The God-Tier Powerhouse Nilo!

The God-Tier Powerhouse—Nilo!

"We're out of time!"

Milia also realized they were in trouble. They really did need to get away from Qianyan Island as quickly as possible.

But in the very next second, a strange spiritual force reached out and instantly enveloped the spot where the three of them and the Hellfire Phoenix were.

"That's a god-tier powerhouse's divine sense. He's found us." Luo Ya's heart tightened even more when he sensed it.

Once spiritual power reached the God Realm, it was known as divine sense.

Under normal circumstances, a Lowgod's divine sense could easily cover a radius of ten thousand miles. They were only about a hundred miles from Qianyan Island. That was far too close!

With a god-tier powerhouse's flying speed, there was no way they could escape in time.

"Milia, what are you doing here?"

Just as the three of them were feeling uneasy, the unfamiliar divine sense spoke, sending a voice into Milia's mind.

"Uncle Nilo?" Milia recognized the voice. He and her father had been close friends, and he had once been a Saint Realm peak powerhouse who lived in seclusion in the Broken Isles.

"Haha, I just became a god and was testing out my new spiritual detection ability. I didn't expect to find you nearby. Are you heading back to Wind Forbidden Island?" The owner of the divine sense was clearly in high spirits.

When Milia realized that the person who had become a god wasn't the Earth Giant, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, as if she remembered something else, her expression still seemed displeased.

"I almost forgot. You can't answer me right now. I'll be there in a moment." The god-tier powerhouse named Nilo said a few more words, then cut off the connection.

After his voice vanished, the divine sense enveloping them quickly withdrew like the tide.

"Let's wait here for a while. I know the powerhouse who just became a god. He isn't the Earth Giant." Milia managed a faint smile for her two friends.

"You know him, Milia? Who is he?" The silver-haired elf and Luo Ya were both curious, but also felt reassured.

Since he was an acquaintance of Milia's, at least their lives weren't in danger today.

"His name is Nilo. He used to be a Saint Realm peak powerhouse living in seclusion in the Broken Isles..." Milia briefly recounted Nilo's story.

Just like the Aras Desert and the Extreme Northern Ice Plains, the uninhabited islands in the sea were home to many reclusive Saint Realm powerhouses. Milia's parents were among them.

Strictly speaking, Milia was a second-generation powerhouse. She had grown up under the watchful eyes of a group of Saint Realm powerhouses. The cultivation guidance she received from an early age was also more comprehensive than that of an ordinary genius.

"Strange. If this newly ascended god-tier powerhouse, Nilo, is a friend of Milia's father, why does she still seem unhappy?" Unlike the less observant elf, Luo Ya quickly noticed Milia's mood.

Though she wore a smile, a hint of worry lingered in her expression.

"Milia, what's wrong? Is there a problem with Nilo?" At Luo Ya's question, Milia shook her head, then explained through a voice transmission, "Uncle Nilo is a decent person, but he has a son named Neptune. That Neptune..."

Milia didn't continue, but Luo Ya clearly understood what she was worried about.

"You mean Nilo might force you to marry his son!" Luo Ya unconsciously clenched his fists, a suppressed anger brewing in his heart.

"Not quite, but now that his father has become a god, if he comes after me again..." A god and a Saint Realm powerhouse might seem only one rank apart, but the difference between them was immense!

Before, Nilo had been about as strong as her father, so she could openly show Neptune how much she disliked him. But now his father had become a god. If Neptune came pestering her again, it wouldn't be so easy to simply drive him away.

"Luo Ya, don't worry about me. I feel like I'm not far from becoming a god myself. Then I won't have to worry about things like this." Seeing Luo Ya so grim, Milia felt a little upset, too.

Ever since they first met, an unspoken feeling had quietly grown between them.

Whenever she met Luo Ya, she could feel the confident, vigorous energy radiating from him, like the rising sun.

That confidence had drawn her to him without her even realizing it.

This was the first time she had ever seen Luo Ya look so gloomy and weighed down.

"Milia, I'll become a god soon." Luo Ya turned to the blonde girl, his voice firm and resolute.

"Mm. So will I." Milia's voice was just as decisive.

They said nothing more, but at that moment, both of them clearly understood how the other felt.

Soon, a blue blur shot over from the distant horizon and stopped in the air above the sea, not far from them.

He was an elegant, middle-aged man wearing a finely made sea-blue mage robe. His curly blue hair was neatly groomed.

"Milia, it's been more than twenty years, hasn't it? You've grown prettier and prettier. And who's this beside you?" The refined-looking man greeted Milia, then turned to Luo Ya with a smile.

As soon as the man looked his way, Luo Ya felt an immense pressure!

It was as if the entire sea, the whole sky, the entire world were pressing down on him!

"This is my friend, Luo Ya," Milia answered Nilo, then quickly noticed something was wrong.

Luo Ya had suddenly become completely motionless, as if frozen in place.

Even the Hellfire Phoenix beneath him had stopped in midair, utterly still.

To Milia and Beiya, the space around Luo Ya and Ignis seemed to have been placed under a time stop. Even the sea breeze had halted.

"Th-this is..." The silver-haired elf, Beiya, was completely stunned.

She thought of the legendary technique known as God's Domain!

God's Domain was a power only those who had reached the god-tier realm possessed.

It could freeze enemies within its range, leaving them at its mercy. That was God's Domain!

Even the strongest Saint Realm powerhouse couldn't put up an effective resistance against a god-tier powerhouse, because of God's Domain.

"Uncle Nilo, you..." Seeing Nilo use this technique against Luo Ya, Milia felt anger rise within her.

"Haha, don't worry. I'm just testing out this new technique on the black-haired young man." As Nilo laughed, he dispelled the pressure of God's Domain with a thought.

Once the terrifying pressure vanished, Luo Ya could move again.

Facing Nilo, the blue-haired middle-aged man smiling at him from nearby, Luo Ya didn't say a word of defiance.

Challenging a powerhouse when the gap in their strength was absolute would have been foolish.

"You've got a decent temperament. Much better than my boy." Nilo's gaze lingered for a few moments on Luo Ya's expressionless face, then he turned and left.

He was leaving?

"Luo Ya, Uncle Nilo is a decent person. He was probably just joking with you." Milia immediately walked over and took Luo Ya's hand, trying to comfort him.

She knew Nilo's temperament fairly well. He was proud, but not the sort of senior who would pressure the children of his friends for the sake of his good-for-nothing son.

Maybe he had only been "testing" Luo Ya a little, as an elder?

"Milia, I'm fine." Feeling the warmth of her palm, Luo Ya nodded.

But beneath his gaze, calm as a still pool, no one could tell what he was thinking.

"A joke? That wasn't funny at all..." Luo Ya looked up at Nilo's departing figure and murmured to himself.

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