Terrifying Defensive Power

Desterie's ears perked up; so the Heavenly Realm had already achieved a ten-win streak! This meant that in terms of Willpower, the other intermediate Fate Sovereign was now ten times stronger than him, and the other minor Fate Sovereigns were only ten times weaker than him. He had to be careful!

But just then, Bowen sent a voice transmission through his soul, "Big Brother, Second Sister, Third Brother, ignore them! Strike now, or we won't have another chance!"

Immediately after, in full view of everyone, the Four Divine Beasts unleashed their innate divine abilities in unison. Their abilities fused perfectly, as if shifting the heavens and earth, forming a hazy, circular radiance.

The moment this circular light appeared, Desterie felt an aura lock onto him, making it extremely difficult to break free.

Before Desterie could even attempt to shake off the lock, the hazy light plunged into his body at lightning speed, charging straight into his soul ocean.

"Four Divine Beasts, how dare you!" the Sovereign of Death snapped. Aside from the other three Rule Sovereigns, no one had ever dared to ignore her words!

The circular light smashed directly through Desterie's soul-protecting Sovereign artifact, stirring up massive waves in his soul ocean. But at that exact moment, the spinning Companion White Jade suddenly erupted with brilliant light, and a magnificent starry sky instantly appeared above the soul space.

Within the starry sky, billions of strands of starlight descended like a rain of light, completely enveloping the soul space. Then, after a flash of pure white, the soul space returned to a calm, ripple-free state, and the destructive, hazy circular light vanished completely.

As his consciousness withdrew from his soul space, Desterie laughed loudly, "It seems the Four Divine Beasts are nothing more than this!"

Desterie was not surprised that Soul Protection could block the combined innate ability of the Four Divine Beasts. Moreover, with Strong Luck on his side today, he felt incredibly confident in everything he did.

"How is this possible!" Leiding exclaimed in shock. They had risked offending the Sovereign of Death to press the attack; how could this newly ascended intermediate Fate Sovereign be completely unscathed!

It wasn't just the Four Divine Beasts who were shocked; all the Sovereigns were stunned.

"The innate divine ability of the Four Divine Beasts could even kill Angnak. Why couldn't it kill a newly born intermediate Sovereign? He is at least ten times weaker than Angnak!" the Water Sovereign Polk exclaimed in admiration.

"Could it be that this Desterie is actually a Perfection of the Fate Rule?" the Wind Sovereign Diya also asked in shock.

Seeing the gazes of many Sovereigns, including the Sovereign of Life, fixed upon him, the Sovereign of Death shook her head. "As far as I know, Desterie is not a Perfection. Although his Fate Rule is at the level of five-fold fusion, he is still some distance away from Perfection. Even under the impact of Faith Power, it is impossible to break through so quickly. Besides, no Heaven and Earth Rules descended just now!"

Watching the Sovereigns discuss and speculate, Desterie smiled triumphantly and looked at the Four Divine Beasts, who had returned to their human forms. "Four Sovereigns, do you still wish to fight?"

Leiding and Ers were both silent, and even the usually hot-tempered Nemo had lost his voice. Instead, the usually steady Bowen muttered, "How can this be?!"

Their strongest attack—a special innate ability they believed capable of killing ordinary Sovereigns—had failed. Furthermore, their combined innate ability could only be used twice in a short period; they could not fight again.

Desterie said, "Your soul attacks are indeed terrifying, but unfortunately, they are ineffective against me."

Bowen asked subconsciously, "How did you do it?"

Desterie chuckled, "Sovereign Bowen, do I look like a fool to you? Why would I tell you anything?"

The Sovereign of Death recovered from her shock and curiously sized up this messenger who felt both familiar and strange. Just as curious was Orloff, who had remained silent until now and was the biggest "victim" of this Plane War.

Desterie's extraordinary nature had caught his attention, and he linked this observation to the unusual sense of "incongruity" he had just felt.

After all, ever since Desterie began participating in the Great Decisive Battle, his behavior had been thoroughly strange.

"Alright, Bowen, now it is time to discuss the matter of you ignoring the Sovereign Agreement and attacking a low-tier Sovereign!" The Sovereign of Death began the judgment; she would not tolerate any Sovereign who disregarded her words.

Bowen took a deep breath, regained his composure and reason, and said, "The Lords have classified us four brothers as Sovereign-tier because we killed Angnak, and we accept that. But as for the claim that we attacked this newly ascended Sovereign without reason, I must offer a defense."

Orloff squeezed out a faint smile. "Speak, what is your reason?"

"Angnak attacked us without rhyme or reason, and after we killed him, his Sovereign Spark should have rightfully belonged to us. However, because of your interference at the time, Lord Orloff, Angnak's divine body shattered and the Sovereign Spark drifted away, only to be picked up by this lucky fellow!" Bowen recounted the previous situation, which gave Desterie a rough understanding of what had happened.

It seemed the Four Divine Beasts had never displayed the power of their combined innate ability before; otherwise, how would the intermediate Fate Sovereign Angnak have dared to be so reckless?

While thinking, Desterie interrupted, "Sovereign Bowen, I didn't just 'pick it up.' I truly and genuinely exiled myself into the spatial turbulence to obtain this Sovereign Spark!"

The Sovereign of Life, Vivian, also praised, "Although it was for the sake of a Sovereign Spark, most Sovereigns present here would not have had such courage back when they were Highgods!"

Uthred, however, spoke up for the Four Divine Beasts, "Back when the Sovereign Sparks descended, how many could fearlessly enter the spatial turbulence? It's not like today, where material-defense Sovereign artifacts are everywhere."

The Sovereign of Death countered, "When the Sovereign Sparks descended back then, they didn't appear in the spatial turbulence."

Listening to the argument, Leiding snorted coldly, and Bowen glared at Desterie before continuing, "But this lucky fellow snatched our spoils of war. Not only did he not thank us, but he was also extremely mocking and used harsh words, offending us deeply. What is wrong with us attacking him?

Besides, the fact that he could withstand an attack that even Angnak could not survive proves his strength is not below that of a Sovereign. How can this be considered bullying the weak?"

"Heh, truly interesting. Such double standards," Desterie suddenly laughed, drawing the attention of all the Sovereigns. He thought Bowen's analysis was clever, but for himself, he didn't need them to analyze it so well.

"First, please show me a little respect, Sovereign Bowen. My name is Desterie, not 'lucky fellow.'

Furthermore, the moment you four Sovereigns saw me, you were explicitly or implicitly demanding I commit suicide. How could such malice not make me resistant, let alone thank you? Are you saying that high-tier Sovereigns can wantonly humiliate and erase low-tier Sovereigns? Also, before I withstood your attack, everyone's perception of me was that of an ordinary intermediate Sovereign. I only survived because my strength exceeded your expectations. Subjectively, you were indeed bullying the weak.

Finally, you lack respect for those above you, yet you demand that others respect you?"