Douluo Continent: The Underworld Emperor Halosa Lets Three Fly

It retains its rustic gray-black tone, but the blade has become more profound and restrained, as if it can absorb all the surrounding light into itself.

The blade no longer gleamed with a simple, sharp light, but instead flowed with a layer of deep, dark light, like ripples on water. Upon closer inspection, countless tiny vortexes seemed to be slowly rotating within that dark light, emanating a chilling, devouring power.

An indescribable, vast pressure, surpassing even the level of a semi-divine artifact, slowly spread out, like an ancient beast awakening from its slumber! That was the true power of a divine artifact!

Harosa reached out and grasped the new Underworld Aria.

The sword trembled slightly, emitting a joyful low hum, as if in sync with its master's will. A powerful sense of energy, imbued with both "rebirth" and "devouring" characteristics, instantly surged throughout Harosa's body.

With a casual wave of his hand, he didn't use any divine power, relying solely on the sword's inherent devouring properties. A hard skeleton the size of a millstone, not far ahead, vanished silently, as if it had never existed, leaving not even a speck of dust! It was as if it had been instantly swallowed up by an invisible, gigantic maw!

Success! The Underworld Chant has finally completed its final transformation, becoming a true divine artifact imbued with the power of devouring!

Yuan Feng watched this scene, trembling with excitement. The immense sense of accomplishment nearly made him faint, but his eyes shone with ecstatic joy. He had done it! Under Mr. Ha's protection and guidance, he had helped create a true divine artifact!

Harossa felt the new power of the artifact in his hand, a satisfied smile curving his lips. With this devouring property, he would be much more confident in facing the Abyss Saint King's abyssal plane brimming with life energy.

After his initial excitement, Yuan Feng quickly forced himself to calm down. He carefully sensed the Netherworld Aria in Harosa's hand, which emanated the pressure of a divine artifact and a profound devouring power, and his brows furrowed slightly.

"Mr. Ha," Yuan Feng said with a hint of solemnity, "Although this Netherworld Chant has become a divine artifact, I'm afraid you'll still need to use your soul power, divine sense, and especially your 'Rebirth' source power to nurture and refine it over a long period of time."

"Oh? Why is that?" Harosa turned to him, her gaze questioning.

Yuan Feng's heart tightened when Harossa looked at him, and he quickly explained, "The devouring properties of the Sea of ​​Destruction are too domineering, and the Underworld Chant itself is a mature semi-divine artifact. During the process of fusion and advancement, because the seawater itself is extremely difficult to tame, and my forging ability and strength are ultimately limited... the two have not achieved a perfect and complete fusion."

He thought for a moment, then used an analogy that a blacksmith could more easily understand: "It's like the 'clad steel' technique in traditional sword forging. The outer layer is tough steel, and the inner core is hard steel. Ideally, under high-temperature forging, the two layers of steel would perfectly fuse together. But this time... it's more like the two layers of steel are barely stuck together, with some tiny 'gaps' and 'barriers' deep inside, failing to truly blend seamlessly. If left unattended, these 'gaps' could become weaknesses when the power of the divine weapon erupts violently, even causing unpredictable problems."

Harosa listened without showing any blame on his face; instead, he nodded. He hadn't held out much hope to begin with, knowing all too well how troublesome the nature of the Seawater Destruction Technique was.

Yuan Feng's ability to successfully integrate its characteristics into the Underworld Chant, helping it advance to the level of a divine artifact, was already an unexpected bonus. In his view, the subsequent "adjustment" issues were completely acceptable.

"If your strength isn't enough, then raise it a bit." Harosa said calmly, as if he were talking about a trivial matter. He walked up to Yuan Feng. "Show me your martial spirit."

Yuan Feng dared not be negligent and immediately released his martial spirit. A phantom of a giant hammer, entirely black, with a heavy shape and exuding a strong aura of death, appeared behind him—the Xuan Tie Divine Hammer.

Harosa, sensing the familiar aura of death within the hammer's shadow, nodded: "Thirty years ago, I visited you. Seeing your talent was considerable and your connection to your father, I left a trace of pure death essence within you to aid your cultivation. That trace of essence was enough to support your cultivation to the level of a ninety-eighth-level Super Douluo."

He paused, looking at Yuan Feng: "It seems that level 98 isn't quite enough for your future path. Since you've made such a great contribution to me, I'll give you this opportunity ahead of time."

Yuan Feng thought to himself, "Are you sure that's how it is? I was just young, not stupid."

Before he finished speaking, Harosa extended his index finger, and a wisp of extremely pure gray-white energy containing the meaning of the flow of "death" and "life"—the Origin of Rebirth—emerged like a serpent and instantly disappeared into Yuan Feng's brow!

"Ugh!" Yuan Feng shuddered violently! An indescribable power, far more vast and profound than that trace of death essence from back then, surged into his limbs and bones!

This power was not a simple infusion of energy; it was more like a "seed" at the level of rules, which instantly resonated with his own soul power, martial soul, and even the origin of his soul!

He clearly felt that the bottleneck that had kept him stuck at the peak of level 98 suddenly loosened! The path to becoming a level 99 Limit Douluo instantly became crystal clear! More importantly, he felt as if his martial soul, "Mysterious Iron Divine Hammer," had been infused with a new soul.

"This...this is..." Yuan Feng trembled with excitement, feeling the earth-shattering changes within his body, and looked at Harosa with eyes full of unbelievable gratitude.

"This is a seed of the origin of 'Rebirth'." Harosa withdrew his finger, his tone still calm. "Consider it carefully; it will greatly benefit your control over the power of Rebirth and the way of forging. If you encounter any difficulties in forging or cultivation in the future, you can seek advice from that Elex. He has a unique understanding of the rules."

"Thank you, Mr. Xie, for your life-saving grace! Yuan Feng..." Yuan Feng was so excited that he was about to kneel down and kowtow in gratitude.

Harosa waved his hand, and an invisible force supported him: "Alright, enough with the empty talk. Really improve your strength and become a true master craftsman capable of forging divine artifacts for the divine realm. That's a hundred times better than saying thank you ten thousand times."

"Yes! Yuanfeng understands! I will live up to Mr. Ha's expectations!" Yuanfeng straightened his back, his eyes filled with unprecedented determination and motivation.

"Go ahead," Harosa waved.

Yuan Feng bowed respectfully, clutched his forging hammer, and left the area with light steps. He couldn't wait to find a place to properly process this sudden and immense opportunity.

After Yuan Feng left, only Harosa and Yali, who was suspended in mid-air by the power, remained in this area. Harosa's gaze returned to the black seawater lake covered with grayish-white bone powder, and his eyes became profound.

He walked slowly to the lakeside, and the bone powder covering the central area silently slid away again, revealing the deep, lifeless black water surface that exuded a terrifying, devouring aura.

Harosa gazed at the waters of the Sea of ​​Destruction, lost in thought. The difficulty Yuan Feng had shown when he attempted to fuse with its properties, and the metaphor of "unmelted steel within a mortar," had given him a deeper understanding of the true nature of this seawater.

Its "devouring" is not just a plundering of energy, but more like a "return to nothingness" characteristic that touches the origin of the rules, forcibly pulling all things toward the end of nothingness.

Anything created from the legacy of the God of Destruction and the God of Life is certainly not simple.

(P.S.: As for why the story of the God of Life is called the Sea of ​​Destruction, ask the author, Tang Jia San Shao. This is the title used from the original work.)