Chapter 139: Battle of the Sovereign Level

At the outer edge of the airspace, Life Sovereign Weiweiya transmitted to Death Sovereign: "Big sister, Shawn versus Augusta probably isn't very confident, right?"

Death Sovereign replied: "Not necessarily. In terms of material attacks he isn't the opponent; it comes down to the soul. Shawn's soul research is still very deep, you know that, and Augusta should find it hard to block. Even if he can't die, he should still be hurt."

Weiweiya said: "What I'm worried about is that Ao Fu lent the Soul Defense Supreme Artifact to Augusta; if so, Shawn's advantage would be completely gone."

"Soul Defense Supreme Artifact?" Death Sovereign thought and said: "Probably not. If Ao Fu didn't have the Soul Defense Supreme Artifact, he couldn't block Utrede's spacetime distortion; he wouldn't take that risk."

"It's also possible." Weiweiya agreed: "I'm just worried that among the wagered treasures there is Four Divine Beasts Essence Blood; if Shawn gives it to Augusta, it will definitely end up in Ao Fu's hands."

"Sigh~, I'm worried too, but now we can only take it one step at a time." Death Sovereign sighed.

In the middle of the spatial turbulence zone, Shawn and Augusta stood opposite each other, and Shawn smiled lightly: "Let's begin."

"Fine." Augusta gave a cold smile, waved his right hand, and a long sword emitting a faint golden light appeared in his hand. It had no power, but the surrounding spatial turbulence almost trembled.

"Fate Supreme Divine Sword!" Shawn's expression changed;

Augusta possessed a Supreme Artifact, so he naturally knew about it, and with his own Material Defense Supreme Artifact he wasn't afraid at all; but the moment the Fate Supreme Divine Sword appeared, the soul pearl inside his body trembled.

The last fragment of the soul pearl's dispersed soul aura was actually on the Supreme Divine Sword.

It should be that when the Supreme Divine Sword injured the soul pearl that year, an aura remained on it;

Now the soul pearl has a very strong impulse to retrieve that aura, and even in a way Shawn cannot comprehend, it informs Shawn that once all soul auras are reclaimed, there will be a huge benefit.

However, Shawn suppressed the soul pearl's desire, returned to normal, and at this moment he is still in combat, though this opponent does not require his full effort.

Augusta's figure flashed, a bright white light surged toward Shawn, and the Supreme Divine Sword slashed directly at him;

Shawn's figure quickly retreated; in speed he seemed comparable to Augusta, then dozens of soul attacks, like raindrops, shot toward the approaching Augusta;

Facing Shawn's soul attacks, Augusta did not dodge, hard‑blocked them, yet was not affected at all, and his long sword continued to slash at Shawn.

In Shawn's hand, a black Primary Artifact suddenly surged toward Augusta's Supreme Artifact, "Boom—" the Primary Artifact in Shawn's hand was cut cleanly, but the destroyed Primary Artifact still gave a slight hindrance to the Supreme Artifact's attack, and Shawn retreated to a safe spot.

"Your soul defense is really good." Shawn said with a faint smile.

He did not use his utmost power, but displayed the "apparent" combat strength, i. e., the level assessed by outsiders, roughly a normal‑race Great Perfection Sovereign level, including speed, physical attack, and soul attack.

With a Great Perfection Sovereign skilled in soul attacks, even if Augusta has an extra will‑power compared to other Law Sovereigns, being hit cannot leave him completely unaffected; the only possibility is that he possesses a Soul Defense Supreme Artifact.

This was actually within Shawn's expectations, but Ao Fu, knowing the threat of Utrede's spacetime distortion, still dared to give the Soul Defense Supreme Artifact to Utrede, which is somewhat risky.

Augusta laughed loudly: "Ha ha, Shawn, your material attacks are nothing special, meet your death."

The Supreme Divine Sword's power surged, its length suddenly extended, and it shot straight at Shawn's head;

Shawn's figure also dodged quickly, another Primary Artifact blocked the Supreme Divine Sword, delaying it briefly, allowing Shawn to barely avoid the Supreme Artifact's edge, though it was a bit "clumsy".

"Ha ha, let's see how many more times you can dodge." Augusta's voice grew arrogant, his long sword whirled rapidly, and Shawn continued to evade at the cost of his Destruction Primary Artifact;

Each time it seemed extremely dangerous, yet he always narrowly escaped the Supreme Artifact's attacks.

In the distance:

Many Law Sovereigns were stunned, and the Thunder Sovereign exclaimed in shock: "How is this possible? Augusta's speed is even faster than mine?"

Among the Law Sovereigns, Augusta ranks first because he has a Supreme Artifact, and Hu Erlei isn't really convinced; but under normal circumstances he wouldn't rely on his own flesh to hard‑block a Supreme Artifact, even if Augusta's Supreme Artifact's attributes don't match his.

Yet he isn't at all afraid of Augusta, because he has an extra will‑power;

Know that an extra will‑power not only strengthens attack, but also defense, soul, and speed—a comprehensive boost;

With the sharpness of his Supreme Artifact, his physical defense might not block, but he can run; as long as he's fast, it's like the combined Divine Skill of the Four Divine Beasts—a god‑defying technique, being unable to catch up is useless.

But now Augusta's speed is actually faster than his;

The Wind Sovereign Bai E also frowned slightly and said: "Augusta is hidden so deeply, could he have reached Great Perfection?"

All Primary Gods between Heaven and Earth know Augusta has no divine clone; the only way his power could rise so much is Great Perfection, which also explains how he previously blocked Shawn's soul attacks;

Of course, some special techniques can boost attack, defense, or speed, but such research is extremely difficult and unlikely to improve all aspects; only the will‑power granted by Heaven and Earth can achieve that.

Life Sovereign frowned: "If that's the case, Shawn is in danger."

Death Sovereign remained silent, curious why, in such a perilous situation, Shawn still hasn't borrowed a Supreme Artifact from him; once he has a death‑attribute Supreme Artifact that matches, the danger disappears and defeating Augusta would be easy.

Destruction Sovereign's face showed an incomprehensible smile; he knew Shawn was concealing his strength, though he couldn't understand why Shawn's power was so great.

Fate Sovereign Ao Fu watched the duel ahead calmly.

"Ha ha, Shawn, I wonder how many more chances you have." Augusta continued arrogantly, shouting: "Today I'll not only win, I also want your Primary Divine Rank."

As long as he kills Shawn's Death Primary God avatar, that counts as his win; bound by the Supreme Divine Oath, Shawn must also bring out the wagered items. As for the remaining Life Primary God avatar, it's just a slightly stronger mid‑tier Primary God, which will thereafter have to hide in the material plane.

After speaking, Augusta's speed surged again, and the Supreme Artifact's power suddenly increased by thirty percent.

Shawn's figure flickered likewise, his speed suddenly much faster than before, easily evading the vital point, then his right hand lightly tapped the side of the Supreme Divine Sword, just as Ao Fu had previously flicked away Utrede's Supreme Divine Spear; Augusta's divine sword instantly veered, causing him to tumble backward.

"You~" Augusta was shocked; with his material attack he should be far above Shawn's, how could he be flicked away so directly?

Shawn smiled faintly and shouted loudly: "Augusta, I only wanted to spar, but since you intend to kill me, don't blame me for being blunt."

As soon as the words ended, a mass of vines formed from Life God power suddenly erupted around Augusta, easily encircling him;

"Just that?" Augusta swung his long sword, easily cutting through the vines, but the vines quickly healed, reconnecting; no matter how much he consumed, they kept coming.

Suddenly, several vines pierced Augusta's surface Light God power, stabbing in like blades, and a lot of blood spurted out; Augusta winced in pain, and a massive surge of Light God power gathered, forcing the vines back.

"Your flesh is truly strong." Shawn said coolly.

From that brief test, he could feel Augusta's body strength was terrifying, almost at Primary Artifact level even if not quite.

That's normal; after all, he's the same race as Ao Fu, who can use a method to strengthen his body to Primary Artifact level, so Augusta theoretically could as well.

Augusta asked in a deep voice: "Your Life Rule, how is it so strong?"

Even though Shawn employs the Life Rule by stacking his Death Primary God avatar onto his Sanctum true self, his mystic side isn't perfected; perhaps he can wield power no lower than Sovereign level, but reaching that recent level seems impossible—yet the vines, formed purely from divine power, could wound him.

"Why should I tell you?" Shawn said, too lazy for idle talk, not wanting to waste time; his figure vanished again, his speed far surpassing Augusta's earlier.

"Impossible?" The observing Sovereigns in the distance were stunned; Shawn's speed was far faster than any of theirs;

With speed that great, his other aspects must also be far stronger.

Augusta's divine sense detected the approaching Shawn, his face turning pale, and his long sword suddenly slashed forward, but several vines suddenly sprouted on his right arm; the spikes atop those vines pierced his arm again, and the vines gradually tightened, binding his right hand, drastically slowing his movements, leaving him unable to block Shawn.

A black Primary Artifact long sword easily bypassed the slowed Supreme Artifact and slashed toward Augusta's head;

Augusta's left hand hastily swung his arm, left hand blocking in front of Shawn's long sword; "hiss~~" the long sword directly pierced Augusta's left hand, then suddenly penetrated further, the force seemed to have decreased somewhat, but still stabbed once more toward Augusta's head.

"Ah~~~" Augusta let out a sudden loud cry, his whole body emitting a strange golden light; Shawn's long sword, after piercing the golden light, was as if sinking into a mire;

The vines that had just been binding Augusta's right hand were also easily dissolved by the golden light; the Supreme Divine Sword's speed recovered, slashing toward Shawn's long sword; seeing that there was no time, Shawn quickly retracted his long sword and retreated several dozen meters.

"Reincarnation Golden Body??" Several sovereigns in the distance, seeing the golden light around Augusta, couldn't help exclaim, then all turned their gaze toward Of;

Of merely furrowed his brows slightly, not knowing what he was thinking about, paying no attention to the gazes of those around him.

Shawn also glanced at Of, then turned to Augusta, laughing: "Haha, impressive enough, worthy of being a Reincarnation Golden Body."

"You too have hidden yourself deeply." Augusta also felt lingering fear, having just nearly been killed: "In this round, none of us can win against the other; how about calling it a draw?"

"You're thinking too nicely." Shawn smiled at the corner of his mouth, his expression also turning stern, his figure once again charging forward; this time his speed was about the same as before;

But when he got close to Augusta, his speed suddenly increased again.

"This is impossible?" Augusta racked his brain but couldn't fathom it; Shawn is a double mid-rank Sovereign God, even if he had achieved great perfection, even if he had received a willpower empowerment reward, even if his extraordinary talent body had, through research, reached the level of a Divine Artifact like Of's, he still shouldn't have become this strong.

But now is not the time to ponder why; Augusta's whole body blazed with golden light, the Reincarnation Golden Body exerted to the extreme, and the Supreme Divine Sword in his hand slashed toward Shawn's head.

This time, Shawn did not dodge the Divine Artifact again; he simply opened his left hand and directly grabbed the blade of the Supreme Divine Artifact, Augusta exclaimed in shock and anger: "Are you seeking death?"

The other distant sovereigns and gods, except Uthered, were also stunned—who would dare to block a Divine Artifact with flesh? Even the strongest Of would not dare do that.

"Ding~~" Shawn's hand gripped the Divine Artifact yet suffered no injury; his body surface also revealed black armor, the aura it released was familiar to all the gods.

"A Divine Artifact? A material-defense Divine Artifact?" several gods roared in astonishment.

At this moment they understood why Shawn dared to challenge Augusta; relying on the material-defense Divine Artifact, Augusta could do nothing to him, and in terms of soul he was even inferior.

The Life Sovereign Vivian, however, frowned and said: "Even a material-defense Divine Artifact cannot explain why Shawn's speed and physical attack are so strong."

"Indeed it cannot be explained." The Destruction Sovereign added, having pondered for countless years yet still unable to figure it out.

The Death Sovereign remained silent, already having a rough idea of what was going on.

The Fate Sovereign's expression changed drastically, then he swiftly shot forward, sending a mental message: "Shawn, don't kill Augusta; in this match, Augusta concedes."

The other gods, seeing Of rush over, were greatly surprised—this is a duel between gods, they had sworn a Divine Oath, what are you doing running over to interfere?

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