Slaying a Lowgod

Struck by the dying attacks of two Undead Holy Magi, Barn finally couldn't hide the pain on his face.

But at that moment, there were no enemies nearby who could take advantage and land the finishing blow.

As soon as the three Undead Holy Magi had fallen for good, the undead army, surging like a tide, quickly retreated at the Underworld's instinctive call. Only four hostile Sanctuaries remained mixed in among them.

Seeing that the tide had turned, the four Sanctuaries from the Evil Royal City immediately turned tail and fled underground with all their might.

But how could Gideon and the others let their prey escape?

Just as a Sanctuary Black Knight was about to burrow underground, Declan suddenly burst up from below and pierced his chest with a claw. The Dragon Claw, wreathed in shadow power, crushed his spine and soul core in one squeeze.

Julia's fingers flickered, and three purple-gold lightning arrows flew in a line, following the trail of the fleeing enemy as they blasted underground. They forced the Frost Dragon out of the earth, its body charred black and its scales shattered.

A faint glimmer flashed in Blair's vertical eye. His gray soul beam struck the lagging Unicorn Thunder Falcon with pinpoint accuracy. The magical beast didn't even have time to cry out before it instantly became a glittering ice sculpture.

Gideon stared at the ground and rumbled, "One still got away." Its speed was ultimately its weakness.

"That was a Rock Crystal Dragon Lizard, specialized in the Earth Travel Technique. It's normal that we couldn't catch it," Julia said calmly.

Declan put the corpse into his spatial ring, then burrowed underground again. A moment later, he appeared beside Barn.

"Barn, how are you?"

Barn was covered in cold sweat, his face pale as paper.

Deep within his soul, the Spear-shaped Soul above the elemental sea was tightly wrapped in a layer of gray-green death energy. Countless golden soul lights surged wildly, desperately resisting the corrosion.

His Town Evil Gale only worked against attacks that touched his body. Once a soul attack invaded his mind, the Tiger-pattern Warrior's innate talent became useless.

Even as a Soul Mutator, he'd been instantly rendered incapable of moving by the dying counterattack of two Undead Holy Magi.

Without a word, Declan took out his Soul Gold Bead and shoved it into Barn's hand. "Eat this!"

The purest golden Soul Essence flooded into Barn's Soul Sea, like a shot of adrenaline for his nearly depleted Spear Soul. The multicolored soul light abruptly flared, and the gray-green shadow wrapped around it faded and vanished at a visible speed, cleansed away.

"Phew... Thanks." Barn let out a long breath.

Declan grinned, baring his savage fangs. "Don't mention it! After such a great fight, it'd be outrageous if Fukaloss didn't give each of us two Soul Gold Beads!"

At that moment, the battle in the sky had reached a fever pitch.

Fukaloss sent out both of her clones, each wielding a Divine Artifact Chain. More than a dozen blue figures surrounded her, while her clones were destroyed, regenerated, and destroyed again in an endless cycle.

The Wind Element Godlevel had comprehended the clone profundity of the Laws of Wind!

Fukaloss was already relatively slow, and even with both clones doing their utmost, they still couldn't catch her opponent's true body. Meanwhile, a Dark Element Godlevel kept launching shadowy ambushes from behind, leaving her constrained on all sides and stretched to her limits.

Especially after several Sanctuaries on the ground had successively crushed their powerful foes, she grew even more anxious, desperate to break the stalemate.

Just then, the enemy Wind Element Godlevel had spent too much Divine Power, causing the clones to form slightly more slowly.

That was the opening!

A cold glint blazed in Fukaloss's eyes. Both clones unleashed their full power at once, sweeping out with a torrent of Divine Power and destroying most of the blue clones in an instant. The chains whipped about like raging serpents, shredding the remaining clones one by one.

The clones created by the clone profundity of the Laws of Wind were ultimately only at Sanctuary level. If combined with another powerful profundity, they might have had a chance to grow stronger—but this Wind Element Lowgod clearly hadn't reached that point yet.

Fukaloss's chains suddenly met a solid resistance.

"Clang—"

The clear ring of metal striking metal echoed across the sky.

A cold curve lifted the corner of Fukaloss's mouth. "Got you."

The chains held by both clones moved together, instantly weaving into a massive sphere that trapped the Wind Element Godlevel's true body in the center and cinched tight around him, layer by layer.

However, the trapped Wind Element Godlevel didn't look afraid. Instead, he let out a scornful laugh.

"We've got you."

A massive magical beast appeared without warning behind Fukaloss's Death Clone.

Dark-silver shell, a savage head, and a pair of scythe-like forelimbs gleaming with deadly cold light—the Skull-Eating Mantis, a top Dark Element Sanctuary Beast!

This was the true body of the Dark Element Godlevel!

His earlier assassination attempt had failed, and he'd lost his Divine Artifact, leaving him at a disadvantage in the battle that followed. Now, using the fatal opening created by his teammate risking his life, he finally revealed his true body and launched a full-force ambush on Fukaloss's relatively weaker Death Clone.

The two Godlevels had already seen through the situation: Fukaloss's strongest was her Water Clone, with its terrifying defense and skill at trapping and killing. If the Wind Element clone profundity hadn't happened to counter it, they would already have been strangled to death by those two chains.

First exhaust her Divine Power, then ambush her weaker clone. That was the kill trap they'd planned from the start.

But just as those dark-silver scythes were about to strike the Death Clone—

Fukaloss's Death Clone suddenly turned around.

Her beautiful, adorable face blurred and melted in an instant. All her features disappeared, leaving behind only one enormous, eerie, upright golden eye.

Gray Light gushed out like a flood! Its power was tens of thousands of times more terrifying than Beholder Blair's beam!

"Ugh—!"

The Dark Element Godlevel had no time to retreat. Extreme cold instantly engulfed him, turning him into a massive ice sculpture that plunged straight down from the sky.

Fukaloss's urgent but clear telepathic message reached everyone's minds. "That Dark Element Godlevel isn't completely dead yet! Hurry and finish him off!"

They were briefly stunned, then shot into the sky without hesitation.

Fukaloss would never deceive them. Even if there was danger, they had to follow her instructions. If the Dark Element Godlevel recovered, with enemies attacking from both sides, Fukaloss really could lose.

Barn was the fastest. Wrapped in platinum Town Evil Gale, he crossed several miles at full strength and appeared before the enemy Godlevel.

Inside the ice sculpture, the Skull-Eating Mantis's body, as if cast from metal, still trembled faintly. Cracks had spread across the ice, and it looked ready to break free at any moment.

Barn held his spear and didn't hesitate for a moment. He thrust the Divine Artifact Mist Hidden straight at the enemy's head.

"Creeeak—!"

The spearhead pierced the ice, and a series of grating sounds rang out. Then he met an exceptionally powerful resistance. Black Divine Power surged wildly as the enemy used the last remnants of his awareness and Divine Power to resist the Sanctuary-level "blasphemous" attack.

Julia's arrows arrived at just the right moment.

Three lightning arrows flew in rapid succession, striking the Skull-Eating Mantis and exploding with a thunderous blast!

Godlevels stood above Sanctuaries for two reasons: the protection of Divine Power and the suppression of their Domains.

But now this Dark Element Lowgod's Domain was sealed, most of his Divine Power was depleted, and his soul had been severely wounded. His remaining strength was curled around his Godhead, barely clinging to life, leaving his body outside the Godhead completely undefended.

The full force of the lightning explosion blasted everything below the mantis's neck into pieces.

However, the terrifying explosion slightly loosened the ice sealing the creature, and the Skull-Eating Mantis's soul seemed to stir awake within it.

The terrifying Dark Divine Power instantly had a focus. It turned into a point of cold light and burrowed into Barn's body. Caught off guard, Barn couldn't dodge. He could only watch as the enemy's soul attack entered his Soul Space.

Just as the black cold light was about to strike the Spear-shaped Soul, the wisp of gray mist that had been drifting through Barn's mind happened to pass between them. The black Divine Power struck the gray mist and vanished without a trace.

Barn's awareness returned. Seizing that fleeting opening, he drew back his spear, gathered his strength, and thrust again!

The sharp edge of the Divine Artifact Mist Hidden finally broke through the last layer of Divine Power shielding. The spearhead slammed into the hard Godhead, and the fragile remnant soul within completely disintegrated from the violent impact.

Gideon and Blair arrived right behind him. "Don't stop! Don't give him any chance to fake his death!"

The five Sanctuaries surrounded the fallen Godlevel and unleashed every technique they had. Light flashed wildly as they not only extracted the Godhead intact, but also chopped the body into countless pieces. They stopped only after confirming there was no chance of resurrection.

"That's enough. He's dead for good."

Only when Fukaloss's telepathic message came again did everyone finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Sanctuaries had personally killed a Lowgod. Even though their opponent had been utterly spent and on the verge of death, it was still enough to leave them all on edge.

Sanctuaries killing a Godlevel? Even the original novel never had a plot this ridiculous, Barn grumbled to himself.

Of course, he knew that strictly speaking, they hadn't killed the enemy head-on. They'd only delivered the finishing blows.

The battle in the sky had entered its final stage.

The Wind Element Godlevel, who had risked his life to create an opening for his teammate's ambush, had now become a beast trapped in a cage. Fukaloss's chain formation was complete, leaving him no hope of escape.

The Wind Element Godlevel finally realized his death was near. His eyes bloodshot, he roared, "I swear to the Overgod that I'll serve you for all eternity! Please spare my life!"

Fukaloss's expression remained cold. "You're a Lowgod, just like me, and you're not even a born divine beast. What use would I have for your loyalty?"

The Wind Element Godlevel went completely mad. "If I die, I'll make sure you suffer too!"

His body abruptly changed, transforming into his true form—

A long, spear-shaped deep-sea magical beast, gleaming silver from head to tail.

Its long, pointed head resembled a silver spear, and its spindle-shaped body was streamlined, with its speed talent developed to the limit.

Julia recognized it at once. "It's a Silver Spear Sailfish! A Wind Element Sanctuary Beast from the deep sea, with decent innate talent."

But even revealing his true form couldn't change the outcome.

As the five Sanctuaries watched from the ground, Fukaloss's chains tightened and tightened, squeezing him more and more mercilessly. The Silver Spear Sailfish rammed against them, darting left and right, but still couldn't break through the cage woven from chains.

In the end, all his struggles proved futile.

Fukaloss's two clones raised their hands at the same time, gently pressing a wisp of pure white soul flame into the center of the chains.

A faint, despairing cry faded away above the wasteland of Gobada.

Both ambushing Godlevels had fallen.