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Chapter 197 Chinese Rank 9 Divine Master VS American Rank 9 Divine Master!

Yuan Qingsheng sneered, "Wishful thinking! Su Fan is the hope of China, how could we hand him over to you!"

Although Ma Tao didn't speak, he was also staring intently at the two ninth-tier Divine Masters from the beautiful country opposite him.

Ma Tao demonstrated his attitude through his actions.

Markley, the water-elemental deity from the beautiful country who had contracted with the SSS-level Marvel hero Namor, snorted coldly:

"In your Chinese parlance, you're refusing to listen to reason and choosing to suffer the consequences. Do you think you two mere eighth-tier Divine Masters can be a match for us two ninth-tier Divine Masters?"

As soon as he finished speaking, another ice-type deity from the beautiful country, Lekent, who had contracted with the SSS-level Marvel hero Iceman, also snorted coldly.

With a light step, the sea surface beneath his feet froze into ice.

A biting cold permeated the air.

Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao exchanged a glance and then both laughed.

Then, Yuan Qingsheng's face turned cold.

"Who... told you we only have eighth-tier strength?!"

After he finished speaking, a powerful wave of water spread out from Yuan Qingsheng.

Then it quickly coalesced into a water dragon, which coiled behind him with its claws outstretched.

Ma Tao silently summoned the Zhu Rong Staff and took it in his hand.

At the same time, a raging fire of the sun ignited around him, which transformed into a fire dragon that coiled behind him.

The fire dragon stared coldly into the two ninth-tier Divine Masters from the beautiful country and roared at them.

Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao both unleashed their full potential without reservation.

Markley and Lakeent's expressions turned extremely ugly upon seeing this.

They never expected that these two Chinese Divine Masters were actually at the ninth rank!

Markley exclaimed in horror, "How is this possible?! How could you possibly have broken through to the ninth rank?! China doesn't even have the materials needed to break through to the ninth rank!"

"Impossible! I must be mistaken! You couldn't possibly have broken through to the ninth rank!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Tao scoffed, "Why is it impossible? There are many things you don't know!"

"Besides... who said that only those specific materials are required to achieve a breakthrough?!"

As he spoke, Ma Tao felt a sense of relief.

Fortunately, the two golden pills that Su Fan brought back successfully raised his and Yuan Qingsheng's strength to the ninth rank; otherwise, they would have been in danger facing these two advanced ninth-rank divine beings from the beautiful country!

Ma Tao's barrage of attacks successfully broke through the defenses of Markley and Laker!

Lekent feigned composure and said, "So what if you're ninth-tier? We're two ninth-tier Divine Masters, and we've been at it for a while. Do you think we can't handle you?"

As he spoke, he waved his hands, and countless seawater surged up from the ocean, then condensed into ice blades!

With a wave of his hands, Lakeent sent countless ice blades hurtling towards Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao.

He first tested the waters to gauge the strength of Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao!

Yuan Qingsheng formed a hand seal, and the water dragon roared forward, its huge body acting as a barrier to block the ice blades. The ice blades struck the water dragon and were swallowed up by the water waves.

Ma Tao then controlled the fire dragon to spew out scorching flames, instantly melting the remaining ice blades wherever it went.

After testing the waters, Markley and Lakeent exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing apprehension and seriousness.

Judging from how easily Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao deflected the ice blade, their strength is far greater than that of a newly promoted ninth-tier Divine Master.

The thought that Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao had both contracted with SR-level Chinese deities made Markley and Lakeent's eyes turn serious again.

It seems that the purpose of this trip to China is not only to eliminate Su Fan, but also to kill Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao!

Otherwise, if they wait another year or two, Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao will have a more refined grasp of their current strength, and then no one on this planet will be able to stop either of them alone.

With a thought, Markley caused the waves behind him to surge like a giant wall, crashing down on Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao.

Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao exchanged a glance, then waved their hands simultaneously.

The fire dragon and the water dragon flew towards the giant wave, intertwining with each other, one blue and one red, transforming into a streak of light that quickly made contact with the giant wave.

"boom!"

With a deafening roar, the waves collided with the fire and water dragons, and the immense impact caused the surrounding sea surface to tremble violently.

Then the giant wave collapsed with a "boom," and the fire dragon and water dragon continued to fly alternately towards Markley and Lakeent.

In his panic, all Lakeent could do was conjure a huge ice wall in front of them.

But this did nothing to stop the fire dragon and water dragon, which had already reached their maximum speed!

The fire dragon and water dragon continued to pass through the ice wall, then split in two and crashed heavily into Lakeent and Markley.

The two were sent flying backwards with great force, carving a huge chasm in the sea!

The two managed to steady themselves!

Markley and Lakeente were surprised by the perfect teamwork between Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao, which resulted in them getting injured.

Markley glared fiercely at Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao:

"Good! Very good! We underestimated you. Now you've successfully angered me!"

Yuan Qingsheng curled his lip in disdain: "Stop talking nonsense! Either leave China now, or stay here forever!"

Upon hearing Yuan Qingsheng's words, Markley remained silent, simply taking out a seashell.

Then he put the seashell in his mouth and blew on it!

Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao immediately became alert.

Markley burst into laughter.

"This is the Horn of Plutus, which can summon powerful sea monsters!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sea surface churned violently, and huge, ferocious-looking sea monsters burst out of the water.

They exuded a terrifying aura, their enormous tentacles undulating like pythons, enveloping Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao.

Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao dared not be careless. Yuan Qingsheng made a gesture, and the Gonggong Halberd appeared in his hand.

He gently touched the surface of the sea, and instantly, the seawater around the monster formed a giant lotus flower, enveloping it.

Ma Tao brandished the Zhurong Staff, spewing out true solar fire that swirled around the water lilies.

The sea monster struggled to break through the water lilies, only to find itself surrounded by the true fire of the sun.

The true fire of the sun rushed directly at the water monster that rushed out, and a large amount of water vapor was released from the water monster's body!

The sea monsters roared in agony as they were attacked from both water and fire!

Upon seeing this, Lakeent knelt down on one knee.

His palms were pressed firmly against the sea surface, and the extreme icy force was transmitted into the seawater.

Then, a huge ice spike flew out from under Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao's feet.

Fortunately, Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao stayed focused and narrowly avoided the sharp ice spikes, otherwise they would have been injured.

However, Lakeent just gave a cruel smile.

"You think that's all?"

As he spoke, Lakeent stood up, stretched out his hands, and clenched his fists tightly!

Then, Lakeent and Markley's figures suddenly disappeared!

Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao's eyelids twitched, and their hearts skipped a beat.

Their intuition told them that nothing good was going to happen!

Yuan Qingsheng shouted, "Oh no!"

Then, water lilies quickly enveloped him and Ma Tao.

At the same time, Ma Tao released streams of true solar fire to form shields in front of them.

Sure enough, not long after they finished doing all this...

The giant ice cone exploded violently!

"boom!"

Ice shards flew everywhere, shooting towards them like sharp blades.

However, the water lily and the Sunfire shield firmly protected the area, blocking most of the ice shards. Only a few shards grazed the shield, leaving white streaks.

The most terrifying thing was the huge explosion, which blasted a bottomless abyss into the sea, causing seawater to rush in.

Huge plumes of water vapor hung over the sea, obscuring everyone's bodies.

Looking at the terrifying scene shrouded in steam in the distance, Lakeent laughed:

"Now, those two ninth-tier Divine Masters from China must be either dead or seriously injured, right?"

Markley nodded, his expression relaxing.

"Luckily, those two Chinese Divine Masters weren't familiar with your abilities, otherwise I feel like I wouldn't have been able to kill them without fighting them to the death!"

Laken nodded. "Let's go check it out, make sure they're all dead first!"

After saying that, the two flew towards the center of the explosion.

However, just as the two reached the edge of the water vapor, a huge fist covered in the true fire of the sun flew towards them.

The fire fist rapidly enlarged under their terrified gazes!

Then he punched them in the face!

Caught off guard, Markley and Lakeent were punched, causing internal injuries. They coughed up blood, staining the seawater red, and their faces swelled up.

Under the gaze of the two who had been repelled, Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao slowly appeared, both of them unharmed!

"How is this possible? Such a powerful explosion, how could you all be completely unharmed?!" exclaimed Laken.

Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao exchanged a glance and both laughed.

They didn't expect that either!

The water god Gonggong and the fire god Zhurong actually have a certain bond!

When the two artifacts are brought together, they can form an invincible water and fire shield!

It was this invincible water and fire shield that allowed them to emerge unscathed from the explosion.

Markley and Lakeent were pale with fear.

They never expected that Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao's strength would once again exceed their expectations, let alone that they would have such defensive measures.

Despite his internal injuries, Markley blew the Horn of Plutus once more.

"Waaah—"

At this moment, the sea monsters, who were on the verge of death from the torment of the Sun's True Fire and the Water Lilies, once again charged madly at Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao at Markley's command.

Yuan Qingsheng formed a hand seal, and a roaring water dragon surged towards the sea monster horde, scattering them into pieces.

Ma Tao then manipulated the true fire of the sun, forming fire whips that lashed at the sea monster, causing it to let out screams of agony.

The sea monster was quickly destroyed by the two of them working together!

Ma Tao stared at them with icy eyes.

"Bring on any other tricks you have!"

Markley and Lakeente exchanged a glance, both able to see the fear in each other's eyes.

"run!"

Markley shouted first, and then the water carried his body several kilometers away.

Lakeent's body also flew away at an extremely fast speed.

Yuan Qingsheng sneered, "Trying to run? Not so easy!"

He waved his hands repeatedly, and several water jets roared as they chased after the two.

Ma Tao was not to be outdone, and he condensed the true fire of the sun into fire arrows, shooting them towards them.

Markley and Lakeente tried desperately to escape, but could not shake off their pursuers.

Suddenly, a huge black shadow streaked across the sky; it turned out to be a flying warship sent by the United States to provide support.

An angry roar came from the flying warship: "Useless!"

A mechanical arm extended from the warship and pulled the two people aboard.

The warship's hatch closed, and Markley and Lakeent collapsed to the ground, still shaken.

Lakeent gritted his teeth and said, "They got lucky this time. Next time, I'll make them pay!"

The warship's hatch closed, and then the array on the warship activated, actually piercing through space and flying towards the United States.

Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao watched the warships disappear into the distance and did not pursue them further.

We can't catch up with them anymore.

It's a bit of a pity that we didn't keep them.

Yuan Qingsheng put away the Gonggong Halberd, and Ma Tao extinguished the flames around him.

Ma Tao breathed a sigh of relief: "This time they've learned their lesson, but the United States certainly won't let this go."

Yuan Qingsheng nodded: "Let's go back and prepare properly. Next time they come, we'll make sure they don't leave alive!"

At this moment, Chinese warships also sailed over.

Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao landed on the deck. The commander-in-chief of the East China Sea warship walked up to Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao and apologized:

"Elder Yuan, Elder Ma, I failed to shoot down or stop the American warship; it was my dereliction of duty. Please punish me!"

Yuan Qingsheng waved his hand:

"Forget it, this flying warship can tear through space. Even if it were just me and Old Ma, it would be difficult to catch it, let alone you!"

After saying that, Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao walked into the command center room.

As they walked, Yuan Qingsheng said:

"Although the two ninth-tier Divine Masters from the United States escaped, we cannot let their invasion of China go unpunished. They need to be taught a lesson!"

Ma Tao nodded in agreement: "That's right! The East China Sea Fleet can't have come here for nothing!"

Yuan Qingsheng immediately gave the order: "Head to the nearest overseas base in the United States. Let's teach them a lesson!"

"yes!"

The captain of the East China Sea Fleet saluted and answered loudly.

The Chinese fleet quickly headed towards the US overseas base.

Upon arriving at their destination, Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao stood at the front of the warship, their eyes cold.

At Yuan Qingsheng's command, the weapon systems on the warship were activated instantly, and powerful beams of energy shot toward the base.

Alarms blared at the US's overseas bases, and the defense system was activated immediately.

American soldiers scattered in panic, preparing for battle.

Meanwhile, several God Masters emerged from the overseas base of the United States. They were all contracted with A-level Marvel heroes, and their strength should not be underestimated.

However, with Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao here, those God Masters who had contracted with A-level Marvel heroes were no match for them at all, and were killed one by one by Yuan Qingsheng and Ma Tao.

The Chinese warships relentlessly bombarded the US overseas bases, causing cracks to gradually appear in the bases' defense systems.