Chapter 312

The bottom layer of the eleventh law ring.

There exists a huge and sturdy soul cage.

In one corner of the cage, a bald middle-aged man emanating dark gold light from his whole body was crouching—the captured Judgment Lord, Godfrey.

Oooom~~~

Suddenly, the bottom of the cage began to surge, gradually squeezing out a 'bubble'.

The bubble was elongated ellipsoidal, its upper part independent while its lower part connected to the tenth law ring.

Or more accurately, the bubble's essence is a distorted tenth law ring.

Inside the 'bubble' there were three clear silhouettes.

One was Sid, another was Grelwen, and the last was the primary assassination target of this operation, Luosen.

Luosen leaned back in a recliner, his eyes gazing at Godfrey in the cage with a hint of a smile, and he spoke using a soul whisper inside the demon prison.

"Godfrey, you have utterly failed this time."

Godfrey lifted his head to look at the mortal scene, his gaze sweeping over the nearly mad Sid, and a fierce anger surged in his heart once again.

"Luosen, even now, are you still humiliating me?"

Luosen laughed loudly: "I'm humiliating you—what can you do about it?"

Ah~~~~

Godfrey flew into a rage, leapt up, and violently charged at the 'bubble' where Luosen was.

His strength remained formidable, but the demon prison was extraordinarily sturdy, and this 'distorted' tenth law ring was far stronger than other sections of the law ring; no matter how he rammed, the prison only trembled slightly, while the law ring stood utterly unmoved.

Within one minute, Godfrey had rammed it over a hundred times consecutively.

He was exhausted again and had to stop to rest.

Luosen looked on with a half-smile, then said: "Now, tell me everything about your tonight's raid plan."

"Don't even think about it!"

"My patience is very limited."

As he spoke, the runes on the inner wall of the demon prison began to glow faintly.

At first Godfrey felt nothing unusual, but soon he felt the inner wall of the runes heating up, burning him so much he could not stand.

Luosen showed a faint smile: "This spell of mine has several names."

"It's called the demon prison, and it can also be called the soul oven."

"If you don't speak, I'll roast you bit by bit with soul fire until you're fully cooked, haha~~"

Luosen's voice carried a hint of teasing, which to Godfrey's ears produced an astonishing sense of terror.

"You demon!"

He cursed loudly, at the same time leaping away from the prison's inner wall.

But as he fled, the prison began to shrink, not quickly but firmly, inching closer to Godfrey bit by bit.

Finally, Godfrey had nowhere to escape and was tightly wrapped by the scalding prison.

Hiss~~~

His body was continually being destroyed by the prison, the intense pain causing the Judgment Lord to involuntarily scream.

Luosen smiled thinly and threatened: "If you still won't speak, I have other methods."

"Speak! I'll speak!"

Godfrey broke down.

Whoosh~~

The demon prison instantly expanded, and its temperature immediately dropped.

Godfrey's appearance became extremely disheveled; the spiritual substance composing his body was being violently destroyed, revealing horrifying wounds, and he looked at Luosen with fearful eyes.

"There are 36 Holy Light Crusaders participating in the battle, led by the Crescent Moon Warrior Adali. He has a level 10 soul, very powerful."

Luosen already knew this; his void vision let him see Adali and his subordinates clearly.

"Then what?"

"Shar is the supreme commander of tonight's assassination; she will join the fight when needed."

Luosen laughed: "Mmm~~ Lady Shar of the Moon, I hear she's a proud great beauty, making my heart flutter a bit."

Godfrey's heart twitched upon hearing it, and then a very secret thrill arose unbidden: 'If such a proud person as Shar were captured by this mortal emperor and then tortured bit by bit, that scene would surely be very entertaining.'

He couldn't help thinking that, for among the Four Gods of Light, he was the weakest, lowest in status, often looked down upon and even bullied by the other three.

Even humans have tempers, let alone gods—

Over time, Godfrey's heart naturally accumulated many negative emotions, and since they could not be vented for long, they brewed into a secret grudge.

Thus, stimulated by this strange emotion, he immediately echoed: "Yes, yes, Shar is indeed a great beauty—not only proud, but also fiercely competitive, and she treasures her crusaders dearly; Your Majesty might perhaps use this to deal with her."

While saying that with his mouth, his heart hardened cruelly: 'Hmph, hopefully you both end up mutually heavily wounded.'

No sooner had the thought formed than Luosen said: "You hope that I and Shar both suffer heavy wounds so you can regain your freedom?"

Godfrey's heart jumped, and he hastily denied: "No~ I absolutely don't have that thought!"

After a simple remark, Luosen continued: "The raid operation surely isn't just these people; keep telling me other news."

Toward Luosen this mortal emperor, Godfrey had already been very wary; now, having witnessed his many methods, his wariness turned to fear, so he confessed honestly.

"He also mobilized an elite sky guard of about three thousand, led by a general named Martin Lisbon."

"Right, this general also has an ally in the Sky Council named Verelis."

"He is a legendary mage approaching Legendary 4. It is said he is one of the two strongest mages in the Sky Council."

"Without relying on magical artifacts, just having a soul approaching Legendary 4 is already quite formidable."

"Because Naya, that extraordinarily talented former guardian archmage, currently has a base soul strength only of Legendary 3.2, while Luosen's true body has only been optimized to a soul strength approaching Legendary 7."

And the elite Sky Guard of three thousand, with excellent weapons and thorough training, is indeed a very formidable force.

Relying solely on Luosen and his nineteen disciples to deal with it is truly very troublesome.

But now, on our side we have Chiliarch Amonke's thousand-strong regiment, so this army is not a big problem.

Luosen continued asking: "Any other news?"

Gao Fu Lei shook his head very straightforwardly: "No more, just these. I personally think this force is enough to launch a terrifying surprise attack."

But a faint hidden soul fluctuation betrayed him; Luosen stared at Gao Fu Lei with both eyes, his gaze carrying a hint of a mysterious smile.

Gao Fu Lei also humbly joined in the laugh.

Laughing and laughing, Luosen's tone suddenly turned harsh.

You're lying!

I haven't! Gao Fu Lei's soul trembled, and he denied loudly out of guilt.

Luosen focused his mind, and the runes on the inner wall of the demon prison began to glow and heat up again: "Looks like you want to continue tasting the feeling of being baked."

Gao Fu Lei gritted his teeth and persisted; although he harbored resentment toward other gods of light, they jointly served the Supreme God Gao Mi Lei Er.

The fear of the Supreme God penetrated deep into Gao Fu Lei's soul, far deeper than bodily fear.

Luosen immediately understood, smiling: "You surely still hide a secret in your heart, but you dare not betray your true master, right?"

I don't have any true master!

Lying again!

At this moment, Luosen had already knocked Xi De and Ge Li Wen unconscious with a 'hit', and he began to focus on interrogating Gao Fu Lei.

Your true master is the world-destroyer Gao Mi Lei Er, right?

Gao Fu Lei's body shuddered violently, looking at Luosen with incredulous eyes: "Where did you get this news from?"

I guessed it, and from your reaction I see I guessed right.

Swish~~ Luosen drew the Natural Scepter, extending his hand; the Natural Scepter directly pierced the Eleven Law Rings, entered the interior of the demon prison, and tapped Gao Fu Lei's forehead.

Being able to freely traverse elements, law rings, and void is a characteristic of all divine artifacts.

The Natural Scepter is a disguised branch of the Tree of Life, so it can naturally enter the void directly and also directly attack Gao Fu Lei's soul.

Obviously, Gao Fu Lei also knows divine artifacts; he exclaimed outright: "Divine artifact?!"

Luosen grinned: "Knowing about divine artifacts is good."

Since you know, you should know the immense power of divine artifacts, and also that I can easily torment your soul, letting you taste the most terrible pain in the world.

My patience is also very limited; I will count from ten down to one. After I finish counting ten, if you still haven't spoken, I will let you taste the utmost bitter flavor!

1096

Gao Fu Lei exclaimed in shock: "How did you miss two numbers?"

The rules are mine; I can count however I want.

53

I'll say!

Gao Fu Lei's mental defenses collapsed: "There is also a hidden elite force in the darkness, the holy warriors of the Night Sovereign Ala Man Ni, also called Night Knights, a full ten of them."

We chose to launch the surprise attack at midnight partly for secrecy, and also because at midnight these Night Knights possess their greatest combat strength.

Pausing, he said: "The Night Sovereign is an 18th-level great being; his holy warriors have been granted a very terrifying domain power called 'Midnight Descent'."

Ten Night Knights form a squad, almost an invincible force in the mortal realm, and they can even match A Tu Men head-on.

Luosen immediately knew this information was true, and what made him slightly startled was that Laifu's Void Vision had not detected the presence of this batch of dark knights.

This is certainly not because they aren't there, but because the enemy used a previously unseen method to hide in the night, successfully evading Laifu's Void Vision.

The reason for evading is probably not because Laifu failed to detect.

But because Laifu detected it yet did not recognize it, or because the enemy disguised themselves as background fluctuations, causing Laifu to filter them out as useless information.

At this juncture, there's also no time to train Laifu's investigative ability.

The only thing we can do is to list this Night Knight corps as an unexpected factor, reserving sufficient strength in later battles to cope with their sneak attacks.

This news is good; I am very pleased, so I will reward you.

Reward?

Gao Fu Lei blinked in surprise.

Luosen focused his mind, activating the Branch of the Tree of Life, letting his power enter Gao Fu Lei's soul, then began to carefully examine the deep structure of Gao Fu Lei's soul.

Has the Supreme God Gao Mi Lei Er left something in your soul, right?

Yes, that's right; he has imprinted a mark on the souls of all the light gods, and we lack the ability to reject him.

Luosen then said: "Let me look; perhaps I can remove this mark for you."

Don't!

Gao Fu Lei shouted: "Don't do this~please."

No one in this world can dispel the soul imprint of Gao Mi Lei Er.

I don't believe it.

Your Majesty, you must believe it!

Gao Mi Lei Er claims to be the Supreme God, but he is actually a demigod!

In the void there are seven great beings, so there are seven demigods. And we so-called powerful gods are merely a group deceiving mortals, false gods.

You don't even know the true meaning of the title 'God', but I do.

I also know that the power of a true god is incomparably great; once a true god descends, we false gods, even demigods, are nothing more than dim stars beside the sun, utterly insignificant.

Luosen listened in surprise: "It sounds like you have seen a true god?"

Yes, I have seen one.

"So what is the name of this great True God?"

"Antuo Wanji, the Nightmare Tyrant, Soul‑Devouring Sovereign, and also the master behind Gao Miler."

"I haven't seen him in full, but I have witnessed the power he manifested."

"That is truly a great power; with a snap of the fingers, it can turn us false gods into ash!"

This was Luosen's second time hearing the name Antuo Wanji; the first time was from the projection entity Lily's mouth.

There is caution, but there is no fear to speak of.

Because, in Gao Fulei's words, the so‑called True God, in his understanding, is merely a group of strong ones who wield high‑energy sorcery.

And he is gradually mastering a similar high‑energy sorcery himself.

Thus, disregarding Gao Fulei's opposition, he gathered the power of the life‑tree branches and entered his soul directly.

Then, he activated Laifu's eighty‑percent computational power and began scanning his soul for special structures.

Laifu's eighty‑percent computing power is immensely massive; although Gao Fulei's soul is vast, the portion that truly involves consciousness is only a small part, not much larger than that of a mortal.

After searching for about half an hour, Luosen indeed discovered a strange soul structure.

"Strength level 19 followed by eight 9s; the high‑energy limit of twelve 9s is only a tiny bit away—this must be the imprint Gao Miler left in Gao Fulei's mind."

"The imprint is indeed very complex; I'm afraid I can't unravel it for a while. However, I can isolate that portion of the soul region."

"Thus, it neither alerts Gao Miler nor cuts off Gao Miler's control over Gao Fulei."

He acted immediately.

After finishing, he kept going, carving his own imprint again into Gao Fulei's soul.

The process was, of course, extremely painful.

Gao Fulei screamed repeatedly, his soul nearly collapsing.

Fortunately, Luosen has thoroughly studied the soul structure of void‑life beings and operated while staying within Gao Fulei's tolerance limit.

Half an hour later, the new soul imprint was completed.

Because life is dynamic, any imprint cannot remain effective forever.

But Luosen etched this imprint very deeply, ensuring at least a hundred years of binding effect.

After the imprint was finished, Luosen opened the demon cage and ordered, "Hide in the void, continue the previous vanguard mission, and be my inside agent."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Gao Fulei became extremely docile.

Luosen then bestowed upon him a massive wave of faith power, replenishing the energy he had previously expended, and promised, "I am a person who rewards and punishes clearly; you serve me, do it well, and I will never short‑change you."

"Very well, Your Majesty."

These words comforted Gao Fulei greatly.

He slowly slipped back into the void.

Luosen watched him depart, then immediately began adjusting his own forces, making specific arrangements against the unexpected power of the Night Knight.

A mortal force comparable to a mighty god is indeed formidable; if caught by its preemptive strike, it would truly be dangerous.

But without the preemptive advantage, for Luosen, who has the "Eternal Heart" as support, it's merely a group of super soldiers.

At this moment, it was the eleventh hour of night.

The Light God Clan's raid operation is also about to be completed.

It will be launched immediately.

Luosen's gaze pierced the soul mist, looking toward the void about 50 kilometers away.

There floated a massive luminous sphere emitting silver light, the Level‑12 Mighty God—Moon Lord Sha Er.

Squinting, he thought to himself, "Lady, the cage has been prepared for you; hurry and come."

(End of Chapter)