The Plane Battlefield was as silent and cold as ever. Gales raged everywhere, whipping sand and grit through the air.
Upon returning to the Plane Battlefield, Hodan sensed the fluctuation from the token he had given Linley being crushed.
"Hmm! That shouldn't be possible. With Linley's current strength, and with Reisgyn as his teammate, he shouldn't be in any mortal danger unless they encountered a Paragon!" Hodan said doubtfully. "And hadn't Montero been lured away by me? By all rights, Magnus shouldn't lower himself to attack Linley either."
The Plane Battlefield was only so large. With Hodan's current strength, a single sweep of his divine sense was enough to tell him what had happened.
Extending his divine sense, he discovered that Magnus truly was pursuing Linley.
"Linley, you dared to kill my friend Ramson! Then go die!" Magnus roared furiously. His speed surged to its limit as he prepared to kill Linley, the man who had dared to murder his friend, with a single punch.
"This..." Hodan's lips twitched. It seemed the power of Fate Element was indeed formidable. This tribulation had been destined for Linley; only by overcoming it would he be free of this calamity afterward.
As for why Magnus did not kill Bebe, the actual killer—it was because he knew he could not kill Bebe. Bayer had already tested that for him, so he could only vent his anger on Linley.
Naturally, Hodan would not stand by and watch Magnus make his move. This was Linley's most crucial turning point. A combination of factors would ultimately allow Linley to successfully undergo soul mutation and achieve a supreme feat.
Once this window had passed and Linley grew a little stronger, even Magnus's soul attack would no longer be able to trigger a successful mutation in Linley.
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