Chapter 132: The Purpose of Martial Emperor

  "It seems you've also thought of that!" The Sea Emperor said calmly: "I called you here to bestow the Divine Rank upon you, precisely because you don't have any magical fluctuations in your body. If one's body has both internal energy and magic, it will be suppressed by the Divine Rank and disappear. Sword Saints and Mages below the Saint level or Half-God level cannot withstand this process and will die instantly. As for Saints and Half-Gods, their bodies contain divine light, which you've also seen. The Divine Rank will also force out the divine light, and once a Saint or Half-God loses all their divine light, they will instantly lose their vitality and die. Under the heavens, those who can touch the Divine Rank and have the opportunity to merge with it are only the Divine Spirits... and you bunch of naturally born trash."

  Li Xie narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid that as a useless person like me, touching the divine is not necessarily safe!"

  Li Xie didn't believe it. He thought he was the only person in the world without magic and aura fluctuations, a useless waste of space. Moreover, he didn't think Hai Huang had ever caught anyone to experiment on before!

  "It's indeed safe and sound! However..." The Sea Emperor chuckled: "Once fusion is required, there's no exception, all will go mad!"

  Wow!

  Crazy!

  Li's heart skipped a beat, and he coldly said: "You're telling me all this because you want to force me to merge with the divine?"

  Li Xie yearned for divinity, yearning for the blood within, but now he couldn't avoid it, who knew if he would also go mad?

  Li Xie was even more worried that Hai Huang would force him to merge with his divine soul, he didn't want to go crazy!

  But now it seems that Hai Huang is forcing him to do so. Is it possible that what Hai Huang said, Wu Huang saved Li Xie's life, because Wu Huang made Hai Huang change his mind?

  "Haha, how could I possibly force you? Anyone who comes here to touch or try to merge with the divine aura, I have never forced them, except for the first person who touched and merged with the divine aura. For others, I will also explain the possible dangers."

  "Why?"

  "What if they become gods?"

  "Indeed..." The fusion of the two into a deity seemed to be too much for Hai Huang, this demigod, but Li Xie was puzzled: "What's in it for you?"

  "Haha, you seem to dislike thinking, and yet you still ask such a simple question? I, too, want to become a god!"

  Li Xie's face turned red as Hai Huang said that. He wasn't unwilling to think, but he thought too much, so much so that he overlooked Hai Huang's simple and direct goal.

  "So that's what you mean, Your Majesty. You want me to merge with the divine? What if I refuse?" Li Xie didn't want to go crazy.

  Hai Huang smiled: "If you refuse, I won't make it difficult for you. You can leave the Hai Huang Palace at any time, and in this Treasure Pavilion, except for the Divine Ranks, you can choose one thing as a gift from me."

  Wow!

  Is there anything cheaper than this in the world?

  Li Ye didn't quite dare to believe it!

  "But...," Hai Huang continued, "you should consider it! Do you still remember when we first met and your head hurt a bit? That was me testing the strength of your spirit! In the past, those who came to test their spiritual strength were all people without magical powers or martial arts skills, with extremely weak spiritual power. Perhaps that's why they couldn't withstand the divine might of the merged spirits and went crazy due to mental collapse. But you're different, your spirit is extremely strong, perhaps... you can merge with the divine spirit and become a god! Moreover, Wu Huang may also think so!"

  "What did Your Majesty mean by saying that Wu Huang saved my life earlier?" Li Xie had to sort out his thoughts, the more Hai Huang spoke, the more confused he became! First, it was said that Wu Huang saved his life, then it was said that Wu Huang disagreed with him merging his divine aura, and now it's being said that Wu Huang thinks he can successfully merge his divine aura, Li Xie was completely bewildered.

  The Sea Emperor smiled and said, "You already know that touching the Divine Rank may drive one mad. So when the Martial Emperor sent this Divine Rank to you upon your arrival, wasn't he telling me that he also possesses a Divine Rank? And since he knew you were coming to the Sea Emperor's palace, his purpose in sending the Divine Rank was to inform me that he wouldn't use you as an experiment, and I'd best not do so either. I haven't been able to completely ignore the Martial Emperor's intentions, and he naturally doesn't agree with you fusing with the Divine Rank. In a roundabout way, isn't that saving your life?"

  "So why are you saying now that Wu Huang thinks I can successfully merge?"

  "Didn't you say you had nothing to do with Wu Huang? If that's the case, why would Wu Huang personally deliver a divine spark from afar to save you? His intention is to tell me that you are likely to successfully merge. The divine spark he delivered is for me, and when you merge into a god, you will need this divine spark to help me become a god. Moreover, Wu Huang is also telling me that he has more than one divine spark in his possession. If you help me become a god, then either I or you will have to help Wu Huang become a god as well."

  So that's how it is!

  Alas, why don't you just speak clearly?

  Li Xie smiled and said: "If I successfully merge, won't my strength instantly surpass that of Emperor Hai?"

  The Sea Emperor nodded: "Divine spirits are naturally more powerful than demigods, even if they have just merged with the divine spirit."

  "So, you're certain that once I become a god, I'll help you become one too?"

  Hai Huang smiled and said: "You should know about the Void Era, right?"

  Li Xie nodded, the Divine Mercenary Group had told him that the Void Era was a period of history between the ancient era and the Dark Era of contention among the gods, and how long it lasted was unknown.

  Hai Huang continued: "The reason for the Void Period is that the ancient strongmen wanted to overthrow the gods' rule, and once you and I become gods, we will be the ancient strongmen. What do you think the current gods will be like? Becoming a god is not being a god! You helping me become a god is also helping yourself, just as Wu Huang determined that if I become a god, I will necessarily help him too."

  These, Li Xie understood! Achieving divinity is not the strongest, there are still innate divine spirits above! Divine spirits usually don't care about mortals, but once someone becomes a god, to the divine spirits, the newly promoted god is an invader, so the possibility of being destroyed is very high.

  And because of the actions of the ancient strong ones, the gods may not allow mortals to cultivate into gods again. Is this the reason why the current strong ones can only reach half-god and cannot become a god?

  "So..." Li Xie thought for a moment and said, "Since we're becoming gods, we might attract the attention of divine beings who want to kill us. Why become gods if it's just going to lead to our own deaths?"

  The Sea Emperor sighed: "Even the life of a demigod is not eternal, let alone humans who always have to pursue something. As for seeking death... after the war of the gods, the gods either fell or slept, it was the best opportunity for mortals to become gods, but this opportunity is disappearing! It must be seized! Now, should you make a decision? Try, or not try?"

  Try? Or not try?

  For those who have no magic and fluctuations in their aura, this might be a difficult problem.

  Try it, and you might become a legendary figure! Don't try it, and you'll continue to be mediocre and even looked down upon by others!

  But for Li Xie, this is simply not a problem worth considering.

  If successful, it's indeed possible to become a god, but what does becoming a god even mean? It's just an instant boost in power and status! But if not successful? You'll go crazy! There's no difference from being dead!

  Li Xie was a duke, a great lord, and his status continued to rise. Why did he need to take risks to pursue temporary gains? Moreover, Li Xie was a vampire who firmly believed that once he reached the golden-eyed vampire stage, his strength would not be inferior to that of a demigod. And if he practiced the techniques in the "Vampire's Handbook", he could advance to become a red-eyed or even purple-eyed vampire, which might not be weaker than a divine spirit. So why bother taking risks?

  This actually doesn't need to be considered at all.

  "No way!" Li Xie's refusal was firm and resolute.

  "In that case, you can choose one treasure here. If you want to leave the Sea Emperor's Palace, just walk to the end of the corridor." The Sea Emperor's voice did not reveal any disappointment or reluctance, and he really intended to give Li Xie a treasure.

  This made Li Ye extremely surprised!

  Is it that easy to get a treasure? Will the Sea Emperor go back on his word? Or, without forcing now, but secretly plotting, forcing Li Xie to come and try his luck?

  "If you change your mind, you can come to Hai Huang Palace at any time. However, what was said today, you are not allowed to say it out." Hai Huang gave a few calm instructions and looked at the godly aura on the stone wall, motionless, like a sculpture.

  Li Xie nodded, and at the same time thought to himself that he was worried about Hai Huang playing dirty tricks for nothing! As Hai Huang said, testing one's divine nature is not something that can be forced. Otherwise, if the person being tested becomes a god, Hai Huang would not only fail to gain their gratitude but also incur the enmity of a newly ascended deity, which would be a losing proposition.

  Once he understood this point, Li Xie's small worry was instantly replaced by wild joy.

  The collection of Hai Huang, these treasures here are probably not ordinary!

  Although it's not possible to get many, getting just one of them would be enough to make someone rich. However, how to sell it is a problem. The Sea Emperor's things, who dares to accept? Who can afford it? Moreover, taking the thing given by the Sea Emperor and selling it is in itself disrespect to the Sea Emperor, if this were to provoke the Sea Emperor's displeasure, it would be somewhat not worth it.

  Therefore, when choosing a treasure, Li Xie often starts from a practical perspective.

  "My goodness! Twelve-tiered magic crystal!" Li Xie couldn't help but exclaim, hastily looking towards Hai Huang, seeing that Hai Huang didn't move at all, thus avoiding the awkwardness of being looked down upon by Hai Huang as a country bumpkin.

  On the stone wall of this Treasure Pavilion, each recess not only displayed treasures but also had a stone inscription next to it. It was only then that Li Ye realized that the fist-sized, seven-colored polyhedral water droplet-shaped crystal he was looking at was actually a Twelve-Stage Magic Crystal!

  But the value of this demon crystal lies not only in its being a twelve-level demon crystal, it is the demon crystal of the three-headed sea snake, gathering wind, water and fire attributes. This is where its true value lies. Because its applicable range is wider, especially for saint-level natural system magicians, who usually practice multiple attribute magic, single-attribute demon crystal-made wands can only have amplification effects on single-attribute magic, greatly limiting the magician's strength. And multi-attribute demon crystals are extremely rare, it can be said that if this three-attribute demon crystal were to appear in the world, it would inevitably trigger a frenzy among top-level magicians. Unfortunately, this is an engraved demon crystal, and its blood energy has been depleted. For Li Xie, this demon crystal can either be exchanged for gold coins or only made into a wand to give away.

  However, Li Xie also realized that he had underestimated Hai Huang's collection. The magic crystal was a divine multi-attribute magic crystal, so what about the other treasures?

  Maybe there is an equipment that suits Li Xie and greatly enhances his strength!