"It's Lin Lei!" Ai Qi and several other mid-stage gods watching from afar were all shocked. They never expected that the hidden powerhouse was actually Lin Lei!
"It's actually him!" Wilburn stared at Lin Lei in his dragon form in the distance.
Never mind Ai Qi and the others' shock in the distance — Ganmengting was also enraged by Lin Lei's words. He glanced at Lin Lei and said through gritted teeth with an angry laugh, "Oh, Lin Lei, what's this? You don't care about my commander at all? What big talk!"
The Blade Island's second leader, Daiman, saw things going badly and immediately retreated. "These two are about to fight — I can't afford to get caught in the crossfire."
"It's not big talk." Lin Lei looked at Ganmengting. "Ganmengting, I absolutely will not let you take Oliveria away. Although I'd rather not fight you, if you really insist on taking him by force, then I'll have no choice but to act."
"Hmph!"
Ganmengting was seething with anger inside. He had already said quite a lot and given Lin Lei plenty of face.
"Ha ha ha..." Ganmengting laughed from sheer fury. "In that case, then I'll just—" As he spoke, Ganmengting abruptly raised his serpentine green longsword. Wind System divine power surged into it, and the entire divine sword began to vibrate, emitting a crisp tinkling sound like wind chimes.
The sword's hum echoed within a hundred-meter radius.
From beneath Lin Lei's feet, streams of Earth System divine power flowed out, merging directly into the sea below. With the "black stone" in his mind as the core, 108 streams of Earth System divine power surged and shifted wildly. The space within a three-hundred-meter radius began to tremble as countless Earth elements gathered.
Caught by this tremendous gravitational force, Ganmengting's body plummeted downward in surprise.
At the same time, massive quantities of Earth elements and Earth System divine power converged. In the blink of an eye, a colossal Black Stone Prison materialized on the water's surface. Everyone — Ganmengting, Lin Lei, and the others — was trapped inside, except for Daiman, who had retreated to a safe distance.
The fusion of the three Grand Aspects of the Laws of Earth, centered around the "black stone," gave birth to Lin Lei's most powerful technique — the Black Stone Prison!
"Its range is even larger than last time." Daiman drew in a sharp breath. "It seems Lin Lei really was hiding his strength last time." How could he know that during this period, Lin Lei had just broken through the final bottleneck, achieving perfect fusion of all three Grand Aspects?
Inside the Black Stone Prison, everything was dark and gloomy. Only the pitch-black walls emitted a faint earthy yellow glow. As high-stage gods, they could still see clearly even in complete darkness.
"What terrifying gravity!" Ganmengting's expression changed drastically. He immediately gritted his teeth and pushed his divine power to its limits. In terms of flight speed, Ganmengting, who cultivated the Laws of Wind, was highly skilled. The better one could fly, the stronger the gravitational force one could resist.
"Hmph!" Ganmengting's body finally managed to leave the ground, hovering in midair.
"Not bad. Inside my Black Stone Prison, you can actually still barely fly." A voice of approval rang out, and a figure swooped into Ganmengting's field of vision — it was Lin Lei in his dragon form. Lin Lei had already anticipated that Ganmengting could somewhat resist the gravitational force.
This Ganmengting excelled in flight and possessed strength on par with a six-star or seven-star demon, so achieving this did not exceed Lin Lei's expectations.
Ganmengting immediately dropped again.
"To have cultivated the Laws of Earth to this level — truly admirable," Ganmengting said with a smile. But even as he spoke, his right hand suddenly swung his serpentine green longsword, aimed right at the Black Stone Prison floor beneath his feet!
Lin Lei's expression changed. He kicked off the ground and shot toward Ganmengting, a heavy black jade sword appearing in his hand.
"Shkk!" A spatial rift appeared as the floor of the Black Stone Prison was cleaved open.
Ganmengting immediately dropped his body and escaped through the gaping hole beneath him.
"I didn't expect him to escape." With a thought from Lin Lei, the massive Black Stone Prison dissolved completely.
"Whoosh, whoosh~~~" The waves of the Starry Mist Sea rolled and surged.
Ganmengting hovered in the distance, facing off against Lin Lei.
"The Black Stone Prison still needs improvement." After what had just happened, Lin Lei knew the flaws of the Black Stone Prison. The prison spanned three hundred meters and contained numerous passages, chambers, and walls. Even if Ganmengting cut through one wall, there would be another behind it.
But Ganmengting had simply cut through the floor beneath his feet.
The Black Stone Prison's height was limited to just a single layer. By cutting through the floor, Ganmengting could escape.
"In the future, the Black Stone Prison must not only cover a wider area but also extend nine layers high. Trap him on the fifth layer — even if he cuts through the floor, he'll only drop into the fourth!" Lin Lei resolved silently.
Oliveria, Bei Bei, Dilia, Beici, Daiman, and the crowd watching from afar all held their breath watching the scene unfold. No one knew whether Ganmengting was stronger or if Lin Lei would prevail.
"Quite the tough opponent!" Ganmengting narrowed his eyes slightly.
Then, with a whoosh, over a thousand copies of "Ganmengting" suddenly appeared within a kilometer radius. Each one wore a grin: "Ha ha, Lin Lei — with this many clones, can you still find my true self?" With that, the thousand-plus "Ganmengtings" surged forward with a howl.
Lin Lei didn't move an inch.
But his Earth System divine power spread outward, covering a three-hundred-meter radius, naturally encompassing Dilia, Bei Bei, Oliveria, and the others nearby. The gravitational force was no different from the Black Stone Prison — only this time, there were no prison walls.
Gravity Space!
The thousand-plus "Ganmengtings" — the moment some of them flew into the Gravity Space, they immediately plummeted, unable to resist the powerful gravitational force.
"Ganmengting, just give it up. There's no way you're taking Oliveria away!" Lin Lei declared loudly. "Inside my Gravity Space, your clones can't resist the gravitational force at all. Only your true body can barely hold on."
Sure enough —
All the clones plunged into the sea below, leaving only Ganmengting's true body barely hovering in the air.
"Lin Lei, I've never seen a Gravity Space with gravitational force as strong as yours." As Ganmengting spoke, he suddenly darted backward, flying out of Lin Lei's Gravity Space range. Lin Lei didn't bother to stop him — he simply watched.
In fact, Lin Lei hoped that Ganmengting would leave.
"Whoosh!" Ganmengting shot skyward, flying into the thin mist above the ocean. Immediately, bolts of lightning lashed down toward him.
"Hm?" Lin Lei frowned. "Why fly into the mist?"
Bei Bei also looked up, craning his neck. "Is something wrong with Ganmengting's head? Does he want the lightning to strike him?" In the Starry Mist Sea, the higher one flew into the mist, the more powerful the lightning strikes became. Ganmengting was flying to about the limit of what he could endure.