Chapter 2319 - 2322: Radiance of the God Slayer

"Bastard! You can't do this!" Wisdom Goddess Athena screamed, her eyes devoid of pride and filled with deep fear. This palpable terror also made the numerous Sea Demons present gaze in shock at the smiling Shen Qiang.

"The Dragon Emperor is truly terrifying! Having one's memory erased is equivalent to dying, isn't it?"

"My heavens, this is simply incomprehensible! Could it be that the Dragon Emperor, who is only at the Dao Fruit Stage, is even more powerful than War Goddess Athena?"

"What a terrifying Dragon Emperor; he actually has Wisdom Goddess Athena at his mercy!"

In their awe-stricken eyes, Shen Qiang smiled calmly: "Athena, you've been dead for a long time. Now, all that remains is a preserved memory of you. Your perfect plan was for Qingxuan, who occupies your body, to inherit your memories and faith, continuing to live under your identity."

"It's a good idea and a very meticulous plan, but the Heavenly Dao is such that true death is irreversible. No matter what loophole you attempt to exploit, you cannot escape unless you possess strength greater than the Heavenly Dao."

Upon hearing this, Athena was furious and shouted, "Heavenly Dao, Heavenly Dao! What exactly is the Heavenly Dao? Make it come out and say these words to me!"

Shen Qiang chuckled and breathed out a sigh, calmly saying, "In my understanding, the so-called Heavenly Dao is the fundamental rule of existence for all things. It is invisible and intangible but exists nonetheless. The Heavenly Dao rewards diligence; even if one cannot transcend life and death, those who strive usually enjoy a better life."

"Is this the Heavenly Dao?" Athena yelled.

Shen Qiang smiled again, saying, "The Heavenly Dao comes in many forms. Rewarding diligence is just one of them. The cycle of seasons, birth, aging, sickness, and death—aren't they all?"

"I am alive, and now you want to kill me." Athena raged, "Is this your Heavenly Dao?"

Shen Qiang smiled and said, "Without Qingxuan's power from the soul, you are nothing but a non-decomposing piece of flesh. So you can rest assured to go, your destiny is set so that your memory and faith will be retained, this I can fulfill for you."

"You will fulfill it for me?" Athena lashed out in anger: "I am a Goddess! What qualifications do you have to speak such words?"

Shen Qiang laughed, the delicate and exquisite surgical knife spinning swiftly between his fingers like a dancing sprite.

"I said, within ten meters before me, I am the Heavenly Dao!"

"You!" War Goddess Athena wanted to continue speaking, but at that moment, the surgical knife in Shen Qiang's hand transformed into a cold ray of light.

Boom!

In an instant, dazzling light shot into the sky!

The sudden burst of light instantly turned the previously dust-covered and blood-clouded environment blinding.

It also left all the Sea Demons speechless.

"Impossible!" The Sea Emperor was shocked, staring at the scene before him and muttering, "War Goddess Athena, her body is immortal. Even I, with weapons in hand, might not be able to harm her. How is this possible!"

Simultaneously, Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang was similarly stunned, staring at the little knife in Shen Qiang's hand that could not be worth more than 200 dollars, muttering, "This is the radiance of god slaying! It's impossible! Shen Qiang's cultivation is merely at the Dao Fruit Stage; he's not yet a peak strongman, he's not!"

Gui Shu was stupefied, but his eyes became somewhat fervent: "God Slayer! A subject slaying a king, a son slaying a father, a God Slayer with a half-demon body!"

At this moment, Yuying, holding the Black Blade with her snow-white jade hand, looked at Shen Qiang in surprise, her eyes exceedingly bright.

"Within ten meters before you, you are the Heavenly Dao! This statement, you really accomplished it!"

They were shocked, while Shen Qiang, who had not realized he had done something extraordinary, calmly and precisely used extraordinarily steady techniques to cut open the magnificent head of War Goddess Athena.

"It's strange, I always thought the brain of a god should be different from a human's, but disappointingly, it seems no different from an ordinary brain surgery."

Half-closed eyes, Shen Qiang, though a bit disappointed, continued to carefully use his divine sense to search.

Then, when his divine sense confirmed that a small piece of brain tissue the size of a fingernail carried the strange energy induced by acupuncture technique, Shen Qiang smiled.

He calmly made the cut.

Then, after preserving the small excised brain tissue in a glass jar, he quickly began to stitch it up.

"What did he do?" The Sea Emperor was astounded.

Meanwhile, thousands of miles offshore, on a cliff's edge, a statue seated cross-legged covered in moss suddenly opened its eyes.

"God Slayer!"

In a bustling city, a pot-bellied, clown-costumed, bald elder suddenly turned his head, his gaze bewilderedly fixed on the direction of the sea.

"God Slayer!"

In an ancient temple, as the wind rose and leaves fell, a monk sweeping the floor turned his head, gazing at the direction beyond the clouds and sea, sighing.

"Amitabha!"

On the North Pole, aboard an ancient wooden ship adorned with ice cones, the mucky captain sat silently for a long time before bursting into laughter: "Ahahaha, this guy with that style, wanted to design a way to kill me before. Who am I? To fall for his trap? Hahaha, that bastard must have done away with that dumb god, ahahaha, come on, boys, whether whoever's dead, let's toast to our luck!"

"The boss is indeed the boss, the true skill in Jianghu is escaping quickly!"

On the Kyoto street, a voluptuous woman removed her sunglasses, lost in thought as she looked towards the sea.

"Is it really you coming back?"

On a misty mountain peak, with a hum, the old man caressing the broken strings of his zither slowly turned his head, sighing dreamily.

"Calamity."

While numerous peculiar individuals were silently feeling sentimental, as the stitching was completed.

The blinding light rapidly faded.

Throughout the surgery, not only was there no trace of blood, but everything returned to normal in an instant.

Boom!

Gui Shu collapsed not far away.

"Save him!"

Great Sea Demon King Yu Jiang suddenly waved his hand.

Gui Shu instantly shot toward Shen Qiang.

Bang!

With a single hand, Shen Qiang swiftly grabbed Gui Shu and quickly stopped his bleeding, while performing surgery. He said in a deep voice, "Come back, there's no need to fight, it's impossible to win anyway."

Upon hearing this, the Sea Demons around Shen Qiang suddenly came to their senses.

Only to then see the numerous Atlantic City Sea Demons pouring in from all directions, spreading like dark clouds pressing on the ground.

From each direction, countless Sea Demons gathered, their numbers in the thousands!

"Dragon Emperor, the situation is not looking good, what should we do?" A Sea Demon whose psychological resilience was not strong felt a little nervous.

Hearing this, Shen Qiang smiled slightly and said, "This should be the Sea Emperor's subordinates speaking."

The Sea Demon was taken aback.

Then he saw Shen Qiang's cold yet teasing smile at the corner of his mouth: "Because within the Four Seas, one Dragon Emperor is already enough."