Just as Lang Lei successfully absorbed his third spirit ring, a flash of purple light suddenly crossed his mind, and the information of his God Trial updated right after. This purple light was as fast as lightning, enveloping Lang Lei's entire body in the blink of an eye.
Accompanied by the appearance of the light, a rich aura of destruction gushed out like a torrent. This aura appeared dark purple, condensed from countless destructive forces. Like smoke, it quickly spread, wrapping Lang Lei tightly inside.
Even the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, standing to the side, were shocked by this powerful aura of destruction. They attempted to approach Lang Lei, but were forcefully blocked outside by the purple smoke. This smoke was like an indestructible wall, and no matter how hard they tried, they could not penetrate it.
As for Lang Lei at this moment, he had slowly opened his eyes. His gaze was somewhat dazed, as if he had not yet fully recovered from the process of absorbing the spirit ring. When he saw the purple smoke gradually enveloping him, a sense of curiosity couldn't help but well up in his heart.
Although this purple smoke gave off a feeling of power and majesty, Lang Lei did not perceive any obvious malice from it. On the contrary, he felt that this aura shared a certain similarity with the destruction God Trial in his mind.
Because of this similarity, Lang Lei did not put up much resistance to the purple smoke. He stood quietly in place, letting the smoke completely wrap around him.
The moment Lang Lei was completely enveloped by the purple smoke, he finally saw the updated content of the God Trial. The place that originally read "God of Destruction's First Trial" had now changed.
God of Destruction's Second Trial: Independently defeat a spirit beast of over fifty thousand years. Reward: Soul Power Level increased by five ranks.
Time ticked by, and finally, Lang Lei took a deep breath and summoned his martial soul once again. The spirit rings that had originally shone with purple light beneath his feet had now all turned into a deep black.
As for the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring he had just absorbed, its aura had also become much more powerful in this instant. If he had to describe it, it was as if a sleeping giant had been awakened, beginning to emit a heart-palpitating pressure. However, to his surprise, throughout the entire process, Lang Lei had not felt any discomfort. That powerful force had simply arisen out of nowhere, naturally blessing his body.
This wondrous phenomenon made Lang Lei increasingly convinced of the deities' abilities. He pondered inwardly that deities might truly possess the power to change rules, or perhaps the rules of the God Trials were existences that transcended the rules of the Douluo Continent.
Just as Lang Lei was thinking, a figure suddenly appeared before him without warning. Compared to Lang Lei, this figure was not much taller, but emitted an indescribable majesty.
Lang Lei looked closely and blurted out, "You..."
However, before he could finish speaking, the figure interrupted him and slowly said, "Inheritor, I am Destruction, and you may also call me... father."
Upon hearing this, Lang Lei's heart suffered a fierce shock. He widened his eyes, locking gazes with the figure before him, and for a moment forgot how to react.
"???"
It wasn't just Lang Lei; even Elysia in his mind was somewhat baffled at this moment.
How could this person be so impolite right off the bat, and ask someone to call him father straight away?
The main point was that the other party didn't look very old either!
Although her past life was supposedly a member of the Xianzhou Alliance, making her solidly a long-life species, the aura on the other party at this moment truly could not be considered mature...
Of course, the most important thing was that he, Lang Lei, was an orphan!
From the time he gained consciousness, he never had such a thing as parents.
At this moment, Lang Lei was already clutching the Origin Power in his hand. If the other party didn't give him a satisfactory explanation, he was going to treat the other party's behavior as a provocation.
Although he roughly knew the other party's identity, at worst he would just return the things to him, nothing major. He did not completely rely on these to grow.
Seeing Lang Lei staring at him with a predatory gaze, the God of Destruction also realized that he hadn't made himself clear, and hurriedly began to explain.
"I and you... um... your mother, the Goddess of Life, back then... cough, by a fortuitous coincidence obtained a wisp of a remnant soul, which is you. For various rather complicated reasons, the Goddess of Life and I each extracted a portion of our own origins, blended them with the remnant soul, and ultimately created you. Therefore, in a certain sense, I am truly your father."
"Yet I haven't felt anything special about my body." Lang Lei was puzzled. Aside from his body being somewhat frail, his current physique was no different from when he was young in his past life, which didn't match what the other party was saying at all.
"How is that possible!" A look of disbelief flashed through the eyes of the God of Destruction. With his and the Goddess of Life's origins, how could there be nothing special about him!
With that, the divine sense of the God of Destruction began to sweep over Lang Lei.
Lang Lei also noticed the action of the God of Destruction, but he did not stop him.
On the one hand, he didn't think the God of Destruction could touch his most core secrets. On the other hand, he was also quite curious about the current state of his body.
After a moment, the God of Destruction took a breath, a trace of disbelief appearing in his eyes.
"Our Origin Powers were entirely squeezed by your body into your martial soul. Although there is a trace remaining in your body, this remaining trace instead seems to have become your... burden?"
Lang Lei was also a bit dazed, turning his gaze to Elysia in his mind.
"At a time like this, it's time for the almighty Elysia to make her grand entrance~?"
"If you want me to explain, it should be an accident caused by the Origin Authority and the Reason Authority working together when Lang Lei was unconscious~?" Elysia said, tapping her lips. "The Origin Authority is rather like 'I think, therefore I am'; what I think becomes reality. When used to the extreme, it can even rewrite the rules of higher-ranking existences. While Lang Lei was unconscious, his survival instinct, with the intervention of external forces, actively activated the Authority of Finality's Reason Authority. Combining this force with Lang Lei's subconscious memories, it constructed a physique most suited to this world for Lang Lei. As for the God of Destruction's origin before us, his power has presumably been drained dry at this moment, plunged into dormancy, and then squeezed into Lang Lei's martial soul."
"In other words, if a more powerful force had intervened in my body at that time, my body wouldn't be as frail as it is now?"
"You could say that~?" Elysia nodded. "In theory, the Herrscher of Reason has no such thing as limits, let alone the fact that this world falls far short of the safe power threshold for reason~?"
"Is that so..."
With a complex expression, Lang Lei looked at the God of Destruction before him, not knowing what to say for a moment.
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