"Here."
Without any of the anticipated taunts, a Godhead flew over from the throne, landing securely in Durandal's hand.
"Many thanks, leader!"
Cupid-like, Durandal's hands shook as he held the Godhead. He took a deep breath, slit his finger, and let a drop of blood fall onto it.
The Godhead absorbed the drop of blood and sank into his body. Someone like Durandal, who stood at the Saint Domain Limit, only needed a short time to complete the transformation on the level of life.
Linley smiled at the corners of his mouth, saying, "Go back and digest it properly, and remember to study alchemy more. If it has value, I won't be stingy with bestowing a Mid-level Godhead in the future!"
Just a Godhead; Linley truly didn't hold it in high regard. Even if dozens of low-level gods joined forces, they wouldn't be his match!
Linley was merely thinking that under conditions where he could steadily increase his strength, he would keep a low profile for a while longer, expanding the tribe on a large scale only after thoroughly fusing the three mysteries, lest bad luck cause him to bump into some passing powerhouse. After all, it wasn't very far from Red Stone City here, and the god-level powerhouses traveling back and forth every day were by no means few.
Over these years, metal lives occasionally passed through the airspace near the tribe. Private ones were rare, and the majority were the Blood Peak Army. If they were lucky, they would even drop off some Saint Domain experts, to which Linley had long since grown accustomed.
As soon as Durandal and Thomas left, Diana snuggled into Linley's arms, smiling coquettishly and whining, "Isn't it too wasteful to give a Godhead to such a useless man?"
Linley chuckled and said, "It's you who wants a Godhead, isn't it?"
Diana nodded repeatedly, her expression yearning.
Her understanding of her own potential was earlier and clearer than Durandal's. Wanting to rely on herself to independently become a god without enduring several millennia was out of the question, and that was assuming she had good luck. With that much time, it was better to plot for a Godhead to refine.
"Then what value do you have?"
Linley's voice remained calm yet contained a hint of a smile.
Diana was momentarily at a loss for words, suddenly realizing that Linley giving that loser Durandal a Godhead was mostly out of regard for his alchemy talents. Her own weight wasn't as great as she had imagined; how could this kind of powerhouse ever lack women?
Linley scooped Diana up in his arms, walked toward the bedroom, and laughed, "If you can conceive my child, to say nothing of a Low-level Godhead, even Mid-level Godheads and High-level Godheads will be yours in the future."
Time flew like an arrow, a millennium later.
In the center of the magic array inside the castle.
"Crack... crack..."
Blue electric arcs flashed wildly, outlining spiderweb-like lines that intertwined to form an energy shield covering the entire magic array, looking like an upside-down bowl.
Linley's figure flickered time and time again, afterimages overlapping and gradually slowing to a halt as if time had been paused. Of course this wasn't real, but rather a visual illusion, meaning his speed was fast to the extreme.
"Whoosh!"
The afterimages vanished instantly, and Linley let out a deep, turbid breath, murmuring with a pleased smile, "I've finally reached the critical point of the three-mystery fusion!"
Unlike the fusion of the two mysteries of Lightning Element and Lightning Speed at the very beginning.
Both of those were low-level mysteries, and furthermore, he had comprehended and fused them at the same time.
Electromagnetic Space was a high-level mystery! Moreover, it required fusing two mysteries that had already reached major completion, so the difficulty was naturally much greater!
This was still under the condition that Linley was comprehending Electromagnetic Space and attempting fusion simultaneously; otherwise, it would have been even harder!
Right now, Linley was stuck at the final step before the major completion of Electromagnetic Space! His compatibility with the two low-level mysteries had also reached ninety-nine percent!
Emotionally stable and calm, Linley began to ponder his path forward.
There was a very realistic problem that he had to face squarely.
During the process of his daily cultivation of the Lightning Law, his occasional insights into the rules were difficult to completely suppress.
Right now, what he prioritized comprehending and fusing was the Electromagnetic Space mystery, rather than the Lightning Collapse mystery, which possessed the strongest attack and destructive power. His purpose in doing so was to avoid drawing inferences about other things from one instance, which would stimulate the Destruction Rule to cross the Saint Domain Limit and become a god prematurely.
Even mysteries involving treatment and vitality, such as Lightning Marsh, needed to be suppressed as much as possible so as not to let his stray thoughts wander and comprehend them.
Yet this accidental insight gave Linley a wake-up call. The Lightning Law inherently took speed and destruction as its primary characteristics, making it very similar to the Fire Law, especially for someone with his talent. It was very easy for him to draw inferences about other things and think of the Destruction Rule.
The Electromagnetic Space mystery also had a destructive side to it. If he intentionally suppressed it, it would definitely impact the mystery fusion. Rather than being so conflicted, he might as well completely let go and let nature take its course.
His mind clear, Linley adjusted his state for three months.
"Destruction... ruin... shatter... reorganize..."
Within the Soul Ocean of Linley's Sanctuary True Body, ripples of inspiration stirred, bringing a deeper understanding of the Destruction Rule and breaking through that bottleneck.
In a split second, inspiration struck Linley, and he realized with sudden enlightenment, "It's coming."
"Hum--!"
The laws of heaven and earth descended!
A vast aura emanated outward from the castle, immediately startling the god-level powerhouses within the Tianlan Tribe, as well as a large number of Saint Domain experts, all of whom simultaneously revealed looks of shock and envy.
"Someone is actually becoming a god! Who is it?"
"It seems to be Lord Leader's castle!"
Thomas, Donald, Dennis, Corey, and the others rapidly gathered together, looking toward the castle with surprised expressions.
"It should be Linley breaking through."
"Definitely, and judging by the aura, it should be becoming a god via the Destruction Rule. There's no one else besides him."
"That being said, Linley will soon have his second divine avatar. He really is formidable."
The few god-level powerhouses spoke one after another, their expressions and demeanors full of envy and exclamation.
The majority in Hell refined Godheads, and being able to independently become a god with one class of talent was already no easy feat, let alone two classes. After all, having an extra divine avatar meant having an extra life—this was the most simple and brute-force benefit.
"Swish... swish..."
Inside the castle, Linley's body was lifted into the air, pulled by a magnificent force. Atop his head, a large amount of black Destruction Rule power gathered, rapidly condensing into a black crystal—the Destruction-type Low-level Godhead!
Simultaneously, the laws of heaven and earth asked Linley whether he chose Internal Godhood or External Godhood!
Linley answered decisively, "External Godhood!"
The instant he made his choice, the soul of his Sanctuary True Body was abruptly torn in half!
"Ah--!"
The intense pain transmitted from his soul caused Linley to cry out involuntarily in a miserable shriek. His entire face turned pale, weak, and exhausted; this experience could not be expressed by any language even in the slightest. Had it not been for the special protection of the laws of heaven and earth, surviving such soul trauma would have been impossible.
Half of his soul fused with the Godhead, and his consciousness sensed the Ocean of Divine Power, beginning to absorb divine power to shape his divine body...
The fluctuations of the laws of heaven and earth quickly vanished, and a Linley with a black-robed Destruction God Avatar was added inside the castle.
Linley immediately sensed his own condition, quickly frowning. "Sure enough, because of the soul-tearing, the active sensing range of the Magnetic Field Power has actually decreased!"
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