Luo Yun stood up from the ground.
Di Tian's brow twitched slightly as he looked at him.
Luo Yun's feet left the ground, and he floated in midair, his robes snapping in an invisible current of air.
A pair of purplish-black wings unfurled behind him.
They had no feathers or membranes. Instead, they were wings made purely of purplish-black Destruction Thunder. Each "feather" was a tiny bolt of lightning, crackling as it left fine arcs of electricity in the air.
The instant the wings spread, the air within a hundred meters froze under a biting chill, and the pressure around them abruptly vanished.
Luo Shang slowly raised his head and looked at his son, disbelief filling his eyes.
Luo Yun's hair turned purplish-black, starting at the tips. His eyes became a pure reddish purple, fine bolts of lightning dancing in his pupils.
He wore a purplish-black robe, its collar and cuffs edged with a strip of dark gold.
The robe moved without wind, its hem snapping behind him.
Cold and stern.
Those were the only words that came to Luo Shang's mind.
Every trace of a six-year-old child's expression had vanished from his son's face.
There was no fear, no anger, no grievance—only a cold, utterly emotionless calm.
Those reddish-purple eyes looked down at the people below as if they were a swarm of ants.
Di Tian furrowed his brow.
"The power of laws?"
"How could a six-year-old human child possibly wield the power of laws?"
Luo Yun said nothing.
He slowly raised his right hand and spread his fingers.
The purplish-black Law of Destruction gathered in his palm, coalescing into a purplish-black ball of lightning the size of a fist.
The lightning ball revolved slowly above his palm, its aura distorting the air around it.
Di Tian's pupils contracted slightly.
This aura... Was it the Destruction God King, one of the Five Great God Kings of the Divine Realm?!
Luo Yun's gaze passed over Di Tian and fell on the Ferocious Beasts behind him.
Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, Ten Thousand Demon King, Scarlet King... One Ferocious Beast after another emerged from the forest, each radiating an aura that could make even a Titled Douluo tremble.
Luo Yun withdrew his gaze and looked at Di Tian.
With a casual flick, he sent the ball of Destruction Thunder hurtling toward Di Tian at an unbelievable speed.
Di Tian raised his hand to block it.
He didn't think the power of laws wielded by a six-year-old child could hurt him.
He raised his right hand, spreading his dragon claws, intending to catch the lightning ball with ease.
Boom!
Di Tian grunted and was sent flying.
"Di Tian!"
"Beast God!"
"..."
Xiong Jun and the other Ferocious Beasts stared in shock, unable to believe what they were seeing.
Di Tian's body tumbled through the air, smashing through the crown of a giant tree and then through the rocks by the lake before finally coming to a stop.
The scene fell silent in an instant.
Bi Ji's mouth hung open, her emerald-green eyes wide with disbelief.
Could someone really hurt Di Tian, with his strength?
Xiong Jun's usually fierce eyes were now filled with bewilderment and disbelief.
Though he had never submitted to Di Tian, he had to admit that Di Tian was stronger than he was. Yet now, Di Tian had been sent flying by a human child. How was that possible?
Scarlet King and Ten Thousand Demon King said nothing. Their expressions shifted from shock to contemplation.
Luo Shang remained on his knees, still holding the half-kneeling position from before, without moving an inch.
He looked at Luo Yun floating in midair, at the purplish-black robe, the crackling wings of lightning, and those unfamiliar, coldly indifferent violet-gold eyes. His mind was utterly blank.
Was that still his son?
How had he changed so suddenly?
Luo Shang parted his lips, wanting to call out his name, but his Adam's apple bobbed and no sound came out.
Because he didn't know whether the being floating in the air was still his son.
Luo Yun hovered in midair, his reddish-purple eyes looking down at the remaining Ferocious Beasts.
Bi Ji was the first to recover.
She took a deep breath and slowly apologized to Luo Yun.
"We were blind to your stature and offended you, sir."
Di Tian slowly walked back. His black robe was torn in several places, revealing the dragon scales beneath.
He raised his right hand and looked at the charred wound in his palm.
A faint purplish-black arc of electricity still clung to the edge of the wound.
Di Tian lifted his golden eyes to look at Luo Yun in the air.
His expression was no longer the careless contempt he'd shown before, but something far more complicated.
Scrutiny, curiosity, and a faint trace of... wariness.
A six-year-old human child had wounded him.
Di Tian drew a deep breath, and a low dragon's rumble sounded in his throat.
"Human." His voice had returned to its calm.
"What is your name?"
Luo Yun hovered in the air, his reddish-purple eyes looking down at Di Tian.
He didn't answer.
At that moment, his consciousness felt like that of a bystander, watching his own body react.
This didn't feel like "controlling" power so much as being "controlled" by it.
Di Tian waited two breaths but got no reply.
He wasn't angry, nor did he press the question.
His gaze shifted from Luo Yun to Luo Shang by the lake.
"Your name is Luo Shang, right?" Di Tian said his name aloud. "You and your son trespassed here because of the God Trial within him?"
Luo Shang's body stiffened.
How did he know?
Di Tian continued, his tone as even as if he were stating a fact. "And it belongs to the God of Destruction, one of the Five Great God Kings."
"...Yes." There was no point in hiding it anymore.
Di Tian nodded, seemingly unsurprised by the answer.
He turned and looked at the Ferocious Beasts behind him.
Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, Ten Thousand Demon King, Scarlet King... The Ferocious Beasts stood nearby, all watching Di Tian and waiting for his decision.
Di Tian fell silent for a moment.
Then he said something that left every Ferocious Beast present dumbfounded.
"Bi Ji, find him a thousand-year Soul Beast that's on the verge of death."
"W-what?"
Bi Ji thought she must have misheard.
Di Tian offered no explanation.
Bi Ji sighed and did as he said.
"After you leave, don't tell anyone what happened here."
Luo Shang was silent for a moment, then slowly stood up. His knees were still weak, but he held his back straight and met Di Tian's gaze.
"Thank you."
Di Tian didn't respond. He turned and flew deeper into the forest.
Bi Ji glanced at Luo Shang, her lips moving.
"Wait here for a while."
With that, Bi Ji turned and went to carry out Di Tian's instructions.
Xiong Jun snorted and disappeared into the dense forest.
Scarlet King was the fastest to leave; he vanished in the blink of an eye.
Ten Thousand Demon King also slowly walked into the woods.
The lakeside fell completely silent.
Luo Shang looked up at his son, still floating in midair.
Purplish-black lightning began to fade from Luo Yun's body, and the Wings of Destruction started to disintegrate.
Luo Yun returned to his original appearance.
His body dropped from the air.
Luo Shang rushed forward and caught him before he hit the ground.
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