Killing with a Borrowed Knife

At this moment, how could the gaunt human fail to guess what these bandits were thinking?

In truth, he had suspected it earlier, but in order to survive, he could only think in a better direction.

"Since you want to kill me, I won't let you have it easy either!"

The gaunt human saw another man blocking one of his escape routes, and his expression turned completely savage. He was ready to risk his life!

A green longsword appeared in the gaunt human's hand. He erupted with even more divine power and charged directly at one of the bandits blocking his escape route. If he kept dodging, he would eventually fall into the bandits' encirclement. At that point, he would undoubtedly die.

Rather than that, he might as well take advantage of the fact that they had yet to form a true encirclement and choose one of them to break through.

If he could break out, he would still have a chance to escape. If he failed, he could only be killed.

He did not want to take the risk, but he had no other choice now.

"Third Brother, don't let him get away!"

The bandits naturally guessed what the gaunt human intended. Their leader immediately shouted.

"Haha, don't worry, Big Brother."

The bandit called Third Brother laughed as well. Watching the man charge at him, the muscles all over his body suddenly bulged, and his skin turned the color and texture of sandstone. In the blink of an eye, he transformed into an earth-yellow giant nearly five meters tall, holding a massive hammer in each hand. His voice boomed, "I've been waiting for you!"

"What!"

Seeing that man transform into an earth-yellow giant, the gaunt human's expression changed drastically.

I've fallen into their trap!

These men had forced him into this position. They had probably anticipated his plan long ago, which was why the last few men blocking him were their strongest fighters!

Though he realized it, the gaunt human had no way back. He could only gather all his divine power and unleash his strongest attack, stabbing directly at the earth-yellow giant.

"Die!"

The earth-yellow giant smashed both massive hammers toward the gaunt human. The terrifying force even produced a piercing howl.

Seeing the earth-yellow giant's terrifying attack, determination flashed through the gaunt human's eyes. As he watched the massive hammers approach, he seemed to make some decision. Gritting his teeth, he changed his thrust into a slash. However, this exposed flaws in what had previously been a completely defensive stance.

Bang—

The earth-yellow giant reacted quickly as well. Seeing his opponent hastily change moves, he kept his left hammer unchanged while turning the right hammer's downward smash into a sweeping strike, aiming directly for the gaunt youth's opening.

Terrifying energy erupted. The gaunt youth was not weak either, and his longsword blocked the earth-yellow giant's left hammer. It even made that massive hammer tremble slightly.

But at the same time, the earth-yellow giant's right hammer smashed into the gaunt human's side. Almost instantly, his body shattered. Both legs and half his chest vanished.

Though divine power was rapidly restoring him, it could not be done in a short time.

However, borrowing the force of that blow, the remaining half of the gaunt human's body flew swiftly in another direction.

"Trying to run?!"

Seeing what the gaunt human was doing, the other bandits immediately attacked. The attacks in their hands shot toward the remaining half of his body.

In battle, once one was injured—especially seriously injured—both speed and defense would decline drastically. This was why, although a body was not important to God-level experts, they still crafted defensive Divine Weapons to protect it.

Ailin was in no hurry to continue on his way. He simply watched the battle from above the valley, after all, this was the first time he had encountered bandits in a Divine Plane.

However, he soon frowned slightly. The gaunt human was actually "fleeing" in his direction. "My lord, please save me!"

After the gaunt human fled toward Ailin and shouted aloud, the bandits pursuing him changed expressions and temporarily stopped their pursuit.

They had actually spotted Ailin as soon as they chased out of the valley. At a glance, they knew he was a High-God. But in a Divine Plane, so long as one did not actively provoke a passing expert, there was generally no trouble.

Thus, even after discovering Ailin, they had not stopped. They merely did their best to avoid his position.

The man they were pursuing had initially done the same, not daring to approach that High-God. Who would have expected him to suddenly fly toward the High-God? Naturally, they did not dare act rashly. If they caused the High-God to misunderstand, it would be troublesome.

Although the bandits had stopped, the attacks they had previously launched at the gaunt human had already followed him toward Ailin.

The gaunt human had never expected to evade those attacks. By fleeing toward Ailin, he had clearly placed all his hopes on him.

He had been watching the bandits the entire time. Seeing that they truly did not dare pursue him, delight rose in his heart.

With a single glance, Ailin guessed what he was planning. He wanted to drag Ailin directly into the battle, and Ailin frowned slightly.

Then, two ice spikes formed from water-element divine power instantly condensed at Ailin's side. As chill spread through the air, the surrounding temperature dropped.

"My lord."

The gaunt human wanted to continue speaking, but before his words had fully left his mouth, the ice spike pierced through his head in an instant. He did not even have time to react. The half of his body fell uncontrollably downward.

At the same time, the other ice spike shattered every attack the bandits had unleashed earlier.

This was merely an attack Ailin had casually used. He had not even employed any Profound Mysteries, yet for these Mid-level Gods, it was something they could not resist at all.

Seeing Ailin directly kill that man, the bandits all became somewhat nervous. Could this High-God vent his anger on them as well?

That man was truly an idiot! Why provoke a High-God?

If he had fought them desperately and been willing to risk his life, he might not have lacked even the slightest chance of escape. Yet he actually wanted to draw a High-God into attacking! That was simply courting death.

Experts did not like being used.

"My lord, we—"

The bandit leader forced himself to step forward and respectfully said, "We had no intention of offending you, my lord. Please forgive us."

Ailin ignored them. With a sweep of divine power, he casually collected the Godhead and Space Ring of the gaunt human he had just killed. In particular, he immediately succeeded in binding the Space Ring with blood.

He had just been thinking that he did not have a Space Ring, and now he had obtained one.

Sure enough, robbery was the fastest path to wealth.

This was only possible in a Divine Plane. On the Brinia Plane, finding a Space Ring was not easy.

After binding the Space Ring, Ailin scanned its contents. The most valuable item the man possessed was his Mid-level Divine Weapon longsword. Other than that, there were only some ores and several objects of unknown material inside.

There was not even a single Nether Stone. He was truly poor beyond words. This was completely different from the wealth Ailin had expected a Mid-level God to possess.

In truth, this was the normal state of ordinary life in the Divine Planes. After all, there was endless slaughter here. Most people would spend their Nether Stones as soon as they acquired them, or find a safe place to hide them. Otherwise, no one could guarantee they would not encounter bandits.

Generally, those who could truly accumulate wealth were High-Gods.

That was precisely why these bandits had initially targeted Mid-level Godheads.

Seeing Ailin bind the Space Ring without paying them any attention, they did not dare speak further. However, they secretly circulated their divine power. If anything went wrong, they would immediately scatter and flee.

As for that man's Godhead, it had already been taken by this High-God. Naturally, they did not expect to reclaim it.

This operation had already failed. Whether they could keep their lives would depend on this High-God's mood.

Ailin did not continue attacking. He had killed the gaunt human because that man had presumptuously tried to "kill with a borrowed knife," deliberately drawing the attacks here in an attempt to "force" Ailin to act.

Ailin was no saint. He had no relationship with that man, yet the man had tried to use him for no reason. He should have been prepared to be killed.

As for these bandits, though they were the pursuing side, they had not actively provoked him. Therefore, Ailin did not directly kill them.

He had originally intended to tell them to get lost, but Ailin suddenly thought of something. Looking at the bandit leader, he said directly, "Hand over a Metal Lifeform, and I'll spare your lives."

Although flying was relatively fast for traveling, it also consumed divine power quickly. If he had a Metal Lifeform, it would be completely different.