Chapter 142: Ao Fu's Death and

"Lilith~" Ao Fu roared furiously, and if Xiao En possessed a physical‑attack Supreme Artifact that matched his attribute, it could pose a life threat to him;

The other Overlords were also astonished; Ao Fu's strength is now absolutely first, so why does the Death Overlord still aid Xiao En? Even if Ao Fu cannot kill Xiao En, can he still not deal with the Death Overlord? After all, the Death Overlord lacks a physical‑defense Supreme Artifact.

Life Overlord Weiwei Ya transmitted a voice and asked, "Sister, what are you doing?"

Lilith sighed and replied, "There's no way, I didn't want to either, but back then I made a Supreme Divine Oath with Xiao En that when he needed it, I must lend him a Supreme Artifact."

"I see," Weiwei Ya said, and said no more;

When the Death Overlord first obtained Xiao En's water‑type Prime Overlord Core, many Overlords speculated that a certain price must have been paid, but what kind remained unclear; they didn't expect it was borrowing a Supreme Artifact.

If he borrows, he offends Ao Fu; if he doesn't, he breaks the Supreme Divine Oath, which would be even worse. Either way it's a hard choice, especially since the Death Overlord was born in the Underworld and cannot retreat to the material plane.

"Ha ha, Ao Fu, I am your enemy," Xiao En, feeling the Death Supreme Artifact in his hand, surged backward toward Ao Fu;

Now the Death Overlord has offended Ao Fu, so his life is in danger in the future, because even he might be able to block Ao Fu's Transcendence of Reincarnation, but he cannot protect the Death Overlord; if Ao Fu truly kills her, she is certainly doomed.

Only by killing Ao Fu first can this hidden threat be completely resolved; moreover, it seems that only by killing Ao Fu, leaving his Fate Supreme Divine Sword without a master or recognizing oneself as master, can the soul bead reclaim that trace of soul energy;

Gripping the Supreme Divine Sword, clad in a material‑defense Supreme Artifact, and almost invincible in soul, Xiao En now seems to be the Ao Fu who opposed Lin Lei in the original work, flawless in every way; conversely, Ao Fu has become "Lin Lei"—his Reincarnation Golden Body is indeed powerful, but he dares not hard‑counter the Death Supreme Artifact in Xiao En's hand;

As for material attacks, Xiao En's mystic depth is inferior to Ao Fu's, but he doesn't need defense, and the fight is all the more enjoyable;

The two fought through spatial turbulence into the Underworld, then burst out of the Underworld into the Life Divine Realm; in their clash across the two Supreme Planes, even if unintentional, the scattered energy easily annihilated countless beings across billions of miles, even a whole city turned to ash, and countless god‑level masters were unaware of what transpired between heaven and earth.

"Xiao En, take my move," Ao Fu again unleashed "Transcendence of Reincarnation";

But this time, Xiao En, holding an attribute‑matching Supreme Artifact, clashed sword against sword; although he was still knocked far back, he remained more composed.

"Ao Fu, that move is useless now; it's my turn," Xiao En no longer wasted time, instantly activated the Four Beast Essence Blood within his body, and using Wu Tereide's special method, performed "Temporal‑Spatial Chaos";

"Boom~~~" Across the heavens and earth, within billions of miles everything suddenly halted; even the distant Overlord congregations felt a powerful binding force, which, though not overly affecting them, still instilled fear in their hearts.

Life Overlord transmitted a voice to Wu Tereide: "Wu Tereide, this Temporal‑Spatial Chaos of Xiao En, did you teach it?"

"Yes, that is the condition for me to obtain the Four Beast Essence Blood," Wu Tereide admitted, and at this moment he regretted greatly, never expecting Xiao En's strength to be so formidable;

One Xiao En, one Ao Fu—each of the two hides even more than the other.

Life Overlord asked again, "Then why is his move so much stronger than when you first used it?"

When Wu Tereide originally challenged Ao Fu, they also experienced "Temporal‑Spatial Chaos" nearby; although its power was strong, it was far weaker than the current one.

Wu Tereide thought for a moment and said, "The ultimate move is the same, the amount of essence blood should be similar; Xiao En's execution is so strong, it can only mean his soul is far more powerful than mine."

Life Overlord frowned, "That's impossible; his soul at most has just an extra willpower compared to you, how can the gap be so huge?"

"I don't know; Xiao En's strength is completely abnormal, otherwise he couldn't contend with Ao Fu," Wu Tereide shook his head.

In the distance:

Ao Fu felt the surrounding powerful binding force, his complexion changed drastically; he was not at all afraid of the soul attack carried by that move, but such a strong binding force greatly affected his Reincarnation Golden Body, especially since Xiao En also wielded an attribute‑matching Supreme Artifact;

However, under this fate‑defying binding lock, even as strong as Ao Fu, he cannot break free; movement is difficult, at most he can shift a limb slightly;

A soul attack shot out from Xiao En's body, but this is also an innate divine skill's inherent technique; "Temporal‑Spatial Chaos" merely mimics the Four Beast combined innate skill and cannot truly change anything. Xiao En paid no mind to the soul attack, and immediately followed it, charging toward Ao Fu.

Soul‑defense Supreme Artifact or Soul‑defense Primary Artifact, unlike material defense, provides absolute defense;

A god‑level Asura wearing a material‑defense Primary Artifact could have its head smashed by a peak god‑level Lin Lei's punch, but wearing a Soul‑defense Primary Artifact, even ten thousand Great Perfections' combined soul attacks cannot break it;

Soul‑defense Supreme Artifact works similarly; even the strongest soul attacks of a Prime Overlord are useless against it;

Ao Fu's body hard‑absorbed a divine‑skill soul attack, yet showed no change; immediately following was Xiao En, wielding the Death Supreme Divine Sword.

Golden light surged around Ao Fu, the operation of his Reincarnation Golden Body seemed affected by the Temporal‑Spatial Chaos, its power sharply reduced; Xiao En's sword easily pierced, but Ao Fu's both hands still swung with full force, and ultimately, before Xiao En's long sword reached his head, the Fate Supreme Divine Sword blocked the Death Supreme Divine Sword's edge;

"Clang~" The Fate Supreme Divine Sword blocked the Death Supreme Divine Sword.

Ao Fu's left hand also rested on the blade; both hands together forced him to retreat straight back under Xiao En's attack, yet he successfully blocked it.

The surrounding temporal‑spatial binding force now lessened; waiting a bit longer would be safe.

"Impressive, truly worthy of Ao Fu," Xiao En couldn't help but exclaim; under such circumstances, still borrowing a Supreme Artifact to protect his head—knowing his current attack, aside from merging Prime Overlord power, is already at full strength.

However, now the hatred is too strong, with no chance of easing; otherwise, he wouldn't wish to oppose a peak powerhouse like Ao Fu, nor kill such a uniquely gifted being;

When his will shifted, the bright white and emerald glow of Prime Overlord power flared on Xiao En's body, immediately merging with Death Prime Overlord power, emitting a gray‑green radiance; the power of his long sword surged dramatically, forcefully shattering Ao Fu's white long sword and slashing again toward Ao Fu's head.

"What is this?" Ao Fu and the countless distant Overlords noticed the abnormal Prime Overlord power on Xiao En's body, exclaiming in shock, "Merging divine power—no, merging Prime Overlord power."

"Soul mutation? No wonder," the Death Overlord muttered.

At this moment, they all suddenly realized—no wonder Xiao En's strength is so great; it turns out he has a soul mutation, of the three‑path type;

Since the birth of Prime Overlords at the dawn of heaven and earth, no soul‑mutated Prime Overlord has ever appeared;

In fact, some Overlords have pondered what would happen if a soul‑mutated person refined a Prime Overlord Core; but a leaderless Prime Overlord Core is exceedingly rare, and soul‑mutated individuals are also one in a hundred million; even Overlords with a Prime Overlord Core rarely conduct such experiments, unless their own offspring possess a soul mutation.

Unfortunately there are none; the success rate of soul mutation is too low—among the living soul‑mutated strong ones between heaven and earth, they are the result of endless chances and coincidences, the survivors remain, while the number who have died is incalculable;

"Hahaha, I see now, Xiao En, I thought you relied on strength, but you also rely on luck; it turns out it's due to soul mutation," Ao Fu, feeling Xiao En's incoming long sword, realized he was powerless to turn the tide and laughed heartily.

"Boom~~" His head was instantly sliced apart by a Supreme Artifact, revealing a Prime Overlord Core that emitted a faint golden glow.

Xiao En instantly retrieved the Prime Overlord Core, gazed at Ao Fu's headless corpse, which remained unharmed despite the spatial turbulence, and sighed, "You're right; most of my strength indeed comes from luck."

In fact, it's not only in the Panlong Universe; many other cultivation fantasies also rely on luck, and even the commerce on the ancient Blue Star, many succeeded thanks to luck.

"Fate" decides everything; "Destiny" determines talent and genetics, which matters more than effort—no matter how a sheep trains later, it can never surpass a tiger that does nothing.

"Luck" is indeed luck; some people have a talent that defies heaven, but without a good teacher or good opportunity, or even refining their divine core out of ignorance, then even the best destiny is wasted; others have a fate-defying opportunity, such as the original Lin Lei, whose four‑path soul mutation succeeded—otherwise the Yulan‑path Prime Overlord would never have escaped.

Nevertheless, he didn't overthink; luck itself is part of strength, so he used divine power to control Ao Fu's two Supreme Artifacts, letting two drops of fresh blood fall onto them; the Soul‑defense Supreme Artifact merged directly into his body, and the Fate Supreme Artifact settled on his left hand, while the soul aura it contained also returned to the soul bead.

In the distance:

Many Overlords felt a chill down their spines, watching each other, unsure how to face the current strongest Overlord; given Xiao En's prior strength, even all of them combined were no match.

Xiao En's figure flashed, and he tossed the gray long sword in his hand to the Death Overlord, laughing, "Overlord, I've finished with this sword, returning it to you; the Supreme Divine Oath to you is also concluded."

Although the Fate‑attribute attack Supreme Artifact doesn't match his own attribute, with his current strength, whether it attacks or not is irrelevant.

Even Ao Fu's previous invincibility wasn't due to a Supreme Artifact.

The Death Overlord laughed, "Fine, but you are also an Overlord now; just call me by my name directly."

"Agreed," Xiao En nodded; he is now also a Light Overlord.

"Greetings, Lord Shawn," the other main gods immediately bowed and said.

"You don't need to stand on ceremony; just carry on as before." Shawn didn't say much more, then turned to the Dark Overlord: "Erebos, I need you to do something for me."

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