Garen's speed flared again as he tried to close in for melee combat.
But Adkins had learned his lesson this time. He retreated while casually launching Soul Attacks.
Garen pretended to be affected each time, though inwardly he was pleased.
"Hmph. You think Soul Attacks at this level can wear me down?"
Garen had guessed Adkins's plan: use the more abundant spiritual power of a High-level God to gradually exhaust Garen's.
Once Garen was nearly drained, Adkins would unleash his strongest Soul Attack and kill him in one blow.
What Adkins could never have imagined was that Garen had a Soul Defense Divine Artifact. Ordinary Soul Attacks couldn't even get through his defenses; they were simply futile.
The two had started out locked in a fierce battle, but in the blink of an eye, it had turned into a chase, with one pursuing and the other fleeing.
Adkins refused to fight Garen at close range. He kept launching Soul Attacks, and whenever Garen drew near, countless white threads would come winding toward him.
This was an application of the profound mysteries of the Laws of Light, used to ensnare and slow an opponent.
Its slowing effect was countless times more refined than when Luoye of the Radiant Church had used it back then.
After their earlier clash, Garen had realized that crushing Adkins outright wouldn't be easy. He was perfectly happy to let things continue this way.
He used his Soul Defense Divine Artifact to fend off the Soul Attacks and his physical strength to break free of the threads. His occasional long-range physical attacks could also wound Adkins.
Adkins kept using divine power to heal his injuries.
If this went on, sooner or later his divine power and spiritual power would be exhausted.
They both had the same idea.