Is This Even Human?

Bang!

Hermes was sent flying by the impact, crashing straight through a protruding rock formation on the slope of the valley.

Rumble...!

The rocks tumbled down, forming a massive pile of rubble on the ground.

Cough, cough, cough...!

Dust billowed as Hermes hurriedly sprang out of the shattered stones.

He glared at Leis Jing, his face full of fury.

"Come on! You little brat, you've got no sense of fair play!"

Naturally, Leis Jing's only response was his gleaming, smooth bald head.

Hermes had been immersed in his comprehension of Earth Pulse. This time, he had not merely gained an initial grasp of Earth Pulse.

He had also easily found a point of compatibility—the point where Earth Pulse and the Mysteries of Power aligned.

Points of compatibility between Mysteries were an extremely wondrous phenomenon in the fusion of Law Mysteries.

Even if two people cultivated the same Law and fused the exact same two Mysteries, their experiences were practically impossible to draw upon.

That was because, for every cultivator of the Laws, the points of compatibility between Mysteries were completely different.

Even when two Mysteries had been fully fused, different Gods would still apply the Laws differently.

There was no solution to that.

For Hermes, as long as he found the compatibility point between Earth Pulse and the Mysteries of Power...

He was absolutely confident that he would soon find the compatibility points between Earth Pulse and Earth Element, Gravity Space, and even the Earth Walking Technique.

After all, those three Mysteries were already nearly fully fused. Once Earth Pulse began merging with the Mysteries of Power...

Hermes would be able to find even more compatibility points between Mysteries.

But that was not the fundamental reason. The true reason was the talent limit displayed on his Talent Panel.

At the very least, before achieving a fourfold fusion of the Great Earth Law, he would encounter no bottlenecks.

All Hermes had to do was cultivate diligently and speed up the process.

Rumble!

Hermes unleashed Mist Shadow Heavy, his ultimate technique that nearly fused the three Mysteries of Earth Element, Power, and Gravity Space.

Bearing the terrifying gravity of the Purple Crystal Mountain Range, Hermes rose directly into the air.

This was crucial as well!

It was the confidence that allowed him to face the Mist Sea Riot of the Purple Crystal Mountain Range head-on.

Even if he could not leave immediately, he could at least gain quite a bit in the Purple Crystal Mountain Range. Hermes was in no hurry anyway.

Besides, the Purple Crystal Mountain Range was far richer in resources than the Chongxuan Mountain Range of the Great Earth God Realm.

Turning into Golden Mountain and quietly standing here to devour treasures was not a bad option either.

"Good, good, good!"

Hermes was somewhat angry. His comprehension had been interrupted by this Purple Crystal Monster, which was clearly larger than the others.

A ball of rage had been building in his chest.

He did not dare do anything to Leis Jing. For all he knew, Leis Jing's mother might be using her Spiritual Sense to monitor everything in the little valley.

Even if he wanted to vent his anger, the only target he could take it out on was the Purple Crystal Monsters.

Fighting was fine too, but only if Leis Jing charged at him first.

Who told him that Leis Jing had a Sovereign God for a mother?

That was just how overbearing he was!

Rumble!

Invisible Golden Threads suddenly blanketed the entire little valley.

At the same time!

The Blocking Bead transformed into the Yellow Sand Domain, with gravity layered over it as well.

Bang!

Trist's head, which he had just struggled to raise, slammed heavily into the ground again.

How could his ordinary human body withstand a collision with rock ground harder than a divine artifact? His head was smashed open, blood streaming everywhere.

"I..."

Trist felt utterly wronged!

He had thought the hundred-plus Purple Crystal Monsters were chasing him, only to discover after reaching the valley that they were not.

"Fuck..."

Leis Jing had originally come looking for Hermes, yet Trist had changed his route several times and still managed to run straight into Hermes.

It had to be said, his luck was truly something else.

At this moment, Trist naturally thought of that possibility as well.

He felt like crying, but no tears came.

"Bang bang bang bang bang~!"

Under the extreme gravity.

Trist could not even raise his head, much less see Hermes fighting the Purple Crystal Monster Leader.

But merely from the sounds, he could tell how intense the battle was.

The clash between Hermes and the Purple Crystal Monster Leader was like two stars colliding in the cosmos, each impact unleashing immense energy.

"Rumble~!"

The valley shook violently, as though an unending earthquake were sweeping through it.

If this had not been the Purple Crystal Mountain Range, the domain of the Purple Thorn Sovereign God, where the stability of space surpassed that of other places in Hell.

The shockwaves from Hermes and the Purple Crystal Monster's collisions alone might have torn open spatial rifts.

"Roar~!"

The Purple Crystal Monster bellowed.

In a purely physical clash, it had actually fallen into a disadvantage.

How could it accept that?

The Purple Crystal Monster Leader's body was as hard as a High-grade Divine Artifact, and with the Purple Crystal Mountain Range as its home ground.

Even ordinary Seven-star Demons could do nothing to it.

But this was Hermes.

A monstrous being whose body was even stronger than a High-grade Divine Artifact.

"Bang~!"

Another punch sent the Purple Crystal Monster Leader tumbling back dozens of meters.

As the overlord birthed by the Purple Crystal Mountain Range, the Purple Crystal Monster Leader's body was nearly indestructible.

But only nearly.

There had never been anything absolutely indestructible in this world, much less a truly indestructible body.

"Bang bang bang bang~!"

Under Hermes's heavy fists, the Purple Crystal Monster Leader was like a punching bag.

Constantly forced backward.

Hermes's strength had clearly surpassed ordinary comprehension. Every punch contained destructive law power.

It looked like the power of the Great Earth Law!

Yet it was not the Mysteries of Power of the Great Earth Law. A single Mysteries of Power could not possess such might; this was the innate talent of Hermes's Saint Domain true body, Golden Mountain.

"Bang!"

Another heavy punch.

The Purple Crystal Monster Leader's body tumbled backward again, and fine cracks even appeared across its hard shell.

To Leis Jing, that was practically impossible.

Yet Hermes had done it.

"This is way too terrifying!"

Leis Jing was stunned.

"Bang bang bang~!"

With the dual gravity enhancement of the Yellow Sand Domain and Mist Shadow Heavy, every one of Hermes's punches weighed more than a mountain.

The thunderous sounds of battle echoed through the small valley, and Trist could feel the ground shaking.

It was as though the entire Purple Crystal Mountain Range trembled for this battle.

Leis Jing stopped playing around.

He felt that this physical strength alone was already beyond anything he could afford to provoke.

Amid the continuous heavy punches and collisions, every swing of Hermes's fist contained the power of earth-element laws.

He was not merely fighting the Purple Crystal Monster Leader; it was more like he was testing a law-based ultimate technique.

Other than the first collision between the Purple Crystal Monster Leader and Hermes.

Hermes had only been knocked over once.

By then, it had almost turned into a one-sided battle.

"Roar, roar, roar~!"

There was a faint tremor in the Purple Crystal Monster Leader's roar.

It was afraid!

So Purple Crystal Monsters could feel pain too?

It began trying to evade Hermes's devastating punches, but Hermes's golden fist-winds followed like a shadow.

Leaving it nowhere to run!

The battle continued, and every collision made Trist's heart race.

"Is he even human?"

After all, what Trist felt was only the shockwaves from the battle.

That was completely different from being at the center of the fierce fight.

"I can barely endure the residual tremors alone. How is he taking it?"

Trist was speechless.

Within the Purple Crystal Mountain Range, Spiritual Sense could not spread far. He had yet to discover that Hermes was only a Middle God.