Powerful Hope, Despairing Four Divine Beasts

An ice-blue halo, a pale cyan halo, a crimson halo, and an earthy yellow halo merged into one under the infusion of the world's energy, and a terrifying pressure instantly enveloped Hope.

The Four Divine Beasts—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—were each super divine beasts, unique existences in this world, whose individual innate talents could even be compared to Wukun.

And the Four Divine Beasts, relying on the bloodline connection between the four of them, could merge their innate divine abilities to unleash a joint innate divine ability of the four super divine beasts.

This innate divine ability was the undisputed number one in the entire magical universe; if the Four Divine Beasts were not Sovereigns, then the myth of the invincible Paragon Highgod would likely have been shattered by them.

Even though the Four Divine Beasts were only Low-level Sovereigns, the attacks they unleashed were still at the Sovereign level; if the Four Divine Beasts were Sovereigns themselves, no one would be able to defeat them without a Supreme Artifact for soul defense, which was the fundamental reason why countless Sovereigns were interested in them.

"However, the four of you are only Low-level Sovereigns after all. You are still far from being able to kill me!"

Feeling the fluctuations contained within the world's energy, a sigh appeared on Hope's calm face, followed by a flash of confidence in his eyes as the longsword in his right hand trembled, emitting bursts of roaring sounds.

The next moment, the ice armor covering Hope's body emitted a series of rumbling sounds, and then each ice crystal radiated a white halo, forming a spiraling, fused sphere of light around him.

The world's energy also descended upon Hope at this moment, and an irresistible binding force instantly contracted, causing Hope's figure to involuntarily pause.

The Four Divine Beasts' innate divine ability could influence time and space; the binding force contained in this move made it impossible for Sovereigns to dodge, forcing them to take it head-on, which was the fundamental reason they could fight against Sovereigns.

Although their innate divine ability had powerful soul attacks, it would be meaningless if they couldn't hit the enemy; with a Sovereign's speed, dodging their attacks was not a difficult task.

However, their innate divine ability could bind the enemy, and even a Sovereign could not forcibly break free.

After Hope felt the world's energy descend, he merely formed a material defense around himself to prevent the Four Divine Beasts from launching a sneak attack, and then, within his sea of consciousness, soul power erupted.

A transparent phantom fell into the center of Hope's brow and poured directly into his soul, and then, a cyan halo began to surge from the depths of his soul, instantly colliding with the transparent phantom.

Hope's eyes were tightly shut, his figure paused slightly, and blue light began to emerge continuously from his body.

"Now, attack!"

Reding, seeing this, had no intention of letting this opportunity slip by; after returning to his human form, he let out a roar and stood at the very front, beginning to surge the Sovereign power within his body.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~~"

Under Reding's control, the golden sphere of light turned ice-blue once again, with Lius and the other two providing divine power support from behind, and pale blue ripples of magic arrays constantly flashing over the golden sphere.

"Go to hell!"

Reding's hands transformed into dragon claws as he swung them, and under his control, the magic array emitted a sharp momentum; a massive white phantom transformed into a ten-thousand-meter-long blade, slicing through the void with the force of a thunderbolt as it descended toward Hope.

The Four Divine Beasts' joint ultimate move—Four Elements Water-Style Azure Dragon Ice Blade!

"Hum, hum~~"

The ice crystals on Hope's body suddenly condensed into one, forming an immovable suit of armor that met the white blade, emitting the sound of collision and vibration, yet it could not break through Hope's defense.

"Prepare to do it again!"

Seeing this, Reding frowned and prepared to launch another attack, but the next moment, his pupils dilated.

Because Hope had suddenly opened his eyes, and with a casual swipe of the longsword in his right hand, the white ice blade unleashed by the Four Divine Beasts turned directly into mist and then dissipated.

"This, it actually recovered instantly? How is that possible?"

Lius, the White Tiger Sovereign, was the first to react, looking at Hope in disbelief, momentarily stunned.

"He, he doesn't seem to have been affected at all?"

Nimo, the Vermilion Bird Sovereign, had her mouth slightly agape, also looking at Hope in disbelief.

Although they were mentally prepared for Hope to be able to block one innate divine ability, they believed Hope would need some time to recover and would inevitably be severely injured, not remain completely unaffected as he was now.

"You've attacked, now it's my turn!"

An ice-blue light flashed in Hope's eyes, and then his figure moved, turning into a meteor as he instantly charged toward the Four Divine Beasts.

"Swish!"

A sharp sword beam emerged from the void, descending toward Reding with unstoppable power, leaving him almost no time to react.

"Not good! Defend quickly!"

Reding's expression changed drastically, and he retreated instantly; the four of them simultaneously surged their divine power, unleashing the Four Elements Water-Style Azure Dragon Defense before the sword beam could land, transforming into an ice-blue sphere of light.

"Bang!"

Following a violent collision, a large number of cracks appeared on the sphere of light, which then suddenly exploded; after the figures of the Four Divine Beasts appeared, each of them had a trace of blood at the corners of their mouths.

Hope did not stop, the longsword in his hand emitting bursts of roaring sounds as he flew straight toward Reding.

"This is it, the second innate divine ability!"

A stream of light flashed in Reding's ice-blue pupils, and his voice resonated rapidly in the minds of the other three.

The next moment, Reding's body moved; his spatial ring flashed, and a mass of blood with a golden halo appeared and surged into Reding's body. At the same time, four blood-colored light clusters merged into the bodies of the Four Divine Beasts.

The next moment, an incomparable blue stream of light erupted from the cyan dragon scales, rapidly expanding into a halo; the phantom of a giant cyan dragon emerged from behind, its pair of crimson eyes flashing.

Azure Dragon innate divine ability—Dragon Roar!

"Roar!"

"Awoo!"

"Ang!"

As three roars sounded simultaneously, four peculiar energies that shook the entire world suddenly emerged.

Accompanied by the roar of White Tiger, a phantom of the White Tiger covered in dark black patterns emerged, cyan energy condensing on its forehead as a pitch-black "King" character radiated a rhythm like the wind.

White Tiger innate divine ability—Tiger Howl!

A mass of scorching flames ignited from the wings of Vermilion Bird in an instant, the terrifying high temperature seemingly burning the entire space as the crimson fire turned golden in the blink of an eye, shrouding the figure of Vermilion Bird in a sea of golden flames.

Vermilion Bird innate divine ability—Bathed in Fire!

On the earthy-yellow tortoise shell of Black Tortoise, peculiar patterns emerged, forming a seamless whole like a magic circle and creating a stance as immovable as a mountain, while a pair of eyes contained endless power, causing the entire world to stop in a trance.

Black Tortoise innate divine ability—Stasis!

The four terrifying energies merged into one once again, and a peculiar energy of heaven and earth descended, instantly causing Hope's figure to falter as a transparent phantom fell into the center of his brow.

"This time, go to your death with peace of mind!"

Reding returned to his human form, his face somewhat pale and weak, yet the joy on his features could not be concealed.

"That's great, Big Brother. This arrogant fellow Hope deserves to die!"

Lius transformed back into his white-robed appearance, his long eyebrows arching as a beast-like, bloodthirsty smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

"Our situation can finally change."

A flush of excitement appeared on the face of Vermilion Bird Nimo, and beneath her crimson feathered garment, streaks of flame were revealed.

Black Tortoise Bowen did not speak, merely standing quietly beside the three of them with a smile on his face, the suppression of many years seemingly released in this moment.

However, the next moment, an indifferent voice reached the ears of the four.

"Do you four think you have won?"

Under the astonished gazes of the Four Divine Beasts, Hope's face was slightly pale, but after a moment, it recovered as he narrowed his eyes and looked toward the Four Divine Beasts.