Gu Yuena's mental force invaded Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea like a hot knife through butter, and then a very faint trace of surprise flashed through her purple eyes.
Her mental force was at a genuine Divine Rank level; the mental defenses of ordinary human Titled Douluo would be instantly crushed to powder. However, Huo Yuhao's mental force was far more resilient and condensed than she had anticipated.
Just how old was this human youth? For his mental force to have already reached such a level, he was probably a rarity among humans on the Douluo Continent.
When Gu Yuena truly saw what the inside of Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea looked like, the slight surprise in her heart was instantly magnified, because Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea was not ordinary at all.
The life aura of this Spiritual Sea was so dense it was almost tangible. The entire space was enveloped in a layer of soft, emerald-green light, and below was a green ocean formed from pure life energy.
With this level of life aura, it was as if a portion of the Lake of Life had been moved directly into his mind.
What Gu Yuena found even more incomprehensible was that several Spirit Beasts actually resided within Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea.
In addition to these Spirit Beasts, she also saw a gray bead floating in the sky above the Spiritual Sea.
The bead exuded an ancient and desolate aura, and Gu Yuena could actually sense a faint ripple of Divine Rank power from it.
Although it was extremely weak, it absolutely could not be ignored.
It could be said that Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea was truly an "eye-opener" for Gu Yuena.
However, none of this was important right now. At this moment, the most important thing was to probe Huo Yuhao's memories and find the person who had given him the Silver Dragon King's Reverse Scale.
Yet, just as Gu Yuena focused her mind and was about to search Huo Yuhao's memories, her expression suddenly changed.
The Spiritual Sea, which had originally been illuminated like a wonderland by the soft, emerald-green light of life, suddenly changed color in her perception without any warning.
In the originally clear and bright Void Realm above, countless purplish-black lightning bolts suddenly surged, like countless ferocious dragons churning and roaring in the clouds.
A Soul-shivering aura of destruction instantly filled the entire Spiritual Sea. That aura was violent, overbearing, and pure to the extreme, as if it were the most primordial force of destruction from the beginning of the Universe, seeking to crush all existence back into Chaos.
Before Gu Yuena could even make any response, a thick, purplish-black bolt of lightning crashed down.
The lightning was so fast that even her Divine Rank mental force could not track its trajectory. With just a flash of purple light before her eyes, it accurately struck her mental manifestation.
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Huo Yuhao only felt the force confining his entire body suddenly loosen. He felt as if he had been violently pulled back to the surface from the bottom of the deep sea, and control of his body returned to his hands.
He took a sharp, deep breath, his chest heaving violently several times, only to see the tall, slender, and beautiful figure opposite him suddenly turn pale.
All color drained from Gu Yuena's face. Her throat moved slightly, and then a mouthful of silver blood uncontrollably spurted from her lips, scattering like stars onto the green moss on the shore of the Lake of Life, shimmering with a strange silver-white light in the air.
"My Lord!"
Di Tian's cold, handsome face, which had remained unchanging for Ten Thousand Years, instantly changed color. He almost instinctively flickered and appeared by Gu Yuena's side, his golden dragon eyes filled with undisguised shock and worry.
He had thought that the Lord personally probing a human youth's memories would be an effortless task, but he never expected it to turn out like this.
However, in addition to his shock, Di Tian also completely confirmed one thing: this human youth named Huo Yuhao was definitely not simple.
Gu Yuena raised her slender fingers and gently wiped away the remaining silver blood from the corner of her lips, her purple eyes churning with waves of shock like never before.
When she looked back at Huo Yuhao, her eyes held a few more hints of unbelievable shock, and even her voice trembled slightly.
"You actually obtained a God Position Legacy?!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of Di Tian and Jin Li beside her both changed dramatically.
They both knew that Huo Yuhao was exceptionally talented, but they never expected that this youth had already come into contact with an Opportunity of that level.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao had also immersed his consciousness into his Spiritual Sea, only to see that the vast space, which had originally been peaceful and serene under the green light of life, was now a completely different scene.
Countless purplish-black lightning bolts of destruction raged wildly in the sky, and the entire Spiritual Sea was shrouded under a Soul-shivering pressure of destruction.
And the source of all this was precisely the scepter of destruction floating at the highest point of the Spiritual Sea.
However, just as the force of destruction was about to spread further, the Seed of Life floating above the scepter of destruction once again emitted a soft yet majestic emerald-green light.
The aura of life fell like spring rain, soothing the rampaging lightning bolts of destruction layer by layer.
Gu Yuena spoke again at this moment, her purple eyes staring unblinkingly at Huo Yuhao, "Such a pure and tyrannical aura of destruction... it must be the God King of Destruction, right?"
Huo Yuhao did not answer. He had indeed obtained the damaged Super Divine Artifact, the scepter of destruction, but he had not received the complete God Position Legacy of the God of Destruction.
However, in Gu Yuena's eyes, his silence was equivalent to tacit agreement. Her expression became increasingly complex, and a trace of wariness quickly flashed deep within her purple eyes.
She could not make another move. Otherwise, if the God King of Destruction detected her existence, all of her plans and her hundreds of thousands of years of enduring humiliation while waiting would be completely ruined.
Gu Yuena's current state of mind could be described as anxious for the first time in hundreds of thousands of years.
She had been hiding perfectly well, and logically, those human gods in the Divine Realm had no idea she was still alive.
But who could have expected that on a momentary impulse today, she would actually expose her identity in front of the successor of the God King of Destruction.
On second thought, however, she felt that things might not be that bad.
Since Huo Yuhao was able to obtain another of the Silver Dragon King's Reverse Scales, it showed that his relationship with the Dragon Clan was absolutely extraordinary—at least not hostile. He probably wouldn't "snitch," right?
Therefore, Gu Yuena suddenly found herself in a rather awkward predicament. She had forcefully made a move without giving him a chance to explain, but instead of obtaining the information she wanted, she was blasted out and even spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot.
Now, she couldn't fight him, yet she was unwilling to just leave. She really didn't know what kind of attitude she should adopt toward this youth before her.
However, Gu Yuena suddenly recalled the wondrous scene she had just witnessed in Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea. Changing the subject, she asked with a calm expression, "What is going on with those Spirit Beasts in your Spiritual Sea?"
Huo Yuhao was slightly stunned by this sudden question, but with his intellect, he realized Gu Yuena's intention almost instantly.
Gu Yuena believed he was a lucky individual favored by the God King of Destruction and had been bestowed with a God Position, which was why she was now hesitant to act against him again.
It had to be said that this was a beautiful misunderstanding.
Huo Yuhao would certainly not be foolish enough to correct this misunderstanding. Instead, he could use this identity as the successor of a God King to prevent Gu Yuena from forcefully searching his memories again.
Thus, he did not pursue the matter of her action just now. His expression remained normal, as if that thrilling scene from a moment ago had never occurred.
He took a deep breath, calming his still somewhat turbulent emotions. Meeting Gu Yuena's purple eyes with a calm gaze, he replied, "Those are not ordinary Spirit Beasts, but Spirit Souls. This is also the matter I came to the Star Dou Great Forest to discuss with Senior Di Tian.
After saying this, with a slight thought, the Spirit Souls in his Spiritual Sea transformed into streaks of flowing light, flying out one after another from between his brows.
The figures of the three great Spirit Souls—the Evil Eye, the Rebirth Butterfly, and the Qiluo Tulip—condensed into form above Huo Yuhao.
The Tianmeng Ice Silkworm "had a grudge" against the Vicious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest's Core Circle, so Huo Yuhao did not release him to avoid causing unnecessary complications.
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A/N:
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