Lin Yu held a sphere in his hand, hovering in the air, looking down at the multitude below.
He spoke softly, "Surrenderers! You shall not be killed!"
As soon as his voice fell, the billions of beings on the Divine Eye race side put down their weapons.
The clattering sound of weapons hitting the ground was incessant, and the beings on the human race side cheered excitedly.
"Lin Yu!"
"Lin Yu!"
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
Shouts echoed in their ears. Lin Yu looked down at the beings below, smiled, and gave them a warm smile before leaving using the Sparrow Step.
At this moment.
Lin Yu appeared beside the Sword God.
The Sword God looked at him with a gratified expression, his gaze like that of an old father, which made Lin Yu a little unaccustomed.
The Sword God praised, "Your combined clone has already surpassed the realm of demigods. Perhaps when you become a demigod, you will be able to rival deities."
The Sword God held admiration for Lin Yu in his heart, as well as a sense of melancholy for himself. He was still too far from the realm of deities, perhaps needing hundreds or even thousands of years to break through that realm, yet Lin Yu had already taken one step into it.
Lin Yu shook his head, "My combined clone may touch the power of deities, but my main body is still far from it."
Although as long as he didn't die, he could become a deity someday with the help of the system's power, it would take a very long time.
If the Sword God knew that his definition of "very long time" was a mere few years, he would surely fall into madness.
The Sword God chuckled, "You are only eighteen years old, and your achievements are the greatest I have ever seen in my life. Let's go, we'll go see the members of the Inner Cabinet."
Lin Yu nodded and followed the Sword God.
Their speed was extremely fast, and in a few blinks, they had arrived before the members of the Inner Cabinet.
Seeing the figures of Lin Yu and the Sword God, everyone rejoiced and greeted them with smiles.
The Charioteer deliberately performed a grand bow, calling out, "Junior greets the demigod Lin Yu!"
As soon as his voice fell, Fuyaozi and others quickly nudged his shoulder, signaling him to be careful. If he called himself a junior, wouldn't they automatically lower their generation?
The Elder coughed a few times to remind him, and Yan Jun frantically winked at him.
He grinned, seemingly enjoying everyone's anxiety.
Finally, the Sword God broke the tension, "Alright, alright, you kid, stop fooling around. If you call Lin Yu a senior, wouldn't that mean you have to call me grandpa? Charioteer, call me grandpa, let me hear it."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then reacted.
The Sword God was Lin Yu's dean. Nominally, they were in a teacher-student relationship. Although Lin Yu called the Sword God senior, he also occasionally called him teacher. The Sword God didn't care about the change in address, but if one were to scrutinize it, by lowering their own status, they were elevating the Sword God's status.
Chi Yu burst into laughter, "Charioteer, why aren't you calling him grandpa yet!"
The others also reacted and started to tease. The Charioteer didn't get angry, he scratched the back of his head and grinned, "I was just joking, look how intensely you all reacted, ptooey!"
"Oh dear, you dare to spit anywhere? I'll teach you a lesson today." Chi Yu said, rolling up his sleeves.
The Elder watched it all with a smile. He neither joined in the teasing nor stopped them, just watched them fool around. This scene was too familiar, something he hadn't seen in hundreds of years.
It reminded him of the early days of the Great Cataclysm. The Charioteer had always been everyone's joy bringer, cracking jokes every day to make everyone laugh and relax their tensed nerves.
After they established the human race in the Forest of Ten Thousand Races, everyone began to focus on their own careers, and they rarely teased each other like this anymore.
Thinking of the past, he felt a surge of emotion.
The Charioteer shook his head, "Be civilized, be civilized, you hear? Don't fight at the drop of a hat, it's impolite!"
"You..." Chi Yu said indignantly.
Fuyaozi came out to smooth things over, laughing, "Alright, alright, you've been intimidated by the demigods of the Divine Eye race for so long, aren't you tired? Let's finish this quickly and go home to sleep."
Everyone nodded in agreement. The mental pressure exerted by the demigod had left them feeling somewhat weak.
The Divine Monk said sternly, "Mencius said: 'When Heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on any man...'"
"Wrong, wrong, it's not 'any man' but 'such a person'!" someone interjected.
"You're the one who's wrong, it's clearly 'any man'!"
"No, no..."
And so they began to argue over the difference of a single character. Lin Yu and the Sword God exchanged glances, seeing the speechless expressions in each other's eyes.
They never expected that the usually solemn high-ranking officials of the human race would have such a cute side.
Lin Yu couldn't help but chuckle.
The Sword God walked to the Elder's side and said, "Forget about the past!"
The Elder was taken aback for a moment, then sighed, "I wronged you!"
Lin Yu stood hovering in the distance and, upon hearing the conversation between the Sword God and the Elder, was slightly taken aback.
There was something fishy going on between those two. His gossipy fire ignited, and he perked up his ears to listen.
The Sword God said wistfully, "After all these years, I've long since understood that your strength at the time couldn't save her."
The Elder was about to say something more, but the Sword God smiled, "The past is like smoke, let it be buried deep in your heart. You are not to blame for her death, and you turned gray-haired in that battle."
The Elder sighed. In that battle, he had consumed a large amount of his lifespan to defend the border, but as a result, his hair turned white, and he looked like an old man. Otherwise, he would have looked like a young man.
He couldn't help but recall the past. The border was in urgent need of defense, and the Sword God's lover went to support. He consumed his lifespan, repelling wave after wave of attacks, but it was ultimately useless. At this moment, the Sword God's lover used a mutually destructive tactic to eliminate the invading alien race.
After this battle, the Sword God was heartbroken and moved his academy to Gui Xu, withdrawing from worldly affairs. Everyone knew his pain and hatred but didn't know how to comfort him.
Alas!
The Sword God pointed at Lin Yu. Lin Yu, thinking he had been discovered eavesdropping, quickly turned his head away.
"Lin Yu will be the hope of our human race," the Sword God said with a smile.
The Elder nodded, "His talent is the greatest I have ever seen in my life. It would not be an exaggeration to call him a reincarnation of a deity."
The Sword God nodded in agreement, as Lin Yu's talent was indeed monstrously strong.
"I hope he becomes a demigod as soon as possible," the Sword God said.
The Elder was surprised, "He isn't a demigod yet?"
"Yes, he went to a world with me. His cultivation didn't break through, but his talent did." He said with emotion.
The Elder was stunned upon hearing this.
He stared intently at the Sword God and lowered his voice, "Are you saying... Lin Yu currently has SSS-grade talent?"
His breathing became rapid, because if it were true, he believed that Lin Yu being a reincarnation of a deity would be confirmed.
After all, SSS-grade was the talent level of deities; mortals could not surpass it.
The Sword God nodded.
The Elder's heart was thrown into turmoil.