In a towering valley, the sound of waves crashing against the boulders echoed like rolling thunder, the roar never ceasing.
On a towering valley, Poseidon introduced to Qingmu and Ivysaur: "This place is one of the wonders of Poseidon Island, the Giant Wave Desolation! Due to the extremely harsh environment, no sea spirit beasts come here. This is also the venue for your third test."
After speaking, Poseidon slowly raised her hands, and nine spirit rings—eight black and one red—began to appear around her. A ring of azure light also emanated from her body.
As the blue light spread into the valley, the surging waves instantly calmed down.
Immediately afterwards, a thick gray pillar slowly rose from the sea.
"Lord Qingmu, for the next year, you will need to spend an average of twelve hours a day on this pillar in order to pass through."
Of course, with your current strength, this raging torrent can hardly cause you any harm. If you stay long enough, you can finish it ahead of schedule.
Listening to Poseidon's account, Qing Mu looked towards the raging torrent and was preparing to go down for the assessment when a sudden change occurred!
In the center of the raging torrent, a pale purple pool suddenly appeared, with wisps of grayish-white mist faintly emanating from its edge.
"Was it done by the God of Destruction?"
Qing Mu watched this scene, his eyes narrowing slightly. He sensed an aura of destruction emanating from the pool.
Furthermore, considering the previous requirements of the God of Destruction's test, it seems that the other party was prepared to begin the divine test.
Sure enough, a lot of information quickly appeared in his mind.
The pool that suddenly appeared was called the Pool of Destruction. The liquid inside possessed destructive power, and all he needed to do was soak in it.
The pool water will gradually change Qingmu's body, allowing him to adapt to the power of destruction.
"Since that's the case, let's go to a bar."
Qing Mu shrugged indifferently. This Pool of Destruction was in the midst of the raging torrents, so it shouldn't affect the Sea God's assessment.
Even if it has an impact, it doesn't matter. Ivysaur can just complete its test.
Thinking this, Qingmu took a step forward and arrived at the Pool of Destruction.
"etc!"
Suddenly, Qing Mu stopped in her tracks, took out her storage soul tool, placed it on the valley floor, nodded in satisfaction, and walked into the Pool of Destruction.
In an instant, Qing Mu felt an extreme pain, which surpassed all the pain he had suffered before, and his face immediately became somewhat ferocious.
Clearly, even for Qing Mu now, facing the aura of destruction without any preparation would be extremely difficult.
Fortunately, Qing Mu's level was high enough, his physical body was strong enough, and his mental power was almost at the god level, so he could still endure this pain.
"But this Pool of Destruction is truly domineering. The raging seawater outside can't get in at all, let alone be used for tempering."
After experiencing the outside environment, Qingmu said with some surprise.
This discovery dashed his hopes of simultaneously completing the trials of both the Sea God and the God of Destruction.
"But it doesn't matter."
Immediately, Qingmu looked at Ivysaur, and Ivysaur above the valley seemed to understand something, jumping directly onto the gray pillar.
Then, a large number of waves rushed towards Ivysaur, but Ivysaur easily resisted them, and the third trial of the sea god finally began.
In the following time, Qingmu continuously underwent tempering by the Pool of Destruction, and her body's affinity for the power of destruction gradually increased.
Meanwhile, Ivysaur was undergoing tidal training while occasionally challenging Poseidon on the high seas.
The purpose of doing this was naturally to gain experience. Although Qing Mu had accepted the divine tests of the God of Destruction and the God of the Sea, it did not mean that Qing Mu was not wary of these two gods.
Poseidon is alright; in the original story, he's just a goofy guy who yearns for freedom, so he's not that much of a threat.
However, the God of Destruction is a dangerous character in the original work. The idea of being destroyed has a serious influence on him. Even if the Goddess of Life is involved, given his personality, he shouldn't give up his divine position so easily.
Whatever the God of Destruction is thinking, he must possess even greater power to deal with him.
"Break it!!!"
A week later, Qing Mu suddenly opened his eyes, which emitted a rich blue light. Then, Qing Mu's spiritual sea seemed to break through a certain limit, growing wildly and becoming even more intense in color.
"My mental strength has finally reached the true god level. For a long time to come, there will be no obstacles to the growth of my mental strength."
Qing Mu smiled.
Leveling up was easy for him, but enhancing his mental strength, especially leapfrog improvements, was somewhat difficult.
Under normal circumstances, he might only be able to break through when his level reaches the god level.
Fortunately, under the pressure of the Pool of Destruction, Qing Mu's spiritual power finally crossed that threshold, completing the transformation from being infinitely close to god-level to truly god-level.
Upon breaking through to the God level, Qing Mu felt as if he had no more limitations. His spiritual power began to increase at an almost insane speed, multiplying several times in the blink of an eye.
Even the Pool of Destruction that had previously caused Qing Mu some hardship was no longer a problem.
"Continue tempering. This pool of destruction not only increases my affinity for the power of destruction, but also has an extremely strong effect on training my mental strength."
Then, Qingmu closed her eyes again.
Time flies, and a year and a half has passed in the blink of an eye.
In the past year and a half, not only has Ivysaur passed all eight trials of the Sea God and its affinity with the Sea God exceeded 100%, but even Qingmu's parents, Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, Ye Haitang and others have passed the first trial, the Light of the Sea God, and are now trying the second trial.
Meanwhile, Qingmu's assessment is also nearing its end.
At this moment, the purple water of the Pool of Destruction had become so deep that it was almost dark, and the surrounding grayish-white aura had become so dense that it seemed almost tangible.
A few days later, Qing Mu said with a somewhat grim expression, "Is it still not over? How much longer will this God of Destruction test us?"
This is no longer just a destructive aura; he felt that this destructive aura could undergo some kind of transformation at any moment, at which point even he, in his current state, might not be able to withstand it.
He was certain that this was not the difficulty of a divine test. Given the current environment inside the Pool of Destruction, even some second-level gods in the God Realm might not be able to withstand it. Who would subject someone who had not yet become a god to such a test?
Even if he's strong, he shouldn't do this, right?
Just then, the aura of destruction seemed to cross a certain critical point and began to liquefy.
"not good!"
Qing Mu's expression changed. He could sense a deadly threat from the condensed liquid. Could it be that the God of Destruction really wanted to kill him by allowing such a thing to appear?
However, the moment Qing Mu was about to run away, the Tai Crystal Bead, Mega Stone, Max Bracer, and Z Crystal within Qing Mu's body began to resonate wildly, emitting dazzling light.