Chapter 37: Four Sacred Beasts Clan, I

The Death Overlord did not answer directly, but said, "Shawn, I am not here as an energy duplicate this time."

"The Overlord wants to settle the matter between me and the Four Sacred Beasts Clan?" Shawn instantly understood.

The Death Overlord replied, "Correct. Though you were once a peak Asura, the Primordial Deity does not consider you significant. The conflict with the Four Sacred Beasts Clan will not be interfered with by the Four Sacred Beasts, provided you do not kill their offspring or grandchildren; as the Deity, they will not intervene."

"But now you have attained Great Perfection and are my envoy. If a larger dispute with the Four Sacred Beasts Clan arises and the four of them strike you directly, I fear I won't be able to save you, so I wish to use this chance to resolve the matter."

"Overlord? How do you intend to resolve this?" Shawn asked, still puzzled.

From certain descriptions in the original work, the Four Sacred Beasts Primordial Deity's combined innate divine arts pose a huge threat to non‑Great‑Perfection Overlords, and the Death Overlord is the only non‑Great‑Perfection among the Four Great Rule Overlords;

Yet, since he ranks among the Four Great Rule Overlords and overwhelms other law‑type Overlords, it is presumed that aside from supreme physical weapons, he has no real weakness above the soul, otherwise he could not hold that position;

It may also be because she is the First Life of the Underworld, possessing terrifying innate divine arts; the exact nature is unknown, as the original text does not describe it, perhaps explaining why she fears not the Four Sacred Beasts' arts and can suppress other Overlords.

The Death Overlord laughed, "You don't need to worry about that. Go find them directly; the Deity's Envoy follows you. Among the few from the Four Sacred Beasts Clan, two are direct descendants of the Four Sacred Beasts Primordial Deity and one is the highly valued Bru. According to the Divine Covenant, you may not kill them, otherwise I cannot protect you, but you may punish them;

Force the Four Sacred Beasts to reveal themselves, and the rest is up to me."

"Alright, I understand. Thank you, Overlord," Shawn bowed and said.

The Death Overlord smiled lightly, "You're welcome. As my envoy, even if you are not Great Perfection, I cannot stand by while other Deities target you;

Moreover, for certain reasons of mine, you, as a Great‑Perfection envoy, are likely to be singled out by some Deities, which is why I am stepping in personally this time."

"Targeted by other Deities? What does that mean?" Shawn asked, still confused;

Who would dare target one of the Four Great Rule Overlords? Could it be the other three? And they're targeting a Great‑Perfection envoy?

The Death Overlord laughed, "Don't worry too much; I'll handle these issues. Now go do what you must and give those Four Sacred Beasts Clan members a good lesson;

Just spare the lives of the few favored by the Deity; the others you may deal with as you wish."

"Fine, that's my specialty," Shawn said with a faint smile. "My Death Rule excels at torment."

"Execution? It's merely a milder punishment; living worse than death—that's the true hell."

After leaving the Death Overlord's palace, Shawn returned to Flamebone Mountain and noticed that several people who saw him seemed abnormal.

He recalled that when he left earlier, those same people were present;

Since his ascension to Great Perfection drew much attention, he hadn't cared, but now he clearly sensed these individuals were different from the others.

So Shawn's figure flashed and vanished instantly.

Soon, several people gathered at the spot and discussed, "Did we see which direction Shawn went just now?"

"Didn't catch it; he was too fast. Isn't Shawn practicing the Death Rule? How is his speed faster than Lord Youfeng?"

"Youfeng? The envoy of the Four Sacred Beasts Primordial Deity White Tiger?"

The sudden voice made the discussing few turn pale; in an instant, their bodies shivered and their consciousness vanished.

"Seems they still don't know I have already attained Great Perfection."

Accessing memory took only a moment; he had become Great Perfection less than a day ago, so the Four Sacred Beasts Clan naturally had not received the news.

Deep within a mountain‑range cavern, dozens of people sat in a circle;

A burly man suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the person beside him and said, "Elder Bru, the planar war has ended. Haven't we located Shawn's exact position? We cannot act on Flamebone Mountain; we must wait for him to emerge."

"Be patient. Keeping an eye on a peak Asura is difficult." Before Bru could finish, his face changed dramatically: "Bad, my men have been soul‑seeded by Shawn; he actually discovered my people."

A High God of Wind Affinity frowned and said, "Your men were careless; Shawn must now know our scheme, making it hard to find him."

"Are we to fail because of this?" Bru muttered, dissatisfied.

To avoid alerting Shawn, they did not send Four Sacred Beasts' people to Flamebone Mountain; instead they drafted elite experts of the Seven‑Star Demon rank from several Deity families, explicitly ordering them not to use spiritual sight for probing, only their eyes;

They feared that repeated spiritual‑sense scans of the same aura would be noticed by Shawn, especially since the opponent is an expert of the Death Rule, adept at soul‑confusion and soul‑seeding;

Once the opponent discovers their intent, where can they hunt him? Even a peak High God's spiritual sense reaches only a few kilometers; searching for him in the Underworld is impractical.

A High God of Fire Affinity said, "Then why don't we go there now? Using Deity power, we could arrive quickly."

"No, Flamebone Mountain is a portal of the planar battlefield and the face of the Underworld Deity; we cannot risk it," Bru said darkly. "Moreover, even if Shawn hasn't left yet, rushing there with Deity power would cause massive energy fluctuations that he would certainly notice."

"Then there's nothing we can do," a High God of Destruction Affinity said calmly.

Bru frowned slightly; the tone displeased him, but the speaker was a very powerful Deity's Envoy— even Clan Leader Gaisreisen of the Four Sacred Beasts would have to show some courtesy upon seeing him.

"You don't need to rush over; I'm coming."

While the cavern was quiet, a mocking laugh echoed from all sides of the mountain;

"Shawn?" several men exclaimed abruptly.

They were among the few in the clan who, after clashing with Shawn, survived and thus followed.

Bru's expression was puzzled: "Why did Shawn come out on his own?"

"Since you won't come out, let me bring you out," the mocking voice said again.

"Boom~~" The entire ground suddenly shook violently, a dreadful energy tore the mountain apart, the soil and stone around the cave surged, crushing the dozens inside.

"Get out~" a High God of Earth Law shouted loudly.

As an expert of Earth Law, he knew the terrifying energy they faced.

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