"Buzz buzz!!"
At this moment, heaven and earth wailed, and layers of dust and aftershocks spread outward, directly destroying the city.
In the distance, although Marika could not see who Yu was fighting, she could see Yu's attack. With just one sword, he had cut out a canyon that seemed to have no end. Was this really something a human could do?!
He truly was the man she had fallen in love with, so impressive!
Under the protection of the Moon God Envoys, Marika did not suffer any harm.
Although a Moon God Envoy could not withstand even a second under the aftermath of a battle of this level, fortunately, the number of Moon God Envoys was infinite! They surrounded Tachibana Marika in layers, and as soon as the outer Moon God Envoys were destroyed, new ones took their place.
Soon, the pale blue color reappeared in the gloomy sky, and the trembling of the earth gradually calmed down.
Holding Joyeuse, which had transformed into a demonic sword, Yu floated high in the sky, his expression cold.
The power of this sword strike was terrifying, but Yu knew that alone would not be enough to kill Asclepius.
"Khh, khh, foolish mortal, you are truly insane… Compared to those gods who look at humans as livestock, you are even worse."
Beside the massive crack that Yu had cut, Asclepius lay on the now crystallized beach. Half of his body was gone, only the part above the torso remained. Even his left arm, which carried the God Slayer's poisonous blood, had disappeared without a trace after Yu's strike.
At this moment, Asclepius was as miserable as his Golden Snake, and even his speech had become weak.
"Stop pretending, I know you're not that easy to kill."
Yu simply watched Asclepius calmly. He knew the terrifying power of his sword strike, but for a Heretic God, especially Asclepius, a god whose divinity was 'Medicine', the damage caused by his strike was completely healable.
"Cunning fox, the 'Snake' is immortal!"
Seeing that his current state did not make Yu lower his guard, Asclepius spoke, and emerald green light burst out from his severed right arm.
In an instant, buds of flesh grew from Asclepius's destroyed divine body. The buds grew rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, Asclepius returned to his peak condition, even his torn clothes were restored at that moment.
Seeing Asclepius recover so quickly, Yu's expression darkened. This guy's recovery ability was even more abnormal than he had imagined. One moment he was on the verge of death, gasping for air, and the next he was completely restored.
Fortunately, he hadn't rushed forward to finish him earlier, otherwise…
Thinking of this, Yu's gaze fell on Asclepius's left hand, which was emitting poisonous mist. Being touched by such poison was not pleasant; even his [Torn Silver Hand] could be corroded.
Raising Joyeuse, which had transformed into a demonic sword, once again, Yu knew that 'Gorgon's blood' was not Asclepius's true trump card. This was only a means by which Asclepius, as a demigod hero, achieved eternal immortality.
"Foolish mortal, have you had enough fun?"
Seeing Yu raise his sword again, intending to attack him once more, Asclepius's face immediately darkened. Although Yu's attack could not kill him, the pain was real!
He was the God of Medicine, with thick blood and a long life, but he was not a monster like Ares, who could ignore pain despite his strength.
Immediately, Asclepius decided to stop playing with Yu. After his words fell, he raised his hand, and the Golden Snake Staff appeared in his hand once more.
However, this time it was slightly different from when he first appeared. Asclepius's emerald green blood flowed over the Golden Snake Staff.
Suddenly, green leaves actually began to grow on the Golden Snake Staff. The leaves became lush and quickly wrapped around the staff, transforming it into a green wooden staff.
"I am the Scalpel, my meaning is to cut disease, pathology, life and death, and misfortune. I am Asclepius, in the name of the 'Snake', I cut everything that is unfavorable to me!"
Waving the green wooden staff, Asclepius shouted loudly, and as the divine words echoed, a cold gleam suddenly flashed on the green wooden staff. Those green tender leaves, in Asclepius's hand, were blades that could cut life and death!
Looking at Asclepius, Yu's expression changed. The demonized Joyeuse in his hand once again carried wild force and slashed toward Asclepius.
"[Torn Silver Hand], accept my oath, and grant me an invincible blade!"
With an angry roar, the eight-meter-long blade of Joyeuse was once again wrapped in overflowing cursed energy. If this strike landed, it would completely destroy the entire European continent!
But just as the world-destroying demonic sword was about to hit Asclepius, a smile suddenly appeared on his lips.
"Cut!"
The moment Asclepius uttered these three words, at the same time, Yu's [Torn Silver Hand] began to creak:
"Krr… krr…"
An unpleasant sound echoed, and fine cracks began to spread from the demonized Joyeuse. Soon, patterns like snake scales covered Yu's [Torn Silver Hand].
"Bang!"
Before Yu's astonished gaze, the solid [Torn Silver Hand], along with the demonic sword, shattered with a bang, turning into a sky full of silver fragments that scattered freely.
Seeing this, Yu raised his hand and called, retrieving Joyeuse, which had exited its demonized state, back into his hand. His figure flickered, creating distance between himself and Asclepius.
"[Torn Silver Hand]… sealed?"
Looking at his hand, which was intact but unable to activate the authority of [Torn Silver Hand], Yu frowned.
He did not expect that Cut could sever an authority, which surprised him somewhat. And if he remembered correctly, Cut could sever energy, attacks, diseases, and even life and death.
It was quite similar to the eastern god of war and his warrior with the golden sword, but compared to the holy sword Joyeuse and his warrior, Cut was obviously stronger and more comprehensive.
And this was Asclepius's true trump card, the Scalpel that, as the God of Medicine and the constellation Ophiuchus, he controlled, which could cut pathology, life and death, pain, and origin!
This was also the original meaning of Asclepius's name in Greek mythology — the power to cut death, disease, and everything unfavorable to himself!
"Foolish mortal, without that steel hand, how will you fight me? Will you rely on that flashy holy sword Joyeuse?"
After sealing [Torn Silver Hand] using Cut, Asclepius's condition visibly worsened, clearly showing that activating Cut placed a heavy burden on him.
But in Asclepius's eyes, being able to seal the world-destroying [Torn Silver Hand] was a gain!
Without [Torn Silver Hand], he wanted to see how Yu would kill him with that holy sword Joyeuse, which was not even equal to the lowest divine artifact!
Thinking of this, Asclepius's expression turned cold. He waved the green wooden staff in his hand, and emerald green poisonous snakes appeared out of nowhere, twisting their bodies and rushing toward Yu.
Seeing this, Yu once again condensed twelve brilliant swords. The light of the swords flashed, and several emerald green poisonous snakes were cut down.
"Do not resist, you cannot kill me!"
Seeing Yu still resisting, Asclepius continuously summoned poisonous snakes, shouting and trying to disturb Yu's state of mind.
But how could Yu be so easily disturbed by Asclepius? With a wave of his hand, Moon God Envoys appeared one after another, rushing toward the sea of snakes that resembled a green tide.
These poisonous snakes possessed terrifying venom, but their own strength was not even at the level of a knight. Before the Moon Rock Giants, who were composed of moonstone and immune to poison and fire, these snakes could only be crushed.
However, although his snakes were being continuously destroyed, Asclepius showed no signs of panic. He continued to summon snakes endlessly, as if convinced that Yu dared not approach him.
Seeing Asclepius so arrogant, Yu smiled slightly. Yes, Yu admitted that he indeed did not dare approach Asclepius. Even before, when [Torn Silver Hand] was active, Yu did not dare approach; after all, Asclepius's poisonous mist could corrode even [Torn Silver Hand].
Now that he only had a body of flesh and blood, the poisonous mist would penetrate his body upon contact, so Yu dared even less to approach.
However, that did not mean Yu could not attack Asclepius.
Without attacking a single target, could he not use wide-area attacks?
Thinking of this, Yu's figure suddenly rose into the sky, raising both hands. Suddenly, waves surged on the sea, and strong winds rose. Dark clouds filled with lightning covered the blazing sun.
"I can summon wind and rain and gather lightning, and I know that both scorching wind and freezing wind are my subordinates."
"Bring the madness of Storm and Wind to this land!"
As he spoke, lightning danced in the sky. Purple lightning, as thick as an arm, descended from the sky, like beasts that destroy the world, yet also like tame kittens, curling in Yu's palm.
"Lightning! Erase the evil god!"
Holding the lightning, Yu waved lightly, and the terrifying heavenly lightning struck Asclepius fiercely.
"Zeus!!!"
Seeing the young man and the heavenly lightning, some unpleasant memories were awakened in Asclepius. His face twisted, and he raised the green staff in his hand, pointing it at the young man, roaring furiously.
"Boom! Boom!!!"
However, Yu was not Zeus, and the heavenly lightning did not obey Asclepius. With a crash, the heavenly lightning struck Asclepius, instantly turning him into charcoal. The green wooden staff in his hand also shattered piece by piece, revealing the Golden Snake Staff hidden underneath.
Seeing this, Yu raised an eyebrow. It seemed that lightning indeed restrained Asclepius, and very effectively. The lightning he summoned using Storm and Wind had brought him to this state.
Leaning on the Golden Snake Staff, Asclepius's eyes were full of rage. He was a demigod, a hero of the human world!
He brought healing and immortality to humans, yet that ignorant and arrogant fool killed him for the sin of overstepping divinity. Yu's current actions reminded Asclepius of that mindless bastard!
"I will kill you!!!"
Roaring, Asclepius raised the Golden Snake Staff. The golden snake coiled around the staff emitted a crimson bloody glow, and then suddenly transformed into a poisonous long knife resembling a surgical scalpel.
The long knife emitted poisonous mist, and poison continuously dripped from its blade, a sight that immediately instilled fear into the heart.
But how could Yu give Asclepius a chance to approach him?
At this moment, the dark clouds in the sky suddenly began to rotate, covering the sun and forming a shocking spiral shape in the air.
"The wolf born in the steel forest, the wolf that bites through all shackles. Your name Fenrir is now mine. Twilight of the gods longs for the sun and the moon. And I will also destroy many stars…"
The young man's low voice once again echoed through this world, his voice cold yet majestic, as if proclaiming the Twilight of the gods.
After the sound faded, the spiral dark clouds in the sky suddenly dispersed. Immediately after, the demonic wolf that devours the sun and moon and brings twilight to the gods poked its head out. Its crimson wolf eyes were fixed on Asclepius, and a roar echoed throughout the world:
"Roooar!!!"