Rayquaza's "Demon God Manifestation"

"Xiao Lan, don't worry about me. I need to sleep and recover properly."

After the tense, high-pressure perfect fusion sacrifice had ended, Su Ming felt immensely relieved.

Then, mentally exhausted, he gave Lan Fozu a few instructions from afar before collapsing into sleep.

Although his body, spiritual sea, and every other aspect had been enhanced and strengthened,

the mental and physical strain he had endured throughout the process had undoubtedly been immense.

What Su Ming needed now was to rest and recover properly.

"Okay, Brother Su Ming." Lan Fozu nodded obediently.

But when she saw Su Ming fall asleep the moment he lay down,

she took out a set of bedding from her storage bracelet and covered him with it.

Then she sat quietly beside Su Ming, keeping him company.

The storage bracelet and everything inside it had been prepared in advance for Lan Fozu by the Demon Empress.

She had originally not wanted her daughter to owe others too much, yet she had never expected them to come in handy first at a time like this.

"Comfortable!!"

After an unknown number of days, Su Ming finally woke from his sleep.

He was now in perfect condition, brimming with energy and at the peak of his state.

Then, upon seeing Lan Fozu sleeping soundly beside him, Su Ming instinctively lowered his voice.

Looking at the bedding covering him, he knew that Lan Fozu had taken care of him during this time.

Just as he lifted the covers, preparing to sneak out and test his strength,

Su Ming suddenly sensed an intense fluctuation within his body.

Without realizing it, he released his Rayquaza Martial Soul.

Lan Fozu, who was still asleep, was naturally awakened by that aura as well.

"What happened?" Lan Fozu rubbed her sleepy eyes.

But in the next instant, all traces of drowsiness vanished as she stared at Su Ming in shock.

The phantom of Rayquaza, God of the Sky, appeared once more, yet the aura it emitted was completely different from what Lan Fozu had seen before.

The space behind Su Ming seemed to tear apart, exposing a deep cross-shaped rift.

Black-purple lightning and decaying mist churned along the edges of the rift.

That dark-purple hybrid phantom of dragon and whale became increasingly solid, transforming into a beam of fallen heavenly light that carried the wails of countless living beings as it sank into Su Ming's body.

A pair of dark-purple bone horns emerged from Su Ming's forehead, their surfaces entwined with black lightning patterns.

Corrosive black fluid dripped from their tips, eating into the ground and raising wisps of green smoke.

His golden pupils turned into purple-black cross-shaped fissures;

obsidian-like scale patterns spread from the corners of his eyes, threaded with blood-red veins, as though an abyss were gazing down upon the mortal world.

The dark dragon scales emerging across his body resembled naturally formed demonic armor.

His black hair transformed into black-red hair, purple flames burning at its tips. Every flutter released a scorching aura that seared the soul.

A dark aura radiated from Su Ming's body.

This... Lan Fozu did not feel afraid. Instead, it felt incomparably familiar, incomparably intimate.

That was right. She had felt this kind of aura from her father and mother before.

The reason Lan Fozu herself did not possess it was because she had never used her clan's innate talent to devour other living beings.

In truth, there was still one obvious difference: divinity.

But at that moment, Lan Fozu subconsciously overlooked it.

At that moment, darkness arose without wind within the underground cavern.

The suddenly emerging dark-red corrosive mist all around them seemed to gain a will of its own.

Like ministers, it crawled and swirled around, guarding its king.

Within the mist, vague phantoms of demon whale carcasses rose and fell. The air was thick with a fishy, salty stench of decay that made it hard to breathe.

At this moment, Su Ming, having completed Martial Soul Possession, seemed like a legendary demon god descending upon the world.

Darkened... no, this power can no longer simply be called darkening. It should be called demonization!

No, demonization alone isn't enough to match Rayquaza's might. I'll call it Demon God Manifestation instead.

Yes, Demon God Manifestation!

Though this power was incomparably evil, Su Ming's mind remained utterly clear, untouched by it in the slightest.

Only the weak were influenced by power.

Even this demonized state had appeared only because the Three Divine Martial Souls deemed it another form of power Su Ming could wield.

That was why this power had been allowed to remain.

Otherwise, the instincts of the three gods would have erased it long ago.

As for why Su Ming had awakened this Demon God Manifestation,

it was because he had completely inherited the Demon Empress's origin power.

The Deep Sea Demon Whale Clan's innate devouring ability had caused them to annihilate an unknown number of living beings.

Under countless resentments and immense power, Demon God Manifestation had naturally taken shape.

A perfect fusion of divinity and darkness!

But with the standards of this era, where people judge solely by Martial Soul traits and appearances, won't I be branded an evil soul master the moment anyone sees me?

But Su Ming quickly thought of something rather amusing.

Looking as purely dark as he did, other soul masters would not care whether he was rational or whether he harmed anyone. They would simply beat him to death without a second thought.

And in this era, cases of people being casually labeled evil soul masters were far from rare.

Even some Titled Douluo had suffered such treatment.

"Brother Su Ming, the aura around you feels so familiar."

Lan Fozu's crisp voice broke the silence within the underground cavern.

Su Ming took the opportunity to withdraw the aura he had been emitting and explained to Lan Fozu,

"Xiao Lan, the reason it feels familiar is because your brother has completely inherited the power of your Deep Sea Demon Whale Clan."

"Really? That's wonderful!" Lan Fozu said excitedly.

Although she had already formed some suspicions when she sensed that familiar aura,

only after Su Ming personally confirmed it did the worry in Lan Fozu's heart finally ease.

Although Su Ming was not truly a member of the Deep Sea Demon Whale Clan, after completely inheriting the Deep Sea Demon Whale's power,

Lan Fozu, the only remaining Deep Sea Demon Whale in this world, was undoubtedly delighted.

In a sense, he was an unconventional clansman.

After all, Su Ming had completely inherited her mother's power and even awakened such a special form.

Other than his true body not being of the Deep Sea Demon Whale Clan, every other aspect of him bore the Deep Sea Demon Whale Clan's mark.

No, to be precise, he resembled the Deep Sea Demon Whale Clan after dragonification.

Of course, that conclusion came from Lan Fozu's perspective.

Rayquaza, the majestic God of the Sky, was naturally the one completely in control of this power.

"Yes, from now on, your brother is one of your clansmen too, Xiao Lan." Su Ming patted Lan Fozu's head.

Going along with her words and what she was thinking, he continued the thought for her.