If Rena continued believing that all Amethyst Beasts were only this strong, she would inevitably suffer a few setbacks.
However, Ninisha had no intention of warning her.
Chief Sovereign of Death Lilia had already given her instructions. During Rena's training, unless Rena encountered mortal danger, Ninisha should avoid intervening whenever possible.
Chief Sovereign Locke doted on Rena immensely, believing that even if she never worked hard, he could still make her a Chief Sovereign of the Laws.
However, Chief Sovereign of Death Lilia didn't want Locke to violate the very rules he had established because of Rena.
The best way to stop Locke was for Rena to become a Paragon through her own efforts, allowing her to cultivate to the Sovereign level on her own.
...
"Hm?"
Inside a cave deep within the Amethyst Mountains, a cat-sized Amethyst Beast slowly opened its eyes, its brows knitting together.
Just now, it seemed to have heard the dying cries of many of its subordinates.
"Leihong."
As the little Amethyst Beast spoke, the ground rippled, and a burly man over two meters tall rose from the earth.
"What happened outside?"
If outsiders witnessed this scene, it would undoubtedly overturn yet another piece of their common knowledge.
Everyone knew that the Amethyst Beasts of the Amethyst Mountains possessed no intelligence. Forget comprehending the Laws—even speaking was beyond them.
Yet this Amethyst Beast lying atop the stone platform could actually speak.
Clearly, it was fundamentally different from the ordinary Amethyst Beasts outside.
Those outside were merely Amethyst Beasts.
This one, however, was an Amethyst Divine Beast.
Its status in the Infernal Realm ranked among the most exalted beneath the Sovereigns.
Because...
It was the child nurtured by the Amethyst Sovereign, the third Amethyst Divine Beast of the Infernal Realm—
Reisgem!
A direct descendant of a Sovereign.
"Young Master Reisgem, an outsider has entered and is currently fighting the Amethyst Beasts."
"Judging by the current situation, nearly a hundred Amethyst Beasts have already been killed."
"Hmph. Those outsiders truly don't know what's good for them."
"Mother was kind enough to let some of the Amethysts drift out of the mountains with the wind, and even set up the mist barrier to protect them."
"But instead of being grateful, they insist on venturing deep into the mist to slaughter the Amethyst Beasts and seize even more Amethysts."
"It's about time these greedy people were taught a lesson."
Whoosh!
Reisgem leaped off the stone platform and landed atop the giant man's shoulder.
"Let's go, Leihong."
"It's time to teach those who recklessly slaughter Amethyst Beasts deep within the Amethyst Mountains a lesson."
"They need to understand that the Amethyst Mountains belong to the Amethyst Beasts!"
"Yes, Young Master Reisgem."
Leihong answered in his deep, booming voice.
His body then sank into the earth, carrying Reisgem as they rapidly headed out of the cave.
Leihong's true form was a Volcano Giant.
Because his body's toughness exceeded even that of Highgod divine artifacts by a considerable margin, his strength ranked near the top even among Prefect-level experts.
After becoming an emissary of the Amethyst Sovereign and receiving a Sovereign artifact, his strength rose another level.
He now served as Reisgem's protector.
...
"Hm?"
In the midst of battle, Rena suddenly sensed something was wrong.
Previously, the Amethyst Beasts had simply charged at her like a swarm, with no organization whatsoever.
Some even ended up attacking one another.
Nor did they seem to know fear. Even after watching their companions die, they continued attacking Rena without hesitation.
But now...
The Amethyst Beasts had actually begun retreating, stampeding in another direction.
It was as though something over there was attracting them.
Curious, Rena flew into the air and followed behind the retreating Amethyst Beasts.
"This is bad..."
"The Amethyst Beasts are stampeding! Everyone, run!"
As Rena continued forward, she gradually spotted the powerful experts who had come deep into the Amethyst Mountains to mine Amethysts.
Most of them were Highgods, though there were also quite a few Gods.
When the Amethyst Beasts weren't stampeding, they could rely on teamwork and intelligence to deal with them.
Some would hold back the Amethyst Beasts while others mined the Amethysts.
But once the beasts entered a frenzy...
Amethyst Beasts poured in from every direction until they completely filled the valley.
Many Deities hadn't even managed to take flight before being swallowed by the beast tide.
The sight caused Rena's pupils to contract.
Among those overwhelmed by the Amethyst Beast horde were quite a few Highgods.
Buzz...
Suddenly, Rena felt an overwhelming gravitational force descend upon her, dragging her straight out of the sky.
At that instant, she finally understood why none of those Highgods had tried to fly during the stampede, instead choosing to battle the Amethyst Beasts on the ground.
Under such terrifying gravity...
Flying was impossible.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Crashing back onto the ground, Rena naturally had no choice but to face the assault of the Amethyst Beast horde.
The smallest of these beasts were over ten meters long.
The largest exceeded a hundred meters.
Compared to these gigantic creatures, the grounded Rena was little more than an ant.
If she were an ordinary Deity, she would likely be trampled into nothing by the stampeding beasts.
Buzz!
Rena stretched out a hand.
A black spear instantly appeared in her grasp.
"Hah!"
Leaping dozens of meters into the air, Rena became one with her spear, transforming into a streak of emerald light that flashed through the Amethyst Beast horde.
Every beast pierced by the emerald streak had a massive hole blasted through its body.
Those only a dozen meters in size, whose bodies were merely as tough as Demigod divine artifacts, shattered instantly into fist-sized crystal fragments.
The thirty-meter-tall Amethyst Beasts possessed bodies comparable to God-level divine artifacts.
After being pierced by Rena, they merely broke apart into hundreds of fragments.
As for those exceeding one hundred meters...
Their bodies had already reached the toughness of Highgod divine artifacts.
Even with the black spear in Rena's hands being a godspark weapon, all she could do was blast a large hole through them.
With Rena's current mastery of the Wind Laws, she could only spread cracks throughout their bodies from the hole left by her godspark weapon.
From this alone, it was obvious that without her godspark spear, killing a hundred-meter-tall Amethyst Beast would be no easy task for Rena.
"Oh?"
Within the Amethyst Beast horde, Leihong and Reisgem stood atop a hundred-meter-tall Amethyst Beast.
Because of the enormous difference in size, no one except Ninisha had noticed them.
The survivors who had barely escaped the beast tide merely assumed they had encountered the once-in-a-century Amethyst Beast stampede said to occur within the Amethyst Mountains.
With most of the intruders either dead or fleeing, Rena stood out especially conspicuously.
"A mere God..."
"...yet she's able to kill Amethyst Beasts whose bodies rival Highgod divine artifacts so effortlessly..."
"The weapon in her hand... could it be a Sovereign artifact?"
Reisgem narrowed his eyes as he focused on the black spear in Rena's hands.
"No..."
Hearing Reisgem's question, Leihong shook his head.
"That young lady's spear isn't a Sovereign artifact."
"I couldn't sense the aura of a Sovereign artifact from it."
As a Sovereign Emissary, Leihong himself possessed a Sovereign artifact.
Naturally, as the child of a Sovereign, Reisgem was also eligible to receive one from the Amethyst Sovereign.
However, the Sovereign artifact the Amethyst Sovereign intended to bestow upon him was a material defense Sovereign artifact.
That way, Reisgem's safety would be greatly assured.
Once he matured further, even a Paragon would find it difficult to kill him.
Unfortunately...
Reisgem had refused it.
What he wanted was an offensive Sovereign artifact capable of increasing his attack power.
Because of the Sovereign Pact, even the child of a Sovereign could receive only one Sovereign artifact from their parent.
Thus, after Reisgem rejected the defensive Sovereign artifact, the Amethyst Sovereign didn't grant him another one.
Instead, she intended to wait until he matured before allowing him to choose again.
After all, she couldn't first give him an offensive Sovereign artifact and later replace it with a material defense Sovereign artifact.
Such a thing was prohibited by the Sovereign Pact.
It was precisely because Reisgem currently possessed no Sovereign artifact that, upon seeing Rena—merely a God—so easily pierce the hundred-meter Amethyst Beasts, he had mistaken her spear for one.
After all, even he wasn't confident that his own body could withstand that black spear.
"Oh?"
"So there's actually a weapon this powerful besides Sovereign artifacts?"
After Leihong dismissed his guess, Reisgem didn't mind.
Leihong had possessed a Sovereign artifact for many years and understood them far better than he did.
If Leihong said it wasn't one, then it definitely wasn't.
"Hmm. Looking at the spear that young lady is using..."
"It reminds me of someone."
Leihong's expression turned extremely solemn.
He spread out his divine sense, seemingly trying to locate whoever was hiding behind Rena.
Unfortunately...
The gap between Leihong and Ninisha was simply too great.
The moment she sensed Leihong's divine sense sweeping toward her, Ninisha's figure blurred slightly.
By the time his divine sense reached her location, Ninisha had already completely concealed her aura.
Leihong failed to detect her.
Rather than relaxing him, however, that only made him even more vigilant as he carefully surveyed the surroundings.
"Who is it?"
It was the first time Reisgem had ever seen Leihong act so cautiously.
"That person..."
"...is a terrifying expert once rumored to be a Paragon."
Even Leihong couldn't hide the trace of fear in his voice when speaking of that individual.
"I once witnessed that person's battle from afar."
"The opponent was perhaps even stronger than I am."
"But the moment that person's innate divine ability was unleashed..."
"...the opponent was instantly killed."
(End of Chapter)
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