MTLNOVEL Chapter 102: Mutual Clarity
Seeing that the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods had already killed the Water Sovereign, Roy glanced at Augusta, the Light Sovereign, whom he had trapped within the "Kingdom in the Palm," and his expression turned grim.
"Kingdom in the Palm—Galactic Starburst!"
As Roy shouted, the stars within this small universe he had created began to crack. One by one, the stars rotated and bombarded Augusta.
"Boom!"
"Boom boom boom boom boom boom..."
With each star explosion, besides the powerful attack, the destructive force released from the annihilation of the stars also struck Augusta.
Destructive force was a powerful energy Roy had accidentally discovered while cultivating his Kingdom in the Palm.
When a small plane was created, before its destruction, it would gather all the power within itself to resist its fate, coalescing into a terrifying destructive force, attempting to annihilate whatever was destroying it.
This was the "World Instinct" that every plane possessed.
Originally, Roy had planned to use this "destructive force" when he reached Paragon to deal with other Paragon experts or those wearing the three Lord God Artifacts.
However, he never had the chance to use it, even after his soul power broke through ten thousand times and formed a Soul Golden Core.
After becoming a Lord God, Roy's "Kingdom in the Palm" advanced further, transforming into the "Palm Universe." Naturally, the destructive energy from destroying a universe was far more potent than that from a "Kingdom in the Palm."
Augusta wielded the Lord God Artifact longsword in his hand, unleashing waves of golden sword energy that blasted the approaching stars.
But how many stars were there in this small universe? Tens of thousands? Hundreds of thousands?
Could he destroy one, ten, a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand?
"Boom boom boom..."
One by one, the stars impacted Augusta's body and exploded, leaving him in a sorry state.
As more and more stars within the small universe shattered, the universe seemed to enter a state of annihilation, on the verge of collapse. The escaping destructive force further amplified the damage these stars inflicted on Augusta.
"Crack, crack..."
"Puff..."
Finally, under the onslaught of these countless stars, the Lord God Artifacts defending Augusta began to crack. Through the broken defenses, the impact of the stars, the power of their explosions, and the destructive energy born from the universe's annihilation furiously ravaged Augusta's divine body.
"Damn it!"
Augusta roared in fury. Roy's move was increasingly potent, with the destructive force of the universe's annihilation growing stronger as time went on. Once this universe was completely destroyed, he would be heavily injured, if not killed.
And outside, the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods were waiting!
Just as Augusta was about to unleash his full power, Destiny Sovereign Off let out a sigh and intervened.
Augusta, the Light Sovereign, was a clone separated from all of Destiny Sovereign Off's negative emotions, which Off had abandoned.
Off understood best what choices would be made when facing the threat of death.
Therefore, upon seeing Augusta's expression, he knew Augusta could no longer hold back.
Destiny Sovereign Off moved with incredible speed. By the time Augusta was preparing to act, Off had already appeared beside Roy and grabbed his hand.
"Lord God Roy, my Lord Godhead was given to me by Augusta, the Light Sovereign. It's equivalent to me owing him an immense favor."
"May I ask for a favor from Lord God Roy and request that you spare Augusta, the Light Sovereign, this once?"
After seeing Destiny Sovereign Off intervene, Death Sovereign also shifted his stance slightly. Upon hearing Destiny Sovereign Off's words, he ceased any further action.
Meanwhile, Life Sovereign Vivian and Destruction Sovereign Utred both frowned at Destiny Sovereign Off's intervention.
As the most powerful Law Sovereigns, they held themselves to a certain standard and generally did not act against other Lord Gods.
For example, Destruction Sovereign Utred had shown no reaction when Nimo Lord God chased Blood Peak Lord God Pash all the way to the Sea of Chaos.
It was only when Blood Peak Lord God Pash joined Utred's ranks and requested his protection, and Nimo still attacked Blood Peak Lord God Pash, that Utred gave Nimo a small lesson.
Otherwise, with Destruction Sovereign Utred's strength, he could have instantly killed Nimo Lord God.
However, Destiny Sovereign Off had only stopped Roy from continuing his attack, not attacking Roy himself, which eased the expressions of the other two.
Furthermore, Destiny Sovereign Off's explanation caused them to cease their protests.
Everyone had witnessed the battle between the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods and the former Destiny Sovereign Collet.
It was Augusta, the Light Sovereign, who, at the risk of offending the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods, snatched the Destiny High Lord Godhead from them, which then led to the existence of Destiny Sovereign Off.
In that sense, Off indeed owed Augusta an immense favor.
"Release our Fifth Brother!"
The formation of the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods, which had been directed at Augusta within the Palm Universe, now turned towards Off.
The phantom images of the Four Divine Beasts appeared behind them. If Off did not release Roy's hand, they would unleash their strongest attack upon Off.
"Four brothers, please wait a moment."
Seeing this, Roy quickly stopped the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods.
While the innate divine abilities of the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods were indeed powerful, they were currently equivalent to Mid-level Lord Gods with only six portions of Willpower.
Their combined innate divine abilities could amplify attacks by a thousand times, capable of killing any Law Sovereign with less than nine portions of Willpower.
However, the four Law Sovereigns, even though they had not yet completed the Supreme God's task and obtained Supreme Treasures, possessed at least 10.2 portions of Willpower, with Off reaching as high as 11.
This means that the fusion innate divine abilities of the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods were not very effective against the four Law Sovereigns.
Roy didn't want to rescue his four older brothers from Augusta, the Light Sovereign, and the Water Sovereign, only for them to be killed for attacking Destiny Sovereign Off afterward.
"Sovereign, how many times can your favor save Augusta, the Light Sovereign?"
Roy stopped the destructive attack his small universe launched at Augusta and asked Destiny Sovereign Off.
He couldn't guarantee that Off would still be willing to talk if he continued.
However, it wouldn't be easy for Off to save Augusta just like that.
At the very least, Roy had to ensure that Augusta and Off would no longer have any special connection openly.
Off remained silent for a moment, glanced at Augusta, and said, "Augusta helped me become a Sovereign. This favor can let me save him three times."
"Saving him from you counts as one."
"From the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods, that also counts as one."
"Thus, he has one chance left."
"That won't do."
Roy shook his head.
If, as Destiny Sovereign Off said, Augusta had one more chance to seek his help openly, wouldn't that mean Augusta would use that opportunity to ambush him or the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods?
They had successfully broken free this time. Would they have such a good opportunity next time?
Therefore, Roy looked at Off and said earnestly, "Sovereign, the Lord Godhead you used to become a Sovereign was taken by Augusta, the Light Sovereign, from the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods."
"If the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods hadn't killed the previous Destiny Sovereign Collet, could Augusta, the Light Sovereign, have killed Collet? No!"
"So, according to your logic, you also owe a favor to the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods who killed the previous Destiny Sovereign Collet."
"We can let Augusta, the Light Sovereign, go this time."
"However, we will use the favor you owe the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods to settle the last life-saving opportunity for Augusta. From then on, you will owe us no favors, and the agreement of three life-saving opportunities with Augusta will also be considered fulfilled."
"How about it?"
Off looked at Roy and the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods, then at Augusta, and finally nodded.
"Alright, I agree."
"Then Sovereign, I will release Augusta, the Light Sovereign, now."
With Off's agreement, Roy naturally wouldn't keep Augusta trapped in his small universe any longer. He was about to release Augusta, the Light Sovereign, from his small universe.
"No need!"
Off shook his head and directly extended his hand.
"Snap!"
"Crack, crack..."
The planar barrier of the small universe Roy had created offered no resistance to Off. It shattered like glass upon his touch.
"Rumble..."
Off's hand penetrated the small universe, and the space within seemed unable to withstand the descent of Off's palm, beginning to break apart.
Planets exploded one after another.
In the dim deep space, the exploding planets became the last light in the universe, like fireworks in the darkness.
A giant hand pierced through the endless cosmic starry sky, grabbed Augusta, the Light Sovereign, by the shoulder, and directly pulled him out of the starry sky.
Roy's small universe, created by him, shattered and was subsequently annihilated by the endless spatial turbulence.
Seeing this, Roy lowered his eyes.
He did it on purpose!
Is Off trying to intimidate me and the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods by demonstrating his strength?
However, Roy had to admit that Off had succeeded.
With a single palm strike, he had shattered the technique that trapped Augusta. The gap between the Four Rule Sovereigns and the Seven Law Sovereigns was immense!
"Augusta, you heard what we just discussed, didn't you?"
Augusta, who had emerged from the small universe, glared resentfully at Roy. If it weren't for this guy, he would have succeeded.
"Yes, I heard."
"Don't worry, Destiny Sovereign, we are even now!"
After saying this coldly, Augusta flew directly from the spatial turbulence towards the Light God Plane.
Augusta truly resented Off in his heart.
It was he who wanted to capture the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods for research.
It was also he who knew that the Water Sovereign had a Wind Element Divine Clone, prompting him to contact the Water Sovereign.
The action ultimately failed, resulting in the death of the Water Sovereign. He lost his overt protector, and Off didn't need to expend any other favors.
He did all the dirty work himself, while appearing righteous and great.
If it weren't for the fact that it was also himself, Augusta would have wanted to destroy Off as well.
After Augusta left, the Lord Gods did not depart.
Roy, the newly promoted Lord God, had displayed truly shocking combat power before.
When he was at Paragon, Roy was already famous for using a single move to open up a small plane to seal his opponent's techniques. Most of these Lord Gods knew this.
However, they hadn't paid much attention at the time.
Even when the Earth God Clone of the Lightning Sovereign was sealed and imprisoned in the material plane by Roy, the other Lord Gods merely scoffed.
The Lightning Sovereign was quite foolish. Roy was a true Paragonist, and the intensity of his Willpower and Law fusion was incomparable to a Lord God Clone.
Did he really think that by virtue of being the Lightning Sovereign, he could make a Paragonist hand over a Lord Godhead that resonated with him?
But now, seeing the change in Roy's techniques after becoming a Lord God, they knew that Roy seemed to be on his way to becoming the second Lord God who was not a Sovereign, yet surpassed one.
Indeed, subsequently, the four Rule Sovereigns nominated Star Sovereign Roy for promotion to Sovereign-level status, and no Lord God stepped forward to oppose it.
With two Sovereign-level Lord Gods falling in just a few trillion years, the surviving Lord Gods began to harbor their own ambitions.
The unrest in the material plane and the successive fall of Lord Gods made these Lord Gods feel the terror of an impending storm.
Currently, although there were twelve Sovereigns (counting the Four Divine Beasts as one, and Roy as another), the strongest were still the four Rule Sovereigns.
Only by joining the ranks of these four Rule Sovereigns could they obtain their protection.
Otherwise, if the Water Sovereign died today, who knew if they themselves would die tomorrow?
...
"Huh? Where's the Water Lord Godhead?"
After all the Lord Gods had left, Roy and the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods remembered that they still had a most important spoil of war to collect.
However, Roy and the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods searched the area where they had fought and where the Water Sovereign had died for a long time, but they couldn't find it.
"Could it have been taken by another Lord God?"
"Impossible."
As soon as Nimo Lord God asked, Leiding Lord God shook his head and denied it.
"With our current prestige, besides the four Rule Sovereigns, who else would dare to snatch our things in front of us?"
"If not for Destiny Sovereign Off saving Augusta, the Light Sovereign, he would have become the third Lord God to die by our hands."
"Yeah, I really didn't sense any Lord God coming this way either."
Roy also nodded.
He had forgotten to collect the Lord Godhead when confronting Off, but Roy, who was naturally vigilant, would not forget about potential dangers around him.
Even after the Lord God gathering ended and his status was equated to that of a Sovereign, Roy hadn't detected any Lord God coming to this area.
"Could it have been Destiny Sovereign Off?"
Leiding asked.
At that time, besides them, Off was the closest to the Lord Godhead.
"That... doesn't seem very likely either."
Roy carefully recalled.
At that time, Off held his hand, and Roy didn't see Off make any move to collect the Lord Godhead.
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