Faced with Aliquin's killing strike, Liemons naturally chose to flee for his life!
"Hah, you think you can still run?" Hundreds of phantom images spread across the area, and Aliquin's booming laughter seemed to ring out from every single one of them. Without warning, a whip shadow the size of a giant python lashed toward Liemons, who with a ferocious expression thrust out his sword—
The same move, Star Point—Detonate!
The crimson whip shadow and the sky-rending sword strike collided.
"BOOM!"
Aliquin's right hand shuddered, and his body involuntarily stumbled back, while Liemons himself was sent flying. He once again struggled to halt in midair, his face deathly pale, and he growled, "Aliquin, don't go too far!" Liemons had realized.
In terms of speed, he was no match for Aliquin. There was no escaping him.
Aliquin's face was grim as he sneered, "I didn't expect you'd still have enough Soul Power to pull off that move. But the most that move can do is wound me—when it comes to the profound mysteries of laws, you're far behind me. Let me see how many more moves you've got!"
Clearly, Aliquin had no intention of sparing him.
Aliquin's belly was currently full of rage, and he was just looking for an outlet—why would he let Liemons go?
Moreover, Aliquin could tell that Liemons's future achievements would be immeasurable. Killing a genius of that caliber was something Aliquin was only too happy to do.
"You want me dead?"
Liemons took a deep breath, then held his sword and stood in midair, saying coldly, "If you want to kill me, I'll make you pay the price!"
"Pay the price?" Aliquin let out a sneer. He'd heard that line countless times before. Many people he'd killed had told him the same thing on their deaths—yet in the end, they were all dead while Aliquin remained alive and well.
Liemons appeared utterly calm, his aura completely withdrawn, as he watched Aliquin with cold eyes.
Then suddenly—
Liemons's eyes blazed with light, and then he actually closed his eyes.
"Hm?" Aliquin couldn't help but be startled.
Not only was he startled—even Lin Lei and the others watching from below were shocked. At the most critical moment of the battle, Liemons had closed his eyes!
"You're trying to scare me even in the face of death!" Aliquin sneered inwardly and once again cracked his black whip. Though he was dismissive, Aliquin this time still unleashed his strongest attack. The black whip instantly turned crimson and transformed into a crimson nine-headed serpent!
Every serpent head bore black venomous fangs.
"Hiss hiss~~"
The crimson nine-headed serpent tore through the sky, lunging toward the motionless, eye-closed Liemons.
Then—
"BOOM!" The space in front of Liemons shattered open, revealing a horrifying black "hole" several meters wide. At the same time, a dark-red streak of sword light shot through from within the black hole, piercing straight through the crimson nine-headed serpent's body. The serpent then instantly exploded!
In an instant, the dark-red sword light reached Aliquin.
Aliquin, whose expression had changed drastically, had no time to dodge. He could only instinctively slap out with his crimson, fan-sized right hand.
"Slash!"
The dark-red sword light sank into his palm and merged into his body.
"Ugh~~ AAAH~~~" Aliquin's entire body trembled, and a red glow emanated from every inch of him.
"BOOM!" Aliquin's entire body exploded. Two highgod divine sparks and a space ring plummeted from the sky.
Lin Lei and his two companions, along with the golden kitten, all stared in stunned silence. Just moments ago, Aliquin had clearly had the upper hand—Liemons had even been trying to flee. But who could have predicted that Liemons would suddenly turn defeat into victory?
"Did... did Liemons win?"
Lin Lei was greatly startled. "And that dark-red sword light just now—it didn't just radiate the aura of Destruction divine power, but also the aura of Fire divine power. That's obvious." Lin Lei was perplexed. When Aliquin had attacked with his sword moves earlier, Lin Lei and the others had only sensed the aura of Destruction—there had been no trace of Fire divine power.
The Fire divine power had been virtually undetectable.
But then why had it suddenly appeared?
"Haha..." Liemons laughed aloud in midair. "I've finally created this move! Haha, I've finally fused two profound mysteries—one from the Path of Destruction and one from the Laws of Fire! Just as I suspected—when divine power merges and the profound mysteries of laws fuse, the power is at its greatest. I've finally done it!" Liemons was extremely excited.
Hearing Liemons's excited voice from the sky, Lin Lei understood.
"He said he fused two profound mysteries from different elemental laws?" Lin Lei was shocked.
Up to this point in his cultivation, Lin Lei had only known that the six profound mysteries of the Earth Laws could fuse with one another. He had never heard that profound mysteries from different elemental laws could be combined.
Yet according to Liemons, it seemed that profound mysteries from different elemental laws—for example, one from the Earth Laws and one from the Laws of Wind—could indeed be fused together.
"How... how is that possible?" Lin Lei couldn't understand.
Not only was Lin Lei shocked—Bei Bei, Dilia, and the golden kitten were all equally astonished.
Liemons glanced down at Lin Lei and the others, and, understanding their confusion, he smiled and said, "Don't bother thinking about it. The fusion of profound mysteries across different elemental laws is only suitable for those of us with soul mutations. Your divine powers can't merge, so you'd never be able to unleash an attack like this."
Lin Lei began to understand.
Divine power and the profound mysteries of laws correspond to each other.
For instance, the profound mysteries of the Earth Laws are most powerful when executed with Earth divine power. If you try using Wind divine power instead, it's certainly possible, but far less effective.
And when divine power itself is fused—as in Liemons's case, where Destruction divine power and Fire divine power merge—if the profound mystery from the Path of Destruction can then fuse with a profound mystery from the Laws of Fire, everything aligns. Once deployed, the power becomes absolutely terrifying.
The fusion of divine power had already multiplied his strength. The fusion of profound mysteries layered on top of that, with perfect correspondence—no wonder Liemons had been able to kill Aliquin!
"Phew." Liemons's face was pale, but his eyes held a gleam of joy.
In truth, after the prolonged battle just now, his soul power had been nearly drained. But his dramatic leap in strength—he had truly entered the realm of a Seven-Star Demon—delighted Liemons greatly. "When I get back, I'll take on a Seven-Star mission right away. And then... I'll challenge a Shura!"
"That Aliquin was trying to kill me just moments ago. And now..."
Liemons shook his head with a sigh. Life was truly unpredictable. If Aliquin hadn't pushed him to the brink just now, forcing that moment of life-and-death clarity, how could he have broken through?
"That Aliquin's space ring probably holds a good amount of wealth." Liemons flew downward directly. Though he wasn't greedy, the spoils from someone he had killed were rightfully his, and Liemons wouldn't refuse them.
Just then—
Bizarrely, the entire volcanic mountain range suddenly vanished—and the space ring belonging to Aliquin, which had been lying on one of the volcanic rocks, also disappeared without a trace.
"You want Aliquin's belongings too?" A deep voice sounded.
The volcanic range was gone, but a person had appeared in its place!
"Who are you?" Liemons turned to look at the newcomer and was startled. The man stood a full three meters tall, clad in fire-red armor, with long crimson hair flowing freely. His features were chiseled and sharp—he was clearly a massive, powerful man.
The crimson-haired giant stared at Liemons and spoke in a booming voice: "Come to think of it, I should thank you!"
"Thank me?" Liemons could sense that this person before him was extraordinarily powerful.
The crimson-haired giant smiled: "Yes, thank you—for killing my master!"
At that moment, Lin Lei and his companions, hovering in midair, were stunned. "Killed his master... could he be—?" Lin Lei looked around and, sure enough, the golden kitten was nowhere to be seen. "He's Pusluo! That golden cat!"
"He's Pusluo?" Bei Bei's eyes went wide.
"He's Pusluo? That little cat? How is that possible?" Dilia was equally incredulous. Who could ever connect a cute little kitten with a towering giant?
Even Lin Lei was shocked. Such an adorable little cat had transformed into this massive, muscular giant, with a voice that boomed like thunder.
"To thank you for killing my master, why don't you die too?" Pusluo said with a hearty laugh.
Liemons's expression changed. He immediately flipped his hand, producing a soul gold pearl, and swallowed it in one gulp. This soul gold pearl would release a vast amount of soul essence, nourishing and strengthening the soul while also restoring soul power.