However, because none of the Profound Mysteries he had fused were high-level, and he only possessed a single mid-level Profound Mystery, he was essentially the weakest type of Six-Star Fiend. He was only particularly skilled in speed and concealing his aura, and his physical attack power was only slightly stronger than that of Quite, who cultivated the Laws of Destruction.
This also meant he excelled at assassination rather than head-on assaults. The reason he chose to lead the charge now was, firstly, because they held an overwhelming numerical advantage, and secondly, because of the assistance from the second leader Sack's Gravity Space. He felt confident that he could go toe-to-toe with Simon and Fanny.
But he never imagined that Simon would have an Ice Wind Space up his sleeve; the bandits who had fled earlier had mentioned no such thing.
In truth, the bandits who escaped were also quite aggrieved. They had only glanced from afar to confirm that Quite was dead, and they had no time to discern whether Quite was trapped within a domain; they simply assumed he had been caught in a standard Wind Space.
How strong could a Midgod's Wind Space possibly be? Thus, they hadn't mentioned it to Romson.
And so, having struggled to block three of Fanny's attacks, Romson finally could no longer withstand her fourth strike due to the powerful binding force. During this, he had attempted to use the Shadow Clone Technique to escape, but his fragile shadow clones could not withstand the intense crushing pressure of the Ice Wind Space and were crushed the moment they appeared.
This became the final straw that broke the camel's back. Having lost all means of escape, Romson was forced to clash head-on with Fanny. However, because Fanny was faster and more agile, he was forced into a passive defense, and after barely holding off three strikes, he finally failed to block the fourth.
That was because Fanny, who had fused the Profound Mystery of Explosion, was attacking faster and more ferociously with every strike.
Fanny's fourth attack landed on Romson's armor, shattering the Highgod Artifact-level armor instantly. A reactive Romson tried to swing his blade to block Fanny's next strike, but Fanny, whose attack speed had already ramped up, would not give him the chance to defend.
The short sword traced a graceful arc and slashed directly into Romson's head.
In an instant, Romson's skull burst open, just like the Flower-shaped Metal Lifeform he had shattered earlier.
"I, Fanny, keep my word—I've smashed your head!"
Fanny said viciously after completing the kill.
The moment Fanny's short sword cleaved into Romson's skull, the mind of this formidable bandit leader flashed through every major event he had experienced over the past ten million years.
From his birth in a material plane, he had reached the Saint Realm in little time. Under the coaxing of a Plane Guardian, he had come to Hell, beginning his nightmarish career.
Fortunately, he had reached the limit of the Saint Realm before arriving, and shortly after coming to Hell, he broke through to become a god during a life-or-death crisis. However, the dangerous nature of Hell did not allow him to split his soul, so he had no choice but to become a god within his own body, leaving himself no period of weakness.
Fortunately, he was cautious enough to survive with great difficulty, eventually fusing three Profound Mysteries of the Darkness element and establishing a large bandit group, reigning supreme within a ten-million-mile radius around Black Wind Mountain.
Romson's life could be called legendary, but unfortunately, he had run into Simon and Fanny.
From this moment on, the legend ended, and a new one began to rise.
The battle between Fanny and Romson sounded long, but in reality, from the moment the second leader Sack released the Gravity Space, to Simon countering with the Ice Wind Space, and finally Fanny finishing off Romson, only a few seconds had passed.
In a battle between Highgods, thousands of life-or-death exchanges can occur in a single second.
It had taken this long only because the Gravity Space had hindered their speed to some extent.
But with Fanny's Profound Mystery of Explosion firing on all cylinders, she instantly minimized the impact of gravity, allowing her to execute Romson with the force of a thunderbolt.
Poor Romson, who had roamed Hell for over ten million years and struggled to rise to power, ultimately died because of his identity as a bandit.
Simon, who had been reaping the lives of Midgods on the battlefield, breathed a huge sigh of relief upon seeing Fanny successfully eliminate their greatest threat, Romson.
If Fanny and Romson had become locked in a bitter struggle, Simon would have stopped hiding his strength and unleashed his full power to help Fanny slay him.
But fortunately, with the aid of the Ice Wind Space, Fanny had finished Romson off cleanly and decisively.
With the head leader dead, the remaining Midgod bandits fell into complete despair. They could only vent their frustration by unleashing their soul attacks—some powerful, some weak—only to watch helplessly as Simon nimbly dodged them all and took down a small fry with every sword strike.
Having dealt with Romson, Fanny did not idle; she turned and headed toward the other Highgod leader of the Black Wind Bandit Group.
This second leader, Sack, who cultivated the Laws of Earth, was only a Five-Star Fiend. The Profound Mysteries he had fused were merely Earth Element and the Earth Walk Technique, and both his speed and attack power were mediocre.
Trapped in the Ice Wind Space, his speed was reduced to a mere quarter of his original capability. If he had fled the moment the domain appeared, he might have had a sliver of a chance to escape its range, but he had naively believed that even if Romson were affected by the Ice Wind Space, he could still handle a Highgod like Fanny.
But the reality was that Romson had failed to block her, and Sack had lost his best chance to escape.
Just as Sack finally reacted and attempted to flee, Fanny caught up to him, her short sword thrusting directly at him.
Sack was also a battle-hardened bandit. With a burst of divine power, he held his battle blade horizontally, barely blocking Fanny's short sword.
Fanny was not annoyed by the block; she flickered and appeared behind Sack, thrusting her short sword again. This time, Sack was too slow to recover his defense, and the back of his head was pierced through by Fanny's blade.
With this, all three Highgod leaders of the Black Wind Bandit Group had been slain by Fanny!
Chapter 34: Arriving at Timbu City
Simon, who had already harvested hundreds of Midgods, saw how valiant Fanny was and accelerated his own reaping speed.
After all, maintaining the Ice Wind Space to bind so many Midgods at full power placed a significant burden on Simon.
Fortunately, both enemy Highgods were dead, and the remaining Midgods were nothing more than lambs for the slaughter.
Under the combined assault of Simon and Fanny, these Midgod bandits fell in droves like weeds.
A few seconds later, the Black Wind Bandit Group was completely wiped out.
This notorious bandit group, which had caused countless harms, was henceforth erased from Hell.
"Phew~ Simon, I actually killed a Six-Star Fiend! Am I amazing or what!"
Fanny sheathed her short sword, came to Simon's side, and said excitedly.
"You are indeed amazing. I thought it would be a bitter battle, but it turns out Romson was perfectly countered by us. I suppose it was just his bad luck."
Simon quickly cleaned up the battlefield, collecting all the artifacts and interspatial rings left behind by the Midgods.
"The moment I clashed with that bandit leader Romson, I knew he had fused at least three Profound Mysteries of the Darkness Laws and possessed the strength of a Six-Star Fiend. But it seems the mysteries he fused were mediocre, his head-on combat ability was lacking, and he was hindered by your domain. I managed to kill him without using much effort; it's truly unbelievable."
Fanny sighed with emotion. Having a domain for support made fighting feel incredibly satisfying. She was now immensely glad that she had chosen to return with Simon and had fed him a massive amount of treasures along the way.
It was thanks to Fanny's selfless contributions that Simon's soul had become much stronger, even surpassing the soul strength of an average Highgod.
This was also the reason he did not fear soul attacks; not only was his soul defense strong, but the essence of his soul was also formidable.
Simon and Fanny cleaned up the battlefield while chatting, and he found that after experiencing a series of battles, he was becoming increasingly adept at looting the aftermath.
After sweeping the area clean at high speed, Fanny took out another Flower-shaped Metal Lifeform, and the two boarded it to continue their flight toward Timbu City.
Inside the cave that served as the headquarters for the Black Wind Mountain bandits, a few bandits remained, the leader among them being the Wind Element Midgod clone of the second-in-command, Sack.
"It's over, it's over, completely over. Big Brother achieved godhood within his own body and only had one form; now that he's dead, he's truly dead. The thousand or so Midgods he took with him are likely dead as well."
Sack paced back and forth anxiously.
"I can't panic, I can't panic. Those two don't know where our headquarters is, but I can't rule out the possibility that they might torture the information out of someone. I need to pack up and run immediately."
Having made his decision, Sack immediately scraped together the remaining wealth in the cave, then took the dozens of Midgod bandits left behind to guard the base and fled in the opposite direction of Timbu City.
Right now, he only wanted to take his subordinates and find a small mountain range to hide in temporarily, then slowly rebuild his strength. Fortunately, his Wind Element god clone was close to breaking through to Highgod, and his strength was decent, so he didn't have to worry about his subordinates rebelling.
If all else failed, he would have no choice but to refine the Wind Element Highgod spark he had prepared beforehand to stabilize his position and ensure his safety.
Unlike the panicked and fleeing Sack, Simon and Fanny were currently leisurely counting their spoils of war.
Because there were too many interspatial rings, Simon simply couldn't keep up, so he helplessly had to ask Fanny to help him count.
After a long while, the two finally finished counting.
There were dozens of interspatial rings that could not be opened, and Sack's was one of them; Simon guessed that the owners of these rings still had god clones alive.
However, he didn't pay it much mind. After all, the vast majority of the bandit group's wealth was certainly on Romson, and fortunately, Romson's interspatial ring could be opened normally.
The facts were as Simon had expected; Romson's interspatial ring contained over a hundred billion Inkstones alone, along with a large number of Soul Golden Beads, Purple Crystals, and other treasures.
Simon accepted them all without standing on ceremony.
The Inkstones from all the other Midgod bandits combined only amounted to a little over one hundred million, a gap that was truly absurd.
But this was normal; this was likely all the wealth Romson had accumulated over countless years. After all, he didn't have any god clones and had likely achieved godhood within his body, so naturally, all his wealth was kept on his person.
This ended up being Simon's gain.
After two major battles, Simon's net worth had soared to the level of a Six-Star Fiend.
Even in Hell, having this kind of wealth was quite impressive, though of course, it couldn't compare to the little rich girl beside him at all.
When Simon opened Romson's interspatial ring and exclaimed at the massive amount of Inkstones, Fanny thought Simon had discovered something extraordinary.
When she found out it was just some Inkstones, she teased Simon for quite a while.
Regarding this, Simon could only feel helpless.
How could someone who got rich overnight compare to a third-generation wealthy heir? Originally, Simon had prepared to split the spoils equally, but Fanny only said one sentence: she had an entire interspatial ring full of Inkstones...
From then on, Simon tacitly stopped mentioning the division of the spoils.
Although he didn't know how large the interspatial ring Fanny used to store her Inkstones was, based on the one in Simon's hand, a conservative estimate would be at least quadrillions of Inkstones.
"Poverty really does limit my imagination."
However, Simon was still very happy; after all, these Inkstones were earned through his own hard work...
Spending them felt guilt-free, didn't it?
Having harvested so many Inkstones and treasures, Simon planned to spend lavishly once they reached Timbu City.
He would also buy some gifts for Fanny; after all, rich as she was, these two battles really owed a lot to her.
Otherwise, if Simon had faced so many bandits alone, he would likely have had to run for his life.
After all, if he used his current soul power to restrain a large number of enemies simultaneously, the duration would be very limited. If he didn't finish off the enemies within that time, his situation would become dangerous.
Although Simon's defense was also strong, facing a siege from several Highgods and thousands of Midgods was still very dangerous.
Therefore, Fanny deserved much of the credit.
This little rich girl's strength in head-on assaults was indeed formidable, and combined with his own Ice Wind Space, they were a perfect match.
The rest of the journey was much safer. Even if they encountered ignorant small groups of bandits, they would scurry away the moment they discovered Fanny was a Highgod.
Simon couldn't be bothered to chase them down.
Just like that, several days passed, and the towering Timbu City appeared before their eyes.
"Finally arrived, that wasn't easy."
Fanny put away the metal lifeform, and together with Simon, she arrived in front of Timbu City, preparing to pay the entry fee.
"Eh, Fanny, look at those people over there, why are they entering the city without paying?" Simon asked Fanny, pretending not to know.
"They are Fiends. Fiends don't need to queue or pay to enter the city. I forgot to tell you that earlier."
"Oh, so that's how it is. Then, Fanny, where is your Fiend badge? You don't have one, do you..."
"This, that, ahem, experts like me don't bother to prove themselves as Fiends."
"Hahaha, really? Then it seems weaklings like me still need to get a Fiend badge. It's a matter of face to wear it on your chest, and you don't have to queue to enter the city."
Simon teased.
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