Shadow Eight-Clawed Octopus

Those who had just started fighting were horrified when they saw this.

Although the people of Fengyun knew that their leader was very strong and had few rivals among the Lower God, they never thought that dealing with Middle God would be so easy.

After their initial shock, the attackers fled in disarray. After all, if their leader, Middle God, could be so easily killed by Fengyun, then how could they, as Lower God, possibly be a match for Fengyun?

If we don't run away now, we'll be killed if we get entangled with Fengyun's men.

But now that things have come to this, how could Fengyun let them escape?

With a few casual Great Brightness Slash, he took down three enemies who were trying to escape despite being injured. Of the remaining five enemies, four were dealt with one by one by Fengyun in despair.

When Fengyun finally reached the last enemy who was still fighting desperately, the enemy suddenly unleashed a strange soul attack, giving Fengyun a chance to recover. Fengyun immediately knelt down and surrendered, saying, "I am Joel, a Dark Element divine beast, the Shadow Eight-Clawed Octopus. I am willing to surrender to you, my lord. I beg you, Lord Light and Shadow, to spare my life."

This guy was also quick-witted; he recognized Fengyun's identity as well, and seeing that there was no hope of escape, he immediately knelt down and surrendered.

Fengyun was slightly taken aback and asked, "You are a divine beast with the Dark Element?"

Joel immediately replied, "My true form is the Shadow Eight-Clawed Octopus, a magical Saint Beast, but after becoming a god, I chose to Internal Godhood."

"The divine body has been strengthened by the laws of heaven and earth. Although it is not a divine beast, it is definitely no worse than those ordinary divine beasts."

Fengyun agreed with this point. The reason why Joel was able to hold out against multiple opponents until now was that his divine beasts and the Great Shaman did not kill him, but only intended to stop Joel and wait for Fengyun to come and find out the reason.

But this also shows that Joel is quite strong; otherwise, he wouldn't have lasted this long in a situation where there are many against one.

"Was that gray, semi-transparent tentacle attack you just used your Innate Divine Ability?"

When Joel saw that Fengyun didn't attack him but instead asked him questions, he immediately realized that this Light-Shadow Demon really did have the legendary fetish of collecting divine beasts with light and Dark Attribute.

Feeling hopeful that he could survive, Joel immediately replied, "Reporting to you, sir, that is a racial skill of our Shadow Eight-Clawed Octopus race."

"It can confuse and bind the soul, which can be considered a kind of soul attack."

"After I became a god, the power of this move increased greatly. Although it cannot be considered Innate Divine Ability, it is definitely no less powerful than the Innate Divine Ability of ordinary divine beasts."

"Bindle the soul!" Fengyun raised an eyebrow and beckoned to one of his divine beasts, saying, "Witte, come here!"

Witte is a Light God Beast under his command. Its Innate Divine Ability is the Light Barrier, which can provide him with all-round protection, including his soul.

Then he said to Joel, "Try to bind his soul."

Witte was not surprised to hear this, because his Innate Divine Ability was defensive, so he was often used by Fengyun as a target to test his special moves or to assess the progress of others' strength.

After stepping forward, he immediately used his Innate Divine Ability Light Barrier, and a faint white light covered his surroundings.

Seeing this, Joel didn't hesitate and extended gray tentacles from his body to attack Witte. Since Fengyun hadn't explicitly recruited him yet, he had to demonstrate his value as much as possible.

Hiss hiss hiss~

Soul attacks are usually silent, but Joel and Witte's methods were not purely soul attacks; the accompanying Light and Dark Elements produced a piercing noise simply from their collision.

Then Fengyun saw Joel's transparent tentacle tip pierce Witte's body, causing the light shield around Witte to fluctuate.

After a brief stalemate, seeing the difficulty of breaking through, Joel, eager to prove himself, immediately increased his efforts to unleash the power of the Dark Divine Power to strengthen the power of the Phantom Tentacles.

The Phantom Tentacles, empowered by divine power, enhanced their breakthrough capabilities, causing the fluctuations of the light shield around Witte to become increasingly intense.

At the same time, the Phantom Tentacles wrapped around Witte, putting pressure on Witte from all directions.

Witte frowned slightly upon seeing this, but made no other move.

Fengyun simply wanted to use him as a target to test Joel's methods; all he needed to do was Light Barrier. Adding more defenses would only interfere with Fengyun's judgment, which would be counterproductive.

A moment later, with a loud bang, the defensive light barrier around Witte's body was breached, and Witte's body stiffened slightly. Witte only recovered after Joel withdrew his Phantom Tentacles.

Once he had recovered, Witte bowed to Fengyun and said, "Reporting to you, sir, Joel's Phantom Tentacles technique is weak in terms of physical attack, but it is quite formidable in terms of binding souls."

"The effect is to bind my soul and sever its connection with my body. Although it does not have actual offensive capabilities, if used well and paired with a companion who is strong in physical attacks, it can have a very strong tactical effect."

"Moreover, this move is not Innate Divine Ability, so it is more flexible to use and can also be enhanced by increasing divine power."

Fengyun raised an eyebrow and said, "Binding the soul and severing the connection between the soul and the body."

He instructed the Great Shaman to take out Crystal Ball containing the soul energy of the Saint Realm, and then extracted a wisp of that soul energy, saying, "Try binding this."

Without saying a word, Joel used his Phantom Tentacles to form a cage that enveloped the soul energy, saying, "My lord, our clan can also bind pure soul energy, and not a single bit will dissipate."

"There are even beings in our clan who have achieved Middle God by cultivating the Death Rule through this method."

With a slight gleam in his eyes, Fengyun instructed everyone to immediately move to their other backup base, and then took Joel to find a lone Lower God.

After severely injuring the discovered Lower God, Fengyun controlled the opponent's actions and had Joel bind his soul.

Then he personally set up a magic array to refine the Soul Gold Bead, using the soul of this Lower God as raw material, and forcibly began to refine the Soul Gold Bead.

Generally, the souls of the Saint Realm or ordinary beings are used as raw materials to refine Soul Gold Bead. The reason is simple: as long as the soul of God-level Expert is not destroyed, he can absorb divine power to restore his divine body and will not be without the power to resist.

Only God-level Expert has grasped the Death Rule to a certain extent can restrict the soul of God Level Expert.

Refining Soul Gold Bead is a delicate process that allows no room for error, so the raw materials used for refining them are mostly the souls of beings from the Saint Realm or mortal realms.

However, in terms of quality, the soul energy of Lower God is incomparable to that of the Saint Realm and mortals.

When possible, using the souls of God Level Expert as raw materials will yield better results and higher efficiency!

^_^, Happy Qixi Festival everyone!