CHAPTER 1255 THE FIRST BATTLE

After weighing the options, the Rule Soul Avatar chose to retreat.

"Let's go back to the cave,"

he instructed Jenifer, who had obviously lost her judgment.

By then, she had returned to her senses. Tears welled in her eyes as she thought about what had

happened. She was utterly freaked out this time.

"Okay," she replied with a sob.

As the Rule Soul Avatar turned, she took Donovan's hand and marched forward.

It didn't take them long to reach the cave. Once they entered, Jenifer took a deep breath of relief.

Almost as soon as she calmed down, fury surged with her.

"What's wrong with the old man? He should go to hell!" she cursed through gritted teeth.

Almost immediately, a black shadow flashed, and the guard in the black robe appeared beside her.

Jenifer was stupefied again.

"I'm sorry, sir. I didn't mean it. I..." she hurried to explain, but the guard raised his hand and gestured

her to stop.

"We wanted you to leave a long time ago, but the rules prevented us from forcing you," he explained.

His justification only confused her more.

A few moments ago, this guard had threatened to kill Darren if he dared to escape. But now, it was also

he who expressed that he had wanted Darren to leave. It was inexplicable.

Even the Rule Soul Avatar's expression reflected the confusion coursing through him.

Seeing their puzzled expressions, the guard continued, "From the day you arrived, the child's identity

as the son of a supreme god has aroused the suspicion of most people. It is not safe for him to stay

here any longer.

We need you to take him away. But we cannot permit you to leave in broad daylight. Do you

understand what I mean?"

The Rule Soul Avatar's eyes widened with understanding.

The guard had forced them to return to conceal the boy's identity and to trick the public. He must have

arranged another passage for the three of them to leave.

"What's your plan?" the Rule Soul Avatar questioned.

"Come with me," instructed the guard. Then with a tearing action, his hands made a space hole in the

cave. He cast a backward glance before stepping into the space hole first.

The Rule Soul Avatar followed him unhesitatingly. Jenifer paused. After a moment's contemplation, her

grip on Donovan's hand tightened, and then she too stepped forward.

A long time passed and in a deserted mountain, the space suddenly fluctuated.

A crack appeared in the space and a few figures emerged from the crack.

"Have we reached? What is this place?"

Jenifer exclaimed as she swept her gaze around this unfamiliar scene.

"We're one thousand and five hundred kilometers away, but you still need to be careful. Avoid being

detected by others," the guard cautioned. The Rule Soul Avatar nodded slightly.

"Go. Stay safe, and keep him alive." Several emotions flashed in his eyes as the guard glanced at

Donovan.

The Rule Soul Avatar turned and began to walk forward. Now that they had their instructions, there was

no need to stay. Jenifer smiled at the little boy before gently tugging on his hand as an encouragement

to follow the Rule Soul Avatar.

They marched for days through this barren land. Remains of wild grass that had withered ages ago

clung to the grey earth. They emitted an eerie rustling sound as the cold wind swept through them.

"Darren, do you feel it? Something wrong,"

Jenifer whispered as she halted. Even the Rule Soul Avatar narrowed his eyes and released his

spiritual sense to probe their surroundings.

"Waah... Waah..."

The bleak, frigid winds carried a bitter whimper, hearing which, Jenifer became very uneasy.

"Ha-ha, ha-ha... How dare you despicable humans trespass in my territory? Sacrifice your souls!"

The power in the voice was so intense that the earth began to tremble.

The ground in front of them split open, and a huge skeleton claw stretched out from the crack. In the

blink of an eye, the entire arm followed by the entire body rose from the ground.

The shadow of this gigantic body was so colossal that it enveloped Jenifer, Donovan, and the Rule

Soul Avatar.

The creature was as tall as a mountain and made entirely of bones.

"Oh, my God! It's a fiend god!"

Jenifer shouted as panic gripped her, draining all the color from her face.

"Good guess. I have been buried here for thirty thousand years, and it has been a while since I tasted

the fresh blood of humans and devoured human souls. How I miss the good old days!"

Like the booming of thunder, a hoarse voice was released as the huge skeleton opened and closed its

mouth.

Streams of black aura could be seen swirling between his ribs, and an overwhelming fiendish aura

spread in all directions.

The fiend god was even more powerful and terrible than any fiend emperor.

Even his strength rivaled that of masters at the middle-level of the Celestial God Realm.

Jenifer instinctively stepped forward and pushed Donovan behind her. "Darren, take Donovan and flee.

I can hold him back for a while," she whispered courageously, even though she trembled all over.

The Rule Soul Avatar, however, did not respond. He observed the fiend god from head to toes with his

silvery eyes.

The huge skeleton turned into countless law silk threads in his eyes, and even the slightest strand

couldn't escape his detection.

"Fake,"

the Rule Soul Avatar murmured. owns this.

Without further hesitation, the Rule Soul Avatar turned into a beam of light and shot toward the huge

skeleton.

Immediately, several phantoms surrounded the fiend god.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Each of the phantoms moved their hands, making different complex gestures.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Tens of thousands of attacking laws descended from the sky and fell on the fiend god.

These included thunders, storms, golden lights, furious fire, and so on.

Meanwhile, Jenifer was simultaneously delighted and nervous. 'I never expected him to use so many

skills at the same time!' she exclaimed.

And she was right to feel awe. It was so challenging to activate tens of thousands of laws in unison that

even the Immortal Lord couldn't do it.

However, the Rule Soul Avatar was capable of much more. At present, his capabilities were limited,

and he could only unleash a limited number of laws. He could call upon millions of laws after he

mastered the law forces completely.

"Damn it!"

The fiend god roared and tried to counterattack with his huge claws.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He launched tens of thousands of attacks concurrently, but his blows collided with the phantoms. What

confused the fiend god more was that the phantoms disappeared when hit but reappeared in less than

three seconds. He couldn't seem to shatter them!

"Destroy!"

The Rule Soul Avatar's cold voice resounded through the space.

With a loud bang, a dead grey aura was born out of thin air.

"I'm going to reduce you to ashes!" the fiend god howled.

He pressed his palms together, and immediately a legendary battle hammer that weighed one million

pounds, materialized in his hands.

Wielding the hammer, the fiend god rushed toward the grey cloud. Layer after layer of fiend god's

power gushed forth like storms across a rough sea.

"What?"

The Rule Soul Avatar hurriedly retreated.

The fiend god's strength had increased manifold after he summoned his weapon, almost as if he had

received some kind of boost.

Had the Rule Soul Avatar moved a little slower, he would probably have been hit by it.

Bang!

The power of the fiend god and the Destructive Force collided in the air, and the shockwave cracked

the earth and shook the void.

Waves of destructive storms swept through the space and spread for a radius of hundreds of

kilometers.

Jenifer grabbed Donovan and used her body to shield him as she took several steps back.

When they reached a relatively safe distance, Jenifer thrust the boy toward the Rule Soul Avatar and

said, "Since he's not that strong in actuality, leave him to me!"

Since she was at the low-level of the Celestial God Realm, her strength was much higher than that of

the Rule Soul Avatar, theoretically.

As the Rule Soul Avatar was able to fight the fiend god, Jenifer deduced that she could kill him.

"No, don't."

The Rule Soul Avatar stopped her.

"Don't be silly. We need to finish him as soon as possible. We will be doomed if the battle catches the

attention of other powerful creatures and brings them here!" Jenifer rationalized.

"I need to break through," the Rule Soul Avatar explained.

It had been a while since he had confronted a creature with whom he was well-matched. Since this

opportunity would not come again in the near future, the Rule Soul Avatar needed to grab it and

enhance his power of laws.