When Tanner saw that Sadista snorted and said nothing, he immediately pretended to be puzzled. "Uncle, there's something I don't quite understand. You told us that Anlas went to kill Lin Lei and failed, that he died. But how exactly did Anlas die? I don't believe that Lin Lei could have killed Anlas."
Sadista paused for a moment.
Who killed Anlas?
Even Sadista couldn't be certain. After all, he couldn't use his divine sense to observe everything at all times. He had only learned of Anlas's failure when Anlas's lower god clone had notified him through divine sense. As for the battle between Anlas and Lin Lei before that, Sadista had no idea what happened.
"Anlas had two bodies. The wind-attribute lower god clone was killed by that God-Eating Rat," Sadista said. He was quite certain of this. "As for his mid-stage god clone…"
"Could it have been Lin Lei who killed him?" Tanner asked.
"Of course not." Sadista snorted. "Although Lin Lei recently also achieved an earth-attribute divine clone, he's still just a lower god. Even with both divine clones working together, they could greatly weaken the restraint of the 'Domain of God.' But you should know, Tanner, that Anlas was a powerful mid-stage god!"
Tanner nodded. "Anlas's 'soul attack' is something even I couldn't withstand."
"Among the six profound insights of the fire elemental laws, the 'soul attack' is the most powerful one," Sadista said solemnly. "Once Anlas unleashed a soul attack, Lin Lei would be dead for certain."
Even as powerful as Sadista was, he couldn't imagine…
That Lin Lei actually possessed a damaged soul-defense sovereign artifact.
"So it must have been those two mid-stage gods in the mountain range who made a move," Sadista said. Although he didn't know the exact situation at the time, based on a comparison of strength, he had reached this conclusion. "That's the only explanation for why Lin Lei wasn't killed."
"Uncle."
Tanner asked with puzzlement, "Did either of those two mid-stage gods in the mountain range die?" In Tanner's view, with Anlas's soul attack, even if two mid-stage gods joined forces against Anlas, Anlas should have at least killed one to serve as a shield!
"Not a single one died," Sadista said with a cold laugh. "Those two mid-stage gods should be quite powerful. My divine sense also detected a mansion in the mountain range formed from condensed earth elemental energy. Just from this mansion alone, this mid-stage god must have fused at least two profound insights."
Even if the Earth Elemental Profound Insight had reached perfection, it wouldn't be enough to form an eternal mansion of that kind.
"No wonder they could kill Anlas, and not a single one of them died," Tanner remarked with a sigh.
Then a thought struck Tanner, and he said to Sadista, "Uncle, I know you've been in a bad mood lately. Since that's the case, why don't you go kill those two mid-stage gods? For one thing, it would be revenge for Anlas. More importantly, it would let you blow off some steam."
"Oh?"
Sadista felt a stir in his heart.
He had been brooding, and he did indeed need an outlet.
"But Lin Lei and Bei Bei are there too," Sadista said, furrowing his brow.
"What are you worried about, Uncle? As long as you don't go after Lin Lei, you'll have every justification! If you don't go after Lin Lei right now, I believe Lord Belute wouldn't give you any trouble, and he'd have no reason to," Tanner said.
"Don't go after Lin Lei?" Sadista frowned. Deep down, he actually wanted to kill Lin Lei.
Tanner smiled. "Uncle, I know that once Lin Lei returns to the 'Blue Sky Prefecture' in the Underworld, he could very well become a major threat to our family. But Uncle, to kill this Lin Lei, you don't have to do it in the Yulan Continent plane! Wait until he enters the Underworld, and then we can make our move. The Underworld is infinitely vast. Lin Lei will be a complete stranger there. Wouldn't it be easy for us to deal with him?"
"Ha, haha…" Sadista laughed.
Sadista looked at Tanner with a smile. "Tanner, I nearly drove myself into a dead end. That's right — the Underworld is infinitely vast, and it won't be easy for Lin Lei to reach the Blue Sky Prefecture either. We can definitely make our move in the Underworld." Sadista looked toward the west, his mood considerably lifted.
"Those two mid-stage gods — kill them directly!" Sadista said. He found those two mid-stage gods extremely distasteful.
"Uncle, you can even greet Lin Lei warmly when you see him," Tanner said with a smile. "After all, since you're not killing him in the Yulan Continent plane, what is there to fear? As for killing Lin Lei in the Underworld — how could Belute possibly know what happens in other planes? Not even a Sovereign could do that!"
Sadista's smile grew even brighter.
"Well said!" Sadista clapped Tanner on the shoulder. "In the Yulan Continent plane, I can even be friends with this Lin Lei. When it's time to make a move, we'll do it after we get to the Underworld!"
"You've had me brooding for over a month," Sadista said, looking toward the west. "Hmph, now I'll go kill those two annoying pests. And while I'm at it, I'll get acquainted with Lin Lei." With that, Sadista actually took flight immediately.
"I'm going to make friends with Lin Lei and Bei Bei, after all," Sadista said, feeling thoroughly pleased with himself.
Sadista's entire form instantly dissolved into nothingness, leaving no trace of him anywhere between heaven and earth.
"Word is that Uncle has already fused three types of profound insights from the Laws of Darkness. I wonder when I'll be able to do the same," Tanner stood in the garden, sighing inwardly. Fusing two types of profound insights alone was already difficult enough.
As for fusing three together, the difficulty multiplied by dozens of times over.
Among upper-stage gods, very few had accomplished this.
Copper Gong Mountain Range — inside the Elemental Mansion.
"Lin Lei, although the murderous aura of that Purpleblood Soft Sword of yours can affect your opponent, you shouldn't force yourself to use soul attacks," Lei Lin said to Lin Lei. "A true attack comes from applying the profound insights of the laws and channeling them through a divine artifact."
"You can completely channel the Profound Insight of Speed, the Profound Insight of Musical Sound, and the Profound Insight of Sonic Waves through the Purpleblood Soft Sword," Lei Lin said with a smile. "Although this would be a physical attack, there isn't much difference between physical and soul attacks. If you cleave open an enemy's skull with a single sword strike, isn't that the same as cleaving their divine spark and killing them?"
Lin Lei nodded thoughtfully.
"Remember — attack based on the profound insights you've comprehended. That's all you need to do. Don't let yourself be too influenced by a single divine artifact!" Lei Lin said. "Look, your Blackstaff Heavy Sword is only a low-grade divine artifact, but the power of that 'Void Sword Wave' far surpasses any attack from your Purpleblood Soft Sword."
Lin Lei smiled.
"Lei Lin…" Lin Lei was about to say something when he noticed Lei Lin frown. "I didn't expect him to come after all."