Purple Crystal Monster Leader

Each explosive boom was accompanied by the sharp crack of metal and stone.

Bang bang bang bang~!

The air explosions continued without end.

Trist lay prone on the ground and struggled to twist his neck.

Then, he saw a sight he would remember for the rest of his life.

A man whose skin faintly glimmered with golden light beneath the surface continuously swung his fists.

With every strike, a Purple Crystal Monster was sent flying.

Tap tap tap~!

The Purple Crystal Monsters that were knocked away merely shook their heads before charging back to rejoin the battle.

It was as if they could not be injured.

Purple Crystal Monsters were constantly being sent flying from the small valley, only to run back again.

If that were all, Trist would not have been shocked enough to remember it for life.

What truly stunned him was the scene that followed.

Bang~!

At last, one Purple Crystal Monster could no longer withstand Hermes's fist, and its entire body shattered into rubble.

"What?"

"Didn't they say Purple Crystal Monsters were immortal and indestructible, unafraid even of High-grade Divine Artifacts?"

"What is going on?"

With his mouth slightly open, Trist was so stunned that he could not snap out of it.

"Didn't they say Purple Crystal Monsters could neither die nor be destroyed?"

It was not only Trist.

Even Bamer, Hermes's follower, was left gaping.

This was far too shocking!

He felt that all the shocks he had experienced in the first half of his life combined did not compare to what he had seen today.

Every punch Hermes threw seemed to contain some strange, unknown power.

It was not merely pure physical force. There was also a mysterious energy capable of destroying the internal structure of Purple Crystal Monsters.

Trist had never seen such power before, much less understood it.

He had only become a deity through the Wind Element. Naturally, he could not possibly understand the Great Earth Law, a field entirely beyond him.

But Leis Jing was different. He had an Earth Clone.

"This is Earth Pulse. This is definitely Earth Pulse. Earth Pulse can be used like this?"

Leis Jing's eyes widened.

The purple gleam shooting from his eyes condensed into something almost tangible.

It was not that he lacked knowledge. Earth Pulse could naturally be used for vibrational attacks and could also destroy things from within.

But this was completely different.

Earth Pulse could indeed split mountains, shatter rocks, and devastate continents, but those were only continents on Material Planes.

In Hell or the God Planes, this little trait of Earth Pulse was simply insignificant.

A random stone in Hell was harder than most low-grade Divine Artifacts.

It simply lacked the properties of a divine artifact.

It could not change size, could not smoothly channel divine power, and could not help powerful experts fight.

Therefore, even ordinary stones from Hell could be nurtured into divine artifacts.

What were Purple Crystal Monsters?

They were super monsters whose bodies were as hard as ordinary High-grade Divine Artifacts.

They were a unique species of the Purple Crystal Mountain Range, truly capable of being immortal and indestructible.

As long as the Purple Crystal Mountain Range did not disappear, Purple Crystal Monsters could continuously be born or reborn.

They would not lack energy, either.

The Hell Plane, wrapped within endless Spatial Turbulence, only needed to draw a tiny amount of energy from the Spatial Turbulence.

That was enough for Purple Crystal Monsters to be born countless times, in countless numbers.

"This guy really didn't disappoint me. That big fellow's fighting style is absolutely to my liking."

Leis Jing was wildly excited, while also feeling a faint sense of happiness.

"Hahaha, my days will never be this boring again!"

At that moment, he had completely forgotten about causing trouble for Hermes.

The embarrassment of being directly flipped onto the ground by Mist Shadow Heavy earlier—

was not worth mentioning before such a huge toy.

Bang bang bang bang~!

Amid Leis Jing's excitement, Trist's shock, and Bamer's blank stare, Hermes's battle continued.

Boom~!

Black-red rocks shattered and flew everywhere, while wisps of purple energy continuously drifted out, returning to the earth once more.

Although the Purple Crystal Monsters were continuously sent flying, they seemed to possess some kind of self-repair ability.

Even minor injuries like broken hooves and claws could rapidly recover, allowing them to rejoin the battle.

So long as they were not completely shattered, Purple Crystal Monsters would not disappear at all.

Though Hermes's fighting looked spectacular, fewer than half the Purple Crystal Monsters he struck had truly been blasted into pieces.

"This feels great. It's been so long since I've had such a satisfying battle!"

As Hermes's strength continued to rise, the pleasure he once found in slaughtering bandits could no longer satisfy him.

The violent instincts hidden within him had long lacked an outlet.

Of course, as an intelligent being, Hermes possessed extremely strong self-regulation.

He would not feel distressed in the slightest.

But not feeling distressed did not mean he liked it. Hot-blooded, violent battles had always been one of Hermes's preferences.

Boom boom boom~!

Hermes's fists seemed to grow heavier and heavier, every strike carrying even more terrifying destructive power.

"Hahaha, Earth Pulse... so this is Earth Pulse?"

Previously, he had thrown punches by fusing the Mysteries of Power with the Earth Element, and by fusing the Mysteries of Power with Gravity Space.

Constantly testing out his ultimate moves!

As for the fist technique that nearly fused the three profound mysteries of the Earth Element, Power, and Gravity Space, Hermes had not used it for now.

This was the Purple Crystal Mountain Range, Purple Thorn Sovereign God's territory. He had not come here to kill Purple Crystal Monsters.

He had come to cultivate and increase his strength, while incidentally devouring some Heavenly Treasures in hopes of improving Golden Space's devouring ability.

If he could also improve his talent in the Great Earth Law along the way, that would be even better!

As he fought!

Hermes suddenly had an idea and directly abandoned the fused profound mysteries.

Instead, he fought using the Mysteries of Power he had comprehended when he became a god.

If he had been a divine beast, then the Mysteries of Power would have been Hermes's innate profound mystery.

Though he was not!

The Mysteries of Power still had a similar effect on Hermes.

And so, using only the Mysteries of Power along with the terrifying talent of his Golden Mountain true body, he could still beat dozens of Purple Crystal Monsters until they could not tell north from south.

"Go on, you too!"

Leis Jing patted the Purple Crystal Monster he had been riding earlier.

This was the strongest leader among the Purple Crystal Monsters.

Though they had not been formally classified, it would not have been impossible to do so.

The weakest Purple Crystal Monsters should have been below the level of Highgods.

However, every Purple Crystal Monster possessed a body as hard as a High-grade Divine Artifact as standard.

Then there were the elite Purple Crystal Monsters, whose strength rivaled the Five-star Demon experts of Hell.

There were quite a few of these elite Purple Crystal Monsters in the Purple Crystal Mountain Range, and their only visible difference was that they were somewhat larger.

They exceeded six meters in length.

They also stood three meters tall.

As for the Purple Crystal Monster Leader that Leis Jing used as a mount, it was extremely rare within the Purple Crystal Mountain Range.

It was eight meters long, nearly twice the size of an ordinary Purple Crystal Monster.

Its overall volume was more than ten times that of an ordinary Purple Crystal Monster, and even compared with elite Purple Crystal Monsters, it was several times larger.

Despite the enormous difference in size, the Purple Crystal Monster Leader was not slow at all. On the contrary, it was dozens of times faster, and its strength rivaled that of a Seven-star Demon.

Of course, only its strength was comparable; it was not its equal in every aspect.

Lacking intelligence and unable to coordinate Mysteries, the Purple Crystal Monster could only rely on its body and speed to prevail.

There was only one Purple Crystal Monster Leader in the Purple Crystal Mountain Range.

"Roar, roar~!"

"Thud! Thud-thud-thud!"

Having received Leis Jing's command, the Purple Crystal Monster Leader stomped across the ground and charged straight at Hermes.