The Heaven-Swallowing Beast

Barn had long since gripped his Mist Hidden spear, the shaft wreathed in faint white mist, standing in strict readiness. With the speed he possessed after breaking through to the Godlevel, he could easily escape on his own; the enemies before him would never be able to stop him. The problem, however, was that Blair and Declan, who were carrying Tiebo, were too slow to possibly get away.

Fukaloss arched her willow-like brows, intending to issue a threat, but the opposition gave her no such opportunity. The three-eyed youth in the dark gold robe at the lead flashed forward, closing the distance in an instant. His hands were encased in ink-black gauntlets—a divine artifact—and he unleashed a blow wrapped in violent power, aiming straight for Fukaloss's forehead!

"Presumptuous!"

Fukaloss let out a cold shout. The two chain divine artifacts in her hands extended instantly, crossing in mid-air to form a shield that blocked firmly before her, forcibly halting the youth's assault. At the same time, her Death Clone separated from her main body, its palms burning with raging green flames as it struck fiercely toward the youth.

But at that very moment, the vertical pupil on the youth's forehead suddenly snapped open!

A blinding, extreme golden light erupted from the vertical pupil, striking directly at Fukaloss!

Fukaloss's expression changed drastically. Daring not to be the least bit careless, she instantly merged her clone back into her main body and transformed into a streak of golden light, retreating at high speed to narrowly evade the attack.

Simultaneously, the other two Godlevel fighters arrived. Beaumont's azure saber and the Grand Wizard's black scythe both emitted heart-palpitating auras. Behind the two of them, over a dozen Sanctuary figures were left far behind.

Barn's gaze sharpened, and he headed straight to intercept Beaumont, who wielded the azure saber!

As soon as the two clashed, Beaumont swung his saber. The blade was wrapped in the dense profound mystery of the Destruction Law, descending upon Barn's head with the force to split mountains and cleave cliffs!

Barn's Mist Hidden spear was wreathed in mist, and the spear tip struck the side of the saber with a strange, cunning trajectory, instantly deflecting the heavy, powerful blow. He did not stop his momentum; his body moved like an arrow released from a bow, using the force of the collision to slam directly into Beaumont!

These past few years of constant sparring with Fukaloss and Gideon had given Barn a brand-new understanding of his own physical strength.

As a Tiger-pattern Warrior possessing a divine beast bloodline, his physical strength during the Sanctuary stage had only been on par with ordinary Sanctuary beasts, slightly inferior to top-tier Sanctuary experts like the Earth Violent Bear. However, after breaking through to the Godlevel, the dormant divine beast bloodline within him was further activated, and his main body's physical strength surged once more.

In contrast, the bloodline talent of ordinary Sanctuary beasts was capped at the Sanctuary stage; even if they were lucky enough to break through to the Godlevel, their physical bodies would not improve in the slightest.

With these factors combined, Barn's current physical strength was not the least bit inferior to Gideon's!

In the Supreme Plane, such a physique might only be considered decent, but in the sparsely populated Gobada, Barn's physique was absolutely top-tier!

It was precisely because of this that Barn dared to be so bold, engaging in a head-on collision of physical strength!

Beaumont clearly had not expected a human Godlevel to use such a savage and bizarre fighting style. Caught off guard, he was struck hard in the chest by Barn's heavy elbow. He felt as if he had been hit by a giant boulder and was sent flying backward instantly—he was merely an ordinary human Godlevel and lacked the terrifying physical defense of a magical beast.

Just as Barn tasted his first victory, a painful howl from Gideon suddenly echoed from not far away!

Barn turned his head to look and saw Gideon clutching his head, rolling on the ground in agony. Opposite him, the withered Grand Wizard was brandishing his scythe, his body wreathed in a dense death aura; he was clearly a Godlevel who specialized in the Death Law!

Barn understood in an instant.

Gideon cultivated the Earth Pulse and possessed both high physical offense and defense, but soul defense was his greatest weakness. Facing a Godlevel who specialized in soul attacks via the Death Law, he was naturally easily countered.

"Gideon, I'll deal with him!"

Barn let out a low shout and transformed into a blue streak of light, arriving to provide support in an instant.

Seeing Barn charge over, the Grand Wizard immediately guessed that his opponent was skilled in soul defense. Naturally unwilling to use his own weakness to attack the enemy's strength, he hurriedly turned to retreat. But how could his speed compare to that of a Tiger-pattern Warrior?

The Mist Hidden spear remained concealed within the white mist, carrying the force of a thousand jun as it smashed down fiercely toward the Grand Wizard!

The Grand Wizard hurriedly raised his scythe to block. With a loud "clang," the terrifying force felt like colliding with an iceberg. The old man could not withstand it at all; he was smashed directly into the ground, creating a massive crater.

Although the Water Element and Water Body Technique Barn cultivated were only lesser profound mysteries, because he had achieved godhood through fusion, the power of his profound mysteries was not the least bit inferior to Water-type experts who cultivated higher profound mysteries. Coupled with the talent bonuses of a Tiger-pattern Warrior, his actual combat power was extremely formidable.

His only drawback was that his Water-type profound mystery attacks were relatively weak. If he had cultivated the Fire or Earth types, that previous strike would have been enough to temporarily render the Grand Wizard unable to fight.

"Beaumont, save me!" the Grand Wizard roared wretchedly from the deep pit. Facing the pincer attack from Barn and Gideon, he couldn't even hold out for three moves.

Barn did not take the opportunity to deliver a finishing blow. His focus was entirely concentrated within his mind—at the moment their weapons had clashed, a cold, sinister death force had snaked through the gap and into his body. Even after being weakened by twenty percent by the Town Evil Gale, the remaining eighty percent of the power transformed into a gray ripple, surging straight into his mind to strike at his spear-shaped soul.

He dared to confront a Godlevel who specialized in the Death Law head-on because he had full confidence in his own defenses.

Currently, because he had achieved godhood through a single element, he could not utilize the advantages of fused divine power, nor had he fused the Fate Law and Water-type laws to utilize the advantages of law fusion. However, as a soul mutant, he had one more advantage he could leverage: his soul!

His mutated soul was far superior to that of an ordinary Lowgod in both strength and resilience!

Within Barn's mind, the spear-shaped soul erupted with brilliant light. That sickly green soul shockwave was like morning dew under the scorching sun; it rapidly dissolved and evaporated, and in the end, only thirty percent of its power remained to strike gently against his soul. Barn felt only a momentary trance before he completely regained his clarity.

At this moment, the sent-flying Beaumont had already charged back. Gideon swallowed a Soul Gold Bead to nourish his soul, and with his state slightly recovered, he immediately met the enemy with his sword. Gideon's focus on Earth Pulse combined with his formidable physique made him adept at physical defense and soul attacks, which happened to counter Godlevel fighters like Beaumont who specialized in physical attacks. For a time, they were locked in an inseparable struggle.

Seeing this, Barn was about to step forward to help, but the Grand Wizard, who had crawled out of the pit, acted as if he had gone mad. Forcing himself through his injuries, he flew out once more and brandished his scythe to entangle Barn, clearly intending to share the pressure for his companion.

He certainly wasn't concerned about Beaumont; rather, in his current situation, if Beaumont were to die, the Azure Fire City would surely deem him to have ulterior motives, and he would have no choice but to defect again.

But was defecting so easy? Not to mention whether other Royal Cities would accept him, whether he could even survive the joint pursuit of the Azure Fire Royal City and the Evil Royal City was an unknown.

Just as Barn and Gideon were entangled with Beaumont and the Grand Wizard respectively, on the other side, the battle between Fukaloss and Dylin had reached a fever pitch!

Dylin let out a deafening lion's roar, and a giant lion phantom emitting seven-colored light suddenly appeared behind him! As the lion opened its maw, a terrifying suction force instantly enveloped the area where Fukaloss was located. The space seemed to be twisted into a massive funnel; the sand and dust on the wasteland, the air, and even the surrounding divine power fluctuations were all crazily surging toward the mouth of the Heaven-Swallowing Beast!

Fukaloss's expression changed drastically; she seemed to recognize this innate divine ability. Without holding back any longer, her body instantly transformed, turning into a golden vertical pupil three meters in diameter. A gray light, condensed to the extreme, shot straight toward Dylin at the center of the lion phantom!

While Dylin was executing his innate divine ability, his body could not move. He could only watch helplessly as the gray light shot into his body, immediately letting out a painful muffled groan as the Heaven-Swallowing Beast phantom behind him dissipated rapidly like foam.

"It's a Heaven-Swallowing Beast!" Barn couldn't help but gasp in a low voice upon seeing this.

With his innate divine ability broken, Dylin knew that he could not succeed today and immediately shouted sharply: "Retreat!"

Beaumont and the Grand Wizard, who had been entangled with Barn and Gideon, did not dare to linger upon hearing the order. They immediately unleashed their strongest attacks to force back their opponents and followed closely behind Dylin, retreating at high speed.

Watching the three figures disappear into the distance, Fukaloss let out a soft sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "No need to pursue. Let's leave here as quickly as possible."

The Sanctuary experts from both sides who had been watching the battle from afar breathed a sigh of relief as they saw the Godlevel battle had been decided, and they followed their respective leaders as they retreated. For these Sanctuary experts, the outcome of the Godlevel battle determined the success or failure of the ambush; not having to fight to the death was naturally the best result.

Barn put away his spear, looked at the two still-intact Tiebo trees behind him, and then glanced at the direction where Dylin and the others had vanished, his expression grave.