Chapter 30: Sidi — Is This Really the Answer I Want?
"One hundred points of innate inner spiritual power!"
Seeing the ten crystals around Lin Ze emit an unusual black halo, the Star Demon God Vashak could barely contain his excitement.
This was one hundred points of innate inner spiritual power—a level almost unheard of even in the human world.
"Brother! The future of the demon race lies with him!"
Vashak turned excitedly toward the Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu, his voice trembling slightly with emotion.
At that moment, Feng Xiu's expression was also full of shock.
He too was deeply impressed by Lin Ze's raw talent. After all, the demon race had always taken measures to suppress the rise of human powerhouses, deliberately targeting promising young human cultivators to prevent the resurgence of humanity.
Of course Feng Xiu understood the value of someone with innate spiritual power of 100 points.
"Good. Very good!"
Feng Xiu looked at Lin Ze with a much more favorable expression.
Ever since learning that the God of Judgment Austin Griffin would descend on the Holy Demon Continent, Feng Xiu had felt immense pressure. But now, Lin Ze's emergence offered a hopeful new variable in the future.
If Lin Ze weren't a Lust-type cultivator, Feng Xiu might have felt tempted to take him in as his own disciple.
Even Sidi hadn't expected Lin Ze's talent to be this incredible. She had always known his martial talent was abnormal, but she hadn't expected his comprehension of the dark element to be this astonishing.
While the three stared in awe, the swirling dark aura around Lin Ze gradually subsided, and he opened his eyes, emerging from meditation.
"Little one, let's test your current spiritual power," said Vashak, unfolding a Star Shield in front of Lin Ze.
"Come, hit it with everything you've got!"
Without overthinking it, Lin Ze stepped forward. He didn't know why, but ever since the awakening, he felt overwhelmingly powerful!
Taking a deep breath, black clouds began to gather around his fists, spiritual power surging through his meridians.
"Hah!"
With a low shout, Lin Ze punched forward—bang!
The Star Shield trembled violently with the impact.
A number appeared, quickly climbing upward!
10...
50...
100...
150...
…218.
The number stabilized at 218.
"Level 3, Stage 1!"
Vashak stood there frozen, staring at the number.
This was just after awakening, and Lin Ze's spiritual power had already broken through to Level 3, Stage 1!
Lin Ze wasn't even eight years old yet!
Even Leng Xiao, who possessed the Anti-Sky Demon Dragon bloodline, only broke through 200 points when he was ten.
And Lin Ze was three years younger!
"Not bad. This is for you." Feng Xiu, eyes filled with admiration, pulled out a ring and tossed it to Lin Ze.
Lin Ze instinctively caught it.
Looking down at the dark purple ring with ancient inscriptions, Lin Ze asked, "Your Majesty, what is this?"
"This is the ring I used to conceal my aura when I moved through human territory. You'll be heading into the human world soon. It might help. It can resist detection from human holy spells, and if necessary, it can conceal your dark aura as a warrior bloodline. Even a Level 9 expert won't be able to sense it."
"What a powerful artifact. Thank you, Your Majesty." Lin Ze respectfully put on the ring.
Even though his dark aura normally wouldn't leak out without using spiritual power, this ring gave him the option of activating it selectively—definitely useful for travel through human territory.
"Since the awakening ceremony is complete, I have matters to attend to. You're dismissed."
With those words, the Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu turned and left.
Though he was impressed by Lin Ze's talent, he was still the Demon God Emperor. Giving Lin Ze his personal ring was already an enormous gesture of approval.
After Feng Xiu's departure, Vashak turned toward Lin Ze with a visible sense of longing, and Sidi, standing nearby, became subtly more guarded.
She could feel how badly Vashak wanted to take Lin Ze under his wing.
Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Vashak looked at Lin Ze and spoke:
"Little one, though you feed on lust, remember that the Love Demon God is only the Eleventh Pillar Demon. Consider coming to study under me for a while. I am Vashak, the Star Demon God, ranked third among the Seventy-Two Pillars."
"My strength within the demon race is second only to His Majesty and the Moon Demon God Agares. If you become my disciple, I can promise that your spiritual power will reach 500,000 points within twenty years!"
"How about it? Will you think it over?"
As soon as those words left Vashak's mouth, Sidi's brows furrowed faintly.
Still, she couldn't argue with what he'd said. Vashak clearly had access to better resources than she did.
From a purely rational perspective, Lin Ze choosing the Star Demon God would be the wisest course.
So this time, Sidi didn't stop him. Even if she tried, with Lin Ze's natural-born talent, he could make his own decisions.
Besides… she herself had said such cruel things to him yesterday.
From the standpoint of a demon's self-interest, even she would have chosen Vashak.
Thinking this, Sidi felt a bitter sense of desolation.
But just as she was convinced Lin Ze would choose Vashak—
Lin Ze shook his head and declined.
"Star Demon God, I'm truly grateful for your kindness. But since I've already chosen my elder sister, I won't choose any other demon gods."
Hearing this, Vashak chuckled helplessly.
"All right. I respect your choice. If you ever run into something you can't solve, come find me. Here, take this. It's the Star Demon Palace pass token."
Lin Ze accepted the star-shaped token, then turned to Sidi and smiled.
"Sister, let's go back."
Sidi stared at Lin Ze blankly and nodded on instinct.
Through the teleportation array of the Star Demon Palace, Lin Ze and Sidi returned to the Love Demon Palace.
Watching Sidi walking ahead, Lin Ze asked carefully, "Sister, are we going to that Odin Town His Majesty mentioned?"
"No rush. Absorb the Crown of Inheritance first, then we'll go. For now, come with me back to the Love Demon Palace."
"Yes." Lin Ze nodded and said nothing more.
After a long silence, Sidi suddenly couldn't hold back her voice.
"Why didn't you choose the Star Demon God just now? You clearly know I only kept you by my side to use you…"
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