Suppressing Dylin

Although Dylin had thoughts of retreating, since Lord Beirut had already spoken, he would go through with it even if he were to lose.

He did not have the guts to toy with Beirut.

Moreover, he might not necessarily lose. He was only worried about the Sunset Longbow.

"Hmph!"

Dylin looked at Fang Yun in the distance, his gaze like lightning, and let out a cold snort before transforming into a streak of light and charging into the sky. At the same time, he equipped his hands with a pair of specialized, claw-like weapons; this was a divine artifact he had nurtured himself for over ten thousand years.

Beirut watched as the two finished their preparations, his small eyes narrowing with a smile, showing great interest.

The High Priest and O'Brien were also staring intently upward; after all, battles between deities were rare, especially when both combatants were Lowgods. This was a valuable experience for them.

Furthermore, after this battle, they would be able to gauge some of Fang Yun and Dylin's strength, which would help them plan for the situation in the Yulan Continent.

Standing in front of Fang Yun, Dylin calculated in his heart.

No matter how powerful the Sunset Longbow was, it was a long-range weapon. If he were attacked from a distance, he would only be able to defend passively. Therefore, his only chance was to close the distance and engage Fang Yun in melee combat.

Moreover, his claw-glove divine artifact was more convenient for close-quarters fighting. Coupled with the fact that his own body was stronger than the average Lowgod, his chances of winning in melee were high.

Thinking of this, Dylin did not hesitate.

Suddenly, he opened his mouth wide, and a massive suction force instantly emerged. Countless seawater churned under this suction, forming a monstrous wave hundreds of meters high.

In mid-air, the countless elements around Fang Yun began to move toward Dylin.

"This Dylin, he actually used his innate divine ability right from the start."

The High Priest had some understanding of Dylin's strength.

In particular, Dylin's innate divine ability was an extremely powerful capability; it was very difficult for experts of the same level to resist this suction force. Once they failed to resist and were sucked into Dylin's belly, even slightly stronger experts would face the danger of perishing.

Innate divine ability!

O'Brien's eyes instantly narrowed; this Dylin was actually a divine beast.

At this moment, O'Brien felt extremely wary of Dylin. When a divine beast became a deity, their strength was immense; even though he had been a deity for five thousand years, he was not confident in defeating a divine beast.

Dylin did not maintain his innate divine ability for long; he was not trying to suck Fang Yun into his belly. After all, Fang Yun had the Sunset Longbow in his hand. If Fang Yun drew the bow, he would be struck by the longbow before he could suck him in.

Therefore, he only wanted to use the suction to restrict Fang Yun's movement and create an opportunity for himself to close in.

He had just discovered that Fang Yun was a Wind-style Lowgod. Wind-style deities had speeds that exceeded those of deities of other laws. Thus, he could not give Fang Yun the chance to create distance.

The moment the suction appeared, Fang Yun's movements were restricted, and Dylin instantly transformed into his destructive elemental form, charging toward Fang Yun.

"This Dylin, he's quite clever."

Beirut commented casually.

Regardless of Dylin's level of comprehension, his ability to analyze a battle was decent.

At the same level, when fighting an expert who used a longbow, melee combat was indeed the best choice.

Although Fang Yun was a Wind-style Lowgod and was not afraid of melee combat, Dylin was a divine beast with a powerful body and held an advantage in close quarters. Moreover, Fang Yun's weapon was a longbow; to fully utilize its power, he had to maintain distance.

Added to the fact that Fang Yun had only recently become a deity and might not be familiar with melee combat, long-range attacks were more suitable for him.

Innate divine ability?

Fang Yun felt this massive suction force immediately.

He felt a bit of envy in his heart; a divine beast's innate divine ability could often increase one's strength significantly. Just like the God-Eater Rat—once they reached the Highgod level, even an Asura would fear them; it was simply unreasonable.

Although Dylin's innate divine ability was not as good as the God-Eater Rat's, it was enough to influence the outcome of the battle.

If it were an ordinary Lowgod, facing this move from Dylin would basically be a guaranteed loss.

However, for Fang Yun, it was still lacking.

Although this suction was quite strong, it was not enough to make him unable to resist. Of course, he was indeed significantly restricted; under this suction, Fang Yun's movement speed was greatly reduced.

If he were even slightly lax, he could potentially be swallowed by Dylin.

"He actually wants to engage in melee?"

Fang Yun's combat experience was still a bit lacking. He had assumed Dylin used his innate divine ability to end the fight quickly, and only when Dylin suddenly transformed into an element and charged at him did he guess Dylin's intention.

Although he was a bit surprised, Fang Yun did not panic.

"You want melee? I won't give you the chance."

Wind-style divine power surged around Fang Yun, and countless wind elements instantly became solid, as if the previously dancing wind elements had suddenly become inactive.

Confinement—this was one of the simplest applications of the Mysteries of Wind Space. If comprehended to the limit, this move alone would be enough to confine a Highgod. Of course, it did not have that kind of power right now.

However, it was enough.

Under this "confinement," the speed of the destructive elements that Dylin had transformed into noticeably stalled. He was even unable to maintain his elemental form, flickering between an elemental state and a translucent human form.

Even if a Midgod had comprehended the Mysteries of Wind Space to ten percent, it would be difficult to achieve this. But Fang Yun was executing this move by fusing wind elements with the Mysteries of Wind Space, so the power was naturally greater.

Fang Yun had become a deity too recently and had no time to study his own techniques. This move was inspired by his experience while carving with his eyes closed, derived from his application of the Mysteries of Wind Space at that time.

It could be considered one of the moves he was currently most proficient in.

"What strong resistance!"

Dylin's heart sank. He had never expected Fang Yun to possess such a technique.

He was no stranger to fighting lowgods of the wind element, but never had any of them been able to exert resistance that surpassed his own Divine Domain.

Now that this resistance had suddenly appeared, the one or two seconds he had spent using his innate divine ability to exert a gravitational pull on Fang Yun had lost all meaning.

"Oh? Mysteries of Wind Space?"

Beirut was the Sovereign of Wind, so he was naturally extremely familiar with the wind laws Fang Yun was utilizing. His eyes brightened slightly. "There are even traces of the Mysteries of Wind Elements fused into his path to godhood. It seems that for this Fang Yun, his greatest talent truly lies in the wind element."

Fusing mysteries to become a god was difficult enough, and the Mysteries of Wind Space was one of the higher-level mysteries among them. Many midgods of the wind element failed to become highgods precisely because they could not comprehend the Mysteries of Wind Space.

Even for many highgods, the Mysteries of Wind Space was the most difficult to successfully fuse with other mysteries.

Conversely, the Mysteries of Dimension, which was also a high-level wind mystery, was not particularly difficult to comprehend.

That Fang Yun had begun fusing the Mysteries of Wind Elements and the Mysteries of Wind Space while still a lowgod was enough to demonstrate his talent.

Meanwhile, Fang Yun leaped slightly, his entire body moving like a streak of light as he retreated a hundred meters. At the same time, wind-style divine power surged, and he drew the longbow in his hand.

As the Sunset Longbow was drawn, the space around it began to tremble, producing tiny ripples.

Countless wind elements between heaven and earth converged toward the center of the bow, becoming so dense they resembled liquefied water.

In the center of the Sunset Longbow, the liquefied cyan-green elemental currents continuously intersected, and the phantom of a translucent cyan-green arrow slowly solidified.

I cannot take this head-on!

This was Dylin's only thought.

Almost the instant he felt the resistance, Dylin retreated violently, while a massive amount of destruction divine power erupted from his body, wrapping around him.

Since his initial close-quarters approach had failed to achieve its goal, he obviously could not continue to charge blindly.

Especially since Fang Yun had already prepared his attack; rushing in now would be equivalent to taking the attack head-on.

If this were an ordinary lowgod artifact, he wouldn't be afraid, but this was, after all, the Sunset Longbow. He had no desire to test the power of this bow.

"Whoosh~"

As Fang Yun released the bowstring, the arrow formed by countless wind elements shot toward Dylin in an instant.

Upon being fired, the arrow did not maintain its form. After traveling a short distance, it suddenly seemed to come alive, transforming into the shape of a plant vine that spread out to envelop him.

Subsequently, as these countless vines wrapped around Dylin, they formed a large, net-like structure that closed in on him.

The offensive power of these vines was limited; their primary purpose was restriction, which was a special application of the Mysteries of Wind Space by Fang Yun.

Attacks based on the laws of wind were among the very best of all laws. However, the one that provided the greatest boost was the Mysteries of Dimension; without comprehending it, even if an attack had significant power, that power was limited.

Unless Fang Yun was willing to disregard his divine power consumption and forcibly condense his power into a massive strike to break through Dylin's defenses.

However, there was no life-or-death hatred between him and Dylin, so there was naturally no need to risk his life.

Therefore, this move was sufficient.

Seeing the arrow shot by Fang Yun suddenly turn into a sky full of vines, Dylin was also greatly shocked.

He had prepared himself to forcibly dodge the arrow, even thinking of finding an opportunity to counterattack Fang Yun while evading it. After all, an arrow attack was just a single line; as long as he dodged the vital parts, it wouldn't be much of a problem for him.

Even if it cost him a bit more divine power, it would be enough.

But who could have known that the arrow would suddenly turn into countless vines? It truly disrupted his plans.

The area he intended to dodge into was almost entirely covered by these vines. Moreover, after the vines enveloped him, they continued to contract.

Dylin's expression turned grim. With no time to dodge the entanglement, he extended his palms, channeling divine power into his claw-gloves, and struck directly at the vine-thorns in front of him.

"Snap~"

Although there were many vine-thorns, a single strand was no match for the previous arrow, and several snapped instantly under Dylin's sharp claws.

Despite breaking some of the vines, Dylin dared not be the least bit careless. After all, there were simply too many of them.

For a time, the scene was filled with vine-thorns made of wind elements continuously wrapping around and cutting at Dylin, while Dylin kept snapping them apart.

"Snap~" "Snap~" "Snap~"

For a moment, the sound of explosions was constant.

Given the situation, it was not difficult for Dylin to break free from the vines; it wouldn't even take long for him to easily shatter the encirclement and rush out.

But just as Dylin tore through the vines to break free, Fang Yun had already charged in front of the entangled Dylin and delivered a kick directly to his chest.

Under normal circumstances, the force of this kick could have easily caused Dylin's chest to cave in. However, in addition to his claw-gloves, Dylin wore defensive armor, which absorbed much of the force.

Coupled with the massive amount of divine power Dylin instantly raised for defense, the resistance to this kick was immense, making it impossible to cause truly fatal damage.

Even so, Dylin could not help but spit out a mouthful of blood. His entire body was instantly kicked into the seawater below.

Although the battle between Fang Yun and Dylin appeared to involve many movements, the duration was very short. From the moment Dylin unleashed his innate divine ability to the moment Fang Yun landed his kick, only a few seconds had passed.

In just a few seconds, seeing Dylin kicked and injured, both the High Priest and the War God were shocked to their cores.

Fang Yun had actually suppressed Dylin?!

Beirut also smiled; Fang Yun's victory could be considered normal. If Fang Yun had only comprehended the wind elements to become a lowgod, it would have been impossible for him to suppress Dylin like this.

After all, Dylin's strength was still very high, and he hadn't even fully unleashed his power.

However, a loss is a loss.

Furthermore, Fang Yun truly possessed the strength to surpass him.

Fang Yun had begun to comprehend the Mysteries of Wind Space while still a lowgod, and had even started fusing profound mysteries, which allowed his attacks to far exceed those of an ordinary wind-style lowgod.

Moreover, there was the power behind that kick Fang Yun had just delivered; to injure Dylin through a defensive divine artifact was enough to prove the formidable nature of Fang Yun's divine body.

With this kind of power, Fang Yun's divine body must have absorbed divine power from the deepest regions of the elemental ocean, otherwise, it would be impossible to possess such might.

Finally, the existence of the Sunset Longbow meant Dylin dared not use his innate divine ability continuously. It could be said that Dylin was just unlucky.

Without any one of these three factors, it would have been impossible for Fang Yun to defeat Dylin so "easily."

In fact, if Fang Yun had been determined to unleash the full power of the Sunset Longbow from the very beginning, Dylin truly would not have been able to block it. In that sense, Fang Yun had already shown mercy.

Even if the Sunset Longbow could only be considered a weapon bonus, a weapon is still a part of one's strength. Dylin's defeat was not unjust.