Battle of Highgods

The Gaunt-faced Youth flew toward Lynn aggressively. When he was only several hundred meters away, his Spiritual Sense spread out and instantly swept over Lynn's figure.

But then, his expression turned terrified.

He could not sense the other party's soul aura at all!

If he could not sense the other party's soul aura, that meant the other party's Soul Power was far stronger than his!

And generally speaking, the stronger a deity's Soul Power was, the stronger their overall strength would be!

At the very least, the other party was stronger than him!

He had kicked an iron plate!

Moreover, when he had charged over, he had been brimming with hostility and had made no effort to conceal his killing intent. Now, the other party already had a longsword in hand and was calmly watching him.

The Gaunt-faced Youth's thoughts raced, and he quickly came up with an idea. A smile spread across his face. "Sir, you look somewhat like one of my enemies. From afar, I mistook you for him and nearly attacked!"

He apologetically said, "I truly am sorry."

"Oh? You mistook me for someone else?" Lynn looked at him indifferently. "So, according to you, this was all a misunderstanding?"

The Gaunt-faced Youth hurriedly nodded. "It truly was a misunderstanding!"

Lynn glanced at him. "Since it was a misunderstanding, leave behind your Spatial Ring, and you may go!"

This unfamiliar Highgod had charged at him with murderous intent, only to use the childish excuse of having mistaken him for someone else after probing his aura with Spiritual Sense. Did he really think Lynn was so easy to fool?

"Sir, I've already made myself perfectly clear. I mistook you for someone else!" Upon hearing Lynn demand that he leave behind his Spatial Ring, the Gaunt-faced Youth's face immediately darkened. If it had been his own Spatial Ring, handing it over would not have mattered.

But now, his father and the Grand Elder had both died in battle. His Spatial Ring held nearly half the family's wealth, as well as the token from that place. The entire family had been wiped out by the Four Divine Beast Families for the sake of that token.

Furthermore, that token was also his hope for revenge. Asking him to hand over his Spatial Ring was absolutely impossible!

The Gaunt-faced Youth looked at Lynn and said heavily, "Besides, I've already apologized for it!"

Hearing this, Lynn nearly laughed in anger. He had often seen that line before crossing over; he had not expected to hear it again after crossing over.

"You think you can leave just by saying you mistook me for someone else? How laughable!" He looked at the Gaunt-faced Youth coldly. "For the last time, leave behind your Spatial Ring and you may go. Otherwise, you'll be staying too!"

"Fine! You speak such big words. Let's see what you can possibly do to me!" The Gaunt-faced Youth was enraged as well. A black longsword appeared in his hand, and he glared viciously at Lynn. "I gave you face, but you refused it. Let me see what you're capable of!"

Boom!

With the Gaunt-faced Youth at the center, space began to warp. At the same time, the distorted space spread outward in every direction. Everything touched by it—nearby trees, flowers, grass, ore, soil, sunlight, and air—was Devoured by the warped space around his body. Since even sunlight was Devoured, the twisted space appeared pitch-black.

And the range of distortion continued expanding!

The Gaunt-faced Youth stood at the center of the distorted space, like an emperor in the darkness!

What he had unleashed was the Devour Profundity of the Dark Element Law.

The Gaunt-faced Youth was, astonishingly, a Highgod who cultivated the Dark Element Law!

"Go!"

He glared furiously at Lynn and swiftly swung his sword. Several savage dogs formed entirely from Dark Element flew out from the warped space, howling as they pounced toward Lynn.

Since this was Lynn's first time fighting a Highgod, he did not dare be careless. Several azure pythons formed from Lightning Element appeared out of thin air, hissing as they tangled with the charging savage dogs.

Lynn was only a Midgod, so the purity of his divine power was inferior to that of the Gaunt-faced Youth. However, he was using the Fusion Profundity of Lightning Element and the Power of Judgment, and his Soul Power was vastly stronger than his opponent's. Naturally, the elemental beasts he created possessed greater combat power!

The savage dogs and azure pythons tore into each other. Before long, several savage dogs were ripped apart and dispersed back into Dark Element.

After tearing apart the savage dogs, the Lightning Element azure pythons roared and charged toward the Gaunt-faced Youth at the center of the warped space.

But after entering the distorted space, the Lightning Element azure pythons rapidly slowed.

"Hah!"

The Gaunt-faced Youth let out a low roar, and his body suddenly melted into a black shadow, vanishing into the warped space. When he reappeared, he was already above the Lightning Element azure pythons.

He fiercely swung his sword, the blade slashing down at the Lightning Element azure pythons like a meteor!

Instantly, several Lightning Element azure pythons were struck by his blade. Under the combined assault of the distorted space and his attack, they all wailed and scattered apart.

But Lynn's move was a Fusion Profundity. Aside from its elemental Material Attack, it also contained the Soul Attack of the Power of Judgment!

At the same moment the Gaunt-faced Youth dispersed the Lightning Element azure pythons, he was struck by the lingering Soul Power!

And Lynn's Soul Attack—even its residual force—was powerful enough to heavily injure an ordinary Highgod!

The Gaunt-faced Youth stood with his eyes closed in the center of the distorted space. His aura fluctuated without end, rising and falling... After a moment, when he finally opened his eyes, his soul aura had weakened significantly. Clearly, his soul had been injured.

"What a terrifying Soul Attack!"

He looked at Lynn with lingering fear, then without hesitation flew away from him. He... fled!

And while fleeing, his figure rapidly shifted, transforming into dozens of shadow clones in an attempt to confuse Lynn's senses.

Dark Element Law—Shadow Clone Technique!

"Trying to run?" Lynn's figure Flickered as he rapidly chased after him.

At the same time, while flying—

"Yooo~~~" A piercing shriek tore through the sky as a several-hundred-meter God Devouring Rat phantom appeared behind Lynn.

Innate Divine Ability—God Devouring!

He locked onto all the dozens of shadow clones at once. The Shadow Clone Technique could create dozens of clones, but there was only one true body with a Divine Spark.

"This one is real!"

Locked onto by the Innate Divine Ability God Devouring, all the dozens of shadow clones froze at once. In that instant, an arm-thick Purple-Green Electric Serpent shot out from Lynn's body. With only a Flicker in midair, it had already burrowed into one of the shadow clones.

Pfft! Lynn could not help spitting out a mouthful of blood.

He was only a Midgod. He simply could not Devour the other party's High-level Divine Spark, and the backlash had injured him.

But the Gaunt-faced Youth was in an even worse state. After the Purple-Green Electric Serpent entered his body, his aura rapidly weakened. The dozens of shadow clones in the air all vanished, leaving only his true body twitching uncontrollably in midair.

In the end, his aura completely disappeared. His body went motionless and fell straight from the sky.

Lynn lightly beckoned, using divine power to draw the other party's Divine Spark, Divine Artifact, and Spatial Ring into his hand. "He didn't even fuse a single profundity. He was so weak. I wonder whether he cultivated on his own or became a Highgod by Refining a Divine Spark!"

"This Divine Artifact isn't bad. It can be considered top-grade even among High-level Divine Artifacts!" Lynn replaced his own sword with the other party's longsword, put away the Divine Spark and Spatial Ring, then continued flying toward Floating Light City.

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