After the clan's channels had been squeezed by the Four Divine Beasts clan, Magrida had immediately thought of offsetting the clan's losses through his transactions with Rockpeak. Naturally, he was no fool.
Several thousand years ago, Magrida had relied on the power of his Sovereign artifact to defeat Rockpeak and force him to accept a higher price.
After the clan's defensive magic formation had been shattered, Magrida immediately sensed Rockpeak's aura and recognized that the attacker of the Magrida clan was none other than the partner who had cooperated with the clan for over three trillion years.
For several thousand years, no retaliation had come. Because of this, Magrida had assumed that the Prefect-level expert who came to trade with him had concealed the matter.
Earlier, Magrida had even been considering whether to raise the price another tenfold or hundredfold during the next transaction ten million years later.
But no matter how much he thought about it, he never expected that before he had even finished imagining it, the clan would already be under attack.
After discovering Rockpeak, Magrida did not emerge immediately.
Because he had defeated Rockpeak only several thousand years ago, Magrida believed that if Rockpeak dared to come seeking revenge, he would surely have brought along experts capable of matching him.
Yet after spreading out his divine sense, Magrida found no traces of any other powerful experts nearby.
In other words, the other party had come alone!
What exactly was giving him such confidence?
Was he not afraid that, in a fit of rage, Magrida would simply kill him?
Having developed this doubt, Magrida immediately became vigilant, ready to draw his Sovereign artifact at any moment to deal with whatever might happen.
"Oh? Magrida, it's only been a few thousand years. What happened? Become a turtle hiding in its shell?"
In the sky, Rockpeak looked down at Magrida as he emerged from the clan assembly hall and sneered.
"Sir Rockpeak, is there perhaps some misunderstanding between us that has caused you to inflict such destruction upon my Magrida clan?"
"Heh, a misunderstanding?"
Hearing Magrida's words, Rockpeak gained an even deeper appreciation for just how shameless the man was.
"Magrida, have you forgotten what you did to me over six thousand years ago?"
"Over six thousand years ago?"
Magrida slowly rose from the ground and ascended until he was level with Rockpeak in the air.
"Sir Rockpeak, six thousand years ago, we merely had a friendly spar. Surely that alone isn't enough to make you so angry?"
"Besides, Sir Rockpeak, six thousand years ago you were no match for me. What exactly has given you the courage to come make trouble for my Magrida clan only six thousand years later?"
Magrida looked at Rockpeak with apparent confusion.
"Of course, it's this that gave me the courage!"
With his enemy standing right before him, Rockpeak had no interest in wasting words.
With a wave of his hand, a black spear radiating a powerful aura instantly appeared in his grasp.
Then Rockpeak thrust the spear toward Magrida.
"BOOM!"
The moment Magrida saw the weapon in Rockpeak's hand, his expression changed drastically.
As the owner of a Sovereign artifact himself, Magrida recognized at a glance that the black spear in Rockpeak's hand was the same class of weapon as his own sword—a Sovereign artifact.
Facing an attack from a Sovereign artifact, Magrida dared not be careless.
He immediately drew his own Sovereign artifact sword and charged toward Rockpeak.
"BOOM!"
The Edicts of Destruction collided with the Laws of Fire.
Black and crimson divine power illuminated the sky above the Magrida clan, dyeing it in black and red.
Clang!
The black spear and crimson sword collided, producing a thunderous roar.
The resulting shockwaves tore open black spatial cracks throughout the surrounding space.
"A Sovereign artifact? How could someone like you possibly possess a Sovereign artifact?"
Holding his sword with both hands, Magrida desperately blocked Rockpeak's attack.
To avoid being blown away, he erupted with divine power to stabilize himself while staring at Rockpeak in shock.
Magrida could say with certainty that six thousand years ago, Rockpeak had not possessed a Sovereign artifact.
Otherwise, he would never have refrained from using it and allowed himself to be defeated.
"Heh. In that regard, I really have to thank you, Magrida!"
A smile appeared on Rockpeak's face.
"Although I have served that lord for over three trillion years, I always knew that with my meager strength, I wasn't qualified to become one of that lord's Sovereign Emissaries."
"However, after being humiliated by people like you last time, that lord showed mercy and accepted me as a Sovereign Emissary, granting me a Sovereign artifact."
"And that lord even permitted me to seek revenge upon you."
"Magrida, I came here to carry out that lord's will. According to that lord, clans like yours have no need to continue existing!"
Upon hearing Rockpeak's words, Magrida's face changed dramatically.
The threat of a mere Sovereign Emissary alone would not have affected him so greatly.
But from Rockpeak's words, Magrida understood that the order to wipe out the Magrida clan had come from a Sovereign lord.
"Sir Rockpeak, did you not explain my identity to the lord behind you?"
"I am a Sovereign Emissary of Lord Botier, the Fire Sovereign!"
"The lord behind you is targeting my Magrida clan like this. Does he not place Lord Botier in his eyes at all?"
"You're still as naïve as ever, Magrida..."
Rockpeak sneered inwardly.
A Fire Sovereign, Botier?
What level of Sovereign was that?
After all, Lord Locke had personally told them that he stood on the same level as the Four Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts.
Even the Paragon Dunnington had only dared seek revenge by relying on the Chief Sovereign of Destruction to restrain Lord Locke.
Since Botier was a Fire Sovereign, he definitely could not be a Chief Sovereign of the Edicts.
If that Sovereign knew they were Lord Locke's Sovereign Emissaries, he would probably not even dare show himself.
Of course, Rockpeak also knew that he was merely a Sovereign Emissary and had no right to comment on Sovereigns.
Thinking such things was one matter.
Actually, saying them aloud was another.
If Sovereign Botier killed him for it, even Lord Locke would be unable to avenge him.
Thus, Rockpeak said:
"How could insignificant Deities like us possibly comment on matters between my lord and Sovereign Botier?"
"But Magrida, what does my coming here for revenge have to do with Sovereign Botier?"
"Instead of worrying about whether killing you will cause conflict between my lord and Sovereign Botier, you should first think about how you're going to survive!"
With those words, Rockpeak exerted force through his spear.
The power of the Edicts of Destruction erupted, blasting Magrida out of the sky.
"BOOM!"
Magrida crashed into the ground, creating a massive crater.
"Lord Magrida!"
"Lord Magrida!"
The Magrida clansmen cried out in alarm.
"How is this possible?"
"How could Lord Magrida be knocked down?"
Magrida was the faith of the entire clan.
Everyone knew that the Magrida clan's rise to become the number one clan of the Fire Divine Plane was closely tied to Lord Magrida.
In terms of sheer population, there were clans within the Fire Divine Plane that could rival or even surpass the Magrida clan.
But why weren't they the number one clan?
Naturally, it was because they lacked a supreme expert like Lord Magrida.
Lord Magrida's strength ranked among the top experts in the entire Fire Divine Plane.
Fewer than twenty people could surpass him.
Moreover, among those twenty, at least ten were Sovereign Emissaries serving various Sovereigns.
Yet now, this expert who had come to challenge the Magrida clan had actually knocked Lord Magrida out of the sky?
Whoosh!
After blasting Magrida from the sky with a single strike, Rockpeak's aura grew even more imposing.
In terms of raw power, Rockpeak's cultivation in the Edicts of Destruction, combined with the naturally powerful body of a unique lifeform, made him somewhat stronger than Magrida.
However, during their previous encounter, Magrida's Sovereign artifact had left Rockpeak with virtually no ability to resist before being defeated.
This time, though, Rockpeak possessed a Sovereign artifact capable of matching Magrida's own.
Naturally, he was able to seize the upper hand with ease.
"Damn it!"
Magrida climbed out of the crater and looked up at Rockpeak in the sky.
After only a single exchange, he already knew that he was no match for Rockpeak.
Rockpeak's strength exceeded his by a considerable margin.
"Do you see now, Magrida?"
"Last time, you only defeated me because you relied on the power of your Sovereign artifact."
"Now I possess a Sovereign artifact as well."
"You are no match for me."
"Next, you can atone for the mistakes you committed before!"
With those words, Rockpeak descended from the sky like a meteor, carrying overwhelming momentum as he charged toward Magrida below.
"BOOM!"
"BOOM!"
"BOOM!"
One explosion after another erupted throughout the Magrida clan headquarters.
Each detonation caused enormous destruction to the clan.
Any clansmen caught within the blast radius did not even have the chance to flee before being torn apart by the violent power.
The spatial cracks generated by the clash between Rockpeak and Magrida carved deep ravines throughout the clan grounds.
Any clansmen who touched those spatial tears were either killed or crippled.
For a time, miserable screams echoed throughout the entire Magrida clan.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
Holding his sword with both hands, Magrida desperately defended against Rockpeak's relentless attacks.
Although Magrida was somewhat weaker than Rockpeak, the difference had not yet reached the point where he was incapable of fighting back.
Among Deities, a tenfold difference in power was enough for an instant kill.
A fivefold difference could determine victory very quickly.
As for the gap between Magrida and Rockpeak, it was roughly threefold.
(End of Chapter)
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