The Planar Wars

by Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi

  As for Benfield, he flew virtually parallel to Linley and Bebe.

  The two were separated solely by the Blackstone Space.

  The red-robed woman and the black-armored man were frantically trying to catch up as well.

  “We can’t keep wasting time with this Benfield. Just now, he simultaneously attacked myself and Bebe, and I found it very hard to endure it. If he continues to entangle us and unleash powerful attacks, I won’t be able to hold.” Linley wasn’t worried about Bebe, because Bebe had been able to endure the attack without using Sovereign’s Might.

  “Boss, we have to throw this guy off,” Bebe sent mentally.

  “I know.” Linley suddenly turned to look at the nearby Benfield.

  Behind him, an illusion of an enormous coiling Azure Dragon that was a thousand meters long suddenly appeared. The draconic head of the Azure Dragon hovered above Linley, staring at Benfield. In Linley’s mind, his earth-type Sovereign power fused with his innate azure light, shooting directly towards the nearby Benfield…

  Innate divine ability – Dragon Roar!

  This innate divine ability, when used with earth-type Sovereign power, was extremely powerful!

  “Eh?” Benfield couldn’t help but feel his body slightly stiffen.

  “Quick, flee!” Linley and Bebe hurriedly seized the opportunity to flee.

  Benfield was a supreme expert who was particularly skilled in soul attacks, and he also had a soul-protecting Sovereign artifact and was protected by Sovereign’s Might. He quickly managed to throw off the restrictive bindings.

  “You want to escape?” Benfield saw Linley and Bebe’s figures disappearing, and he hurriedly chased after them.

  As Linley and Bebe flew away at high speed, Bebe cursed mentally, “Boss, that Benfield really is annoying. He has a soul-protecting Sovereign artifact and a defensive Sovereign artifact. There’s no flaw to attack, and he’s hard to kill, while his own soul attacks are so powerful. He really pisses me off!”

  “I’m pissed too, but there’s nothing we can do.”

  Linley had expected that the breakthrough of his divine wind clone would arouse some interest, but he didn’t imagine that it would attract the attention of someone as hard to deal with as Benfield. Benfield was definitely a perfect counter to Linley; he had two powerful Sovereign artifacts, giving Linley no way to fight back, and he was also skilled at soul attacks.

  How could Linley deal with such a person?

  Even by using his innate divine ability, ‘Dragon Roar’, the only thing Linley could do was buy himself a little time for fleeing!

  “Damnit, Boss, he’s chasing after us again!” Bebe said furiously.

  Linley turned to look, and saw a blurry form fly over at high speed.

  “This bastard really moves fast.” Linley was extremely frantic right now, but since the two had both used Sovereign’s Might, there was no way he would be able to outspeed this person. “It seems the only thing I can do is use my innate divine ability, ‘Dragon Roar’, to stop him yet again,” Linley mused to himself, but right at this moment…

  Linley suddenly discovered that two figures appeared in front of him. Only high-class commanders would dare to hover in the air of the battlefield.

  “This direction is closed off to you!” a calm voice rang out.

  Linley and Bebe could sense the threat the person in front of them posed, and they came to a halt. Linley looked at the two of them and had the feeling… that these two were no less dangerous than Benfield.

  The two were very odd. One was nearly four meters tall, his entire body a bronze color, exceedingly muscular and with a solemn, granite face. On the shoulder of this enormous, four-meter-tall fellow, an adorable bald youth sat, chewing on some fruit. This youth was a size smaller than even Bebe.

  But this youth…made Linley’s heart tremble.

  “The two of you, please help stop them. I, Benfield, will owe you two for it,” Benfield said hurriedly.

  Favors were hard to repay!

  Benfield’s words caused Linley and Bebe’s hearts to sink.

  “Swoosh!” Linley and Bebe fled towards another direction.

  “Whoosh!” a figure suddenly appeared in front of Linley and Bebe. It was the adorable bald fellow who was eating the violet fruit.

  “So fast.” Linley felt shocked in his heart.

  “Why are you in such a hurry to run?” The bald youth cracked his lips into a grin. “Crunch” “Crunch”. With two bites, he disposed of the fruit, then tossed the pit to one side.

  “Elder Brother. The red-robed woman and black-armored man finally arrived as well.”

  “The two of you, don’t even think of escaping.” The red-robed woman stared angrily at Linley and Bebe. Linley and Bebe looked at each other, having a bad feeling in their heart. “Boss, three behind us, two ahead of us. If the five attack us together, there’s no way we’ll escape.”

  Linley and Bebe didn’t dare to move for the moment.

  Because… as soon as they moved, most likely the bald youth and the big fellow would attack.

  “Thank you, you two.” Benfield laughed.

  Just now, the bald youth had blocked Linley and Bebe. Clearly, this made him feel as though he had been given face, but at the same time, Benfield also felt rather puzzled. “This youth and this big fellow… I’ve never seen them before. When did these two experts suddenly appear?” The movement speed the bald youth had displayed just now had caused Benfield to feel amazed.

  “Hey, Benfield, you got some problems with your brain.” The bald youth began to laugh.

  Benfield’s face couldn’t help but change.

  “Just because I stopped Linley didn’t mean that it was because I’m helping you,” the bald youth mocked.

  “Linley?” Benfield and the other two looked towards Linley. Up till now, they hadn’t known who Linley was.

  “You know me?” Linley stared in astonishment towards the bald youth.

  The bald youth began to roar with laughter. “Alas, it’s only been a few years, but you no longer recognize me, your teacher.” The bald youth let out an emotional sigh.

  “Teacher?” Linley and Bebe were both stunned.

  Suddenly, a violet light sprang out from the bald youth’s body, instantly stretching to a thousand meters, encompassing both Linley and Benfield. This powerful, yet familiar gravitational force caused a look of shock to appear on Linley’s face. “Can it be that you are…” In Linley’s mind, that adorable juvenile amethyst beast suddenly sprang to mind. That little juvenile beast who had called out in a high-pitched voice while pointing at and commanding countless amethyst beasts.

  And Linley himself had, under the ‘torment’ of the juvenile amethyst beast, gained insight into the basics of the ‘Blackstone Space’.

  “You!”

  Benfield frowned. “Reisgem!”

  “Harhar… yes, it is me,” the bald youth laughed loudly. “What, are none of you able to recognize me when I’m in human form? Oh, it makes sense… my control over my soul is too powerful. I can completely hide my soul’s aura, and you aren’t able to sense it at all. It is understandable that you don’t recognize me. It is understandable.”

  The bald youth waved his hand. “Benfield, you turtle, hurry up and leave. Otherwise… I wouldn’t mind playing a bit with you.”

  Benfield stared at Linley and Bebe, then clenched his teeth.

  “Let’s go.” Benfield had no choice but to swallow his anger as he led his two companions to fly away.

  Linley and Bebe both let out sighs of relief.

  Reisgem rubbed his bald head, glancing sideways at Linley. Shaking his head, he said, “You are so useless! You learned my supreme technique, but were forced into such a sorry state. You really lost the face of myself, your teacher!”

  “Teacher?” Linley didn’t know whether to laugh or to cry.

  “And you two really are stupid. If your power is weak, then in the Planar Battlefield, you need to join forces. Didn’t you s
ee how so many people are in groups of three or four?” Reisgem said casually. “Mm… how about this. The two of you, join my hunting squad. We’ll join forces and roam about the Planar Battlefield. What do you say?”

  “Join your squad?” Linley couldn’t help but look towards Reisgem, as well as the big, towering fellow behind him.

  “If you join us, in the future, we’ll evenly divide the military merits we gain into fourths. We men should be straightforward and keep things simple!” Reisgem puffed his chest out as he spoke, as though he wanted to show what a man he was.

  Linley couldn’t help but laugh. Linley and Bebe exchanged glances, nodding slightly.

  “We will join!” Linley said.

  And so, Reisgem’s hunting squad was expanded from two to four. Their strength had increased tremendously now!

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  INNATE DIVINE ABILITY

  Over the course of the past sixty-one years in the Planar Battlefield, Linley had already gained a deep appreciation for the dangers it contained. If he wanted to simply rely on his own power to both acquire sufficient military merits as well as protect his life, it would be incredibly difficult! Now that Linley had joined Reisgem’s hunting squad, Linley actually felt relieved.

  “That’s nice and straightforward! Let’s go. We’re preparing to find a place to rest, first,” Reisgem said with a laugh.

  As for that tower-like figure next to Reisgem, he didn’t say a single word, just following behind.

  “Reisgem became a Purgatory Commander long ago, and was able to frighten off Benfield!” Linley felt very certain of Reisgem’s strength “In addition, according to the descriptions of Reisgem in Beirut’s book, Reisgem is a supreme expert who ranks in the top five of Purgatory Commanders.”

  Reisgem’s reputation was quite extravagant.

  Not only was he himself powerful, his mother was the Redbud Sovereign!

  “Boss, in the future, things will be much simpler for us. We’ll probably be able to easily acquire military merits.” Bebe began to laugh, and with a flip of his hand, he retrieved another red fruit, biting into it viciously. The nearby Reisgem sniffed the air, then turned to look at Bebe and immediately laughed. “Bebe, right? This fruit seems pretty appetizing. Give me one?”

  “Take it.” Bebe, very magnanimously, pulled out another fruit and tossed it to Reisgem.

  Reisgem’s eyes lit up. Accepting it, he immediately began to eat, then nodded in praise. “Crispy and flavorful. Eating it is a pleasure. Thanks, bro.” As he spoke, Reisgem stretched his hand out, and a violet fruit appeared. “This is something I like to eat. It only exists in the Life Realm. Have a taste.”

  Bebe and Reisgem, two people who both had childlike hearts, quickly began to grow close to each other.

  Linley just smiled calmly while following them, as the tower-like big fellow just followed silently.

  “Hey, Reisgem, I’m not just boasting. My innate divine ability, hmph, hmph.” Bebe actually started to brag in front of Reisgem.

  “Yours is pretty powerful, but mine isn’t weak either,” Reisgem said very confidently. “But Bebe, I have to warn you, no matter what, you can’t use that innate divine ability of yours against me… I heard from my mother that the innate divine ability of you Godeater Rats is absolutely supernatural. Only someone with a soul-protecting Sovereign artifact or who is a Highgod Paragon can resist it; otherwise, there is no way.”

  “Don’t worry.” Bebe snickered. “We’re on the same team.”

  Hearing this, Linley had a thought; it seemed as though Reisgem was rather afraid of Bebe’s innate divine ability.

  Reisgem took a bite of the fruit, then said helplessly, “I, Reisgem, am skilled in soul attacks! I don’t even fear the soul attacks of Highgod Paragons, but that ‘Godeater’ ability of yours, Bebe… there’s nothing I can do against it. That technique of yours is definitely the most powerful soul attack that a Highgod is capable of!”

  Linley laughed as well. Reisgem’s words were very reasonable.

  Bebe’s technique devoured the divine spark and destroyed the soul. It was indeed the most powerful of soul attacks.

  “According to what my mother said, the innate divine abilities of divine beasts, in terms of fearsomeness… Bebe, you Godeater Rats are considered one of the top! As for the departed Azure Dragon, Vermillion Bird, and the rest of the Four Divine Beasts, their innate divine abilities were very terrifying as well! That Tree of Life from the Life Realm is also a monster… and the Abyssal Fruit Tree of the Netherworld, and… well, most of those extremely monstrous divine beasts all ended up becoming Sovereigns,” Reisgem said with a praising sigh.

  Divine beasts were divided into tiers of power as well.

  Godeater Rats stood at the very peak of divine beasts, but so too did the Abyssal Fruit Tree. These divine beasts and their innate abilities were absolutely unnatural in their power.

  “Hey, what is so powerful about those other divine beasts? Tell me about them,” Bebe said excitedly.

  Linley was intrigued as well.

  Although they were walking on the surface of the battlefield, the four were very much at ease. Linley and the tower-like figure kept a constant watch on their surroundings, but clearly, there weren’t many people who would be so ignorant as to try to attack their group of four.

  “In terms of pure attack power, the ‘White Tiger’ of the Four Divine Beasts had an innate divine ability that was even more powerful than your ‘Godeater’ ability,” Reisgem said with a sigh. “My mother said that when the Four Divine Beasts joined forces and combined their four innate divine abilities, it was utterly monstrous! They were an extremely powerful force amongst the Sovereigns, but unfortunately, they have now all fallen. What a pity.”

  Linley was stunned.

  The innate divine ability of the ‘White Tiger’ of the Four Divine Beasts was even more powerful than the ‘Godeater’ ability? Unfortunately, he would never have the chance to see it. After all, not a single one of the successors to the Four Divine Beasts was an actual divine beast; they just carried the bloodlines of the divine beasts. Their innate divine abilities were only unleashed after undergoing Ancestral Baptisms, and despite that, were incomparable to those of their original ancestors.

  “Even more powerful than we Godeater Rats?” Bebe muttered, clearly not willing to accept it.

  Reisgem chortled. “There are seventy-seven Sovereigns, and a number of them are divine beasts! In addition, these divine beasts are almost all unique ones. You’ll never see them fight, but even if you do, there is no need for them to use their innate divine abilities. Of course you have no idea as to how terrifyingly powerful their innate divine abilities are. But of course… the combination of the four great innate divine abilities of the Four Divine Beasts is the most powerful divine ability of all. There is no question at all regarding this.”

  While chatting casually, they arrived at a squat dwarf mountain.

  “Hey, Hom, make a cave for us,” Reisgem said.

  “Yes,” the big fellow finally spoke.

  Linley couldn’t help but look over. He watched as the big, taciturn giant walked forward to the face of that small mountain, hundreds of meters high. The big fellow placed his giant, fan-sized hands atop the surface of the mountain, and instantly, the stone of the mountain seemed to turn to liquid, slowly flowing outwards.

  In the blink of an eye…

  A square cave had appeared, and the walls of the cave even had some patterned carvings.

  “What sort of technique is this?” Linley and Bebe were stupefied.

  “Don’t be so shocked.” Reisgem laughed delightedly, then strode inwards, with the big fellow following Reisgem into the cave.

  “This big fellow is both mysterious and powerful.” Linley sighed mentally in praise. In addition, Linley had never seen anything in Beirut’s book regarding this big fellow.

  “Whoosh!

  Shortly after they entered the cave, a stone board actually slammed down at the entrance, co
mpletely sealing it off from the outside world.

  The insides of the cave had actually been divided into several rooms, as well as a large living room.

  “What do you think? Stunned by the technique of Hom, eh?” Reisgem laughed as he sat down on a stone bench within the living room. “Let me make the formal introductions. Hom’s full name is Reihom Stonebreaker. He’s my good friend, and a trusted Emissary of my mother. Don’t be fooled by his silence; he’s quite clear-minded about things.”

  A rare hint of a smile appeared on the face of the big, tower-like fellow.

  Reihom Stonebreaker?

  Linley glanced at him, then laughed and said, “Linley Baruch.”

  “Hello, Linley,” Reihom’s voice thundered out, seeming to thrum and reverberate in that giant chest.

  “Haha, from today forward, the power of our hunting squad will have increased dramatically.” Reisgem excitedly slapped the table. “Bebe, your innate divine ability, ‘Godeater’, is definitely the sharpest attack our squad possesses! Linley, how about your own innate divine ability? What percentage of the power of the Azure Dragon’s original innate divine ability does it possess?”

  Linley said with a calm laugh, “I can’t give you percentages. All my innate divine ability can do is to make time move tens of times slower for the enemy.”

  “Good. Haha, wonderful!” Reisgem excitedly rose to his feet, his eyes glowing with violet light.

  “Formidable.” The big, towering fellow rumbled in praise as well.

  “Linley, with this technique of yours, our hunting squad is going to be much more powerful.” Reisgem was very excited.

  Reisgem then grumbled unhappily, “This really pisses me off, actually. Over the years, Reihom and I encountered quite a few commanders, but they weren’t able to beat us and so they immediately ran away. Even when I use my Amethyst Space, if they wholeheartedly focus on fleeing, I’m unable to stop them. But if, at the critical moment, you were to use your innate divine ability on them, and then Reihom attacks, then we’ll definitely be able to kill the target.”

  Linley couldn’t help but laugh.