"This Red Rhombus Diamond was fake!" Chegewen hovered in the sky, his green robe billowing in the wind, the muscles at the corners of his eyes twitching as he looked down at Brodie's corpse in the mountain forest below. "The Demon Castle guaranteed the intelligence was absolutely true. I verified it myself, and the residents of the Lotte tribe confirmed it! So the Red Rhombus Diamond must truly be a treasure — but where is the real one?"
Chegewin had investigated this intelligence thoroughly.
"My lord, there was only a single divine spark inside Brodie's corpse. We already confirmed he had more than one divine clone. The real Red Rhombus Diamond must have been taken away by his true body." A seven-star demon behind Chegewin transmitted via divine sense.
"I know!" Chegewin's eyes were filled with dark clouds. He let out a cold snort.
Chegewin was no fool. How could he not guess what that 'Brodie' had been thinking? In Hell, Lowgods and Deities were countless, and even Highgods who had refined divine sparks were nothing special. Countless gods would rather die in a blaze of glory — to go out with a thunderous bang!
Rather than perish silently in some random robbery, their deaths completely meaningless.
And this Brodie — he had truly died in a way that made a whole crowd of seven-star demons remember him!
"He created a divine clone to play a whole group of powerful beings like puppets in the palm of his hand. Hmph. He deliberately made that divine clone to draw our attention here. His true body has probably already fled somewhere with his wife, long out of reach." Though Chegewin was furious, he had also thoroughly committed the name 'Brodie' to memory.
Actually, if Brodie's divine clone had crushed the spatial ring...
Given Chegewin's ability, once he calmed down, he would have deduced the truth! Moreover, the fact that Brodie had divine clones could easily be confirmed by inquiring among the Lotte tribe. From there, it was simple to deduce that Brodie's true body had taken the Red Rhombus Diamond and slipped away. Knowing he would certainly die, why would he drag the Red Rhombus Diamond along as a waste?
Since he couldn't keep it hidden, he might as well deliberately leave the spatial ring behind to mock all the powerful ones.
"I've been thoroughly played by this Brodie." Chegewin's heart was bitter. He glanced involuntarily toward Lin Lei and Bei Bei in the distance. "If I had obtained the real Red Rhombus Diamond, offending this Lin Lei would have been acceptable. But I didn't get it... Given this Lin Lei's character, he probably won't let me off easily."
Before, on the Planar Battlefield, although there had been some enmity between Chegewin and Lin Lei, the main players had been Lin Lei and Magnus — people like Chegewin and Uman were merely supporting characters. Before today, Lin Lei had no real grudge against Chegewin and couldn't be bothered to strike at him harshly.
Chegewin understood this, which was why he hadn't fled when he encountered Lin Lei just now.
But now, the situation was completely different!
"I openly mocked and toyed with this Lin Lei... what will he do?" Chegewin's heart was restless. He wanted to flee immediately, but at this moment Lin Lei and Bei Bei clearly weren't paying attention to him. If he fled right away, it would likely catch Lin Lei's attention, and Lin Lei might just seize him on the spot.
So Chegewin quietly lingered in the distance, hoping Lin Lei wouldn't notice him. Waiting for Lin Lei to leave!
Just like that, Chegewin stealthily watched Lin Lei and Bei Bei not far away.
It wasn't just Chegewin who was watching — over a hundred seven-star and six-star demons in the surroundings were watching too, eager to see... how Lin Lei would retaliate against Chegewin!
"Let's go!" Lin Lei's words sent Chegewin into great relief.
"My lord, the two of them are leaving." The two seven-star demons behind him were equally delighted, and they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Boss, are we really just leaving?" Bei Bei immediately spoke up.
"Oh... that's right. I almost forgot something." Lin Lei had just started to leave when he smiled and turned around, looking toward Chegewin in the distance. "Bei Bei, thank goodness you reminded me, or I would have forgotten. Bei Bei, who was it that said just now — if I have the ability, go ahead and banish him to the spatial turbulence?"
Bei Bei caught on at once, letting out a theatrical sigh: "Boss, who else could it be? Why, the fearless and intrepid Mr. Chegewen, of course... Besides him, who else would dare enter the spatial turbulence?"
Lin Lei and Bei Bei's back-and-forth turned the faces of Chegewin and his two companions deathly pale.
"Run!" Chegewin commanded decisively via transmission.
Instantly, above the Nevil Mountain Range, Chegewin and the two seven-star demons under his command scattered and fled in different directions at tremendous speed.
"Whoosh!"
Several phantom-like afterimages materialized in midair, and a blurred figure appeared before Chegewen. With a muffled "boom!", Chegewen's fleeing body came to an abrupt halt and was sent hurtling backward. But the blurred figure flickered once more and materialized in front of his tumbling form.
"Mr. Chegewen, where do you think you're going without so much as a word?" A trace of amusement played across Lin Lei's face as he regarded Chegewen.
But Chegewen could detect the icy chill in Lin Lei's eyes!
After what Chegewen had just done, how could Lin Lei let him off? If he let him go after that, where would Lin Lei's face be?
Even the Sovereigns, though they preferred not to meddle in the affairs of gods, would not easily forgive those who dared mock them, obstruct their important business, or offend their majesty! At the pinnacle of godhood, Lin Lei's status alone meant he would not tolerate casual disrespect!
"Lord Lin Lei." Chegewen forced a thin smile. "I... I was momentarily confused."
"You weren't confused." Lin Lei shook his head. "What confusion? You were very clever, weren't you? Didn't you say it yourself? Even if I banish you to the spatial turbulence, the great Sovereign of Light will intervene and rescue you."
Chegewen's face turned ugly.
The Chief Sovereign of Light would rescue him?
That was under the assumption he possessed the suspected Supreme God artifact, the 'Red Rhombus Diamond.' For something like a suspected Supreme God artifact, the Chief Sovereign of Light would act, going to the trouble of rescuing him from the spatial turbulence! But without the Red Rhombus Diamond, the Chief Sovereign of Light might not necessarily come to save him right away.
What was the standing of a Chief Sovereign?
Perhaps whenever he happened to be in a good mood, he might casually rescue him. But when would that be — a hundred million years from now? Or a trillion?
"Lord Lin Lei, you are a perfected powerhouse. It isn't worth being angered on my account," Chegewen continued eagerly. "I, Chegewen, am willing to surrender all of my wealth and my reserves of Sovereign's Might to you, Lord Lin Lei. I humbly beg you to spare me this once." Chegewen gazed at Lin Lei with desperate hope.
But Lin Lei only regarded him in silence.