Rhodes and Pash continued flying forward without changing their speed.
Suddenly...
The previously tranquil gray mist beneath them began to churn.
Rhodes and Pash were only about a hundred meters above the gray mist to begin with. In the blink of an eye, a figure burst out of it and appeared before Pash.
"Your divine spark is mine!" Kadia said viciously. "Die!"
Kadia happened to possess a fire midgod divine clone.
Fire Element Divine Clones were particularly adept at Material Attack.
Rumble!
A figure was sent flying backward like a rag.
"Impossible! We're both Midgods, and I even ambushed you! Why is your divine body so strong?"
Kadia's voice was filled with terror.
Pash looked at his injured fist. A wound deep enough to expose the bone was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"He actually managed to ambush me. I really was careless," Pash said to Rhodes with a self-deprecating smile.
Having grown familiar with Pash, Rhodes could hear the anger in his voice. After all, Rhodes had only just warned him. One moment, Pash had been saying everything was fine; the next, he had been ambushed and injured. Although the injury was minor, he had certainly lost face.
Using soul power to sense the surroundings for extended periods was extremely draining.
The decades-long journey from the Star Mist Sea to their current location in Gray Mist Canyon had covered an immense distance. Pash and Rhodes could not possibly keep their soul power extended to sense their surroundings the entire time.
Kadia's sneak attack had indeed caught Pash off guard, but Pash had still thrown a punch. Although he had not managed to use his full strength, he had used at least half of it. It also helped that his divine body was strong enough.
Although Rhodes had reacted the instant Kadia charged out, he had seen how Pash had paid little attention to his earlier warning, relying on his own strength. This Midgod could give him a lesson.
Watching the clash between Pash and his attacker, Rhodes remarked, "Your strength really is impressive, Pash. You're both Midgods, yet you barely suffered any injury even after being ambushed. You've improved quickly through all our sparring over the years!"
A hundred thousand li from Gray Mist Canyon.
Several hundred Deities were flying toward Gray Mist Canyon. Among them were three monsters about twenty feet tall, purple all over, with a total of 108 spikes on their heads and backs.
A young Midgod at the front of the group said, "According to the Alliance's scouts, the brothers Kadia and Kadik should be hiding in Gray Mist Canyon up ahead. I'll take the Amethyst Warriors ahead to wipe out their group. You're slower, so we'll meet up ahead later and return to the Alliance together."
"Yes, sir!"
Respectful voices rang out.
The Midgod flew off into the distance with several monsters that gave off the auras of Midgods.
At the bottom of Gray Mist Canyon.
The recoil from the collision had embedded him directly in the rock below.
"That fellow is so strong. Looks like I'll have to let these people buy some time first, then surround and kill them together once Kadik arrives." Kadia's expression changed drastically. Although he had not been injured, he had launched a sneak attack, yet he had still been sent flying.
Kadia was now glad he had chosen Gray Mist Canyon for the ambush. At the very least, he did not have to fear detection by divine sense within the gray mist. Even Midgods could not sense very far, making it relatively safe for him to hide or escape.
When Kadia had chosen Gray Mist Canyon to ambush Rhodes and Pash, aside from noticing that their flight path passed through it, the most important reason had been that the gray mist filling the canyon made ambushes convenient. Even if the ambush failed, he could have the others cover the rear while he and Kadik escaped.
Just as it was now, the gray mist provided excellent concealment.
In the Infernal Realm, an ordinary Lowgod could only sense their surroundings within a few dozen meters using divine sense, while a Midgod could sense a few hundred meters.
As for Gray Mist Canyon, not only did it obstruct divine sense, but the naked eye could not see anything ten meters away either, effectively blocking vision.
Just as Kadia was knocked into Gray Mist Canyon, the Lowgods who had been lying in ambush within several dozen li swarmed over. They were under Soul Control and had no sense of fear at all.
Hundreds of Material Attacks shot straight toward Rhodes and Pash. Giant elemental swords, giant elemental sabers, Elemental Serpents... hundreds of Material Attacks of every kind slashed toward them.
Having already developed some initial coordination, the two needed no words. Both sharply increased their speed and dodged the hundreds of attacks. After all, these were attacks from Lowgods. For the two of them, who were powerful even among Midgods, evading them was very easy.
The moment Rod dodged, he swung his sword, unleashing his area attack, Ten Thousandfold Thunder Prison.
In the blink of an eye, countless bolts of lightning descended, enclosing an area five hundred meters across ahead of him. Naturally, all the Lowgods within three hundred meters were trapped.
"Die!" Powerful divine power and soul power surged through Rhodes.
Boom! Boom! Rumble!
Rhodes controlled the lightning, making it rain down continuously within the Ten Thousandfold Thunder Prison.
In less than a few breaths, the Ten Thousandfold Thunder Prison dissipated. All three hundred-plus Lowgods within it were dead.
With a thought from Rhodes, all the divine artifacts and divine sparks flew toward him, and he put them away with a wave of his hand.
After collecting the spoils, Rhodes turned to look at Kadia, who had just charged out of the gray mist.
The moment he emerged from the gray mist, Kadia, who was already very close to Pash, suddenly stopped in midair.
"S-sir, would you believe me if I said I mistook you for someone else?" Kadia's mind was filled with questions. His soul control had been perfectly fine when he charged out. How had they all turned into divine sparks in the blink of an eye?
Kadia was terrified. Killing over three hundred Lowgods in a single move-this was like a fucking dream. If this is a dream, please let me wake up, he silently prayed.
"Haha, big brother, I'm here! Why haven't you killed these two yet? Are you planning to subjugate them? I think we'd be better off killing them and nurturing our own people."
Just as Kadia was praying that this was a dream, an incredibly arrogant voice rang out.
A Midgod led more than fifty Lowgods around behind Rhodes and Pash, surrounding the two of them.
Kadia now wanted to kill his own younger brother. Could you stop screwing your big brother over like this? "Sir, I don't know this man. He has nothing to do with me. I..."
Pash charged before Kadia could finish. This time, he did not knock him down into the gray mist, afraid the man would escape if he was struck into it.
With Destruction Divine Power coiling around his entire body, Pash slashed with his long saber. The instant their weapons collided, Kadia was sent flying. Pash followed right after him and delivered another slash. "Die!"
Kadia's divine body vanished, leaving only a divine spark where he had been. Pash's single strike had reduced his entire divine body to nothingness.
Meanwhile, Rhodes was in no mood to keep playing with these people either.
With a single Ten Thousandfold Thunder Prison, he sent them to meet the big brother they had just mentioned.
Because Rhodes's soul power had previously been unable to penetrate very far through the gray mist, he had used Willpower to prevent Kadia from escaping, increasing his soul power twenty-fivefold. That was how he had managed to kill all the Lowgods the instant Kadia charged out, letting him see what had happened while leaving him unable to escape. The timing had been just right.
After wiping out the group, Rhodes looked up toward somewhere not far away.
"Amethyst Monsters! Looks like we're not far from the Amethyst Mountains."
Rhodes spoke quietly.
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