With the spread of the fragmentary shadow images,
everyone learned a piece of news.
The Fallen God Angels had wiped out Kalu City!
For a time, all the powerhouses of Black Mist Prefecture became cautious and avoided speaking of this matter whenever possible. The Four Divine Beast Family's previous hunt for Fallen God Angels had not been a secret. Almost every powerhouse with a bit of strength had heard about it.
After all, daring to hunt Fallen God Angels on a large scale in the Dark God Realm was no small matter. No ordinary force would dare do such a thing. Moreover, the Four Divine Beast Family had no intention of concealing it and had even vaguely been spreading the news.
Now that the Twelve-winged Fallen Divine Angel had acted and directly destroyed Kalu City, such a confrontational stance made the entire Shadow Continent tense. No one wanted to get caught between the two sides at a time like this.
Whether it was the Four Divine Beast Family, renowned throughout the Divine Planes, or the powerful and mysterious Fallen God Angels of the Dark God Realm, neither was something they could afford to provoke.
There was no need to say much about the Four Divine Beast Family. Their influence spread across the Divine Planes, and their reputation was at its peak. The family had countless experts and four Overgod ancestors. Among the countless planes, such a force could absolutely rank among the top three.
As for the Fallen God Angels, although they were not as widespread across the Divine Planes as the Four Divine Beast Family, even within the Dark God Realm, Fallen God Angels did not appear often. And when they did, they were mostly Fallen God Angels below ten wings.
However, to super strong people who had lived in the Dark God Realm for countless hundreds of millions of years—especially those who had experienced the era when Overgods fought over faith—the ones they least wished to provoke were not the Four Divine Beast Family, but the Fallen God Angels.
When the Overgods fought over faith, aside from the unknown battles between Overgods in the Divine Planes, more battles between God level experts took place in the Material Planes. Back then, numerous God level experts had followed the Overgods' arrangements and gone to the Material Planes.
Many Material Planes now had great numbers of Gods and were even well informed about matters in the Divine Planes. This was mainly because of the Gods who had descended there back then.
And during the War of Faith, the terror of the Fallen God Angels in battles between God level experts had been deeply branded into the souls of those super strong people.
Although the Overgods no longer cared much about faith, one could still see some clues from the religious beliefs of the Material Planes.
Among the Material Planes, the number of Dark Churches was second only to that of the Light Church. They were spread throughout nearly every Material Plane.
And the development of those Dark Churches had been centered around Fallen God Angels from the very beginning.
Now, Kalu City's destruction once again made many super strong people marvel at the power of the Fallen God Angels.
After all, destroying a city was not difficult. But in the destruction of Kalu City, three elder-level figures of the Four Divine Beast Family had fallen, including Kalu.
Over the past few years, the Four Divine Beast Family had hunted some Fallen God Angels in the Dark God Realm, but the ones they killed were merely ten-winged Fallen God Angels. The strongest had only been at the Five-Star Shadow Walker level.
Yet in the battle at Kalu City, the Four Divine Beast Family had directly lost three elders.
This was an enormous loss for the Four Divine Beast Family. One elder was equivalent to a Seven-Star Shadow Walker—a true powerhouse. Even for the Four Divine Beast Family, Seven-Star Shadow Walkers were pillars of the family.
In the Divine Planes, a Seven-Star Shadow Walker might not die even once in hundreds of millions of years!
But counting Stuke and Bert, the two elders of the Four Divine Beast Family who had previously fallen in Hell, the family had now lost five Seven-Star Shadow Walker-level powerhouses in barely a dozen years!
For the Four Divine Beast Family, this was likely the greatest loss they had suffered in countless years.
Hell, Blood Peak Continent.
You Lan Prefecture, Tianji Mountain Range, Four Divine Beast Family.
Azure Dragon Clan's main hall.
Gaisreisen and the other three patriarchs of the Four Divine Beast Family wore grave expressions.
Although the order to hunt Fallen God Angels had come from Leiding and the other three, they were Overgods after all and could not personally step forward. Even after issuing that order, they would not interfere in any of the subsequent matters.
Everything was carried out by members of the Four Divine Beast Family.
"You all know already, don't you?"
Gaisreisen looked at the others, a trace of anger in his voice. "The strongest Divine Clones of Kalu and the other two have fallen."
The family's elders generally kept Divine Clones within the family. It was precisely because of this that, even though their clansmen were scattered throughout the Divine Planes, the family could still learn of their circumstances at any time.
They could also keep track of information from throughout the Divine Planes.
In turn, this further strengthened the Four Divine Beast Family.
Gus and the other two listened to Gaisreisen's words and nodded solemnly.
"In a little over ten years, this is the fifth elder our family has lost. Five! An unimaginable number."
Gaisreisen continued, though his tone remained steady. "No matter why those five elders fell, this is the greatest loss since the founding of the Four Divine Beast Family. Even in battles against other Asura-level families, we have never suffered such losses. This is the disgrace of the Four Divine Beast Family—the disgrace of the four of us!"
The others' expressions were equally unpleasant. This truly was a disgrace.
The White Tiger Patriarch was silent for a moment before speaking directly. "According to the accounts of Kalu and the other two, six Twelve-winged Fallen Divine Angels were the ones who acted."
Although there were some fragmentary shadow images, those images had originated in the Dark God Realm. It would not take only a short time for them to reach Hell. Even though the family members had gathered the images as quickly as possible, they still had not been delivered.
Thus, they could only judge everything through verbal accounts.
"According to Kalu and the other two, they died because the leader of those Fallen God Angels possessed a Sovereign Artifact."
The Black Tortoise Patriarch, Mokorei, spoke with a grave tone as he added, "The six of them formed an Angel Battle Formation. With the Sovereign Artifact and their surprise attack, they killed the three of them in a single strike."
Sovereign Artifacts were the most powerful weapons. Any expert possessing one stood at the very pinnacle of the Divine Planes. If that Fallen God Angel possessed a Sovereign Artifact, then he was either an Overgod's emissary or a powerhouse who had ventured through the Plane Battlefield.
The Four Divine Beast Family had never valued the Plane Battlefield and had never participated in it.
After all, the rewards of the Plane Battlefield were merely Sovereign Artifacts and Sovereign's Might. Sovereign Artifacts were precious, but the difficulty of obtaining one was far too great. Even the four of them had no confidence that they could do so.
As for Sovereign's Might?
What the Four Divine Beast Family lacked least was Sovereign's Might. If not for motivating their clansmen to cultivate, they could even equip every member of the family with Sovereign's Might.
That was their foundation. This alone was enough to leave all other families far behind.
Under such circumstances, it was only natural that the Four Divine Beast Family did not care about the Plane Battlefield.
However, not caring did not mean they were unaware of the Plane Battlefield's rules.
"Sovereign Artifact, Angel Battle Formation."
The Vermilion Bird Patriarch, Tiya, furrowed her beautiful brows.
"Even so, based on Kalu's description of the scene, those six Fallen God Angels were probably stronger than ordinary Seven-star Devils."
Mokorei continued, "Because Kalu said that they had used Sovereign's Might and the Talent Divine Power of my Black Tortoise Clan. Even so, they failed to block that sword strike."
The four of them were also very familiar with Angel Battle Formations. In the Light God Realm, they had often dealt with Light God Angels. Of course, those had only been ordinary ten-winged Light God Angels.
But even ten-winged Light God Angels could sometimes join forces and use an Angel Battle Formation to easily deal with a Seven-star Devil.
Tiya naturally understood this and did not ask further about it. Instead, her tone grew serious. "That Fallen God Angel has a Sovereign Artifact. Could he be an Overgod's emissary?"
The Four Divine Beast Family had information on every Overgod's emissary in the Divine Planes, yet none of them were Fallen God Angels.
"So what if he is an Overgod's emissary? Killing three elders of the Four Divine Beast Family is still unforgivable."
The White Tiger Patriarch, Gus, snorted coldly. "Even if we kill him, the Overgod behind him would not dare do anything to us."
Gaisreisen and the others did not deny Gus's words.
After all, Overgods would not interfere in matters between God level experts. Even if an Overgod wished to interfere, he would have to consider whether he possessed the strength to do so.
The Four Divine Beast Family indeed had that confidence.
"Big brother, let's act. This has had an even greater impact than Stuke's death. If we do not kill that Fallen God Angel, how will the Four Divine Beast Family establish itself in the Dark God Realm in the future?"
The golden rings within Gus's eyes glimmered faintly.
Although Kalu had said that the other party possessed a Sovereign Artifact and was very likely an Overgod's emissary, another super family might have feared him. But the Four Divine Beast Family lacked neither Sovereign Artifacts nor Overgod's emissaries.
Tiya and Mokorei also looked toward Gaisreisen.
Within the Four Divine Beast Family, Gaisreisen's orders were the most important.
Gaisreisen swept his gaze over the other three and nodded. Then he spoke directly. "Notify all family members in the Dark God Realm to head to Dragon Soul Prefecture. Make preparations, and have Todd accompany Mister Rivev and Mister Artis to Dragon Soul Prefecture in the Dark God Realm."
Todd Leiding was Gaisreisen's son and a third-generation member of the Four Divine Beast Family. Even without a Sovereign Artifact, he ranked extremely high among Seven-star Devils.
The appearance of a third-generation disciple was enough to show how seriously the Four Divine Beast Family regarded this matter.
As for Rivev and Artis, they were emissaries of the Azure Dragon Sovereign God and the Black Tortoise Sovereign God. Their strength was not the slightest bit inferior to the four patriarchs.
"Since the Fallen God Angels want war with the Four Divine Beast Family, then we shall give them war."
Gaisreisen looked beyond the main hall, his tone instead becoming calm. "We will use the Fallen God Angels to wash away the disgrace of the Four Divine Beast Family!"
How many families had fought against the Four Divine Beast Family? When had the Four Divine Beast Family ever feared anyone?
Even if they faced the Fallen God Angels, so what?
"War!"
Gus and the other two nodded as well.
Whenever the four of them decided to go to war, the Four Divine Beast Family would battle an Asura-level family or force. Only battle could make their clansmen stronger.
The Four Divine Beast Family had never feared war.
Especially when it was for the family's honor!
Blood Peak Continent, Red Maple Prefecture.
Inside the City Lord's Mansion.
After Kakqi heard Morit relay Lota's exclusive order, he was somewhat shocked, but not overly surprised. His tone was merely grave. "It will not be easy for you and me to surround and kill Mel and the others."
He had previously witnessed the "small friction" between Lota and the Four Divine Beast Sovereign Gods. And some time ago, his Destruction God Avatar had already seen the battle between the Four Divine Beast Family and the Fallen God Angels in the Dark God Realm.
For that reason, he had even killed some members of the Four Divine Beast Family.
Now, the Dominator had ordered them to surround and kill the people of the Burning Volcano Mountain Range. The small friction between the Dominator and the Four Divine Beast Sovereign Gods seemed to be showing signs of escalating.
At the thought of that possibility, Kakqi could not help trembling inwardly and did not dare think any further.
"Mel and Spark are somewhat troublesome, but it is not as though we have no opportunity."
Morit was much calmer than Kakqi and did not pursue the reason behind it.
After all, he had followed the Dominator since shortly after the Beginning of Heaven and Earth. He had experienced countless battles, including many that had erupted because of conflicts between Overgods.
Of course, he could not influence battles between Overgods. He only needed to fight for the Dominator at the God level.
Although Spark and Mel were also Overgod's emissaries and even peak powerhouses, he did not fear them. With Kakqi joining him now, they had every chance of killing the two.
"My Light Divine Clone has already arrived on the Blood Peak Continent. At most, it will take three to five years to reach this place."
Morit continued. In order for his Light Divine Clone to reach Red Maple Prefecture as quickly as possible, he had used a Sovereign Token and taken five Teleportation Arrays before arriving at Iron Knife Gorge on the Blood Peak Continent.
However, Iron Knife Gorge was not especially close to Red Maple Prefecture. Even if he did not use a Metal Life and flew at full speed, it would still take three to five years. That was only because his Light Divine Clone was naturally skilled in speed.
"Where is your Destruction God Avatar now?"
Morit asked.
Kakqi had gone to the Dark God Realm to meet the Dominator, who would grant him a Sovereign Artifact. Once Kakqi obtained it, his strength would increase greatly.
When the two joined forces then, they would have at least a seventy percent chance of killing Spark and Mel.
"It has already reached Darkness Prefecture."
Kakqi spoke directly. "I was delayed somewhat on the way."
He had specifically investigated the Four Divine Beast Family's slaughter of Fallen God Angels along the way, which had delayed him. Otherwise, he would have reached Darkness Prefecture earlier.
The Prefecture Lord of Darkness Prefecture was Morit.
That was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that Phantom Mountain lay within Darkness Prefecture. If Kakqi wished to formally meet Lota, he could only go to Phantom Mountain in Darkness Prefecture.
"Mm. Once you receive the Dominator's reward, return to Red Maple Prefecture as soon as possible."
Morit nodded, narrowing his eyes slightly. "We should head to the Burning Volcano Mountain Range first. During this time, we cannot allow Spark and the others to kill Xena. Otherwise, once they return to the Tianji Mountain Range, killing them will become troublesome."
Though Morit was confident, he did not dare kill the emissaries of the Four Divine Beast Sovereign Gods in the Tianji Mountain Range.
"The Xue Na Family has held on for so long. It seems their strength is not bad."
Kakqi nodded as well.
Although Reynalds was at the Burning Volcano Mountain Range, they had previously believed that the Xue Na Family would not last much longer. Yet now, it seemed they had underestimated both the Xue Na Family and Reynalds.
Of course, the Xue Na Family had likely reached its limit as well.
Without outside help, no matter what Reynalds did, the destruction of the Xue Na Family would be unavoidable.
Hell, Sea of Chaos.
Wu Kun City.
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