However, Magrida also knew that in the face of absolute power, he had no ability to resist.
Although, in Magrida's view, the resources earned from those clan industries were nowhere near as profitable as the trade he conducted with Rockpeak once every ten million years.
Once those industries were lost, however, the Magrida clan would also lose many of its channels for collecting divine beast blood essence and natural treasures.
With the influence of the Four Divine Beasts clan involved, the amount of divine beast blood essence and natural treasures his clan would be able to produce in the next transaction would be incomparable to what they had provided before.
Could it be that in ten million years from now, he would have to raise the price yet again?
Magrida silently pondered the possibility of another price increase.
Several thousand years ago, that Prefect-level expert who came to trade with him had been defeated because he did not possess a Sovereign artifact.
From this point alone, it was obvious that the fellow was not a Sovereign Emissary.
In other words, he was perhaps merely an ordinary subordinate running errands for a Sovereign.
Perhaps he did not even dare report the matter of the price increase to his Sovereign lord.
As a Sovereign Emissary himself, Magrida understood Sovereigns all too well.
Each time one handled matters for a Sovereign lord, doing a good job might earn some rewards.
But if one failed...
Putting himself in the other party's shoes, Magrida felt that next time he could probe a little further.
If the person who came to trade with him truly had not reported the price increase to the Sovereign, then that would prove the fellow had been covering the difference out of his own pocket to avoid being replaced by the Sovereign for failing in his duties.
Another possibility was that the price offered by the Sovereign was already far higher than what Magrida had demanded, and his increase might not even amount to a fraction of the Sovereign's reward.
The moment he thought of this possibility, rage surged within Magrida.
Hmph. After taking kickbacks for three trillion years, he had to recover every last bit of them.
Next time, he would increase the price tenfold. No—one hundredfold!
"BOOM!"
Just as Magrida sat there fantasizing, a tremendous explosion rang out.
The sound left everyone in the Magrida clan stunned.
What was that sound?
"BOOM!"
Before the clansmen could react, a second explosion entered their ears.
Only then did they look up and discover that the defensive magic formation protecting the entire Magrida clan headquarters had already been activated at full power.
The fiery-red dome-shaped barrier resembled a giant bowl protecting the clan within.
"The clan's defensive formation... is under attack..."
"Who's so bold as to attack the defensive formation of our Magrida clan?"
At this moment, some of the clansmen inside the Magrida clan headquarters looked up at the figure standing above the defensive formation and sneered.
After all, they were the Magrida clan—the number one clan of the Fire Divine Plane!
Clan Leader Magrida was a Sovereign Emissary serving a Sovereign lord.
Who in the entire Fire Divine Plane would dare refuse to give the Magrida clan some face?
Yet now, someone had actually dared to attack the Magrida clan headquarters.
Had they grown tired of living?
Naturally, many people thought this way.
But there were also quite a few whose expressions had become extremely solemn.
The Magrida clan was known throughout the Fire Divine Plane.
Since someone dared to directly attack the Magrida clan headquarters, they certainly possessed considerable strength.
Even if Lord Magrida could defeat the enemy, for Saint-level experts or Deities who had not even reached the Five Star Fiend level, this would be a catastrophe.
...
Standing above the Magrida clan headquarters, Rockpeak looked at the defensive formation below and threw a punch.
"BOOM!"
The black-red power of the Edicts of Destruction collided with the formation, producing a deafening explosion.
If the previous two attacks had been Rockpeak announcing his arrival to the Magrida clan, then this third attack was his true assault.
Under Rockpeak's strike, the entire defensive formation of the Magrida clan shattered instantly.
The tremendous force spread through the formation's nodes, triggering an earthquake throughout the clan headquarters.
Fortunately, the weakest inhabitants of a Divine Plane were still Saint-level.
As a result, not many Magrida clansmen actually died from the earthquake itself.
"Who is it?"
The clan's defensive formation had been destroyed, and such a huge disturbance had erupted throughout the headquarters.
The clan elders in the assembly hall immediately burst through the roof and shot into the sky as streams of light, taking positions in the air above the clan.
Very quickly, their gazes locked onto Rockpeak.
"It's you?"
The moment they recognized Rockpeak, some of the elders familiar with him immediately changed expression.
Rockpeak came to the Magrida clan once every ten million years.
As clan leader, Magrida was not always present at the headquarters.
Under such circumstances, certain elders had to handle the exchanges with Rockpeak.
These elders naturally knew part of the reason why the Magrida clan had developed so rapidly.
However, several thousand years ago, because the clan had yielded in its conflict with the Four Divine Beasts clan, the clan's development had been hindered, resulting in a dispute between Magrida and Rockpeak.
What they never expected was that less than ten thousand years later, Rockpeak would come knocking again.
And without so much as a greeting, he had shattered the defensive formation protecting the Magrida clan headquarters.
Clearly, he had come with hostile intentions.
"Magrida, come out and face your death!"
After smashing apart the defensive formation, Rockpeak showed no courtesy at all and directly called out Magrida by name.
"How arrogant! Our Clan Leader is not someone a nobody like you can insult!"
Hearing Rockpeak directly speak their clan leader's name, the clansmen of the Magrida clan immediately flew into a rage.
One after another, they rushed into the sky, intending to teach Rockpeak a lesson.
Even some of the elders who had just emerged from the assembly hall joined them, surrounding Rockpeak.
"You insolent fool! If you surrender now, we may leave your corpse intact!"
"But if you resist, we'll skin you alive, tear out your tendons, and burn your soul forever!"
Perhaps because of their numerical advantage, the Magrida clansmen surrounding Rockpeak became emboldened and began hurling threats at him.
"Don't! Get back here immediately!"
The two Seven Star Fiend Great Elders of the Magrida clan immediately turned pale and shouted at their clansmen.
Were these people idiots?
The clan's defensive formation could completely withstand attacks from Six Star Fiends. Even Seven Star Fiends would need some time to break through it.
Yet this person had shattered the formation instantly.
How could they still fail to realize that he was an expert beyond the Seven Star Fiend level?
Had they not noticed that even the two of them did not dare charge forward?
Unfortunately, the warning from the two Seven Star Fiend Great Elders came too late.
This time, Rockpeak had come to the Fire Divine Plane specifically for revenge.
And Lord Locke had already stated that the three clans which had acted against Rockpeak had no reason to continue existing.
Therefore, after the Magrida clansmen who had surrounded him finished threatening him, Rockpeak moved.
"BOOM!"
With a wave of his hand, a hundred-meter-long arc-shaped spatial tear exploded into existence around him.
The strongest among those surrounding Rockpeak were merely Six Star Fiends.
Most were ordinary Deities.
How could they possibly withstand such an attack?
"Rip! Rip! Rip! Rip! Rip!"
"AAAAAHHHHH!"
Without the slightest surprise, nearly a hundred Magrida clansmen were severed at the waist by the spatial tear Rockpeak had created.
Their miserable screams echoed through the sky.
But that was not the end.
The terrifying suction generated by the spatial tear engulfed the nearby clansmen.
Those dragged into the spatial turbulence through the tear were instantly obliterated by the currents.
Only black divine sparks remained floating within the spatial turbulence.
Perhaps one day, these divine sparks would fall through the spatial turbulence into some material plane and be discovered by a Saint-level expert there, creating another legend.
Only now did the anxious warnings of the two Seven Star Fiend Great Elders reach the ears of everyone else.
But it was already too late...
"Waaah!"
"Run!"
If the Magrida clansmen had not fully reacted when Rockpeak shattered their defensive formation, then this attack—which instantly slaughtered a hundred clan experts—made them realize that the enemy standing before them was terrifyingly powerful.
That hundred-meter-wide spatial tear...
Even the Great Elders probably could not achieve something like that, could they?
An expert of this level was simply not someone insignificant figures like them could handle.
The only thing they could do was run!
Run as far away as possible.
Otherwise, once the clan's experts began fighting him, even the shockwaves of the battle could kill them.
"BOOM!"
As the Magrida clansmen fled in panic, the clan leader of the Magrida clan, Magrida himself, finally emerged from the clan hall.
"Clan Leader!"
"Lord Clan Leader!"
Upon seeing Magrida, the elders who had been frightened by Rockpeak's attack immediately found their backbone again.
Indeed, judging from the previous attacks, this enemy who had come to trouble the Magrida clan was extremely powerful.
But they were the number one clan of the Fire Divine Plane!
Clan Leader Magrida was a Sovereign Emissary serving a Sovereign lord and possessed an offensive Sovereign artifact.
Within the entire Fire Divine Plane, only a handful of other Sovereign Emissaries could compare to Lord Magrida.
No matter how strong the enemy in the sky was, could he really be stronger than Lord Magrida?
After nodding toward his clansmen, Magrida raised his head and looked at Rockpeak in the sky, his expression extremely grave.
The reason he had been able to lead the Magrida clan to become the number one clan of the Fire Divine Plane was certainly related to the transaction with Locke that occurred once every ten million years.
But that did not negate Magrida's own abilities.
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 344: Dominance
However, Magrida also knew that in the face of absolute power, he had no ability to resist.
Although, in Magrida's view, the resources earned from those clan industries were nowhere near as profitable as the trade he conducted with Rockpeak once every ten million years.
Once those industries were lost, however, the Magrida clan would also lose many of its channels for collecting divine beast blood essence and natural treasures.
With the influence of the Four Divine Beasts clan involved, the amount of divine beast blood essence and natural treasures his clan would be able to produce in the next transaction would be incomparable to what they had provided before.
Could it be that in ten million years from now, he would have to raise the price yet again?
Magrida silently pondered the possibility of another price increase.
Several thousand years ago, that Prefect-level expert who came to trade with him had been defeated because he did not possess a Sovereign artifact.
From this point alone, it was obvious that the fellow was not a Sovereign Emissary.
In other words, he was perhaps merely an ordinary subordinate running errands for a Sovereign.
Perhaps he did not even dare report the matter of the price increase to his Sovereign lord.
As a Sovereign Emissary himself, Magrida understood Sovereigns all too well.
Each time one handled matters for a Sovereign lord, doing a good job might earn some rewards.
But if one failed...
Putting himself in the other party's shoes, Magrida felt that next time he could probe a little further.
If the person who came to trade with him truly had not reported the price increase to the Sovereign, then that would prove the fellow had been covering the difference out of his own pocket to avoid being replaced by the Sovereign for failing in his duties.
Another possibility was that the price offered by the Sovereign was already far higher than what Magrida had demanded, and his increase might not even amount to a fraction of the Sovereign's reward.
The moment he thought of this possibility, rage surged within Magrida.
Hmph. After taking kickbacks for three trillion years, he had to recover every last bit of them.
Next time, he would increase the price tenfold. No—one hundredfold!
"BOOM!"
Just as Magrida sat there fantasizing, a tremendous explosion rang out.
The sound left everyone in the Magrida clan stunned.
What was that sound?
"BOOM!"
Before the clansmen could react, a second explosion entered their ears.
Only then did they look up and discover that the defensive magic formation protecting the entire Magrida clan headquarters had already been activated at full power.
The fiery-red dome-shaped barrier resembled a giant bowl protecting the clan within.
"The clan's defensive formation... is under attack..."
"Who's so bold as to attack the defensive formation of our Magrida clan?"
At this moment, some of the clansmen inside the Magrida clan headquarters looked up at the figure standing above the defensive formation and sneered.
After all, they were the Magrida clan—the number one clan of the Fire Divine Plane!
Clan Leader Magrida was a Sovereign Emissary serving a Sovereign lord.
Who in the entire Fire Divine Plane would dare refuse to give the Magrida clan some face?
Yet now, someone had actually dared to attack the Magrida clan headquarters.
Had they grown tired of living?
Naturally, many people thought this way.
But there were also quite a few whose expressions had become extremely solemn.
The Magrida clan was known throughout the Fire Divine Plane.
Since someone dared to directly attack the Magrida clan headquarters, they certainly possessed considerable strength.
Even if Lord Magrida could defeat the enemy, for Saint-level experts or Deities who had not even reached the Five Star Fiend level, this would be a catastrophe.
...
Standing above the Magrida clan headquarters, Rockpeak looked at the defensive formation below and threw a punch.
"BOOM!"
The black-red power of the Edicts of Destruction collided with the formation, producing a deafening explosion.
If the previous two attacks had been Rockpeak announcing his arrival to the Magrida clan, then this third attack was his true assault.
Under Rockpeak's strike, the entire defensive formation of the Magrida clan shattered instantly.
The tremendous force spread through the formation's nodes, triggering an earthquake throughout the clan headquarters.
Fortunately, the weakest inhabitants of a Divine Plane were still Saint-level.
As a result, not many Magrida clansmen actually died from the earthquake itself.
"Who is it?"
The clan's defensive formation had been destroyed, and such a huge disturbance had erupted throughout the headquarters.
The clan elders in the assembly hall immediately burst through the roof and shot into the sky as streams of light, taking positions in the air above the clan.
Very quickly, their gazes locked onto Rockpeak.
"It's you?"
The moment they recognized Rockpeak, some of the elders familiar with him immediately changed expression.
Rockpeak came to the Magrida clan once every ten million years.
As clan leader, Magrida was not always present at the headquarters.
Under such circumstances, certain elders had to handle the exchanges with Rockpeak.
These elders naturally knew part of the reason why the Magrida clan had developed so rapidly.
However, several thousand years ago, because the clan had yielded in its conflict with the Four Divine Beasts clan, the clan's development had been hindered, resulting in a dispute between Magrida and Rockpeak.
What they never expected was that less than ten thousand years later, Rockpeak would come knocking again.
And without so much as a greeting, he had shattered the defensive formation protecting the Magrida clan headquarters.
Clearly, he had come with hostile intentions.
"Magrida, come out and face your death!"
After smashing apart the defensive formation, Rockpeak showed no courtesy at all and directly called out Magrida by name.
"How arrogant! Our Clan Leader is not someone a nobody like you can insult!"
Hearing Rockpeak directly speak their clan leader's name, the clansmen of the Magrida clan immediately flew into a rage.
One after another, they rushed into the sky, intending to teach Rockpeak a lesson.
Even some of the elders who had just emerged from the assembly hall joined them, surrounding Rockpeak.
"You insolent fool! If you surrender now, we may leave your corpse intact!"
"But if you resist, we'll skin you alive, tear out your tendons, and burn your soul forever!"
Perhaps because of their numerical advantage, the Magrida clansmen surrounding Rockpeak became emboldened and began hurling threats at him.
"Don't! Get back here immediately!"
The two Seven Star Fiend Great Elders of the Magrida clan immediately turned pale and shouted at their clansmen.
Were these people idiots?
The clan's defensive formation could completely withstand attacks from Six Star Fiends. Even Seven Star Fiends would need some time to break through it.
Yet this person had shattered the formation instantly.
How could they still fail to realize that he was an expert beyond the Seven Star Fiend level?
Had they not noticed that even the two of them did not dare charge forward?
Unfortunately, the warning from the two Seven Star Fiend Great Elders came too late.
This time, Rockpeak had come to the Fire Divine Plane specifically for revenge.
And Lord Locke had already stated that the three clans which had acted against Rockpeak had no reason to continue existing.
Therefore, after the Magrida clansmen who had surrounded him finished threatening him, Rockpeak moved.
"BOOM!"
With a wave of his hand, a hundred-meter-long arc-shaped spatial tear exploded into existence around him.
The strongest among those surrounding Rockpeak were merely Six Star Fiends.
Most were ordinary Deities.
How could they possibly withstand such an attack?
"Rip! Rip! Rip! Rip! Rip!"
"AAAAAHHHHH!"
Without the slightest surprise, nearly a hundred Magrida clansmen were severed at the waist by the spatial tear Rockpeak had created.
Their miserable screams echoed through the sky.
But that was not the end.
The terrifying suction generated by the spatial tear engulfed the nearby clansmen.
Those dragged into the spatial turbulence through the tear were instantly obliterated by the currents.
Only black divine sparks remained floating within the spatial turbulence.
Perhaps one day, these divine sparks would fall through the spatial turbulence into some material plane and be discovered by a Saint-level expert there, creating another legend.
Only now did the anxious warnings of the two Seven Star Fiend Great Elders reach the ears of everyone else.
But it was already too late...
"Waaah!"
"Run!"
If the Magrida clansmen had not fully reacted when Rockpeak shattered their defensive formation, then this attack—which instantly slaughtered a hundred clan experts—made them realize that the enemy standing before them was terrifyingly powerful.
That hundred-meter-wide spatial tear...
Even the Great Elders probably could not achieve something like that, could they?
An expert of this level was simply not someone insignificant figures like them could handle.
The only thing they could do was run!
Run as far away as possible.
Otherwise, once the clan's experts began fighting him, even the shockwaves of the battle could kill them.
"BOOM!"
As the Magrida clansmen fled in panic, the clan leader of the Magrida clan, Magrida himself, finally emerged from the clan hall.
"Clan Leader!"
"Lord Clan Leader!"
Upon seeing Magrida, the elders who had been frightened by Rockpeak's attack immediately found their backbone again.
Indeed, judging from the previous attacks, this enemy who had come to trouble the Magrida clan was extremely powerful.
But they were the number one clan of the Fire Divine Plane!
Clan Leader Magrida was a Sovereign Emissary serving a Sovereign lord and possessed an offensive Sovereign artifact.
Within the entire Fire Divine Plane, only a handful of other Sovereign Emissaries could compare to Lord Magrida.
No matter how strong the enemy in the sky was, could he really be stronger than Lord Magrida?
After nodding toward his clansmen, Magrida raised his head and looked at Rockpeak in the sky, his expression extremely grave.
The reason he had been able to lead the Magrida clan to become the number one clan of the Fire Divine Plane was certainly related to the transaction with Locke that occurred once every ten million years.
But that did not negate Magrida's own abilities.
(End of Chapter)
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