A Plea for Help, a Soul Defense Divine Artifact?
Soon, more than two months passed. The group crossed the Star Mist Sea without incident and reached Hailian Prefecture on the Blood Peak Continent. Once there, the woman named Susan and Luomiu parted ways with the others.
"I was hoping to see the Star Mist Sea's 'Fog Sea Riot,' but we didn't run into one. Still, that's normal. The Fog Sea Riot doesn't happen all the time. Otherwise, I'm afraid ninety-nine percent of the people crossing the Star Mist Sea would be doomed.
"Forget it. Since that's the case, let's go to Indigo Prefecture and see the Azure Dragon Clan." If he obtained it, he was fortunate; if not, it was fate. Since they hadn't encountered a Fog Sea Riot, Rog didn't intend to force the matter for now. After all, the entire Star Mist Sea was larger than the five continents of the Infernal Realm combined, while a Fog Sea Riot lasted only a short while. If he deliberately went looking for one, it would be even harder to find.
"Boss, we're not far from Indigo Prefecture now." There were only three people in the Metallic Lifeform. Besides Rog and Dimont, the two Midgods, there was also a Highgod: Dimont's wife, Mina of the elf race.
Of course, the Wind Divine Clone Mina had brought out had become a Highgod by refining a Divine Spark. Her Life Divine Clone, which she valued most, was still at the Midgod stage. Mina was sensible enough to know that she was weak, so she had taken the initiative to have her Wind Divine Clone refine a Divine Spark and become a Highgod. That way, she could also be of some use to their three-person team.
At least in the eyes of bandits, she was a greater deterrent as a second-rate Highgod Fiend than Rog and Dimont.
"Everyone says the Four Divine Beasts Clan is overbearing, and it really is true. Even the famous Reynalds Clan has to back down. They really are a law unto themselves." Not long after Rog and the others arrived on the Blood Peak Continent, they heard plenty of negative news about the Four Divine Beasts Clan. The most sensational was that a young expert of the Azure Dragon Clan had snatched away the fiancée of a direct descendant of the Reynalds Clan.
The Reynalds Clan had been established by a Sovereign's Emissary. Even they had to endure the Four Divine Beasts Clan's outrages, so it was easy to imagine how unbridled the Four Divine Beasts Clan was.
To be honest, although he was quite fond of the protagonist, Linley, he really thought the Four Divine Beasts Clan might as well be destroyed. They deserved what happened later: their ancestors were killed, they were hunted everywhere, and they ended up holed up in the Skyrite Mountains.
"Ge'ernuosi, hand over the Soul Defense Divine Artifact. It's not something you're qualified to possess." A young man with yellow hair was fleeing madly, while a dragon-man-like figure pursued him relentlessly.
A Soul Defense Divine Artifact! Such things were extremely rare even in the Infernal Realm. In its great cities, whether at Bloodridge Castle and Muya Castle, which had Sovereigns backing them, or even at Black Sand Castle, which sold everything, Soul Defense Divine Artifacts were almost never seen for sale.
That was because Soul Defense Divine Artifacts were simply too difficult to forge. Even a soul master at the Seven-Star Fiend level couldn't make one. It took a supreme expert at least at the level of an Asura Prefect, and even then, it had to be an Asura exceptionally skilled in soul techniques.
Only an expert at least at the level of an Asura Prefect could forge a Soul Defense Divine Artifact, so its rarity was obvious. Even in the Four Divine Beasts Clan, only a few direct descendants most favored by the ancestors possessed one. Ge'ernuosi was an ordinary Highgod who had stumbled into incredible luck. What right did he have to own a Soul Defense Divine Artifact?
"Montreal, you greedy vampire, I'd rather throw this Soul Defense Divine Artifact away than let you have it!" Ge'ernuosi was only an ordinary Highgod, and his strength was no match for this member of the Azure Dragon Clan. However, he cultivated the Laws of Light and was much faster than Montreal. Even after transforming, Montreal could barely keep up with him.
"Hm? A Metallic Lifeform is flying this way. Delay could bring trouble. Die!" As far as the Profound Mysteries of the Laws went, Montreal was about equal to Ge'ernuosi,
both at the level of ordinary Highgods. But with his divine artifacts and the Azure Dragon Clan's unique transformation, he was certainly much stronger than Ge'ernuosi. "Innate Divine Ability-Dragon Roar!"
High in the sky, a blurry, enormous Azure Dragon Phantom suddenly appeared!
Every member of the Azure Dragon Clan could go to the Dragon Transformation Pool upon reaching adulthood to awaken their Azure Dragon Bloodline. Not only could they immediately become Lowgods in the Water Law, but they could also awaken an Innate Divine Ability. Montreal, however, was only a collateral descendant with a relatively thin bloodline. Only after reaching the Highgod level could his Innate Divine Ability barely manifest an Azure Dragon Phantom.
"Roar!" A strange ripple enveloped Ge'ernuosi, and his face instantly turned pale. He had seen Montreal use this move before.
Montreal's Innate Divine Ability naturally couldn't slow time across a large area yet, but it could affect Ge'ernuosi alone for a short time.
"You three! Save my life! I have a Soul Defense Divine Artifact. I can give it to you outright!" Although there was only one Highgod in the Metallic Lifeform and the other two were Midgods, Ge'ernuosi couldn't afford to worry about that at this critical moment!
"A Soul Defense Divine Artifact?" The three reacted differently upon hearing this. Mina didn't believe at all that the fellow asking for help could have such a legendary treasure, but Rog thought it was possible.
If it had been something else, Rog might not have intervened. But a Soul Defense Divine Artifact was indeed quite important to them, especially to Dimont.
Over the years, although Dimont's Edicts of Destruction had yet to reach the third level of the Path of Collapse and Destruction, he wasn't far off. His body hadn't made a major breakthrough, but he had often absorbed the essence of the Infernal Realm's metals over the past three hundred years, making considerable progress.
As a result, Dimont's pure material attacks had already reached the threshold of a Seven-Star Fiend. His soul defense, however, was poor, only at the level of an ordinary Midgod. Any reasonably powerful Highgod skilled in Soul Attacks could threaten him.
If he could obtain a Soul Defense Divine Artifact to make up for that weakness, Dimont would have addressed his greatest shortcoming and could be considered a "junior version" of Hemus.
Hemus's material attacks were terrifyingly powerful, but if he hadn't possessed a Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact to make up for his weakness, any Commander at the Asura level skilled in soul techniques could have killed him easily. The Soul Defense Sovereign Artifact had played a considerable part in earning him such fame.
Although Rog thought of many things in an instant, he actually chose to act the very next second after the yellow-haired man spoke.
"Annihilate!" Invisible soul power condensed in the air into an arrow that seemed almost solid. In practically an instant, the invisible arrow struck the dragon-man-like member of the Azure Dragon Clan.
"Sizzle!"
The arrow formed from soul power shot into Montreal's mind and viciously pierced straight through his Soul Ocean!
The next second, Montreal of the Azure Dragon Clan was dead!
This move, Soul Annihilation Arrow, was Rog's latest technique using the Death Rule. It was a third-level Soul Ray technique.
Compared to the earlier Soul Ray, the Soul Annihilation Arrow's power was more concentrated. When Rog used it with soul power comparable to that of a normal Highgod, it was a Soul Attack at the Six-Star Fiend level. Even Seven-Star Fiends who weren't skilled in soul defense risked death if they were careless.
"Hum~" Rog flew over and let a drop of blood fall onto the young Azure Dragon clansman's interspatial ring, successfully claiming it. Only then did he turn casually to look at the yellow-haired man.
"Hand over the Soul Defense Divine Artifact you mentioned." Although Rog's aura marked him as only a Midgod, the speed at which he had just flown over far surpassed that of Ge'ernuosi, a Highgod of Light. How could Ge'ernuosi not realize that he had met an expert?
"Thank you for saving me, my lord. This is the-" Ge'ernuosi excitedly pulled out a black polyhedral crystal. The next second, his life vanished as well.
Rog put away the polyhedral crystal and said leisurely, "A Soul Defense Divine Artifact really isn't something you should have had your hands on."
An ordinary man was innocent, but possessing a treasure made him guilty. Let alone the yellow-haired man-even Rog would face considerable trouble if he carelessly revealed that he possessed a Soul Defense Divine Artifact. After all, many Seven-Star Fiends didn't have one.