The first to arrive at the battlefield was a middle-aged man exuding nobility.
He wore an indigo robe adorned with stars and moons, with ten halos rotating behind his head like a sundial, each line of light marking an era devoured. Soft glows flowed through his pale golden beard and hair, akin to burning flames. His left eye reflected the first dewdrop of dawn, while his right eye held the last embers of dusk. In his hand, he held a sheepskin scroll inscribed with Persian.
Based on his attire, his identity was evident.
——The Great Ming Venerable, Zarvan.
And closely following him was a young man filled with hostility.
He wore a tiger skin, bare-chested, with four muscular arms growing from his back, each holding a Divine Artifact like a Trident, Divine Conch, Water Jar, and Drum. A cobra coiled around his neck, and holy Ganges water flowed from his topknot. The New Moon Emblem on his forehead emitted a faint blue chill. His bluish-grey skin was smeared with ashes from the cremation ground, and his three eyes seemed to pierce through the past, present, and future.
At this moment, the third eye on his forehead was closed.
But once this eye opened, boundless Karmic Fire would ignite the world, heralding a terrifying annihilation.
Luo En’s gaze flickered, vaguely guessing the young man’s identity.
God of Destruction Shiva, a representative figure from Indian Mythology.
If there were debates about who held the highest status among the Indian deities, there might still be contention.
But if it were about who had the strongest combat power, it was undoubtedly this Shiva.
Furthermore, Shiva not only controlled destruction but also symbolized rebirth and transformation, heralding the beginning of a new cosmic cycle. Even without the support of Brahma, the Creator God, and Vishnu, the Protector God, he could form a complete system on his own. Thus, he was indeed the strongest deity in Hinduism, possessing an unparalleled supreme status beyond the three hundred and thirty million gods.
So, was it him who defeated all competitors, mastered the World Essence of the Indian Divine Era, and successfully entered the Origin?
"Be careful, this brat has already completed Divine Integration and possesses two portions of World Essence!"
At this moment, the Supreme Yi Le, returning to the camp with a broken arm, gritted his teeth in warning.
"Trash is just trash; don’t make excuses for your incompetence."
Shiva sneered disdainfully, filled with contempt for Yi Le.
Kindly warning him but met with mockery, Yi Le’s ox-like face turned livid with rage.
But before he could retort, Shiva had already charged alone towards Luo En high in the clouds.
"Kid, let me test your measure!"
With excitement at the hunt, this Indian God of Destruction raised the four muscular arms behind him, striking forward in mid-air. The virtual shadow of the Ganges abruptly inverted, freezing into billions of Ice Crystal Tridents suspended in the void. Their tips refracted the aurora of the apocalypse, enveloping the target in a forest of Ice Hell.
Luo En’s gaze subtly shifted, gripping the Fiery Flame Demon Sword to a horizontal sweep forward. Like a Star burning fiercely among the clouds,
Dazzling brilliance spread for thousands of miles, followed by a blazing Magic Power Storm.
Divine Power collided, tearing the sky apart. The Holy Song of Paradise and the Ganges’ hymns clashed in the void, the fragments of white-winged light and the remnants of Indian Magical Artifacts pouring down like torrential rain.
The first to bear the brunt, the billions of Ice Crystal Tridents were vaporized in an instant, and the Ice Hell collapsed.
The destructive shockwave continued to spread, raising monstrous waves in the reflection of the Ganges.
Shiva’s expression changed drastically, his skin immediately displaying the Sanskrit characters from the two epic Hindu scriptures, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Countless Golden Divine Words flickered with mysterious power to offset the powerful sword momentum’s remaining force.
Meanwhile, a golden Blood Bead dripped from the forehead of this God of Destruction.
His third eye, originally closed, finally opened.
The gaze was initially silent. The beam fractured into scattered golden powder before the pupil; the twisted space fell like molten wax, refracting the icons of the Indian Divine Era—Garuda’s wing remnants, Indra’s Divine Thunder Pestle, and even the sweat droplets from Brahma’s creation—all manifesting in the void, then vanishing into lotus-shaped Destructive World Fire, surging toward Luo En at the cloud end.
"This is the hall of gods; this is the gate of heaven!"
In chanting, blazing white Holy Light intertwined with the cloud mist, forming a towering Sky Gate and magnificent seven-layered palace, effortlessly blocking the Destructive World Fire from Shiva’s third eye.
Having successfully neutralized this attack, Luo En glanced sidelong at the current strongest figure among the Indian gods, feeling somewhat disappointed.
"Is that it? You’re not much stronger than Yi Le."
A frustrated Shiva was furious. He decided not to hold back and softly tapped his right index finger against his left palm.
This was a unique yoga gesture within Indian civilization, using himself as a medium to mobilize the operation of the Cosmic Chakra.
And in the hands of the God of Destruction Shiva, it symbolized the disintegration and destruction of the world.
Soon, Shiva’s left foot pressed down like a massive peak, while his right foot remained lightly suspended. From four, his arms transformed into forty-two, stretching through the void. His upper right hand raised the burning Fire of Destruction, while his lower left hand slanted to hold the Damaru Drum, whose drumhead trembled with frequencies causing the stars’ disintegration. As his spine arched like a steep mountain, the virtual shadow of the Ganges among his braids turned into an inverse waterfall, each drop reflecting numerous golden Sanskrit characters.
Meanwhile, his third eye on the forehead widened, bursting with Sanskrit flames from the epic Rigveda, and thunderous booms resonated, with storms relentlessly rocking.