Saine and the Smoke Mist Demon Ancestor intervened abruptly to prevent Aurora from escaping.
Aurora, the Decayed Civilization's strongest Half-Nine, was no rigid fool.
The moment he sensed that the Darkness God before him was a genuine Level-9 being, a true "god," Aurora's first thought was to retreat!
That was the greatest difference between Aurora and the Darkness Demon Ancestor.
Had the Darkness Demon Ancestor been at Peak Half-Level-9 back then, he would probably have charged forward in excitement to exchange a few blows with a true Level-9 being who suddenly appeared!
Who cared whether he could win? He had to test his opponent's mettle, at least!
And let every cell and muscle fiber in his body feel the gap between himself and a true Level-9 being!
Only then could the Darkness Demon Ancestor drive his own body to evolve!
That was just how crazed the Darkness Demon Ancestor was!
Perhaps that was precisely why the Darkness Demon Ancestor had advanced to Level-9 so "early."
Compared to him, the Minghe Empire's First Pharaoh King, Aoziman · Diesi, who had previously advanced to Level-9, had squandered countless years.
The Wizard Civilization's Lilith should have been younger than the Darkness Demon Ancestor, but if the time she had spent in special spacetime realms such as the Despair World was included, she was certainly "no youngster."
Still, that did not mean the Darkness Demon Ancestor was more talented than Lilith.
The paths they followed were entirely different!
One relied on wisdom, while the other relied on strength!
As the Darkness Demon Ancestor's even more powerful third slash approached, Aurora suddenly erupted with white light more dazzling than ever before.
Burning his dominator omnipotent soul so fiercely did not mean Aurora intended to stake everything on a head-on clash with the Darkness Demon Ancestor.