Li Yue lost control of his body the moment he touched the Lifeline Tablet. He couldn't take his right hand back. Inside the starry sky of his spiritual realm, a surge of blue energy flowed into Li Yue's arm, right into the Lifeline Tablet. He could only watch helplessly as the blue energy poured into the Lifeline Tablet.
Li Yue had no way of knowing what happened inside the Lifeline Tablet after his energy flowed into it, but the tablet suddenly exploded, scaring Li Yue. If he still had control of his own body, he would've run away from the exploding tablet.
To his surprise, the tablet's fragments didn't pierce his body. Instead, they stopped in the air and turned into countless spheres of dazzling blue light. The blue light danced through the air like happy blue fireflies.
Li Yue was at a loss for words. He still couldn't understand why the blue energy in his spiritual realm acted outside his will. Nor could he understand why the Lifeline Tablet exploded.
Li Yue then realized that he had regained control of his body. He quickly withdrew his right hand, but as if on cue, the blue energy that appeared from the Lifeline Tablet's fragments rushed into his palm.
It all happened faster than Li Yue could react. The blue energy entered his palm and flowed through his veins, gathering inside his heart.
In his heart, the fragments divided into smaller points of light before spreading throughout his body to every last cell.
Li Yue felt like he was floating in the air. A serene and hallowed feeling filled his mortal form.
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After the 'ceremony,' Li Yue was pleasantly surprised to find that he had complete control over the evolution ability that he copied from Darwin.
It was a massive improvement. To give an example, Li Yue had only been able to transform his arms into Adamantium alloy with Darwin's ability. But right now, Li Yue could turn all the surfaces on his body into metal with a single thought. His metallic skin was radiant with breathtaking silver light.
Of course, the change didn't stop on his skin. He could feel his internal organs, blood vessels, and even every cell in his body transforming into silver metal. His current form was almost indestructible.
Li Yue clenched his fist tightly, letting out a series of ear-piercing crunching sounds. He knocked his fist on his head, producing a clear "dong" sound of clashing metal, but he felt no pain.
After exploring the changes in his body, Li Yue returned his appearance to normal with another thought. But he wasn't done experimenting with his control over his ability.
Li Yue tried transforming into the God of Thunder's form. He recalled when he tried to copy Thor's awakening, as Thor exploded with the full divine might of the God of Thunder.
The result of Li Yue's transformation, however, was different from that moment. Li Yue felt that every cell in his body produced an immense amount of electric currents, which overflowed and enveloped his body in dense silver lightning. Electric arcs jumped from his body to his surrounding as if dancing silver snakes. It was incomparably stronger than Thor's own awakening.
Strangely, the jumping electric arcs didn't harm any of the surrounding objects. Li Yue had been able to perfectly control every strand of electricity that emanated from his body, despite the sheer amount of them.
With a single thought, Li Yue gathered electric currents in his palm, forming a ball of electricity the size of a ping-pong ball. He played around with the ball for a while, throwing it around and juggling it.
The ball of energy wasn't very big, but the density of power within it made Thor pause. He was the God of Thunder, so he was able to clearly feel and see the power of lightning in Li Yue's ball.
If that ball of energy was unleashed, the entirety of Odin's vault would be turned into ashes. Not even Thor would be able to escape without serious injury—he would be lucky to survive.
"Li... Li Yue, be careful... be careful," Thor said, his tone uncharacteristically weak.
Thor could only watch as Li Yue continued to play around with the ball of lightning, his heart jumping to his throat every time Li Yue threw the ball. He was really afraid that Li Yue would fail to catch the ball; the consequences would be unimaginable!
"Don't worry, I have perfect control. It definitely won't—"
However, before Li Yue could finish speaking, the small ball missed his hand and fell directly to the ground.
"Fuck!"
Frightened, Thor immediately gathered his power in the Mjolnir hammer, ready to escape as soon as possible and at all costs.
"Wait, I'm just teasing you! You should look at your own face!"
Li Yue stopped Thor. The God of Thunder paused and looked at the ball of lightning on the floor. It was suspended about ten centimeters above the ground.
Li Yue waved his right hand, summoning the ball of lightning to his palm. He then put the ball into his mouth, chewed it twice, and swallowed it.
Thor gulped his saliva as he watched Li Yue. He was the God of Thunder, but not even he would try eating lightning like Li Yue. He didn't know what it would taste like!
"Ah, crunchy fried chicken!" Li Yue said slowly as he burped.
"Alright, let's go. I've already chosen my treasure, so we should leave."
Li Yue didn't want to waste another moment in this place. He barely scratched the surface of his newfound power, and he wanted to personally test it as soon as possible.
"Let's go! I'll lead the way!"
Thor rushed to leave. Wanting to stay away from Li Yue, he walked as fast as he could, not caring whether Li Yue followed him or not.
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Odin obviously sensed everything that occurred within his vault. He opened his left eye, deep in unknown thoughts.
"Why would you think so highly of this mortal? To the point of entrusting Asgard's and Thor's future to him? Even giving him one of your treasures?"
Frigga couldn't hold her curiosity. She never saw Odin be so generous!
"You know that I have peered into the future and foresaw the Twilight of the Gods, yet some details remained elusive. The information he provided was more detailed and complete than anything I've ever seen.
"His appearance beside Thor had blurred my sight. I could no longer observe the future. Keeping Thor by his side is the best choice for both Asgard and Thor!" Odin said resolutely as he looked straight into his wife's eyes.
"More importantly, he had revealed your fate to me!"
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