.

"We can't blame Xaphan for what happened. We get tricked or our people are incompetent to gather information. How could they never tell us anything about the God Rank and the Demi-God Rank?" The God Rank that transformed into crimson flame spoke, scanning the group in front of him. From Tang Shaoyang, Karoen, Afi, Vandir, and Avyn. His last gaze was on Avyn which he recognized to be the strongest among the five figures.

Tang Shaoyang let them speak among themselves, letting them land without any further attack from him. He officially identified six God Ranks and forty-one Demi-God Ranks. He did not bother to check the remaining people's rank.

"I thought this is a lower world, how could possibly this world have God Ranks, more than one on top of that? How is this possible?" Another question came from the Wind God Rank.

"It's because of that person!" The Light God Rank who spoke earlier, pointing his finger at Tang Shaoyang, "He is the person with Spirit Contract Class. Those God Ranks are spirits, and from what I know, these God Ranks are an Archaic Spirit. You have to be careful fighting against them even though we had the numbers."

The Nirvana Alliance had fought several Spirit Contractors, and they knew a lot more than the others who were not aware of the class. They were aware of the rank of the spirit and could tell that the four spirits were Archaic Spirits. They came to Earth with the mind of easy work, and they were surprised by Tang Shaoyang's appearance. Not only he had reached the Demi-God Rank in such a short amount of time, but he also had four Archaic Spirits which The Nirvana and the other six God Alliances were afraid of.

"But Gungnir has killed him!? How can he still be alive? We saw his body crumble into dust at the last moment!" Another Light God Rank was puzzled to find Tang Shaoyang was still alive. Nirvana, the God Alliance behind The Divine Church had sent three God Ranks to kill Tang Shaoyang earlier in the Dimensional Tower. Tang Shaoyang almost made an escape because of the Divine Thunder from the System, but Tang Shaoyang ended up dying because his body could no longer bear the burden of the Spirit Integration.

"How long are they going to chat by themselves?" Afi asked loudly, and the enemy then focused on the bear. The Primordial Urosa did not stay still as he raised his right paw which was covered in lava. He slammed the paw to the ground.

Boom!

The ground cracked, and the crack moved toward the army. The crack passed through the God Ranks and reached the army behind them. The God Ranks moved away slightly from the crack even though it did not pose a threat to them. They were being cautious after what happened to Xaphan.

While the God Rank could make a distance from the crack, not for the army behind them. They were grouped up, in a formation, lining up for the battle. The crack was around forty centimeters wide, the soldiers could move slightly so they did not fall to the crack. However, the army could not avoid what came for them.

Boom!

The crack closed up in the blink of an eye and lava burst out from the crack before it closed up. The shot went up into the air, up to fifty meters as if it created a wall of lava before the lava splashed to the sides. Just like a flood, the lava swept the army. The Primordial Rank, The Legend Rank, and The Demi-God Rank managed to survive the surprise from Afi, but it was unfortunate for the Myth Rank and lower-rank army. They got swept into the lava and melted.

The Wind God Rank was quick with his reaction, using his wind to isolate the lava with his wind and protect the army from the lava flood.

While the God Ranks were distracted by the lava, Tang Shaoyang formed another javelin made of Slayer Energy. This was the test of his new advancement. He aimed at the Wind God Rank who was currently distracted by the lava. His throw created a shock wave as the javelin moved with the speed of sound. With such a distance between them, it was as if the javelin was teleported. In the blink of an eye, the javelin was right in front of the Wind God Rank.

Of course, killing the second God Rank would not be easy with just one strike. One of the Light God Ranks and Flame God Rank reacted in time. Both arrived in front of the Wind God Rank, and both formed the shield. The Flame Barrier and Light Barrier formed, manipulating their element authority to create the strongest barrier.

However, they once more underestimated Tang Shaoyang's Slayer Energy. The javelin tore apart the barrier, and the javelin showed a sign of being slowed down. That gave the Light God Rank a chance to grab and pull the Wind God Rank. The javelin missed the intended target, but it was unlucky for whoever was behind the Wind God Rank.

The javelin went through to the body of the Demi-God Rank, and it was not stopping. The javelin kept going until it disappeared from Tang Shaoyang's Spirit Eyes. He killed hundreds of the army with just a single throw, and The Wind God Rank lost control over his wind. The contained lava burst out, flooding out in all directions.

"Don't try to block that red spear again! Dodge if he ever uses that! That must be Slayer Energy!" The Light God Rank shouted, reminding the three God Ranks from the Federation of Allurion. Nirvana had the information about Tang Shaoyang's first two classes. Those two classes were the reason why The Nirvana did not hesitate sending out three God Ranks when Tang Shaoyang was still just an Ancient Rank. That was the worst combination possible, and they thought of eliminating the threat before Tang Shaoyang could reach his potential.

The Six God Ranks clearly lacked coordination with how they fought. As they focused on Tang Shaoyang, they forgot about the four Archaic Spirits. Avyn was missing from the group, and she was behind them, floating above the lava and the flying Demi-God Ranks who ran into the air when the lava flooded out.

"I don't like hot temperatures," Avyn muttered while releasing the frost aura. That was just aura, but the lava froze, and whoever was touched by the frost aura, immediately froze up. The seething lava instantly froze, and it spread out, freezing the army in a wide radius.

The third God Rank of the Federation of Allurion, The Lightning God Rank sensed the freezing temperature behind him, "Watch your back!" He called out as he moved to the side. He did not think of saving his freezing subordinates as he moved to the side at lightning speed. The Flame God Rank turned around and immediately followed his friend. Meanwhile, the three Light God Rank and The Wind God Rank moved to the opposite side. They were splitting up with the frozen area in between.

Just like a glass, the freezing people broke into pieces. Tang Shaoyang heard the buzzing of notifications in his head. He just put away the notifications and summoned Rank A+ Spirit up to Rank SS Spirit, all of them. He signaled his spirits to clean up the army that had been reduced almost to half. Afi and Avyn went crazy with their first strike. The spirits rushed forward, walking through the freezing lava. The frost aura did not hurt them. That showed how perfect Avyn's control over her elemental.

Afi took a deep breath at the sigh of his freezing lava. He was aware that Avyn was stronger than him, but he did not expect the gap between them to be too big like this.

"I will take care of the Flame and The Lightning. Don't come closer to where I fight. It might be dangerous for you guys because I will use Death and Void Domain. I am afraid you will get hurt if you accidentally enter my domain." Tang Shaoyang chose his opponent and reminded the others. He did not mean for one against two because he still had his hidden card, Doombringer the Calamity Behemoth. He dashed to the right, leaving the other Archaic Spirits.

Avyn glanced toward Tang Shaoyang's side with a concerned gaze. She wanted to be the one who fought with Tang Shaoyang instead of letting him fight together with The Calamity Behemoth who hardly listened to Tang Shaoyang's order. However, The Last Kankara'Xeo chose to trust Tang Shaoyang's decision and did her part.

'I will kill my prey quickly and help him!' That was what in Avyn's thought as she searched for her prey.

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"Hah! I can't believe you dare to come at us alone," The Flame God Rank could not believe that the Demi-God Rank came at them alone. The four God Rank spirits were chasing their comrades, "We just need to kill him, and the God Rank Spirits will be gone as well with him."

"Don't underestimate him, Artaya! He killed one of us already!" The Lightning God Rank became more cautious that Tang Shaoyang dared to approach them alone.

Tang Shaoyang had a sword in his right hand, and Nightfall was still in the sheath, "If you don't come, then I will come to you!"

Fifth Heavenly Gate: Heavenly Sword - Heavenly Revoke!