The moment the arena administrator announced the start of the challenge, the black-robed figure known as the Nether Ghost extended his hand towards Roy.
"Soul Gripping Hand!"
A dense, black divine power condensed into a massive black palm in front of the black-robed figure, hurtling towards Roy.
Wherever the black palm passed, the space seemed to be corroded by time, exuding a decaying aura.
Dark cracks appeared behind the black palm.
These were cracks formed as the time-corroded space could no longer withstand the pressure of spatial turbulence.
"Death Law?"
In the Coiling Dragon Universe, there are seven Laws and four Rules.
The seven Laws are Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, Light, Darkness, and Thunder.
The four Rules are Death, Life, Destruction, and Destiny.
Laws are tangible elements that truly exist within the world.
Rules, on the other hand, lack concrete elements; they are simply the immutable principles by which the world operates.
At the same level, Rule-level experts hold a slight advantage over Law-level experts.
This holds true even for Sovereigns; the four Rule Sovereigns are stronger than Law Sovereigns, even without Supreme Treasures.
The Coiling Dragon Universe has only been open for nearly two epochs. None of the Rule Sovereigns have yet achieved ten consecutive victories to gain additional Willpower, nor have the Supreme Gods issued missions to bestow Supreme Treasures. The power disparity among Sovereigns has not yet reached the levels seen after more than a thousand epochs.
However, the four Rule Sovereigns firmly suppress the existing forty-plus Sovereigns due to their formidable strength.
Of course, this is also partly because none of the current Law Sovereigns have reached Paragon.
Among the four Rule Sovereigns, Life Sovereign Vivian and Destruction Sovereign Utred are Paragon Sovereigns. Although the Death Sovereign is not a Paragon expert, possessing the Netherworld Heart, a supreme treasure of the Netherworld, his strength is not inferior to that of a Paragon expert. Only Destiny Sovereign Colihua is somewhat weaker.
To be honest, it was only when Roy was with the Four Divine Beast Family that he learned from a conversation with the Vermillion Bird Clan's patriarch that the current Destiny Sovereign was not Off, and that Augusta had already become the Light Sovereign.
Hearing this, Roy knew that the first Destiny Sovereign must have been killed by Augusta, who then passed the Divine Spark of Destiny to Off.
This was also why, later, when Off mentioned owing Augusta a great favor, the other three Rule Sovereigns did not object. Clearly, they knew that Augusta had killed the current Destiny Sovereign, Colihua.
Bestowing a Sovereign-level Divine Spark, especially one of a Sovereign, was indeed an immense favor, especially if one did not know that Augusta and Off were the same person.
Roy was certain that it wouldn't be long before Augusta made a move against Destiny Sovereign Colihua.
This was because the Death Sovereign had once said that around ten quadrillion years after the creation of heaven and earth, Destruction Sovereign Utred and Destiny Sovereign Off had a battle. This meant that their fight would occur within this epoch. (The original text mentioned trillions of years; this has been adjusted to ten quadrillion years to align with later events.)
However, Augusta, the Light Sovereign, was currently still a step behind Destiny Sovereign Colihua in terms of strength. How could he have killed the Destiny Sovereign?
No, it might not have been Augusta.
Roy's thoughts raced.
After the creation of heaven and earth, up until Linley became a Sovereign, three Sovereigns had fallen.
There was only one possible scenario for battles that could cause Sovereigns to perish: the first war for faith power among Sovereigns!
The catalyst for this faith power war was likely the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods becoming Paragon Lower Sovereigns by accumulating vast amounts of faith power.
"Hiss..."
Thinking of this, Roy felt a tremor in his heart.
He quickly dismissed these thoughts and focused on preparing for the battle.
As the first expert Roy had encountered who cultivated the Death Law, Roy naturally did not dare to be careless.
The Death Law was most adept at soul attacks.
Therefore, Roy's counter was naturally focused on soul-attacking techniques.
Using "Life Force" as the primary element, and integrating the profound mysteries of four Laws – "Earth Pulse," "Earth Element," and "Earth Travel Technique" – in the technique known as "Chains of Heaven."
"Chains of Heaven!"
"Swish swish..."
Roy spread his hands, and countless golden chains shot out from the ground and the sky. Under Roy's mental control, these chains weaved through the blood battle stage, tightly entangling the "Soul Gripping Hand" sent by the Nether Ghost.
Then, Roy clenched his left hand, and with a "bang," the Nether Ghost's technique, "Soul Gripping Hand," was directly crushed by the chains of "Chains of Heaven."
Not only that, but the chains filling the sky also flew rapidly towards the Nether Ghost, as if intending to bind him as well.
Faced with the sky full of chains, especially after his signature move was entangled and crushed, the Nether Ghost clearly did not want to suffer the same fate as his "Soul Gripping Hand." He immediately extended his right hand, and a bone sword about a meter long appeared in his grasp.
A dense death aura coiled around this bone sword. As the Nether Ghost wielded it, fine black lines appeared in the space surrounding the sword.
These were the traces left by the spatial tears.
"Ode to Death!"
"Clang clang clang, ding ding ding..."
A crisp, rhythmic sound suddenly emanated from the Nether Ghost's bone sword. As he swung it, it sounded like a mournful dirge was being played.
Under the influence of these sounds, the chains of Roy's "Chains of Heaven" slowed drastically as they approached the Nether Ghost, as if they had fallen into a quagmire.
"Clang clang clang clang!"
The chains striking at the Nether Ghost were all cleaved apart by it.
Not only that, but after being severed by the Nether Ghost's sword, these chains actually began to corrode.
Seeing this, Roy was not surprised.
After all, the "Chains of Heaven" was merely a Seven-star Demon technique that fused the profundities of four laws.
The Nether Ghost's "Ode to Death" was also a Seven-star Demon level technique, and the bone sword in the Nether Ghost's hand was clearly an extremely powerful offensive Supreme Treasure.
It could at least double the Nether Ghost's strength.
As the Nether Ghost transformed into a shadowy mass, streaks of black spatial rifts appeared wherever the shadow passed, swallowing the corroded and broken chains into the spatial turbulence.
Seeing that the "Chains of Heaven" could not harm the Nether Ghost, Roy raised his index finger, and a vast power of profound laws floated behind him, transforming into golden ripples.
Weapons of all kinds emerged from the golden ripples – sabers, spears, swords, halberds, clubs, blades, daggers, whips, maces, wheels, and spikes, everything imaginable.
This move was one that Roy had created, primarily using the "Earth Element" and fusing the profundities of "Earth Travel Technique," "Earth Pulse," and "Strength."
"Gate of Babylon!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh…
Roy violently swung his right hand down, and in the next moment, the weapons that emerged from the ripples transformed into streaks of golden light, striking towards the Nether Ghost.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom…
Compared to the chains of the "Chains of Heaven," weapons formed from the profundities of laws, lacking "Life Force," were very easy to destroy.
However, fused with the profundities of "Earth Pulse" and "Strength," the attack power of these weapons was a notch stronger than the chains.
Between Roy and the Nether Ghost, weapons flying out from the "Gate of Babylon" pierced through space. Countless fist-sized cylindrical spatial rifts sucked in the surrounding airflow, creating turbulence. Through these dense, cylindrical spatial rifts, one could faintly see the colorful and brilliant spatial turbulence within.
Due to the lock of divine sense, even though the Nether Ghost's shadow flickered across the sky, these flying weapons would find it and relentlessly pursue and hunt it.
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