Universe 4.
A beam of light passed through the barrier.
[Ding! Sign-in task complete. Reward: Prototype of "Erasure"]
Hum!
Inside the cube, Louis's body shuddered as a rule capable of erasing everything began to take root within him.
The Old Supreme Kai beside him was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.
Louis was startled. "Old Supreme Kai, what's wrong?"
The Old Supreme Kai's voice trembled. "Y-you... what was that aura just now?"
If he hadn't sensed it wrong, Louis had just given off a trace of the power of "Erasure."
Gulp!
The Old Supreme Kai swallowed hard. The power of "Erasure" was a technique only the Grand Priest and Zeno could use.
How could this kid...
"I don't know either."
Louis couldn't explain it, so he could only play dumb.
The Old Supreme Kai shakily got to his feet and stared fixedly at Louis, his expression growing more and more peculiar.
[Negation]!
[Erasure]!
[Perfect Autonomous State]!
This kid...
No wonder Whis had said he was special. He sure had plenty of secrets!!
The Old Supreme Kai recalled the divine aura Whis had mentioned several years ago.
He was certain it had something to do with the kid standing before him!
"Louis, you..."
The Old Supreme Kai opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn't ask anything.
When Louis saw that the Old Supreme Kai had nothing to say, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness the Old Supreme Kai hadn't asked. It really would've been hard to explain.
"Old Supreme Kai, let's go find Lord Beerus."
"All right. Beerus should be in the God of Destruction Realm in Universe 4."
The Old Supreme Kai looked up. "Whis!!"
Whoosh!!
A holy light appeared inside the cube.
Whis arrived and paused, slightly taken aback. "Louis, didn't I tell you to return to the God of Destruction Realm? Why are you two here?"
Louis rolled his eyes. "If I hadn't come, would Lord Beerus have gotten into a fight with Quitela?"
The Old Supreme Kai asked, "Whis, that scrawny guy hasn't caused any trouble, has he?"
Louis held his breath, afraid he'd hear that Beerus and Quitela had fought.
Whis shook his head with a smile. "Lord Beerus may be arrogant, but you know how afraid of dying he is, Old Supreme Kai."
At that, the Old Supreme Kai recalled how Beerus had sealed him away for tens of millions of years because he was afraid of dying.
The corner of his mouth twitched. "So what's Lord Beerus doing now?"
Louis was confused. Hadn't Beerus come to stand up for him?
"Haha, you'll see when we get to the God of Destruction Realm in Universe 4."
Zeno's Palace.
Except for Cognac and Whis, all the angels had gathered there.
Kusu, the angel from Universe 10, looked at the Grand Priest and asked respectfully, "Father, do you know about what happened in Universe 7?"
The Grand Priest looked at his children and smiled. "What is it?"
Vados, the angel from Universe 6, said, "More than ten years ago, an incredibly divine aura appeared in Universe 7. A few days ago, we went to Universe 7 to investigate..."
"We discovered that its Candidate God of Destruction is very special. He grasped the Rule of Destruction in just over ten years."
Cucatail, the angel from Universe 5, chimed in, "Besides that, he also mastered the Perfect Autonomous State. And most importantly..."
"He can actually negate any attack!!!!"
As soon as those words were spoken, all the angels present held their breath.
The atmosphere grew extremely tense.
The angels suspected Louis's identity. No matter how talented an ordinary person was, they couldn't possibly do that.
Of all the angels present, who had mastered the Perfect Autonomous State in just over ten years as a child?
It was impossible!
Every angel had to endure countless trials before they could reach perfection!!
If he'd mastered the Perfect Autonomous State through extraordinary talent, they might have been able to accept it.
But [Negation] couldn't be explained by talent alone!!!
"So you're asking about Louis's identity?" the Grand Priest asked with a chuckle.
Kusu frowned. "Father, judging by your expression, do you know who he is?"
The other angels stared intently at the Grand Priest.
The Grand Priest put his hands behind his back and took two steps forward, his voice full of emotion. "Actually, when that divine aura appeared more than ten years ago, I investigated it too."
"That's right. That aura was unleashed by the Candidate God of Destruction from Universe 7."
The angels erupted in an uproar, stunned.
Back then, that divine aura had swept through the entire Zeno Universe. It could be sensed in every corner.
It was like the aura of creation at the dawn of the heavens and earth—pure, luminous, and sacred...
In the angels' eyes, only their father or Zeno could unleash an aura like that.
They'd never expected it to have come from the Candidate God of Destruction from Universe 7.
"As for his ability to negate attacks, I went and tested it myself!"
"What happened?"
The angels swallowed nervously. Every one of them clenched their fists, palms slick with sweat.
They wanted to know the answer, though deep down, they already knew it.
The Grand Priest had personally tested him more than ten years ago...
Yet they had only recently taken the Candidates God of Destruction from their universes to "spar" with Louis.
That meant Louis was unharmed.
In other words, he'd withstood the Grand Priest's test!!!
"Don't you already know the answer?"
The Grand Priest smiled. "That's right. He withstood my test. He really can negate any attack."
Boom—!
Their minds reeled!
The angels stared in disbelief. Even though they'd been prepared, they were still shocked to hear the Grand Priest confirm it.
Their father was the strongest person below Zeno!!!
"Father, do you know who he is?" Kusu asked urgently.
"Right, right! Could he be from the Dark Demon Realm?" Campari asked.
"That young man has no aura of darkness. He can't be from the Dark Demon Realm."
"Exactly. If he really were from the Dark Demon Realm, Whis would have noticed. He wouldn't have made him a Candidate God of Destruction."
The angels all chimed in.
"Enough."
The Grand Priest waved his hand. "I have some suspicions. I've also tried to sound out Lord Zeno about it..."
The Grand Priest fell silent and said no more.
But his expression told the angels that their father had probably guessed Louis's identity—and that it had something to do with Lord Zeno...
This!!!
The angels exchanged glances, each seeing the shock in the others' eyes.
"No matter what he does, don't interfere!"
The Grand Priest looked at the angels, his expression solemn. "Do you understand?"
The angels' hearts tightened, and they hurriedly replied, "Yes!"
Suddenly!
A faint trace of "Erasure" came from Universe 4.
The other angels showed no reaction.
But...
Kusu's pupils contracted. She turned to look deep into Zeno's Palace, then glanced at her father.
"Father!!!!"
"Enough. Don't interfere!"
At that, the Grand Priest looked toward Universe 4, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.
The other angels were completely baffled. What was going on with their eldest sister and their father?
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