Chapter 500: Wodred vs. Orloff

The physical defense Overgod artifact had always been disguised by Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff as the Augusta Garden.

It was only because he had agreed to battle Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred several tens of thousands of years ago that he had begun wearing it.

After all, Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred possessed an offensive Overgod artifact. Without wearing his physical defense Overgod artifact, Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff simply could not contend against Wodred.

He certainly didn't believe that a body with merely the toughness of a Sovereign artifact could withstand the attacks of an Overgod artifact.

Indeed, Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff still concealed an additional strand of Will granted by his other body, Light Chief Sovereign Augusta, making his normal combat strength ten times greater than that of Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred.

However, that additional strand of Will still wasn't enough to withstand the attack of an offensive Overgod artifact.

Because he himself possessed the complete set of three Overgod artifacts, Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff knew that to truly block the edge of an offensive Overgod artifact through Will alone, one had to be at least a thousand times stronger than the opponent to be confident of doing so.

However, after the Destruction Chief Sovereign replaced his offensive Overgod artifact spear with an ordinary Sovereign artifact, Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff likewise exchanged his physical defense Overgod artifact for an ordinary physical defense Sovereign artifact.

Since Wodred didn't wish to gain an advantage in offense, Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff likewise didn't wish to enjoy an advantage in defense.

"Hahaha, not bad, not bad."

"Orloff, it seems your strength has improved quite a bit over these years."

"I hope you won't disappoint me."

In the original fate of the Magic Universe, Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred had fallen slightly short of Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff in their second battle.

As a result, during their third battle, Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred had challenged Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff as the underdog.

However, in this world, Locke's existence had greatly altered the destinies of the countless beings within the Magic Universe.

At the first Sovereigns' Assembly, the Death Chief Sovereign had made a high-profile appearance, causing Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff to become wary and refrain from revealing the additional strand of Will he possessed through Light Chief Sovereign Augusta.

As a result, during Wodred's test battle, Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff had been defeated by Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred.

The second time, Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff had perfected the Samsara Golden Body, raising his physical strength to the level of a Sovereign artifact. This elevated his apparent strength to the same level as Life Chief Sovereign Wawaya and Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred.

Thus, that battle had ended in a draw between Wodred and Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff.

In order to increase his own strength, Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred also began researching the essence blood of divine beasts.

After all, both Chief Sovereign Locke and Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff had greatly increased their strength by researching divine beasts and special lifeforms.

It was one thing not to know.

But now that he understood the source of Chief Sovereign Locke's and Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff's improvements, naturally the Destruction Chief Sovereign had no intention of falling behind.

Everything was governed by fate.

It was precisely because Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred had achieved considerable success in his research into divine beast essence blood that, after obtaining some of the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns' essence blood from Beirut, he successfully created the fused innate divine ability of the Four Divine Beasts Sovereigns—

Space-Time Chaos.

"Come!"

Boom!

Without wasting another word, the Destruction Chief Sovereign thrust out his spear.

In an instant, it transformed into a streak of black light that shot toward Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff.

Behind that streak of black light, countless currents of chaotic space shattered apart, transforming into fragmented streams of radiance that resembled the exhaust trail behind the Destruction Chief Sovereign.

Facing the Destruction Chief Sovereign's attack, Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff showed no weakness either.

Transforming into a streak of white light, he charged straight toward Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred.

Boom!

The collision between the black spear and the white sword erupted with terrifying power, completely shattering the surrounding currents of chaotic space.

"So powerful!"

Wave after wave of shockwaves burst forth from the clash between the black spear and the white sword, sweeping outward and devastating everything around them.

Light Chief Sovereign Augusta, who stood closest to their battle, was blasted backward tens of thousands of meters by the overwhelming shockwave before finally managing to steady himself.

"So powerful!"

Augusta was inwardly horrified.

"And this is only their normal combat strength..."

Because he had failed to achieve a tenth consecutive victory in the Planar War this time, Augusta's true strength remained only comparable to that of a Paragon Chief Sovereign of the Laws.

Compared to a Chief Sovereign of the Edicts, the only difference was the tenfold increase in attack and hundredfold increase in defense provided by a Sovereign artifact-level body.

Of course, this comparison specifically referred to Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred.

In truth, it was rather interesting.

Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred had always considered himself the strongest of the Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts, second only to the Death Chief Sovereign, the eldest sister.

But in reality, among the current Four Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts, Fate Chief Sovereign Orloff possessed another Sovereign body in the form of Light Chief Sovereign Augusta. This granted him an additional strand of Will, making his true normal combat strength ten times greater than Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred's.

As for Life Chief Sovereign Wawaya, under the guidance of the Death Chief Sovereign, she had learned how to use her Paragon-level Edicts of Life to touch upon and comprehend the higher Law—the Law of Samsara.

In terms of talent, Wawaya had independently reached Paragon in the Edicts of Life. Her talent even surpassed that of the Death Chief Sovereign.

Since the Death Chief Sovereign had completely comprehended the twenty-five percent of the Law of Samsara accessible through the Edicts of Death, Life Chief Sovereign Wawaya could naturally accomplish the same.

As a result, Life Chief Sovereign Wawaya's normal combat strength was more than five hundred times greater than that of Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred.

Of course, all of this was assuming Chief Sovereign Locke was excluded.

Although in terms of rank and title, Chief Sovereign Locke was still counted among the Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts...

...every Sovereign knew that Chief Sovereign Locke had already completely transcended the level of a Sovereign.

Perhaps he had even surpassed the realm of the Overgods.

After all, when the Destruction Overgod had already descended and taken action, Chief Sovereign Locke had directly reversed space-time. Even the Destruction Overgod had been utterly powerless beneath Locke's might...

Even the newly ascended Chief Sovereign Linley possessed normal combat strength comparable to that of the Fate Chief Sovereign.

Thus, among the current five great Chief Sovereigns of the Edicts, in terms of normal combat strength alone, Destruction Chief Sovereign Wodred was actually the weakest.

However, normal combat strength was called "normal" precisely because every Chief Sovereign possessed methods of further amplifying their own power.

In this regard, the newly ascended Chief Sovereign Linley ranked at the very bottom.

His normal combat strength was already his maximum combat strength.

When he had still been merely a Deity, his Blackstone Prison, which could amplify his own strength a hundredfold, had become nothing more than an ordinary technique after reaching the Sovereign level.

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