“You truly think too highly of yourself!” Linley couldn’t help but chuckle.
Given Linley’s control over the world, he could clearly sense that Magnus, just now, hadn’t used Sovereign power when attacking! A Paragon, even one who didn’t use Sovereign power, was generally able to easily slaughter a commander. But… to act in such a way against Linley was indeed a bit too arrogant.
“You truly have become a Paragon?” Magnus didn’t dare believe it… but the power that Linley had just displayed was real.
“I need to thank you for that full-force attack you launched back then.” Linley let out a soft laugh. “If you hadn’t wanted to kill me, causing me to fall into a life-and-death situation, I probably wouldn’t have made such a large advance.” Linley didn’t admit that he had become a Paragon, but upon hearing Linley’s words, Magnus took it for admission.
“No wonder you are so arrogant. So you have become a Paragon.” Magnus’ face sank. “But Linley, even though you are a Paragon, I, Magnus, will teach you today… that you aren’t qualified to kill my friends!”
When his words were spoken, Magnus moved once more.
“Rumble…”
In the blink of an eye, Linley saw a black fist cover his entire field of vision, and a powerful blast of Fate-type Sovereign power. It seemed as though the entire surrounding space was compressing him, and this punch seemed to contain enough power to destroy the world. It was unstoppable!
“Not using soul attacks, but a material attack?” Linley didn’t hesitate at all, immediately launching a backhanded sword stab with full strength.
“Raaaaaaaargh…” 108 rays of black light shot out like dragons from Mirage, swallowing Magnus within them. In that instant, Magnus felt as though he heard the roar of a dragon, and then felt a powerful, oppressive compression. This compressive force caused even his attacks to be affected.
The sword of Linley. The fist of Magnus!
They collided!
“Thud…” It was a deep sound, like a drum being struck.
Space instantly shattered. Hundreds of spatial rifts appeared, and that Sovereign power, infused with the power of Will, washed out in every direction. This burst of energy was infused with the power of Will, and like sharp arrows, it instantly pierced through the bodies of each of the surrounding soldiers.
A hundred soldiers who were fairly close to Linley and Magnus were doomed. Their bodies instantly transformed into dust! As for some of the soldiers behind them, they were either pierced through the chest or the legs. Some unlucky ones were pierced through the head. Unfortunately, the energy rays were simply too vicious and too dense.
In the blink of an eye, within a circumference of a hundred meters, hundreds of corpses fell from the skies.
“What… what is this?” The formerly savagely battling soldiers here were completely stunned. They couldn’t help but lower their weapons, turning to stare and see what exactly had caused so many people to die simultaneously. There were no living people in the area where Linley and Magnus were battling.
In the Stellar Corridor, this was a rare, empty area. This caused the soldiers to instantly notice the two people battling energetically within.
“Bang!” “Bang!”
Two exceedingly, unspeakably fast blurs collided time and time again, and space repeatedly shattered as spatial tears were created. The backlash from the Sovereign power they used caused quite a few soldiers to die in succession.
“Retreat, quick, retreat!” The terrified soldiers couldn’t help but all retreat frantically, pulling far away from Linley and Magnus.
“What terrifying speed!” The soldiers felt their hearts tremble. “Can it be that they are…”
These soldiers could be considered experts in the Infernal Realm or the Netherworld, and they were all highly experienced. But the incredible effects generated by Linley and Magnus’ blows still caused them to feel terrified. Even the remnant energy could effortlessly kill Six Star Fiends and Seven Star Fiends? What sort of power was this?
The space of the Planar Battlefield… actually had more than a hundred giant spatial rifts torn open? What level of attacks were being used?
Stupefied. Scared silly!
There were two corridors in the Stellar River, and the two corridors engaged in battle simultaneously. The goal was to defeat the opponents and to reach the opposite shore; that was a sign of victory. If victory was gained in both corridors, one side of the Planar War would be considered victorious. If victory was gained in one corridor but lost in the other, it was a draw.
But right now, the battle between Linley and Magnus caused simply too much chaos.
They occasionally rose into the skies, and then they would descend, moving at frightful speeds.
Nobody dared to go within a thousand meters of them!
And so, at the center of one of the two Stellar Corridors, an empty field naturally was formed. This forced a halt to the battle on this Stellar Corridor, as quite a few soldiers and commanders focused on the duel of peak experts here.
“Them? Magnus… and that friend of Reisgem’s?” The three-eyed commander’s face changed.
Quite a few commanders had noticed the distant disturbance.
“How is that possible? It’s that person called Linley?” Woodridge also stared, stunned, at the terrifying scene of the distant battle between Linley and Magnus. “Magnus and Linley, they are fighting to a standstill?” Watching the world-shattering battle going on in the distance, Woodridge didn’t dare believe that the Linley whom he had looked down upon was actually able to fight a Paragon to a standstill. Shaking his head vigorously, Woodridge still didn’t dare believe what he was seeing.
“Linley?”
Although those people on the side of the Divine Darkness Plane had never paid Linley any attention, most of them knew Linley’s name. Now that they saw that it was Linley who was causing this huge disturbance, they couldn’t help but feel shocked.
“This Linley is too terrifying.”
Chegwin, the only one who had survived in his squad which fought for the Divine Light Plane, still felt terror in his heart.
“Who is this?” Quite a few commanders on the side of the Divine Light Plane didn’t recognize Linley.
“Haha… I told you all long ago that he is very powerful, possibly a Paragon.” Hemmers stared at the distant battle. He couldn’t help but start to laugh loudly. “None of you believed me! Haha… do you see it? Do you see it?!”
Of the two Stellar Corridors, the battle on one of them had been forced to grind to a halt.
“Quick, hurry up and change directions. Move to support the other corridor! Seize the opportunity to first achieve victory in the other corridor!” Some commanders reacted more quickly; knowing that the battle at this corridor was halted, they immediately arranged for their forces to go assist the other corridor instead. They’d first gain victory in that corridor, then talk.
Linley and Magnus continued to battle in the center of the Stellar River. As they continued, the nearby soldiers of both sides who had disposed of their opponents all temporarily paused their battling.
No one dared to approach Linley or Magnus.
Sovereign power infused with the power of Will… when it washed out, even commanders wouldn’t dare to easily approach it. Who, then, would?
For a time, countless soldiers and many commanders watched this terrifying battle in amazement. For many of them, only today did they understand how terrifying Paragons were!
“WHAP!”
The commanders and soldiers only saw blurred figures move. One of the two rose into the heavens, while the other stood there on the ground; the two split apart. Magnus hovered there, high up in the air, a hint of blood at the corner of his lips. Almost immediately, however, he recovered.
And on the ground stood an expert whose entire body was covered with azure-golden scales, and who had spikes emerging from his back – Linley! Linley’s dark golden eyes stared upwards. “Magnus… you, a Paragon
of Fate, want to compete against me in material attacks? You aren’t quite up to it!”
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The countless soldiers on the Stellar Corridor, along with some of the commanders, were stunned as they watched this battle.
Human wave attacks might be useful against ordinary commanders, but against Paragons… it was useless. The Paragons battled there, in the center of the corridor, and the surrounding soldiers had no choice but to stop fighting and not even dare draw within a thousand meters.
“The Sovereign power doesn’t match up.” Linley shook his head. Just now, although they had only battled briefly, Linley hadn’t Dragonformed at the beginning. But the non-transformed Linley was actually at a disadvantage when fighting Magnus! Magnus used Fate-type Sovereign’s Might which was very effective, while Linley was only able to use Destruction-type Sovereign’s Might.
He was weaker in this aspect, and so even though he used his supreme technique of spatial binding, he was still at a disadvantage.
Linley was forced to Dragonform! Upon Dragonforming, his attack power instantly jumped, allowing him to actually press down against his foe using material attacks. “Last time, when I sparred with Leylin, I didn’t Dragonform. After Dragonforming, things are exactly as I thought they would be.”
The power of Will was very special. As long as Linley applied his Will, his power would increase dramatically. The defensiveness of his draconic scales and his attacks all increased; the power of his Will had the power to transform something rotting into something magical. Paragons didn’t need Sovereign artifacts to easily defeat commanders who had Sovereign artifacts.
“To kill a Paragon truly is hard.” Linley raised his head, looking up at Magnus. Magnus didn’t have a defensive Sovereign artifact, but the protective barrier formed from pure Sovereign power, when infused with his Paragon’s Will, made it so that Linley’s draconic tail, fists, and legs were unable to injure him heavily.
It was often said that Paragons had no weaknesses. This wasn’t just talk! They were exceedingly strong in all aspects, be it in defense or offense, even without Sovereign artifacts!
“Swoosh!” Linley’s body moved like a blur, rising to the skies until he stood level with Magnus. The two mighty experts stared at each other while hovering in the air.
“Members of the Azure Dragon clan truly do increase in power greatly after Dragonforming!” Magnus laughed loudly. “However, don’t be smug. That was just the beginning!” After speaking, Magnus seemed to transformed into the sun, emitting blurry rays of light in every direction as a powerful aura began to spread out.
As for the midair Linley, his draconic tail swayed behind him slightly as he stared at his opponent, not nervous at all.
Magnus stretched his hands out, and instantly, around him appeared a man-sized globe of light. This enormous globe of light contained within it a brilliant, crystalline lotus flower. Above the lotus flower, there even seemed to be some mist swirling. The Stellar Corridor glowed with rainbow light that shot upwards, making it seem all the more beautiful.
“You really are going all out!” Linley let out a chuckle.
Last time, Magnus had used this same attack and had nearly killed Linley, but Linley had not only escaped from death, he had also transformed. Still, that time, the light globe was only fist-sized while this time, it was man-sized! Actually, it was the exact same technique as last time; only, there was a huge difference in how much spiritual energy was being used up!
In truth, this man-sized light globe could be treated as hundreds of the fist-sized light globes!
“Hmph!”
Magnus’ gaze grew cold, and the enormous light globe hovering in front of his chest suddenly shot towards Linley.
“Haha…” Linley just laughed loudly. His body seemed to transform into a human-shaped porcupine, as from within shot out a translucent sword ripple. Instantly, countless sword ripples shot out which simultaneously struck against that two-meter-tall globe of light.
One advanced, the other marched forward. The countless sword ripples charged against the light globe.
“Bang!” The surface of the light globe cracked, revealing that blooming, translucent lotus flower. For a moment, the lotus flower seemed to be a sculpture of ice.
The countless translucent sword ripples shot towards the translucent lotus flower!
“Swish!” The enormous lotus flower continued to shoot towards Linley while constantly swiveling, using up one sword ripple after another, but at the same time… the lotus flower was being used up, and it was physically shrinking.
“Hrm?” Magnus’ face changed. “What a powerful soul attack!”
Linley’s Voidwave Sword ripples caused Magnus to be astonished.
In a short period of time, the lotus flower actually shrank dramatically.
Actually, it wasn’t strange. Even after having fused four types of profound mysteries of the Laws of the Earth, Linley’s understanding regarding profound mysteries that impacted soul attacks was still much weaker than this attack of Magnus’. Only, Linley’s spiritual energy was ten times greater than even when he used Sovereign power, and the power of his Will was also nearly ten times greater than that of actual Paragons. These two aspects made it so that Linley’s soul attack wasn’t much weaker than Magnus’.
“Hmph.” Magnus willed it, and the dramatically shrinking lotus flower instantly began to swivel. One flower petal after another separated, transforming into more than ten lines that shot towards Linley. Linley’s Voidwave Sword ripples were only able to block part of them; the rest of the lotus petals still shot into Linley’s body.
“Magnus, is this the best your ‘supreme attack’ can do?” Linley looked at Magnus.
“How is this possible?” Magnus was secretly shocked. “Even if Linley was able to endure the attack, it shouldn’t be as though nothing had happened to him.”
Indeed, Linley didn’t care at all, because his soul-protecting Sovereign artifact, the ‘Coiling Dragon ring’, had been completely repaired more than two hundred years ago! Ever since his soul mutation, Linley had been using spiritual energy to repair it at an astonishing rate, and less than ten years after his soul mutation the Coiling Dragon ring had been completely repaired.
With a soul-protecting Sovereign artifact safeguarding him, how could he possibly fear a small attack like this?
“Haha, Magnus, so that’s all you are capable of.” Linley laughed clearly, and his laughter echoed in the air above the Stellar River. “Then it is my turn!”
As the sound echoed in the air, Linley himself wielded Mirage as he charged towards Magnus. In addition, a large number of Voidwave Swords shot out from Linley’s body, shooting towards Magnus.
“Don’t boast. What can you do to me?” Magnus didn’t want to appear weak, and so his laughter echoed forth as well.
It must be understood that there were simply too many spectators to this battle. They were commanders and soldiers who came from each of the Divine Planes and Higher Realms. If he lost, then this news would quickly spread across all of the universe. If he appeared weak now, where would he, Magnus, be able to hide his face?
“Whoosh!” Linley’s draconic tail unpredictably lashed out.
“Can’t let him draw close!” Magnus retreated explosively.
As soon as Linley drew near, he would be able to attack from all angles. Even the spikes on his elbows, his draconic tail, and other parts were capable of threatening Magnus.
Although this was slow to describe, in reality, it happened as fast as a spark erupting from a flint. The two supreme experts amongst Deities exchanged multiple blows against each other, clashing multiple times, and each time causing the heavens to shatter and split apart. Even their soul attacks… caused the surrounding soldiers and commanders to be vigilant. Perhaps a single Voidwave Sword ripple of Linley’s might hit them, or a single petal of Magnus’ lotus flowers; they were more than enough to kill them.
Battle w
as completely halted here in this Stellar Corridor, but the battle on the other side had reached a crescendo in savagery.
“Enemies straight ahead. Launch a joint material attack!”
One hundred-man squad after another launched one joint attack after another. Countless soldiers fell and perished, as though a new epoch had crushed down upon them. Many commander badges fell. Clearly, the Divine Darkness Plane’s side’s forces held the advantage in numbers, and were currently pressing forth to victory.
Ten hundred-man squads launched a material attack!
And then, they retreated, with ten more hundred-man squads moving forward, launching a blast of soul attacks!
The soldiers of the Divine Light Plane had been charging forward, but this sequence of arrayed attacks from the forces of Darkness had completely suppressed their spirits.
Once a complete advantage was established, a very simple battle would result.
From the initial stalemate, to a retreat, to total collapse…
Faced with this massive advance and the repeated joint attacks, the forces of the Light alliance were finally, completely dispersed. Although some of them were courageous, it wasn’t worth it for them to throw away their lives for nothing.
“Haha, we won!” The commanders of the military camps, watching this, laughed loudly.
“This time, our Darkness alliance had a slight advantage in numbers to begin with. In addition, on the other side, those two battling Paragons caused the battle to come to a halt, so I immediately arranged for those soldiers to move here. When they all charged together, given our absolute advantage in numbers, we were able to crush them in one blow. Once the enemies were broken apart, even if some more support came, it was too late.
Soon, the soldiers of the Darkness alliance in this corridor reached the other side, while the survivors of the Light alliance completely retreated.
“Rumble…” The rainbow aura emanating from this Stellar Corridor which rose to the heavens suddenly retracted, then vanished.
The Darkness alliance had won a victory.
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