Kill a Mid-level God

In the past, Barn had seen the protagonist kill enemies above his rank so often in the original story that he once thought mid-gods were nothing special. He believed that as long as he became a god in two elements and fused his divine power, challenging those above his rank would be as easy as slicing through vegetables.

But at this moment, the pressure this mid-god exerted on Barn made him deeply realize the heavy gap between their realms—his attack power was too weak, and his defense was insufficient to withstand mid-god divine power.

Although he had become a god by fusing profound mysteries, the combination of two low-level mysteries was barely stronger than a single high-level mystery. Furthermore, Barn had become a god through the water element, which was inherently the weakest in terms of attack among all attributes. He could handle low-gods, but facing a mid-god, even if he managed to land a hit through speed, it was difficult to cause substantial damage.

Fortunately, he was a Soul Mutator, and his soul strength far exceeded that of an ordinary low-god. Facing this mid-god who was not skilled in soul attacks, he could still barely hold on.

However, after Wesker's sister lost one of her divine clones, the original five-person team was instantly reduced to four, and the battle situation immediately became precarious.

Watching Julia die with their own eyes, every member of the Ice Blade 123 squad had their eyes turned red with grief and indignation.

Fukaloss no longer held back, taking a desperate gamble.

Her face blurred, and her five senses disappeared, leaving only a single, vertical golden eye. A gray light tore through the air, piercing straight toward Blackwood's brow—that was the innate ability of the Evil Eye King.

Blackwood waved his Bone Blade casually, and the Withered Fire rolled out, actually igniting even a law-based innate ability!

But this momentary stalemate gave Fukaloss an opportunity. Her figure suddenly surged forward, and two Divine Artifact Chains shot out like venomous pythons, entangling Blackwood's wrist as he held the blade, intending to snatch that lethal Bone Blade directly.

"Overestimating yourself."

Blackwood sneered, and the flames on the Bone Blade flew out without mercy.

"Sizzle—"

The terrifying Ghost Green Flame did indeed ignite the divine power on the chains, but to his surprise, the flames spread unusually slowly, as if suppressed by the divine artifact talent of the chains themselves.

"No, she is only a low-god; even if it is a mid-god artifact, it shouldn't be like this. Could it be—a high-god artifact?"

Once this thought emerged, Blackwood's greed surged, followed by his heart sinking violently.

A low-god wielding a high-god artifact almost confirmed that Fukaloss truly had a high-god relative behind her.

High-gods were the true pinnacle of the Gobada pyramid.

Even the five great kings would not easily strike at the relatives of another high-god unless there was a blood feud. He was merely a newly promoted mid-god; if that high-god in the Ice Prison Royal City was determined to kill him, he would surely die the moment he showed his face unless he hid in the Evil Royal City for the rest of his life, and no high-god would ever stand up for him.

In this momentary hesitation, Blackwood's Bone Blade was tightly bound by the chains, unable to break free for a time.

Barn seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, his figure flashing as he appeared behind Blackwood.

The Mist Hidden spear condensed all his water-element divine power, thrusting straight toward the back of the opponent's head.

Blackwood turned around in a rush, his left hand wrapped in Withered Fire, grabbing at the spear tip.

"Puchi—"

The Mist Hidden spear easily pierced through his palm but could not penetrate any deeper.

Barn looked closely and saw that the opponent was wearing a green divine artifact glove on his left hand. It was just that the glove had not yet evolved into a mid-god artifact, and it was directly pierced by the high-god artifact that was the Mist Hidden spear.

Unfortunately, the power of the Mist Hidden spear leaned toward concealment and soul attacks; the former did not increase lethality, and the latter was not strong enough to shake a mid-god's soul. After the spear tip pierced the opponent's palm, it could not advance an inch further.

Even so, it was enough to make Blackwood's heart jump with fear.

In his understanding, no matter how strong a low-god's attack was, if he used his mid-god physical body to withstand it, at most his left hand would be fractured.

But this strike from Barn had actually pierced through his divine artifact glove!

What shocked him even more was that the flames on his left hand entangled the ice-blue spear shaft, yet failed to ignite it immediately.

At this moment, Blackwood felt the threat of death for the first time.

He no longer cared about any high-god background; he only wanted to crush these ants before him into dust and then flee immediately. If nothing else, he would just stay in the Evil Royal City forever.

"Die!"

Blackwood spat, and a pitch-black bone needle shot out from under his tongue.

Barn hurriedly retracted his spear and retreated violently, but his chest was still hit hard.

However, the physical injury was secondary; the most serious issue was the Soul Toxin coated on the bone spike.

In Barn's mind, the gray Soul Toxin was like ink dropped into water, rapidly spreading to the surroundings. The soul space, which had been wreathed in seven-colored light, instantly turned gray and withered, spreading toward the spear-shaped soul at the center.

"Ugh—"

He groaned in pain but did not lose his combat capability, merely holding his head and retreating temporarily.

However, the difference between Soul Toxin and an actively cast soul attack is that the latter is controlled by the caster, and a skilled god-level expert can control their soul attack to specifically target the weak points of the soul.

Soul Toxin, on the other hand, just unconsciously attacked everything within the soul space, which also made the threat of the Soul Toxin slightly inferior.

Just as Barn gathered his full focus to control his soul and face the incoming gray Soul Toxin, that "Primordial Spiritual Qi" which had always been drifting in his soul space unexpectedly touched the Soul Toxin first.

The gray Primordial Spiritual Qi seemed to come alive, rapidly wandering through the entire soul space, and in the blink of an eye, it swept the Soul Toxin away completely.

After doing all this, the Primordial Chaos Qi returned to its original unconscious, drifting state, not even increasing in volume by a fraction, as if everything that had just happened had nothing to do with it.

"Barn!" Gideon asked with concern.

"I'm fine." Barn had only suffered some attacks when the Soul Toxin first entered his soul space, "The bone needle carried Soul Toxin, but its power wasn't strong!"

It was somewhat unusual; although Blackwood primarily cultivated the Death Law, he was not skilled in direct soul attacks.

The Death Law he had comprehended only possessed two abilities:

The first is Withered Fire, which uses the physical body and divine power as fuel, burning ever more intensely.

The second is Soul Enslavement, used to plant a Soul Seed and refine Soul Gold Beads.

As for soul-based lethality, he did have a means to compensate, and that was—Soul Toxin.

Soul Toxin could be refined by any death-attribute god-level expert, and even some Undead Holy Magus could do it; its power depended entirely on the refiner's strength. The Bone Spike from just now was leftover stock from when he was a Lowgod; had it been refined at the Midgod level, Barn would never have been able to catch it so easily.

Seeing Barn succeed, Fukaloss exerted sudden force, attempting to seize the Bone Blade completely.

Blackwood was thoroughly enraged. With a wave of his pierced left hand, the Withered Fire, fueled by Midgod power, surged forth to overwhelm her.

"Argh—!"

Fukaloss could not dodge in time; one of her arms was touched by the flames and instantly began to burn fiercely. She had no choice but to endure the pain and retreat rapidly, severing her burning arm at the same time, which caused the Divine Artifact Chain to slip from her grasp.

Blackwood reached out with his other hand and managed to snatch the two Highgod Divine Artifact Chains.

But at that very moment, a streak of white light suddenly tore through the air.

"Ugh, ah—!"

This time, the one letting out a pained roar was Blackwood.

It was Wesker who had seized the opportunity to sever his right hand with a single sword strike!

Wesker, a light-attribute Lowgod, specialized in the profound mystery of "Light Ray," the same one Olivia practiced during his Sanctuary stage in the original work. It could increase speed, and when cultivated to perfection, it could release ribbons of light that felt as solid as matter to entangle enemies.

However, this combat style was completely countered by Blackwood's Withered Fire. This had made him hesitant, and he had played almost no role in the early stages of the battle.

Only now did he take the risk, relying on his extreme speed and the Midgod-level Long Sword gifted to him by his father, to sever one of the opponent's arms.

Blackwood looked at his severed right hand as the Bone Blade was picked up by the enemy, and a monstrous rage surged to his head.

Before his breakthrough, he had been chased for thousands of miles by Lowgods from the Azure Fire Royal City, and now that he had broken through to Midgod, he was being humiliated one after another by a group of Lowgods.

"Unforgivable!"

No longer caring about the consumption of his divine power, his entire body ignited with raging Ghost Green Flame. Like a demon crawling out of Hell, he lunged straight at Fukaloss, who had just escaped the fire.