Ambush (Seeking Follows)

The metal lifeform moved at high speed, yet there was not the slightest sensation of swaying within it.

Some Fiends gathered in the main hall to drink and chat to pass the time, while others chose to remain in their private rooms to cultivate.

Since they had just finished a session of cultivation, and Luo Ya and his companions wanted to enjoy the scenery along the way, they happened to be spending time in the outer hall at this moment.

"Divine sense detected! Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Suddenly, a sweep of divine sense brushed over the metal lifeform, immediately triggering an overreaction from an orange-haired youth, who shouted loudly inside the vessel.

"Smack!" A green-haired youth sitting beside him immediately covered his mouth and looked apologetically at the others in the metal lifeform: "Sorry, everyone, this kid is experiencing a Fiend mission for the first time, his emotions are a bit high!"

As he spoke, the green-haired youth blushed slightly, but since he was a Highgod, the others didn't resort to direct mockery, merely staring at the pair with strange expressions.

"That orange-haired kid is truly a freak; he's so timid yet dares to come out and act as a Fiend!" Although they didn't dare to mock him loudly, the various gods within the metal lifeform seemed to have found entertainment, whispering and joking in small groups.

"Kid, can you not be so embarrassing!" The green-haired youth, exasperated, gave the orange-haired Midgod a sharp rap on the head before dragging him into their private room.

Encountering divine sense probes while traveling in a metal lifeform was the most normal thing in the world.

However, within their specific metal lifeform, there were thirty Highgod Fiends alone. The orange-haired youth was merely a Midgod, and since these powerhouses could naturally sense the probe that he had detected, his alarmist behavior was indeed laughable.

In the hall of the metal lifeform.

"Luo Ya, Milia, please excuse the earlier display; this kid is indeed a bit timid." Perhaps because the three of them had not made any mocking gestures earlier, the green-haired Highgod named Berik and his companion had been chatting with them frequently over the past period.

"Don't let his appearance fool you; his talent for cultivation is much better than mine. He has already begun to fuse two mysteries of the Laws of Thunder. Once he cultivates to become a Highgod, his strength will surely be even greater than mine..." Hearing Berik say this, Luo Ya and his companions turned their attention back to the somewhat timid and shy orange-haired Midgod.

Being able to start fusing two mysteries meant this guy's talent was indeed not bad. After all, most Highgods who became gods independently could not fuse mysteries at all.

Anyone capable of fusing mysteries could be considered a genius in Hell.

Life within the metal lifeform was very peaceful. Although they encountered some blind bandits and robbers along the way, the sight of a large group of Fiends standing out was enough to scare the bandits into scattering in all directions. In the blink of an eye, eight years passed.

During these eight years, except for occasionally going to the hall for leisure and entertainment, Luo Ya and his companion spent most of their time cultivating.

As for Morti, he was dedicated to refining the Water Highgod Spark, striving to become a 'Highgod Fiend' as soon as possible.

On this day, the blood-red sun hung in the sky, and there wasn't a cloud for ten thousand miles—it was a clear and pleasant day.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, the metal lifeform shuddered, and the many Fiends couldn't help but sway.

"Whoosh!" The entire metal lifeform vanished instantly, transforming into a single person, and everyone inside was left suspended in mid-air. The hundred or so people were all stunned; many Fiends who had been in the middle of cultivation were jolted awake.

At this moment—

In front of them, a dense mass of god-level powerhouses was suspended in the air. The sheer number of them caused the faces of many one-star and two-star Fiends to turn pale with fright.

"Brother Berik, how many people are there!" The orange-haired youth's eyes were wide, and he was trembling slightly.

"It looks like there are nearly ten thousand." Berik's heart tightened as well. "Nearly ten thousand powerhouses, and it looks like the weakest among them are Midgods, with quite a few Highgods! If such a large group charges at us all at once... the consequences..."

It wasn't just Berik; many other Highgod Fiends also changed color.

"Milia, stay by my side later, don't wander off." Luo Ya looked at the massive force of nearly ten thousand bandits, his expression becoming much more solemn.

"Mm, I understand." Milia's expression also became rapidly focused.

Human-wave tactics had always been a terrifying strategy.

Even a powerful Highgod would be in danger if they had to withstand the combined attacks of hundreds of Midgods at once. Not to mention, there were nearly ten thousand Midgods here.

The bandit group of over ten thousand people surrounded the group that had emerged from the metal lifeform.

Several white-robed guards panicked as they protected an elven girl; she was their employer, Miss Sherry.

"Mr. Aliquin, it seems you must take action yourself this time!"

The minotaur brothers, Coradi, also looked grim as they glanced at the black-robed youth holding a small golden kitten in his arms.

"Mm." Aliquin nodded indifferently, his gaze cold as he looked ahead. Among this bandit group of ten thousand, there were no fewer than thirty Highgods.

"This is my first six-star mission; how could I let you ruin my good fortune!" Aliquin flipped his hand and produced a long black whip. Black radiance spread from the whip, creating ripples in the space around it.

The bandit leader opposite him changed his expression slightly and shouted: "I didn't expect there to be a tough nut among you. Leave this guy to me; everyone else, attack together!"

The bandit leader who ordered the attack was a werewolf powerhouse with eerie green eyes. His figure moved like the wind as he charged directly at Aliquin, his weapons being a pair of deep blue claw gauntlets.

"Take this!" The werewolf powerhouse's speed was no slower than Aliquin's. Terrifying cyan light condensed on his claw tips without dissipating, and his figure moved like a phantom. In the blink of an eye, he appeared before Aliquin, his claw-wielding hands emitting a 'hissing' sound as he slashed fiercely at Aliquin's head.

"A powerhouse of the Laws of Wind?" Aliquin watched the sharp claws coming toward him and felt the terrifying tearing force. His eyelids twitched, and he hurriedly split into hundreds of Shadow Clone Technique images, swapping his true body with a shadow to dodge the surprise attack.

Laws of Darkness—Shadow Clone Technique!

"Clones? I can do that too!" The werewolf powerhouse laughed, and his entire body instantly split into hundreds of clones, charging up again without showing any weakness.

Laws of Wind—Clone Technique!

In fact, the number of clones could indirectly indicate the number of fused mysteries.

Since both Aliquin and this werewolf powerhouse could split into hundreds of clones, it was clear that their strength was quite evenly matched.

While the two top-tier powerhouses battled high in the sky, the other bandits were not idle either.

Relying on their numerical advantage, their morale was soaring.

"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!"...

The bandits shouted in unison, and as they roared—

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"...

Nearly ten thousand experts simultaneously unleashed their attacks, whether they were intangible soul attacks or various types of material attacks. The sky was densely packed with countless sword shadows, blade glimmers, elemental beasts, and more...

They blanketed the sky, surging directly toward Luo Ya and his group.

Every Fiend's expression changed drastically.

Even someone as formidable as the five-star Fiend Coradi dared not forcibly withstand the attacks of ten thousand deity-level experts at once, and could only choose to temporarily avoid the brunt of the assault.

"Retreat!"

Luo Ya shouted in a low voice, while he, Milia, and Morti simultaneously plummeted rapidly in a diagonal direction.

With so many attacks, it was a complete blanket of destruction; material attacks were one thing, but soul attacks were lethal.

Even though they retreated quickly, the speed of those attacks was even more astonishing. In just an instant, the material and soul attacks arrived.

Relying on footwork could indeed dodge quite a few attacks, but there were simply too many, they were too dense, and they were too fast!