Picking Up a Sovereign Artifact—Please Keep Reading

Although Leis Jing was stronger, if Wuman was determined to flee, there was nothing he could do. Especially if they remained entangled for too long and other members of the Augusta Family drew near, things would become troublesome. After all, they were now on the Light God Realm's turf.

Sean and Mekodo naturally did not pursue him either. When Leis Jing returned, he looked Sean up and down and asked, "I heard you killed quite a few elders from the Four Divine Beasts Family, along with a Lord God Emissary? How did you do it? Tashan's soul might not have been all that impressive, but he wasn't easy to kill. With all those Innate Divine Abilities and Sovereign's Might, how did you block them?"

"..." Sean was rendered speechless by the barrage of questions. In the end, he could only say, "I killed them with Soul Attacks, along with the Magic Array's assistance. I trapped them."

That was indeed the truth. Without the Magic Array, even with the heaven-defying Soul Seed ability granted by the Soul Pearl, he might not have had the chance to kill Tashan.

Killing a Lord God Emissary was far too difficult. One either had to be a Paragon, a heaven-defying divine beast like Beirut, or have several Lord God Emissaries of the same level join forces to besiege them.

"That's interesting. Come on, let's compare souls and see whose is stronger." Leis Jing grew interested again.

Sean quickly refused. "Let's not. Soul Attacks are hard to control, and it wouldn't be good if someone got hurt. Or after we leave, we can find a bunch of bandits and test out group attacks?"

Unlike physical sparring, where one could avoid accidental kills by not attacking the head, Soul Attack sparring was difficult to control. One slip, and someone could really die.

Though he knew his strongest Soul Attack most likely could not kill Leis Jing, he did not dare gamble on it. There was no need.

"Boring." Leis Jing waved a hand. "We're leaving. Deal with things yourself."

With that, he took the black shadow beside him and flew away.

Watching Leis Jing depart, Sean breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed he did not have any special talent that had caught Leis Jing's eye.

More importantly, Leis Jing probably did not trust him either. Trust was hard to come by in the Plane Battlefield.

But now he was free, and he could do what he needed to do.

Choosing a direction, Sean slipped directly into the depths of a mountain range.

Hell, Heavenly Sacrifice Mountain Range:

"Patriarch." A red-haired man bowed to Gaisreisen in the great hall. "News has come from the Light God Realm. Sean has entered the Plane Battlefield."

"The Light God Realm?" Gaisreisen was momentarily stunned before reacting. "Right. This Plane Battlefield is the Netherworld against the Bright God Plane. Who sent the news?"

The Four Divine Beasts Family generally did not involve themselves in matters concerning the Plane Battlefield, but they still knew something about this once-in-a-trillion-years war between peak experts.

The red-haired man replied, "We don't know, but we suspect it was the Augusta Family. It seems they fought Sean in the Plane Battlefield."

"The Augusta Family? Hmph. Relying on the High Lord God behind them, they've clashed with our family many times." Gaisreisen sneered. "They probably want to watch us and Sean wound each other, then enjoy the show."

The red-haired man also said resentfully, "Yes. Quite a few of our clansmen in the Bright God Plane have been killed by members of the Augusta Family. It's truly hateful."

Against ordinary clans, anyone who dared kill members of the Four Divine Beasts Family would certainly face severe punishment or even extermination. But against other Lord God families, they could not do the same.

However, ordinary Lord God families would not clash with the Four Divine Beasts Family either. They generally kept out of each other's affairs. But the Augusta Family did not take the Four Divine Beasts Family seriously at all, and they had clashed repeatedly in the Divine Domain Sea.

"We'll leave the Augusta Family alone for now." After calming down, Gaisreisen said, "Deal with Sean first. He is the real threat."

The Augusta Family was, after all, the Sovereign's family. No matter how great the conflict, an all-out war was impossible. They would not truly disregard all propriety and massacre the Four Divine Beasts Family.

But Sean had done exactly that, causing the Four Divine Beasts Family to lose tremendous face.

The red-haired man said, "We can't enter the Plane Battlefield, Patriarch."

"There's no need to enter." Gaisreisen said coldly, "Once this Plane War ends, he'll certainly emerge from the Nine Nether Domain of the Netherworld. We just need to send people there to ambush him."

"Patriarch, the Nine Nether Domain is full of experts," the red-haired man reminded him.

"So what? Our Four Divine Beasts Family has not taken the initiative to offend them, and that place is not a Lord God's city." Gaisreisen said indifferently, "Notify seven Lord God Emissaries. Also, have each family select ten powerful Seven-star Demon elders and send them into the Nine Nether Domain.

"Remember, only send those people. Don't bring a large army, or Sean may receive word and flee."

"Yes." The red-haired man accepted the order.

Seven Lord God Emissaries, forty peak Seven-star Demons with Innate Divine Abilities, and enough Sovereign's Might—such a massive force was something even the most powerful experts of the God Planes could not withstand. Even someone with three Sovereign Artifacts might be banished into Space Turbulence.

Plane Battlefield. In the blink of an eye, a hundred years passed.

During this time, Sean buried himself deep underground and used his powerful divine sense to scan his surroundings. Yet a range of ten thousand meters was not very large. Over the past century, he had encountered only one group, but there were too many of them, so he did not make a move.

Boom—

The energy fluctuations in the distance caused Sean to open his eyes. "The sixteenth time. I hope this one gives me a surprise."

Over the past century, he had not been in a hurry to kill Commanders for badges. Even with Leis Jing's strength, after entering the battlefield countless times, he still had not obtained ten badges. There was even less chance that Sean could succeed after only a few attempts.

Furthermore, even if he had the ability to kill other Commanders, he could not take their Sovereign Artifacts. The Lord Gods could trace him through those he killed. The best method was to pick up the spoils, because when Lord God Emissaries died in other people's battles, their Sovereign Artifacts would be left behind on the battlefield.

Sovereign Artifacts that were useless to others were extremely valuable to him.

Over the past century, whenever he sensed a great battle in the distance, he would sneak over. But most battles ended inconclusively. Either the dead had no Sovereign Artifacts, or no one died and both sides simply went their separate ways.

The battle was roughly ten thousand kilometers away from Sean. After approaching within a hundred kilometers, Sean did not draw any closer. Sovereign's Might was being used ahead, and he would be discovered if he approached further.

About twenty minutes later, the battle ended. But he did not blindly approach. Instead, he waited for a while and spread out his divine sense, discovering that there were others nearby watching the excitement just like him.

But half a day later, they had all left.

Only after confirming it was safe did Sean arrive at the battlefield. There, he saw a cyan longsword lying on the ground. It was a Wind Attribute Sovereign Artifact.

He had finally picked up a Sovereign Artifact.

P.S.: Please vote with monthly tickets.