In the Demon King's eyes, Rhodes had simply vanished into thin air. The Demon King had not even blinked and could not quite understand it. Was this invisibility, or something else? How could he simply disappear?
A smile still lingered on his face, and his ultimate move using Fusion Profound Mysteries was not ready yet. Where had the man gone?
His soul power kept frantically warning him. The Demon King's scalp tingled, and he realized that this man was now behind him.
Had it not been for his Soul Mutation, which made his soul far stronger than other people's, he might not have sensed Rhodes's attack this time. It was simply too fast. By the time his soul power swept over Rhodes, the attack was about to land on his head.
The Demon King acted with utter decisiveness upon sensing the attack. He hurled his incompletely fused ultimate move straight at Zijing and her husband and immediately transformed. A Demon Horn appeared on his head, and thick scales covered his body. His transformation enlarged his frame, and with a thrust of his head, he dodged Rhodes's lethal strike. His head escaped, but his divine body could not.
The Tribulation-Breaking Divine Sword swept across the Demon King's arm, carrying Thunder condensed until it was like liquid, and sliced the arm clean off.
With the advantage in hand, Rhodes naturally would not let the Demon King recover and fight him for several thousand more exchanges. Wouldn't that be stupid?
The Demon King flew forward, and Rhodes maintained the speed of his Innate Divine Ability, slashing at the Demon King's head again.
"Ah, I'll kill you!!"
The Demon King was somewhat crazed. This man was so fast, and his attack power was bizarrely strong as well. He was clearly a Midgod, and his divine power was also that of a Midgod, so why were his attacks so powerful?
"Dislocated Space!"
Just as Rhodes's second strike was about to land on the Demon King's head, an invisible ripple appeared.
Whoosh!
The sword struck empty air, and purple Thunder slashed into the ground below, cutting to an unknown depth.
Rhodes's expression changed drastically, and he immediately flew backward, but the Demon King did not pursue him.
Divine power circulated continuously through the Demon King's body as his divine body recovered.
His eyes remained fixed on Rhodes.
Meanwhile, Lei Jialie and the others had taken the Demon King's ultimate move head-on before it had built up to full strength and were also badly injured. Lei Jialie's Amethyst Armor had shattered completely, and Pash was not much better off.
After all, fusing the Profound Mysteries of two kinds of rules increased their power a thousandfold. Even if the ultimate move had been unleashed in haste, it was not so easy to withstand.
At this point, the three could only watch Rhodes face the Demon King alone. After all, once Lei Jialie and his wife's Fusion Innate Divine Ability failed to work on the Demon King, their strongest restraint was rendered useless. Now they could only play a supporting role in keeping him occupied.
Without Rhodes here, the two of them would probably have already fled back to the Amethyst Mountains.
The Demon King and Rhodes stood facing each other in silence until the Demon King Divine Body had fully recovered.
The Demon King spoke. "You're quite good. Your strength is no less than mine, especially your speed. Without a way to restrain you, you really are difficult to deal with. But don't think you can catch me with a surprise attack either."
"Right now, you can't even hit me. Neither Material Attacks nor Soul Attacks can harm me. Why don't you and I join forces to rule the Infernal Realm? With Lei Jialie and his wife assisting us, who could possibly be our match?"
Unexpectedly, the Demon King invited Rhodes to join the Demon Alliance.
To be honest, Rhodes did not want to join any faction. He did not even concern himself with his own faction. There were indeed several reasons he stayed in the Amethyst Alliance. First, he could obtain Amethyst to strengthen his soul. Second, Lei Jialie and his wife were people he got along with, and they were now good friends, so staying here was fairly comfortable. Another reason was that he needed to get used to using his Innate Divine Ability while "restrained and controlled."
There really were not many in the Infernal Realm with stronger restraining abilities than an Amethyst Sacred Beast. Without Amethyst Space, Lei Jialie would have been relatively easy for Rhodes to defeat. Unfortunately, everything had its counter!!!
Most importantly, Rhodes felt happy staying here. Otherwise, who could have kept him?
"Forget it. I won't join your Demon Alliance. I can't hit you right now, but how long can you keep this divine ability of yours active?"
The Demon King's expression turned particularly ugly. Rhodes had indeed hit the nail on the head. This move was his Innate Divine Ability, which directly created a space outside the space of the Infernal Realm. His opponents, however, remained within the Infernal Realm, so naturally no attacks could touch him, and no one could hit him. But unless he canceled his Innate Divine Ability, he could not attack anyone else either. He could only move, not attack.
In fact, Rhodes also understood that continuing the fight now would only leave both sides injured. As soon as the Demon King canceled his Innate Divine Ability and gathered an attack, Rhodes could use his speed to attack him, and Lei Jialie and his wife could also use their fused divine ability to restrain him.
But those on his side could not withstand the Demon King's attacks either. He could dodge them, but Lei Jialie, Pash, and the others could not.
Moreover, with the Demon King possessing such an absurd Innate Divine Ability, Rhodes could not guarantee that he could kill him with a single strike.
At that thought, Rhodes could not help beginning a Soul Transmission discussion with Lei Jialie, Pash, and the others.
Eventually, they finished discussing it and decided that Rhodes would talk to the Demon King. If talks failed, they would keep fighting. They could not show weakness, or there was no telling what would happen.
"Demon King, you've seen it for yourself now. You can't do anything to me. Even if you kill Lei Jialie and the others today, you can't kill me. And as long as I'm alive, imagine this: every day, I'll go to the continents you occupy, or into the Demon Alliance, and kill people. Who besides you could stop me?"
Having finished speaking, Rhodes quietly watched the Demon King.
The Demon King's face seemed to twist. This really was humiliating!!
"What do you want? Say it."
"First, have your subordinates stop. We'll send people to stop the deities teleporting over now. Then you must swear by the Overgod never to invade the Amethyst Alliance again. The Amethyst Alliance will also guarantee that it won't take the initiative to attack you. As for competition over continents, let that depend on the abilities of the deities under our command. What do you think?"
"Fine. I, Chris Ding, swear in the name of the Overgod that I will never attack the Amethyst Alliance again. Hmph! This isn't over."
After taking the oath, the Demon King controlled his Innate Divine Ability and moved toward the teleportation array. Naturally, he did not dare simply cancel his Innate Divine Ability now, fearing that Rhodes would launch another surprise attack.
Rhodes was simply too fast, so fast that even soul power could not relay information in time. The Demon King had no choice but to be cautious.
Lei Jialie watched the Demon King fly away, and his soul power swept over the Amethyst Alliance. It was terrible, too terrible to look at. Of the several thousand Midgods from before, fewer than a thousand remained, and the losses among the Lowgods were even greater. What comforted Lei Jialie somewhat, however, was that Sari Lang, one of his own, was still alive. Moreover, because the Demon King had not yet collected the Divine Sparks of the Highgods who had died this time, there were now six High Godheads on the battlefield.
Looking again at the deities still teleporting over in an endless stream, Lei Jialie no longer felt so pained over his own losses. After absorbing the forces of six alliances this time, his Amethyst Alliance would only grow stronger. It would be several times stronger than before the war.
Sure enough, war profiteering was the way to go!!!
PS: Second chapter~~~ Holidays are worse than workdays. On workdays, I have time to write, but once a holiday comes, there are endless things to do. It's even more tiring than going to work.
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