Chapter 131: The Death of the Four Sacred Beasts and the Refinement of the Life Divine Core

"Big brother, what should we do?" the White Tiger Main God quickly transmitted his voice and asked: "All around are material planes; we can't hide at all, and Shawn's speed is far faster than ours."

Qinglong Leiding did not reply directly to his brother, but continued to transmit to Shawn: "Shawn, although we had some conflicts before, killing you would not benefit my Four Sacred Beasts, and I am not prepared to deal with you;

but if you truly dare to approach us and threaten us, then don't blame us for being rude; you don't really think that having a Lord's power can block our combined innate divine abilities?"

Unless forced, they also don't want to waste this last chance to unleash their innate divine ability, especially since the Water Lord is still nearby; even if they kill Shawn, it would be in a weakened state, and Inas could still slowly hunt them down.

As long as they kill even one of them, even if the other three escape, their eventual death is certain; they have no material plane of their own, so any Lord can easily kill the remaining ones. As for the Divine Covenant, over the years the conflict between the Four Sacred Beasts and the Law Lords has been evident to all Divine beings; even if demoted to lower‑tier Divine status, other Lords have reason to hunt them.

Shawn ignored them and rushed closer; when the distance was close enough, he gave a faint smile and said, "Is that so? I also want to experience how strong the innate divine abilities of you four really are."

Qinglong Leiding's eyes grew cold, and he said, "It seems you are determined to seek death, having an extra willpower of Great Perfection as a mid‑tier Divine. It appears your confidence in your own soul is quite high."

"Of course, I also want to try," Shawn said indifferently.

In fact, if he didn't have that extra Great Perfection‑level willpower, he wouldn't dare to directly face the Four Sacred Beasts' combined innate divine ability; after all, ordinary Lords can be eliminated with a single strike, and even if stronger, no one knows if they could block it.

"Since that's the case, we'll kill you first; you brought this on yourself," Qinglong Leiding roared angrily.

In the distance, the Water Lord was still watching, and he also sensed that the Water Lord's mid‑tier Life Divine Avatar was already approaching; once they finish using their combined innate divine ability, even if they kill Shawn, facing the joint pursuit of two Water Lords' Divine Avatars would be fraught with danger—their speed and divine‑sense range are inferior, making escape essentially impossible.

And the originator of all this danger is Shawn; how could that not make them resentful?

The Four Sacred Beasts transformed again into four divine beasts, just as before, the four gathered together, and the surrounding space instantly solidified;

Shawn, not far away, immediately felt this terrifying spatial compression; unlike the binding forces of the Earth Law or the Wind Law, this power originates from space itself, not from any compressive energy.

When space cannot be moved, those inside find movement extremely difficult; even though Shawn now possesses Great Perfection Lord power, in this environment he can only make simple limb movements, and rapid movement to dodge attacks is virtually impossible.

In other words, the strongest aspect of the Four Sacred Beasts' combined innate divine ability is not the soul attack but this binding force; if paired with a top‑tier material attack, the technique would have no drawback. In the original, the Destroyer Lord's attack after temporal chaos was like this, but Ouf was so powerful that he actually blocked it.

The soul attack of the combined innate divine ability quickly shot out from the Four Sacred Beasts' bodies; although Shawn knew he could block it, he didn't dare be careless and immediately launched a dozen or so of his own soul attacks in succession;

These soul attacks gradually collided with the combined innate divine ability; none could match it, yet the combined ability's power was heavily drained, and under spatial confinement Shawn could not avoid the soul attacks and was directly hit.

Inside Shawn, a massive amount of Death Divine power formed the strongest soul defense net, but the combined innate divine ability still surged forward like a battering ram, breaking through each layer of defense and rushing toward Shawn's mind, consuming most of its energy along the way.

Finally, when it struck the soul defense Divine Core beyond Shawn's soul, "Bang~" the surface of the Divine Core cracked in several places, and a surge of soul energy seeped into Shawn's deep soul, causing some damage but not severe.

The soul bead instantly released a massive amount of soul energy, repairing the soul injury, but the damaged soul defense Divine Core was useless; Shawn immediately swapped in another—when it comes to Divine beings, they have as many of these as needed.

Outside, Shawn's body showed no abnormality, and he slowly opened his eyes, looking playfully at the weakened aura of the Four Sacred Beasts in the distance.

"How could you possibly block it?" Qinglong Leiding's tone was filled with shock and fear.

Likewise, Inas, whose two Divine Avatars had merged in the distance, looked equally astonished; he could sense that the Four Sacred Beasts' combined innate divine ability just now was not weaker than the first time they faced him, and even if Shawn could block it, his soul aura should be heavily depleted;

Because theoretically, Shawn's soul defense should not surpass his, since the Water domain is also very good at defense; it's just that soul attacks are inferior to the Death Rule.

"Now it's your turn," Shawn said with a faint smile, feeling the surrounding temporal‑spatial binding force gradually fade.

The four Qinglong members' faces changed dramatically, shouting, "Run quickly, split up."

However, the speed gap between a lower‑tier Divine and a Great Perfection Lord is huge; even though the Death Rule is not fast, Shawn easily caught up with the four;

One soul attack per person; before the four could separate far, Shawn killed them one by one, and their bodies and Divine Cores were all absorbed into a spatial ring.

Amid the spatial turbulence, only the bounty‑laden Shawn and a stunned Water Lord Inas in the distance remained;

After a while, Inas laughed and said, "Shawn, I didn't expect your strength to be so great; I guess even without me you could kill the Four Sacred Beasts alone. I don't need many of the Four Sacred Beasts' Divine Cores and bodies; just one Wind Divine Core, how about it?"

"Inas, it seems you really have a Wind Divine Avatar," Shawn said with a faint smile.

Inas replied, "Shawn, that's none of your business; after all, I blocked the first combined innate divine ability, otherwise you wouldn't have killed the Four Sacred Beasts so easily. I only need one Divine Core; that's already a modest request."

"Hahaha, Inas, if my strength weren't a bit stronger than you estimated, after the Four Sacred Beasts die you would probably plan to annihilate me as well," Shawn said indifferently.

Their supreme divine oath concerned only the time before the Four Sacred Beasts' death; once the Four Sacred Beasts die, any binding force of the oath naturally vanishes.

Inas hurriedly changed color and said, "Shawn, don't make wild guesses; I don't have a Death Divine Avatar, so why would I annihilate you?"

"Perhaps, but that's irrelevant now; do you know why I came with you to annihilate the Four Sacred Beasts?" Shawn retorted.

Inas frowned silently; previously he had predicted Shawn's strength was only slightly above that of an ordinary Lord, so the Four Sacred Beasts' combined innate divine ability would inevitably threaten him. Though there was no direct conflict of interest, he had previously had disputes with the Four Sacred Beasts;

But now that Shawn acted, he realized that even if the Four Sacred Beasts' innate divine ability were applied to him twice in succession, it couldn't kill Shawn—at most it would cause serious injury;

Though he didn't know why Shawn, merely a Great Perfection mid‑tier Divine with an extra willpower, displayed such overwhelming strength.

Shawn continued, "Actually the explanation is no longer important, Inas, do you remember when you forced me to swear the supreme divine oath back then?"

"Yes, that did happen, but it was a very minor matter," Inas recalled naturally.

"That doesn't matter; what's important is that you can die," Shawn said, too lazy for further talk; he accelerated to his utmost speed, reached Inas in an instant, and fired his strongest soul attack.

"Your speed?" Inas, seeing that Shawn's speed surpassed his normal state, realized that all Divine beings in heaven and earth had misjudged Shawn's strength; with such speed, what about his soul attack?

He dared not be careless; the two Divine Avatars simultaneously launched their own soul attacks;

Amid the spatial turbulence, multiple soul attacks collided, but Inas's soul attack was instantly annihilated; his Life Divine Avatar was only slightly stronger than a typical mid‑tier deity, and the Water Lord's avatar was heavily damaged by the Four Sacred Beasts' soul innate divine ability, leaving it with virtually no soul power.

After being hit by the soul attack, Inas's complexion changed dramatically again, his soul aura grew even weaker, and the soul injury also hampered his speed;

Seeing that escape was impossible, Inas shouted urgently, "Lord Shawn, spare me; I can do anything for you from now on."

"Hmph~" Shawn sneered; naturally he wouldn't waste words—he wanted the Divine Core, leaving no room for negotiation;

He launched several more soul attacks; Inas couldn't dodge and was hit directly, his body split, the Water Divine Avatar fled, the Life Divine Avatar's aura vanished, instantly crushed by the spatial turbulence, leaving only a Divine Core glowing emerald.

Shawn didn't rush to chase Inas; instead he quickly approached the Life Divine Core. Such a small item, if lost in the spatial turbulence, might never be found again;

A drop of fresh blood spurted from Shawn's fingertip onto the Life Divine Core; this time, as long as Inas's mid‑tier Life Divine emerged from the material plane, Shawn was confident, and the Life Divine Avatar would naturally follow.

"Boom~" Within the spatial turbulence, the Earth and Sky Laws descended, a massive amount of emerald Life Divine power swirled around Shawn, and the black Divine Core gradually merged into Shawn's brow.

Feeling the Life Divine power within his body, Shawn's thought moved, and the Death Divine power instantly fused with the Life Divine power, forming a gray‑green new Divine power whose intensity was ten times that of ordinary Divine power;

After refining a Divine Core, the Death Divine avatar gained another willpower; thus, in terms of willpower alone, he surpasses both the Destroyer and Life Great Perfection Lords.

The Divine consciousness, now infused with the merged Divine power, spread out; the fleeing Inas nearby felt nothing, yet he sensed the fluctuation of the Earth and Sky Laws behind him, understood the situation, and quickly transmitted, "Lord Shawn, you have obtained the Life Divine Core and lack a Water Divine Avatar; let this matter end here, agreed?"

Although they were currently in the material‑plane region, Inas was actually closer to Shawn; as long as Shawn pursued at full speed, Inas wouldn't have time to return to his own material plane.

Shawn calculated that time was short; once Inas returned to his material plane, even a million‑fold stronger Shawn couldn't deal with him, so his figure vanished again, speed reaching its peak, and in the blink of an eye he caught up with the fleeing Inas.

"Your speed? How is that possible?" Inas, already desperate, wondered how Shawn's speed could be so fast.

Shawn gave a faint smile and said, "You don't need to know that."

He launched the strongest soul attack once more; Inas had no chance to dodge, and after being hit his gaze went vacant as a cyan‑green Divine Core burst from the top of his head.

Shawn immediately retrieved the Divine Core and placed it in a specially made box, on which a character meaning "upper" was engraved.

Now he holds two Water‑element Divine Cores in his hand, one upper and one lower; a Divine Core cannot be distinguished by appearance, so a mix‑up would be a huge loss.

After securing the Divine Core, Shawn also took Inas's space ring; a Divine's space ring is usually forged by Divine power, and although it lacks the Divine Artifact's potency, it possesses the Artifact's hardness, making it indestructible to spatial turbulence.

A drop of fresh blood fell onto it, yet it did not seep in.

"Sure enough there's a divine avatar; looks like it's the Wind element," Shawn sneered, then his spiritual awareness spread out, locating the material plane where Inas was born; sweeping across it, he found that atop a mountain on that plane, the wind‑bound upper deity Inas now wore a pallid, iron‑blue complexion and trembled all over.

A massive surge of Death Divine power suddenly coalesced, taking the shape of Shawn.

"Shawn?" Inas's gaze was now filled with hatred.

Shawn said coolly, "The victor becomes king, the loser a bandit; if my strength weren't far beyond your estimate, you would never have shown me any mercy, right? The earlier claim about sharing the Four Divine Beasts' bodies and Divine Cores was nothing but a joke."

Only when strengths are equal can terms be discussed; Shawn's original power, if struck by the Four Divine Beasts' combined innate divine skill, would be gravely wounded. If Inas truly killed the Four Divine Beasts, how could he honestly split the treasure with him? The more likely outcome is that he would kill Shawn to silence him.

It can only be said that this is an agreement each side plotted against the other; Inas's true aim is the Four Divine Beasts, yet he cannot withstand two combined innate divine skills and hopes Shawn will block one, while Shawn's goal is the mid‑rank Divine Core of his life, the Divine Cores and essence blood of the Four Divine Beasts—though they are treasures to him, they are not essential.

"Hmph, it's come to this; what more do you expect?" Inas also knew he had nothing left to say.

Shawn smiled faintly, "Since you are no longer a Divine, hand over the Supreme Divine Relic."

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