At this moment, Lirmons was fighting alone with two divine clones against four opponents, one of whom was a Highgod. Even he felt a bit overwhelmed. These four individuals… each had a complete set of high-level defensive divine artifacts. Judging from that alone, they were most likely descendants of some major clan.
Lirmons had battled for quite some time yet saw no chance of victory.
"Hmph! You've forced my hand. I have no choice but to go all out. Though this ultimate technique of mine isn't fully mastered yet, I'm just one step away from completion. That alone should be enough to deal with you all!"
With that, divine power surged from both of Lirmons's clones.
"Exotic Elemental Fusion Profound Mysteries!" The others immediately realized what was happening—Lirmons was about to unleash Exotic Elemental Fusion Profound Mysteries.
From his words, it was clear he hadn't fully mastered it yet—but even so, it was still terrifying.
After all, dual-element fused divine power was ten times stronger than single-element divine power. And in terms of profundity strength alone, Exotic Dual-Fusion Profound Mysteries surpassed even ordinary triple-fusion ones.
That's why a dual-element Highgod mutate capable of performing a Fusion of different Mysteries and Edicts was often even stronger than an average Seven Star Fiend.
Although Lirmons hadn't fully mastered his Exotic Fusion, he had already reached the final stage. The power he now unleashed far exceeded that of a Six Star Fiend.
Both of Lirmons's clones launched their ultimate attacks simultaneously—two dark-red sword lights cleaved through the air.
Lina and the others instantly tensed. They couldn't take that head-on—even their defensive divine artifacts might not hold.
Without hesitation, Lina activated the Destruction-type Sovereign's Might given to her by Sadius.
This situation was extremely dangerous—death was a real possibility. If she didn't use the Sovereign's Might now, then when?
As the power of destruction Sovereign's Might burst forth from Lina, her strength sCliocketed.
"Other Shore Flowerfall!"
The technique was summoned once more—a terrifying soul attack erupted.
Meanwhile, Linley and Luoshen had already Dragonformed. Since Lina had used Sovereign's Might, the tide had turned. The two brothers decided not to waste their own Sovereign's Might and instead immediately fled into the distance, trying to evade Lirmons's ultimate strike.
After all, while Sovereign's Might could temporarily boost one's strength a hundredfold, even with such an increase, they still wouldn't be a match for Lirmons.
"Damn it!" Lirmons hadn't expected this at all. These people clearly weren't ordinary—they even possessed Sovereign's Might!
Especially that Death-type Highgod, who was already a top-tier Five Star Fiend. With Sovereign's Might, he now surpassed even a Seven Star Fiend in power.
Lirmons was baffled. These were obviously members of a major clan. Why were they participating in the Fiend Fortress mission, bullying him, a mere Six Star Fiend?
"If you're forcing me to die, then I'll take you down with me!" Lirmons roared hysterically.
Both divine clones unleashed wave after wave of sword light imbued with fused profound mysteries.
If he couldn't kill Lina, then the others would have to die!
Lirmons launched a frenzied assault.
"Hahaha! I did it! I finally succeeded! The profound mysteries of the Laws of Destruction and Fire have fully fused!"
Lirmons was ecstatic.
Having now fully fused two exotic profound mysteries, his power surpassed that of an average Seven Star Fiend.
In the original story, once he fully mastered his Exotic Fusion, he was able to easily kill Ariqueen—a veteran Seven Star Fiend; demonstrating the terrifying strength of this fusion.
"Reyna, take the children and run!" Lina shouted urgently.
Linley and Luoshen didn't hesitate.
"Eunice, run!" Among the five, Eunice was the weakest, still only a Lowgod.
Fortunately, she had been farther from the battlefield. Upon receiving the voice transmission, she didn't hesitate to activate her one and only drop of Sovereign's Might—her power instantly surged a hundredfold.
Reyna, Linley, and Luoshen also activated their Sovereign's Might, pushing their speed to the limit, trying to evade Lirmons's attacks.
"You won't escape!" Lirmons bellowed in rage. "I'll kill you all!"
He had already deduced that these people were likely members of the Four Divine Beast Clans—probably direct descendants. After all, even a mere Lowgod among them possessed Sovereign's Might. Their identities were clearly extraordinary.
But so what? If he hadn't broken through at the last moment, he would've died at their hands.
He didn't care who they were. As long as they weren't children of Sovereigns, he would kill them all. Clearly, the Four Divine Beast Clans no longer had a Sovereign backing them.
Worst case, he could flee to another plane.
One of Lirmons's clones was engaged with Lina, locked in a fierce battle. The other immediately gave chase to Linley and the others.
"Aunt Reyna, big brother, go! I'll hold him off!" Linley had already activated his Sovereign's Might. With power boosted a hundredfold, he charged at Lirmons.
"Overestimating yourself! Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish!" Lirmons launched a direct strike at Linley.
"No! Linley, run!" Lina cried out in desperation. She hadn't expected her son to try facing the enemy alone.
She knew Lirmons's power—Linley was definitely no match for him.
"That's your son, isn't it? Then I'll let you watch as your son dies beneath my blade!"
Lina's heart pounded. She attacked Lirmons madly, but he blocked her every move. She was completely tied down—unable to help.
Linley's plan was simple: if sacrificing a divine clone could ensure everyone else's escape, so be it.
But he underestimated Lirmons.
As Lirmons's attack landed, the dark-red sword light tore through Linley's physical defensive divine artifact. The soul attack within the sword light simultaneously shattered Linley's soul-protecting divine artifact.
Although weakened after breaking both artifacts, the sword light still pierced into Linley's body.
The physical energy tore through his flesh, and the soul energy surged into the depths of Linley's consciousness.
Before he could split off a clone, Linley lost consciousness and plummeted toward the ground.
"Linley!!" Lina saw this and was overwhelmed with anxiety. Her aura suddenly exploded.
Originally at the peak of Five Star Fiend level, Lina now broke through to Six Star Fiend. Empowered by Sovereign's Might, her combat power instantly surpassed Lirmons.
"You deserve to die!"
Lina once more unleashed her strongest technique—Other Shore Flowerfall—a terrifying soul attack struck Lirmons.
Even though Lirmons was now stronger than an ordinary Seven Star Fiend, he was no longer Lina's match.
With a single strike, Lina's soul attack pierced through Lirmons's body, destroying his soul—his Destruction-type divine clone perished on the spot.
His Fire-type divine clone was shocked—he hadn't expected Lina to break through on the spot. Now, he was completely outmatched and had to flee!
Linley's life or death was uncertain. There was no way Lina would let Lirmons escape.
Without sparing a glance at the corpse of Lirmons's Destruction clone, she turned her sights on his fleeing Fire clone and unleashed another ultimate attack.
Lirmons tried to escape, but he was slower than Lina, and the terrain of the castle hindered his movements.
Very soon, Lina's attack landed.
Lirmons's Fire clone's soul was extinguished—his body fell lifeless to the ground.
He was dead.