Earth Elemental System Divine Power covered Leiyuan's body. Not daring to be careless, he used his full strength from the outset. The long staff in his hands whistled through the air, its shaft blurring into a flurry of shadows as it smashed down at Laius's Destruction Divine Clone.
The staff tore through the air, and faint spatial cracks could just barely be seen appearing around it.
Leiyuan was extremely fast, and the two were not far apart.
In an instant, Leiyuan's attack reached Laius.
Laius neither dodged nor evaded Leiyuan's attack. He did not even draw a Divine Artifact to block it. He simply raised one hand and pushed upward, reinforced by the Might of the Will.
Leiyuan's staff bore down with tremendous force, but it could not advance an inch past Laius's palm.
Enveloped in the Might of the Will, Laius's hand seemed to have become the most powerful of weapons. Even Leiyuan's Highgod Artifact, which he had refined for tens of thousands of years, could not hurt him in the slightest.
Laius swept his hand aside, instantly sending Leiyuan reeling backward, still gripping his staff.
That single exchange instantly showed them the gap between a Sovereign and a God Level expert. Even a Divine Clone, reinforced by the Might of the Will, was beyond the power of an ordinary God Level expert to shake.
Smiling, Leiyuan said to the others, "A Sovereign Spark really is formidable. It's a pity. If only we could get another one."
Among the Four Divine Beasts, Bowen had also refined an Earth Elemental System Sovereign Spark. Although Leiyuan coveted a Sovereign Spark, he felt no dissatisfaction.
Of them all, he and Zijing had been the first to receive Sovereign Sparks, and theirs were Mid-level Sovereign Sparks, the highest-ranking among the group. This time, the Four Divine Beasts had obtained four Sovereign Sparks at once, but Leiyuan truly did not have the face to ask Redding for one.
Noticing Leiyuan's expression, Redding smiled and reassured him, "Leiyuan, there's no need to rush. Sovereign Sparks have only just appeared, so there must be plenty without owners. If we all work together, it won't be hard to find one compatible with you."
Beside them, Laius said, "Leiyuan, even if we can't find a Sovereign Spark, it wouldn't be difficult for us to hunt down a Sovereign for you."
With their current strength, finding a Sovereign Spark was one thing, but even if they faced a Sovereign-level expert, it was not impossible for them to kill one using the Four Divine Beasts' fused Innate Divine Ability.
In the Life Divine Realm, Leijia wore a suit of azure armor. It was covered in scars, and its divine glow had dimmed.
Nearly a hundred Highgod experts followed close behind Leijia. Every one of them was injured, and several God Level experts were even missing arms or legs.
After more than fifty thousand years of accumulation, Leijia had gathered over a hundred God Level experts under his command.
Leijia himself had advanced from completely fusing three Profound Mysteries to fusing most of five. Though he still lagged considerably behind his Water Element Divine Clone, which had begun fusing a sixth Profound Mystery, he was already capable of dominating a region of the Life Overgod Plane.
Unlike the Infernal Realm, the Life Divine Realm had only one continent. It was a supercontinent vaster than the Infernal Realm's five continents and 108 prefectures combined.
Over fifty thousand years, Leijia had spent more time exploring the continent than cultivating. He had sent his subordinates out to survey and map it, and by now he had investigated most of the powers across the continent.
Compared with the Infernal Realm, the Life Divine Realm's God Level experts were less warlike. Correspondingly, without as much fighting, they were far weaker in quality and fewer in number. The God Level experts Leijia had gathered over tens of thousands of years of building his power already made his force a hegemon in the Life Divine Realm.
Back when Redding and the others were searching for the pillars of light, Leijia had already ordered the God Level experts under his command to search for them in the Life Divine Realm.
Perhaps because they were on the same continent, the Sovereign Sparks within the pillar of light were unusually concentrated. The instant the pillar vanished, all the Sovereign Sparks within it were revealed. A full ten appeared before everyone.
The appearance of ten Sovereign Sparks sparked a fierce struggle among the God Level experts present.
Though the Life Divine Realm's God Level experts were inferior to those of the Infernal Realm in both number and quality, they were highly concentrated because there was only one continent. By the time the pillar of light vanished, more than three thousand Highgod experts had gathered.
With too many wolves and too little meat, the sight of over three thousand Highgods fighting for ten Sovereign Sparks was naturally chaotic beyond compare.
Having united more than a dozen tribes near the teleportation array, Leijia had brought the largest force among the assembled Highgods.
As the strongest force present, Leijia grew extremely overconfident. He set his sights on every Sovereign Spark there, intending to claim them all.
Unexpectedly, the God Level experts present concentrated their attacks on him. In a single exchange, he lost dozens of Highgod experts. A spatial rift was torn open, and three Sovereign Sparks were swept into the Spatial Turbulence.
In the chaos, Leijia could only seize the two Sovereign Sparks closest to him, unleash his Innate Divine Ability, and make a strategic retreat with the God Level experts under his command.
Of the two Sovereign Sparks, one radiated an aura of darkness, while the other radiated an aura of earth. Neither was a Sovereign Spark Leijia could currently refine.
With no other choice, Leijia could only retreat with his God Level experts, intending to decide what to do once he returned to the tribe.
As Leijia retreated with the God Level experts under his command, a streak of blue-green light sped toward him from the distance.
Sensing the approaching figure, the God Level experts behind Leijia grew wary.
Lightning Element Divine Power gathered around Leijia, and arcs of electricity flickered faintly.
Leijia blocked the green figure's path, and the figure immediately slowed down. Only then did he see that several God Level experts were pursuing her.
With Leijia blocking her way, the azure figure revealed her true appearance: a beautiful woman in a green gown, her black hair cascading down her back.
The instant Leijia saw her, his pupils narrowed slightly.
Leijia remembered the beautiful woman well. In the chaotic fight for the Sovereign Sparks, she seemed to have seized one as well. She also seemed slightly stronger than him. If it were not one-on-one, she would pose a tremendous threat to Leijia.
The beautiful woman's eyes flickered. Leijia, too, seemed to have left a deep impression on her during the melee for the Sovereign Sparks.
With over a hundred God Level experts at his command, Leijia should have been the greatest beneficiary this time if he had not been targeted by everyone.
Looking at Leijia, the beautiful woman said with a hint of urgency, "Friend, my name is Vivian. There are enemies pursuing me. Could you let me leave first?"
With a hundred God Level experts on Leijia's side, Vivian also worried that they would block her path like the enemies behind her.
At the same time, Vivian was also gambling-gambling that Leijia would help her.
Vivian?
The name sounded familiar. When Leijia heard it, a figure flashed through his mind. The Life Sovereign!
Vivian, the Life Sovereign, would become one of the Four Rules Sovereigns and the ruler of the entire Life Overgod Realm.