Visitors from the Supreme Plane

"What happened, Jie Ning..." Arannis and Serina saw the sudden change in Jie Ning's expression and wanted to ask more.

"Let's go!" Jie Ning's true body sternly interrupted them. "We'll leave this place first."

It was the first time the two women had seen such an ugly expression on Jie Ning's face. They did not dare delay and quickly left with his true body.

Elsewhere, Jie Ning's Life God Avatar and Death God Avatar arrived near the Teleportation Array after several spatial shifts, carefully watching the dazzling light within it.

Very soon, the light from the Teleportation Array faded, and a figure appeared before Jie Ning.

He was an exceptionally tall man clad in a black robe. His build carried the solemn majesty of a mountain, and his face looked somewhat simple and honest. Yet when he looked toward Jie Ning, every movement he made gave Jie Ning a sense of unshakable strength.

He's an earth-element expert. Jie Ning instantly made his judgment.

"Sure enough, Material Planes are still more comfortable. They don't have Hell's terrifying binding force." The man stretched lazily within the Teleportation Array, then looked at Jie Ning ahead of him. When he noticed the two Divine Avatars, his eyes immediately lit up. "I didn't expect to encounter something this interesting. There's actually someone in this world who comprehended the completely opposing Laws of Life and Death at the same time, and even became a Middle-God in both."

Jie Ning looked at the man before him, ignoring his astonishment as he cautiously asked, "May I ask where you came from, sir? What brings you to the Bana Continent Material Plane?"

Clearly, the man did not take Jie Ning's questioning seriously.

The man chuckled and looked at Jie Ning with interest. "My name is Stan Bowen. I come from Hell. As for why I came here?"

"If you can defeat me, I'll tell you."

Jie Ning's expression turned grave. This was one of the situations he least wanted to see. The other party clearly intended to fight directly.

All I can do now is hope this guy named Stan isn't too strong. At the very least, he shouldn't be a Seven-star Demon.

"If you want to fight, follow me." Jie Ning tried to lead him away from the continent.

"I don't mind." Stan nodded indifferently with his arms crossed. He did not want to fight near the Teleportation Array either. After all, it was the work of a Supreme God, and he had no desire to test a Supreme God's methods.

Receiving his answer, Jie Ning relaxed slightly. It seemed the other party was not completely impossible to communicate with.

Jie Ning's two Divine Avatars rapidly flew westward, with Stan close behind them.

This kid's speed is strange. Stan watched the figure of this "native" ahead of him and could not help feeling surprised.

He was a Highgod. Though speed was not his specialty, an ordinary Middle-God should not have been able to compare to him.

Yet the other party's speed was already nearly approaching his own limit.

Unknowingly, Stan put aside his contempt for Jie Ning.

Of course, if Jie Ning had known that, he definitely would have slowed down a little.

Above the West Sea, three figures stood upon the water.

Stan looked around at the calm sea. "You picked yourself a pretty good place, kid."

The seas of Hell were nowhere near this peaceful.

Seeing how fearless the other party was, Jie Ning did not dare lower his guard in the slightest.

All the divine power he has shown so far is earth divine power. I deliberately chose to fight over the sea in hopes of weakening him somewhat.

And I hope this guy doesn't have any other Divine Avatars.

"Now that you've chosen the location, kid, be careful." After admiring the scenery for a moment, Stan smiled at Jie Ning.

Before Jie Ning could react, an enormous Castle suddenly appeared in the air with Jie Ning at its center.

Satisfied with his handiwork, Stan watched with amused anticipation. "I wonder whether this kid can break through my Earth Fortress?"

"If he can, perhaps I can introduce him to Father."

Damn it. The instant he was enclosed within the Castle, Jie Ning discovered that his two Divine Avatars had been separated. At the same time, a powerful force pressed down on him, weakening his strength by at least ten percent.

Jie Ning surveyed his surroundings. This place was like a real ancient castle, filled with rooms and corridors.

At this moment, his Life God Avatar stood in a corridor at the center of the Castle, with tightly shut doors lining the rooms around him. Meanwhile, his Death God Avatar was trapped inside one of those rooms.

"Regroup first." Jie Ning's two Divine Avatars sensed each other's locations and immediately planned to break through the walls to meet up.

Stan sensed the situation within the Earth Fortress and shook his head. "Breaking the rules like that takes all the fun out of it."

"I should give you a little more difficulty."

With a thought from Stan.

The next moment, after Jie Ning had already broken through several rooms, he discovered a large number of Mud Puppet Soldiers emerging from the walls and launching attacks against him.

Jie Ning could easily deal with them, but Mud Golems continued pouring out from the walls without end.

After breaking through several more walls, Jie Ning felt that the entire space was nearly packed full of all kinds of Mud Puppet Soldiers.

"Damn it." For a moment, Jie Ning could not help feeling the frustration of having strength with nowhere to use it.

He often used his self-created Earth Doppelganger to fight enemies in Hell, yet today he was being restrained by someone else using a similar move.

With another strike, he scattered a large number of Puppets.

"Hm?" As Jie Ning retreated to dodge, he suddenly noticed that after this attack, no new Mud Golems appeared.

As though he had discovered something, Jie Ning tested it a few more times.

As expected, as long as I don't damage the Castle itself, these Mud Golems won't appear.

What is this? Jie Ning formed a guess. "A temporary patch specifically added to deal with me?"

With a shift in thought, Jie Ning first eliminated all the Mud Golems without touching the walls.

The killed Mud Golems vanished one after another, merging back into the Castle.

Looking at the Castle, which had returned to its original calm state, Jie Ning relaxed slightly. It seems he has no intention of killing me.

"This kid noticed it that quickly?" Stan was somewhat surprised. "He really is a careful one."

Elsewhere, Jie Ning stared at the wall and began analyzing. With this tactic of his, if he were dealing with an ordinary Middle-God, a Middle-God's divine power could never outlast a Highgod's.

But I have some special methods...

Jie Ning's Life God Avatar quickly took out several Seeds and raced through the Castle's corridors, scattering Seeds as he went.

"What is this kid doing?" Stan naturally noticed Jie Ning's actions, but for the moment, he could not make sense of them.

Activate. Jie Ning silently said in his heart.

Under Jie Ning's control, the Seeds rapidly took root and sprouted, then fiercely began drawing in the earth divine power within the Castle.

"What?" Once Stan saw the Seeds sprouting, he discovered that the earth divine power he used to maintain the Earth Fortress was rapidly being absorbed by those little things.

If there had only been a few Seeds, he could have stopped them. But the Earth Fortress was now filled with countless Seeds sprouting everywhere.

There were simply too many. Stan discovered that in only an instant, his Earth Fortress had begun to collapse.

"Forget it." Stan gave up controlling his Earth Fortress.

It worked. Jie Ning naturally noticed this as well, and joy rose in his heart.

The inspiration behind the Earth Seed ultimate technique of Jie Ning's Earth God Avatar had actually come from these specially modified Seeds.

Once these specially cultivated Seeds were activated by Jie Ning's divine power, they would instinctively absorb nearby high-level energy, such as divine power. Among such energies, they were especially effective at absorbing earth divine power...

The other party had to actively compete with the Seeds for control of the divine power, racing against time. But for Jie Ning, all he needed was a trace of divine power to trigger the Seeds' instincts.

Besides, he had plenty more of these Seeds in his Space Ring...

Above the sea, the magnificent Castle collapsed and vanished.

Only two figures and countless strange plants remained in its place.

Jie Ning's Divine Avatars floated in the air, while the plants grown from the Seeds rapidly shrank after losing their source of divine power, turning back into Seeds that Jie Ning collected into his ring.

Stan looked at Jie Ning with a toothache. "Kid, I underestimated you. As expected, people like you who study the Life Law always have strange and unusual methods."

Now that he understood the other party had no killing intent, Jie Ning relaxed considerably, though his tone became more respectful. "Then I must thank you for showing mercy, sir."

Stan ignored Jie Ning's flattery and smiled at him. "Don't rush to say nice things yet."

A hammer instantly appeared in his hand.

"I said, wait until I've beaten you flat before saying that." In an instant, countless hammer shadows seemed to smash toward Jie Ning.

"Then it depends on your ability, sir." Jie Ning's Life God Avatar and Death God Avatar split apart to evade the attack, then struck at Stan's waist from both sides.

At the bottom of the sea, a figure trembled while hiding inside a cave. Where did this bastard kid find such a terrifying opponent?

I already moved away. Why are they fighting right above my head again...

This chapter makes up for the one I missed yesterday. The premium release will open later today, so I posted the extra chapter early.