Chapter 52: Sparring with the Death Overlord

"Ha ha, you know quite a lot," Death Overlord said cheerfully. "Don't worry, I won't use physical strength; we'll just spar on Arcane attack power."

Shawn reminded again: "Overlord, if that's the case, theoretically you wouldn't be my opponent."

The strength of a Lord God lies in Willpower potency; without Willpower potency, and if not a special race, one is just an ordinary Asura. Even if Shawn doesn't use Willpower potency, his Arcane comparable to "6 Fusion" can still crush any non‑Great Perfection Lord God.

Death Overlord smiled calmly: "I know, but if you want to breakthrough, don't you have to be at a disadvantage? Over countless billions of years, my Divine consciousness has observed countless Divine‑level masters' breakthroughs; many people only breakthrough between life and death;

I may not truly put myself between life and death, but being at a disadvantage always brings some possibility, so later you needn't hold back—go all out."

"Fine." Shawn could only agree.

Death Overlord enjoys being tormented, so she can only satisfy her.

"Let's go, you come with me first," Death Overlord said again.

The two quickly arrived beside a teleportation array, and Shawn asked in confusion: "What is this?"

Death Overlord replied: "This is a teleportation array to another plane, but unlike the one set by the Supreme God, this is Lord‑God level; you step in first."

After hearing that, Shawn followed Death Overlord into the magical array; a flash of white light, and the two arrived at another icy, snowy place.

"Is this... a plane you created, Overlord?" Shawn asked tentatively.

He had never been to such a plane; both gravity and the limits on Divine consciousness were far stronger than on the material plane, yet it was far weaker than a Divine plane;

Naturally, this reminded him of the original work's "Gods' Tomb" of Lord God Bei Lu Te, which was a plane created by a Lord God, but its stability was far inferior to the Divine plane and the Supreme plane.

Death Overlord nodded: "Right, this is a Divine plane I created within spatial turbulence near Haunting Mountain; it's close to the Netherworld, and there are no other Lord Gods, no Divine‑level beings, so we can spar in peace."

"Overlord, this plane of yours also has many mortals?" After Shawn's Divine consciousness expanded, he naturally saw about half a plane's situation;

This plane, like the material plane, has many empires, humans, other races, and several sanctuaries, but not a single Divine‑level being.

Death Overlord said: "I am a being of the Netherworld; after becoming a Lord God I couldn't enter the material plane, but I still like the material plane, so I created a similar one;

Here, aside from lacking the Supreme God's teleportation array, everything else is much like the material plane. I sometimes observe these beings; it's quite interesting—ordinary mortals have more stories than Divine‑level ones."

"Indeed, mortals have a lifespan limit, and their desires are often stronger," Shawn said, nodding.

Death Overlord, probably bored, simulated various scenarios, and said about Shawn: he lived just over a hundred million years, wasn't invincible in his early years, felt okay, after Great Perfection he was bored for a while, then discovered a Lord God Vessel and began to pursue it;

A life without pursuit is extremely dull.

"Alright, there are no other Lord Gods here; let's begin," Death Overlord's eyes seemed filled with battle intent.

Shawn, of course, was unreserved; death god energy surged through his body, and he conjured a divine sword, saying, "Overlord, please."

Death Overlord's hand also produced a scythe; with a light swing, the Divine plane sprouted several spatial rifts;

"This weapon is really strange." Shawn thought too much; his figure flashed, appearing before Death Overlord, and his long sword slashed down, shattering the space beneath the blade.

Death Overlord's scythe gently spun half a circle, and with a crisp "Dang~" sound, Death Overlord was knocked back several steps; Shawn stepped back lightly, then rushed forward quickly.

"Boom boom boom~~" each clash of the divine weapons caused massive fissures.

Death Overlord also did not use an offensive main divine weapon; it was a completely fair duel.

The two fought for a moment and fell into a stalemate; the Divine plane's space was torn apart by hundreds of meters, the ground cracked, a several‑kilometer‑high tsunami struck the surrounding continent, and even two islands were sunk outright.

"Alright, I'm not your opponent."

An hour later, Death Overlord voluntarily gave up, saying, "Without using physical strength, my material attacks are indeed inferior to yours."

Shawn sheathed his long sword, saying, "Actually, I'm not especially good at physical attacks; if it's wind, destruction, or earth Great Perfection, then physical attacks are powerful."

"I've also sparred with Great Perfection masters of those elements; you can try it later," Death Overlord added, "Next, shall we test soul attacks?"

Shawn replied, "No problem, but soul attacks make it hard to discern the Arcane, and they're even harder to comprehend."

On the Divine plane, the Arcane of material attacks is described in some cities or families, and skilled masters can explain its difficult points;

But regarding souls, it's hard to describe in words; most rely on one's own realm—peak masters can teach, yet it's far harder than the Arcane of material attacks.

It's the same during sparring; in the original, Lin Lei, by watching or personally taking part in many large battles involving material attacks, could grasp some Arcane, but soul attacks are invisible, whether observing others or sparring.

Also, soul attacks are hard to control in intensity; to comprehend them you must actually receive a strike, unlike material attacks where you can target areas other than the head—one slip and you could be killed.

Of course, the two need not worry about safety.

Death Overlord said, "Never mind, let's try."

"Fine." Shawn's eyes flashed with gray light, and dozens of soul‑energy daggers appeared around him;

They contain no Willpower potency; this is among the strongest soul attacks of Divine‑level masters in the world.

The daggers shot swiftly into Death Overlord's body, but she kept her eyes closed, seemingly perceiving something.

After a while, she opened her eyes and said, "This soul attack is indeed strong, but it hasn't helped me breakthrough."

"Overlord, you should know that such matters have a very low chance of success; I only broke through when truly between life and death," Shawn replied.

Each Great Perfection is achieved by surviving countless battles, eventually attaining success;

And a super divine beast like Death Overlord, with such overwhelming talent, was probably nearly invincible before the Lord God Vessel was born; lacking many challenges, it's not so easy to achieve Great Perfection.

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