The Planar Wars

by Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi

  After all, once the fusion had started, fusing up to the bottleneck was just a matter of time.

  “Hey, Boss, once you fuse four profound mysteries, your attack power will rise greatly once again,” Bebe said excitedly.

  “Actually, I already have a direction in my mind,” Linley said with a calm laugh.

  After having seen the attacks of the previous Redcliff Lord and of Hemmers, Linley had already gained some insights.

  Bebe either napped or trained; in short, he was always just waiting. Linley’s divine clones focused on their training, while his original body controlled the Deathgod Golem outside. Time flowed on… and in the blink of an eye, two more months passed.

  “It’s only been one month, but I’ve lost a Deathgod Golem already,” Linley shook his head helplessly as he spoke. “Half a year ago, when I saw that supreme expert of the Divine Light Realm, I wanted to control my Deathgod Golem to make it flee, but that person pursued and attacked, forcibly destroying my Deathgod Golem as well as the surrounding area. Fortunately, I hid deep enough… and his divine sense didn’t extend all the way down to me.”

  Bebe opened his eyes and laughed, “It is just a Deathgod Golem. It’s cheap. It’s nothing.”

  “If I knew, I would’ve brought some more here with me,” Linley said.

  At this moment, Linley was controlling another Deathgod Golem, patrolling outside.

  “In two months, we haven’t seen a single suitable opponent.” Bebe let out a sigh.

  “Don’t sigh. If we hadn’t gone to your Grandpa Beirut and found out some information, most likely against that previous person, we would’ve gone to go fight against that supreme expert of Light. Fortunately, we avoided that disaster.” Linley laughed. Just as Linley and Bebe were sighing, suddenly…

  “BOOM!”

  The entire mountain trembled violently, and quite a few rocks smashed down atop Linley and Bebe.

  “What’s going on? What’s happening?” Bebe said with a frown.

  “Wait a moment. The Deathgod Golem that I’m controlling is thousands of meters away… oh, the Deathgod Golem sees it. Two experts are battling!” Linley said, surprised.

  Next to the mountain where Linley and Bebe were residing, there were two figures clashing. One was a violet blur, while the other was a white blur. One violet saber flash after another flew out of the body of the violet blur, with one of them landing viciously against the nearby small mountain.

  “BANG!”

  An explosive collision. The two were both knocked flying back by the collision. The violet blur was actually a green-eyed, violet-robed, vicious-looking youth, while the white blur was a handsome, silver-haired, blue-pupiled youth. The silver-haired youth’s face was filled with rage.

  “Lancelot! Don’t go too far! You and I are on the same side. Why must you insist on killing me?” the silver-haired youth roared.

  “Hmph, so what if we are on the same side? You should have been prepared for death the moment you entered the Planar Battlefield.” The violet-robed youth let out a cold laugh. He said nothing else, immediately beginning to fill the surrounding area with violet bolts of electricity, and it seemed as though lightning bolts were beginning to fill the skies as well.

  The silver-haired youth’s face changed.

  In terms of speed, he couldn’t compete with the lightning-element Lancelot. He wouldn’t be able to flee! Battle was the only option!

  He knew that he was weaker, but all he could do was fight it head on. With a low growl, he said, “Lancelot, if you don’t give me any chance, then I won’t let you have an easy time of it either!” The silver-haired youth’s body began to glow with a white aura, and then, with a cold shot, a white spear suddenly appeared next to him, along with a translucent spear.

  The material attack and the spiritual attack converged into one!

  “Swish!”

  The two spears folded onto each other, and the illusory white spear shot straight towards the front.

  “Die, then,” the green-eyed, violet-robed youth said emotionlessly.

  “Rumble…” The lightning bolts in the skies suddenly crashed down in the form of an enormous lightning serpent. At the same time, a green bolt of lightning emerged from the body of the violet-robed youth, also in the form of an enormous serpent. These two enormous lightning serpents attacked from opposite directions, encircling the silver-haired youth.

  Right at this moment, the spear arrived before the violet-robed youth’s body.

  “Hmph!” The violet-robed youth let out a cold sneer.

  He stretched out his right hand, and between his fingers formed a ball of violet light, which he smashed directly onto the illusory spear.

  “BANG!”

  That illusory white spear was a combination material attack and spiritual attack. And now, the illusory white spear completely shattered. The material attack… wasn’t even able to damage the violet-robed youth’s fingers. The spiritual attack was broken as well.

  “Crackle…”

  The violet and green electric serpents swirled around the silver-robed youth, whose face changed. The two different electric serpents actually created an unusual spatial electric field, causing the space itself to become electrified. That unusual electric field rippled throughout the silver-haired man’s body.

  “Ahhhhhh!” The white-robed, silver-haired youth raised his head, roaring angrily.

  A powerful aura swept out from his body, and the white glow strengthened.

  “At a time like this, you want to fight by using up Sovereign’s Might? You use yours, and I’ll use mine. Isn’t the result the same?” Lancelot laughed in his heart. His body also emanated forth a powerful aura, and the violet light began to fill his entire body as well.

  As the two experts both began to use their Sovereign’s Might, Linley and Bebe also quietly slipped out of the mountain, moving underground until they arrived at a place with a large amount of random vegetation. The two hid there, staring at the experts battling in the distance.

  “They are both so strong,” Bebe said in praise.

  “The white-robed youth is a commander of the Divine Light Plane, Roland. That green-eyed, violet-robed youth is a commander of the Divine Lightning Plane, ‘Lancelot’. According to the information provided by your Grandpa Beirut, this Lancelot is an extremely hard to deal with commander,” Linley said mentally. “Roland is specialized in spiritual attacks, while Lancelot is skilled in both spiritual and material attacks, and he is also extremely fast. In addition, he’s also fused a defensive Sovereign artifact into his body.”

  Bebe couldn’t help but feel startled.

  “Fused a defensive Sovereign artifact into his body? Isn’t that the same as the Grand Elder?”

  Linley nodded slightly, continuing to watch the two battle in the distance. “That Lancelot should be unbeatable in terms of material defense, due to possessing a defensive Sovereign artifact, and he is also extremely skilled in soul defense. Thus, to break through his soul defense is also very hard. This person… is a very powerful commander.”

  Lancelot was, indeed, virtually flawless.

  He trained in the Laws of Lightning and was thus very fast. He was strong in every single aspect. Even amongst the many commanders of the universe, he was considered a high class one.

  “However…” Linley laughed. “Bebe, you perfectly counter him.”

  To resist Bebe’s innate divine ability, ‘Godeater’, one had to either be a Paragon or have a soul-protecting Sovereign artifact. This Lancelot had met his black star! Normally, Lancelot’s soul defense should be considered incredibly powerful, but unfortunately… Bebe’s innate divine ability wasn’t something that a normal soul attack could compete with.

  “Haha, Boss, leave’m to me.” Bebe grew excited.

  “The battle is about to end,” Linley sent mentally.

  Indeed, the white-robed youth, ‘Roland’, was in a completely inferior position. The violet-robed Lancelot launched a final material attack, causin
g Roland’s entire body to blow apart.

  “Haha…” Lancelot laughed as he walked over, snatching up a golden badge as well as an interspatial ring from the ground.

  Right at this moment…

  “Who!” Lancelot barked irritably while turning his head. He could already sense that there were movements nearby, but he didn’t care too much. There were very few, even amongst the commanders, capable of killing him.

  “Eh?” What Lancelot saw stunned him.

  He saw a black blur flying towards him at high speed, while at the same time, in midair, the enormous illusion of a Godeater Rat appeared. The Godeater Rat illusion was staring coldly at him, and when Lancelot saw this, his face couldn’t help but change. “Beirut?! Ah!!! NO!!!”

  Lancelot had gone completely mad.

  He had almost no weaknesses, but that was only against the vast majority of commanders. It didn’t mean he was completely flawless. If he was completely perfect and flawless, why would he even need to come to the Planar Battlefield? Beirut’s innate divine ability, ‘Godeater’, was extremely famous, and it perfectly countered people like Lancelot. Against this technique, all would perish, save those who had soul-protecting Sovereign artifacts and Paragons.

  This was how dominating innate divine abilities were!

  Lancelot didn’t understand. The legendary Beirut had a body that was even tougher than divine sparks, could use his bare hands to clash against Sovereign weapons, and who had a soul-protecting Sovereign artifact. He was that sort of completely flawless supreme expert with no weaknesses. Someone like him… already stood at the very top of the universe.

  Why did he have to come to the Planar Battlefield?

  Lancelot didn’t understand!

  But… he wouldn’t have a chance to understand in the future either!

  A unique rippling power spread across his soul, and in the face of this attack, his soul defense wasn’t able to do a single thing.

  Lancelot stood there, stunned. That sinister look would never again flash past his green eyes. He seemed completely wooden… and then, with a “bang” sound, he collapsed against the ground. A divine spark drifted out, along with a golden badge which emerged from his body, along with a dark golden armor.

  “A gold badge and a defensive Sovereign artifact.” Linley’s eyes lit up.

  Linley and Bebe transformed into two blurs, immediately collecting the golden badge, the defensive Sovereign artifact, and the interspatial rings.

  “Let’s hurry and leave. We can’t tarry here.”

  Linley and Bebe didn’t stay to do a thorough investigation, instead immediately leaving.

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  A TRANQUIL HEART

  “Rustle…”

  A cold wind howled, and the grass swayed, bending down in supplication.

  Lancelot and Roland’s corpses lay there on the ground, with no hint of life. Prior to this, they were both supreme experts of their respective planes, commander-level experts who imposed their will on their world! The reason they entered the Planar Battlefield was because they hoped to rise to yet another level; to accumulate enough military merits so as to trade for a Sovereign artifact, allowing them to become high-level experts even amongst commanders.

  Unfortunately…

  For some to succeed, others had to fail.

  One commander’s success represented the deaths of ten commanders, or a hundred thousand Highgod soldiers! This was the price of success! Unluckily, Lancelot and Roland had just become failures.

  “Whooooosh!”

  The wind arose, and then stopped!

  Two figures appeared within the battlefield. These two were dressed in long green robes, and had long green hair. Even their faces and body shapes were similar. From the surface, the only difference between the two was that… one had golden eyebrows while the other had white eyebrows. Someone who didn’t recognize them, upon seeing them, would take the two to be a single person’s clones.

  If Linley was here, he would recognize these two as being the legendary twin commanders of the Divine Wind Plane.

  “Elder Brother, did you see that?” the man with the white eyebrows said solemnly.

  The youth with the golden eyebrows took a look at the two corpses on the ground as well, nodding slightly. “I saw it. Although I’ve never personally seen the legendary innate divine ability of Beirut, based on the scryer recordings that I saw, I can affirm that just now, that illusion should’ve been one of a Godeater Rat!” Prior to this, when Bebe had used his innate divine ability, the illusion of a Godeater Rat had been a hundred meters tall, allowing others to see it from far away.

  This was the reason why Linley and Bebe had immediately left.

  The youth with the white eyebrows nodded. “Lancelot… even if we joined forces against him, it would be a hard fight. He was hard to deal with. Lancelot’s soul defense was exceedingly strong, and to kill him, a Highgod Paragon would be needed. But of course, there is also Beirut, who possessed such a terrifying innate divine ability. Beirut’s innate supreme technique ignores all ordinary soul defenses. The person who attacked just now… was most likely Beirut!”

  Beirut had become famous just a bit more than ten thousand years ago!

  As for Bebe, too few people knew of him. Bebe hadn’t done anything particularly breathtaking yet after having become a Highgod. How could these experts of other planes know about him? Thus, they all believed that it had been Beirut who had attacked!

  “Beirut… why has he come to the Planar Battlefield?” the youth with the white eyebrows said, frowning. “Given his power, he doesn’t need to come to this place. His punches and kicks are already comparable to Sovereign weapons. The Planar Battlefield is already a chaotic enough place. With him joining the mix… this is absolutely unfair!”

  “So what if it is unfair? Dare you go and have a grand battle against Beirut?” the youth with the golden eyebrows said with a laugh.

  It was precisely because they had seen the illusion of a Godeater Rat that they had intentionally waited quite a while before returning. They were afraid they might run into Beirut.

  “Enough, Second Brother. Let’s go. Be careful. If we see that Beirut, let’s make sure we stay far away from him.” The youth with the golden eyebrows glanced at the two corpses on the ground, and then transformed into a blur and departed, with his younger brother following him. This empty area now only had those two lifeless corpses remaining.

  WITHIN THAT SMALL black hill was an empty cave.

  Linley and Bebe had emerged from underground and dug out this giant cave from within the hill.

  “Haha, Boss, what great rewards, what great rewards!” Bebe excitedly called out, while tossing out one item after another; the violet armor, the interspatial rings, and everything else. Just as Bebe was about to excitedly say a few things, he suddenly froze.

  “Boss!” Bebe looked at Linley, stunned.

  Linley was currently staring at the golden badge in his hands. His eyes were filled with excitement, and even tears.

  “Finally. I finally have a golden badge.” Linley clenched his hand tightly around the golden badge, pressing it against his heart. In this moment, Linley felt as though this golden badge had transformed into his father, into George, into Yale. He couldn’t help but think of those precious memories from back when he was a toddler or when he was a youth.

  The golden badge, to Linley… did it represent a Sovereign artifact?

  No!

  This was something that would allow the father he had lost in his youth to return. To let his brothers who had died such unjust deaths to return.

  “Father. Boss Yale. George,” Linley shut his eyes and murmured. “I… can save at least one of you now! My father, my brothers… you have to wait for me. Wait for me to emerge from the Planar Wars. You’ve already endured for nearly two thousand years. Just endure a little longer!”

  “Wait for me…”

  Tears unconsciously began to seep out from the corners of his eyes.

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sp; Ever since he had entered the Netherworld, over the past few decades, Linley had been under great pressure. He felt as though a giant stone was constantly pressing against his heart! First, he had to go to the Abyssal Mountain to meet the Chief Sovereign of Death, from whom he just barely saw a glimmer of hope. He then went to Tartarus to challenge the Redcliff Lord, finally succeeding and becoming qualified to enter the Planar Battlefield.

  But that had only been the beginning.

  After entering the Planar Battlefield, Linley was under constant pressure, and he had a lost feeling in his heart. Deep in his heart, he even felt a hint of dread.

  This seemingly peaceful Planar Battlefield had too many powerful experts hiding within it! Linley was afraid that he could encounter a truly supreme expert who would kill himself and Bebe. He wasn’t afraid of dying himself, but if Bebe were to die, Linley would forever regret it. And… if that happened, he would never again be able to save his father and his brothers.

  After having been in the Planar Battlefield for more than half a year, and after repeated failures, Linley had even begun to doubt himself.

  Nervousness, restlessness! These emotions had constantly ensnarled Linley!

  Although on the surface, it appeared as though Linley had lain in wait calmly, in his heart, Linley was frantic. This was because he hadn’t killed a single commander. He had begun to doubt if he would be able to acquire a single commander’s badge. This was the sort of nervous restlessness in which Linley had been living. But now… just now, such a huge battle had suddenly erupted.

  And it had brought such an unexpected delight.

  “I finally succeeded. A gold badge,” Linley said to himself. “Bebe and I, working together, will definitely succeed. It hasn’t even been a year, but I’ve already acquired a gold badge. In addition, there are nearly nine centuries left to this Planar War. I will definitely acquire enough gold badges.”