"Hmph, for Xiao Qi's sake, I'll let it pass this time."
The God of Destruction did not erupt in anger.
Because of Tang San's words, he had heard an answer that surprised him.
What do you mean, 'I did not defeat Su Ming'? You, Tang San, personally intervened; could there be something you couldn't accomplish?
The God of Destruction raised an eyebrow, his interest thoroughly piqued.
Without the God Realm Core, but being the very incarnation of the God Realm's Destruction origin itself, he still possessed extremely high authority. Projecting his divine sense to the lower realm was still something he could do at the moment.
The biggest impact of not having the God Realm Core was the efficiency of his observation.
If he had the Core in hand, even if he couldn't observe every detail of the entire plane at a glance, he could still monitor the entire continent from a macro perspective and learn immediately whenever major events occurred.
Now, without the God Realm Core, the God of Destruction's search efficiency was extremely low. He could only search inch by inch, greatly weakening his observation of the continent.
After all, many dimensions separated the God Realm from the lower planes.
Of course, if he locked onto a target, he could certainly observe it in real-time.
"Xiao Qi..."
The God of Destruction acted quickly. The biggest event on the continent right now was the Soul Master Tournament, so he directly projected his divine sense to Star Luo City. Then, following Tang San's aura, he found Wang Dong, who was currently the incarnation of Tang Wutong.
"Hiding and concealing won't even let me see Xiao Qi?"
The God of Destruction snorted coldly but did not forcefully break through Tang San's concealment.
He curiously observed the ring, then his eyes bulged.
Why is there someone fighting the air?
Soul Master Tournament, Soul Master Tournament, of course they're fighting, but why is it one person fighting the air?
Why is there suddenly gathered faith power?
And what faith is this?
New?
Various thoughts flashed through the God of Destruction's mind.
"Huh?"
When he probed over with his divine sense, he sat up straight, tilted his head, with an expression of confusion and doubt.
What nonsense is this that won't even let me look?
He could sense that this wasn't Tang San's doing, but that someone else had isolated that area.
"Not a God from the God Realm. Such high-quality divine sense isolation, tsk..."
The God of Destruction attached his divine sense to the perspective of a nearby spectator, and only then did he see the scene on the ring.
"Su Ming..."
So this is the Su Ming Tang San mentioned?
Even with his status as a God King, to observe him, he needed to attach himself to someone nearby and use that person's vision to see him.
The God of Destruction felt an inexplicable urge to laugh.
Because, in all likelihood, Tang San was engaged in a battle of wits with this... air, right?
If he ever lost track and didn't realize it, his divine sense might just be spinning around aimlessly by itself...
The thought was hilarious.
Converging his wandering thoughts, the God of Destruction began seriously observing Su Ming on the ring.
"Not an outsider from beyond this realm, but a native of the Douluo Plane. His connection to this place's aura is even deeper than most. Could he be this era's Child of Fortune?"
"Faith... forging faith? This is a completely new faith. Did he pioneer a forging system?"
Up to this point in his observation, the God of Destruction was approving.
This Su Ming was quite remarkable.
If he could ascend to become the God of Forging, the God Realm would indeed be greatly different.
"Moreover, he can already sense and utilize faith power. Tang San actually did a good thing here."
Tang San's expression was ugly.
"Daring to touch my Sea God faith... he has courted death."
Just moments ago, while explaining to the God of Destruction, he felt someone meddling with his Sea God faith, and he decisively withdrew it.
"Only a sliver of divine power invaded, yet he managed to follow the trail and find the faith."
Tang San felt a sense of trepidation.
He must never give that remnant soul another opportunity in the future.
He knew that Su Ming's ability to trace his divine power back to his faith was definitely the work of that remnant soul.
"Such high affinity for faith! Without my Sea God faith, he actually stumbled upon his own forging faith by accident!"
As Su Ming used his forging faith to 'invite the god', Tang San's expression changed again.
He followed Wang Dong's line of sight towards another person in the preparation area and sensed the God of Destruction's aura.
"I'll have to be more careful from now on."
But the impact wasn't significant.
Tang San himself hadn't invested much energy in Su Ming because he truly couldn't see him clearly.
It wasn't just the God of Destruction who was 'blind'; in his eyes, the Sea God who controlled the God Realm Core, Su Ming, was also a transparent entity.
Although finding Su Ming's location was easy—dilute his divine sense to the extreme, then cover the entire Sun Moon Imperial Capital; wherever his divine sense was blocked, that's where Su Ming was—he didn't dare search like that now.
So, in all likelihood, he wouldn't have much further interaction with Su Ming.
Compared to Su Ming, his focus was on nurturing Huo Yuhao, transferring the fortune on Huo Yuhao onto the Tang Sect, and completing the binding of Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.
"So this is the feeling of 'inviting the god'?"
Su Ming could feel that he was now extremely powerful.
Although the 'god' he invited was himself, the feeling was completely different. It was a version of himself imprinted with divinity within the faith, unlike the divine nature achieved through the perfect unity of essence, energy, and spirit in the Trinity state; it was a divinity similar to Tang San's.
Because the God of Forging did not originally exist, this 'inviting the god' didn't provide any special enhancement.
However, the faith was scattered throughout Heaven and Earth. Su Ming could merge with that wisp of invited divinity, and thereby—
Borrow power from the world!
Yet another method of borrowing power from the world.
Even Electrolux marveled at whether Su Ming was the favored son of Heaven and Earth.
He had accidentally developed a special method to borrow power from the world, able to draw inexplicable Spirit Power into himself, the principle of which even Electrolux couldn't discern.
Later, the Domain of Chaos also derived the ability to borrow power from the world.
And now, here was another one.
Moreover, it was based on a different principle, a borrowing method that could be stacked. It had arrived.
Inviting God!
Threads of Spirit Power, like fine silk, began to emanate from Su Ming's body, merging with the surrounding space.
Heaven and Earth seemed to become a gas station, refilling his depleted Spirit Power in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, Su Ming even felt a sense of fullness, almost bloated.
His state was fully restored, and it wasn't just the Spirit Power of the Douluo 2 Su Ming being refilled; what was refilled was the Spirit Power under the Trinity state.
"'Inviting the God' to borrow power isn't a buff; it's an infinite energy source, at least for now..."
Su Ming smiled.
The biggest problem with the Trinity borrowing power was solved.
Previously, he could only use it as a burst method. Now it was different; it was a conventional means.
And a method that could be used normally could naturally be more widely applied to daily cultivation.
"You, kid, are quite the attractor. It seems a new God has been drawn to cast his gaze upon you," Electrolux's voice sounded in Su Ming's Sea of Consciousness.
"What?" Su Ming was greatly startled.
"Relax, this God is rather polite. He just realized you cannot be easily observed and didn't further infringe on your privacy."
Hearing this, Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
"Elder Yi, what's your impression of this new God?"
"A scent... of destruction."
Destruction, huh...
Su Ming felt reassured.
This was great news.
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