Chapter 160: Against the Greed Devil
The death laws, pulling at living souls like a devouring abyss, make the Greed Devil’s body tremble momentarily before he regains control. Any lingering doubt in his mind that Aldrian was responsible for triggering the heavenly tribulation vanishes, now he is certain that this young man is the real deal.
The same chilling sensation he felt when he saw the swirling black energy reaching the sky before the tribulation returns, though this golden-black energy feels more refined and oppressive. He doesn’t know exactly what kind of golden or black energy this is, but he knows it signals danger.
Keeping one hand hidden behind his back, he crushes a teleportation talisman to escape. While he is confident he could fight, or even kill, Aldrian, he knows that spreading word to the other devils of this singularity—someone capable of disrupting their plans across the continent—is more crucial right now. If Aldrian already wields power capable of killing an emperor-stage opponent while only at the peak of the Earl stage, reaching the peak Marquess or Duke stage would make him nearly invincible across the continent.
His lord had warned him and the other Seven Deadly Sins of an approaching prophesied event, cautioning that an unknown factor would likely emerge. Now, he realizes he’s encountered such a factor, a young man with power beyond comprehension, whose origin and name remain mysterious. With abilities like these, he should have already been known continent-wide, yet he seems to have appeared out of nowhere.
Upon crushing the talisman, he disappeared instantly but reappeared only two kilometers from Aldrian, sensing him approaching at a leisurely pace. He was shocked, as the talisman should have teleported him as far as 5,000 kilometers away.
"Wha—" He finally realizes the problem: a thin spatial barrier, invisible from a distance, is blocking his teleportation. Though the barrier appears thin, it holds complex spatial laws that prevent spatial techniques from working inside or outside of it. In short, he’s trapped.
He’d underestimated Aldrian and his methods, not noticing that a barrier had surrounded them all along.
"Why are you running? Aren’t you confident in killing me?" Aldrian’s voice cuts through his shock, already coming from behind him. When he turns, he sees Aldrian standing just 100 meters away and sighs.
"You are truly incredible. How is someone like you not famous already? Where did you come from?"