Chapter 5: Is This a Supreme God Relic?

A few minutes later, the world fell silent, and Shawn withdrew the vines surrounding him.

"A single great battle consumed eight drops of Lord God's Power," Shawn felt a pang of pain in his chest.

The Upper Gods of the Four Beast Clan each possess Lord God's Power; they're truly hard to deal with.

Fortunately, he is a Peak Asura; if he were an ordinary one, he would be besieged by a seven‑star carrying twenty to thirty six‑stars, about a hundred five‑star demons, and a thousand ordinary Upper Gods, each wielding Lord God's Power and innate divine abilities, which would be truly dangerous.

"May I pay respects to the master?" more than thirty Upper Gods approached Shawn, knelt, and said.

"I have some matters to ask you," Shawn said coolly, looking at the Four Beast clan members below, "What's the story with this short gun?"

When there were still dozens remaining at the end, he refrained from killing them and instead directly performed a soul seed, allowing him to obtain a lot of information in advance, especially about the Four Beast Clan.

The leading Qinglong clan member said, "Master, we don't know either; it was Elder Buweit who led us to join the siege on Naser."

Shawn thought for a moment, then asked, "Given the Four Beast Clan's actions, after today's incident I should be wanted across all planes, right?"

The Qinglong clan member replied, "Yes, but for a master like you, our people usually won't act directly; instead we'll use Lord God's Power to summon the Lord God's messenger of our ancestors to act."

"Indeed..." Shawn thought to himself.

The Four Beast Clan possesses endless Lord God's Power; with ordinary Upper Gods they could likely overwhelm most mansion‑master‑level experts, but against a true Peak, sheer numbers are useless— even if the opponent can't defeat them, they can probably escape, and previously if Shawn wanted to flee, the clan's thousand men could not stop him.

But if they summon the Lord God's messenger of the Four Beast Clan, that would be troublesome, and Shawn's own Lord God's Power is limited; if it runs out, his Bright Law is only a Mid‑rank God, lacking the three‑system fused divine power, so facing a Four Beast team of that scale again would be very dangerous.

He then asked, "In your Four Beast Clan, do ordinary divine‑rank beings already have Lord God's Power?"

The Qinglong clan member answered, "Each Upper God who becomes an independent deity has two drops of Lord God's Power for protection, and if they earn merit, they can also obtain Lord God's Power.

Or some well‑connected, highly gifted Mid‑rank Gods may also have it."

Shawn added, "Then you should still have some; gather your Lord God's Power and give it to me."

The Qinglong clan member replied, "As you wish, Master."

The Four Beast Clan members also sprang into action; in a short while, sixty‑seven drops of various‑attribute Lord God's Power were handed to Shawn.

Earlier the Qinglong clan member said, "Master, we have already expended a great deal; only sixty‑seven drops remain."

"What about the spatial rings in those corpses? Might any be ownerless?" Shawn looked at the multitude of bodies on the sand below and asked.

The Qinglong clan member replied, "We have already searched; there are not many that can recognize a master. A large portion of these sixty‑seven drops came from them;

When members of our Four Beast Clan become deities, they choose external ascension, and many have divine avatars; if there is only one talent, the main sanctum body usually stays in a safe place;

Under normal circumstances, few dare to kill members of the Four Beast Clan— at most some ambushes or encounters with Peak experts."

"Peak experts? I recall your Four Beast Clan has many conflicts with the Underworld's Under‑Snake Clan; since you have so much Lord God's Power, why not simply eradicate the Under‑Snake Clan?" Shawn asked, curious.

Given that a single Upper God possesses Lord God's Power, other non‑Lord‑God families could not be rivals, yet the original's eight great families were not wiped out.

The Qinglong clan member answered, "There are indeed conflicts; even within our clan many members have been slain by the Under‑Snake Clan;

It would be easy for us to wipe out the Under‑Snake Clan, but to be absolutely sure of killing the Under‑Snake chieftain and other top experts is very hard; if they escape, it becomes troublesome;

Therefore we generally do not eradicate the families or forces of Peak Asuras, but we frequently exterminate their clan members or factions, deliberately humiliating them."

"So that's how it is," Shawn understood.

Peak experts, especially those wielding Prime Artifacts or powerful divine beasts, are extremely hard to guarantee a kill against,

Even with Res Crystals paired with other messengers of the Zijing Lord God, killing an enemy on a plane battlefield is very difficult; many incursions into plane battles have not yielded enough badges to exchange for a second Prime Artifact.

Conversely, if the Four Beast Clan eradicated the Under‑Snake Clan, the Under‑Snake chieftain alone could inflict massive damage on the Four Beast Clan's experts.

Only by invoking the Lord God or the Great Perfection could one have absolute certainty to slay such a Peak Asura;

But it is likely that as long as the Under‑Snake chieftain does not kill the Four Beast's sons, grandsons, or those highly valued, the Four Beast's Lord God will not act rashly.

As for the Great Perfection, the Four Beast Clan probably lacks the qualification to call upon it.

Shawn looked at the Lord God's Power in his hand, then stored it into a spatial ring, and said, "All of you, thirty‑something, also have divine avatars; now go to a material plane of the Carolan dimension and stay inside, do not leave."

Soul seeding or mind‑confusion can only target the divine avatar being acted upon; avatars elsewhere remain unaffected, yet the two can no longer communicate souls, though they can still sense each other's location.

Therefore keeping those thirty‑something near him would only cause trouble; being alone, the Four Beast Clan would find it hard to locate him.

"Yes." All those subjected to soul seeding agreed; after being soul‑seeded, it is as if the master orders their death, and they obey.

After everyone left, Shawn retrieved the black short gun he had just taken out; the moment he drew it, endless murderous aura surged into his soul, instinctively urging him toward slaughter… but the spirit pearl immediately suppressed the aura.

"This thing is definitely not a Prime Artifact," Shawn guessed.

Although he has never seen a Prime Artifact, from the original's description, Prime Artifacts never possess such power.

He estimates that that step‑wise Wit's strength was limited, leading to the misidentification.

Given its power and hardness, it being classified as a physical‑attack Prime Artifact is understandable!

"It affects the mind; could it be a Supreme God Relic?" Shawn speculated again, but was startled.

There are few top‑tier treasures in the Panlong World; those capable of such power are somewhat akin to the original's Red Lotus Crystal and the Nine Spirit Pearls…

And this one is of the Destruction attribute; its strength is so great and it can affect souls to provoke killing… it really resembles it!

However, the Nine Spirit Pearls can ensure the holder's soul is nearly invincible, yet Naser was killed by his own strongest soul attack, likely because different‑attribute Supreme God Relics have distinct properties.

"Looks like it can't be used as a weapon anymore," Shawn immediately stored it into a spatial ring.

Naser probably also knows this isn't a Prime Artifact, but he is unaware of the Supreme God mission, so he completely overlooked this.

If that's the case, he also doesn't know where the Supreme God's appraisal lies.

However, the spirit pearl seems to sense Supreme God Relics; approaching them causes anomalies, perhaps a way to complete the mission?

……

After pondering for a long time without a clue, he gave up; the most pressing matter now isn't the distant Supreme God mission, but how to deal with the Four Beast Clan.

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