"Die!"
Rahula's expression was cold. His pale hand swept through the air, and everywhere it passed, his terrifying power ripped cracks in space.
"Rahula!!" Philip stared at him in shock and disbelief.
Rahula was clearly a newly advanced Saint Domain expert. How could he be this powerful?
Philip couldn't understand it, but he had no time to think it through.
A jet-black light radiated outward from Philip, and Luo Hou suddenly felt resistance and slowed to a crawl.
Originally, the attack had been aimed at Philip's head, but it shifted slightly and ended up destroying only half his body.
Pfft—
Blood dripped from the sky. Rahula's strike had shattered Philip's chest, sending countless chunks of flesh raining down along with half of one arm.
"Ah..." A low groan of pain escaped Philip.
Philip forced down his pain and quickly retreated, reaching the crowd of Saint Domain experts behind him.
A Water Element Saint Domain expert began casting a spell. Blue motes surrounded Philip, healing his injuries. The wounds on his body visibly began to mend.
"Oh?... You actually managed to withstand one of this lord's strikes. You're a little better than the last few useless fools."
Rahula's tone held a hint of surprise.
Philip felt humiliated. He gritted his teeth and glared at Rahula.
"Rahula, you were arrogant enough to attack the Church of Darkness all by yourself. Prepare to die!"
When Philip finished speaking, he waved his hand. Thirty-five Saint Domain experts emerged from the crowd behind him, joining him to surround Rahula. There were thirty-six of them in all.
"How reckless!"
Rahula had made no move to stop them from surrounding him. Philip's eyes flashed with boundless malice.
"Rahula, you're asking for death!"
"Great Hexagram Battle Formation, activate!"
"Kill!"
Boom—
Philip roared. Terrifying dark holy power wrapped around the sword in his hand, and the strength of more than thirty Saint Domain experts poured into him.
A terrifying sword beam, dozens of meters wide and hundreds of meters long, crashed down from the sky and shot straight toward Rahula.
As the terrifying sword beam drew near, Rahula remained calm. Only when it was about to reach his face did he leisurely raise a hand.
He extended one finger and lightly tapped the sword beam.
Crack—
The sword beam shattered with a single blow.
"No matter how many ants there are, they're still ants. One finger is all this lord needs to suppress them."
Rahula's cold voice rang out.
After more than a dozen Saint Domain experts from the Southern Continent had become Rahula's fellow cultivators, along with the subsidiary forces that came with them, his talent had long since transformed.
His cultivation talent was no weaker than that of an ordinary divine beast. His physical talent had also surpassed the limits of the Saint Domain. Though his body had not reached the strength of a Lowgod Artifact, it was still far beyond that of a divine beast at the Saint Domain level.
Even an ordinary Saint Domain expert at the limit couldn't hurt Rahula now. At the very least, it would take someone at the Saint Domain limit who had fused profound mysteries.
That was exactly why Rahula dared to attack the Church of Darkness alone.
After shattering the pitch-black sword beam with a finger, Rahula took a step and vanished. When he appeared again, he was beside Philip, whose face was stricken with terror.
"Are you a god?" Philip couldn't understand it. Even a Saint Domain expert at the limit would have to go to great lengths to withstand a battle formation formed by thirty-six Saint Domain experts.
To remain as calm as Rahula had, perhaps only a divine being's true body, one that had mastered complete profound mysteries, could manage it.
"Die!"
Rahula offered no answer to Philip's question. He simply crushed his head.
Thud—
Philip's headless body fell from the sky. Rahula turned his cold gaze toward the other Saint Domain experts.
"Now it's your turn!"
"Run!" The white-bearded Saint Domain expert who had already used Protect Everyone Behind Me shouted. Without a moment's hesitation, he took the lead and flew toward the distant horizon.
The other Saint Domain experts quickly reacted and fled in every direction.
"Do you think you can get away?"
Rahula's gaze was as cold as ice. The Ten Thousand Soul Banner behind him spun wildly, sending out wisps of black light that wrapped around the fleeing Saint Domain experts.
In an instant, their speed plummeted.
Those who had yet to comprehend the laws could barely move at all.
Rahula paid no attention to these ordinary Saint Domain experts. His gaze swept across the few Saint Domain experts at the peak, led by the Church of Darkness's High Inquisitor. The Ten Thousand Soul Banner couldn't trap those at the peak of the Saint Domain, so they were moving fast.
"This lord values loyalty above all. I will leave no fellow cultivator behind. Though all living beings may fail to understand, I have no regrets."
"I, Rahula, wish for every Saint Domain expert under heaven to become a god and ascend together!"
After he finished speaking, Rahula's figure flickered again and again. Each time he reappeared, a headless corpse fell from the sky.
"Physical death is not the end of life."
"The shackles of talent have made you suffer beyond measure."
"But today, I, Rahula, can offer you a broad road to the future."
"All you have to give up is your physical body. Why persist in your folly?"
Listen to yourself. Does that sound like anything a human would say?
The Church of Darkness's High Inquisitor cursed him inwardly, but when he saw Rahula already right in front of him, he still didn't dare say what he really thought.
"My lord, please spare my li—"
"Shh~" Rahula pressed two fingers to his lips and raised his chin at a forty-five-degree angle.
"Flesh brings suffering; the soul ascends!"
"This lord will save you now."
Whoosh—
His hand swept through space and seized the High Inquisitor's head.
"I'll damn well—"
Crack!!
His head shattered, and blood poured everywhere.
Rahula's expression was impassive, but a trace of regret showed on his face.
"Sure enough, no one in this world understands me."
"Now it's your turn." Rahula turned his gaze toward the remaining Saint Domain experts.
Together with the Church of Darkness's Descending Angel, these Saint Domain experts should provide nearly a hundred more Saint Domain-level souls for Rahula to reap.
That would be enough to take his talent one step further.
Then he could sacrifice the entire continent—or go even further and storm straight into the... Plane Prison!
That's right. Rahula planned to enter the Plane Prison.
After all, there were too few Saint Domain experts in the Material Plane. Even if Rahula slaughtered the entire continent, he still wouldn't be able to strengthen his talent to its limit.
If he wanted to keep strengthening his talent, he had only two choices: go to a Divine Plane or enter the Plane Prison.
After giving it a long thought, Rahula ultimately leaned toward the Plane Prison.
After all, compared to a Divine Plane, the Plane Prison was a lower-level place. Most of its inhabitants were Saint Domain experts, and there weren't many gods. Lowgods could contend for power in some remote regions, while Midgods and Highgods were rare and mostly gathered in certain cities.
Its only drawback was that it was difficult to escape the Plane Prison. But that wouldn't be a problem for Lynn.
The people inside couldn't get out, but couldn't someone on the outside help them?
Only Rahula's Clone would be going in. Lynn and Xiao Yan would remain outside. At worst, they could use physical force to persuade the Plane Overseer.
Of course, Rahula wasn't in a hurry to enter the Plane Prison. It would be best to become a Lowgod first.
"But... how do I get into the Plane Prison?"
Rahula furrowed his brow and fell into deep thought.
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