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Loviatar was in no mood to reply. She directly held her nine-tailed whip and swung it at Shelley. Not only did her hands not stop, but Loviatar also unfolded her own domain to enhance herself.
“Evil Domain.”
“Retribution Domain.”
“Torture Domain.”
“Strength Domain.”
“…”
Several divine power domains were unfolded, and Shelley was completely enveloped in them.
The number of domains represented the depth of a god’s foundation. The deeper the accumulation, the more and stronger the domains. The number of divine portfolios represented the abilities that had been mastered, and the number of domains represented the direction of outward expansion.
A domain ability would successfully transform into a divine portfolio after enough effort. This was also why every god hoped to be able to dabble in more domains.
The intermediate divine power, the Goddess of Pain, was definitely the strongest enemy Shelley had ever met. He could not be careless in the slightest. The fact that she could obtain the strength domain could explain many problems.
Although it was very surprising, the Goddess of Pain was not a spell-casting god, but a close-combat battle god.
Clang.
After a short exchange of blows, the two of them quickly separated. There was some surprise on both of their faces.
Shelley was surprised to experience a pain that had been enhanced countless times. He raised an eyebrow and said with a smile, “Hiss, it hurts a little.”
[Pain], [Damage], [Suffering]… all of Loviatar’s divine portfolios were related to causing damage to the other party, and could greatly enhance the other party’s perception of pain.
Even the recoil force of the vibration when their weapons clashed would make Shelley feel as if he were holding an iron rod full of thorns. Although there were no wounds on his palm, Shelley felt as if he were holding a red-hot branding iron, which was burning his palm with a sizzling sound.
And Loviatar was completely shocked. She was surprised to find that Shelley could actually resist her, and it did not seem so difficult.
“His strength has at least reached the peak of a weak divine power.”
“Whose avatar is it?”
She had originally thought that Shelley was just a legendary with some strength, at most a weak divine power. She had wanted to teach this ignorant guy a painful lesson… but she had not expected that he actually had the strength to fight her.
“You really surprise me…”
“What is your name?”
Loviatar put away her arrogance. She knew that the person before her had not killed Malar with some small tricks, but very likely with his own strong strength.
“I don’t believe that with your strength, you have no reputation in the mortal realm.”
“State your name. You are worthy of my seriousness.”
[You’re being taken seriously.]
[I told you you should have just ambushed her.]
“Don’t say that. This kind of thing is actually irrelevant.”
Shelley shook his head, and then he plunged the legendary greatsword in his hand into the ground before him and took out a plain-looking longsword.
!!!!
“Pale Justice!”
“How can it be in your hands?”
Loviatar’s expression was no longer calm. She also no longer waited for Shelley to state his name and directly attacked first.
A paladin who could fight her with a legendary weapon, if he used this artifact again, it would definitely be the nightmare of an evil god. This was definitely an enemy worthy of going all out, and there was no room for any carelessness.
Each of the whips of the nine-tailed whip in her hand was like it had a life of its own, attacking Shelley from all sorts of tricky angles.
“If there’s no chance, otherwise I’ll definitely let you see my whip skills.”
“Hah, you’re not playing by the rules.”
Shelley’s expression did not change in the slightest. He quickly blocked the attack of the nine-tailed whip with the divine sword in his hand. He did not take the opportunity to advance but instead retreated.
Because he had helplessly discovered… that his own swordsmanship skills were actually being crushed by Loviatar’s whip skills.
“This is so awkward. Although I probably guessed it… but this is too exaggerated.”
Even while moving at high speed, twisting and turning, Loviatar could still strike precisely at Shelley’s vital points, forcing him back.
As an evil god, she was absolutely unwilling to let Pale Justice touch her body. And this could be achieved with just skill.
All along, when he had dealt with enemies, he had either relied on his own attribute advantage to fight… or he had encountered a spell-casting god, and then he had directly fought in close combat…
Even the God of the Hunt, Malar, whom he had met before, had been directly ambushed by Shelley and had had his head cut off with one slash of Pale Justice. It had not let Shelley experience how terrifying the combat skills of a god who was truly proficient in close combat were.
He finally experienced the kind of pain his previous enemies had felt.
What kind of monsters were the legendary beings who could defeat a god in terms of skill in the past?
“Although you’re not playing by the rules, I still have to answer your question.”
While dodging Loviatar’s tricky attacks, Shelley said, “I am Shelley Fente Meili…”
Loviatar was controlling the nine-tailed whip with one hand, and at the same time, she was drawing a summoning circle in the void with the other.
Multitasking, this might be a very difficult thing for a mortal. But for a god who had a long time to train their skills, this was just the most basic skill.
After hearing Shelley’s words, she said with some emotion, “Godslayer, Shelley.”
“I didn’t expect it to be you.”
After a god had fallen to the Prime Material Plane, they would also learn about the legendary heroes among the mortals at this time. But to their surprise… the most dazzling legendary now was not a new god.
It was actually a young man in his twenties, and also a notorious godslayer.
Shelley’s other titles had no value to be mentioned in their eyes. Only the godslayer could make them raise their guard.
“My lady, to attack me while I’m answering your question… is not very good, is it?”
“Hmph.”
Loviatar was too lazy to answer this question and finished the last stroke of the summoning circle.
“Summon Otherworldly Divine Messenger.”
Although the divine kingdom could not be entered, with the god’s main body, Loviatar had still successfully summoned several legendary-tier otherworldly divine messengers.
The moment they appeared, they held their weapons and charged at Shelley.
In a god-slaying battle, any deviation could lead to death. And the existence of several legendary beings had at once pulled the evenly matched situation to a point where it was extremely dangerous for Shelley.
But at this time, Shelley’s expression did not have the slightest worry, but instead, it revealed a bit of strangeness.
“I see… then I have no psychological burden.”
His strange tone made Loviatar a little confused. She didn’t know why Shelley could laugh at this time.
“Since you’ve already made a move, then it’s my turn.”
The legendary greatsword that Shelley had previously plunged into the ground suddenly erupted with a strong divine power fluctuation.
“What? This is a teleportation beacon?”
A powerful divine power suddenly appeared, and then one after another, teleportation auras appeared.
Elena, Nadia, Lilith, Catherine, Morgan, Erica… their figures appeared around Loviatar, looking at the Goddess of Pain, who was surrounded in the center, with a serious expression.
Shelley smiled brilliantly, and then he shrugged and said, “After all, I didn’t plan to play by the rules with you either.”
