A Brightening of the Eyes, Inviting the Four Divine Beasts Clan

As a Sovereign clan, the Four Divine Beasts Clan naturally does not lack Sovereign's Might, but that does not mean members of the clan can use it as they please.

As the actual leader of the clan, Patriarch Gaiseresen manages the Sovereign's Might alongside several other patriarchs, so he certainly has no shortage of it, but clan elders can only receive what the patriarchs allocate.

To ensure the safety of clansmen abroad, providing them with Sovereign's Might as a trump card is necessary, but an excess of it would create dependency, causing clansmen to lose their motivation for cultivation.

Therefore, members of the Four Divine Beasts Clan possess Sovereign's Might, but it is always limited. Seven-Star Demon elders of the clan each have a baseline of ten drops of Sovereign's Might, while Six-Star Demons have five drops, with periodic replenishments provided to clansmen every few hundred million years.

In addition, elders who perform meritorious service for the clan can receive extra rewards. Elder Blue of the Azure Dragon Clan, for instance, possesses over twenty drops of Sovereign's Might. However, this practice ensures that while elders have enough Sovereign's Might to avoid being helpless when encountering danger or necessity, they cannot use it as freely as they wish. This is also done to prevent clansmen from becoming too reliant on Sovereign's Might, which would lead to laziness in their cultivation.

As a fourth-generation descendant of the clan, Emmanuel, like the other sixty-plus elders of the Azure Dragon Clan, originally had ten drops of Sovereign's Might. However, over these many years, he has frequently fought with those who "spoke rudely" to him. He cannot even remember how many people he has killed. Even though very few of them forced him to use Sovereign's Might, he still consumed a full six drops. Combined with the one drop he gave to Copperfield last time, he only has three left.

There is still a long time to go before the next clan-wide replenishment of Sovereign's Might. He does not want to give up another two drops to Copperfield now to deal with Ren, otherwise, he would have a very difficult time in the years to come. Emmanuel remained deep in thought, his brow furrowed, and even after leaving Liang'an City with his clansmen and arriving in Beifei City, he still had not made up his mind.

Emmanuel's mental struggle did not cause a ripple in the crowd. After all, everyone's attention was on the battle between the two Asuras, and the members of the Four Divine Beasts Clan hidden in the crowd did not attract any notice.

Three days later, Liang'an City...

"Lord Prefect."

Inside the Prefect's mansion, the white-haired steward Hobbs bowed his head respectfully, not daring to even breathe loudly, fearing that this new Prefect might find him displeasing and kill him on the spot.

"Notify the Fiend Castle to issue a Fiend mission to hunt down the divine avatar of Alfred, and at the same time, arrange for the garrison troops to participate in the hunt. Then, you can continue to manage Liang'an Prefecture just as you did before." Ren merely glanced at Hobbs indifferently without saying much; he had no interest in management to begin with.

"As you command, Lord Prefect." Hobbs felt a weight lift from his heart. It seemed that this new Prefect, Lord Ren, had a decent temper, so he immediately replied respectfully.

"Alright, you may leave now." Ren waved his hand, speaking casually.

"Yes, my Lord, Hobbs takes his leave." After bowing and withdrawing, Hobbs quickly left the mansion and headed toward the Fiend Castle. He now needed to issue the mission to hunt down Alfred's avatar. As for whether he would have any psychological barriers about hunting the former Prefect, he would only sneer at the thought.

The relationship between a Prefect, his stewards, the garrison troops, and the Fiend Castle is essentially a cooperation conducted under the rules established by the Sovereigns. Usually, there are no personal feelings between them, let alone the fact that Alfred was no longer the Prefect. In Hell, slaughter is the true face of reality.

In a secluded courtyard in Beifei City, the brown-haired Alfred had a gloomy expression, his fists clenched tightly.

Having lost his strongest divine avatar and left with only a Six-Star Demon-level Earth divine avatar, Alfred's heart was filled with hatred.

"Damn it, cursed, is there really no other way?" Alfred had been thinking for several days, yet he still could not come up with any possibility of revenge or a counter-kill.

As an Asura, he had roamed Liang'an Prefecture for hundreds of millions of years and naturally had some friends of his own. However, after losing his Lightning divine avatar, he feared that these friends would cease to be friends in an instant, and it was even less likely that anyone would help him take revenge against a stronger Ren.

It was not that he hadn't thought about giving up on revenge and hiding his identity. As long as he changed his appearance, his strength as a Six-Star Demon would barely allow him to gain a foothold in Hell. However, he worried that Ren would issue a Fiend mission to hunt down his avatar. If that happened, he would live his life in constant flight. Changing his appearance was easy, but his soul aura could not be changed; fleeing was not a long-term solution.

"Unless I use that heaven-and-earth treasure, but I have no channels..." Alfred closed his eyes, lost in thought. His only remaining trump card was his original spatial ring. As long as he was alive, Ren could not open it, so the items inside must still be safe.

Inside his spatial ring were the two drops of Sovereign's Might he had kept, as well as a heaven-and-earth treasure he had collected many years ago: the Crown of Bright Life, which contained life energy. If he used these as bargaining chips, perhaps he could move some powerful experts to help him.

Sovereign's Might was something he had obtained on the Planar Battlefield, and he currently had two drops left. The Crown of Bright Life was a heaven-and-earth treasure he had obtained many years ago; it contained a unique energy that could instantly heal his wounds, with effects even better than Sovereign's Might.

However, the life energy contained in the Crown of Bright Life seemed to be limited. After the planar wars, having used it too many times, it began to lose its luster, gradually turning into something like black iron, with very little life energy remaining.

But the value of the heaven-and-earth treasure itself remained, especially since many super-experts loved collecting such items. It was rumored that even Sovereigns liked heaven-and-earth treasures. If he offered the crown, he might be able to move a super-expert willing to deal with Ren.

However, he had no channel to contact these super-experts. After all, the residences of super-experts were not public. In Hell, the only super-experts he knew of were Dannington of the Chaos Sea and Aiken of the Zijing Continent, and he knew nothing about where either of them lived.

After a long silence, Alfred opened his eyes and sighed slightly. He changed his appearance to that of a "bearded man" and left the courtyard. In any case, Beifei City was not far from Liang'an City, so it was better for him to leave early. As for revenge, he would put it aside for now.

"Kid, are you looking for death? How dare you offend our Four Divine Beasts Clan!"

As soon as Alfred stepped out of the courtyard, he heard a commotion and arguing. What came into his view were two groups of people who seemed to be in conflict. He had not intended to pay any attention, but the words "Four Divine Beasts Clan" made him look over subconsciously, and his eyes lit up.

"That's right, the Four Divine Beasts Clan! How could I have forgotten them? With the arrogant style of the Four Divine Beasts Clan, as long as I tell them the news about the heaven-and-earth treasure, they will likely go and snatch it themselves. At that point, I won't have to worry about Ren not dying, right?"

Alfred hid to the side, watching the few youths from the Four Divine Beasts Clan quietly. Until they left behind the words "We'll kill you once you leave the city" and turned to leave, Alfred immediately followed them.