Across the hill, Taros and Mokli both sensed each other's presence.
"Four mid-level gods, nine lower gods."
Taros's expression turned grave. He could sense that two of the four mid-level gods were extremely powerful, far from ordinary mid-level gods.
Even though Taros had great confidence in himself, he was not certain of victory.
"Two mid-level gods, five lower gods. That green one is a bit troublesome." Mokli assessed the situation on the other side and felt there was little difficulty. Victory was already in his grasp.
"Those over there, come here." Mokli directly sent a spiritual message to the seven from the Yulan Continent.
"This guy is really arrogant!" Olivier thought upon receiving the message.
Taros, Catherine, and Olivier were unsurprised to receive the message. They had already discovered the other side as well. However, Dylin and the other four lower gods were greatly shocked.
Taros had only just stopped when they received the message. They understood that Taros had detected enemies and stopped them, but they had not expected the other side to directly send them a message.
"The other side has four mid-level gods and nine lower gods. Their strength far surpasses ours. If a fight breaks out, all of you will be in great danger. Whether you want to go over together is your own choice."
Taros sent through divine sense.
"Olivier, Lord Beirut, you possess the strength of a mid-level god, while they have four mid-level gods. If I am tied down by them, you and Catherine will need to deal with three mid-level gods. We would have almost no chance of winning. With your talent, you do not need divine sparks at all. I suggest that you stay behind."
Taros sent another message to Olivier.
He meant well. With Olivier's talent, there was no need for him to take such a risk.
"Taros, thank you for your kindness. Since we have come this far, I intend to go over and take a look. We may not necessarily fight." Victoria sent a message.
Taros frowned but said nothing more.
After giving it some thought, the others, like Olivier, also chose to go over.
The two groups faced each other.
On the Yulan Continent's side, the green and sinister Taros led the way. The serene and natural High Priest and the lazy Olivier followed closely behind, with Dylin and the other four after them.
On the Graveyard of the Gods' side, the purple and burly Mokli took the lead. The fierce Salsback, Gubas, and Subaru followed behind him, with nine lower gods after them.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Mokli. My mission is to do everything in my power to stop you from proceeding to the next level. As long as you do not go down to the next level, everything will be fine."
Mokli spoke first.
"I am Taros. If you can defeat me, then we will not go to the next level." Taros refused to yield in the slightest.
He was a divine beast and had already fused two profound mysteries of the laws. He had immense confidence in his own strength.
"Good. Then let us have a fight. It has been a long time since I last battled." Mokli's eyes gleamed, his fighting spirit blazing.
"Listen carefully. Do not let them take the opportunity to get through." Mokli then told the others.
Taros and Mokli were on the verge of battle.
Taros's divine artifact was a long whip, while Mokli's was a huge hammer.
Taros's long whip moved like a serpent. At the same time, the whip, originally only three or four meters long, became thirty or forty meters long and thicker than an arm. Like a primordial beast, it carried the might to devour heaven and earth.
Dozens of bolts of lightning suddenly erupted from Mokli's huge hammer. Each bolt was as thick as a thumb. They swayed through the air like wandering dragons, crackling as they all rushed toward Taros's serpent-like whip.
Bang!
Boom!
A violent explosion rang out. Taros retreated more than ten steps, while Mokli retreated a single step.
In their first clash, Mokli held a slight advantage.
After the exchange, Taros stared at Mokli across from him, while a storm raged in his heart.
He had believed that fusing two profound mysteries of the laws had already made him powerful enough. Yet judging from their clash, the other side had clearly also completely fused two profound mysteries of the laws. Moreover, Mokli's comprehension of the profound mysteries surpassed his own.
According to Beirut, among countless planes, very few mid-level gods could fuse two profound mysteries of the laws. Many high-level gods could not even fuse profound mysteries of the laws. He had not expected to encounter one here. Still, considering that the creatures in the Graveyard of the Gods were all monstrous, it was not too surprising.
Although Taros had fused two profound mysteries of the laws, he had only fully comprehended four profound mysteries of the Water Element. He was still a little short of fully comprehending the fifth, and had only just entered the sixth.
In terms of comprehension of the laws, Taros was slightly inferior to Mokli, but the difference in strength was limited.
Their earlier exchange had only been a test. Neither had used his full strength; both had only used seventy or eighty percent of it.
Like Taros, Mokli was somewhat surprised as well.
The other side was also a mid-level god who had fused two profound mysteries of the laws. He understood that their strength would not differ by much.
"Taros, I did not expect you to be a mid-level god who has fused two profound mysteries of the laws as well. This is my first time fighting a mid-level god who has fused two profound mysteries of the laws. Let us have a satisfying battle. No matter who wins or loses, I will not make things difficult for you."
Mokli said.
"The feeling is mutual. I will not kill you either." Taros said.
They were both mid-level gods who had fused two profound mysteries of the laws. Even if one side lost, he could still flee, and the other could not stop him. Killing the other was therefore extremely difficult.
However, Taros was a divine beast with an Innate Divine Ability. That changed matters. Killing the other was still possible.
"Good!"
Both were outstanding among mid-level gods, and heroes cherished one another.
Talents like them naturally understood the difficulty of fusing profound mysteries of the laws. They generally found it hard to think highly of ordinary people.
The reason Taros treated Dylin, Catherine, and the others so well was that they were all from the Yulan Continent, like people who had grown up together. If they were strangers, then like Mokli's attitude toward a divine beast such as Salsback, he would not have treated them particularly well.
One controlled the Water Element, transforming it into a vast ocean. Enormous sea serpents swam through the sea, raising colossal waves that could overturn the earth.
Splash! Splash!
The other controlled a world of thunder. Within that world, countless Thunder Dragons danced wildly, and countless Thunder Dragons coiled around his body as well, like a Thunder God descending upon the world.
Crackle! Crackle!
Before they had even clashed, the momentum of both sides already seemed capable of overturning heaven and earth.
This was no longer their previous skirmish. This time, they were serious. The onlookers could sense the heaven-destroying, earth-shattering power within it. Even several mid-level gods revealed looks of horror.
"Is this your true strength?" the divine beast Salsback murmured.
He recalled how Mokli had defeated him. Originally, he had thought Mokli had only barely won, and that with the talent of a divine beast, he would surpass Mokli sooner or later.
Divine beasts were all proud creatures.
Boom! Boom!
Bang! Crash!
The world of water collided with the world of thunder. Both sides controlled countless energies as they clashed, while Taros's long whip and Mokli's huge hammer collided again and again.
The scattered energy could easily destroy lower gods like Cesar and the others, who had only recently become gods.
"Mid-level gods who have fused profound mysteries of the same laws are indeed very powerful. But at this level, I could easily kill either of them."
Olivier compared their strength to his own.
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