Defeat

In Lynn's eyes, Rielmons was a handsome young man with long azure hair, dressed in a fitted black outfit.

He floated opposite the Dragon Person Cicero, standing as straight as a spear, his star-like brows sharp as swords. He looked indifferently at his opponent. "You killed my teacher, so today, I will kill you too!"

A year ago, after the Beast God destroyed the human Holy City, most of the Saint Domain experts within had been injured by his wide-ranging attack. This included Taringe, the Supreme Council's Grand Elder, Rielmons's teacher, and a Saint Domain Limit expert.

Later, while Taringe was injured, Cicero killed him!

"Many people want to kill me." Cicero grinned viciously, the scales all over his body trembling. "But in the end, they all died by my hand. Today, you will be no exception."

Rielmons and Cicero had only exchanged two sentences upon meeting, yet today, it had already become a battle to the death!

Whoosh!

A gray longsword appeared in Rielmons's hand. He gently stroked the blade as his fighting spirit began to rise. "Since I, Rielmons, entered the Saint Domain, I have traveled the continent and fought thirty-seven Saint Domain experts. I won every battle! You are the thirty-eighth!"

Cicero's fighting spirit was also stirred. With a flip of his hand, an earthen-yellow Great Hammer appeared in his grasp. "Hmph! There are differences even among Saint Domain experts. Today, I will let you know what it means to be the strongest in the Saint Domain!"

Their conversation clearly reached the spectators below, and the crowd immediately erupted into noise.

"Lord Rielmons has defeated thirty-seven Saint Domain experts? He's incredible!"

"Lord Rielmons will definitely win today!"

After hearing their exchange, Lynn merely sighed softly.

From the perspective of his Paragon-level Soul Power, their auras were nearly equal. If they fought to the death, Rielmons might even have the better odds. But today, Rielmons's opponent was not just the Dragon Person Cicero.

Under Lynn's Soul Power, a figure only one meter tall was quietly concealed behind a cloud overhead. He had hair like green flames, wore fiery red armor, and had grayish-black fur growing over every patch of exposed skin.

The figure had a humanoid body, but a tail and the head of a dog. He was one of the Greenflame Dog-headed Humans of the Orc Race.

At the same time, he was the supreme Beast God of the Orc Race!

I never expected the Beast God to be a Dog-headed Human who cultivated into a god! Even Lynn found it unbelievable.

Among Beastmen, Dog-headed Humans were one of the lowest-ranking races. Ordinary humans could easily kill a group of Dog-headed Humans. If Dragon People were the emperors among Beastmen, then Dog-headed Humans were the lowliest slaves.

Yet such a Dog-headed Human had actually become a god!

He must have encountered an extraordinary opportunity!

Should I warn Rielmons? If he wins, this Dog-headed Human Beast God will definitely interfere! Lynn's thoughts raced, but in the end, he gave up on the idea.

He carried too much on his shoulders. He could not act recklessly.

Revealing himself now and drawing the Beast God's attention would be the most foolish thing to do.

As for Rielmons—

"Rielmons, good luck!"

"I hope you survive!"

While Lynn was lost in thought, the two men in the sky had already begun to fight.

Hiss! Hiss!

Gray sword light continuously pulsed from Rielmons's longsword. The swirling sword energy caused the space around the blade to ripple with faint wrinkles, trembling without end.

"Hmph! Let me see what you're capable of!" Cicero suddenly turned into an afterimage, gripping the Great Hammer in both hands as he smashed it viciously toward Rielmons.

Earth Law—Mountain Collapse!

As the hammer came down, it was as though heaven and earth themselves were crashing toward Rielmons. The entire space was naturally locked down and suppressed!

Yet Rielmons... merely gave him a calm glance.

Then, he swung his sword in an instant!

The longsword wreathed in gray sword light stabbed directly into Cicero's Great Hammer.

Bang! A terrifying collision rang out.

The space around them wrinkled in huge folds like tugged silk, as though it would be torn apart the next second.

Cicero staggered several steps back through the air, while Rielmons was sent flying by the force contained in the collision.

These two... one has comprehended the Earth Law, seemingly the Profound Mystery of Strength? He's probably only one step away from becoming a god! Seeing the result of their first clash, Lynn secretly clicked his tongue. Rielmons is even more terrifying. Although he was at a disadvantage in that exchange, it was a direct contest of strength. It is normal for the Path of Destruction to be inferior to the Earth Law in that regard. Besides, he wasn't injured at all!

In the clashes that followed, Rielmons seemed to realize that he could not match Cicero in raw strength. He no longer met him head-on, instead relying on his movement technique to circle around him. At the same time, the aura around him became increasingly terrifying.

His sword intent continued to rise.

Bang! Bang!

Terrifying explosions of compressed air rang out one after another in the sky. The gale stirred up by their battle made the spectators below unable to keep their eyes open.

Then, at that moment—

Boom!

A terrifying clap of thunder suddenly sounded from the dark clouds. A bolt of lightning like a giant serpent struck fiercely in the distance, and several seconds later, a torrential downpour came crashing down.

In an instant, a curtain of rain filled heaven and earth.

With their vision obscured by the heavy rain, even the high-level warriors among the spectators below could no longer see the two men's movements.

But naturally, Lynn was unaffected.

After battling for quite some time, Rielmons and Cicero separated in midair.

Cicero roared, "All you know how to do is dodge?"

Rielmons merely gave him a disdainful glance. The next moment—

Gray sword energy burst continuously from Rielmons's body, wrapping around him and forming an illusory giant sword dozens of meters long. He stood at the very center of that illusory sword.

Lynn sighed softly. "Rielmons is about to use his ultimate move!"

"Haha! Die!" Rielmons's aura and sword intent had both climbed to their peak. He laughed wildly as the gray sword energy swept all the rain away. His robes and long hair danced in the wind.

Cicero's eyes widened as well. After fighting for so long, the unease in his heart had only grown stronger. "What? He still has an ultimate move?"

Boom!

Rielmons and the illusory giant sword became one, slashing toward Cicero in an instant with terrifying speed. Wherever the illusory giant sword passed, space itself could not endure it, and a long, narrow crack appeared.

"Block it!" Cicero roared, swinging the Great Hammer wreathed in earthen-yellow light viciously at the illusory giant sword.

But—

Bang!

The Great Hammer flew away. Cicero spat blood, both his arms already severed!

Yet the illusory giant sword merely paused slightly before once more slashing rapidly toward Cicero.

"It's over!" Cicero revealed a look of despair. "How can his ultimate move be this terrifying?!"

But just as Cicero gave up resisting and waited for death in utter despair, the illusory giant sword formed by Rielmons suddenly stopped, as though the scene had frozen mid-frame.

The Divine Domain descended!

"Break open!" Fury flashed through Rielmons's eyes as he roared inwardly.

The illusory giant sword actually began moving again, but in the next second—

A jade-green flame appeared out of thin air and shot directly into Rielmons's body. At the exact moment the flame entered him, his aura rapidly weakened until finally... it became almost imperceptible!

Crash!

The illusory giant sword collapsed with a thunderous roar. Rielmons lost consciousness and fell from the sky like a meteor.

With a thud, he smashed into the Torrent River.

Seeing all this, Lynn sighed inwardly. Sigh!

"Someone fell! It's Lord Rielmons!" Someone on the shore immediately cried out in alarm. Then, people leaped into the water to retrieve Rielmons.

In the sky, Cicero, who was still shaken by the close call, heard a familiar voice beside his ear. "If you lose to a human, it will affect humanity's faith in me!"

"The Beast God saved me!"

Before long, Rielmons, unconscious and with a soul aura that was almost impossible to detect, was pulled from the water. Immediately, a Great Light Magus present began treating his injuries.

Lynn looked over. Rielmons's face was ashen, without the slightest trace of blood, and his lips were gray-white as well. He had already stopped breathing. Without probing him with spiritual power, no one would be able to sense that he still possessed even a trace of life.

"Rielmons is already among the very strongest in the Saint Domain. Even across the endless Material Planes, his strength places him among the strongest beneath the gods! He might even be stronger than I am now!" Lynn's expression was solemn. "But unless one becomes a god, no matter how powerful a Saint Domain expert is, they are ants before a god possessing a Divine Domain!"

"Wait!"

"Once I become a god as well, I will kill this Beast God!"