"Reward: God of Destruction affinity increased by 40%! All Soul Ring ages increased by 80,000 years!"
As the destruction mark released a surge of divine force,
Soul Rings rose around Jin Mian's body.
In an instant,
the ages of his Soul Rings were enhanced.
Under the blessing of such high ages,
his first three Soul Rings, which were originally ten-thousand-year ones,
were directly promoted to Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
"My third Trial of Destruction is complete?!"
Jin Mian was stunned.
He glanced at the five Great Beasts opposite him.
Only then did he realize what happened.
The Third Trial of Destruction: The Seven Tribulations Trial.
It required defeating five Spirit Beasts over a hundred thousand years old at once.
And the five Great Beasts he just defeated
were far more powerful than ordinary Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beasts.
He had been so focused on the fight for the past half-day
that he had completely forgotten the details of the Godly Trial.
After the rewards were distributed,
the scepter of destruction mark between his brows became a bit more solid.
The details of the fourth trial followed immediately.
"Fourth Trial of Destruction: Wise Guard of Balance!"
"Task: Solve the god-level problem that has existed since ancient times: the coexistence of humans and Spirit Beasts!"
"Task Reward: To be judged based on the effectiveness of the task's completion!"
Suddenly,
that purple divine force transformed into a gentle green divine force,
slowly pouring into Jin Mian's body.
His spirit power, which had been drained by releasing the Five Saints Ultimate Kill,
and the fatigue from the continuous battles,
began to recover at an astonishing speed.
In just a moment,
he was restored to his original state.
"My spirit power is restored just like that?"
"That power just now didn't seem to belong to the God of Destruction."
"With such abundant Life force, it must be Destruction's wife, the Goddess of Life."
Thinking of this,
Jin Mian glanced at the sky.
It seemed the two God Kings were watching this place.
Then, he looked at the Fourth Trial of Destruction, speechless.
What the hell?
Solve the problem of human and Spirit Beast coexistence!
You must be joking.
This difficult problem...
Even gods who have lived for countless millennia don't know how to solve it,
yet they handed it to him.
Though he had lived two lives,
don't be fooled by the simplicity of the word 'coexistence'.
It was a massive concept.
They were really overestimating him.
If it were a task that could be completed with some cleverness,
Jin Mian would have no problem at all.
But this super-difficult problem of coexistence was truly a bit too much.
After all, he knew his own limits.
Thinking of this,
Jin Mian contacted the God of Destruction through the destruction mark on his forehead.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the connection was made,
he heard the God of Destruction say: "Keep it up, brother! I believe in you!"
Then he ended the call with lightning speed.
The whole process took less than a second.
At this moment, Jin Mian had a choice phrase in mind that he wasn't sure he should say.
Meanwhile, the seven Enshrines nearby
saw that in the blink of an eye,
three of Jin Mian's Soul Rings had turned into the hundred-thousand-year rank.
They were completely stunned.
Qingluan couldn't help but sigh: "Is this a Godly Trial? Truly miraculous!"
Just then,
the Angel Sword suddenly appeared in the sky and rapidly fell toward the group of Spirit Beasts.
The Sky Azure Bull Python used Sky Azure Abolishing Thunder to knock the sword away.
"Big brother, your attacks don't even have a wind-up anymore. Before, you used to at least shout the name or something," the Fourth Enshrine, Lion, said admiringly.
Qian Daoliu had a face full of question marks and stated: "I didn't attack."
"But that was clearly your Spirit Ability, Angel Sword, just now. If it wasn't you, who else could it be?" Lion scratched his head in confusion.
"Since it wasn't Great Grandfather,"
"isn't it obvious who attacked?"
"Xiaoxue too—I told her to stay in the palace and accompany Lingling while she recovers, yet she brought Lingling along with her."
Jin Mian said while looking at the two figures in the distant sky.
A moment later,
Qian Renxue and Ye Lingling flew over.
Seeing that her grandfather had already arrived, Qian Renxue immediately threw herself into Qian Daoliu's arms: "Grandfather."
Then Qian Renxue greeted the others one by one.
Seeing that Xiao Hong and Xiao Lan were safe and sound,
she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Suddenly,
Qian Daoliu noticed the twelve golden wings behind Qian Renxue.
"Xiaoxue, your Martial Soul..."
He could hardly believe it.
He carefully counted the number of golden wings.
Qian Renxue said directly: "Alright, grandfather, stop counting. You see, my Martial Soul has already evolved into the Twelve-Winged Angel."
She released her Martial Soul.
In the next second,
Qian Daoliu's eyes widened to their absolute limit for the first time in his Life.
"Good! Good! Good!" After shouting 'good' three times, Qian Daoliu was extremely excited: "Xiaoxue, once we finish up here, return with me immediately to accept your Godly Trial."
This time, Qian Renxue didn't hesitate at all.
She agreed directly: "Okay."
Jin Mian walked up and asked Ye Lingling: "Lingling, why didn't you stay in the palace to recover? Why did you come here?"
"Xiaoxue, you too, why didn't you stop her?"
Ye Lingling quickly explained: "It was because I was worried, so I asked Sister Xue to bring me back. Brother Mian, don't blame Sister Xue."
Seeing this, Jin Mian said no more.
After all, they were already here.
To the side,
Di Tian, who had been ignored by everyone for a long time,
was gnashing his teeth in anger.
Although he was heavily injured right now,
even so, he was still the Beast God!
Couldn't these humans show him some respect?
"Hey! You guys, as long as you hand those two children over to me, I'll let you leave. How about that?" Di Tian, whose attitude had been extremely firm, now softened.
He had no choice.
After all, the opposing side now had the advantage in strength.
Even though his side had many Spirit Beasts, even if they wiped out these humans,
they would likely suffer heavy casualties.
Not to mention that human just now had completed a Godly Trial.
If it drew the attention of the God of Destruction, it would be trouble.
What Di Tian didn't know was that their every move was already under the eyes of the God Kings.
Seeing that this fellow Di Tian still had designs on Xiao Hong and Xiao Lan,
Jin Mian directly merged with his armor.
The emperor battle armor was worn on his body once again.
He summoned the aurora sword and rushed forward, placing the blade against Di Tian's neck.
"I'll give you a chance. Take me to find the Silver Dragon King."
"What do you want with the Lord?"
Di Tian's gaze was full of vigilance.
Jin Mian said: "Enough nonsense. Take me to find the Silver Dragon King immediately, or I'll finish you off!"
"Don't even think about it!"
Di Tian turned his head away.
The Silver Dragon King was the only hope for the Spirit Beasts.
Nothing could be allowed to happen to her.
The human before him was the inheritor of that old fellow Destruction.
Once the Lord was discovered by the God Realm,
the Spirit Beast race would never have a chance to rise again.
Compared to that,
what did his single Life matter?
Seeing Di Tian's firm attitude,
Jin Mian didn't want to waste any more words.
Anyway, he wasn't the only one who knew the location of the Lake of Life.
Just as he was about to strike,
a silver-white current of air drifted up from the Lake of Life in the core area.
Immediately after,
an overwhelming mental force erupted.
A voice rang out.
"Di Tian, bring that human to the bottom of the Lake of Life!"
"Lord, this..."
Di Tian wanted to object.
But the Silver Dragon King let out a cold 'Hmph!'
He instantly withered.
Under the healing of several healing-type Spirit Beasts,
he was soon able to move.
Then, helplessly, he led Jin Mian and the others toward the Lake of Life...
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