Chapter 141: The Final Battle

A long sword tore through space, and its blade appeared almost instantly in front of Ao Fu;

Around Ao Fu a pale golden light manifested—the Reincarnation Golden Body; facing Xiao En's attack, he did not move at all, and when Xiao En's long sword pierced the golden light, a massive resistance was felt,

Ao Fu's Reincarnation Golden Body's material defense was thousands of times stronger than that of Ao Gusi Ta before, and Xiao En's long sword could not wound it a single hair.

"Your material attack is no worse than Wu Tereide's use of the Prime Artifact," Ao Fu, sensing the power of Xiao En's long sword, asked curiously, "How did you do it?"

"Your material defense is absurdly strong too, isn't it? So other people's material attacks can't work?" Xiao En retorted.

"Hahaha," Ao Fu laughed, "Then let's see a soul attack."

After speaking, Ao Fu's eyes glazed; a pale golden soul attack shot out, striking Xiao En who was mere inches away. He did not dodge, allowing the soul attack to enter his body, then gathered and fused Lord God's power to annihilate the soul attack.

Seeing Xiao En show no reaction, Ao Fu's gaze showed surprise, yet the Supreme Divine Sword still surged toward Xiao En's head;

Although there is a material‑defending Supreme Artifact, Xiao En still blocked his head with his hand, "Clang~~" the metallic sound rang, and Xiao En quickly retreated using the force.

Ao Fu laughed, "Hahaha, Xiao En, I'm truly curious how you attained such strength; neither your material attack, speed, nor soul defense should belong to you now—you're at least a hundred times stronger."

"Even after I've studied the Reincarnation Golden Body for countless trillions of years, I can only boost material defense by a hundredfold, and I've made little progress in speed. How did you achieve this in such a short time?"

Although Xiao En has refined the Bright Ascendant Lord God Form, evidently his strongest Lord God avatar remains the mid‑tier avatar of the Rule of Death, due to an extra will‑power reward and the Great Perfection avatar; the Bright Law, though cultivated to an Ascendant God, is rather mediocre in profundity, and since he has only just refined the Lord God Form, he is still in that state;

Thus, Xiao En's power should exceed the Great Perfection Sovereign by one unit of will‑power, meaning he is one unit weaker than Ao Fu;

Yet Xiao En's recent material attack, his handling of Ao Fu's soul attack, and his prior feat of killing Ao Gusi Ta were far stronger than this calculation suggests; even if Xiao En raised his body's durability to the Prime Artifact level by some means, it would still fall short of that level.

"You, Ao Fu, and Wu Tereide and others have been researching various ultimate techniques—does that mean others can't?" Xiao En asked with a smile.

Just now, aside from the temporal‑spatial chaos and the fusion of Lord God's power, he had already used his full strength, yet against Ao Fu there was no way—truly the most gifted and persevering being in the Panlong Universe;

If Lin Lei had not finally produced a controller of earth, water, fire, and wind, refining the lower‑tier fire Lord God Form would have led to a certain death.

He currently has no chance to become the controller, but fortunately he seized the material‑defending Supreme Artifact, giving Ao Fu a final flaw and also shielding his own weakness.

"Hahaha, impressive—between heaven and earth, I've never taken any Lord God seriously, even Wu Tereide, who is the sole Super Beast Great Perfection and stronger than others; yet your appearance truly earns my respect three points." Ao Fu laughed, "If you were the first Ascendant Lord God after the world's opening, then after living trillions of years, I might finally have a true opponent."

He said this loudly; distant Lord Gods who heard it wore very displeased expressions, Wu Tereide alike, and they could not tell whether Ao Fu's words were praise or insult.

The Life and Death Sovereigns were quite displeased, yet Ao Fu's current strength far surpasses theirs—soul defense is invincible, material defense nearly unbeatable, and he wields a matching Supreme Artifact.

It should be noted that before Ao Fu possessed the Supreme Artifact, he could easily defeat Wu Tereide; now with the Supreme Artifact, only a joint effort of the three might challenge him, a result of the Destruction Sovereign's temporal‑spatial chaos.

In fact, the two of them also understood that Wu Tereide and Ao Fu had long surpassed them, not even the same tier, and Xiao En might even be stronger than they are.

Xiao En smiled lightly, "Actually this world is inherently unfair; luck outweighs strength. Even you, Ao Fu, may have great talent, but if you originally seized a lower‑tier Lord God Form, what right do you have to judge all Lord Gods here?"

As a Lord God, after communicating with other Lord Gods, he learned that when the Lord God Forms descended billions of years after the world's opening, no one knew they had ranks, and each Lord God Form's phenomena were identical.

Seizing a Lord God Form depends on strength, but which rank is obtained depends on luck; for example, the Four Beasts, in the era before Lord God Forms descended, each alone was terrifying, yet they all grabbed lower‑tier forms, while some slightly weaker individuals obtained higher‑tier ones.

Luck is that damned; if the Four Beasts had seized a mid‑tier or Ascendant Lord God Form, then in the early world‑opening, the other Sovereigns would likely have been wiped out, and the universe would become entirely the Four Beasts' domain.

Perhaps all this is Hongmeng's design, preventing the Four Beasts from becoming too strong; even the Supreme Artifacts were separately given to the four Rule Sovereigns to balance the Lord Gods, yet Ao Fu and Wu Tereide truly possess great talent, having surpassed the Death and Life Sovereigns.

"You have a point," Ao Fu nodded, agreeing, "It seems only you, Xiao En, climbed to this pinnacle by your own strength; in that regard, you surpass me."

If he had originally been a lower‑tier Lord God, no matter how strong his research, even with all his efforts he would at most reach Sovereign‑level power, never attaining today's level.

Xiao En smiled lightly, "I also have a luck factor; this world feels manipulated, and luck outweighs strength."

Without a soul bead, his early soul mutation might not have succeeded; he would not have known of the Death Lord God Form, nor could he have entered the magical array set by Fei Si Te.

In the original work, Lin Lei is the same: first possessing a soul Prime Artifact, then a soul stone, later successfully mutating the four‑element soul, all due to luck.

"I didn't expect you to share this feeling; we're kindred spirits, but it's a pity you killed my divine avatar—otherwise we would have become true friends." Ao Fu raised his long sword and said, "Let's fight again, Xiao En; I also want to know how strong the Supreme God truly is, and whether the defense limit of the material‑defending Supreme Artifact can be absolutely impenetrable."

"You truly have ambition," Xiao En smiled lightly.

Within the Panlong Universe, only Ao Fu seeks to break this world; others have never even considered the question.

However, this worry has plagued Ao Fu all his life—how can one break another's rules in someone else's universe? The Supreme God is the strongest; it is the rule itself.

Of course, the material‑defending Supreme Artifact may not be absolutely invincible; like the Prime Artifact, peak‑god‑level Lin Lei can easily slaughter those inside the material‑defending Prime Artifact.

Perhaps a lower‑tier Lord God wearing the material‑defending Supreme Artifact would be shattered to death by Ao Fu's and Wu Tereide's strongest material attacks, but Xiao En's power is not below Ao Fu's; with the material‑defending Supreme Artifact, what fear remains?

"Hahaha, without ambition, life would be too boring," Ao Fu said, and around his Fate Supreme Divine Sword manifested four different energies: cyan wind, teal water, scarlet fire, and earth‑yellow ground;

The four energies swirled around the Supreme Divine Sword, emitting terrifying power; the surrounding space turbulence became chaotic, and the heavens and earth changed hue.

"How is this possible?" distant Lord Gods were stunned, "What kind of terrifying energy is this?"

Wu Tereide's heart also startled; Ao Fu was indeed that strong—had he used this technique during their earlier duel, he would have certainly died, even with temporal‑spatial chaos.

The gap between the two is not merely in will‑power, but across all dimensions.

"What is this technique called?" Xiao En's expression grew serious; he sensed Ao Fu had not fully fused the earth, water, fire, and wind energies.

"Transcending Reincarnation," evidently Ao Fu has not fully mastered it, but the prototype has emerged; in the original, the full technique can amplify ten thousandfold, and the current one is already several hundred times.

He had indeed suspected this possibility, so during the ten consecutive victories in the Underworld Plane War, he did not send Bu Leile onto the field, fearing Ao Fu might draw inspiration from that master of magical arrays.

Of course, at that time he still lacked the material‑defending Supreme Artifact, which was also a factor.

"This technique is called Transcending Reincarnation," Ao Fu shouted, "Unfortunately I haven't fully mastered it yet; otherwise its power would far exceed the current level. For now, let's test the material‑defending Supreme Artifact."

The rotating four‑element energies gathered on the Fate Supreme Divine Sword, forming a blade shadow hundreds of meters long; Ao Fu swung a sword toward Xiao En, and the Supreme Divine Sword surged toward him at near‑teleportation speed.

Facing such speed, Xiao En could not dodge; despite possessing the material‑defending Supreme Artifact, the technique's power was terrifying, and he did not wish to risk his head, so his entire Lord God power surged, his hands shielding his head, his arms hard‑blocking the Supreme Divine Sword's edge.

Another "Clang" rang, the massive force knocked Xiao En back, and his arm throbbed with intense pain; after stabilizing, he looked at his right hand;

The surface of the Supreme Artifact remained unscathed, though a small portion of the force seeped in; with fused Lord God power and ample will‑power inside, even this strong technique only bruised the skin and muscle of his arm, leaving the bone unharmed.

If so, even if Ao Fu perfected Transcending Reincarnation, he could not breach the material‑defending Supreme Artifact; in the original, Lin Lei's life‑based attack on the Supreme Artifact failed to break it but also did not kill him, representing the peak era of Transcending Reincarnation;

Actually Lin Lei is not a life‑attribute Lord God; attacking the Supreme Artifact is inappropriate, otherwise later he wouldn't be so passive—choosing material defense like him, there wouldn't be so many troubles.

"Hahaha, Ao Fu, your ultimate technique is truly strong, but unfortunately it still can't break the Supreme Artifact," Xiao En laughed.

Ao Fu sighed, "The Supreme Artifact is indeed formidable, but I will finish you today; I also want to see how strong your soul truly is."

"Then let's try," Xiao En was unfazed; with his material defense now invincible and his soul unafraid of Ao Fu, he instantly transmitted to the Death Sovereign, "Sovereign, per our original agreement, I now borrow the Supreme Artifact from you."

The Death Sovereign, upon hearing, sighed and transmitted, "Fine, but you must find a chance to come; I will not approach Ao Fu."

Once the Supreme Artifact is lent to Xiao En, it means a full rupture with Ao Fu; given Ao Fu's displayed power, he could certainly kill her with a single strike.

But bound by the supreme god's oath, she could only borrow it—she had no choice not to. She had originally wanted to obtain the water-system main god spark, so today she must pay the price; regretting it now does no good.

But her original choice was correct; at the time she didn't know Shawn would be enemies with Aofu, and even if she had realized it, she couldn't have imagined Aofu possessing such strength. According to her calculations, after refining another main god spark, she would have been able to face Aofu—who lacked a supreme divine artifact—and even if she couldn't win, she wouldn't be in mortal danger.

But now she knows Aofu also has a main god avatar, possesses an additional willpower might, wields an attribute-matched attack supreme divine artifact, and has that heaven-defying physical-attack ultimate technique.

"Good." Shawn also knew the Death Sovereign dared not approach.

Immediately he became entangled with Aofu, soul attacks and material attacks clashing. On one hand Shawn completely ignored material defense, yet his attacks couldn't break Aofu's reincarnation golden body; on the other hand Aofu's soul attacks could do nothing to Shawn, and likewise, since Aofu possessed a soul-defense supreme divine artifact, Shawn refrained from using soul attacks, which would have been pure waste.

As the battle continued, suddenly Shawn leveraged one of Aofu's attacks, swiftly retreated, and in a flash arrived beside the Death Sovereign;

The black long sword in the Death Sovereign's hand instantly acknowledged him as its master and was thrown to Shawn, who didn't waste time, directly dripping a drop of fresh blood onto the blade.

Having the sword in hand, Shawn instantly felt the power of the attack supreme divine artifact, which was attribute-matched—something the defense supreme divine artifact lacked.

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