Chapter XII

The Demon Lizard King roared in a low voice, clearly feeling the tide of spiritual power crashing into its spiritual defense line all the time. As a creature with no less intelligence than humans, it knows very well that once the defense line is broken, the fate that awaits it will be to become a puppet of others forever, which makes it feel sincerely afraid. Enduring the great pain coming from the sea of souls, the king of the demon lizard desperately mobilized all the power at his disposal, on the one hand, to strengthen the original embankment, and on the other hand, launched a fierce counterattack against the spiritual forces that attacked him.

Theoretically, everyone has an incomparable advantage in their own soul home, where they can be replenished with a steady stream of power, and even a weak goblin can confront the invading demons in their own soul.

But that's just theoretical. In fact, the souls of most creatures have not been trained in any way, and when faced with intruders, their resistance is more instinctive than a real battle with purpose and skill, and this resistance is of no use in the face of people whose mental strength is far higher than that of the defenders and who have enough skill, as is the case with the Lizard King. When it launched a counterattack against its opponent with a huge amount of spiritual power, it was surprised to find that its attack was completely missed - at the same time as its power arrived, the power from Hector suddenly disintegrated into countless tiny silk threads, scattered in space, and when it stopped attacking, it found that a certain point of its defense line had been broken through at some point.

The battle that unfolded in the sea of souls of the Lizard King did not last long, and after a few seconds, the core of consciousness of the Lizard King, who had completely destroyed its defenses, was exposed naked in front of the other party, and the next moment, it was imprisoned by an invisible cage, and Hector took over the body of the big lizard.

Hector didn't take advantage of this opportunity to turn the Lizard King into his slave - he could do so at the moment if he wanted to, according to the ubiquitous rules of the universe, once the two parties made a contract, he could punish or even kill the other party at will, but he would never be able to absorb the Lizard King's life force again, which is why he had so many powerful subordinates but could only wait for Hano to send sacrifices for him.

A few minutes later, the Lizard King entered the valley where Hector was located. Looking at the big lizard that was coming towards him step by step, an indescribable joy rose to Heckt's heart - for a hundred years, he had to endure the weakness and uneasiness caused by the decline of his strength because of this hateful fellow, and he even thought at one time that he might never be able to get the sacrifice and turn to stone when the time limit came, and now, it was all over, and he would destroy this opponent who had almost ruined him forever, and get the most needed energy from it...

Hector was already a little impatient, and he brutally ordered his men guarding between the temple and the Lizard King to leave immediately, and then controlled his puppet to speed up. Two hundred meters, one hundred meters, the distance between the two is getting shorter and shorter, as soon as the Demon Lizard King enters him for ten meters, he can start the ritual and draw life energy from the other party, he will return to the state of his heyday, he will enjoy his previous life again for thousands of years, he will no longer have to fear any opponent...

A deep uneasiness appeared in Hect's mind without warning, interrupting his reverie, and looking at the approaching Lizard King, Hector did not hesitate to give the order to stop, but it was too late.

Dozens of rays of light that shone brighter than the sun radiated from the Demon Lizard King's body at the same time, splitting the body of the large lizard into pieces of various sizes, and these rays quickly merged together, covering an area of two hundred square meters, including the god statue, in the blink of an eye. In an instant, energy rushed towards the idol from all directions like a flood of bursting banks, and the powerful pressure mercilessly crushed everything it encountered in its path.

Hector screamed silently and angrily inside the statue, the concussions of his soul made his servants miserable, and waves of invisible fluctuations spread outward rapidly around the statue, colliding violently with the incoming energy a moment later.

There were no explosions, no fires, not even the slightest sound, and in the first period of contact between the two extremely destructive energies, the entire valley fell into unprecedented silence, except that all the matter in between the two was reduced to nothingness in an instant, and the valley where the temple was located did not change anything. However, the next moment, as the aftermath of the agitated energy was scattered in all directions, the earth-shattering loud sound made the entire Hornflast Mountains tremble, and a violent hurricane swept through the valley, and any object that came its way was torn to shreds in the first place.

The battle lasted less than a minute, and when all was calm, the valley where the temple was located had expanded by at least a fifth, and all objects in the valley, including his strong men, had been reduced to the tiniest particles by the storm of energy, except for the stone statue where Hector was located.

A crackling sound broke the silence of the valley, and in this sound similar to the breaking of firewood, cracks appeared on the statue of Vance, and in a very short time it suddenly suffered a huge energy output, this ancient stone statue that had gone through countless storms and had long been almost decayed, and was only able to be maintained by Hector himself was overwhelmed, and in some places, small stones seemed to disintegrate and slide from the tall statue, and fell to the ground, making a sound like raindrops hitting the ground.

Obviously, in this contest, Hector was at a disadvantage, because of the suddenness of the incident, he was completely unable to use all his strength, and in the face of the surprise attack, his resistance only mitigated his own damage, but did not allow himself to survive this terrible attack.

But that wasn't the only hurt he suffered. At the same time that the body of the Demon Lizard King became torn apart under the effect of magic, the spiritual power that Hector injected into its soul and firmly suppressed the core of the opponent's consciousness suddenly suffered an unprecedented violent impact, and the consciousness core that was originally trapped in the center suddenly expanded rapidly, easily breaking through the cage that surrounded him, and the next moment, the core of consciousness that had regained contact with the soul directed the almost endless power in the soul ocean to launch a fierce attack on the invaders.

If the soul of the Demon Lizard King just now was just a reckless man with brute strength but didn't know how to use it, then at this moment, the soul that seemed to be reborn was a warrior who was proficient in martial arts and infinitely powerful, and in front of it, Hectert's spiritual power had no room to fight back, but it was wiped out by the wind and clouds in an instant.

These spiritual forces that invaded the soul of the Lizard King were not isolated existences, in fact, they had a close connection with Hector's body, and it was through this connection that Hector was able to manipulate those creatures controlled by himself, but at this moment, it was also because of this connection that while those spiritual forces were collapsing, Hector's body was also affected, and the violent shock almost made his soul completely dissipate.

For thousands of years, Hector had never encountered such a crisis as today: the impact of energy and the destruction of the divided spiritual power had caused him great damage, but at the same time, the idol he was in could collapse at any time, and in order to prevent himself from disappearing due to the loss of support, he had to use several times more strength than usual to maintain the stability of the idol, and this behavior made his injuries more and more serious.

However, before he could do anything about it, an even greater danger ensued: a soul took advantage of his busy patching up the idol to easily break through his defenses outside, enter the interior of the idol, and find his hiding place in the first place.

It was a chaotic world, the whole space was shrouded in gray, there was no sound, no light, no other color, and in this gray world, the only source of light came from a light cluster floating in the depths of it, he was the creator of this place, and he was the master of this place.

Rhaegar looked around at the space created by his own soul fragment, and it was undeniable that the lost fragment had great power, and the time he had created, although it seemed rudimentary, was far more practical than the existence he had built for himself. Here, he can maximize his strength while minimizing the strength of his opponents, and if he is not injured, it will be ten times more difficult for him to recover his soul fragments in this world alone.

- Of course, the current situation is a different story.

Rhaegar had already planned everything when he left the valley where the temple was located by the Thornbee, and the plan he told his companions was nothing more than a pretext to appease them. Under the pretext of manipulating the Lizard King, the Spirit walked in front of the team, and with the help of magic, he rushed to a hidden mountain recess of his choice in a very short time, where he first cast his most powerful magic on the dead lizard, and then, after protecting his own body, he entered the Lizard King's body, and then manipulated the Lizard King to break into Hect's scanning range.

Like his own being, Hector has a high sensitivity to the soul - in fact, as a being in a soul state, he observes other creatures more from the soul than from the appearance - But he is not familiar with the soul of the Lizard King, let alone the attainments of the soul of the body, the soul form of the Lizard King simulated by Rhaegar easily concealed his perception, and even when his spiritual power invaded the soul of the other party, and Rhaegar disguised himself as being controlled, he still did not recognize the true identity of the opponent. It was this negligence that led him to the current situation.

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