Challenged

"Desterie--

Desterie--

Desterie--!"

The rising and falling waves of sound drowned out all other noise.

Desterie also rose lightly amidst the cheers of the crowd, walking toward the combat arena with a smile on his face.

At this moment, a youth dressed in black martial attire was already standing in the arena. He had short black hair, but unusually, it was tied into a single black braid. He held a crimson spear in his hand, staring at the slowly approaching Desterie with eyes full of fighting spirit.

Desterie walked to the center of the battlefield, looked at the youth, and raised his hand slightly; the deafening cheers came to an abrupt halt.

Desterie laughed, "Your name is Kurado? I have heard of you. As a Seven-Star Fiend of our Kalin Continent, you have been famous for some time. It seems you believe you have the strength of a Asura.

However, I did not expect you to dare to challenge me. You should know, ever since I became the Lord of Jinyang Prefecture, everyone who has challenged my position as Prefecture Lord has been cleanly and swiftly killed by me, and you will be no exception. If you give up now, there is still time!"

Kurado raised his spear and said calmly, "Who wins and who loses, we will only know after we fight!"

"Fine, since you are so determined, let me see how powerful your long-famed 'Death-Certain Spear' really is. Having roamed the Celestial Realm for so long, no expert of the Laws of Fate has ever impressed me!" As Desterie spoke, he straightened his arm and gripped the air. With a flash of black divine power, a pure black heavy sword of profound iron appeared in his hand, giving off an unusual aura.

"A Sovereign Artifact?" Kurado's voice grew heavy; although it was a question, it carried a tone of certainty.

"Not bad, a material attack Sovereign Artifact! In this arena, there is only life and death, no victory or defeat. I will not show mercy!" Desterie smiled, but the next moment he moved forward like a teleportation, closing in on Kurado in the blink of an eye.

Kurado's pupils dilated, and he hurriedly retreated to dodge. He had observed the battle projections of Desterie countless times and knew his speed was extremely fast, but facing it personally, he found it quite difficult—although not as fast as experts of the Wind or Lightning Laws, it was rare for a master specializing in the Laws of Destruction to possess such speed.

"Too slow!" Desterie roared with a laugh, chasing after him again, the heavy Sovereign Artifact sword slashing down heavily.

Kurado blocked in a panic, and a small notch instantly appeared on his crimson spear. Before he could make another move, a large number of cracks spread from the notch—the attack power of the Laws of Destruction was inherently strong, and the gap in the essence of their weapons was too great; he couldn't even block a single exchange.

Kurado dodged to the side, a decision already made in his mind.

Relying on Desterie's speed and attack power, he had no chance of winning a war of attrition. He had to use his strongest means to deliver a thunderous blow to his opponent, otherwise, defeat and death were only a matter of time!

Even an Asura could not easily withstand his soul attack! Moreover, based on the information he had gathered earlier, this Desterie had specifically requested this material attack Sovereign Artifact after becoming a Sovereign's Envoy, and the Laws of Destruction were a weak point in terms of defense!

Among the eight prefectures of the Kalin Continent in this Celestial Realm, the Prefecture Lords either possessed soul-defense Sovereign Artifacts or were super experts specializing in the Water, Life, Fate, or Death Laws, possessing extremely strong soul defenses. After much deliberation, only this Jinyang Prefecture Lord was the only breakthrough point, which was why he had achieved a hundred victories in Jinyang Prefecture to challenge the Prefecture Lord today.

"What? Kurado, can you not hold on after just this much? Then you have disappointed me too much!" Desterie laughed again.

As the laughter rang out, another white spear appeared in Kurado's hand. Like the crimson spear, it was a Highgod Artifact he had carefully nurtured for many years.

After dodging once more, he leaned his waist back slightly toward Desterie, who had just finished his attack and had not yet made his next move. He bent his elbow and raised the spear, making a throwing motion. Suddenly, an invisible soul fluctuation attached itself to the spear.

On Desterie's side, he felt himself locked onto by an inexplicable aura, as if he were trapped by destiny, making it difficult to dodge.

"It's coming, it's Kurado's famous ultimate technique, the 'Death-Certain Spear' that never misses and kills upon contact!" one of Kurado's supporters shouted. At the same time, he looked around; having been suppressed by the supporters of the Jinyang Prefecture Lord and unable to cheer, he could finally vent his pride.

As the words fell, Kurado's spear was finally thrown.

Ignoring this sense of "destiny," Desterie swung his heavy Sovereign Artifact sword lightly, and the incoming spear was split in two, deviating from its original trajectory. However, the soul fluctuation attached to the spear took the opportunity to rush into Desterie's soul space.

Desterie remained indifferent, swinging his heavy sword to stab at Kurado, who was momentarily exhausted, while transmitting his voice, "Kurado, this 'Death-Certain Spear' of yours can be considered a very talented soul attack ultimate technique. It's just that you all think I only know the Laws of Destruction, right? In fact, when it comes to the Laws of Fate, I know no less than you do.

Using this move with the soul power of a Highgod causes a momentary stiffness due to excessive consumption of soul power, does it not?

Unfortunately, this moment of stiffness is destined to cost you your life!"

Kurado revealed an expression of disbelief—even if you knew, how could you not make any preparations? Even with a soul-defense artifact, it shouldn't be able to block this move!

Could it be that you want to die together?!

Unfortunately, before he could ask the question, Desterie's heavy sword had already pierced through his forehead and struck heavily upon his Godhead.

Seven-Star Fiend Kurado, perished!

"Desterie! Desterie! Desterie!"

The cheers rang out once again. Their great Prefecture Lord Desterie had once again killed the challenger with absolute superiority and crushing force!

Desterie smiled, signaled with his hand, then walked lightly to Kurado's corpse, picked up the interspatial ring, and headed back.

At this moment, in Desterie's soul space, a piece of brilliant Longevity White Jade was floating in mid-air, rotating slowly. Four figures sat around the white jade, one of which emitted a continuous stream of soul power, replenishing a thin film wrapping the soul space. This film had almost been pierced by the "Death-Certain Spear" just now, but it had barely held on under the manipulation of Desterie's Fate God clone.

Before long, the film returned to calm. The Fate God clone within Desterie's soul space opened its eyes and smiled, "A soul-defense artifact is ultimately inferior to a soul-defense Sovereign Artifact. If no one were presiding over it, the 'Death-Certain Spear' might have penetrated. However, even so, it doesn't matter. Under the protection of the 'Longevity White Jade,' he could not have harmed my soul.

Heh, who said only one God clone can participate in battle? With four God clones together, where could there be any shortcomings?"