Panlong, I've already become a main god, and the system only just activated.

The Four Divine Beasts each had their own measure of their strength. Otherwise, they wouldn't have ranked them among the rulers.

Moreover, even among the rulers, the Four Divine Beasts are second only to the Four Ruler Rulers. No one among the Law Rulers is their match. At least on the surface, no one can withstand their innate divine abilities.

Augusta was confident of killing Redding and his companions mainly because of Of and Of's supreme artifact for soul defense.

Apart from him, he did not believe that any of the Law Masters could be a match for the Four Divine Beasts.

But now, according to Orf, he clearly believes that Redding and the other three are likely to perish, and that Lota was able to kill the four divine beasts.

Mentioning Lota, Ouf's expression remained unchanged as he said, "No Overlord is an ordinary person. You never pay enough attention to others. You're too careless."

As he spoke, Of looked at Augusta and began to explain, "You should know very well what happened in the beginning of time, when the eleven rulers fought a great battle."

"Which of us eleven hasn't fought against someone else?"

Auf spoke with great emphasis, “Back then, none of us had the Supreme Artifact, but I had already reached the Great Perfection realm. Although my body was slightly weaker than Utred's at the time, my strength wasn't much different.”

"But you know what? I've fought Lota many times, and Lota has never been at a disadvantage. In fact, I've also secretly observed that Lota was not at a disadvantage when fighting Utrecht."

Auf's voice was calm as he looked at Augusta, his gaze serene and his tone unwavering. "Utrecht was at the Great Perfection realm at the time, and a Super Divine Beast with a body comparable to a main artifact. His strength was the strongest among the rulers. Even with us restraining him, Utrecht's power cannot be denied. Under these circumstances, Lota holding his own—don't you understand what that means?"

Hearing Of's direct analysis, Augusta's eyes suddenly narrowed. "You mean Lota is very likely a Grand Perfection expert?!"

"At least we can be sure that Lota's strength at the time was not as it seemed; he surpassed many people."

Ouf corrected, "With such strength, there's a high probability that Lota is at the Great Perfection stage."

"How is this possible!"

Augusta couldn't believe it. "If Lota is a Great Perfectionist, why would he compete with me for the faith in the material plane? He can't possibly be a Great Perfectionist."

Faith greatly aids in the fusion of the main gods with profound mysteries, which is why the War of Faith broke out. The fierce competition between the main gods of light and darkness for the faith of the material plane—isn't it all for the sake of reaching the Great Perfection realm?

If Lota had already reached the Great Perfection, it would be impossible for her to place such importance on the power of faith.

Of course, Augusta also felt somewhat resentful. He had always been the strongest among the Law Rulers, and the presence of the four Rule Rulers above him had already made him somewhat unbalanced.

If Lota is at the Great Perfection stage, her status is even slightly higher than his. How could he possibly accept that?

Auf smiled, slightly raised his head to look outside, and said in a cryptic tone, "The Supreme God only said that the power of faith can promote the fusion of profound mysteries, but when did the Supreme God ever say that the power of faith can promote the Great Perfection realm?"

"Great Perfection, how can it be achieved through the power of faith alone?"

A slight smile played on Ouf's lips before he slowly looked at Augusta. "If that's really the case, then even the supreme gods are at the pinnacle of their power."

boom

A roar went through Augusta's mind.

He, or rather most of the main gods, seem to have overlooked this point.

The Great Perfection can never be achieved through the power of faith alone.

Actually, he had already believed it when Auf explained it, but now he had no choice but to accept Auf's guess.

"Perhaps, Lota is merely using the pursuit of faith as a cover. Or perhaps it's for the sake of a fallen angel. Only he himself knows the reason."

Seeing that Augusta's expression was not good, Of didn't pay too much attention and explained, "As for why no one has been able to determine the level of Lota's soul, I guess that the Great Perfection of the Dark Law may have some kind of concealment technique that we cannot understand."

"After all, no one in this world has truly reached the realm of perfect mastery of the Dark Laws."

"Ohf said slowly."

There are fewer than thirty powerful beings in the world who are suspected to be Great Perfection Upper Gods. The most important thing is that they are suspected. That is to say, apart from the divine avatars of the main gods and some super powerful beings, there are at most twelve or thirteen true Great Perfection beings.

Among these twelve or thirteen Great Perfection beings, there was not a single Dark Great Perfection Supreme God. Naturally, no one knew anything about the Dark Great Perfection beings.

Why didn't you tell me about this sooner?

Augusta's tone was dissatisfied.

He and Ouf had sworn an oath to the Supreme God that they would not probe each other's souls until the very last moment. Otherwise, he would have already guessed Lota's situation.

Ouf didn't pay attention to Augusta's tone, but simply shook his head and said, "I only confirmed it recently. Before, I only knew that Lota was very strong, but I wasn't sure if it was because of Lota's realm, his body, or his techniques, so there was no need to say more."

"Then why are you so sure that Lota has reached the Great Perfection of his cultivation level?"

Augusta narrowed his eyes slightly.

In his view, Ouf now likely has evidence. Lota, you've been hiding it well.

"It's not certain, but there's an 80% chance."

Ouf nodded casually and continued, "You should know that Lota sent twelve fallen angels of commander level to slaughter the members of the Four Divine Beasts families in the Dark God Realm."

Augusta nodded. It was this matter that had caused the main gods to start paying attention to the dark gods and the four divine beasts. "Is it related to this?"

Ouf smiled. "After hearing about the battle in Karu City of the Dark God Realm, I started paying attention to these fallen angels. After all, according to many people's descriptions, the power of that move was a bit too great."

"Later, I discovered that among these twelve fallen angels, one named Christine was somewhat different."

Auf's eyes lit up, clearly showing some appreciation for Christine. "Christine always manages to easily defeat her opponents in every battle. Judging from the techniques she uses, she incorporates at least five profound mysteries. Most importantly, the five profound mysteries incorporated into these techniques are not fixed."

As he spoke, Of looked at Augusta and said, "To be able to do this, there's a 50% chance that Christine has fused six mystical arts. You should know very well that the fusion of several mystical arts by gods and angels is also influenced by the chief god."

"Therefore, there is at least an 80% chance that this Lota is at the Great Perfection realm."

Auf's tone became much more certain, and his eyes were full of admiration. "Lota is able to use the Reincarnation Pool to give birth to a divine angel of this level. This opportunity is truly enviable."

Ouf was well aware of the situation of the gods and angels.

Christine was a being with a high chance of achieving perfection in her previous life, and for Lota to find such a soul was truly an extraordinary stroke of luck. The probability of this was second only to Lota himself reaching perfection.

If the God of Light also had a God of Angels of this level, he would be confident of achieving another ten-game winning streak in the interdimensional battlefield.

But it's too difficult to have such a divine angel.

Putting aside the rarity of souls, Augusta himself was not at the pinnacle of enlightenment, so he simply couldn't fuse six techniques.

"This Lota"

Augusta's eyes flickered.

"Now that Lota has released Christine, it seems she has no intention of hiding herself any longer."

Ouf speculated, "If Redding and the others had thought more about it, or if they had known the strength Lota had displayed during the War of Domination, perhaps they wouldn't have had this conflict with Lota."

After a pause, Auf changed the subject and continued, "If Lota goes all out, the chances of Redding and the others dying are no less than if you did. At that time, obtaining the main godhood won't be so easy."

Augusta's eyes narrowed involuntarily, and after a moment he said, "Don't worry, now that I know Lota's strength, I will be vigilant."

"If Lota wants to kill Redding and the others, she'll have to see if she can outrun me."

Augusta added a sentence.

Although he was shocked by Lota's level of skill, he was only slightly unbalanced.

In terms of strength, he possesses a supreme artifact and his soul has an additional layer of willpower, which is enough to bridge the gap between those at the Great Perfection level. Furthermore, his body is only slightly weaker than Orf's, and is also close to the level of a main artifact.

He didn't believe that Lota's body could be stronger than his.

Based on this, even if Lota gets involved in a fight, if Lota is not killed, Lota will not be able to take the main godhood from him.

As for Reading and the others?

He never cared.

Chapter 33 The Gift

The Dark Realm, the Underworld.

Phantom Mountain.

Most god-level powerhouses were unaware that the Phantom Mountain was the location of the main god. The reason so many god-level powerhouses gathered here was because the phantom surrounding the Phantom Mountain would give birth to an extremely precious treasure—the Phantom Dark Pearl.

The Phantom Dark Pearl is somewhat similar to the Soul Golden Pearl; it is also a treasure for replenishing soul power, except that it is jet black.

Most importantly, the Shadow Pearl replenishes soul power at a speed more than a hundred times faster than the Golden Soul Pearl. It has an extremely strong restorative effect on the weakness of the soul after achieving godhood externally, when it is divided into two parts.

Therefore, in the Dark God Realm, and even in other planes, the Phantom Dark Pearl has always been a priceless treasure.

Naturally, the Phantom Mountain, where the Phantom Dark Pearl was born, attracted countless god-level powerhouses.

Of course, this Phantom Mountain is not a safe place either. The phantoms here are extremely dangerous. Once you enter the range of the phantoms, your divine sense will be greatly restricted, and you will also be subjected to a special kind of "soul attack" continuously.

Initially, this soul attack wasn't strong; even an ordinary mid-level god could easily withstand it. However, the strangest thing was that this soul attack seemed to accumulate over time.

It is said that even powerful Seven-Star Shadow Masters cannot stay in this phantom for more than a hundred years without interruption!

In addition to this, there is a special kind of "life" in Phantom Mountain – Phantom Beasts.

To many gods, the Phantom Beasts are not living beings at all. These things have no bodies and, like the phantoms that surround the Phantom Mountain, are just "shadows" attached to the ground, except that these shadows can move a certain distance away from the Phantom Mountain.

Strangely, these "shadows" can form a kind of soul attack, actively targeting any life they encounter.

One or two isn't much, but if a horde of phantom beasts appears, with tens or even millions of them, that's terrifying. Even a high-level god could perish if they're not careful.

"Alas, a hundred years have passed, and not a single phantom dark pearl has been seen."

One of the mid-level Tauren gods couldn't help but complain to his partner.

"Alright, it's only been a hundred years. I've been here for five hundred years and I've gained nothing."

Another burly man, a mid-level god, spoke up, "You need to think more positively. Although we didn't find the Phantom Dark Pearl, we didn't encounter the Phantom Beast Tide either, right? How many unlucky guys have perished in the first year they came here? We're pretty lucky."

"Well, if you put it that way, it makes sense."

The Minotaur scratched his head.

But the next second, the mid-level Minotaur asked, puzzled, "Could it be because we're too far from Shadow Mountain? I heard recently that the closer you get to Shadow Mountain, the greater the chance of the Shadow Pearl appearing. We're almost out of the Dark Mountains, aren't we?"

The Dark Mountains are a collective term for the Shadow Mountain and the countless peaks beyond it.

"Cough cough."

The burly man coughed twice before saying, "That's true, but I'll say it again: is it safe here? Do you want to find the Phantom Pearl safely, or do you want to find it and then encounter a beast tide? Or fight with others to seize the Phantom Pearl?"

The Minotaur, a mid-level deity, paused for a moment, then nodded. "You're right."

Just then, a figure flew past quickly in the distance, rushing directly towards the two of them.

The two didn't notice the newcomer at first. After all, the divine sense of a mid-level god isn't far-reaching, and when there's no battle, it's even less convenient than visual observation. By the time they noticed the newcomer, the person was already quite close to them.

Higher God!