"The time is one year from now... I hope you will grace us with your presence."
Before the front gate, a blond youth wearing a white servant's uniform stood with a gentle smile. He respectfully bowed and handed over an invitation, then turned to leave.
The blond servant's retreating figure gradually faded from Linley's calm gaze, soon disappearing around the street corner.
He lowered his head to look at the invitation in his hand. It was made of a special black material, with a line of exquisite text: Jialan Auction House VIP Pass.
Linley smiled faintly and muttered, "Interesting... Have I been targeted?"
Sending a High-God to deliver an invitation showed that the other party's influence was not insignificant in Red Stone City.
However, at this moment, his mindset was calm and unconcerned. He would face whatever came his way.
Linley closed the door and returned inside, closing his eyes and immersing himself in the vast ocean of the Destruction Rule. Countless thoughts and sparks of inspiration collided, and a faint aura of destructive energy gradually surrounded him...
After accumulating for a hundred years, Linley's self-understanding of the Destruction Rule had deepened, and he had a premonition that he was about to break through.
The Jialan Auction House was located in the most prosperous commercial district in the south of the city. It was a three-story building with an overall dark gold color. The interior was extremely luxurious, with deep purple obsidian laid out on the floor like a starry sky.
The blond servant skillfully followed the steps up to the spacious and luxurious corridor on the third floor, heading directly to the room at the end and gently knocking on the door.
"Come in."
Soon, an elegant and steady voice emanated from the room, like a gentle breeze caressing the heart.
The blond servant pushed the door open and walked in. Inside was a luxurious golden private room. In front was a mirror overlooking the auction stage, treated with a special magic array. It was like being covered in mist, making it impossible to see inside from the outside.
The floor was covered with a red carpet woven from phoenix feathers, the sofas were made of smooth and delicate purple leather, and paintings hung on the walls.
Melodious music echoed in the room. Perfectly built, handsome young Mid-level Gods and Low-level Gods were showing off, displaying their physiques and radiating masculinity as if competing.
Their faces were filled with gentle, cheerful smiles, and their brows revealed hints of flattery and fawning.
There were also those who were cold and gloomy, the ice-mountain-beauty type.
Surrounding these men was a female High-God with light blue hair, a proud smile on her lips, and an aura like a queen.
The blond servant respectfully said, "Lady Freya, the invitation has been delivered."
Amidst the group of muscular youths doing calisthenics, he was the only one dressed appropriately and looking the most serious, making him seem somewhat out of place.
Freya smiled and asked, "Alva, what do you think?"
The blond servant, Alva, smiled and replied, "A Mid-level God. My racial talent can't be wrong."
Freya's eyebrows rose in surprise. "Are you sure?"
She knew Alva was of a special race – an Evil Spirit Giant.
Alva nodded affirmatively, "Yes, unless he has some treasure that conceals his aura."
Freya was relieved and unsurprised. The world was vast, nurturing countless races that reproduced and thrived, and also giving birth to some special things with unique effects. This was not an incredible matter.
Freya frowned, thinking to herself, "If he is truly a Mid-level God, then this person's potential is too terrifying."
If a Mid-level God could easily kill a Five-star Demon, then upon becoming a High-God, he would be at least a peak Six-star Demon, or even a Seven-star Demon!
"This person's wings are growing strong... what a pity..."
Freya secretly lamented.
If she had discovered such a genius earlier, she would have either enslaved or killed him, never allowing him time to grow.
Unfortunately, he now possessed the strength of a Six-star Demon and was in Red Stone City. Discovering this now was too late.
Freya smiled brightly and stated confidently, "Such a growing genius can only be won over, not offended!"
"How has Joseph been recently?"
Alva replied, "He often associates with several High-Gods who cultivate the Darkness Rule, exchanging experiences, and he also visits the Floating Shadow Pavilion to watch battles of Darkness Element powerhouses."
Freya chuckled, "That's normal. After all, the strongest Death God Avatar has fallen, and the Saint Domain's main body refining the Divine Spark has recovered its Five-star Demon strength, but its potential has reached its limit. If he wants to get revenge himself, his only hope is the Darkness God Avatar, though it's of little significance."
Alva also chuckled.
Generally speaking, if the strongest avatar of a God-level powerhouse falls, the possibility of surpassing their previous height through other divine avatars is extremely slim. Cultivation is very dependent on talent; perseverance and persistence are meaningless. If you can do it, you can do it; if you can't, you can't.
What use is effort in the face of talent? If one could improve through diligent cultivation, the streets would be filled with High-Gods.
Freya considered for a moment and instructed, "Go and prepare some people..."
"Yes."
Half a month passed.
"Buzz—!"
The rules of heaven and earth descended into Linley's residence room.
The Divine Spark of the Destruction God Avatar flew out of his body to receive the baptism, transforming into a Mid-level Divine Spark. His consciousness connected to the ocean of Divine Power belonging to a Mid-level God, and he began to absorb higher-grade, higher-quality Divine Power.
The rules of heaven and earth soon disappeared.
Linley felt the changes within himself and smiled with satisfaction, "Destruction Element Mid-level God, not bad, not bad!"
"Hmm!?"
The Destruction God Avatar and the Saint Domain's main body simultaneously sensed a peculiar change.
Linley's expression shifted slightly. He raised his palm, concentrating intently as he observed the subtle fluctuations in the magnetic field power.
After a while, Linley reached a conclusion.
"The magnetic field power contains a property of destruction and ruin, but it's limited to the Saint Domain's main body and the Destruction God Avatar!"
Linley recalled that it was the same when the Lightning Element broke through to the Mid-level God realm!
He began to test.
As the saying goes, sharpening the axe does not delay the felling of wood. He first took out the Soul Gold Bead from his spatial ring and, in one go, strengthened the Destruction God Avatar's soul to the limit of a Mid-level God.
After completing these preparations, Linley raised his right hand. A blade-like black energy blade suddenly cut into his left arm, and he immediately felt a resistance.
Linley muttered to himself, "Attack and defense..."
The Mid-level God Destruction Divine Power merged with the magnetic field, greatly amplifying both attack and defense power, but it still didn't exceed the bottleneck of ten times. This was exactly the same as with the Lightning God Clone.
Linley was not disappointed. He changed his approach again, using the Saint Domain's main body as the core to superimpose the two magnetic fields, and then merging them with the Lightning Divine Power and Destruction Divine Power one by one. In an instant, the divine power aura attached to the surface of his palm became even more powerful, ferocious, and filled with a pressure that could destroy everything.
A single magnetic field fused with a single element of divine power amplified it tenfold.
Two magnetic fields fused with a single element of divine power amplified it twentyfold, but fusing two elements of divine power was not possible.
He was not a soul variant; even with the aid of the magnetic field, he couldn't achieve it.
After carefully sensing and testing several times, Linley laughed, "The amplification of attack and defense power is two times higher than the original ten times, meaning twenty times!"
"My current divine power attack is two times stronger than a High-God!"
"Perhaps there are even more changes."
Linley's tests continued...
Soon, he made a new discovery!
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