Episode 21: The Peak Chapter 16: Innocence

“Augusta helped me?” Linley couldn’t help but be startled no matter how calm he was.

But immediately afterward, Linley figured out why and couldn’t help but sneer in his heart, “Help me? I’m afraid he’s worried that I’ll be found guilty and killed by the four Great Rule Lords. At that time, my supreme divine artifacts would be at the disposal of the Four Great Rule Lords’ arrangements. And it won’t be his turn!”

Just as Augusta’s words fell.

“Juggernaut.” Another Fire Lord God with hair like messy straw spoke up, “Back in hell, that Tressia did once make things difficult for Linley, forcing him to hand over the nine spirit beads and the Supreme Divine Grimoire, and in the end, it was Blood Peak Lord God Pash who stepped in to bail Linley out. I can prove this point.”

Linley glanced suspiciously at that Fire Lord God, “He’s a lower Fire Lord God, I don’t even have any friendship with him, and he’s not qualified to snatch the Supreme Divine Artifact, so why did he help me as well?”

Two consecutive Lord Gods opened their mouths, and the four Great Rule Lords looked at each other, their divine sense deliberating in secret.

“I intervened at the time, so of course I can prove it.” Blood Peak Lord God Pash himself smiled and spoke.

“Since that’s the case, then ……” The Life Lord was about to determine the result.

But just at this time —-

“My lord, what did Trecia do back then, but back then, Trecia was a Lord God, while Linley was merely an Upper God.” Wind Sovereign Diya, however, coldly said in dissatisfaction, “What’s the big deal about a Lord God even if he uses some means against an Upper God? What’s more, isn’t Linley not dead? What, do we, Lord Gods, have to be courteous and respectful to Gods? There are some offenses that the gods are entitled to retaliate against?”

“It’s only natural for a Lord God to treat a god, even if it’s no longer right.” Di Ya spoke in a loud voice.

The many Lord Gods were silent for a moment.

They had to admit it. This reasoning was also right on the ground. In the eyes of a Lord God. Gods were indeed like ants. Even if one descended to kill a god. One can only say that the Lord God is ashamed. It couldn’t be said that the Lord God was at fault.

“After Linley becomes a Lord God. Trecia didn’t offend him again, did she.” Wind Lord Teia snorted coldly. “In that case. Linley would have no reason to kill Trecia.”

Di Ya understood. The probability of him obtaining a supreme divine artifact was extremely low.

Therefore. He wanted Linley to die early! Death at the hands of the four great Rule Lords was even better!

“Haha ……” Linley stood up. Eyeing Dia. Chuckling. “Di Ya. What kind of reasoning is that? Lord gods kill gods. That’s right? This judgment of yours. It’s only thinking from the Lord God’s perspective. But in the eyes of a god? The Lord God is going to kill himself. Doesn’t he have a grudge? No hatred? It’s not that God doesn’t retaliate. Rather, they don’t have the ability to retaliate!”

“Hmph, even a beast with extremely low intelligence that is going to be killed will bite back. Let alone a god?”

Linley solemnly said, “Gods without the ability to retaliate are naturally unwillingly killed. But once they have the ability to retaliate, they will absolutely retaliate!”

“And the agreement of the Four Great Rule Masters also says whether or not there is a grudge between the two sides. I ask you. Does this Tressia have a grudge against me?” Linley asked rhetorically.

Teia couldn’t help but fall silent.

“Alright.” An old, gentle voice rang out, speaking from none other than the Lord of Fate, “There’s a problem with Diya’s statement. This enmity is an enmity. Is there even a time level? If you were insulted when you were young and weak, can’t you retaliate when you’re stronger? Let’s leave this matter at that. It’s clear what happened here. I believe that Linley has not violated the agreement and is not guilty!”

As soon as the Lord of Fate spoke, the Lord Gods present stopped arguing.

“I also think he’s not guilty, what about all of you?” The Lord of Life looked around with a smile.

“Not guilty!” The Light Sovereign Augusta smiled.

“Not guilty!” A black-haired, black-robed man also spoke.

“Not guilty!” ……

The eleven Sovereigns, with the exception of Tia. The other ten Sovereigns all uniformly determined that Linley was not guilty! In fact, it was generally sufficient for the four Great Rule Lords to find Linley not guilty, however, face still had to be given, and the four Great Rule Lords still gave the other Lords the right to speak.

A crisp laugh rang out, and it was none other than the purple-robed Death Sovereign who swept her gaze around and said with a smile, ”If everyone says so, then Linley’s killing of Teresia is deemed so, Linley didn’t violate the Lord God agreement. Not guilty! The matter is over. Everyone can leave as well.”

At this moment, Linley also let out a sigh of relief.

“Linley. This process was even faster than I imagined. Today, the four great rule masters didn’t give you a hard time, and other than Tia, the other six masters didn’t give you a hard time either. There were hardly any other voices of rebuttal.” Beirut transmitted his voice, “You have to thank the four Rule Lords for this level being so easy to pass.”

“I understand.” Linley nodded.

Determining guilt or innocence in this sort of thing was actually up to the four Rule Lords. Today, it was clear that although the voices of the four Rule Lords were occasionally harsh, they were essentially biased in favor of Linley. They bid farewell to each other, and then either alone or in twos and threes, one after another, they also left one after another. But there was one thing that was bizarre —- Eleven sovereigns, one after another, didn’t rush to leave.

Di Ya is a wind system master, it is right to stay in the wind system god realm.

But the other Sovereigns, why didn’t they leave as well?

“I wonder where this Linley is going? To follow him and see where he goes through the teleportation array, or to follow him.” Although Augusta had such a plan, he still didn’t have a bottom in his heart, “But the other Sovereigns, including the four Great Rule Sovereigns, are surprisingly all here. One by one, they are not in a hurry to leave. Could it be that the Rule Lords, too, want to seize that Supreme Artifact?”

Of the four great Rule Lords, the Life Lord, Death Lord, and Destruction Lord, all of them possessed material attack supreme divine artifacts. Only the Fate Sovereign possessed a Soul Defense Supreme Divine Artifact.

On the deck of the ship, the Violet Bauhinia Sovereign flew over and quietly sent a divine sense transmission, “Linley, Pash and I will leave first. The two of us can’t be of much help by staying here. But from the looks of it, …… the vast majority of the lords who stay here are probably greedy for your supreme divine artifact. So, you have to be careful.”

“I know, thanks.” Linley transmitted.

“Thanks for what? I can’t help you either. Of these Juggernauts, with your strength, you can handle ordinary Juggernauts. The ones you need to be most careful of are the three of them, the Light Lord, the Thunder Lord, and the Fate Lord! The other three of the Rule Sovereigns all have attack supreme divine artifacts and don’t need to take another supreme divine artifact. However, the Fate Sovereign is a person who rarely strikes and rarely messes with people. Perhaps it won’t strike. Instead, you should focus on the other two.”

“Understood.” Linley also understood this.

“Beirut. Greenfire, Linley. We’ll leave first then.” The two of them, the Violet Bauhinia Lord God and the Blood Peak Lord God, said their goodbyes to Linley and the others before departing.

Linley’s three looked at each other.

“Linley, what do you choose?” Beirut transmitted a voice.

“At this point, am I still retreating?” Linley transmitted a voice, “Grandpa Beirut, Greenflame, let’s set off now. Go to the teleportation array first. The two of you should return to the Yulan Plane first, just in case. After I kill Augusta, I will inform you.”

Beirut and Greenfire looked at each other and both nodded in agreement. They understood that their presence here would only affect Linley.

“That’s fine, but Linley, your true strength is indeed beyond the seven Great Rule Lords. But you have to be careful, the four great Rule Lords are really too strong. With them staying here as well, I’m worried about something else. So. Even if you make a move to kill Augusta, you must still be on alert. Once the Four Great Rule Lords have murderous intentions towards you, you escape earlier.” Beirut transmitted his voice.

Beirut and Qing Huo. Neither wanted to see that Linley was killed by the Rule Lords.

After all, Linley was the pillar of the three Sovereigns of their Yulan lineage.

“Don’t worry.” Linley smiled, “Let’s go, let’s go to the teleportation array.”

Immediately, Linley and his group of three set off as well. Flying towards where the transmission array was.

“Linley has departed.” The group of Juggernauts that remained in place hesitated slightly. And then two of the Juggernauts flew up, following Linley and his group of three.

Augusta was also deliberately late for a moment before flying towards the teleportation array, “With Linley’s three flying speed, it’s not even a tenth of mine.” Although Augusta was confident, he didn’t dare to belittle the other Rule Lords, those Lords, one by one, had their own tricks.

“Of the seven Rule Lords, in terms of speed. I come first! Grabbing the supreme divine artifact. I also have the most advantage.” The Thunder System Lord glanced back at those four Rule Lords, “Three of the four of them have attacking Supreme Divine Artifacts. They shouldn’t make a move. As for the Destiny Sovereign, with his character, he shouldn’t be able to do the treasure seizing thing yet.”

The Thunder System Sovereign, likewise, flew up, similarly trailing Linley and his group.

One by one, the Juggernauts flew up, and even the Wind System Juggernaut, Diya, flew towards his lair.

Only four Rule Lords remained!

Surprisingly, the four of them hadn’t left yet, and at this moment, the four Rule Lords were secretly talking in divine sense transmissions.

“Utrecht, are you that confident?” The Death Lord looked at the Destruction Lord with a delicate smile.

“Aoife, you say yes or no.” Instead, the Destruction Sovereign looked at the white-robed, white-haired Destiny Sovereign, and then the Destruction Sovereign indifferently smiled and said, “If you’re afraid and don’t agree. Then it’s just as well.”

“Haha, since you’ve said so, and the conditions are so good, how could I not agree?” The Destiny Lord still had a smile on his face.

“Very well.” The Destruction Sovereign nodded slightly.

“Sister, it looks like we’re in for a good show.” A smile blossomed on the Life Sovereign’s face.

While the four great Rule Lords were conferring, Linley and the three of them had already flown extremely far away, and were close to the location of that teleportation array, Flowing Wind Mountain.

“Up ahead is the Flowing Wind Mountain, Grandpa Beirut, Greenfire, let’s, then, part ways here.” Linley levitated high in the sky.

“Take care of yourself.” Both Beirut and Greenfire were nervous for Linley. And then, the two of them, Beirut and Qing Huo, still flew towards Mount Liu Feng and returned to the Yulan Plane first through the teleportation channel. The two of them had no qualifications to intervene in the battle that was about to begin. Because the ones who intervened …… would all be figures at the Master level.

“Hmph, those six, one by one, they’ve all followed.” Linley’s divine sense easily realized that there were six lords following him behind, “Fortunately, those four Rule Lords didn’t follow.” Linley was still relieved, the ones he was most afraid of were those four Rule Lords.

A moment —-

The first to arrive on the ground was, instead, the Thunder System Sovereign.

“Linley.” That Thunder System Sovereign flew in with a smile and greeted him warmly.

“Oh, worthy of being a Thunder System Sovereign, you’re really fast enough. I still have things to do, so I won’t bother you.” Linley smiled as he unexpectedly folded back and flew past the Thunder System Sovereign, who couldn’t help but change his face slightly.

Linley, however, folded back and directly approached towards that second Brightness Juggernaut who had flown in.

“Linley.” Augusta frowned, Linley taking the initiative to welcome him made him feel suspicious, but immediately afterward he figured it out, “Hmph, whatever he’s up to, this Linley’s strength is just that. Even if it’s a little stronger than I expected, it can’t threaten me.”

“Augusta.” Linley greeted him with a smile.

“I don’t know what’s the matter with you, Linley?” Augusta was still enthusiastic.

“Just now, thank you Augusta for your help.” Linley smiled.

“It should be.” Augusta smiled.

“Augusta, I have something important to do to make a trip to the Light God Plane, and at that time, I’m guessing I’ll need your help as well. I wonder, Augusta, are you willing to do this favor?” Linley smiled.

Augusta’s heart snapped.

“Going to the Light God realm with me?” Augusta was completely puzzled, “Is it possible that this Linley thinks that his little strength is enough to threaten me? Hmph, that’s right, he didn’t even utilize his innate aptitude when he fought with Tia. Since this Linley sought his own death, it’s not my fault.”

Augusta even laughed, “Haha, of course.”

“Then let’s go together.” Linley said with a faint smile.