The Four Divine Beasts' souls had not been strong enough to detect the enemies earlier. Only as the enemies drew closer and closer did they notice their arrival.
All four sucked in a breath. Within their divine senses alone, there were more than a dozen people whose strength they could not see through. In other words, more than a dozen Highgods were among the attackers this time.
"There are quite a few Highgods and Midgods, too. Looks like they've come intending to wipe us out outright! Rhodes, it seems this Aksu has underestimated us!"
Pash spoke with a cold sneer. Over the past few centuries, he had fought Aksu before. The man's strength was only on par with his own. If Pash seized the right moment to unleash his innate divine ability, he might even have a chance to kill him.
But the man generally never left the main force to act alone. Whenever Pash fought him, there were plenty of Deities around. Pash could not use his full strength and always had to fight cautiously, afraid of being surrounded if he made one careless move.
As for working together with Rhodes's Wind Element divine clone, the Wind Element's strength was not very great yet. Thus, they had never managed to kill Aksu and could only kill a few Highgod underlings.
Over the years, they had also learned that Aksu had established his faction in the Infernal Realm with the backing of a powerful figure from the Celestial Realm. As for precisely who in the Celestial Realm supported him, that remained unclear.
"Let's keep him here today. Don't rush to kill him. Have him call his master over. I want to meet someone bold enough to build a faction spanning two Supreme Planes." A hint of excitement and eagerness colored Rhodes's voice as he looked forward to fighting an unknown expert.
"All right, then leave Aksu to me. You clear the field and leave a few Deities for the little ones to practice on. No one had better stop me this time. I'm going to slay Aksu." Pash's face was also filled with excitement.
In the blink of an eye, a Highgod dressed in golden robes flew up before Rhodes and Pash, leading more than a dozen Highgods and nearly a thousand Midgods.
"Pash, why is it just you and these Midgods here today? Where's that Wind Element Highgod who conceals his aura?" Aksu, standing at the very front in golden robes, immediately asked where Rhodes's Wind Element divine clone was.
As for why he had become a Highgod who concealed his aura, it was not actually because Rhodes was concealing anything. His wind divine clone truly was a Midgod. It was simply that, thanks to his fused profound mysteries, every attack was extraordinarily powerful, and slaying ordinary Highgods was as easy as slicing vegetables. That was why people thought Rhodes had concealed his aura.
As for why they had not recognized his lightning divine clone, his wind divine clone carried a supreme treasure that altered his soul aura, along with a mask that blocked others from scanning him with their souls. Naturally, no outsider knew these were two divine clones of the same person.
"Aksu, are you in such a hurry to come here and die? Do you think these people can still protect you today? You'd better notify whoever's backing you right now and have them come through the Teleportation Array. Otherwise, you'll die today." Looking at Aksu's smug face, Pash spoke bluntly.
"Haha, with just you and that other Highgod? You two are the ones who are certain to die today. You dare cause trouble within my Light Alliance and refuse to submit to me? I think you're the one who's tired of living."
Aksu brimmed with confidence today. He had brought more than a dozen Highgods and nearly a thousand Midgods. He did not believe they could fail to surround and kill Pash and that Wind Element Highgod. But when he thought about how the Wind Element Highgod was nowhere to be found, while five more Midgods had appeared instead, he could not help frowning.
It was not because of the five extra Midgods, but because of the missing Highgod. If they did not kill them all, might that man launch sneak attacks on his faction later? That would be a real nuisance.
"I advise you to call that Wind Element Highgod out as soon as possible. Otherwise, he'll only be able to come collect your corpse. Oh, no, I'll only leave your Divine Spark. After all, you're an expert on par with me. I can give you a dignified death: you alone against all of us." Aksu continued his shameless boasting. As for the Midgods, he did not take them seriously at all.
"Heh, Aksu, you really are arrogant. Rhodes, I think we can get started. Just leave Aksu alive. I want to fight him one-on-one," Pash said impatiently.
"All right. I hereby announce that we've counter-encircled you. Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Prison!" Rhodes wasted no words and immediately unleashed his ultimate move to begin the battle. A thunder prison spanning a thousand meters formed, directly enveloping the main force before them. Roughly ten Midgods at the rear were left outside.
"Lei Ding, Nimo, I've left ten opponents for you. Go on. Let's see the results of these past few centuries."
After speaking, Rhodes turned to look at Aksu and the others he had trapped.
The moment the Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Prison enveloped them, Aksu realized something was wrong. His body was completely beyond his control as attraction, gravitational force, and pressure surged over him all at once. The Highgods fared better, but even moving quickly was difficult for the Midgods.
But Aksu was, after all, a battle-hardened leader of a faction, and he reacted extremely quickly.
"All Midgods, launch material attacks at the sky above!"
Light swords, giant dragons, and all manner of material attacks slashed toward the lightning gathering in the sky. Those thousand attacks really did scatter the lightning massing overhead.
"Tsk, tsk. Impressive. You reacted immediately and scattered the heavenly tribulation I was gathering."
Outside the Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Prison, Rhodes could not help marveling. He really could not underestimate the world's heroes. He controlled his divine power, bringing about a new change.
"Ahead! All Deities, use material attacks and break this cage!" Aksu remained very calm as he continued directing his subordinates to attack Rhodes's Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Prison, hoping to break straight out of the cage.
His previous ultimate move might have been slashed open, allowing them to escape, but that would be difficult with its current form. It had no boundary to begin with, so how could they slash it open? Wherever these people flew, this domain would follow. Unless Rhodes stopped supplying divine power, the lightning tribulation would remain over their heads forever, ready to strike at any moment.
A mass of material attacks shot forward. As the magnetic force field distorted, all the Midgods' material attacks were diverted and slashed back toward them.
Rhodes discovered that the force field could not divert the Highgods' attacks; he could only dissipate them. He could divert all the Midgods' attacks, but not if their quantity became too great.
The lightning magnetism Profound Mysteries truly deserved its place as the strongest of the Profound Mysteries within the laws of lightning.
It was rare for so many people to rush over to help him test the power of his ultimate move. He could not wipe them out too quickly. Those were Rhodes's true thoughts.
Looking again at Aksu and his group within the domain, they discovered that material attacks were completely useless, while soul attacks simply vanished. As for the direction he had ordered them to attack, although it was still ahead of them, the magnetic force had already enveloped them the instant they were covered by the domain, imperceptibly changing their orientation. Any material attacks Rhodes did not want to dissipate passed straight out of the domain and struck the distant mountains.
Over on the Four Divine Beasts' side, the four were putting up a lively fight against ten. Lei Ding unleashed a Dragon Roar that enveloped all ten, and then each of the four finished off one opponent. By the time the Light Alliance's Deities reacted, only six remained.
Laius let out another mighty bellow, "Tiger Roar!" Spatial Shattering killed another Midgod. "Sparrow Flame!" Nimo also gave a low cry, and a soul attack struck another Midgod. The Light Alliance lost yet another Midgod, and in the blink of an eye, the numbers were even.
The Four Divine Beasts stopped using their innate divine abilities. Each chose an opponent and began fighting. Even without looking closely, it was clear that all four held the overwhelming advantage.
After all, they were super divine beasts of the Coiling Dragon Universe. If they were no different from ordinary Midgods, they might as well dash themselves to death rather than sully the words "super divine beast."
After checking the Four Divine Beasts' battlefield, Rhodes still reminded Pash to keep an eye on the four little ones, lest they be killed in a reversal while holding an overwhelming advantage.
"This is trouble. What a bizarre domain." Aksu's expression grew uglier as time passed. Now, the Highgods could barely fly quickly even with all their strength, while the Midgods could not fly quickly no matter how hard they tried. How were they any different from targets?
Moreover, the aura in the sky grew increasingly oppressive. After their material attacks shattered it, it would gather again extremely quickly. Their attacks were useless and only consumed a considerable amount of their own divine power instead.
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