Backstab

Backstab

Vivian hurriedly took her hand to comfort her, "Big Sister, don't be discouraged. Your strength is no weaker than a Paragon's; sooner or later, you will be able to cross this threshold as well."

"However, Big Sister, I didn't come to find you just to share some gossip." The red-haired girl looked up upon hearing this, and Vivian continued, "Do you know how many divine clones this new Sovereign has?"

Seeing that the red-haired girl did not answer, Vivian answered for her: "Aside from his Darkness Sovereign clone, he has six other divine clones. He possesses the talent to cultivate all Laws, and by now, they should all have reached the Asura level!"

"What?!" The red-haired girl's surprise far exceeded her previous reaction. After all, lucky individuals becoming Sovereigns had happened a few times over the countless years, but this was the first time she had ever heard of someone with seven divine clones.

"Therefore, Big Sister, I am asking you to keep that Lightning Lesser Sovereign Spark in your possession safe. Otherwise, if he becomes a seven-element Sovereign, even we won't be able to defeat him!" Vivian said solemnly. "When refining a Sovereign Spark, a Sovereign clone gains one portion of Willpower, while other divine clones only gain eighty percent. But Hullei said that his Lightning Sovereign clone and Earth Sovereign clone both gained two full portions of Willpower, not 1.8 portions. This is enough to prove that every Sovereign Spark can allow every divine clone to gain a full portion of Willpower."

"He may not necessarily have the guts to hunt Sovereigns," the red-haired girl said subconsciously.

"I have already informed him of the contents of the Sovereign Pact and warned him. But, Big Sister, once you think about this level of power, with his conditions, would you not be tempted? Would you not do it?" Vivian reminded her, her gaze solemn. "He is already a Sovereign; sooner or later, he will realize that refining a new Sovereign Spark also increases the strength of his old Sovereign clones."

"It is foreseeable that once he hunts Sovereigns to a certain extent, he will go after the Chiefs. With his strength, refining a High Sovereign Spark, plus six portions of Willpower, he would be ten thousand times stronger than a Paragon Chief. Even if it were us, he could kill us instantly. Even if his Laws never break through to the Paragon level, with such strength, no one among the Sovereigns could compare to him."

The red-haired girl looked at Vivian, a hint of nostalgia in her eyes. "How many years has it been, Vivian? I haven't seen you like this; I had almost forgotten this expression of yours. What do you intend to do?"

Vivian stood up and paced back and forth beside the red-haired girl, her hands clenched tightly. "As long as he isn't a Sovereign, no matter how many divine clones he has, he won't be able to stir up any trouble. Bound by the Sovereign Pact, we cannot directly move to kill him, but Augusta can. If Augusta could kill Aikes, he can naturally kill Lincoln. Or, if Augusta cannot do it, we can simply lure him into the path of hunting Sovereigns ahead of time. When that happens, we can rightfully kill his Sovereign clones."

The red-haired girl remained silent, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Lincoln was completely unaware of the "backstab" from the Chief of Life. After his Wind divine clone returned to the Chainis Plane with a full harvest, he immediately equipped all his divine clones with a set of Sovereign Artifacts. Afterward, his Light divine clone immediately set off for the Darkness Divine Plane, while his Wind divine clone accompanied Aier to boat and play on the Azure Sea.

Aier rested her head on Lincoln's shoulder, kicking her bare feet in the water as she watched Lincoln fishing quietly. Seeing the small boat drifting with the waves, she couldn't help but chuckle: "Lincoln, can you really catch fish like this?"

Lincoln smiled. "There is a saying that suits my mood very well: 'Jiang Taigong fishes, the willing take the bait.'"

Aier laughed. "You're speaking in riddles again. Who is this Jiang Taigong?"

Lincoln laughed heartily and did not answer. Suddenly, the float moved. Lincoln pulled the fishing rod and reeled in a large black carp. "In a while, send this fish to the best chef in the Alpas Empire to cook. It's been so many years; it's time to change my palate."

"It is also time now. Notify those little ones to return. Now that I have achieved the status of a Sovereign, many things should be delegated to them to handle; running around personally is not quite appropriate. If any of them have sufficient strength, I can also consider taking them as Sovereign Envoys." Lincoln changed the subject and brought up other matters.

In the Netherworld, at the summit of Nether Mountain, Iwina watched the Chief of Life depart and returned to serve the red-haired girl, when she suddenly heard the red-haired girl say, "Iwina, seven divine clones—truly interesting!"

Iwina had not been there just now and had no idea what the red-haired girl was talking about, so she could only stand quietly and listen without speaking.

Seeing this, the red-haired girl sighed. "You all are truly boring. Alright, you go back first. I haven't been out in many years; I want to go out for a stroll."

"Yes, Chief!" Iwina replied. This red-haired girl was, in fact, also a Chief—a Chief of the Netherworld!

In the capital of the Alpas Empire, inside a luxurious restaurant, Lincoln and Aier sat in a private room. On the table was only one dish, a dish of ingredients where the seasonings were ten million times more expensive than the main dish itself, "Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate." "Being eaten by me, this fish can be considered to have leaped over the Dragon Gate," Lincoln said while picking up some food.

"Don't tell me this fish is supposed to thank you?" Aier couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Of course. To be able to enter a Sovereign's stomach, how many fish in the endless planes..." Lincoln was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly felt a divine sense sweep across the entire plane. As a fellow Sovereign, he could not have sensed it wrong; it was the Sovereign Power of Death. That meant it should be the Chief of Death, though he hadn't expected her to arrive so quickly.

In the central region of the Azure Sea, in front of the Cyan Light Jade Wall on Orchid Ice Island, Lincoln's Darkness Sovereign clone was studying the fusion of Law mysteries, striving to achieve the Paragon level, when he suddenly opened his eyes. A surge of Death Sovereign Power appeared out of thin air in front of him, gathering to form the image of a beautiful red-haired girl.

"Who are you?" Although he had already guessed, Lincoln still asked.

The beautiful red-haired girl gazed at Lincoln quietly and smiled: "What a lucky little guy. But to be so low-key after becoming a Sovereign is a bit boring. You should know that it has been a long time since a Sovereign was born in these endless planes."

Seeing that the beautiful red-haired girl did not answer directly, Lincoln did not urge her. Mainly, since she was one of the four Chiefs of the Rules, it didn't matter if she put on some airs. While the beautiful red-haired girl was speaking, she was also observing Lincoln. She had originally intended to use her Water divine clone to come to the material plane, but putting her own divine clone under the nose of another Sovereign was still unwise and a bit risky. With no other choice, she could only travel through the spatial turbulence to the vicinity herself, then control the formation of an energy clone.

Sovereigns can form giant faces or clones from a great distance, but this must be within the range of their divine sense; otherwise, it cannot be done. And once projecting across planes, the strength of the projection is only equivalent to the strength of their Sovereign clone excluding Willpower and Sovereign Power—that is, between the level of a newly ascended Asura and a Paragon.