Rayne waited in place for a while, the All-Seeing Eye sweeping back and forth across the sky.
He did not absorb Kurgus's soul.
Kurgus was the Chosen Champion of the Lord of Darkness and had also received the Blood God's blessing. Regardless of whether the Blood God was an incarnation of the Lord of Darkness, he was a double Chosen Champion of extraordinary status and had very likely attracted the close attention of an Evil God.
He had to be more cautious in this situation. He could not let his greed for a few thousand units of electricity draw the attention of an Evil God.
Over the past month or so, he had also selectively absorbed souls while exterminating Demonfolk tribes. Kurgus's territory had contained more than two million Demonfolk, but their numbers had now fallen to less than five hundred thousand. Of the more than 1.5 million Demonfolk who had disappeared, only a third of their souls had been harvested.
The New Continent was different from the Abyss, after all. Netherfiends could be killed, but their souls could not be harvested recklessly.
Rayne had always been very cautious in this regard.
"He should be dead!"
Neither the Soul Eye nor the All-Seeing Eye had detected any sign of Kurgus reviving. Blood Rebirth was indeed troublesome, but destroying all of the blood was enough.
"Bloodthirsty King..."
"As expected of one of the few Chosen Champions second only to Akeon. But so what?"
Rayne felt rather pleased with himself. Kurgus's strength was extremely powerful. As a Level 30 Chosen Champion, he was already among the very strongest in the Material Plane.
Compared to Vikramaditya II, who had been empowered by the Ninth Circle Imperial Armament, Kurgus was slightly inferior in attack and defense, but his vitality far surpassed Vikramaditya II's. Overall,