"Mia, looks like we'll have to fight."
Roger remained calm. Over the years, he had stored a vast number of Soul Annihilation Blades in his Soul Space, more than enough to handle ordinary Highgods.
As for those Midgods, they posed even less of a problem.
"I've been looking forward to a real battle." Born a divine beast, Mia actually had a more savage temperament. The prospect of a fight only excited her.
"Kill!"
The newly arrived Highgod exchanged a glance with the sinister man, and they immediately decided to attack.
With a furious shout, the two charged over, leading the hundred-odd Midgods behind them.
"Mia, you handle those Midgods. Leave the two Highgods to me."
Without the slightest panic, Roger drew his sword and immediately advanced to meet them.
"Yes, Master!"
Mia knew Roger's strength well and made no attempt to prove herself. She charged straight toward the Midgods at the rear.
Her innate divine ability was reserved for truly powerful opponents.
"Hmph, you have a death wish."
Fiery red light spread over the sinister man's body. His speed surged in an instant, and he swung his saber with ferocious force.
Where the saber light passed, space itself faintly trembled.
Clearly, the sinister man's physical attacks were fairly powerful.
But an attack of this level meant nothing to Roger.
With a slight shift of his charging body, Roger easily avoided the saber light. Gray divine power then surged over him. Driven by his powerful soul force, his speed skyrocketed, and he instantly closed to within several hundred meters of the sinister man.
Hiss!
Seizing the moment, Roger unleashed a Soul Annihilation Blade, striking the sinister man squarely between the brows.
The translucent, illusory spear tore through the sinister man's soul defense with lightning speed, shattering his soul completely.
"How dare you run your mouth with such pitiful strength?"
Sensing how utterly flimsy his opponent's soul defense had been, Roger was rather speechless.
"Hmph, you've got some skill." The newly arrived Highgod was shocked by the power of Roger's soul attack. He wanted to flee, but when he remembered the consequences of running away, he could only grit his teeth and advance.
At the same time, he cried out inwardly, Master, two powerful enemies have come to our doorstep. We can't stop them!
After sending the message, the Highgod tightened his grip on his saber and unleashed his strongest strike.
The strike was indeed powerful. Space shook violently along the saber light's path, coming very close to tearing open a spatial rift.
Roger could tell that this Highgod had considerable attainments in the Laws of Wind. He had brought the Dimension Profound Mysteries and the Wind Elemental Profound Mysteries into alignment and fused a little less than half of them.
But this level of strength still meant nothing to Roger.
Turning nimbly to dodge, Roger accelerated once more and closed to within a thousand meters of the man.
Hiss!
Another Soul Annihilation Blade.
It easily struck the rapidly moving man, then tore his soul apart.
Whoosh.
Roger reached out and collected the man's Interspatial Ring, along with that of the sinister man he had killed earlier.
Only then did he look toward the battlefield behind him.
Mia truly lived up to her status as a super divine beast.
With nothing but her formidable divine body and her Highgod domain, she had sent those dozens of Midgods into utter disarray.
Seeing Roger finish his battle so easily, Mia stepped up her slaughter.
With each swing of her blade, another Midgod's head burst apart, sending Godheads flying.
"Hmph! Who dares run wild here?"
Just as Mia was chasing down the last few Midgods-
A shrill voice rang out.
Then a massive phantom appeared above the Ancient Castle.
It was an enormous blood-red serpent.
The serpent opened its gaping maw and shot out a blood-red blade phantom.
The blade phantom was aimed directly at Mia.
"Hmph, a coward hiding in the shadows."
Locked onto by the innate divine ability, Mia showed no trace of panic.
Her divine body was now her greatest strength!
Boom!
Mia unleashed the immense strength throughout her body. Despite the enemy's innate divine ability locking onto her, she forced herself slightly sideways, causing the attack to strike only her shoulder.
Hiss!
With enough fearsome power to tear through space, the blood-red blade phantom sliced Mia's left shoulder clean off!
"That's pretty powerful."
Seeing the strike, Roger immediately grew curious about the being who had unleashed this innate divine ability. "Mia, circle around the flank. Let's see if we can bring this person under soul control."
"Yes, Master!"
The ever-confident Mia had lost an entire shoulder. If she had not moved her head aside at the last instant, she might have been killed outright.
So when she heard that Roger intended to take action and bring their opponent under soul control, Mia was all for it.
"What? She actually twisted out of the way!"
Above the blood-red castle.
A beautiful woman dressed entirely in blood-red gauze looked terrified.
Her innate divine ability was her strongest weapon, yet it had failed. She still needed a little more time before she could use it again.
But her opponent was already charging toward her.
"Run!"
Shelly cried out in alarm.
Her blood-red figure flashed. With a burst of speed, Shelly fled toward the rear.
"Hmph!"
Roger's gaze sharpened at the sight. An illusory javelin shot out like lightning and instantly sank into Shelly's body.
How could he hit me from so far away?
The instant the illusory javelin entered her body, Shelly was bewildered. A moment later, however, the ferocity of the soul attack terrified her.
"Stop it!" Shelly hurriedly mobilized the still-abundant innate energy within her Soul Ocean, combining it with her soul defense in an attempt to block Roger's Soul Annihilation Blade.
But this was an improved Soul Annihilation Blade, created after Roger had comprehended and fused three branches!
Hiss!
Like a sharp blade piercing tofu, like a blazing sun melting snow and ice.
Shelly's soul defense might as well have been made of paper. It held for only an instant before being pierced.
How can it be so powerful...
Shelly's consciousness froze at that moment.
But in the next instant.
The illusory javelin that had shattered all of Shelly's soul defenses suddenly transformed, revealing the Soul Seed hidden inside!
Whoosh.
Without a sound.
The Soul Seed rooted itself deep within Shelly's soul.
A short while later.
"Shelly pays her respects to Master."
Beautiful-faced and slender, Shelly gracefully knelt in her blood-red gauze.
With the movement, the full, pale curves of her breasts threatened to spill out.
"Hmph, slut!"
The cool, lovely Mia cursed under her breath at the sight.
"Hmph."
Hearing her, Shelly deliberately thrust out her round, full breasts, as though declaring war.
That was how women were.
Their battles were everywhere.
Even if Roger's gaze lingered on Shelly's breasts for just an extra instant, Mia would feel upset.
"All right, you're sisters now. You'll need to help each other from now on."
Roger stretched out his arms and gathered the two beauties, each with her own distinct charms, into his embrace.
"Shelly, tell me about your race and your strength."
The moment the soul enslavement succeeded, Roger had learned her name. But she would have to tell him anything more detailed herself.
"Yes, Master." Shelly smiled sweetly.
"I'm a divine beast of the Blood Serpent race, and I should be the first Blood Serpent born from heaven and earth. My innate divine ability is the blood-red blade phantom I just unleashed, Blood Blade. Its attack power is fairly good, enough to easily tear spatial rifts in the Netherworld. I cultivate the destruction edict, but since I haven't been alive for very long, I only recently became a Highgod."
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