"Xena, since that was the case, I would fight for you once more."
A cold glint flashed through Reynalds's eyes as he spoke directly.
"Hahaha. Fight for me once more. Hahaha."
Hearing Reynalds's words, Xena suddenly burst into laughter. Pointing at Reynalds, tears even welled up in her eyes. It was impossible to tell whether she was happy, mocking him, or perhaps both.
After a moment, Xena's laughter finally subsided somewhat. "Reynalds, how many billions of years has it been? Stop trying to placate me with the lies you used to tell me. If you truly care about me, then once I'm killed, just destroy my Heart Bone. Don't let it fall into the hands of the Four Divine Beast Family."
As she spoke, Xena looked at Reynalds and added, "I know you have the ability to do that."
Hearing Xena's words, even Reynalds, whose heart had remained unmoved for countless years, could not help but feel somewhat distressed.
"Patriarch, someone has come to see you."
At that moment, a voice sounded from outside the main hall.
The members of the Xue Na Family all addressed Xena as Ancestor. Only the clansmen Reynalds had brought with him would call Reynalds Patriarch.
"Hm?"
Reynalds frowned.
"Go on. It might be someone from the Four Divine Beast Family."
Xena snorted coldly.
Previously, people from the Four Divine Beast Family had come to visit Reynalds. Spark in particular had come many times.
"Xena, don't worry. No matter who it is, I won't leave the Burning Volcano Mountain Range."
Reynalds assured her.
Though he was somewhat dissatisfied with Spark, Spark had still respected the friendship between them and came to meet him from time to time.
Although Spark would try to persuade him to leave the Burning Volcano Mountain Range, he would also bring news of the Four Divine Beast Family's plans.
That was precisely why he knew the Four Divine Beast Family's specific intentions.
Before long, Reynalds arrived at a side hall.
However, before he even reached the side hall, Reynalds's Spiritual Sense had already detected the other party. It was not Spark, but an unfamiliar High God standing with his hands behind his back.
Reynalds was somewhat puzzled. The Four Divine Beast Family had surrounded the Xue Na Family's residence. Anyone wishing to enter or leave this place needed the Four Divine Beast Family's permission.
This was the first time the Four Divine Beast Family had allowed someone else inside.
What was the Four Divine Beast Family planning now?
Reynalds was not the only one who discovered Kakqi, who had altered his aura and appearance. Kakqi likewise noticed Reynalds.
Kakqi had known about this one of Hell's few top experts even before coming to Hell.
As soon as Reynalds entered, Kakqi turned around. Ignoring the scrutiny in Reynalds's gaze, he used God's Domain to envelop the surroundings and sent a voice transmission with a light laugh. "Reynalds."
"Who are you?"
Reynalds looked at Kakqi, his brow slightly furrowed. He had no memory of the soul aura of the person before him.
Feeling the God's Domain around them, Reynalds did not become overly tense. With a slight movement of divine power, he neutralized the effects of Kakqi's God's Domain.
The strength of God's Domain was unaffected by Profound Mysteries and depended solely on the rank of one's Divine Spark.
In other words, the effects of God's Domain cast by High Gods were identical.
Whether it was a High God who had refined a Divine Spark or a Peak Asura High God, the effect of a single Divine Clone's God's Domain was the same.
However, the effects of God's Domain could stack.
If two Middle God clones cast God's Domain together, they could greatly weaken a High God's God's Domain.
Likewise, if two High Gods cast God's Domain at the same time, they could impose a certain degree of restriction upon another High God. Of course, such situations were rare. If one person possessed two High God clones, merging them made this easy to accomplish.
But if they were two separate High Gods, then even if they coordinated perfectly in battle and could stack their God's Domains, they could not stack them across every area.
After all, the two of them could not remain in the same position at all times during battle.
Thus, even though God's Domains could stack, it was still difficult to use numbers against a stronger opponent.
To break free from or weaken the restrictions of God's Domain, aside from casting one's own God's Domain, one could also rely on divine power or Profound Mystery techniques.
Ordinary High Gods could use God's Domain to counter an opponent's God's Domain, but very few High Gods could neutralize God's Domain using divine power or Profound Mystery techniques alone.
Doing that required formidable strength. Moreover, it was almost always experts with extremely profound attainments in Profound Mystery Fusion. Those who relied on Talent Divine Powers or external objects to reach the same level would not find it so easy either.
Reynalds directly used divine power to easily break free from Kakqi's God's Domain, which was enough to reveal some of Reynalds's strength.
At the same time, it served as a warning to the man before him.
Seeing Reynalds directly use divine power to neutralize his God's Domain, Kakqi was not angered. He merely said casually, "Me? I'm here to help you."
Reynalds frowned, his voice turning somewhat low. "Did Spark send you?"
"Spark?"
Kakqi raised an eyebrow, then smiled. "He doesn't have the qualifications to make me do anything."
As he spoke, Kakqi stopped beating around the bush and directly sent a voice transmission. "As long as you and Xena hold out for another year, the crisis will resolve itself."
One year was already the shortest time it would take for him and Morit to arrive.
Hearing Kakqi's words, Reynalds's eyes narrowed slightly. "Who exactly are you, and what do you want? If you keep hiding your identity, don't blame me for being impolite."
At the same time, Reynalds was wary. The crisis would be resolved?
Aside from finding a way to move Xena to Thundercloud City, he truly could not think of any other way to resolve the Burning Volcano Mountain Range's crisis.
It was not as though he had never sought help from other experts, but after hearing about the Burning Volcano Mountain Range's situation, no one had been willing to intervene.
And now, someone had suddenly appeared and told him to hold out for another year?
Naturally, he was wary.
Seeing Reynalds like this, Kakqi knew that if he did not let him learn something, this man might directly take Xena away by force.
Thus, Kakqi looked at Reynalds and restored his soul aura and appearance.
"It's you!"
Seeing Kakqi's appearance, Reynalds's gaze sharpened slightly.
Kakqi had become famous throughout the Divine Planes long ago, but Reynalds had never thought much of him before. After all, Kakqi could only be considered average among Asuras.
However, in recent years, Kakqi's name had suddenly begun spreading across the Blood Peak Continent again.
Especially after the Dark Overlord accepted him as a messenger, his reputation soared. Many experts had begun gathering information on him.
After all, an Overgod's messenger was completely different from an ordinary Asura.
Every Overgod's messenger stood at the absolute pinnacle of the Divine Planes.
After confirming Kakqi's identity, Reynalds could not help but feel shaken.
Kakqi had altered his soul aura, yet he had been unable to sense the other party's identity. It seemed this man's attainments in the Life Law had already reached the utmost extreme.
He did not know that Kakqi had undergone Soul Mutation. He merely assumed that Kakqi had reached an extremely profound realm in the Life Law.
The Life Law was inherently adept at souls. If Kakqi concealed his soul aura, it would indeed be difficult for others to discover him.
No wonder this man had been accepted as a messenger. A peak expert of the Life Law was rare even among Overgod's messengers.
But why had this man suddenly stepped forward to help him?
Reynalds was puzzled. "Why are you helping the Xue Na Family?"
Kakqi glanced at Reynalds without any intention of explaining. "You don't need to concern yourself with that. You only need to know that if you want to completely resolve the Xue Na Family's current crisis, you must hold out for at least another year."
He could not say much about the Dominator's order.
Reynalds did not speak immediately, seemingly considering whether Kakqi's words were true.
Kakqi did not urge him.
If Reynalds had already decided to abandon Xena, then he and Morit would need to find another way.
"Fine!"
After a moment, Reynalds looked at Kakqi and agreed directly. "If you can truly resolve the Burning Volcano Mountain Range's crisis in a year, then I, Reynalds, will owe you a favor!"
He understood the Xue Na Family's current situation very clearly.
It could be said that holding out for another half year was already the Xue Na Family's limit. One year? Unless the Xue Na Family went completely into hiding.
And that was only if Spark's group did not take the initiative to besiege and kill them.
But was that possible?
Therefore, if he wanted them to hold out for one year, he would need to provide the Xue Na Family with a great deal of support once again. Most importantly, he would have to give the Xue Na Family more Sovereign's Might.
He might even have to personally confront the Four Divine Beast Family in the final stages.
Even if this matter could be resolved, his relationship with the Four Divine Beast Family would worsen to the extreme in the future. As a Prefecture Lord on the Blood Peak Continent, worsening relations with the Four Divine Beast Family would place tremendous pressure on the Reynalds Family.
If there were no way to completely resolve the Burning Volcano Mountain Range matter, then no matter how complicated his feelings for Xena were, he would not do this. After all, endlessly expending Sovereign's Might against the Four Divine Beast Family's clansmen was draining the Reynalds Family's foundation.
Even as an Overgod's messenger, he could not bear such consumption.
But now that Kakqi, an Overgod's messenger, was willing to step forward and face the Four Divine Beast Family alongside him, some hope arose in his heart.
Even though the hope seemed slim to him, he was still willing to spend some additional Sovereign's Might for that sliver of possibility.
The Dark God Realm.
Black Mist Prefecture.
Within an Unnamed Mountain Range stretching for ten thousand miles, a temporary palace had been constructed.
Inside the main hall, Christine sat in the seat of honor while the other Twelve-winged Fallen Divine Angels stood on either side.
"Holy Maiden, ever since the Fallen Angel Decree was issued, more than half of the Blasphemers on the Shadow Continent have been killed. The remaining small group is fleeing toward Dragon Soul Prefecture."
A long-haired female Twelve-winged Fallen Divine Angel spoke. "Dragon Soul Prefecture is one of the Four Divine Beast Family's primary gathering places on the Shadow Continent."
They were only responsible for eliminating relatively powerful enemies. The more ordinary Four Divine Beast bloodline clansmen were dealt with by Fallen God Angels throughout the various regions.
The power of the Fallen God Angels once again left the Dark God Realm's experts deeply shocked.
"According to news sent back from Hell, the Four Divine Beast Family has dispatched experts to Dragon Soul Prefecture. They have already arrived in the Dark God Realm and are likely not far from Dragon Soul Prefecture."
The female Twelve-winged Fallen Divine Angel added.
"Dragon Soul Prefecture."
Christine's expression remained unchanged. She then asked, "What about the other continents?"
The Dominator's order was to purge the Four Divine Beast Family's clansmen from the Dark God Realm, not merely the Shadow Continent.
"Other continents lack Twelve-winged Fallen Divine Angels, so the Blasphemers' resistance has been relatively fierce."
The female Twelve-winged Fallen Divine Angel answered directly. "Their progress is somewhat slower than on the Shadow Continent."
Aside from Lota, the other Dark Lord Gods did not possess Twelve-Winged Fallen God Angels. Therefore, the fighting was more evenly matched than on the Shadow Continent.
Although the battle situation was deadlocked, many Four Divine Beast Family clansmen with relatively pure bloodlines from other continents were also migrating toward the Shadow Continent.
Christine did not become angry. Her pure black eyes turned toward the outside of the main hall as she spoke directly. "Have the other Twelve-Winged God Angels head to the other continents as soon as possible. Thoroughly purge the remaining Blasphemers there and fulfill the Dark Lord's Sacred Order."
After a pause, Christine said coldly, "As for Dragon Soul Prefecture, keep a close watch. Let them gather first, then wipe them out in one stroke."
The Twelve-winged Fallen Divine Angels were not limited to those present. It was simply that the remaining Fallen God Angels were only at the level of Seven-Star Shadow Walkers.
But even Seven-Star Shadow Walker-level Fallen God Angels were enough to carry out Lota's order.
As for Christine herself, she was waiting for the Four Divine Beast Family's experts to gather in Dragon Soul Prefecture.
Once she killed those in Dragon Soul Prefecture, she would head to Hell. The Dark Lord had other demands for her.
"Yes!"
The Twelve-winged Fallen Divine Angels present all responded respectfully.
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