Yes, I became a god just by exercising.

Chapter 53 Elemental Inflation
"What do you mean by 'God blesses your Augustus family'?"

Tyrene's strange question showed no mercy to his old friend.

It must be said that the three demigods are all cunning old foxes, and Tyrene was the first to realize the deeper meaning hidden in Axor's words.

Something is wrong!

That Yaxor, he's got wolfish ambitions!

The vine-entwined head coughed twice in a very vivid way:

"Ahem, it's nothing, I just said it offhand."

His head, which looked like it was intricately woven from vines, turned towards Xiafa in mid-air, and a hint of kindness appeared on his face:
"Xia Fa, your father... was he a handsome, tall man with blond hair and captivating blue eyes? And then, he ran away after you were born, leaving behind a large sum of money, so you've never met him?"

Xia Fa paused slightly, then shook his head:

"No, my father was just a dockworker, rather short, a bit fat, and balding. One night he got drunk and then disappeared."

He was telling the truth; it was from fragments of his memory.

"hiss--"

Axel was clearly taken aback by this answer. He seemed silent for a moment before suddenly, as if struck by a flash of inspiration, he asked excitedly through the vine-headed figure:

"So... is your mother someone who, although she looks like an ordinary woman, is very elegant in her behavior, exuding an air of nobility from a well-educated family that has inherited a fine tradition, and whose simple clothes are always clean and tidy, and whose words are very philosophical, only occasionally sitting alone by the window and sighing?"

Xiafa: ...

What is this?

“No, my mother was born in a small town. She was a hardworking and simple woman. Not long after my father disappeared, she also disappeared.”

Glenn finally couldn't hold back any longer:

"Uncle, I've told you before, stop reading those clichéd stories in the newspapers about noble ladies running away to marry commoners..."

Despite his complaints, he couldn't hide his smugness.

Because the uncle's reaction proved that his previous choice to win over Xia Fa was absolutely correct!

Even my eldest uncle, a family elder and a demigod, is now tempted!
If it weren't for the fact that his uncle had always treated him well, and that it was in front of his uncle's two old friends, he would have already asked his uncle a couple of questions, asking him why he had questioned his efforts to win over Xia Fa.

Axor's voice came from the vine-headed creature, sounding somewhat disappointed, but still unwilling to give up:

“I was just asking, it won’t affect anything. Besides, Glenn, apart from your unreliable father, there is another member of our family who ran away from an arranged marriage more than 20 years ago. She is your aunt.”

Tyrene finally couldn't hold back any longer and interrupted him:

"Really? How come I didn't know about this?"

The vine-headed figure glared at the eyeball in the air:
"Terrey, why do you seem to be saying things with hidden meanings today, old man?"

Lieutenant General Bedivet's rough laughter rang out from the military telegraph machine:
"Haha, tell me why. If I were in your shoes, I'd have to argue with you too."

Chestnut suddenly spoke up:

"Grandpa, there are two other adults here, so what exactly is Xia Fa's awakened talent?"

Clearly, among everyone, she was the one who cared most about Xia Fa.

From within the tangled vines of the human heads, Axo's voice suddenly became distant:
"I'm afraid only I know about this. These two old guys couldn't possibly know, because it's recorded in the family letters of our Augustus family."

No one spoke, letting him continue.

"That was our Augustus family's ancestor. In the first ten thousand years of the universe's birth, he traveled through the starry sky with the giant beast Baal, exploring various abandoned ruins and barren planets inhabited by life."

"Back then, Baal was not yet insane. The two of them had gone through many battles together, and he had personally witnessed Baal's incredible extraordinary talents."

"The talent that impressed him the most was called [Elemental Inflation]!" Just the words "Elemental Inflation" reminded everyone of the enormous fireball Xia Fa unleashed, which was a hundred meters in diameter and comparable to the sun.

Axel's voice continued to drift on:

"Elemental Surge, as the name suggests, allows the Baal behemoth, or its extraordinary descendants, to violently expand their elemental power when using elemental-related secret abilities, unleashing a strike far exceeding their own strength!"

“Like my nephew Xia Fa, he only signed a secret contract and is a fungus-level superhuman, but because of the high-level secret contract of the Ether Source, his strength is no less than that of an ordinary insect-level superhuman.”

"Then, combined with this extraordinary talent of elemental surge, he can unleash a strike that surpasses the Eagle level and approaches the Wolf level!"

"This is practically equivalent to signing another high-level secret agreement!"

"To be honest, the talent of Elemental Expansion is a perfect match for the Ether Source Pact. It's a good thing that Xia Fa didn't sign a high-level pact like Weapon Emperor or Swarm Master, otherwise he would have been buried."

"Of course, only the Baal behemoth can use Elemental Inflation without limit. Its extraordinary descendants can only use it once a day, and at the cost of draining their spirit, which will be reduced to the point where they can only maintain the minimum level of rationality."

"As for why Xiafa's attack was able to kill the whale-level Jaw Beast King, I guess, besides his ingenious battle design... it was because the power of the Baal Blade that remained in his body yesterday hadn't completely dissipated and was used up by him this time. Tyrene, don't you think so?"

A cold "hmm" came from the eyeball floating in the air.

There was nothing he could do; when Axo mentioned Shafa earlier, he casually referred to him as his nephew, and Tyrene couldn't very well interrupt him.

Because Tyrene also wanted to know information about the elemental inflation, and he was afraid that if he interrupted, the old man would be unhappy and stop talking.

Everyone nodded slightly, their eyes showing a thoughtful expression.

Xia Fa appeared to be the same on the surface, but inwardly he was stunned.

He had originally fabricated a supernatural talent related to the Baal behemoth, which was also an effect similar to elemental expansion, but it wasn't called that.

But unexpectedly, there really are similar extraordinary talents in this world?

Now that he had a demigod from the Augustan family as a witness, he was even less afraid of his secret being exposed.

"Still too weak... If I were a demigod, I wouldn't even bother explaining."

Xia Fa murmured to himself, his desire to become a demigod—a powerful being who transcends the human level of life—grown even stronger.

I wonder how long it will take—three years, five years? Or even ten years?

Anyway, since he can get stronger through physical exercise, he'll exercise for three months first and see how it goes.

"Wait, didn't the demigod Axo just mention that my mental energy would be drained?"

Xia Fa suddenly thought of this and began to ponder how to fake having his mental energy drained...

Covering his head and then looking like he's in great pain?

As he was pondering this, suddenly, an immense sense of crisis descended upon him, enveloping him.

His spine began to tremble violently, and currents surged out like electricity from high-voltage wires, rushing towards his brain.

That wasn't about helping him regain his senses, but about... risking everything to protect him!

This sudden turn of events surprised Xia Fa, but when he looked around, neither his teammates nor the three treasures representing the demigods floating in the air noticed anything amiss.

It seems that only he can feel this unprecedented sense of crisis.

But this sense of crisis was so clear and so intense that it even triggered an unprecedentedly violent reaction from the mysterious current in his body!

"What exactly happened—"

He was halfway through his sentence when a chilling scene unfolded!

(End of this chapter)