Battle

The bandit leader Laska felt as if his soul had been struck by a heavy hammer, though he regained his composure almost immediately.

"Ah, this is a soul attack, a wide-range soul attack. What powerful soul cultivation." Laska looked at Hodan in the sky with a grave expression, hurriedly flying away from the ground to regroup with the other two leaders, Clisi and Tennyson.

Among the Four Rules, the Death Rule and the Fate Law are the most proficient in soul manipulation, not to mention that Hodan's soul had already reached the level of a High-God. Although Hodan had not yet created a unique ultimate technique of his own.

However, relying on his traits as a transmigrator and the soul-proficient Fate Law, Hodan's soul attacks were no weaker than those of a Six-Star Fiend who practiced elemental laws. But this was limited only to soul attacks; in terms of material attacks, Hodan was still at the level of a Five-Star Fiend.

Upon hearing Laska's words, Clisi's face revealed fear, and he said with shock in his eyes: "His soul cultivation is very strong; he can use soul attacks to deal with thousands of people at once. Look at those Mid-Gods and Low-Gods who were hit by his attack—they still haven't recovered. Although such an attack isn't enough to finish us off, you must realize that he is using a wide-range attack. If such an attack were concentrated on me alone, I dare say that even you, Laska, would find it difficult to withstand." In short, Clisi's point was clear: this person was terrifying, and none of them were his match.

"Alright, stop with the defeatist talk, he's coming over." Tennyson saw Hodan flying toward them and spoke to Laska and Clisi.

"Ha, come! Become the nourishment for my climb to the peak!" Hodan roared, his blood boiling. These were all High-Gods he once could only look up to! He drew Zhengdu and slashed forward.

With Hodan's current High-God artifact-like body and the days he had spent carrying it, Hodan had finally adapted to the weight of Zhengdu and could now use it in battle. However, as for unleashing the sharpness of Zhengdu, that was still out of the question.

With Hodan's strength as a Five-Star Fiend, he could currently only fight using the material of Zhengdu. To simultaneously utilize the sharpness of Zhengdu, he would need at least the strength of a peak Six-Star Fiend. Or, he could hold the blade and wait for the enemy to run into it, but was that even possible?

Clisi, the weakest of the three High-Gods, was killed instantly by Hodan's strike. What did it matter if their combined attack was comparable to a peak Five-Star Fiend? In the end, they weren't true Five-Star Fiends. With Hodan's Five-Star Fiend strength combined with the weight of Zhengdu, Clisi raised his sword to block, but Hodan smashed through the sword and onto his head, instantly cracking his skull and sending his Godhead flying out as he died a miserable death.

"Damn it, Third Brother is dead! Big Brother, let's attack together and kill him to avenge Third Brother."

The remaining Laska and Tennyson unleashed their ultimate techniques against Hodan simultaneously.

Hodan curled his lips in a smile. If it were a group of Five-Star powerhouses attacking together, he would be afraid, but these two definitely had not reached the level of Five-Star powerhouses; otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy for Hodan to kill one of the three.

Hodan backhanded the Godhead and Space Ring of the High-God he had just killed, then sneered: "Oh, only the two of you are left. Come on."

"You're courting death."

It must be said that bandits are indeed people who live on the edge of a blade; they are truly accustomed to life and death, or perhaps they had long anticipated such a day. They had long since taken life and death lightly, and Hodan's contemptuous attitude ignited their ferocity.

Hodan circulated his divine power, his entire body emitting a cyan-green light. Hodan had practiced for too short a time and had no time to develop his own ultimate techniques. However, Hodan understood one principle: break techniques with raw power. As long as your speed is fast enough and your force is heavy enough, the enemy will absolutely be unable to withstand your continuous attacks and heavy impact, and they will eventually be killed by you.

Hodan transformed into a cyan-green shadow, moving to the extreme. By the time he reached the two High-Gods, they had only just realized it and hurriedly swung their artifacts to block, only to find a "ziz" low and sharp sound ringing out, as if daggers were piercing their souls again and again. At the same time, a massive force came from their hands, and both were sent flying backward.

The two had to block Hodan's rain-like heavy attacks while enduring the soul attacks attached to Zhengdu, making them miserable. Hodan didn't stay idle; taking advantage of the gap while they were knocked back and had yet to regain their footing.

Hodan flew above them, gripped the blade with both hands, and leaped high. Simultaneously, he stimulated the sharpness of Zhengdu with his divine power, letting it fall toward the two leaders under the guidance of gravity. A magnificent blade light flashed, instantly piercing through the two who were still struggling to defend. Two High-Godheads slid from their bodies, which Hodan caught backhandedly, collecting their Space Rings along the way.

He also took their divine bodies. Since this mission was a Five-Star Fiend mission, Hodan also thought about taking the opportunity to raise his Fiend rank to five stars. Hodan didn't want to grind those repetitive, weak missions one by one to improve his Fiend rank.

By this point in the battle, the entire bandit group of Howling Wind Valley, excluding those who had gone out to pursue the Fiend examinees, could be said to have been basically wiped out. Without strong leaders, the remaining bandits would either join other bandit groups or scatter to various places; it was impossible for them to stay in Howling Wind Valley waiting for those people to come for revenge.

Hodan swept his divine sense across the entire Howling Wind Valley area but didn't find any treasure vaults or the like. It made sense; people who lived on the edge of a blade usually kept their wealth on their own persons or on other divine clones. There was no place safer than by their own side, and it would be even better if they had divine clones.

Hodan ignored these things and flew toward the Metal Lifeform used for the examination. Although Hodan had his own Metal Lifeform, it was more convenient to return with the one provided for the Fiend examination.

On the way to the Metal Lifeform, Hodan encountered the bandits who had been in pursuit. Hodan didn't wait for them to attack; he directly used a wide-range attack to kill the group of bandits. These were just ordinary Mid-Gods and could not withstand Hodan's soul attacks.

Not far from Howling Wind Valley, the Metal Lifeform was hovering in mid-air.

Returning to the Metal Lifeform, Hodan found that while there had been over a thousand people when they set off, now there were less than a third left, and most of them were injured. Many were dejected; there was no need to guess that they were the ones who hadn't completed the Fiend mission.

Hodan swept his divine sense but didn't find the three Four-Star Fiends; they had likely flown directly back to Silvermoon City.

After waiting for another half a day, the silver-robed old man directly ordered: "There is no one else. Let's go!" Instantly, the Metal Lifeform turned into a phantom and disappeared into the distant horizon.

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