“He poked Ares to death with one finger!”

“He killed Apollo with just one palm!”

“How powerful is he? How does he compare to Zeus and Odin?”

“This Kryptonian is really too powerful. No wonder he dared to challenge the pantheon alone. It turns out that he really has something.”

“Since the Kryptonians' arrival, they have been very mysterious. The outside world knows very little about them. This young man is the first one. No one expects him to be so bada.s.s.”

“How powerful would the other Kryptonians be when a young Kryptonian is already so powerful? Are the Kryptonians going to rule the earth?”

A brouhaha erupted online.

The strength displayed by the Kryptonian young man shocked everyone.

Little did they know that the many Kryptonians in America were even more astounded.

Area 51, Nevada, America.

Area 51 was originally the base for the secret research of the Kryptonian s.p.a.cecraft by the American government. Things went wrong somehow, and the Kryptonians took control of the base.

Since then, the secret experimental base in Area 51 had become the base of the Kryptonians. At this moment, in a conference room at the base.

A brawny Kryptonian wearing a black armor was sitting on a chair. The giant screen in front of him was showing the scene in the pantheon.

Apparently, the Kryptonians were also paying close attention to the meeting of the G.o.ds.

“Kal, what's this guy's name?” Zod, the brawny Kryptonian, looked over at the other Kryptonian beside him. “He is good, young, very talented.”

“You don't know him?” The Kryptonian named Kal looked stunned. “I thought he was your man? You don't know him either?”

“Nope.” Zod frowned suddenly. “Neither yours nor mine, then who is he?”

“I don't have a clue.” Kal also frowned.

“Go find out who he is!” Kal ordered at once.

“Aye, General Kal!”

Someone responded immediately and carried out the order.

“Strange! Who is this guy?”

Zod and Kal exchanged a glance with each other, bewildered. The Kryptonians on Earth were divided into two groups.

One group was the Atlantic Kryptonians led by Zod.

There were over a thousand of them lived on Atlantis. It was not until recently they traveled through the wormhole to Earth.

The other group was the Earth's Kryptonians, led by Kal.

They had been sleeping in the s.p.a.cecraft that had crashed into Earth. America broke the s.h.i.+eld of the s.p.a.cecraft and awakened them recently. There were about 800 Kryptonians.

The two groups of Kryptonians added up to about 2,000 people. Because they were much stronger than America, they could rule this country with an iron fist.

But neither Zod nor Kal knew the young Kryptonian on the screen. It really puzzled them.

“Is he, like us, a surviving Kryptonian?” Zod and Kal were deep in thought.

There was silence in the pantheon.

The young man's display of strength shocked everyone. The kings of the G.o.ds were the most powerful beings among the G.o.ds, yet the young man had killed them one by one. How powerful was this young man?

But the Greek G.o.ds were just as furious as they were shocked.

Dionysus, the G.o.d of wine, one of the twelve major G.o.ds, glared at the young man with a murderous look in his eyes. “How dare you kill my brother!”

Another major G.o.d, Hermes, the G.o.d of thieves, was enraged, too. “How dare you, foreign devil, be so brazen disregard for the pantheon! You deserve a million deaths!”

Athena, the G.o.ddess of wisdom, also one of the twelve G.o.ds, even pointed at the young man with a scepter of wisdom. “Foreign devil, I will kill you for shedding my brother's blood!”

“Kill me?” The young man shook his head and chuckled. “Don't worry. Ares and Apollo died; G.o.ds like you all will also die. I will kill you all myself.”

The young man flicked his fingers as soon as his voice trailed off.

Three strands of silver silk shot out from the young man's fingertips. They defied the distance and suddenly hit the G.o.d of wine, the G.o.d of thieves, and the G.o.ddess of wisdom on their foreheads.

The next moment, something shocking happened.

The silverish silks suddenly exploded, blowing the heads of the three apart like exploding watermelons in clouds of blood mist.

Three headless corpses plunged from the air, hitting the floor paved with gold bricks with three m.u.f.fled thuds.

Silence returned to the pantheon again.

He killed the three G.o.ds—the G.o.d of wine, the G.o.d of thieves, and the G.o.ddess of wisdom—with just the flick of a finger, as if he was killing ants. He showed the power of the king of G.o.ds to the fullest.

The Greek G.o.ds were infuriated, but none of the major G.o.ds dared to step out and chide the young man.

This young man in front of their eyes was too powerful for them. They were afraid that if they were too vocal, they would end up like the G.o.d of wine and other G.o.ds.

At this time, Zeus, the king of the G.o.ds, stood up, his overwhelming aura filling the pantheon.

Zeus was going to intervene.

All the other G.o.ds looked at him, only to see lightning entwining with Zeus.

This lightning was magnificent. It was not ordinary lightning, but a stream of tiny tadpoles-like symbols putting out bright and powerful light.

Many people felt their eyes hurt by just glancing at the lightning. They felt dizzy, and their souls seemed to be torn in half.

“Evil Kryptonian! How dare you kill my son and daughter!”

Zeus's voice was bitter, loud as thunder rumbling down from heaven to judge the world.

Indeed.

Whether it was Ares, Apollo, the G.o.d of wine, the G.o.d of thieves, and the G.o.ddess of wisdom, they were all his children.

Now they were killed by the young man.

“Zeus is going to strike!”

“Things are getting interesting!”

The Internet went into a frenzy. Not everyone knew the ordinary G.o.ds, but Zeus was well known to everyone.

He was the ruler of the Greek G.o.ds, the supreme king of G.o.ds, and the head of the twelve major G.o.ds.

All this gave Zeus the status of supremacy and unfathomable strength. Who would not be terrified when he was going to intervene?

“Zeus is the most powerful being among the G.o.ds. He will kill this young Kryptonian and avenge Ares and others!”

“Zeus should have intervened long ago. Had he done that, Ares and others would not have to die.”

“It is a shame that the Greek G.o.ds have suffered a ma.s.sive casualty this time, losing five of the twelves major G.o.ds.”

“If I were him, I would have fled. Never strip the mountain bare and you will never be short of firewood. It is better to find a habitable planet and make yourself a G.o.d there.”

People were commenting online, bombarding the major live streaming channels with bullet t.i.tles, almost overwhelming the servers of the major live streaming websites.

But what happened next told everyone that this was just the beginning.

After Zeus, a group of shadows rose into the air and attacked the young man with overwhelming force.

One was Poseidon, the G.o.d of the sea, who was wielding a trident over the waves.

Another was Hades, the king of the underworld, whose body effused black mist, as if he had just emerged from h.e.l.l.

Then there was Odin, the king of the G.o.ds, who was wearing a golden helmet with two ravens perching on his shoulders.

And there was Thor, the G.o.d of thunder, who was as strong as an ox and wielding a hammer that clapped with thunder and lightning.

After Zeus, several G.o.ds had also stood up. They were bursting with energy, which suggested that they were all kings of the G.o.ds.

“One, two, three… twelve!”

“Twelve kings of the G.o.ds!”

“Gos.h.!.+ The Kryptonian young man is dead!”

Billions of netizens gasped as the twelve kings of G.o.ds rose. They felt as if a boulder pressed against their chests and suffocated them.

What it was like to have twelve kings of the G.o.ds appear at once?

The king of the G.o.ds was known as the super-cl.u.s.tered beings on Earth. This cla.s.s of beings was above the stellar and even galactic beings.

There was not even a single king of G.o.ds in the world ten years ago.

And even powerful stellar beings like Emperor Might and Vulcan were no match for the kings of the G.o.ds.

It was not until now that kings of the G.o.ds appeared on Earth—and there were as many as twelves of them.

They were terrifically powerful.

“Can anyone tell me who these twelve kings of G.o.ds are?”

“Calling G.o.d's Perspective. Please enlighten us.”

“Earnestly waiting for G.o.d's Perspective.”

“Be quiet! Let G.o.d's Perspective speak!”

With much antic.i.p.ation, a netizen called G.o.d's Perspective started to speak. “These twelve kings of G.o.ds are: Zeus, the king of the G.o.ds; Poseidon, the G.o.d of the sea; and Hades, the G.o.d of the underworld from the Greek Pantheon. Odin, the king of G.o.ds; Thor, the G.o.d of thunder; and Loki, the G.o.d of fire from the Norse pantheon. Ra, the G.o.d of the sun; Horus, the G.o.d of the sky, and Anubis, the G.o.d of death from the Egyptian pantheon. And Brahmā, s.h.i.+va, and Vishnu from the Hindu pantheon.

“Interesting!”

“I knew it was these deities!”

“This is a formidable lineup. Any of the twelve kings of the G.o.ds is powerful enough to rule over the earth.”

“Ruling over the earth is an understatement. If the kings of G.o.ds want, they could destroy an entire planet.”

“Holy moly! Then aren't we in danger?”

“Twelve… No. There are thirteen of them. Aren't we doomed when all of them fight and things spill over to Asia?”

“You can't say for sure.”

“Foreign devil, you have committed great sins!” Zeus's bitter voice reverberated inside the pantheon like the rumble of thunder. “I will put your body away at the seabed of the Arctic Ocean and seal your soul in the center of the earth, where your soul will be tortured forever and you will wish you could die.”

“Really?” The young man sneered. “I have heard that too many times, yet I am still alive and kicking. But those who said this have all gone to h.e.l.l.”

“Foreign devil, do you really think you can leave here alive today?” Hades sneered. “We have twelve kings of G.o.ds, and thousands of minor G.o.ds. We together are more than capable enough to grind your treacherous bones to dust.”

“Is that all you G.o.ds have got? I am very disappointed, to be honest.” The young man snickered. “Let's not talk about killing me. So what even if you can kill me? There are sixty-six super-cl.u.s.tered beings among the Kryptonians. In your language, that's equal to sixty-six kings of the G.o.ds. So, even if you all have killed me, you all will still be no match for the Kryptonians. Your era of ruling the earth is ending, no matter how you look at it.”

Then there was a dead silence in the pantheon.

The same happened online, too.

But the silence on the Internet did not last long before people went into a frenzy.

Netizens bombarded the live streaming screens with bullet t.i.tles to vent their shock and horror.

“Sixty-six kings of the G.o.ds? Really?”

“He must be kidding, right? Are the Kryptonians really so strong?”

“He must be bluffing, right? How can there still be any G.o.ds left if the Kryptonians are so strong? They would have eliminated the G.o.ds and occupied the earth long ago.”

“I hope that is not true. Otherwise, I can't imagine…”

The G.o.ds in the pantheon were just as shocked as the netizens.

There was no king of the G.o.ds during the active period of the G.o.ds thousands of years ago. The kings of the G.o.ds only appeared after thousands of years of cultivation in the secret realm.

Even so, there were only a dozen of them.

Now the Kryptonians had sixty-six 66 kings of the G.o.ds?

Was this a joke or something?

“Foreign devil, I will call your bluff!” The Egyptian G.o.d of the sun, Ra, sneered. “Do you know how rare the king of the G.o.ds is? I have lived for tens of thousands of years, and I haven't seen more than a few of them. How could a devil from the outer sky produce so many kings of G.o.ds? Heck! No matter how much you bluff, that won't save you.”

“Exactly.” The other G.o.ds nodded in agreement.

As shocking as it was, they dismissed the possibility after thinking about it carefully.

The king of the G.o.ds was not an ordinary being. It was not something that could come into being without tens of thousands of years of self-cultivation.

66 kings of the G.o.ds?

Nonsense.

“A bunch of idiots with tunnel vision.” The young man sneered. “I said before, you all have tunnel vision. How can you know how vast this universe is? It is useless to talk to you all, anyway. Nothing can save you all from the parochial mindset and ignorance.” The young man suddenly transformed into another appearance. “Bring it on—all at once. I am in a hurry. After killing you all, I have to rush to America.”

“It is you!”

“How could it be you?”

“This, this… how is this possible?”

Before the other G.o.ds could know what happened, a dozen G.o.ds sitting among them had got the shock of their lives.

“G.o.d of wealth, you know him?” Zeus looked over at the G.o.d beside him upon hearing the exclamation.

“Your Majesty the King of G.o.d, he—he—he, he is Ling Jiu! He is Ling Jiu!” The face of Derek Rothschild, the G.o.d of wealth, turned grave. He looked horrified, his voice trembling.

“He is the strongest man on Earth?” Zeus frowned slightly. “That mean he is not a Kryptonian?”

“Absolutely not!” Derek Rothschild said. “This guy has Arcana Replication. He can replicate all the abilities in the world. It is no surprise that he can form-s.h.i.+ft.”

“I didn't know that he was not a Kryptonian.” Zeus looked at him with a pair of knife-like eyes. “You disgusting human killed five of my children. You must die today!”

Ling Jiu ignored Zeus and looked at Derek Rothschild with a smile. “So you are Derek Rothschild, the traitor, as Vulcan said?”

“Ling—Ling Jiu!” Derek Rothschild did not even dare to look Ling Jiu in the eyes. The name of a person, and the shadow of a tree. Ten years ago, Ling Jiu was the number one powerhouse on Earth.

Today, 10 years later, Ling Jiu was back, and showed his unparalleled strength.

An unexplained fear rose within him when Derek Rothschild saw Ling Jiu.

And he could imagine where Ling Jiu had gone. Ling Jiu must have hidden in Whitehole-2 for self-cultivation. With the resources and time flow of Whitehole-2, where 1,000 years equal to 10 years on Earth, he had practiced self-cultivation for 1,000 years.

Ling Jiu had become incredibly powerful.

How powerful would he be now after 1,000-year self-cultivation when he could become a stellar being and beat Emperor Might and Vulcan in terms of strength within just one or two years?

What made Derek Rothschild most uneasy was that with Ling Jiu's return, Emperor Might and Vulcan could have also returned.

“Don't worry. I will not kill you.” Ling Jiu snickered. “Someone will come to clean house. That guy has only one thing in mind for the past one thousand years, which is to kill you. By the way, he is already an apex galactic being, which is equivalent to a major G.o.d in the ranking of G.o.ds on Earth. It shouldn't be difficult for a major G.o.d to kill you, I suppose?”

A chill ran up Derek Rothschild's spine upon hearing that.

He knew who that guy Ling Jiu talking about was. Who else could it be if not Vulcan?

“The chairman has become an apex galactic being?”