"What is this thing?"
The God of Evil panicked and released the divine power inside him, trying to break free. He did not expect the golden chains to bind tighter the more he struggled.
"Evil!" the Life Goddess and the Goddess of Goodness cried at the same time.
Their actions afterward were completely different. A milky white heart appeared in the Goddess of Goodness's hand, and white energy flowed from her body toward the God of Evil.
In the Life Goddess's hand, a small emerald tree appeared. Endless life energy flowed from it. Part of it moved toward the God of Evil, while the other part, under the Life Goddess's control, broke open the void.
The Life Goddess looked deeply at Wu Ling, then looked worriedly at the God of Destruction, who was still fighting Ashwatthama. Her expression turned firm. She turned and left Soul Land.
Seeing the Life Goddess leave, the Goddess of Goodness had just breathed a sigh of relief when she turned and discovered that with her help, the God of Evil had not improved. The chains on his body had become even more solid.
She immediately realized that these chains had a serious problem. But as the Goddess of Goodness, combat was not her specialty. Since even the God of Evil could not break free, she had no way to do so either. As for attacking Wu Ling, the one in charge, even Asura God, the strongest direct fighter among the five god kings, had lost to him. If she rushed in, it would be no different from delivering herself to him.
So the Goddess of Goodness understood what she needed to do: delay. Delay until the Life Goddess brought reinforcements.
Thinking this, the Goddess of Goodness lifted her super divine artifact, the Heart of Goodness, and watched Wu Ling warily.
The next second, her eyes tightened. She saw Wu Ling smiling.
Her thoughts moved quickly as she tried to understand his behavior. Why was he smiling? Was he mocking their strength? Was he mocking their current state?
Before she could understand, the sound of rattling chains rang beside her ear.
At once, she seemed to realize something. She followed the sound with her eyes and saw golden chains extending from the void. At the end of the chains was the Life Goddess, bound in an ornate and humiliating restraint pattern.
Wu Ling swept a smiling glance over the Life Goddess. Then he looked a few more times before waving at the Goddess of Goodness. Several chains immediately sealed every path of retreat. After a brief struggle, the God of Evil, Goddess of Goodness, and Life Goddess were dragged before Wu Ling.
"Tell me. You did not really think I was the kind of person who would let you fight me one by one, did you? If I were not trying to prevent you from escaping, would I waste time playing house with this guy? I have no fewer than several dozen ways to kill you with schemes."
As he spoke, Wu Ling shook Asura God's soul in his hand. Seeing that the soul seemed to be trying to say something, Wu Ling gave it a clean slap and quieted it down.
Then Wu Ling continued speaking to the three gods.
"Enkidu: Chains of Heaven cannot pierce space by itself. But with a little preparation, it can still manage this much. Otherwise, if I already knew you would come, why would I stay in a city instead of going to some deep mountain forest?"
Suddenly, an energy bullet carrying terrifying destructive power shot toward Wu Ling at high speed. Wu Ling sidestepped it, and his eyes turned toward the source of the attack.
The God of Destruction was dodging Ashwatthama's attacks while glaring viciously at Wu Ling and the bound Life Goddess.
Wu Ling looked back and forth a few times. Then, while watching the fight, he explained, "Hey, hey, let me make this clear first. I handed the binding work to Enkidu. Who knows why he knows this kind of tying method? I do not even know how to do it myself. But with that said..."
Here, Wu Ling showed a wicked smile.
"God of Destruction, right? Your wife really is something."
After hearing Wu Ling's words, the God of Destruction felt his mind explode. At that moment, he was even angrier than the God of Wrath under him. But before he could say anything, a huge wheel blade came straight at his face.
The God of Destruction had no choice but to force his attention back to the battle. He wanted to kill Wu Ling hundreds, even thousands, of times.
The God of Destruction was frustrated to an extreme degree. Leave aside the fact that Wu Ling had bound his beloved above him. His opponent, Ashwatthama, had already pushed him close to collapse.
From the fact that his super divine artifact was a scepter, one could tell he was a mage type. Ashwatthama's class was Archer, yet his battle style was like a warrior's, focused on close combat. A mage fighting a warrior at close range was the first problem.
The second was that the destructive power inside Ashwatthama could cancel the destructive power he released. If anyone else had been in Ashwatthama's place, they would have been killed by his destructive power eight or ten times already.
In other words, in the God of Destruction's mind, Ashwatthama was like a mosquito that could not be swatted dead. Ignore him, and he would bite you with a wound that itched unbearably. Pay attention to him, and you would find that you could not do anything about him.
The situation was similar with Caenis and Poseidon. Soul Land's Poseidon had become a god through faith, so his combat skill was not much worse than Caenis's. But Caenis possessed the conceptual defense of Poseidon's favor. It was an absolute defense that granted Caenis an immortal nature.
Their current state was like two warriors in bulletproof vests poking each other with toothpicks. If one was careless, the other could land a painful hit. If both fought seriously, neither could defeat the other easily.
At that moment, Wu Ling's voice sounded again. This time, he was not speaking to the God of Destruction or Poseidon. He was speaking to Ashwatthama and Caenis farther away.
"Ashwatthama, Caenis, can you two handle this or not? I will give you three more minutes. If you still cannot beat them, I will step in."
Both of them froze when they heard Wu Ling. Then their fighting spirit and killing intent surged even higher into the sky.
"Ha. You say I cannot beat this bastard? Just wait. Once I kill him, I will have a proper talk with you, Master!"
"I am furious. Furious, furious, furious. Watch me tear him apart!"
Three minutes later, Wu Ling, smiling, used Enkidu: Chains of Heaven to restrain the God of Destruction and Poseidon. Ashwatthama and Caenis stood before him, glaring at him in anger.
There was no helping it. The two of them could remain undefeated, but they did not have the ability to kill or defeat their opponents.
Ashwatthama's Noble Phantasm needed no explanation. As for Caenis, other than the Noble Phantasm "Fly, my golden great wings!" Caenis also had an EX ranked Noble Phantasm called "Sea God, Raging Sea Storm Blue." But using a tsunami to kill a sea god was even more ridiculous than trying to stab Susanoo with a kunai.
"All right, all right. There are plenty more gods in the Divine Realm. You can kill as many as you want there."
After saying that, Wu Ling waved his hand and opened the spatial blockade formed by Enkidu: Chains of Heaven. A Magecraft formation leading to the Divine Realm appeared on the ground.
Only after the two left did Wu Ling turn back toward the five bound gods.
"Now then, we should have a proper conversation."