Side Story (7): Challenging the Silver Maple Fiend

"Boss, haven't you broken through yet with these four profound fusions?" Bebe couldn't understand Linley's progress at all.

In just a thousand years, his eldest brother Linley has already reached the bottleneck of fusing four profound mysteries, and his true strength has reached the level of a senior Seven-Star Fiend.

"Bebe, the bottleneck to the fusion of these four profound mysteries is extremely strong. Since you couldn't break through it even fighting this Kerlun, perhaps fighting a more powerful Seven-Star Fiend might be the best way to break through." Although Linley is strong now, he has no record of directly killing another Seven-Star Fiend.

Therefore, in the records of Fiend Castle, he is currently only a Six-Star Fiend.

"Boss, are you really going to challenge that Silver Maple Fiend? That guy is an ancient powerhouse from the same era as the Iron Leaf Fiend." Bebe couldn't help but worry when she saw this.

There are also significant differences between these seven- Seven-Star Fiend Seven-Star Fiend.

Some Seven-Star Fiend have only recently broken through to the next level, and may even be killed by Six-Star Fiend who have a natural advantage against them. However, some Seven-Star Fiend, despite being called Seven-Star Fiend, have actually long possessed the strength to challenge Asura!

The Silver Maple Fiend is such an ancient and powerful being.

He also had a contemporary Iron Leaf Fiend, who was equally powerful.

However, the Iron Leaf Fiend was unlucky and ran into the terrifying Purple Blood Fiend. As a result, the Iron Leaf Fiend also became a victim of the Purple Blood Fiend's sword.

The Seven-Star Fiend in the Infernal Realm can be considered unparalleled powerhouses, but although there are many experts at the Seven-Star Fiend level in the Infernal Realm, there are only 108 Asura.

There is only one way to become Asura: defeat the previous Asura.

It can be said that those who can sit in the position of Asura now are all the strongest of the strong, and none of them are easy to mess with.

The Silver Maple Fiend is a powerful Seven-Star Fiend recognized as qualified to challenge the Prefect.

Countless years ago, he was already the pinnacle of the Seven-Star Fiend. Now, after so many years, no one knows whether he has truly broken through to the Asura realm.

"Hehe, Bebe. Living a long time doesn't necessarily mean you're powerful. That Purple Blood Fiend, and even the Paragon Lord Rog, haven't been cultivating for very long." Linley wasn't intimidated by the name of the Silver Maple Fiend.

Of course, before that, Linley also sought out several other Seven-Star Fiend nearby to challenge him. However, some of them refused, while others accepted Linley's challenges. But such battles were merely sparring matches, without any pressure of life or death.

So the result remains the same: despite feeling the bottleneck loosening, a breakthrough is still elusive.

Linley finally made up his mind to directly challenge the Silver Maple Fiend, who was rumored to have the strength of Asura.

The Silver Maple Fiend was located in White Haze Prefecture, which was adjacent to Zuoxue Prefecture, so Linley and Bebe set off from White Haze Prefecture to Zuoxue Prefecture. In order to challenge the demon, they controlled a black sword-shaped Metallic Lifeform and quickly headed towards the Silver Maple Castle.

Inside the Metallic Lifeform, Linley recalled the punch he had received from the burly man in black.

By now, his mastery of the laws has become quite close to that of the burly man in black.

The black-clad burly man's punch likely incorporated more of the profound mysteries of ' Gravity Space ' than his, which is why he was able to concentrate all his power onto a single point, resulting in such a focused force with almost no leakage.

"My next cultivation plan is to integrate this ' Gravity Space ' as well." At this moment, the four profound mysteries of his Laws of the Earth —the Profound Mysteries of Earth Element Profound Mystery, Earth Pulse Profound Mystery, Profound Mystery of Strength, and Life Force Profundity— have been fully integrated, with only the final step remaining.

After several dozen days, the two finally arrived at a landmark Silver Maple Forest outside Gepa City. The owner of the forest had built a castle and lived in seclusion there; he was none other than the Silver Maple Fiend, who had been famous for at least a million years.

The Silver Maple Fiend's abode also has quite a few servants and guards.

"Who goes there!" They could hear Linley's challenge coming from a distance, even from a great distance.

Seeing that no one responded, Linley continued flying over.

Several groups of castle guards immediately rushed forward, with one of them, seemingly a Highgod, shouting, "This is the residence of Lord Silver Maple Fiend Dominic. Outsiders are not allowed to trespass. You'd better leave immediately." "Go and inform your castle lord that the Six-Star Fiend Linley has come to challenge you," Linley said with a faint smile.

A chilling voice echoed above Silver Maple Castle: "Linley, the Mystic Sword Fiend? I know you're a rising star from White Haze Prefecture, aren't you?"

The sound kept coming from the opposite side, echoing through the Silver Maple Forest like thunder. Directly opposite Linley, a young man dressed in a black robe stood straight like a javelin, his height and build not much different from Linley's.

However, the person before them exuded an aura of endless destruction.

He had seen Linley's previous Battle Projection, but it was nothing more than defeating a weakling at the threshold of a Seven-Star Fiend. Dominic said indifferently, "I'm too lazy to fight you. Your strength doesn't interest me at all. So, you should withdraw your challenge and go back to your training."

"Dominic, no need for further words, I look forward to our battle," Linley suddenly said.

Dominic frowned at Linley, then said, "Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish."

"Who will die? It's too early to say now," Linley said with a faint smile. He knew that this guy was not some Sovereign's Emissary, nor did he have Sovereign Artifact. At most, he only had the Sovereign’s Might. Even if the other party had broken through to the Asura, he had enough confidence in himself.

Dominic stared at Linley, his eyes turning cold. A terrifying black sword light suddenly erupted, and then his figure appeared in front of Linley in the blink of an eye, like a ghost. A long sword exuding an aura of destruction slashed fiercely at Linley's head with a hissing sound.

Linley glanced at the oncoming longsword, raised his eyelids, casually took a step to the left, touched the ground with his toes, and then suddenly exerted force to dodge the opponent's longsword.

Dominic sneered. It was understandable that he would miss with his sword. His body sank slightly, then remained suspended in the air. The black divine sword in his hand suddenly solidified, forming an extremely sharp black sword light!

"Dominic's attack moves are quite similar to the Profound Mystery of Dimension mysteries of the Laws of Wind..." The fighting styles of the powerful cultivators who cultivate the Edicts of Destruction are not all the same. Some are good at using hammers and have great strength, while others are good at using swords and blades and have unstoppable sharpness.

"Shatter for me!" As Dominic roared, the black sword light on the blade surged forth. The incredibly concentrated black sword light easily tore through the Infernal Realm space with a mere surge of energy. In the end, the black sword light actually condensed into a black dot only three inches long in front of Dominic!

The black light carried an extremely fierce destructive force, tearing even space apart. As the sword tip passed, a blurry black light slashed through the air towards Linley!

"Well done!" Feeling the sharpness of the opponent's sword, Linley also personally felt the terrifying power contained within it. He raised the black heavy sword in his hand high and finally slashed at the black sword light. Immediately, a huge force shot out from the blade of the black heavy sword and collided fiercely with the tip of Dominic's longsword!

Bang!

A muffled sound rang out, and Dominic's body stiffened slightly before he quickly recovered. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and the Black Longsword in his hand suddenly shot out. A dazzling array of sword lights and afterimages appeared before Linley, and the sharp sword shadows almost filled the space where Linley was. The whistling sound of the sword cutting through the air echoed continuously in the Silver Maple Forest.

Clearly, Dominic possessed more than one offensive method, each one incredibly powerful, and his speed far surpassed Linley's. However, Linley remained calm, sensing that his opportunity to fuse the four profound mysteries was today.