Green Elf, First Battle

At this, Lynn frowned. But in that brief moment, two figures emerged from the forest.

They were a man and a woman clad in leather armor, both appearing to be around twenty years old. Their strength was fairly decent, however. From their footsteps alone, Lynn could tell that they were both sixth-level warriors.

"Only one person, yet he dares to live in the Dark Mountain Range at night. He must be an expert!" As the two sprang out of the darkness, they spotted Lynn sitting alone beside the campfire, warming his food.

"They're humans!" Once he clearly saw their appearances, Lynn relaxed his guard and asked, "Who are you?"

"Senior Lynn? Is that you?" The man's face lit up in surprise upon hearing Lynn's question. Before Lynn could respond, he hurriedly explained, "My name is Mans, a sixth-year student at Magat Warrior Academy! I saw your portrait in the academy's distinguished graduates memorial hall!"

Lynn was somewhat surprised as well. He had not expected to encounter someone who knew him on his very first day in the Dark Mountain Range. He nodded. "It's me. You look so flustered. Is something chasing you?"

The male warrior named Mans nodded repeatedly. "Senior Lynn, we came to the Dark Mountain Range for our graduation trial. Our trial team originally had six people, all between the fifth and sixth level!"

"After half a year of tempering ourselves, we were ready to return to the academy for the graduation ceremony... But at noon today, we encountered an expert from the Green Elf race. We didn't provoke him... yet he attacked us without a word. He has been hunting us down from noon until now. Aside from the two of us, all our other classmates died by his hand!"

Mans was so panicked that his account came out in fits and starts.

Still, Lynn understood. He nodded. "Don't worry. Since you've met me, you're safe now. I'll deal with that Green Elf expert!"

Before the Beast God broke through to godhood, the Eastern Continent had been a land where humans and Beastmen vied for supremacy.

The Western Continent, on the other hand, had only one overlord: the Green Elf race. Every other race was a vassal of the Green Elves, because their Elf King was also a god.

Strange. Even if Green Elves entered the Dark Mountain Range, they should be exploring the west. Why would one come all the way to the Eastern Continent? As Lynn comforted the two younger students, he could not help feeling puzzled. And Green Elves aren't a bloodthirsty race. There's no reason for that Green Elf expert to keep hunting Mans and the others down... unless—

Thinking this, Lynn calmly asked, "Mans, did you offend that Green Elf?"

A bitter expression appeared on Mans's face. "Senior Lynn, how would we dare provoke such an expert? If we hadn't run into him head-on, we wouldn't have wanted to see him at all."

Lynn nodded, but then his ears suddenly twitched. As a God Devouring Rat, both his hearing and sense of smell far surpassed those of humans. Especially in the darkness of night, surrounded by Dark Element, his hearing was greatly enhanced.

At that moment, he had already heard the sound of a bowstring being drawn in the distance—and the target was him!

He intends to kill me too? Sensing the Green Elf's intent, Lynn laughed in fury.

"Bzzzt~"

An arrow tore through the air at supersonic speed, unleashing a violent boom as it shot straight toward Lynn.

"Move aside!" Lynn shouted a warning to the two behind him. At the same time, both hands had already gripped his greatsword, which he savagely slashed toward the incoming arrow.

Under the moonlight, the emerald-green arrow seemed to give off an eerie gleam.

Bang!

The greatsword's blade collided with the arrowhead in a thunderous impact. The arrow shattered into fragments and scattered in every direction, while Lynn merely stood there with both hands on his sword, calmly watching the direction from which the arrow had come.

He said evenly, "Since you're here, come out!"

"Your strength is quite good!" A voice speaking the common tongue with a strange accent rang out. Then, a slender figure slowly emerged from the woods, with two sharp upright ears and exposed skin glowing with an eerie green light.

He glanced at the two people hiding behind Lynn, then at Lynn himself. "But tonight, all of you will die!"

"You want to kill me?" Hearing the Green Elf's words, killing intent gradually rose within Lynn. "Then let's see who dies in the end!"

Lynn could tell at a glance that this Green Elf was also a Ninth-level Warrior, just like him. With the bloodline of a God Devouring Rat, Lynn refused to believe that any Ninth-level Warrior on the Orlando Plane could be his match!

The Green Elf merely smiled disdainfully and said nothing more. He drew the Rapier at his waist, abruptly accelerated, and transformed into a green blur as he charged at Lynn.

"Die!"

The Green Elf thrust out his sword.

"Boom~~"

The instant he thrust, the space centered on the tip of his Rapier seemed to be compressed, crushing fiercely toward Lynn. The pressure from the surrounding space made it impossible for Lynn to evade the strike. He could only take it head-on.

"Heaven and Earth Momentum! This is Heaven and Earth Momentum!" Lynn immediately recognized the technique the Green Elf was using. "I never expected to encounter an expert who had comprehended Heaven and Earth Momentum the moment I entered the Dark Mountain Range!"

This sword strike drew upon Heaven and Earth Momentum. It not only used space itself to suppress Lynn's movements, but also drew upon the power of heaven and earth to bolster the blow. This strike was far more terrifying than one from an ordinary Ninth-level Warrior!

But did Lynn need to dodge?

Of course not. From beginning to end, he had never considered evading!

If a God Devouring Rat had to dodge when facing a human of the same level, it would be the ultimate disgrace to the God Devouring Rat race!

Even with Heaven and Earth Momentum empowering him, how could a Green Elf possibly compare in strength to a super divine beast of the same level?

A gleam flashed through Lynn's eyes as he swung his greatsword with both hands. The greatsword weighed a thousand jin, yet in his hands it was as nimble as an embroidery needle. This was precisely the realm of Lifting Heavy as Light.

The broad greatsword drifted as lightly as a falling leaf, while the slender Rapier carried the overwhelming force of heaven and earth collapsing. The two swords slammed together fiercely.

"Boom!"

A surging shockwave burst outward from the two of them, and even the campfire was extinguished by the gale it created.

Mans and his companion felt their chests tighten as well, their feet involuntarily stumbling backward.

Yet the one in the worst condition was still the Green Elf expert.

The strength of a ninth-level God Devouring Rat could absolutely rival that of an ordinary Saint Domain warrior!

Even though he had comprehended Heaven and Earth Momentum, he could not make up for the enormous gap in strength between himself and Lynn!

Lynn's strike knocked the Rapier from his hand, and the force of the collision sent him flying far away. Half his body had gone numb, while blood streamed from the corner of his mouth in a crimson line.

"How is this possible?" The Green Elf's gemlike narrow eyes were filled with shock!

He had already comprehended Heaven and Earth Momentum. So long as he accumulated enough battle qi, he could step into the Saint Domain. Yet he had actually lost in strength to a human whose realm was merely "Lifting Heavy as Light"?

Lynn was already charging over with his sword, while he remained paralyzed where he stood, unable even to move. He hurriedly shouted, "Wait, I'm a god's disciple!"

"Wait my ass!" From the destruction of Custer City and the deaths of his wife and children, to the destruction of the humans' Holy City and their fall into becoming Beastman vassals, Lynn had long been filled with rage with nowhere to vent it.

At this moment, let alone a god's disciple, even if this Green Elf were a god's father, Lynn would never stop!

Before the Green Elf's disbelieving eyes, the greatsword swept sideways and struck his shoulder.

The power of Lifting Heavy as Light erupted in an instant—

"Boom!"

The Green Elf's upper body exploded directly into a spray of flesh!