Lin Bai's mind was exceptionally clear. The thirteen golden needles pierced deeper by an inch, accelerating the flow of his blood and qi. All the meridians and barriers opened, and the platinum dragon scales faintly rose, spewing forth billowing heat.
"Qian Renxue, you dare come to me? Have you already settled your family affairs?"
Lin Bai's aura was fierce, his words aimed directly at Qian Renxue's sore spot.
Qian Renxue's face was gloomy, her teeth clenched. "Lin Bai, you're courting death!"
Bibi Dong killing Qian Renxue's father had always been a thorn deep in her heart. Even after so many years, she still couldn't let go of it; otherwise, she would have abandoned her infiltration plan and returned to the Spirit Hall long ago.
Qian Renxue raised the Angel Sword high, unleashing the full power of the Solar True Fire. Divine power enveloped the longsword, its spirit rings flashing, and she instantly vanished from her spot, thrusting towards Lin Bai's chest.
The Serpent Spear Douluo coordinated, his eighteen-foot serpent spear slightly lowered, attacking Lin Bai's lower body like a venomous snake coiling around him, impossible to defend against.
Lin Bai exhaled a breath of hot air, his blood rising as if about to boil. Status-based soul skills couldn't be stacked infinitely; otherwise, it would lead to the immense pressure Lin Bai was experiencing, an pressure from the inside out.
He didn't confront them head-on. The main reason for activating his Silkworm Dragon Martial Soul was to strengthen his physique and facilitate the conversion of more telekinetic energy. Otherwise, no matter how strong the Silkworm Dragon Martial Soul's potential, it wouldn't be able to withstand the combined power of two Title Douluos without additional soul rings.
Out of the corner of his eye, Lin Bai saw Gu Yuena blocking the Porcupine Douluo, but the two seemed to be mutually restraining each other, not actually attacking.
He sighed; he hadn't intended to display such abilities. With a slight thought, the flow of time around him gradually slowed down considerably, everything entering slow motion.
Time deceleration and time reversal were not at all the same level of difficulty, and the energy consumed was vastly different.
However, merely slowing down time still required Lin Bai to defeat the enemy himself; it was only a temporary solution, not a permanent one. Therefore, he rarely used this move, as it would be blatantly announcing to others that he possessed a treasure that could control time.
As for why he didn't accelerate his own time, it's because telekinesis is already extremely fast. Accelerating time would be merely an added bonus, far less significant than the benefits gained from slowing it down.
Just like at this moment, Lin Bai's telekinesis was almost unaffected within the time-slowing range. After all, relying on his divine spark, Lin Bai couldn't perfectly distinguish friend from foe; he needed his telekinesis itself to be powerful enough to fully unleash the power of time slowing.
Thus, to the astonishment of Qian Renxue and the Serpent Spear Douluo's slowed-down state, the gray-black destructive telekinesis slammed into them. Once the powerful destructive force touched them, it was difficult to erase easily. Their protective soul power was immediately severely eroded, developing holes almost instantly.
Qian Renxue's golden armor shone brightly, and illusory flames of light rushed forward to extinguish the raging destructive force. However, under the all-pervasive attack of the telekinesis, the spontaneous counterattack of the crimson flames of light was unsustainable. And Qian Renxue, let alone counterattacking, needed several times the time to even think, making it impossible to counter Lin Bai's rapid offensive.
"Lin...Bai...you...for..."
Qian Renxue's expression shifted in slow motion as she struggled to defend herself while questioning Lin Bai.
Gu Yuena, in her elemental giant form, raised her fiery head, once again blocking the Porcupine Douluo. Her shock was no less than anyone else's; if she still couldn't recognize Lin Bai's abilities by now, she shouldn't call herself the Silver Dragon King.
It must be understood that the Dragon God possessed the nine attributes—not just ordinary elemental attributes, but nine elements concerning the very foundation of the world:
earth, water, fire, wind, light, darkness, time, and the "stability" attribute that balanced all attributes.
Unfortunately, the time attribute was too powerful; neither the Golden Dragon King nor the Silver Dragon King inherited it. The Silver Dragon King only possessed the Dragon God's authority over the space attribute.
"So that's why he learned spatial abilities from me—to control his godhood. Lin Bai obtained a spacetime godhood; no wonder he's always been so composed and dared to oppose me."
Gu Yuena didn't believe that a spacetime godhood originating from another world, just because the Dragon God controlled spacetime attributes, was inferior to the Dragon God.
Based on her research on wisdom godhood, such deities who attained godhood through conceptual authority had potential no less than, and perhaps even surpassed, that of the gods in the divine realm.
At least Gu Yuena believed that once the universe was destroyed, the godhoods of the divine realm would be difficult to preserve.
This alone made the potential of the godhood undeniable.
The important question was whether she should try to seize the spacetime godhood from Lin Bai.
Or rather, how to seize it. Putting aside everything else, the spacetime godhood's ability to protect oneself was indeed second to none, especially since she currently only possessed spatial attributes and didn't have time attributes. In fact, Lin Bai was the one who restrained her.
Lin Bai gained the upper hand, gradually dismantling the defenses of Serpent Spear Douluo and Qian Renxue. No one noticed that various terrifying and secretive gazes were lingering over the small Notting Academy.
The divine realm.
The Divine Realm Committee.
Within a tall, magnificent white building, five ethereal figures sat together. Above the central table, a scene unfolded at Notting Academy.
"We've been discussing this for a day. The anomalies on Douluo Star are having an increasingly significant impact on it, and an alternative method of becoming a god has even emerged. The Divine Realm Committee must devise a solution as soon as possible,"
said a god in a purple robe, his expression impatient. He was the Destruction God King, one of the five great God Kings of the Divine Realm.
"Another method of becoming a god is fine. Gods are the cornerstone of a stable Divine Realm; the more gods there are, the more stable the Divine Realm will be. For example, Lin Bai and Gu Yuena in the lower realm have displayed the potential to become God Kings, both in terms of their Space-Time Godhood and Wisdom Godhood, and there are no corresponding gods in the Divine Realm,"
said another benevolent God King. This was a female God King, dressed in red divine robes, though her aura was not as powerful as the Destruction God King's, as she had only recently inherited her divine position and had not yet fully realized its potential.
She paused, then voiced her concerns, "Space-Time and Wisdom are divine positions lacking in the God Realm, but the origins of that underground city are unknown, and it's very likely that there are even more divine entities. If a divine entity similar to or even identical to those of the gods of the God Realm appears, it could easily cause conflict among the gods, leading to a new God Realm war."
The other God-Kings were alarmed. God wars are never easily fought, but if one does occur, even God-Kings risk their demise. More importantly, every God War is destructive to the God Realm, disrupting its stability.
The Asura God-King, a handsome young man with a blood-red divine mark between his brows, was the strongest among the God-Kings. He had long been responsible for handling disputes in the God Realm and possessed a deep understanding of the gods.
"What you say is true. The gods of the God Realm benefit from the God Realm and life itself, enjoying immortality. They care more about superficial matters, and the emergence of a divine entity is a struggle for the path and power. The gods are willing to pass on their divine positions, but they will not want another successor who can replace them."
(End of Chapter)