A Deadly Ambush on the Road

"Did he get away?" Li Wei was somewhat surprised and turned his gaze to another part of the space. There, Rog had already drawn a War Saber and was watching him, fully prepared for battle.

"That last move was powerful!" Rog's expression was deadly serious. Though the power of that attack had fallen short of an Asura's, it was still at the level of a top Seven-Star Fiend.

Angelina actually had such a formidable enemy. If she had hired an ordinary Six-Star Fiend instead, she would probably have gotten him killed.

"I didn't expect to run into a capable opponent like you just after coming out of seclusion. Perfect. I haven't drawn blood with this Fusion Law of mine yet." Facing the assassin who had ambushed him, Rog felt delight rather than alarm.

"Kid, die!" Li Wei thought Rog merely had quick reactions and speed. He had not realized that his opponent's strength was worlds apart from what it had been before.

He charged after him at terrifying speed, that peculiar dark-red divine power erupting from the black flame demon sword in his hand.

"Fused Divine Power?" Others might not have recognized it, but Rog was a Soul Mutator himself and quickly noticed the anomaly.

"Come on!" Rog's War Saber erupted with blinding lightning, and he instantly transformed into a bolt of lightning himself. The human-shaped lightning shot toward Li Wei at an indescribable speed!

High in the sky, the black figure and the lightning-clad figure quickly clashed!

"Electric Light Flowing Shadow!"

After fusing with the Profound Mystery of the Lightning Body Technique, Rog's movement speed had become even more terrifying. Li Wei could not make out his trajectory at all and could only stand his ground, defending against attacks from every direction.

"One of them should be the Laws of Fire. That last move definitely contained the Profound Mystery of Explosion, or its power couldn't possibly have been so terrifying. The other should be some Profound Mystery of the Laws of Darkness." Rog quickly saw through his opponent. This man's mastery of the Profound Mysteries was an entire major level below his own; he was only a Soul Mutator at the first step.

However, he was a Highgod, and his Fused Divine Power was ten times stronger than Rog's. His overall strength still qualified him as a Seven-Star Fiend.

"Hiss! Hiss!"

In the void, the two figures shifted constantly.

Though Rog held the initiative and soon sent the black-armored man flying about, the seemingly unremarkable armor his opponent wore was exceptionally sturdy. Even Rog's carefully selected War Saber failed to leave much of a mark on it.

This armor could not possibly be a Sovereign Artifact, but in terms of sturdiness alone, it was probably not far behind.

"If I'd had this back then, that Cyclops probably wouldn't have smashed me apart with a single blow of his club." He had to admit that this Defensive Divine Artifact really was somewhat special.

Although this special Divine Artifact prevented Rog's material attacks from killing his opponent outright, the battle was entirely under his control. He was only using the man as a punching bag to test his new moves.

"Deathly Silent Yin Lightning!"

Combining the respective properties of the Death Rule and the Laws of Lightning, his Fusion Law was powerful in both material and soul attacks-

Black lightning suddenly filled the sky around Rog. It was all formed from his condensed Fused Divine Power, and it was suffused with a peculiar aura of deathly silence.

"Black Flame - Explosion!"

Li Wei was somewhat at a loss now. What was going on with this man?

He had clearly been a Six-Star Fiend before, yet he had suddenly become so powerful. Now Li Wei was completely stuck: he could neither win nor escape. If not for the special Divine Artifact armor he wore, his opponent would probably have killed him long ago.

"Hm? Is the other one about to run?" With his divine sense, Rog spotted the icy woman who had originally intended to hold Dimont off for a while. Seeing how powerful Rog was, she had actually abandoned her companion and was preparing to flee.

Although Dimont was impressively strong, he was slower than the woman and could not catch her.

Seeing that she was about to escape, Rog said, "I'm done playing with you. Take this! Dark Soul Nether Lightning!"

He had originally planned to toy with the black-armored man a little longer, but to keep his companion from escaping, he had no choice but to finish his opponent off immediately.

Threads of gray-black lightning suddenly flickered in Rog's eyes. His normally formless soul force transformed into a ball of black lightning and shot explosively toward Li Wei!

"Not good!" The two were far too close at that moment. Even though Li Wei detected the Soul Attack, he had no time to dodge and could only withstand it head-on!

Rog was a Soul Mutator, and so was his opponent.

His opponent was a Highgod and had a considerable advantage in the foundation of his soul, but Rog's mastery of the Laws was greater. Moreover, this move primarily used the properties of the Death Rule, so the power of this Soul Attack was probably already approaching that of an ordinary Asura!

"Crackle!"

Within Li Wei's Soul Ocean, his soul's true form was a burning soul flame. When the ball of black lightning burst in, the thunder it carried resounded throughout the entire Soul Ocean. Then the ball of lightning exploded!

"Boom!" Countless bolts of terrifying lightning erupted in his Soul Ocean, as though some supreme existence had sent down heavenly punishment. His soul flame was instantly struck into nothingness, and then his entire Soul Ocean completely collapsed.

In the outside world, only an instant had actually passed. The light in Li Wei's blood-red eyes instantly dimmed. Though his body was intact, his soul had been completely extinguished.

In another direction, the icy woman Anna had just started to flee when a flash of lightning streaked across the sky. Rog himself seemed to have turned directly into a bolt of lightning, rapidly pursuing the other opponent as she fled for her life.

Before Anna could react, Rog had already appeared in front of her, blocking her path.

"Why did you two come to kill me?" He and Angelina had just separated, making it a good opportunity to assassinate her, but this woman had remained unmoved. Clearly, their target was not Angelina; they had come straight for him!

"Hmph! You offended Lord Fulaite. You won't live much longer!" Anna glared at Rog with resentment. She knew very well how much Lord Fulaite valued Seven-Star Fiend experts. It was one thing for Rog to have killed those two pieces of trash, Aolade and the other man, but if he killed the two of them as well, their lord would probably fly into a rage and act personally.

"Fulaite?" Rog frowned at the unfamiliar name. From the icy woman's tone, he could guess that this was probably an Asura-level expert, but when had he ever offended someone like that?

"My lord won't let you go!" Having witnessed Rog's speed, Anna knew she had no hope of escaping and could only fight back. With a wave of her hand, she sent out a silver chain, intending to bind Rog's divine body.

"Hmph!" Though Rog did not know why he had gained a powerful enemy for no apparent reason, he was not too alarmed.

After all, he was not that far from the Asura level now. Once he made a breakthrough, it remained to be seen who would live and who would die!

"Thunderclap - Fall!" Rog mercilessly charged at the icy woman with his saber, unleashing a terrifyingly powerful strike. The woman was considerably weaker than the black-armored man, and her material abilities in particular were quite ordinary. Rog rushed over and cut her down with a single merciless stroke, sending her to join the black-armored man.

"Another divine clone? Looks like this can't end peacefully." After the battle, Rog used drops of blood to claim ownership of their interspatial rings. When he found that he could not claim the icy woman's ring, he crushed it in his hand. The black-armored man, however, had no other divine clones, and Rog successfully obtained the wealth he had left behind.

"This sword and this black armor both seem considerably more powerful than ordinary Divine Artifacts." Rog had noticed this while fighting the black-armored man head-on, but the main reason was that the materials of these two Divine Artifacts were more unusual. Though they were more powerful than ordinary Highgod Artifacts, the improvement was limited.

"Right, it must be the Fused Divine Power." Rog's eyes lit up. The black-armored man had fused two types of Highgod Power, so the Divine Artifacts nurtured with it were naturally considerably more powerful than ordinary Highgod Artifacts, though not by too much.

But the materials of the two Divine Artifacts were exceptionally hard to begin with, making them two fine Divine Artifacts.

The black flame demon sword was one thing; he could only keep it as a spare weapon. The black armor, on the other hand, was a fine piece of protective equipment.

Because it had been nurtured with Fused Divine Power and was made of a special material, its defensive capabilities were quite good.

Even so, it was only somewhat stronger than ordinary Divine Artifacts and still fell far short of a Sovereign Artifact. The reason Sovereign Artifacts were so unbeatable was not only that they had been nurtured with a great deal of Sovereign's Might, but also that they contained a portion of a Sovereign's Willpower.

"S-so strong!" In the distance, his employer-one hardly knew whether to call her carefree-had actually used the Floating Shadow Technique to record part of the battle just now.