Chapter 56

The Destroyer Emissary has another name: the Lord of Ruin!

All Lords of Ruin, regardless of their style of action, share a single, pure ultimate goal: to drive the universe along the path of entropy increase until it finally falls into absolute extinction.

In other words.

All Lords of Ruin are enemies of civilization.

Including the Xianzhou, and including the IPC.

If Lin Qi became a Lord of Ruin, combined with the destructive power he displayed before being gazed upon by an Aeon, it would likely be yet another great calamity for the entire universe!

For a moment.

Diviner Fu Xuan felt somewhat dejected.

Because she realized she could do nothing, only watch silently.

……

On the other side.

Under the gaze of the Aeon of Destruction, Lin Qi entered a strange state.

Or rather, he entered a peculiar space.

Whether his eyes were open or closed.

Whether he looked up or looked down.

He could "see" a white-haired man whose body was wreathed in kindling fire, bearing wounds upon his flesh, and stained with golden divine blood.

This white-haired man wore a cold expression, gazing silently at Lin Qi with a pair of golden eyes.

He did not speak, only watched.

But the power of the Path of Destruction within Lin Qi's body surged rapidly.

It even made Lin Qi feel as though.

Even if his physical body had not undergone reinforcement, he could, through this vast power of the Path, grasp in his hand and play with any matter, meteorite, or even star within his sight!

Moreover, this power was unaffected by time or causality.

Even if the Time-Wrapping Scarf were used again to revert his body to ten years prior, this power would still remain!

Then, without much thought.

Lin Qi naturally understood the source of this power.

It was the power of the Path named "Destruction"!

And it far exceeded that of ordinary Pathstriders!

"Hmm?"

"Am I about to become a Lord of Ruin?"

At the very end of the power surge, this absurd idea flashed through Lin Qi's mind.

The key was that Nanook said nothing.

He was like a statue, gazing silently.

Or rather, He was originally a god.

And then.

There was neither speech nor divine oracle.

From beginning to end, He did only one thing: "watch" Lin Qi, and cause the destructive power within him to rise wildly.

It was as if Lin Qi had triggered some "program," causing the Aeon of Destruction to appear and grant a certain reward.

Very strange, yet it truly fit the setting of an Aeon.

Because except for a few Aeons, the vast majority of Aeons possess no "personality."

The Aeon of Destruction is one of them.

He is the incarnation of entropy, coming for nothing but destruction.

After doing all this, the form of Destruction, along with that invisible yet seemingly star-crushing pressure, vanished.

Had the power within his body not increased by an unknown number of times, and had his spaceship not currently turned into a pile of scrap iron.

Lin Qi might have thought he had experienced a dream illusion.

More importantly.

He could not figure out the current situation.

Destruction descended suddenly and departed quietly, leaving no hint behind.

"So..."

"Have I become a Lord of Ruin now?"

Carrying the doubts in his heart, Lin Qi tried to summon the destructive power within his body, aimed at a distant meteorite, and clenched his fist in the void.

Boom!

Without any warning.

That meteorite, weighing hundreds of millions of tons, instantly exploded into countless fragments under Lin Qi's destructive power, scattering in all directions.

This strike made Lin Qi unable to help but whistle in amazement.

It was not that this strike was particularly terrifying; in fact, Lin Qi possessed many weapons capable of achieving this destructive effect, and even larger ones could reach the level of destroying star systems.

But these means, to speak truly, actually relied on external objects, not on Lin Qi himself.

Lin Qi's own combat power entirely depends on the degree of his physical reinforcement.

And before this, it was clearly impossible for him to achieve this step relying solely on his own body.

The key is that this was merely a casual strike from Lin Qi.

He had not even used his full strength yet.

Suddenly, Lin Qi had the idea of testing.

He even wanted to strike the distant planet named "Arlia Six".

To see if he could blow up the planet.

However, Lin Qi quickly suppressed this thought.

At the same time.

He also understood one thing.

"No wonder the Destruction Aeon just left; He indeed had nothing to explain."

Because the surge of Destruction power makes those walking this Path unconsciously practice the Dao of Destruction.

Just now, Lin Qi had the thought of striking Arlia Six for no reason.

This was all the Destruction Path influencing him.

"So it is a double-edged sword."

"For other Destruction Emanators, the influence of Destruction is trivial; perhaps they and Destruction are mutually devoted."

"But for me, this influence is a bit... unacceptable, though fortunately I can suppress this impulse."

Lin Qi withdrew the power of the Destruction Path, having no further intention to use it.

The reason was simple.

He did not want to become a madman who only knows destruction.

Of course, he was still willing to accept this power; whether used for self-preservation at critical moments or to research "Emanators", it was a good choice.

But then again, now, in others' eyes, he might have already become a "Lord of Annihilation"; who would be so blind as to come looking for trouble?

It would likely be only him looking for trouble with others.

Regarding this.

Lin Qi did not intend to explain.

It could be said that after being watched by Nanook, the harassment Lin Qi would face afterward would decrease by at least ninety-nine percent.

Just kidding; who would dare to provoke the identity of a Destruction Emanator lightly?

That would be living without a care for life.

After figuring it out.

Lin Qi was in high spirits and looked again at his spaceship... wreckage.

"Hmm, one, no... half a spaceship, for the identity of an Emanator; this deal is a huge profit!"

"By the way, where is Xueyi?"

Lin Qi suddenly remembered that his puppet secretary was also on the spaceship at that time.

She was the existence closest to the Destruction Aeon besides himself.