Brody had originally been just a Midgod. By chance, he had obtained the Red Rhombic Diamond, which allowed him to kill many bandits and outlaws, obtain a Dark Highgod's divine spark, and after refining it, become a Highgod himself. His horizons were very narrow! Living in a small tribe, how much wealth could he have possibly seen?
It was only after killing the tribe chief, Arotte, and obtaining Arotte's ring that he suddenly came into possession of hundreds of billions. That staggering sum had already left him dazed.
Just now, he had simply been making an outrageous demand—nothing more.
"In this ring are fifty trillion inkstones and fifty drops of a Destruction Sovereign's Might." Lin Lei produced a spatial ring and looked at Brody with a smile. "As long as you give me the Red Rhombic Diamond, this will be yours."
"Fifty trillion inkstones, fifty drops of a Sovereign's Might?"
The surrounding group of Seven-star Demons and Six-star Demons couldn't help but have their eyes burn with desire. In truth, a single drop of a Sovereign's Might was worth more than fifty trillion inkstones. Unfortunately, Brody didn't understand the exchange rate between a Sovereign's Might and inkstones. What he had the most contact with was inkstones, so naturally he asked for inkstones. As for a Sovereign's Might, he had only heard of it.
"Very good." Brody smiled as he looked at Lin Lei. "Truly worthy of being a Perfected Highgod. It seems I asked for too little."
That group of Seven-star Demons, Six-star Demons, and even the invited residents of the Lot tribe stared wide-eyed at Brody. He had already demanded an astronomical price—was Brody unsatisfied and about to raise it further?
"But I, Brody, keep my word. If the price was low, then it was low." Brody smiled as he looked at Lin Lei. "Lord Lin Lei, the three conditions I proposed earlier—the first condition is that you safely escort me out of the Infernal Realm."
"I, Lin Lei, swear by the Chief Sovereign of Life: if Brody hands over the Red Rhombic Diamond to me, I will safely escort him out of the Infernal Realm." Lin Lei said flatly.
Brody paused.
"Very good." Brody looked down at the spatial ring in his hand, and a trace of a smile appeared on his face. "Lord Lin Lei, this spatial ring is yours!" As he spoke, he was about to throw it over.
At that very moment—
"Shua!" "Shua!"
Two streaks of transparent light shot out from behind Brody.
"Soul attacks?" Lin Lei's expression changed.
A Perfected Highgod was fast, but no matter how fast, he couldn't match the speed of a soul attack!
"The ring." Lin Lei was about to dash forward.
Suddenly, a hand reached out and grabbed Lin Lei's shoulder. Lin Lei turned his head and saw that the one seizing him was Chegewen, who stood at his side. Lin Lei's gaze instantly turned cold as he stared at Chegewen and sent an angry voice transmission: "Chegewen, you're courting death." At the same time, Lin Lei's shoulder shook, breaking free of Chegewen's grip.
"Haha, Mr. Lin Lei, don't rush." Chegewen transmitted.
At that very moment—
A terrifying pulling force acted upon Lin Lei. He wanted to fly toward Brody, but found himself unable to move quickly.
"What is this?" Lin Lei looked back and saw a massive phantom of the Suanni divine beast behind Chegewen. This Chegewen, like Dillin, had the divine beast Suanni as his original body, and also possessed that third eye. But Lin Lei had never paid it any attention. Chegewen's innate ability might have a strong attractive force, but it couldn't possibly swallow him, Lin Lei!
But Chegewen had suddenly used a Sovereign's Might, and in this situation, combined it with the innate ability "Heaven Swallowing."
The gravitational pull was so tremendous that although Lin Lei could resist it, he couldn't move quickly.
"What the—" Those Seven-star Demons and Six-star Demons were stunned. Was the Sovereign's Emissary, Chegewen, out of his mind? Daring to target a Perfected Highgod? Bei Bei was also stunned. But two people didn't hesitate—those were the two Seven-star Demons under Chegewen's command, in their original bodies.
Those two Seven-star Demon originals, while simultaneously launching soul attacks, lunged toward Brody.
They weren't far from Brody to begin with, and Lin Lei had been pulled by Chegewen while simultaneously being subjected to the Sovereign's Might and the innate ability's suction. In that brief instant, the "spatial ring" in Brody's hand had already fallen into the hands of one of those two Seven-star Demons—a cold, green-haired man.
The duration of the innate ability "Heaven Swallowing" expired.
"Chegewen!" Lin Lei moved in fury and grabbed Chegewen.
"Mr. Lin Lei... oh, the great Perfected Highgod, Lord Lin Lei—I'd advise you to let go of me. Otherwise, my subordinate will crush that spatial ring." Chegewen showed not a trace of nervousness.
Lin Lei stared coldly at Chegewen.
"I have two Sovereign Artifacts on me. You can't kill me. At most, you could banish me into the Spatial Turmoil." Chegewen smiled faintly.
Chegewen wasn't afraid of Lin Lei.
Lin Lei, however, now had his leverage in Chegewen's hands. If he acted, Chegewen's subordinate would immediately crush the spatial ring.
"Very well." Lin Lei laughed in exasperation.
This Red Rhombic Diamond could indeed affect Lin Lei's state of mind. Deep in his heart... this final keepsake, the "Red Rhombic Diamond," represented his grandfather's life. Perhaps with other matters, he would have ruthlessly banished Chegewen and killed those two Seven-star Demons without hesitation. But with this, he couldn't do it!
High above the Neville Mountains, watched by over a hundred powerhouses, Lin Lei released Chegewen.
"Has Chegewen gone completely mad? He's offended a Perfected! Does Chegewen think the Sovereigns will always come to his aid?"
"Sovereigns lowering themselves to deal with gods even once is remarkable enough. A Sovereign might save him once, but not forever."
Those Seven-star Demons and Six-star Demons all thought Chegewen had lost his mind. After all, in the Infernal Realm, virtually everyone believed that grudges between gods should be settled by the gods themselves. The Sovereigns were high above, intervening only on rare occasions. If they intervened too often, the gods would certainly grumble behind their backs.
Regardless, the spatial ring was now in Chegewen's camp's possession.
"Boss." Bei Bei was anxious.
"It's fine." Lin Lei stared coldly at Chegewen in the distance and transmitted, "Things may not be as bad as they seem."
"Hm?" Bei Bei looked at Lin Lei in confusion.
"Boss? What do you mean?" Bei Bei didn't understand why Lin Lei had said that.
"When I saw those two suddenly attack Brody," Lin Lei transmitted, "what I was worried about wasn't them managing to seize the spatial ring. It was that in that instant, Brody might crush the spatial ring. Soul attacks are fast, but a reflexive squeeze would be absolutely fast as well."
Bei Bei nodded in agreement.
Soul attacks were too fast for the body to dodge, but there was still time to react. Crushing a spatial ring was effortless.
"But Brody didn't crush it. He was killed, and still didn't crush that spatial ring," Lin Lei transmitted.
"Boss, you mean...?" Bei Bei had a guess.
"Actually, before this, I only saw Brody and never saw his wife. I was already somewhat suspicious... that Brody, here, was just bait. At the time, though, I thought perhaps Brody had separated from his wife to protect her, and didn't think much of it." Lin Lei looked carefully at Chegewen and the other two in the distance. "But now, Brody didn't crush the spatial ring before he died. I'm starting to really suspect that ring."
"Boss, you're saying the spatial ring doesn't contain the Red Rhombic Diamond?" Bei Bei transmitted.
"Possibly," Lin Lei transmitted. "But it's still hard to say for certain. If Brody still has a divine clone alive, the ring shouldn't be openable."
The two Seven-star Demons under Chegewen merged their clones into their original bodies. Then they presented the spatial ring to Chegewen. Chegewen held the spatial ring and gave Lin Lei a mocking smile. "Lin Lei. Back during the Planar War, you were quite impressive. But now... this treasure belongs to me."