"Boom!"
A torrential downpour swept through the city of the East Sea, raging thunder rumbled in the air, and boundless black clouds seemed like a thousand horses threatening to crush the vast sky.
"Old Tang! If I drink this, will I really become stronger?"
Tang Wulin looked at the now-calm mixed potion in the cup before him and asked uncertainly.
The purple liquid in the cup was still bubbling, reminding him of the evil witch's poison that Brother Xuan had told him about when he was a child.
"As long as you can endure it, there will naturally be no problem. Extreme pain will also bring you a huge boost in strength, at least ensuring you don't fall behind your peers."
A gentle male voice echoed in Tang Wulin's mind.
"Then can I be stronger than Brother Xuan?"
Tang Wulin's eyes revealed a hint of expectation.
Old Tang: ...
"You shouldn't be weaker than him."
Old Tang estimated the strength of the first layer of the seal and then spoke.
Tang Wulin blinked his large eyes, his initial unwavering confidence wavering slightly.
This seemed unreliable!
"I hope it works!"
Thinking of his departed parents, Tang Wulin gritted his teeth and finally drank the purple potion in one gulp. He didn't have Lin Xuan's talent; he could only choose to take a gamble.
The instant the potion went down, a surge of intense heat erupted from his body, followed by extreme cold. The alternating hot and cold, and immense pain overwhelmed Tang Wulin.
Unbeknownst to Tang Wulin, a golden trident mark lit up on his forehead, and then a phantom male figure appeared in the room.
"Hold on, Wulin. Dad will come back soon."
Tang San looked at Tang Wulin, who was in extreme pain, his gaze gentle, his solemn face bearing a hint of determination.
"Boom!"
A thunderbolt flashed across the sky.
"Is this guy an anomaly? Or has something happened to Father?"
Tang San walked to the windowsill, his gaze silently fixed on the direction of Donghai Academy, where a silver sword light soared into the sky.
Since awakening within Tang Wulin's body, he had observed those around Tang Wulin to some extent.
Only Lin Xuan was outside his plans; originally, the protagonist of this era should have been the Silver Dragon King.
In this era of dwindling soul beasts, the ecosystem of Douluo Star was on the verge of collapse.
Naturally, the destiny was returning to the soul beast race, which was one of the reasons why the Silver Dragon King had awakened in this era.
Under his arrangement, his father, Tang Hao, and mother, Ah Yin, had essentially merged into the plane's origin of Douluo Star.
He had even forcibly suppressed the destiny of the chosen one to a human from two hundred years ago, artificially delaying it for two hundred years, all to cooperate with his ten-thousand-year plan.
According to his arrangement, Tang Wulin, with the bloodline of the Golden Dragon King, should have taken half of the Silver Dragon King's destiny and then suppressed the soul beasts again.
Soul beasts cannot become gods; this was a promise made by their ancestor, the Dragon God, and Tang San himself was acting on the Dragon God's orders.
As for Tang Wulin's ability to become a true god through this, that was destiny! Tang San was the most obedient to destiny.
But now, this first step had encountered a problem.
Every time he tried to deduce Lin Xuan's abilities, he was always interfered with by a layer of mist, much like the legendary anomalies.
But it didn't matter; it was just a minor anomaly!
Tang San smiled confidently, as if he had everything under control. The timing, location, and people were all in the hands of the Tang family; they couldn't possibly lose!
East Sea Academy, back mountain.
Under a large banyan tree, Lin Xuan looked at the howling typhoon and torrential rain outside and couldn't help but mutter,
"Who has broken the heavenly law? It's so terrifying."
"Boom!!!"
A bolt of lightning exploded in the sky, white lightning illuminating the entire black sky.
"Won't I get struck by lightning here under a tree?"
Lin Xuan shivered.
Everyone knows you shouldn't hide under a tree on a rainy day; if the rain hadn't come so suddenly, he wouldn't be here.
"Pat! Pat pat!"
Raindrops pounded against the leaves, creating a series of pattering sounds. The violent typhoon was like a demon in the rain, wantonly ravaging the world beneath the curtain of rain.
Not far away, countless blades of grass were bent to the ground by the raging wind, yet they remained unbroken. As soon as the storm passed, they immediately sprang back to life, standing tall in the downpour.
"A strong wind reveals the strength of the grass, a raging fire refines true gold!"
Lin Xuan murmured.
He couldn't help but think of a proverb from his past life. Although the grass wasn't as upright as a tree, it possessed a unique resilience.
The downpour didn't break its leaves, the fierce wind didn't bend its back!
Lin Xuan gazed at the undulating waves of grass, a sudden glint of light flashing in his eyes.
How could this ordinary blade of grass, with its frail body, cleave down stars? Was it merely its sharp edge?
No! More important was its will to live in the face of death, its unparalleled spirit to wield its sword and strike down stars even as all life perishes and the Great Dao crumbles.
Lin Xuan leaped down from the tree, sword in hand, into the rain, letting the raindrops pelt his body, focusing intently on wielding his longsword.
He finally understood what was missing from his Grass-Character Sword Technique. It lacked a will, a soul that could unite the many scattered sword moves.
Lin Xuan swung his longsword slowly, but whenever the fierce wind and rain reached within three meters of him, they were blocked by an invisible sword aura.
In the downpour, Lin Xuan swung his longsword again and again, perfecting the Grass-Character Sword Technique.
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Xuan's longsword, like a dragon emerging from the sea, instantly unleashed nine white sword energies.
Nine white sword energies swirled around Lin Xuan, like nine loyal soldiers guarding his side.
"Go!"
Lin Xuan looked at the rolling rocks in the distance, pointed his longsword, and the nine sword energies shot towards him like streaks of lightning.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
The nine sword energies struck the rocks one by one, producing a series of booming sounds.
With each strike, the massive three-to-four-meter-tall rock cracked slightly. When the ninth sword energy struck, a cracking sound was heard, and the boulder split in two, falling to either side.
After shattering the boulder, the dissipated sword energies reformed and flew back towards Lin Xuan. The nine white sword energies, like a white divine ring, hovered silently behind him.
"Grass Sword Technique!"
Lin Xuan uttered a low shout, and the nine sword energies behind him merged together, becoming one, transforming into a white light that entered his longsword.
A surge of sword energy flowed through the sword. Lin Xuan swung his sword towards the sky, a silver sword beam shooting straight into the heavens, extinguishing all the wind and rain in its path. The sword energy lingered in the air for a long time.
The rain around Lin Xuan suddenly stopped, but the raging storm continued in the distance. Within a few steps, it was as if a different world had emerged.
This sword strike had actually carved out a vacuum in the dense rain.
A few minutes later, the remaining sword energy in mid-air slowly dissipated, and the dense raindrops began to fall again.
A new line quietly appeared on Lin Xuan's system panel.
[Grass Character Sword Technique Level 2: (50/800)]
This Grass Character Sword Technique was originally his own creation, and with the sudden enlightenment he had just experienced, he had directly reached the second level.
"It's done!"
Lin Xuan laughed loudly, letting the rain fall on him.
Although his crude Grass Character Sword Technique was currently not even comparable to a hair of the original,he believed that through continuous improvement, one day the Grass Character Sword Technique would resound throughout the continent.
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