Clouddark Fiend!
"This...!"
"Was that really a Seven-Star Fiend?" Even a Six-Star Fiend watching the battle was stunned. He had seen Seven-Star Fiends fight more than once, but he had never even imagined a sight this terrifying!
"An Asura! He's definitely an Asura-level expert!" That was the only thought in the Six-Star Fiend's mind. With his limited experience, it was all he could conclude.
"The power of that move?" Even Rog himself, who had used it, was somewhat startled by its power. This was also the first time he had used the move against an enemy since comprehending it during the Fog Sea Riot. As for the result, it could only be said to have exceeded his expectations.
"Judging by power alone, this move has already surpassed my Fusion Law, and..." Leaving other aspects aside, his Fusion Law was close to the level of an Asura, yet it still fell far short of the Azure Lightning he had unleashed.
"Lord Rog, your strength is truly frightening. Because of your final ultimate move, we at the Fiend Castle have decided to give you the title of Clouddark Fiend!" At the Fiend Castle, the person sent to handle the matter this time was actually the castle master himself, whose strength was unquestionably at the Seven-Star Fiend level.
If Rog had been an ordinary Seven-Star Fiend, Luolixi would never have been so respectful. At most, he would have addressed him as a friend. But Rog? A Seven-Star Fiend?
His strength was definitely beyond that of a Seven-Star Fiend. Luolixi knew very well how strong the Aurora Fiend Yiven was: he was unquestionably a peak Seven-Star Fiend. Even an Asura expert would probably need a few extra moves to kill him, and some slower ones might not even be able to catch him.
And Rog? The moment he unleashed that final Azure Lightning, Yiven had simply stood there in a daze, waiting to die! The black lightning had struck him, destroying both body and soul!
Could someone with that kind of strength be a Seven-Star Fiend? Probably not many Asura experts could do the same.
"You're too kind, Castle Master. I quite like the title." Rog had originally thought they would give him a title like "Azure Lightning Fiend," but unexpectedly, they had called him the Clouddark Fiend. The title seemed to have a nice ring to it.
Having obtained the Fiend Castle's Seven-Star Fiend medallion, Rog could count his tens of thousands of years of arduous cultivation as worthwhile.
As the Floating Shadow of the earthshaking battle above Lake Kejiaer spread, Rog's name resounded throughout the Infernal Realm. The person in charge at the Fiend Castle also helped things along, taking the opportunity to introduce the title "Clouddark Fiend."
Thus, the name of Rog the Clouddark Fiend truly spread throughout the Hell Plane. Legends of Rog circulated everywhere, from the Zijing Continent and the Blood Peak Continent to the Chaotic Sea. The title of Clouddark Fiend even reached the other Higher Planes and the Divine Planes.
The reason was simple: in his battle against the Aurora Fiend, the move Rog had unleashed at the very end had been far too terrifying! Many Seven-Star Fiend experts were convinced that Rog the Clouddark Fiend could not possibly be just a Seven-Star Fiend. He was unquestionably a peerless Asura-level expert!
This claim gained widespread acceptance. Even the major clans of the Infernal Realm warned their younger generations never to provoke the Clouddark Fiend and to befriend him instead!
As Rog's Battle Projection spread farther and wider, the talk that he was "possibly an Asura" in particular drew the attention of many true experts of the Infernal Realm to this newly risen Seven-Star Fiend.
The mountain behind the Curtis Clan's estate.
"Hmm? There seems to be something very unusual about this move. This youngster might really become a Paragon High-God." Aiken had suddenly received word from a younger member of the clan that another Asura expert might have appeared in the Infernal Realm. He had wondered who it was, only to find it was this youngster.
With his discerning eye, he could naturally tell at once that the move contained none of the profound essence of the Death Rule, only the pure Laws of Lightning. Yet the Lightning Element Asura experts he had fought probably could not have pulled off this move using the Laws of Lightning alone.
That did not mean Rog was stronger than them now; it was just that this move was indeed very special. Unfortunately, Aiken did not cultivate the Laws of Lightning. He could only vaguely sense that there was something unusual about it, but could not see the deeper reason.
Xiyun City was the prefectural capital of Xiyun Prefecture, a major city directly governed by its Prefect.
At that moment, inside the city lord's manor.
A man clad in red battle armor was watching the Floating Shadow of the battle that had made the so-called Clouddark Fiend famous. He was especially fond of red. Not only did he have long crimson hair, but even his weapons and equipment were fiery red.
In the Floating Shadow-
At first, the scenes were only somewhat interesting. Although both men were astonishingly fast, the power of their attacks was merely at the peak Seven-Star Fiend level. Even the so-called "Aurora" had only reached the threshold of an Asura.
But-
From the moment Rog "neutralized" that Aurora to the technique he later used to gather clouds and summon "heavenly lightning," the man could no longer understand what he was seeing.
"No wonder so many people say the Clouddark Fiend might be an Asura." After watching the Battle Projection, even he was somewhat shaken.
Killing the Aurora Fiend was not difficult. As long as one could keep up with his speed, any Asura expert could easily kill him. But the way Rog had done it was far too unusual. His method of "neutralizing" the attack had already been baffling enough, and the move that summoned heavenly lightning and made his opponent stand there waiting for death was even more terrifying.
"Was it Soul Control? It didn't look much like it." Moreover, the black lightning that had ultimately killed the Aurora Fiend was indeed far too strange. It had struck a peak Seven-Star Fiend into dust. Just how powerful was that?
He was fairly familiar with the Aurora Fiend Yiven's strength. Yiven was unquestionably among the strongest Seven-Star Fiends. Even for him, a fire-element Asura who excelled most at explosive attacks, reducing Yiven to dust in a single blow would be very difficult.
"It's time I met this Clouddark Fiend. His strength is worth making the trip for." Before long, the man in red battle armor set out for Golden Flame City in person.
A peerless expert this formidable was worth befriending. Moreover, Rog had only just risen to prominence and probably still did not know much about certain matters, so Flame could take the opportunity to do him a few favors.
"Lord Rog, the Prefect requests your presence." Rog had been cultivating in his hotel when he suddenly received an invitation from the lord of Golden Flame City.
"The Prefect? The Prefect of Xiyun? He wants to see me?" Rog was somewhat surprised. He was fairly familiar with what was known about this Prefect.
The reason was that this Prefect had obtained his position through the uncommon method of direct succession.
Hundreds of millions of years ago, the Prefect of Xiyun had still been Lord Aiken.
Even though Lord Aiken had not been as strong then as he was now, he had unquestionably been among the very strongest Asura experts and had naturally held the position of Prefect all along. Only when he voluntarily retired did the position become vacant. A Sovereign then personally selected Flame to succeed him directly.
Flame's deterrent power naturally could not compare with Aiken's. After taking office, he had been challenged repeatedly by other experts. Only after he displayed astonishing strength and killed another Asura-level expert did the endless challengers gradually cease to appear.
Flame Burns was a fire-element Asura expert of the Infernal Realm. Both his material attacks and Soul Attacks were terrifying, and his speed was quite good as well. Even among Asura experts, he was considered fairly strong.