Though shocked, Terei quickly sneered, transmitting through his divine sense: "Haha, Beirut, Lin Lei, and that red-browed one. What, the three of you actually have the audacity to leave the Yulan plane? Do you have some backing that makes you bold enough to challenge the Light Sovereign?" Terei wasn't the least bit afraid.
He knew that Beirut possessed four Sovereign sparks in total!
The three before him were merely Lesser Sovereigns.
He, Terei, was the Wind-type Lesser Sovereign. Wind-type Sovereigns were inherently gifted in speed, and moreover, he had reached Perfection! Among Lesser Sovereigns, there was no one whose speed surpassed his.
"Among these three, only that Fire-type Sovereign has speed comparable to mine," Terei thought with absolute confidence. "If the three join forces, their combined strength does exceed mine. But if I choose to flee, they could never catch me." With this conviction, Terei naturally wasn't in any hurry to run.
"The Light Sovereign? Of course we fear him," Beirut transmitted back with a teasing laugh. "But you certainly aren't the Light Sovereign."
"Hmph." Terei sneered coldly.
At the same time, Terei sent a message via divine sense to the Wind-type divine plane's strongest being, the Wind Sovereign 'Diya': "My Lord, Beirut is heading this way with two Lesser Sovereigns. They appear to harbor ill intentions."
A Sovereign's flight speed was hundreds or thousands of times that of someone at Perfection.
Even in the vast Hell, a Sovereign could cross it in half a day — one could imagine that kind of speed. A hundred million miles? For Lin Lei and the other two Sovereigns, it would take less than five minutes!
"Lin Lei, this Terei is quite confident," Qing Huo transmitted with a smile. "He isn't even running."
"Among Lesser Sovereigns, no one surpasses him in speed," Lin Lei replied. "But that was the past!"
"Your emergence as a fused Sovereign breaks all conventions. This Terei — if he had fled from the very start, he might have had a chance. But now, it's too late for him." Beirut also chuckled happily. Clearly, they had all anticipated Terei's fate.
Just at that moment —
"Beirut, what are the three of you coming here for!" A cold voice echoed through the minds of Beirut and his companions.
"Lord Diya," Beirut immediately responded.
Lin Lei's heart stirred — the one sending the message must be the Wind Sovereign 'Diya,' the legendary Wind Sovereign 'Diya.' His true form was a divine beast, the Jade-Winged Golden Light Eagle! The Jade-Winged Golden Light Eagle was a wind-attribute divine beast, innately gifted in speed. After becoming the Wind Sovereign, his speed was monstrous beyond reason.
Back then, of the eleven High Sovereign sparks, those who obtained them were all extraordinarily powerful. Beings like the Destruction Sovereign and the Death Sovereign, who were innately无比 powerful. There were also those who, even as Highgods, had already reached the level of Perfection. The eleven Sovereigns — each one was extraordinary.
"Beirut, you too are one of my Wind-type Sovereigns," the cold voice continued. "Within the Wind-type lineage, I do not wish to see killing and strife."
"Lord Diya," Lin Lei transmitted instead. "Terei has targeted me time and again. Back then, if not for the Blood Peak Sovereign, Grandfather Beirut, and Qing Huo, I would most likely be dead by now. This time, I've come for revenge. And I am merely a Lesser Sovereign myself. I trust I haven't violated the old Sovereign agreement, have I?"
The Wind Sovereign 'Diya' was silent for a moment, then transmitted with some irritation: "Lin Lei! You've just become a Sovereign, so behave yourself! This is the Wind-type divine plane, and I am in charge!"
"My apologies..."
Lin Lei smiled as he transmitted, and thereafter simply ignored the Wind Sovereign 'Diya's' furious tirade.
Beirut transmitted to Lin Lei: "We're still two million miles from Terei. We'll be there shortly."
"Terei really is bold!" Lin Lei gazed into the distance.
On the island, Terei's narrow eyes went cold, and he cursed under his breath: "These three — Beirut and his lot — are truly mad. Even though they can't catch me, I can't just wait here for them to make their move. Hmph, let them celebrate for now. Before long, the news that they've appeared in the Wind-type divine plane will surely reach the Light Sovereign. When that happens, it'd be strange if Augustus didn't come!"
When the distance between the two sides closed to a million miles, Terei finally fled!
"Swoosh!"
A streak of light shot rapidly toward the southeast! Its speed far surpassed the pursuit speed of Lin Lei and his companions. After all, Lin Lei and Qing Huo had to accommodate Beirut, who was the slowest of the three.
"Haha, Terei, so you're not as stupid as you look," Beirut transmitted with a teasing laugh.
"Hmph, Beirut, enjoy your smugness now. In a moment, you won't have time to cry." Terei was utterly dismissive.
Behind him, the three pursuers exchanged glances. Beirut transmitted: "About time. Lin Lei, it's your turn."
"Lin Lei, we'll just watch from here," Qing Huo transmitted with a laugh.
"Don't worry." Lin Lei's confidence was absolute as his speed suddenly surged.
At that moment —
"Impossible?" Terei's expression changed. "How can Lin Lei be faster than me? I've reached Perfection, and he — yes, he's also at Perfection. But how can he be this fast?" After a brief moment of thought, Terei arrived at one possibility —
"Could it be that madman Beirut let Lin Lei refine two Sovereign sparks on his own?" Terei was truly panicking now.
Normally, when a Sovereign refined two Sovereign sparks, even if they couldn't fuse the Sovereign power, their soul would gain an additional strand of Will of Law.
"He was already at Perfection, and with an extra refined Sovereign spark, he'd definitely be stronger than me." Terei desperately accelerated toward the southeast. On a continent in that direction lay a transmission array — through it, he could escape quickly. But the transmission array was over a billion miles away.
Meanwhile, Lin Lei had started only a million miles from him.
And that million miles was rapidly shrinking.
When Terei had flown ten million miles, Lin Lei had already appeared within sight behind him.
"My Lord!" Terei transmitted urgently.
"Lin Lei, within my Wind-type divine plane, you would kill a Sovereign?" the Wind Sovereign 'Diya' roared in anger.
Lin Lei transmitted just two words: "My apologies!" Then, without slowing in the slightest, he surged forward.
In truth, Lin Lei had been concealing the greater part of his strength. If he were to use his fused Sovereign power, his speed would be far greater still.