Won't Even Let Me Rest in Peace

Less than a quarter of an hour had passed.

The aftermath of the great battle had already leveled the entire island.

Kolan was a soul mutant, and the superposition of his two mid-god domains was enough to offset Sophia's high-god domain.

The fused divine power of life and death was, in terms of quality, absolutely no weaker than high-god power.

What the two sides were competing in now was their techniques, their comprehension of the laws, and their divine artifacts.

Sophia was a high-god, and her advantage lay in having comprehended all the Life Law, putting her above Kolan in the understanding and application of laws. As for divine artifacts, Sophia used a high-god artifact that matched her attributes, allowing her to fully unleash its power.

Of course, it was not as if Kolan had no chance.

That was because Sophia was a high-god of the Life Law; her physical attacks were not excessively outrageous, being at most on par with his own.

Who would win and who would lose remained unknown.

If things truly became impossible, Kolan was confident he could retreat back to the fourteenth floor.

The two fought in the sky, the aftermath of their battle truly astonishing.

The vast island was completely destroyed.

The seawater surged and churned incessantly.

"Where are you running!" Sophia roared angrily. Her wooden staff spun in her hand, and suddenly, millions of green willow branches radiated from her as the center, sweeping toward Kolan.

Furthermore, these millions of willow branches were permeated with green mist, shrouding Kolan within.

This was Sophia's strongest ultimate move—Life Cage!

Relying on this move, she had escaped danger countless times and killed countless powerful enemies.

"Hmm?" Kolan's expression shifted.

His life divine clone and death divine clone flew out from his Saint-level original body.

Each wielded their weapons, filling the sky with shadows of swords, blades, and spears.

The strength of all three was roughly the same!

This was the advantage of being a soul mutant!

"Damn it, soul mutants are truly enviable!" Sophia gritted her teeth.

Originally, even when Kolan only used his Saint-level original body with the help of fused divine power, it hadn't been easy for her to kill him.

Now, she was facing three against one.

Instead, she suddenly found herself at a disadvantage.

Gradually, Sophia shifted from offense to defense, parrying Kolan's attacks.

Sophia possessed not only a high-god artifact for physical offense but also a high-god artifact for physical defense.

Facing Kolan's three-on-one assault, she lacked the power to strike back, but her defense was more than sufficient!

For a time, the two fought fiercely, yet neither could do anything to the other.

Damn it, the time is still too short. If my weapon were just one step further, I would definitely hack Sophia to death! Kolan thought with resentment.

He had already exhausted all his means, yet he still hadn't managed to kill Sophia.

His strongest suit was not physical attack, but soul attack!

However, this Sophia cultivated the Life Law as a high-god and was herself adept in soul-related matters; his soul attacks had failed to kill her!

If once isn't enough, then twice! Kolan gritted his teeth.

The fourteenth floor offered such generous rewards; if he could kill Sophia, not to mention her divine artifacts and the wealth in her interspatial ring, the gains from just clearing the level would be staggering.

Physical attacks, even if they could wound Sophia, were quickly recovered from.

To kill Sophia, only soul attacks remained!

Kolan exerted his full strength and unleashed another soul attack.

A sword shadow ignored Sophia's defenses, plunging directly into her body and charging straight for her soul ocean.

"Damn it, his soul attack is strong, and his soul defense is just as tough!" In Sophia's soul ocean, green dots formed a green net, intercepting Kolan's soul attack.

Sophia felt furious inside.

A mid-god was actually this troublesome.

There were a few times she had even been at risk of being killed.

But before Sophia could dissipate Kolan's soul attack, another one arrived, and this soul attack was even more bizarre than the last.

Sophia used every ounce of her strength to defend her soul.

Even though she was a high-god, she did not possess a high-god artifact for soul defense.

High-god soul defense artifacts were simply too expensive; she couldn't afford one.

She had indeed forged a soul defense artifact once, but it had shattered during the previous battle.

"No~~" Facing the successive soul attacks, Sophia felt she could no longer hold on, and she let out a shrill, mournful roar.

"If you want to kill me, then go to hell with me!" Sophia let out a furious roar as her entire body burst apart, releasing countless specks of green light that surged toward Kolan at an astonishing speed.

"Hmm?" Kolan's Life divine clone and Death divine clone immediately merged back into his Saint-level original body.

Kolan retreated rapidly, attempting to dodge the green lights.

This madwoman was determined not to let him off easy, even in death.

Kolan retreated at high speed, yet several specks of light still managed to penetrate his body.

Kolan's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly exerted all his strength to defend himself.

Attacks on the soul were the most terrifying of all.

Even Kolan had to treat them with extreme caution.

Only by exhausting these green lights could he survive!

"Damn it... what a huge loss!" Kolan saw that the patched area of his soul was being eroded away by the green light.

Although the green light was eventually completely consumed, the gap had grown significantly larger.

"Damn it, my soul-defending divine artifact!" Kolan cursed.

With a gap this large, at his current rate of restoration, it would likely take a thousand years or even longer to repair.

Kolan waved his hand, gathering the godspark, divine artifacts, and interspatial ring into his possession.

He stowed the godspark and divine artifacts directly into his own interspatial ring.

Afterward, Kolan dripped a drop of blood to claim ownership of the interspatial ring.

"Three hundred million Ink Stone, that's quite a fortune, and... there's a metal lifeform too." Kolan took a look, and his face immediately lit up with joy.

Three hundred million Ink Stone, plus a metal lifeform.

"I wonder what the reward is!" Kolan headed toward the passageway.

The island that had originally been there was now completely destroyed.

On the seabed, there was a tunnel.

At the entrance of the tunnel lay over a hundred Soul Gold Beads, a Highgod godspark radiating an aura of death, and a skull ring.

Kolan's gaze was immediately drawn to that skull ring.

This was not an interspatial ring.

It was a divine artifact, a Highgod divine artifact!

He dripped a drop of blood onto the skull ring.

Kolan gasped, his eyes gleaming.

A soul-defending Highgod divine artifact!

And it was a complete soul-defending Highgod divine artifact at that!

In terms of quality, it far surpassed the damaged soul-defending Highgod divine artifact he currently possessed.

"I wonder which Highgod of the Death Law forged this soul-defending Highgod divine artifact; its value must be terrifyingly high," Kolan marveled.

With his soul attacks, he couldn't even make a dent in this soul-defending Highgod divine artifact.

"Beirut is truly worthy of being an Sovereign; this level of generosity is astonishing!" Kolan's eyes shone. "If the sixteenth, seventeenth, or even the eighteenth floors are next, wouldn't the rewards be even more exaggerated?"

Kolan felt a sudden urge to charge straight into the sixteenth floor.

The rewards were simply too incredible.

But then he remembered that Sophia on the fifteenth floor had already been so powerful, so the sixteenth floor would undoubtedly be even more formidable.

With his current strength, attempting to push forward would likely be extremely dangerous.

Kolan forcibly suppressed the greed in his heart.

His life was more important.

If he lost his life, what use would these treasures be, no matter how precious they were?