Chapter 30: A Flask?
"What a terrifying guy!"
Beibei was also frightened, his heart pounding. That earlier palm strike had already made him sense danger. Beibei knew very well that if Beirut were to face that full-powered strike from the Sovereign artifact, he might be able to block it bare-handed by relying on his profound mysteries. But he, Beibei, was not Beirut! There was absolutely no way he could take it easily.
"I'm far too inferior to Grandpa in comprehending profound mysteries. I won't try to show off." Without hesitation, as that sword strike came down, within his soul ocean, that adorable God-Eating Rat immediately used a drop of Sovereign power of destruction. Beibei also had two bodies—
One was a divine clone of darkness, the other was his Saint-level true body. However, that Saint-level body remained in the form of the God-Eating Rat. Just like Beirut's three sons, he had a true body in the form of a rat. Normally, this true body naturally merged within his divine clone. Beibei also understood that if his darkness divine clone died, his true body would undoubtedly perish as well.
"Pfft!"
Beibei, his entire body radiating a black halo, was once again sent flying at extreme speed, slamming heavily into the ground. With a "bang," he plowed a deep trench across the earth. Yet there wasn't a single scratch on him.
"Thank goodness." Linley breathed a sigh of relief.
Leisijin, Lei Hong, and Linley all swiftly flew toward Beibei.
"Beibei." Linley quickly helped him up.
"Hehe, Boss, I'm fine. He didn't even manage to hurt me." Beibei chuckled, but Linley, Leisijin, and the others didn't feel relieved. Beibei had only escaped disaster by using Sovereign power. Linley couldn't help but turn his head to look at Bai'e in the distance. Bai'e stood still, not moving.
Bai'e looked at Beibei with interest.
"Using Sovereign power?" Bai'e showed no anger at all. "The God-Eating Rat is indeed a rare divine beast in the world. It's worth me consuming a drop of Sovereign power!"
"Boom!"
A faint cyan airflow burst from Bai'e's body like flames, then immediately converged back into him. Not a trace leaked out! Clearly, as a Great Perfection Highgod, he could perfectly control Sovereign power. This scene made Linley and the other three feel a chill in their hearts.
"He's using Sovereign power too!" Linley exclaimed inwardly.
"Not only is he using a Sovereign artifact, but he's also using Sovereign power!" Leisijin was so angry he wanted to curse. Bai'e's actions were simply bullying!
A faint smile even appeared on Bai'e's face as he looked at Beibei: "To make me use Sovereign power and a Sovereign artifact, even if you die, you can be proud." With that, Bai'e's figure flickered again. Although the amethyst space still covered the area, Bai'e's speed this time was so fast that Linley and the other three couldn't block him at all.
Although no Sovereign power leaked from Bai'e's body, he had already used it.
"He's using Sovereign power too. Beibei can't withstand it." Linley's heart grew anxious.
Instantly, the massive, winding azure dragon phantom appeared behind Linley. At this critical moment, Linley didn't hesitate to unleash his innate divine ability—Dragon Roar!
Bai'e's soul also heard that dragon roar.
Involuntarily, Bai'e's figure paused slightly, but then his speed returned to normal. The effect was almost negligible. Linley felt bitter: "A Great Perfection Highgod. Beibei's innate divine ability had no effect on him, and when I use this move, the impact is also negligible."
Linley had a feeling—
At this moment, attacking Bai'e was like an ant trying to shake a tree. Even if the ant was special, the tree would only have its leaves tremble slightly.
"Beibee!!!" Linley felt pained and powerless, crying out with his soul.
"Eeee—!" A piercingly sharp screech suddenly rang out, carrying a hint of madness.
"Bang!"
Space twisted like dough, then cracked with fissures, while Beibei was sent flying again, blood splattering everywhere. Seeing that vivid blood, Linley, who had still held some hope, turned pale. But he didn't despair—
Because he could still sense Beibei's presence!
"Haha, trying to kill me! Grandpa was right! Our God-Eating Rat's physical defense is number one across countless planes! Without using Sovereign power, my body is like a divine spark. When I use Sovereign power... no Highgod can kill me!" Beibei shouted wildly, somewhat crazed.
Linley was shocked to discover that Beibei's chest had indeed been cut open, blood flowing, but the wound hadn't gone deep.
"How is that possible?" Bai'e stared at Beibei in disbelief.
His full-powered sword strike still couldn't kill him?
"Hmph, my skin and muscles are about equally tough, but the hardest part of my body is my bones! My bones have condensed a large amount of divine spark essence! Haha... I was scared earlier. Back then, a Sovereign's strike heavily injured me and broke my bones. I thought that with Sovereign power and a Sovereign artifact, you could match a Sovereign's attack power." Beibei taunted.
Although Beirut had once told Beibei how powerful the God-Eating Rat's physical defense was, Beibei had always been confident. But at Nether Mountain, the Nether Fruit Tree had easily cut through him, even breaking his bones, which made Beibei start to doubt.
He thought...
A Great Perfection Highgod, using Sovereign power along with a Sovereign artifact, should be comparable to a Sovereign's casual strike. But now it seemed that although a Great Perfection Highgod's attack power was terrifyingly strong, compared to a Sovereign, it was still far off.
"Haha... Impressive, impressive!" Leisijin laughed joyfully. "Beibei, did you think that by using Sovereign power and a Sovereign artifact, he could match a Sovereign? That's way off. Highgods are far too weak before Sovereigns. Beibei, what makes a Sovereign most formidable isn't the Sovereign artifact or Sovereign power. It's the Sovereign's will! An attack imbued with the Sovereign's will is the most terrifying attack."
Linley and Beibei were both stunned. The Sovereign's will?
Will, that intangible thing, could it be that strong?
"A Sovereign can kill any Highgod except Great Perfection ones without even lifting a hand. Just a single thought is enough. That's the Sovereign's will!" Leisijin laughed loudly. "When a Highgod uses Sovereign power and a Sovereign uses Sovereign power, the difference in power is more than ten thousand times. It's all because of the Sovereign's will."
Linley suddenly understood.
He had long heard that a Sovereign could kill a Highgod with a single thought, and only a Great Perfection Highgod could resist slightly. Linley had never understood... a single thought, and a Highgod dies? Why was that?
So... there was such an intangible existence as the Sovereign's will.
"Why is the Sovereign's will so powerful?" Linley didn't understand.
But Linley didn't have time to ask Leisijin.
Because at this moment, Bai'e's expression finally turned serious. Bai'e coldly looked at Beibei: "God-Eating Rat, refining divine spark essence into your body. In terms of physical defense, among all races and divine beasts, your God-Eating Rat can indeed be ranked first. I admit, my physical attacks can't harm you. Then... listen to a tune from me!"
As soon as he spoke.
Music suddenly rang out in the minds of Linley, Leisijin, Beibei, and Lei Hong. The melody echoed endlessly in their minds. It seemed to contain a strange magical power. Linley, upon hearing it, barely resisted for a second or two before falling into the music, entering a dazed state.
But in the first moment of hearing it—
Linley's divine clone didn't hesitate to use a drop of water-type Sovereign power! Linley's earth-type Sovereign power had long been exhausted, and he only had two drops of water-type Sovereign power left. After using one, only one remained.
Among the four of them, only one person regained clarity immediately after the initial daze.
That was Leisijin!
His achievements in the soul were extremely high, while Linley, Lei Hong, and Beibei all fell into a dazed state. However, Linley and Lei Hong were lucky. Bai'e didn't intend to kill them; he only made the two fall into a daze. As for Beibei... while his soul was in a dazed state, he also suffered a strange soul attack.
Logically...
In a dazed state, one wouldn't know how to control Sovereign power to resist. Under a Great Perfection Highgod's soul attack, one would usually die.
But—
"Bai'e, that's enough." Leisijin growled softly, sending a soul impact toward Bai'e.
"How is this possible!" Bai'e also stopped his attack.
Linley, Beibei, and Lei Hong all regained clarity. Linley broke out in a cold sweat: "Even using Sovereign power, I couldn't resist. But I didn't die, so it seems he didn't launch an attack." Linley understood that with his incomplete soul defense Sovereign artifact, without his control, the other party could easily kill him.
But he didn't die, so obviously Bai'e didn't intend to kill him.
"How is this possible? You... you have a soul defense Sovereign artifact?" Bai'e looked at Beibei.
"Uh..." Beibei shook his head in confusion. "I only have one soul defense artifact."
"Impossible! A soul defense artifact absolutely can't block my Soul Annihilation Melody. Yours is definitely a soul defense Sovereign artifact!" Bai'e shook his head, unwilling to believe. At this moment, Bai'e had finally lost his earlier confidence. He stared at Beibei, "How do you have a soul defense Sovereign artifact? Are you a Sovereign's emissary?"
Beibei shook his head.
"A soul defense Sovereign artifact? Grandpa said it was a soul defense artifact." Beibei was a bit puzzled.
Linley, however, was completely relieved. Whether it was a soul defense artifact or a soul defense Sovereign artifact, it was clear... Bai'e couldn't do anything to Beibei. Although Bai'e was terrifying and could easily kill any one of Linley, Leisijin, or Lei Hong, he couldn't kill Beibei!
Beibei's physical defense and soul defense had both reached an absurdly extreme level.
"Legend has it that the Blood Peak Sovereign gave Beirut a soul defense Sovereign artifact. I didn't expect him to pass it on to you." Bai'e sneered. Everyone said Beirut had a soul defense Sovereign artifact, but Bai'e now believed that Beirut had given it to Beibei.
"Hey, what else do you want? You can't kill Beibei, so why don't you leave?" Leisijin snorted.
Bai'e took a deep breath and calmed down.
"If I can't kill him, then... I'll banish him into the spatial turbulence!" Bai'e said coldly. At the same time, Bai'e stretched out his hands, floating in midair. From his body, hundreds of faint cyan energy ribbons, each a hundred meters long, extended and coiled toward Beibei.
"Banish him into the spatial turbulence?" Linley was shocked.
"Roar—!"
Leisijin suddenly let out an angry low roar. Behind him, a massive monster phantom, a hundred meters tall, appeared. This monster had 108 spikes on its back. Linley was very familiar with it—it was the form of the amethyst beast he had seen before.
Instantly, 108 streaks of black Sovereign power, radiating purple light, burst from Leisijin's body.
Centered on Leisijin, he enveloped Linley, Beibei, and Lei Hong, forming a black circular cocoon. Purple light flickered across the surface of this black cocoon.
"Amethyst Barrier!" Bai'e frowned.
The amethyst space was just Leisijin's innate technique, not a divine ability. Divine abilities required consuming a large amount of soul power! This Amethyst Barrier was Leisijin's true innate divine ability! Once this move was used, Bai'e couldn't break through the Amethyst Barrier.
After a moment.
The Amethyst Barrier dissipated. It couldn't last long.
"Leisijin, it seems you're determined to protect this God-Eating Rat." Bai'e said coldly, "Fine, I admit, with this God-Eating Rat using Sovereign power, I can't kill him. But... once his Sovereign power dissipates, I don't believe he can dodge my sword strike. With the speed of my sword, I'm sure you won't have time to intercept it for him."
Linley frowned.
Bai'e made a good point. Although Beibei was using Sovereign power, it was constantly dissipating. Soon, it would be completely gone.
Beibei's defense was strong, but when he used Sovereign power, he was still cut open, only surviving because of his hard bones.
But if Beibei ran out of Sovereign power, and Bai'e, who could perfectly control his own Sovereign power without waste, could last a very long time. Then, when they fought again, could Beibei withstand it?
"Boss! I've been devouring for so many years, but I haven't devoured enough divine sparks. My bones aren't as hard as Grandpa's. If I don't use Sovereign power, and Bai'e uses a Sovereign artifact along with Sovereign power, my skull bones probably won't withstand that sword strike." Beibei urgently transmitted.
Linley's heart grew anxious.
Beibei's Sovereign power was constantly dissipating. And Bai'e? Not a trace leaked from his body. How could they compare?
Leisijin glared: "What, do you want to compare who has more Sovereign power with me?"
Bai'e was stunned.
Leisijin turned to Linley and Beibei with a smile: "Linley, Beibei, you've joined my hunting squad. I forgot one thing. Since you're my squad members, as the captain, I should treat everyone equally." With that, Leisijin flicked his hand, and two streaks of purple light flew toward Linley and Beibei.
Linley and Beibei immediately reached out to catch them.
Linley looked down. In his hand was a flask completely carved from amethyst. Although it was somewhat exquisite, Linley was familiar with it. Back on the Yulan continent, ordinary soldiers carried water flasks like this.
"A water flask?" Linley wondered inwardly.
Linley extended his divine sense, penetrating the amethyst barrier, and observed the inside of the flask. What he saw startled him greatly.
"Ah, Sovereign power of destruction? This... a whole flask?" Beibei's exclamation rang out.
Linley was also stunned.
He discovered that the flask was filled with liquid Sovereign power of destruction—an entire flask!
"Keep it. The young master gave me a flask too." Lei Hong spoke up.
Linley and Beibei stared blankly at Leisijin.
Leisijin waved his hand with a grin: "Just take it. Isn't it just Sovereign power of destruction? My mother has plenty of it—a whole pool. I only took a few flasks. I have tons of this stuff. Keep it. Even the Amethyst Army soldiers get paid, and since you're my squad members, consider this your salary." To Leisijin, the son of a Sovereign, this stuff naturally didn't matter.
There was an agreement among Sovereigns that only one Sovereign artifact could be granted, but there was no limit on how much Sovereign power could be given.
"A whole water flask?" Linley felt his mind go blank.
Sovereign power was measured in drops.
"A flask of Sovereign power... how many drops is that?" Linley couldn't even imagine.
Bai'e was also a bit troubled. Heavens, he was a Great Perfection Highgod, yes. But Sovereigns would at most give him some Sovereign power. They certainly wouldn't create a huge pool for their son to casually fill flasks from. "Comparing Sovereign power with a Sovereign's son?" Bai'e felt helpless.
Leisijin rubbed his nose and said: "Bai'e, anyway, my divine clone has already told my mother about this. Although she can't get here right now, she's arranged for someone to come. If it takes longer, my mother might personally come to this planar battlefield."
Sovereigns generally didn't interfere in Highgod matters.
But if their own child was in danger, a Sovereign intervening was only right.
Sovereigns also differed from each other. Ordinary humans who became Sovereigns might have many children and not care much. But the Amethyst Sovereign, like a divine beast, was extremely special. She only had this one son.
"Phew." Bai'e shook his head with a bitter smile.
"This God-Eating Rat's defense is indeed strong. It's not shameful that I can't kill him. At least I did my best. O'Carroll has nothing to say." Bai'e glanced at the four of them, then moved and directly left.
Linley and Beibei both held their flasks, watching Bai'e leave.
"Ah, he's finally gone." Leisijin let out a long sigh of relief. "A Great Perfection Highgod... I was afraid that guy would go crazy. Luckily, I scared him off." Leisijin was actually very worried. If Bai'e went mad and killed them, he wouldn't even have a chance to cry. Bai'e would at most hide in a material plane, never to return to the divine planes or higher planes.
PS: Two chapters over nine thousand words. Everyone was hoping for Tomato to have a burst of updates. But I've been busy with something these past two days. Let me tell you what it is—"Coiling Dragon" is also going to be adapted into a game! Of course, this is still under negotiation, but the day of the Coiling Dragon game is on the horizon. Gaga, Tomato is also looking forward to exploring the world of Coiling Dragon, in the Warcraft Mountains, the Dark Forest, and even the Necropolis of the Gods... Gaga! Another game!
En, that guy Shenji was very proud in the group yesterday. I didn't expect him to surpass me today. Brothers, show the power of our "Coiling Dragon" brothers! In the future, in the game, we'll explore together too. Haha! Now, first take down Shenji, then take down Sanshao. Gaga.
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