Within all the Divine Realms, residents were watching this martial arts tournament.
Luffy and a group of partners looked at the horrific fighting scenes with wide, excited eyes.
"This kind of swordsmanship has surpassed my cognition entirely. When this tournament is over, Luffy... we may have to part ways for a while..."
Zoro watched Li Shimin defeat his opponent and said in a low tone. Everyone had their own ambitions—and now he wanted to challenge every swordsman in the Divine Realm, starting from the ordinary level. In the future, he must become the top swordsman in the Divine Realm!
Luffy patted Zoro on the shoulder and smiled. "Didn't Frankie go to the technology plane the other day? Chopper also went to the demon spirit world with him. We... someday will be together again. At that time, let's see who's better. I also want to become a stronger fighter."
Since he couldn't be the One Piece—then he wanted to be the King of Adventure.
The tournament progressed very quickly. Because of the large number of participants and the need for many believers to return and oversee their own affairs, Liu Che had to accelerate time within the arena. Basically, a winner could be determined in five minutes.
Fighters like Lao Gao, Ye Laohei, and Constantine were all quickly eliminated in the first round. On the other hand, Tanjiro and Ye Fan persisted into the second round.
Sam ran into Captain Jack. These two were truly a perfect match—technology versus undead.
After obtaining consent from both parties, the grand battle began.
"Fire!"
"Laser hole shot!"
The battle in the arena was extremely fierce—it wasn't based on personal strength at all, but on whose firepower was stronger! When Captain Jack dispatched the Ghost Ship, Sam deployed the smart mech warrior. Undead enchantments erupted on one side; particle positioning appeared on the other. Neither could afford to do nothing.
After ten hours, the two sides chose a draw and both were eliminated.
Xiao Luan commented: "You two believers are very good. There are some signs of Western gods—and they surpass theirs in certain respects."
"Really?"
Liu Che asked. The beauty produced a document from her hand. It contained a detailed description of the gods in the Western divine system—a god's realm composed of magical systems such as technology, magic, and undead.
In fact, both sides were similar—just different in form. For example, in the Oriental God System there were angels and demons, while in the West there were dragons and phoenixes. But the real system didn't have a god as tolerant as Liu Che.
Especially Captain Jack's undead system, which combined his own abilities with technology—the strength on display was very impressive. Particularly in times of divine war, it could exert unimaginable combat effectiveness. Undead in the gods' realm were very rare, and they weren't afraid of the sun—only ultimate light magic. But Xiao Luan wanted to use Liu Che's ingenuity to eliminate these drawbacks entirely.
As for Sam's technology, it was quite ordinary—it could only be said that he had obtained the core technology of the Western gods.
"Do you want to take the chaotic path?"
Xiao Luan looked at Liu Che with soft eyes. Looking back at his rules, it really made her want to become his subsidiary. A man of infinite charm.
Liu Che whispered: "I also want to become the master of all laws, but it will take a long time." Simply put, some luck was needed—because he didn't know what his next world would be. Would the sacrifice trigger the highest possible increase?
Xiao Luan nodded slightly, understanding Liu Che's thoughts. Afterwards, she said to him: "You don't have to worry about Chi Huang Liu Yan. The master above also hopes to keep a prodigy like you. This time the Battle of Gods is an example. Even if those veteran creators are jealous, they dare not rush to make a move!"
Liu Che looked at Xiao Luan strangely.
"You seem to know the upper realm very well?"
"Understand? Heh... I'm just someone from a family outside the realm. Otherwise, how could I become the manager of Chi Huang Liu Yan at my current age?
In this era, the identity of a God of Creation is very glorious—a powerful figure who determines the life and death of countless people. But in the upper world, it's just a follower.
The God of Creation is merely the starting point, and those terrifying masters are truly powerful! Every master with authority can kill hundreds of millions of creation gods with a single thought! But don't worry—if you master multiple laws of creation like you do."
Liu Che was stunned. He hadn't expected Xiao Luan to actually be from the upper realm. Interest suddenly appeared in his heart—and for this, the Budokai suddenly lost its appeal.
He lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked: "How many masters of the upper realm are there in total? East and West combined!"
"Three thousand! Only more..."
The number Xiao Luan gave caused Liu Che to take a sharp breath. He hadn't expected there to be so many masters—he had thought there were only a hundred.
"There are about a thousand in the East, and almost the same in the West. The rest are indigenous dominators of the upper realm. There is no opportunity to develop more talents there, so our potential is the greatest!"
To comfort Liu Che, Xiao Luan began to explain the affairs of the upper realm. For example—what was dominance?
Mastering the law was actually just the first step for gods. When one truly traced back to the origin and integrated the law into one's own Divine Realm—that was the true path of transcendence.
The law was not controlled by other gods—only oneself! Master the path!
Regarding which law to choose for breaking through, Xiao Luan suggested it was best to break through via the path of love, because this law had never been heard of in the upper realm.
Breaking through to dominance had a place in the upper realm. However, behind the God of Creation was the master, then the creator, and ultimately the supreme authority. Each stage was divided into three layers, and each layer had a different distance between them.
Being favored by a master could prove how much the upper realm valued Liu Che.
"If that's the case, then I won't rush to break through. I'd rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail!"
Liu Che made up his mind—collect more laws first, then break through with far greater strength in one fell swoop!
Xiao Luan felt the same way. Anyway, time meant nothing to gods—it was just a toy. In the long years ahead, goddesses were nothing but diversions; a true companion was still a god.
Therefore, Xiao Luan was jealous, but she understood in her heart. What should she pay attention to? If she wanted to fight for favor by competing with the goddesses, that would be looking down on herself far too much. Her advantage lay in her noble background—she knew a great deal of information. And her identity and Liu Che's were equal, not a so-called dependency relationship. Although Liu Che was very strong, Xiao Luan didn't ask him to give her anything in return.
Although the deity world paid attention to companions, if it wasn't necessary, they wouldn't produce offspring like the lower gods did. If it was a master, that was another matter entirely.
Between talking and laughing, the contest reached a wonderful stage. Xiao Luan, the strongest fighter in the Divine Realm, had defeated six consecutive rounds of opponents and now stood among the final sixteen.
At this time, the final sixteen players were as follows:
From Xiao Luan's side, the strongest was the stubborn stone Wan Shi Haojie. The secondary was Shenhua Baifeng. The Divine Realm's Executive Officer would not be participating. And a flower demon elf named Shen Tu.
The remaining twelve people were all from Liu Che's Divine Realm.
Xiao Luan took a look and found that none of the goddesses had appeared on the scene. She frowned and said: "Why don't your people follow those goddesses? Are they believers who look down on me?"
"No, it's just that it would be too foul of them to participate."
"To put it bluntly, people still look down on me! Humph..."
Xiao Luan rolled her eyes. She felt her man was being too arrogant.
"Believe it or not, your people won't make it to the top four?"
"I don't believe it!"
"Would you like to bet?"
"What are we betting on?"
Xiao Luan suddenly became interested and looked at him with a smile. She saw Liu Che staring back at her and smiled: "Just bet on that..."
"Pervert... but say yes first. If I win, you have to give me a satisfactory gift."
Not only did Xiao Luan feel no shame, but she stood her ground boldly. Treating the man she liked—if she were shy, that would be rather funny. The lace news about the two of them was all over the sky now! Just open the internet and there were photos of them everywhere.
The first battle of the top sixteen: Shen Tu versus Orochimaru!
Although everyone looked down on this pale-faced fellow, he definitely had a hand in making people deeply uncomfortable! When he was in the Ninja world, he had been studying anthropology. Now that he was in the Divine Realm, his research had become even crazier.
It should be mentioned here—Tosaka Rin had been defeated by Orochimaru, not because of strength, but because Orochimaru was too disgusting. Tosaka Rin had been left covering her mouth and vomiting with a deathly pale face!
When Orochimaru looked at the splendid elf, he couldn't help but smile with a gloomy expression: "Hey... such a pretty little girl. I'll play with you this time!"
"Huh... do you think those things can make me sick?"
Shen Tu sneered. She had lived in the dark world for countless years and had never encountered anything truly disgusting. If one thought that certain colorful maggots and the internal organs of some animals could scare her—that was a grave mistake.
Orochimaru couldn't help but light up when he heard this, then smiled in that strange way of his.
"I just love your attitude toward life like this. Come on... enjoy the nightmare technique that I worked on together with Giles.
Here begins female hell. Unless you are a mechanical life, I promise you will definitely cry out!"
Accompanied by Orochimaru's words, the ground began to float. Shen Tu was shocked and immediately teleported into the air, protecting her body with three layers of defensive magic.
As a result, only a single flower appeared on the ground. It looked like a skeleton fused with the form of a beautiful woman—very strange.
"That's it?"
Shen Tu sneered at this. But then the world before her changed entirely. Her body was grasped by countless intestines and slimy tentacles and pulled toward the ground. Even if she wanted to struggle, it was of no avail.
"No... what is going on?! My body... it won't let go!"
In the eyes of the onlookers, Shen Tu stood completely still in the air, while Orochimaru smiled pleasantly.