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Along the Tundra Wasteland towards the southeast, the scenery was getting more prosperous and luxurious.
There were fewer algae, and more bushes and weeds; the number of living creatures among the bushes was increasing in variety and strangeness; the number of times one came across northern people was increasing; the scale of herdsmen's domestic animals, too, was expanding.
When the soil underneath his feet was no longer frozen soil, Sui Xiong saw a clear line: the border between grassland and tundra.
It was a magical sight. It was as though there was an invisible hand between the sky and land that separated the wasteland into two. The north was Tundra Wasteland that was infertile; the south was vast grassland. The distance between wasteland to grassland was merely a few steps.
Sui Xiong flew into the sky and gazed upon the magnificent spectacle. He felt so much better.
He randomly grabbed a handful of weeds and turned them into paper with magic. Then, he turned shrubs into wooden charcoal and started drawing on the paper.
He drew for half an hour, and a scenery portrait was already vivid on the paper.
The scenery that Sui Xiong drew was, of course, the sight before his eyes. Due to his increased power and sensitivity of perception, his drawing skills improved tremendously without him realizing it. He didn't feel so when he was concentrating on drawing, but when he looked at it when he was done, he shocked himself.
"I think this drawing could be printed in the model textbook in school…" Looking at his own work, he couldn't help but mumble to himself, "If I could return to Earth, maybe I could really become an artist straightaway.
"By then, I will have specialized in various scenes, and each drawing will be sold at the price of 2,000,000 dollars!"
He thought and shook his head. "It would be impossible to be $2,000,000. I don't know anyone who is wandering in the league. They wouldn't hire me to launder their money, so why would they throw such a huge amount of cash at my drawings? But if it couldn't be sold at $2,000,000, it should be able to sell at $200,000, right? No matter how bad it is, it should at least be $20,000…"
Then, he suddenly recalled a joke.
Back then when he was in university, there was a classmate that wrote novels online. He was an author, and also a reader. One day, this classmate told him indignantly that there was an author that he liked that stopped updating the novel for a few months.
"I wrote 400,000 words. No matter how much he wanted to refine it, he should have written 140,000 words, right? If there weren't 140,000 words, he could at least have 40,000 words; if he didn't produce 40,000 words, he might have 4,000 words, and could at least update one or two chapters. When I checked, he didn't even update one! I couldn't help but inquire him. Only then did I find out that the b*stard was busy playing games, eating and drinking. So, he only wrote four words in total!"
Recalling such funny incident, Sui Xiong couldn't help but shake his head and smile. He then missed his hometown a little bit more.
Keeping his drawing papers, he stepped on the soft herbage and walked towards the depth of grassland.
The grassland was called the "Desolation Grassland" by the bards and scholars, but the commoners and adventurers referred to it as "huge wilderness." It was where the Orcs and half-Orcs lived, and also the one and only empire that existed in the main dimension.
Orc Empire.
Someone holding sway over a region could be called a King; one seizing control of a tribe could be called a God. The main dimension was very huge, and there were many tribes, but there were only two who qualified to be called "God."
One was the King of Dragon tribe. All giant dragons would at least submit to him in name, a semi-God expert, Emperor Golden Dragon. The other one was the King of Orcs, the one that ruled the entire wasteland, legendary expert, Emperor Wilderness.
There were at least 70% of Orcs in the entire main dimension, and more than half of them were half-Orcs that stayed in the wilderness. It was the only place where they had their own country. The one who ruled the huge wilderness was the Orc Empire. Every so often, these barbaric bastards would face a lack of resources, or merely feel a desire for brutality and fresh blood, and launch an attack towards the east or south.
The Holy Angels Kingdom was on the east of Orc Empire. It was quite a strong country and their national religion was the Sun God. The number of pastors in the country itself was terrifying, and they possessed unusual tenacity in battles. No matter how the Orc Empire attacked them, they could guard against the line of defence strongly, never once being taken advantage of by the Orcs.
On the south of Orc Empire was the Eagle Kingdom, the oldest country of humankind in the history of the main dimension. Martial arts skills were popular and prosperous in the country, so there were experts all over. It was one of the very few countries that believed in the God of Knights. The Mainland Knight Championship that was held every three years attracted knights from all over the place in the Mainland. Regardless of performing noble knights or actual battling adventure knights, they could obtain the honor relying on their talent. Many people gained fame overnight there, from an unknown potato to an expert whose name was well known all over Mainland.
Different from the Holy Angels Kingdom that would only be on the defensive, the Eagle Kingdom was not willing to be outdone by Orc Empire. They would take turns launching attacks. Basically, every three to five years, they would wage a war against the Orc Empire. It was to eliminate hidden dangers and also to make a conspicuous show of their power.
But ever since the "Bloodstained Eagle Head" prince rebellion incident happened 18 years ago, Eagle Kingdom had many high-level knights that died and were injured. Even after a generation, the loss had yet to be made up entirely. In recent years, their wars against the Orc Empire had always been at a disadvantage, and very passive.
According to Sui Xiong's plan, he would only pass by the Eagle Kingdom on the way back; he was only passing by Orc Empire then while he advanced towards the Holy Angels Kingdom.
It was interesting to walk along the grassland, especially when the night fell. The starry night was like huge cover embellished with stars, locked onto the vast land. The border of the night sky and earth could be clearly seen, like a horizon of a sea's surface.
The night belonged to various ferocious nocturnal creatures. Between wild beasts, magic beasts or Orcs, there wasn't much of a difference.
Anyway, no matter what they were, slaughtering was their main occupation.
Sui Xiong lied down on the grassland and looked upon the starry night. He compared the starry night before his eyes to the one on earth that he could remember, trying to look for a similarity. However, he couldn't find anything significant. So, he could only let out a sigh disappointedly. He grabbed a grass blanket by his side that had already started to turn yellow and wrapped it around his body.
He wasn't afraid of cold, but it was nice to sleep with a blanket.
He didn't sleep for long until he suddenly felt a very strong creature getting closer to him in the middle of the night, and woke up with a start.
He could feel a pang of strong insecurity feeling coming from a lightly armed warrior: an Orc. Accurately speaking, he was a human-lion. His golden mane was shimmering underneath the night sky and reflected the light around him. He was carrying a huge sword on his shoulders. His sword wasn't decorated with any complicated embellishments but the sword itself gave out magical light that proved that it a non-commoner item. It was just that the creator didn't like luxury.
Sui Xiong was feeling the aura of the human-lion doubtfully. He felt that he might have seen the person elsewhere.
When the person got closer, he suddenly realized what he was and shouted with a smile, "Steel Lion, good evening!"
"Steel Lion" was Morani's nickname, the main Gods of the Desolation God system. The God was originally an Orc and a well-known knight-errant. His favorite thing to do was wander around and perform justices for the weak. He was similar to the God of Justice; it was just that the way he did things was more reliable than the God of Justice, so he was more popular.
Back when Sui Xiong had stepped foot on the land, he once received His favor. If He didn't bring him under His wing, dealing with the patron saint of Night God system with no sleep, Sui Xiong would most likely be the one at a disadvantage.
Sui Xiong was someone that paid debts of gratitude and took revenge against enemies. Ever since he received a favor from Morani, he had been wanting to repay Him, but Steel Lion didn't stay at any one place permanently and liked to wander around just like the God of Justice. As Sui Xiong had yet to be promoted to God, he couldn't contact Him through the Patheon Temple, so he could only wait for an opportunity.
His luck was not too shabby; it was a great chance then!
But what made Sui Xiong a little disappointed was that Morani had already forgotten about what happened back then.
All those years, He roamed from place to place, and did many things to uphold justice, and helped many people who suffered injustices that needed assistance. He fought against many various wicked things. A little favor that he did in a small village in Ashes Woods really wasn't worth putting in his heart.
But, in fact, it would be impossible to forget it entirely. Even a commoner could remember everything that they had seen in their entire life subconsciously; Gods could remember even more things.
Sui Xiong reminded him anyway, and He remembered what happened back then. He smiled and greeted Sui Xiong.
After they chatted for a while, the God became Sui Xiong's friend.
He was a free spirit and he was very straightforward and forthright. Although there was a lack of manners, there was an innocent charm that made the things he said easily believable. He never asked for repayment when he bestowed favors on the people; he didn't even remember. Such virtuous qualities amazed Sui Xiong.
Morani didn't mention the unlucky jellyfish that He saved back then and the nature God that attacked two strong Gods in one breath. Although the two were jellyfish, their distance was too vast. It was simply like a wooden sword and a metal sword: they were different intrinsically.
When they talked about the experience Sui Xiong had been through all these years, He couldn't help but get a shock.
When Sui Xiong said that he was running a theme park, He was even more shocked and had an interesting idea.
"The underground maze in your theme park equals to the training base of an adventurer, doesn't it?" He asked enthusiastically. "Why didn't you use the training base to nurture the knight group of your church?"
Sui Xiong was stunned and realized that there really was a blind spot in his thinking. He laughed dryly.
"I'll do it when I return… Luckily, the matter is not rushed."
Morani nodded faintly; Sui Xiong was right. To Gods, there wasn't ever a need to hurry.
"If you don't mind, could I send my believers down to the maze to accept training?" He said. "My believers always get into trouble with the b*stards that hang around underground. Some professional training would be helpful."
"No problem! Let me take care of this!" Sui Xiong patted his chest confidently, "I'll include training, food, and accommodation, and ensure definite understanding!"
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Chapter 162: Chapter 32
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Every God had their clergy job and territory. The former was the production of the power of the world's origin, and the latter derived from the mastering of power by the Gods themselves. To get their clergy post, they needed to first understand and master the corresponding power and enhance their mastering of power to the level that was sufficient to reach the origins of the world. On that basis, they would accept the rights and the obligation to produce, then receive the world's recognition. Mastering such power from the level of the origins produced clergy posts from there onwards.
From the angle of the individual, enhancing power to a territorial level was sufficient. For instance, Sui Xiong mastered a variety of powers that reached territorial level. During the battle with many Gods, these powers could be put to play easily and he was not worried that he would be restrained. From the angel of a God's powers and functions, only by enhancing one's power to the level of clergy post would he be able to produce powers and functions that derive from it. Then, through the channel of religion, they could grant their believers special powers.
Sui Xiong, for example, once granted his believer the power of ice. He did it personally then, transferred the power bit by bit. If he were to enhance his "ice" level from territorial level to clearly post level, every one of his believers could get the power of ice through prayer. If they were pious enough, they would be able to form a strong channel of religion.
Once the clergy post of God was confirmed, the believers could get the power through prayers on a wide scale. As they got the power, they naturally had to put it to use. In the process, trouble always came.
Morani's clergy post involved mining, and He was the only God that possessed such a clergy post in the entire orc God system. So many orcs and half-orcs worshiped him. Mining required deep underground mining of mineral veins. In the process, conflict with the magic beast underground was inevitable. Although an orc's night vision was outstanding, working and discovering underground while depending on their night vision was insufficient. So, they were disadvantaged most of the time.
These mining workers were mostly commoners. Within future that they could foresee, it would be impossible for them to possess power like adventurers. So, it had always been Morani's headache about how to give them proper training so that they could escape easily when they were in danger underground.
He once brought up his concern with the other Gods within the orc God system, but the other orc Gods did not share the same concern.
"What's wrong with people dying? Those bastard could give birth well."
"Yeah, what mining doesn't cost lives?"
"Morani you think too much, we are not babysitters!"
The common standpoint of the orc God system was evil. They looked down on life while emphasising power. They viewed barbary and ferocity as symbols of bravery, and didn't bother about the death or injury of their believers. On the other hand, Morani, and the desolation God system under his command, were a bunch of Gods from neutral and kind camps. They practiced an opposite attitude of respecting lives. The contradiction of two concepts made Morani's concern seem stupid and weak to the various orc Gods.
If the "Steel Lion" weren't really good at fighting, almost no one from the various orc Gods could win against him. They were even afraid that they would be laughed at!
Morani was utterly disappointed in his comrades. He was thinking about how to solve the problems and he finally figured out a way.
He could gather the believers to go for an adventure at the underground maze in Void Mask's theme park, to get experience fighting against underground magic beasts under safe conditions. Although the experience was incomplete, it would be better than remaining completely ignorant!
But, there was another problem to be solved.
"My believers are normally not wealthy. Their training fees… I will figure out a way." Thinking about their financials, the powerful main God of desolation God system blushed a little too. "In a few days, I will go to the outer dimension to look and see if I can find any gold."
"It's stupid to talk about money!" Sui Xiong shook his head and laughed, "When you helped me back then, did we talk about money?"
"We don't have to talk about money, but the believers don't have that option," Morani said. "You have to maintain your theme park at the very least, right? The maintenance fees, salary, transportation fees that ensure safety of usage, all of these need money too."
Sui Xiong was at loss for words. He thought about it carefully and it seemed to be this way.
No wonder when business was bad, Snow was always so grumpy…
Hence, it was almost decided then. Morani used the original body of various desolation Gods and departed to the outer dimension to look for wealth, while their clones departed in with their believers to Void Mask's theme park in batches, to accept their underground training adventures.
Luckily Sui Xiong spared no expense in building a huge transportation array. Various Gods could just get transportation portal passwords from him and let him open up a corresponding jurisdiction, so they could activate the transportation from any place in the main dimension to send their believers to the theme park.
As for after the training, they could also borrow the transportation portal to arrive at each kingdom and return to their mining areas.
The process naturally required huge expenses; mainly expending a massive amount of magic power. But to Gods, magic power wasn't a problem at all.
After laying down all the terms, Sui Xiong and Morani travelled together and asked the enthusiastic knight-errant about the management of believers.
Believer management was a compulsory course for various Gods; it was also a problem that Sui Xiong had a headache about all the while. He thought that if the believers believed in him and prayed to him devoutly for protection, he should bless them within the range of his strength. But that meant that he would be bonded by the believers. When he had conflict with his enemies in the future, he would be restrained. For example, the black dragon that had something wrong with its head; if it weren't for the God of Justice, he wouldn't have known how to deal with possible attacks by that bastard.
The God of Justice wasn't bothered much about that problem, as He didn't need believers. He thought justice was temporary, but not eternal. Under situations where people had to make a choice, they would burst out with justice. But most of the time, people didn't need justice. So His teaching was, "when people need justice and are willing to sacrifice for justice, I will support them and give them the power to uphold it."
If it wasn't such a situation, what would happen? His clone would be nearby, and he would appear and meddle. If he couldn't, then he would forget it.
"Although I am the God of Justice, I would never be constrained by moral practice," he said when Sui Xiong came to him to ask for advice. "The Commoner's benefits should be protected, and my benefits should be protected too. This is justice! If to I have to sacrifice my benefit to protect a commoner's, what sort of justice is that?"
In simple terms, his attitude was explained as "merrily meet and merrily part ways," but he did not go after long term belief, or maintain believers and a church organisation.
That's why He could run wild in the world. No one could do anything to Him.
"How about your Holy Kingdom? How do you settle the holy spirit?" Sui Xiong asked.
The God of Justice smiled and kept quiet, and Sui Xiong quickly realized that he asked a question that he should not have, and apologised.
That was the God of Justice's biggest secret; also something his opposing Gods couldn't understand. How could he expose it?
In short, Sui Xiong couldn't learn anything about believer management from the God of Justice. The other few Gods that he was close with weren't teachers either.
Although the God of Redemption was experienced, he was a cunning fox. Through the long years, He had never have a large amount of believers, and He had never had any conflict with other Gods, so he had never considered such questions.
The Goddess of Ocean… was a negative example. Even Her descendant, Mermaid Princess, didn't know how to manage their believers. She passed down everything on hand to various semi Gods, and the few holy spirits that survived in the Holy Kingdom under her command. As for how they did… He-he, it was nothing but the chant.
You settle, and I am carefree.
Sui Xiong intentionally imitated Him, but there were not many great figures among his underlings. Only one who was fully rounded, and he was deacon of the church but working as a ruler at someone else's.
It wasn't the first time Leon displayed his will to work at the theme park, but Sui Xiong couldn't accept. Miss Carisa Riley had prayed many times to various Gods, to pray for whichever God to protect her love. As a God that Riley believe in, Sui Xiong didn't receive her prayers once only.
Although he thought that Leon didn't seem to be interested in pretty girls, thinking carefully, Leon was already over thirty years old. If he were to be put on earth, he would be categorised under golden bachelor, and he would be at an age to consider marriage and careers. A girl with good requirements that went after him would be hard to come by. As Sui Xiong was his brother, how could he break his blessing?
So not only he did he not agree for Leon to come to the theme park, he once gave a bottle of magical medicine to to help Carisa maintain her permanent youthfulness so she could continue to romance Leon in the long run.
"If one year can't cut it, then make it ten, ten years can't, then make it 100… All in all, don't worry. I won't let you die of old age before that silly boy." In the dream of the beautiful city owner, the huge green jellyfish patted his chest and guaranteed it. "I can't help much with love, but I can guarantee the logistics!"
Unconsciously, he got a believer who was quite loyal and reliable.
Morani herd him nagging and strayed away from the point; his face was filled with smile.
The new friend that he made was normally quite lonely. Him being able to find someone to chat with so occasionally made him so happy. He must have sat at the altar alone most of the time, and had a thick distance between Him and his believers.
The huge difference between God and commoners gave every God that wanted to be close with their believers a headache. Why would various Gods form a God system? Among various reasons, there was of course the intention to form an allegiance to help each other. But actually, it was a bunch of loners that came together to find warmth.
"Oscar, are you interested in joining the desolation God system?" During lunch break, He asked curiously, "I unintentionally discipline and control whoever. Our God system mainly makes it convenient for people to chat and communicate only.
"Look at yourself; I think you need some friends that you can always chat and communicate with."
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Dealing with Morani's invitation, Sui Xiong was hesitant and didn't agree immediately.
Although according to Morani's idea, instead of saying Desolation God system was a strictly structured organization, it was an organization to chat and communicate. Who knew? The channel of communication might have turned into a QQ chat group.
But he couldn't be at ease. He felt that it was a little dodgy. Morani didn't urge on but he introduced his friends.
The main God from Desolation God system, or the "owner" of the "Desolation Chat Group," was Morani himself. He was an extremely strong warrior, as well as an expert in mining and forgery. During the casual chat, He was talkative and always told everyone interesting things.
This was also because He always wandered around the entire day and had many experiences and much knowledge. He always came across interesting things that were worthy to share with everyone.
There were then four members in Desolation God system. Besides the main God Morani, the other three Gods were the God of Fertility; the huge earthworm Jogan; God of Soil, huge catfish; and bearman's God of Warrior, Ink.
The three Gods had different characters. Jogan's intelligence wasn't high but he was talkative, always speaking non-stop. He always spoke of trifling matters that were meaningless. The huge catfish didn't like to talk much about things that happened but loved to comment on things that other people told Him. Although His opinion was merely a simple message, Ink was the second smartest person after Morani, and also one that liked to wander around. But He didn't like to talk about His experience of roaming around. Even if He came across anything that worth talking about, it something like places that have good drinks. Normally, he was only a listener.
"I feel the QQ chat group is not crowded enough… there are only four of us," Sui Xiong mumbled to himself, and then he asked about the legendary Pantheon Temple.
"Pantheon is located in the furthest corner of the world, near where the root is," Morani said. "Every God can convert a clone there without paying any price. Plus, they don't support the idea of spending a lot of strength, so they belong around the non-battling area. Every God has seats that belong to them there, everyone frequently discusses and argues. It's very lively."
Then, he sighed. "Unfortunately, there is a hodgepodge of good and bad people in the Pantheon Temple. All kinds of treacherous stratagem are hard to guard against. It's okay if one were to be there for battle, but it isn't suitable for anyone who wants to chat casually…"
"Then, if I want to have a seat in Pantheon Temple, what do I do?"
"Simple. Complete the God promotion ceremony and accept clergy. Then it's done," Morani smiled. "But clergy is a big thing, it can't be done recklessly! I suggest for you to pick a clergy that covers a very small area, such as being the patron saint of a small tribe. It would be more reliable."
He saw that Sui Xiong didn't seem to understand, so He explained to Sui Xiong in detail.
After God promotion, if He were to select the direction of the belief, He would require a stable and reliable source of belief. For that, it would be best to completely monopolize a group's belief, in order to ensure a belief that would at least not break.
How does one ensure monopolization? The most reliable way is to control a tribe entirely.
"How do I control a tribe entirely?" Sui Xiong asked. "It's a little difficult…"
"Actually it's not that difficult," Morani smiled and replied. "You create your own tribe!"
Sui Xiong was stunned and asked curiously, "Tribes can be created?"
"Of course they can. Gods making their own tribes are very common." Morani pointed, and a bearman appeared magically in the air. The only thing that was different from a bearman was that the body was monochrome striped; a white body and head, with black ears and limbs. The most interesting part was the face, short white hair with two round black dark eye circles, just like two black eyes. "This is the tribe Ink created. He made some minor amendments based on bearman, called 'monochrome bearman'."
Sui Xiong was quiet for very long and asked, "The friend named 'Ink'… was His original body like that?"
"No, His original body was just a white bear's; at least he was only a white bear back then," Morani said. "Later on, He was promoted into God and wanted to create a tribe of His own. However, there was already a white bear tribe among bearmen. Hence, He made a small amendment on the basic white bear and created monochrome bears. Later on, He changed His appearance too, and became so."
Sui Xiong nodded and remembered something in his head. He planned to chat with the God of monochrome Bear when he had a chance.
After all… no matter how I look at it, the so-called "monochrome bearman" is about the same as a panda. Unless the God was also from the traversed group? Or maybe He received a message from Earth?
Morani was a talkative man and kept the conversation going. But suddenly, His face changed. He apologized to Sui Xiong and left a way to contact him, then leapt and turned into a ray of gold light to soar up into the sky. There must have been something urgent that he had to rush to take care of.
Sui Xiong watched Him leave and smiled. He then took up the pot of soup that was still boiling; the two of them had yet to take a mouthful of it. Without seeing if it was cooked, he drank the pot clean in one gulp. He then cleaned up and kept the cooking stove, then continued to advance on his journey.
The further he went forward, the more luxurious the foliage on the grassland, and the more cows and goats belonged to the herdsmen. After walking for about a day, he arrived at the border of the grassland and stepped foot in the area of grazing domestic animals and farming.
It was still the territory of Orc Empire. The Orcs that lived there were more gentle and liked farming.
For example, the village that Sui Xiong was temporarily staying in belonged to a bunch of white pigmen.
Pigman was the tribe that was most misunderstood and discriminated against among all Orcs. They looked short and fat, and their long noses made them look a little stupid. But, in actual fact, not only were they not stupid; on the contrary, they were quite smart. They were some of the top farmers in the main dimension.
Er, that was referring to the white pigmen.
There were two branches of pigmen. One was the farming white pigmen that looked a little stupid, while the other ones were the nomadic black pigmen that looked ferocious and were actually ferocious.
Compared to the friendly white pigmen, black pigmen were generally chunkier and taller. They were physically strong and courageous. They had long greyish black manes that were hard. The two long tusks growing from inside of their mouths looked just like two knives, making them terrifying and ferocious looking.
The tribe loved to battle. Their favorite thing was to graze the pigs to invade everywhere. Although their wild boar cavalry wasn't good at making long treks, their short-distance charge was quite terrifying and very few could withstand it.
Due to the overlapping living areas, the white pigman was the black pigman's target of plunder most of the time. Those barbaric b*stards couldn't be bothered much by the same tribe but always rushed their wild boars to dash through the white pigmen's farms, and swept the white pigmen's village greedily. They made a clean sweep of their stored grain and left the farmers looking at each other with grief.
The white pigmen of course wanted to put up resistance. Almost every village of white pigmen had a thick wall, and there were many layers of fences in and out of the wall. It was built as though it was to hold horses. But their individual battle power didn't have much effect on their resistance. Most of the time, they only triggered the robbers and asked for another bashing.
It was the season when the grain was ripping and the white pigman was bustling with the harvest. They dug out balls of corn from the soil and stored them in the underground cellar. At the same time, they were arranging youth training and improving defense work.
Without a doubt, the black pigman robbers could be there anytime, and they could not prevent it.
Sui Xiong was only passing by, but when he saw the situation he stayed back out of curiosity. He wanted to see the war between the pigmen and how it would develop.
He didn't wait for long. In a few days, when the crops in the farm were almost fully harvested, a herd of wild boar dashed out from the border of the grassland towards the farm.
Only black pigmen would graze like wild boar, so when a young white pigman at the watchtower saw them, he immediately rang the warning bell.
The village that was already busy became even busier immediately. The strong teens wore their wooden armor and took out various kinds of weapons. There were mainly wooden clubs, wooden hammers, etc. Then, they stood in formation behind the fence at the front of the village and prepared to fight for the outcome of their hard work.
On the other side, behind the wild boar, there was the bunch of tall and brawny black pigmen. They were wearing leather armor, carrying wooden clubs and wooden hammers that were obviously a size bigger than their close relatives'. They rode on huge wild boars, looking energetic and extremely confident in winning the battle.
The swarm of wild boars was very fast and they got to the front of the village quickly. The leader of the black pigmen stood out and clamored. In short, he told the white pigmen to surrender and hand out their grain, so that they could avoid a round of bashing.
The white pigman village chief of course didn't agree. He roared in anger as he waved his wooden hammer, signifying his determination to have a life or death battle.
Hence, the battle started.
The battle between pigmen was actually very vigorous, but it wasn't meant to be tragic. Both parties had thick skin and muscle, and the weapons were all made of wood. The clubs and hammers were knocked onto the bodies, and though the sound was solid, to them it was nothing.
Sui Xiong watched the clubs and hammers dancing around, crackling with the clashing of their weapons. Roars and groans filled the air. After a while, there weren't many casualties.
Sui Xiong carried the bench and sat at the entrance of the village. He watched the low standard battle at a village level with enthusiasm. He occasionally cheered and clapped, just like those annoying bards.
A black pigman swung his wooden club and pushed his opponent over to the ground. He then stomped on his opponent and slammed a few times on his head. He finally knocked his opponent down after entanglement. He roared at the sky with success to flaunt his courage. He saw Sui Xiong's annoying look, and he was suddenly triggered and dashed towards him with his wooden club.
"Fat*ss! Be careful of what you are saying!"
Sui Xiong heard him and he couldn't help but laugh.
Honestly, the way he transformed himself was very fat, but how much skinnier was the black pigman? Look at him: with every step he took, his fat wobbled. He could go for a weight loss advertisement!
Of course, he could only be a model for "before weight loss." As for after weight loss, he could only use the almighty Photoshop.
Although the black pigman was fat, he wasn't slow. He came before Sui Xiong in the blink of an eye. He picked up the wooden club and landed a heavy swing on his head.
With a crack, Sui Xiong's head suddenly shriveled and became a concave.
"Huh?!" The black pigman was stunned and looked at his club. He looked very confused. He was considered a seasoned veteran, but he had never seen such strange situation.
Then, a tentacle extended from below and wrapped around his leg. He was thrown out in the blink of an eye. He landed right next to the white pigman that he knocked down earlier.
Sui Xiong patted his head and turned it back to normal. Then, he stood up.
"This is an interesting fight," he smiled. "Count me in. How about that?"
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Sui Xiong stood up very gently, no different than a commoner.
But the way he "stood up" was very creepy.
His entire body was not only getting taller the more he stood, but his body size was also experiencing tremendous changes. When he stood up straight, he had already become a pig headed human that was taller than a house.
Compared to the other pig humans that were busy fighting, Sui Xiong became a pig human who really had a pig head while his body remained the same as normal human being's. Just like a big fat dude that had a pig head; it looked extremely creepy.
The pig humans were stunned and stopped fighting. They were all looking at him blindly.
"Let me think, what weapon should I use…" Sui Xiong mumbled to himself. He raised his eyebrows, stomped his feet, and the soil by his side wriggled up and turned into a huge spiked rake with nine sharp teeth that twinkled with a chilly gleam and made people afraid at the sight of it.
He carried the spiked rake and walked towards the pig humans that were fiercely engaged in the battle. He chuckled and said while he walked, "Looking at all of you fighting with such enthusiasm, I felt my hand itching. Let me join in the fun, alright?"
Looking at the huge spiked rake that sent out chilly gleams, the leader of the black pig humans shouted, "It's against the rules to use sharp weapons! We pig humans never use sharp weapons!"
Sui Xiong lowered his head and flipped the spiked rake the other way round. He opened his mouth and his head became two times bigger when he swallowed the sharp nine-toothed-rake into his mouth. After noises of metal crackling, he took it out of his mouth again, and it had become a huge, round-headed wooden club.
Looking at the wooden club that was even thicker than his waist, the village head of white pig humans quivered his fats and swallowed his saliva. He said, "This is too brutal… we do not bet our lives in fights…"
"I can't do this and I can't do that. You guys are such naggers. Do you still want to fight?!" Sui Xiong pretended to be angry and took a deep breath. He grew a size bigger and raised up the wooden club that was growing bigger with him. Then he slammed the club on the ground and made a big pit.
The pig humans were panicking even more; the village head of the white pig humans and the leader of the black pig humans exchanged a glance, and their intelligence was suddenly heightened to two hundred points. They self taught and mastered the skill of communicating via eye contact, and quickly came to a mutual agreement.
"We're not fighting anymore!"
"Yeah! We're not fighting anymore! All of us love peace and tranquility."
Under their lead, the two bunch of people that were fighting noisily threw away all kinds of weapons in their hands and walked together shoulder to shoulder and arm in arm. They didn't care if the other person next to them was the chief culprit that led them to the bruises on their faces, and cracked smiles like monkeys that grabbed cameras from tourists' hands.
Sui Xiong laughed and cast the big wooden club to the side of the road casually. It then turned into a pile of soil while he stretched and turned around to return in the hotel's direction.
With every step he took, his body would shrink by an inch. When he arrived at the entrance of the hotel, he became the fat unthreatening uncle that he was when he first entered the village.
"I'm going to sleep," he said. When he walked into the hotel, he wasn't in a rush to return to his room, but stopped at the entrance for a while. He turned around and said, "To celebrate peace and the bumper harvest, don't you think you should organise a dinner for everyone to sing, dance, eat and drink? To have some fun?"
Then, he really went to sleep and the celebration dinner was carried out as expected.
When Sui Xiong was awoken by the noise, he looked out the window and saw black and white pig humans fighting against each other in a group again. The bonfire of the celebration was still burning brightly and brilliantly, and the barbecued meat on the rack was almost burnt. He could also see the soup and drinks that spilled all over the floor. The situation was a mess.
"What is going on?" He creased his eyebrows. "These bastards have guts! They didn't take what I said into heart!"
Just when he wanted to exit to scold the bunch of bastards, he suddenly changed his mind and he didn't leave. He beckoned and a white pig human that was flipped on the ground and couldn't get up, to ask why.
"It's really not our fault!" The white pig human was already beaten up into a blue-black pig human, but his mouth was still tough. He emphasised that it was the black pig humans' fault and their villagers were only innocent victims.
According to what he said, the black and white tribes were in a long-standing feud. Although under Sui Xiong's violent restraint they didn't fight, the hatred in their hearts built up. During the celebration, one black pig human might have had too much to drink and laughed at the white pig humans, that they were good at working the land but they didn't know how to fight. If it continued, they would really be like pigs, getting fat and being killed by humans.
How could the white pig humans stand that? They immediately fought back that the black pig humans only had body size but knew nothing about production. They were either only eating roots and grass all year long or extorting money from their tribe under false pretenses. If they were said to be ferocious and good in fighting, they were actually dabblers. During spring famine, they would always be served as cannon fodder in the orcs' holy war. That is so saddening, no one even helped to collect their dead bodies after they died. They might have to be cut by the humans and grilled to be eaten…
"The hell, who was that! Such sharp mouth!" Sui Xiong was at loss of words too. He asked, "So, that's why they fought?"
"Yeah, so we fought," The white pig human said. "Those bastards were originally rude and uncivilized. They only know to fight. They tried to find trouble. Once they seized a chance to, how could they not start a fight!"
Sui Xiong nodded and waved his hands. The white pig human was suddenly sleeping soundly. Then, he cast magic to capture another black pig human into his room to ask why.
The black pig human said something completely different from the white pig human. He said the black pig humans originally had a tradition of fighting after meals as an exercise to digest food. Such fights were only for recreational purposes but not serious. The despicable white pig humans seized the chance to launch a fight before everyone had enough food and strength; they were treacherous and cunning to an extreme. They were good for nothing forever, and they could only deal with the soil all day!
Sui Xiong waved again and knocked the other one out too.
He could tell that both pig humans did not lie. It was just that they took a different standpoint. Regardless of living habits or moral values, the two tribes had vast differences. Even though they ate and drank together, it couldn't ease the friction between them.
"That's bad!" He couldn't help but sigh. "They share the same root, why do they torment each other! They are all pigs, why do the wild pigs want to make it hard for the domestic pigs?"
Looking at the chaos where punches and kicks were sent all over the plaza, he couldn't help but feel distressed.
Need to figure out a way to let these b*stards settle down and not fight when they seize any opportunity to.
He could of course take action and force these b*stards to stay put and behave. But he couldn't just live there forever. He would have to leave sooner or later. After he left, these b*stards would try to start a fight again.
Sitting at the balcony, Sui Xiong was deep in thought.
On the plaza, the black and white pig humans were fighting even more vigorously while they showered abuse on the other party.
The white pig humans said things like, "you epidemic pig that had both of your parents die and never taught you anything,""you stupid head that has a d*ck that was so small that no one can see," and something along those lines. It really made one's blood boil.
The black pig humans would only scold with that few sentences like, "f*ck you,""f*ck your entire family," or those sort of solid and simple phrases, with the implication of a heavy blunt sword or heavy skill.
Listening to their argument, Sui Xiong was suddenly enlightened and had an idea.
He waved his hands and a complicated magic array floated in the air; he casted a summoning magic.
A light blue ray twinkled and suddenly, Steele's figure turned from transparent to solid and appeared in the magic array.
Her face blushed, and she was not even covered in a piece of cloth, but there was some suspicious white turbid fluid that gave out a really terrible smell.
"Your Majesty, why did you summon me now?" She was a little unhappy. "Another ten minutes… no, maybe just another five minutes would be great!"
Sui Xiong didn't bother to ask her what she was doing and he was not in a mood to think about the profound meanings of "ten minutes" and "five minutes." He pointed at the chaos below and said, "I remember you knew an "in heat magic" spell, right?"
"You?! You are really…" Steele suddenly brightened up and flew out of the window, flapping her wings. But she quickly turned uninterested and sighed, "Oh, it's pig humans. Boring! These bastards were big in size, but their stamina is a problem. One after another, not knowing after one whole round, would be sufficient for me to feel awesome…"
Sui Xiong took a deep breath and suppressed his impulsiveness to roar angrily or mock her, but said, "I am not asking you to do them! I'm asking you to cast magic for them to do each other!"
Steele's eyes brightened up as though she opened a gate to enter a brand new world, and suddenly radiated twinkles of color.
"That's a good idea! Why hadn't I thought of that!"
Then, she flew to the middle of the sky and raised her left hand. She drew magical runes while she sang a weird ballad.
Her voice was soft and sweet, like an invisible hand that was extending to one's heart through their ears, and held tightly onto the listener's heart. Along with the singing, the magic array that quickly took shape spread a pink fragrance.
The pig humans were already charmed by her singing voice and fell into an indescribable excitement. Then, they breathed in the fragrance that induced estrus strongly. How could they hold back anymore!
That moment, they couldn't be bothered if the one next to them were black or white. As long as they were a male and female, they quickly got in pairs and started their job in reproduction with full force.
"How long can the magic be effective for?" Until the battle on the plaza was taking a different form, Sui Xiong nodded with satisfaction and flew next to Steele to ask.
Steele calculated and said, "About two, three days."
"Two or three days?! That's too long, it would cost lives!"
"Let me shorten it by a little then… or how about this, I'll diminish the power of magic array and increase the speed of its expense. Then, they will recover half of their consciousness by tomorrow morning. But they will still be in heat and they will only be fully recovered by the day after." Steele asked, "How about that?"
"Alright, that's it!"
As the night sky grew darker, the bonfire on the plaza was still raging while the black and white pig humans were still "exercising" happily.
Maybe after this, their relationship could really settle down…"
"Your Majesty."
"What is it? Do you have anything you want to say? Do you want me to send you back?"
"I'm in no hurry. The big bird is very strong, let him wait, it's okay. I have time to linger." Steele smiled and said, "I suddenly realize that you really have a lot of ideas…"
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Chapter 165: Chapter 35
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After resolving the conflict between the white and black pigmen, Sui Xiong did not advance towards the southeast but along the border of nomads and farmers. He was wandering in the area of Orc Empire.
He found out that situations like the pigmens' were very common. Among the Orcs, there were two branches of nomads and farmers in a tribe. Every time during autumn harvest, the two branches would have a war. Many battles among the tribe were very tragic, even to the point where they would be strewn with corpses. Comparatively, the pigmen's wars that couldn't kill, with wooden weapons, were considered mild!
Sui Xiong was too lazy to delve deep into the rights and wrongs. As long as it wasn't one-sided pressuring and slaughter, he could cast a grand heat spell to have those Orcs go into chaos. As for those pure invasions and slaughters, he also had a big scale spell to cast, a collective weakening spell. That would make the invaders suddenly turn into soft-legged prawns, and never think about recovering battle power for the rest of their lives.
Mm, then what? It would be none of his business. At the end of the day, they were out for war. Those who kill should be prepared to be killed.
Then, he wandered for another two weeks and he walked across the entire Orc Empire. He wasn't sure how many large-scale spells he cast. He left behind countless moving stories... maybe.
When he was ready to leave the Orc Empire, he was finally stopped.
A brawny dogman who held a short spear, and a fat pigman who carried a big club, hemmed him in from the front and the back. When he looked to his left, there was a tigerman who was holding a bayonet, and an elephantman who was carrying a big hammer, as well as various orcs that were carrying their weapons. They gradually encircled him from every direction.
"D*mn! A group of God clones..." Sui Xiong could recognize the origins of the Orcs before his eyes with a glance, and he couldn't help but mumble, "Who did I annoy? The entire Orc God system came to encircle and annihilate me..."
"Let's make this clear. We are not here to suppress you," the dogman who acted as the leader spoke. "We only wanted to talk to you properly."
"Talk? I agree! Keep your weapons first and we will talk!"
The dogman shook his head. "If we don't hold weapons, you could turn around and escape. Our clone strength is limited, and we couldn't surround you."
"D*mn! You are at least the main God of a region, how could you be not confident in yourself?"
"This has nothing to do with confidence," the dogman waved with a smile on his face. Various Gods in the Orc God system hemmed Sui Xiong in from all directions. Every weapon gave out cold light, and the piercing murderous auras were giving him goosebumps.
Sui Xiong sighed and raised both his hands to show his intention to surrender. "Can't you just move the weapons away slightly? It's inconvenient for me to speak!"
The dogman beckoned to the rest of the Gods and they stepped back slightly. He then finally felt better.
"Alright, let's talk." The dogman made a wooden post and sat down. "Void Mask, why do you want to get involved in our internal affairs of Orc? Destroying our traditions?"
"What?"
"Don't play dumb!" said the elephantman who was carrying the huge hammer and roaring in anger. "From the east to west, and from the west to east, you have been casting spells. Do you think we are blind?!"
Sui Xiong then understood why the Orc Gods formed an alliance to block him, but he couldn't help but get more upset. "I am helping your believers to mediate disputes and safeguard an established truth. Forget about the fact that you didn't thank me for that, why do you blame me? Where did I go wrong?"
The elephantman flew into a rage, raised his hammer, and wanted to smack Sui Xiong, but he was stopped by the dogman.
It was quite strange. The dogman's height was at the elephantman's waist at most, but when he extended his hand, he could reach elephantman's shoulder. The brawny elephantman couldn't stand straight, but bowed lower.
"Let me tell you a story." The dogman looked at Sui Xiong and deepened his voice. "There was a fox, and his best friend was a rabbit. He saw that his friend was skinny, so he locked the rabbit in the house. Every day, he would catch a chicken to feed the rabbit. But the rabbit didn't like chicken meat. Even if he forced himself to eat, he would have an upset stomach. The fox got very worried and tried very hard to improve his cooking skills. He learned steaming, soy braised, and all the other methods. However, the rabbit still couldn't eat, and got diarrhea if he did eat. In the end, he starved to death alive."
Sui Xiong smiled. "You mean my thought process doesn't suit the Orcs?"
"Exactly."
"But the truth proves that my method worked," Sui Xiong said. "The peace in the places I passed through could be used as evidence."
"We Orcs never required any peace," the dogman said calmly. "We are a war tribe. The great creator created us to challenge the 'golden tribe' that the Goddess of Life created. Although the great God has passed, our tribe is the tribe created for war at the end of the day. We don't need peace, but constant training in battle, and to strengthen ourselves constantly!"
"That was only your thought," Sui Xiong smiled coldly and replied in disdain. "The big figures always rattle on about dreams and great plans, but the people only ask for a peaceful life where they could be well fed and kept warm. You want to battle? Go ahead and do it yourselves! Why do you have to affect the peoples' peaceful life?"
"The dream of Orc Gods is the pathway that Orcs should follow!" the pigman that was quiet the entire time spoke. "Moreover, I created the pigman. Whatever I want them to do, they should do."
"They are living spirits with wisdom; they are not your tools!"
Then the discussion was over.
The dogman raised his hand to stop his subordinates from fighting with Sui Xiong. He wore a cool look. In his eyes, there was lightning and thunder, and his body was giving out a strong aura.
"Void Mask, does it seem that you insist on getting involved in things that you shouldn't meddle in?" he asked with a deep voice.
Sui Xiong smiled but didn't reply, and his body started twinkling with blue and white electricity.
In the next moment, an earth-shattering, ferocious explosion cracked the surrounding dozen miles. The soil turned to dust, and it covered the entire sky. It turned the originally bright sky into a sudden, pitch-black darkness.
In the darkness, there was roar and low bellow, and also noises of weapons clashing.
After a moment, there was another tremendous noise and a fierce wind whistling.
The sky that was covered by dust was dispersed by the gale, and the universe resumed its brightness. The clones of each of the Orc Gods could be seen standing among the smoke and dust, looking at each other in surprise and bewilderment.
"Did we take him down?" a catman asked angrily and touched his paw where part of his fur was burnt off.
"I hit him with a hammer," the elephantman said in a low muffled voice, "but I didn't manage to land a solid hit."
"He is very clever. He'd rather take others' hits to dodge my spear," the dogman sighed. "We should've brought a few original godly items. While depending on the projection of these godly items, we weren't able to kill him!"
"Where did he go?" the elephantman asked.
Various Gods turned around together and looked towards the eagleman.
The eagleman nodded, and closed his eyes to save some energy. After a while, he opened his eyes and it let out beams of radiating sunshine that one was unable to look straight at it. It glazed around towards the sky, ground, and all directions.
Sweeping one round only took a few seconds' time. However, when he closed his eyes again, he looked extremely weary, as though he had just fought a war, and he was covered in sweat.
After a while, he caught his breath and spoke as he panted. "He… is not… on the main dimension."
The dogman creased his eyebrows and remained silent. Then he asked, "Could you roughly tell where he went?"
"He first got onto the Shadow Plane," the eagleman said, "then jumped into the underworld and then to hell… I could only see his journey 'till then. I couldn't go any further."
"Did he want to hide with the aid of hell? Or did he go somewhere else?" the dogman muttered to himself. Then he told the wolfman that was slightly smaller than him, "Go take a look at hell. Look for clues to trail him. Do not have any conflict with him!"
"If I find him, can I tempt him to violate the rules of hell?" the wolfman asked.
The dogman thought and shook his head. "Those people in hell aren't exactly nice and friendly people. Don't get involved with them. The b*stard can't hide in hell forever! Plus… my gut feeling tells me that he might not even be in hell…"
The wolfman nodded, and his shadow gradually disappeared.
The dogman sighed, looked around and said solemnly, "Let's send out a God's order; we must settle down the trouble Void Mask has caused us! Our tribe doesn't need weakness and peace, we only need constant war!"
"Got it!"
After a while, various Gods disappeared and only left a chaotic scene on the vast grassland that told people a war occurred there earlier.
After a short while, the chaotic ground suddenly shook, and a huge head popped up from underground.
It was a ridiculously huge earthworm, and it had a circle of strange gold light, that looked just like a small crown.
It looked around and seemed to be investigating the traces left by battle. Its body suddenly shook as it seemed to have realised something. Then, it turned around and snuck underground.
At the border of the "Boundless Open Country" in Orc Empire, in the gathering of Desolation God system, Morani was bellowing in anger.
"I knew since the beginning that those bastards weren't any good!"
the huge lionman warrior exited the gathering center and gazed upon the Holy Kingdoms faraway. After looking for a long while, he waved his hand and a huge war-axe appeared in his hands.
"Since everyone practices different beliefs, let's go our separate ways!"
Then, he swung his huge axe and slammed it onto the ground brutally.
With one slam, a deep crack formed on the rough ground of the Holy Kingdom. With another swing, the crack expanded even wider and gradually turned into a valley.
He continuously slammed the axe down. After God knows how many slams, the Holy Kingdom where the gathering center was located finally separated from the boundless open country completely and became one bigger and one smaller piece.
Morani raised his legs and landed a brutal kick. The huge power shook the boundless open country, and the gathering center of Desolation God system left the boundless open country with a terrifyingly fast speed, towards the emptiness afar.
Among the emptiness, the God of Justice who was watching invisibly showed his smile.
"Although my little brother is a little reckless, his insight is not too shabby…"
Then, he turned around to look to the other side. The strong godly power penetrated the boundless emptiness and he saw another world.
The huge jellyfish was muttering while he was lying in a boiling pool. He was nursing his injury while complaining.
"Bro, wait until your return; let's head to the boundless wild to crash the place!"
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Chapter 166: Chapter 36
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"Aiya aiya, This is really… really tragic…" Sui Xiong lied down in the boiling water that had sulphuric steam while he groaned in pain.
To be seated up by the entire orc God system was definitely not a happy experience. Even though he was quick to respond and well prepared, he had to take a few punches before he managed to flee.
The direction that he fled was a bottomless Abyss.
The Abyss was located in the "negative" ring of the world, which was a very dangerous and messy region. There were countless creepy spirits that gestated and various inexplicable things that could happen. The experts here were crowded but there was no order, not even a demi-god or even God-like level experts who might die obscurely by the road side in a remote corner of nowhere.
Sui Xiong noticed the pond after he came through to this dimension. At the bottom of the pond, there was something jumping slowly. It was a huge heart, he realized, when he took a closer look. Looking around carefully, he realised that the mountain where the pond was located was actually a huge human corpse. The vital wound of the corpse was on the chest. Although the heart had yet to be torn apart, the weird power had sunken in and wiped out its vigor.
The coordinates were given to him by the God of Justice and claimed them to be "definitely safe." From what he saw then, the corpse might have belonged to the king of the Abyss; and the one who killed it was the God of Justice himself.
When Sui Xiong came through to this world his actual form was difficult to describe verbally. If he had to, it could probably be explained by the concept of "parallel world." Countless worlds in various sizes paralleled with one another and formed a huge system, collectively known as Thousand Worlds.
In this realm there were four huge worlds that formed a magical ring. The ring of the world was categorised into four dimensions: material, spiritual, positive and negative.
There were multiple layers on material dimensions. For instance, the most commonly seen main dimension was star realm, where a sea of stars twinkled; element realm, heaven, and hell. The holy kingdoms of various gods were built on the material dimension, but the locations were different.
The spiritual dimension was crucial for the communication of each layer and world. For example, the heart realm was known as one of the main connections that linked up the Thousand Worlds. Taking in consideration that the other main connection in River Styx had higher risks, it could said to be the only practical main connection.
The positive dimension referred to order and life of worlds; it was different than heaven, and not anywhere beautiful. On the contrary, it was full of danger and disaster. It was akin to the saying, "Things always reverse themselves after reaching an extreme."
The Gods Alliance Meeting's Pantheon temple was the only reliable safe zone in the positive realm in the ring of the world. Besides that, various gods didn't quite like stepping foot there.
The negative realm was the world of chaos and extermination. There wasn't anything like "things always reverse themselves after reaching an extreme"; it was actually really ferocious and dangerous.
The power of the origins of the world flowed out from the positive realm, passed through the material realm and flowed into the negative realm. Then it flowed out from negative realm, passed through the spiritual realm, and flowed back into the positive realm, forming a huge cycle.
The Abyss was the most important world in the negative realm; or maybe it should be said, of many worlds. It was messily piled up by countless worlds in different sizes. Regardless of material or space, they were in a mess. There were many strong magic monsters that lived within, and they would attack and kill one another. They had the desire to rush to other worlds to cause damage.
The Abyss also had some areas that were comparatively more stable. Every area as such normally went through vigorous competition: the strong one that got to rule it would be known as the King of the Abyss. It was similar to other Gods and commanders in heaven and hell; just that these Kings were mostly the kind that were mentally abnormal, and the way they did things was not reliable. Besides some other crazy ones that were also mentally abnormal, there was no one else willing to mix with them.
Sui Xiong lied down in the pond that was transformed from a King's corpse and absorbed the heat, that could even melt rocks, to slowly recover his injuries.
He was really severely injured and had to take a good rest.
But the world was not always as one wished. His injuries were only 20 to 30% recovered. He could feel the space in the border of the world shaking, and a bunch of spirits from other worlds dashed in to fight with the locals in the world.
The spirits in Abyss were normally known as devils, magic tribes, or demons; something along those lines. How many tribes were there? No one knew. But there was something that everyone knew: it was that these bastards didn't practice any "fellowship of the same clan," let alone "the wicked help the wicked." When they met each other, most of them only wanted to kill the other party and eat them, to grow stronger by eating up the other's power.
Stronger, stronger until they were strongest. Most of the devils thought only of this all day.
What is a monster? Monster meant chaos, from the beginning 'till the very end. Illogical and irrational. There was no way of communication.
In the front row of Pantheon temple, among the four gods from the origins of the world, there was The God of Chaos. It disappeared long ago; for tens of thousand years, no Gods had ever seen Him. Some thought that He had passed, but the invincible might ensure His throne to not shatter; some thought he was in deep sleep and uncertain of when He was going to wake up; even more thought that He had become the King of Devils in the deepest place of the Abyss, the existence of chaos, in essence.
Most of the devils were not entirely a chaotic existence, but the clarity of their brains was quite limited. Only when they were onto something very important would they maintain basic consciousness, and not to the point where they went crazy.
For example, when they invaded the other worlds within the Abyss.
Sui Xiong noticed that those devils that invaded had many light blue patterns on the surface of their bodies, and many had frost hoops around their bodies. That showed that they belonged to the snow series.
The power of ice was relatively more calm. The devils that possessed such power would be a little more rational.
In contrast, the devils that had many bright red patterns on the surface of their bodies were mostly experts in fire; one could tell their types in one glance.
The power of flame was especially ferocious and chaotic. In combination with the inborn chaotic character of a devil, the effect was not as simple as one plus one equals two. From the local devils, one could tell that they were way more violent and messed up compared to those invaders. They had no order when they fought and they were just a bunch of mad men.
For instance, it was not only once that Sui Xiong saw the local devils rub their hands together to form a huge fireball and raise it up; and instead of throwing towards the invader devils, hurling it at someone around him that he found an eye sore.
Hey! Do you have something wrong with you?! Take some medicine if you are crazy!
The first time when he saw such a scene, Sui Xiong nearly screamed. But in the end, he got used to it.
Even the other party, who was relatively more rational, picked up devils that were of smaller size around them and ate them like snacks. So, those who threw fireballs at their allies were nothing.
These b*stards, do they have no idea of what comrade-in-arms means?
The battle efficiency of these devils was so low it pissed people off. Sui Xiong was soaked in the blood of the Devil King's heart to slowly recover while he looked at these bastards fighting against each other. At first, he thought that they wouldn't need to fight for long to call for victory or defeat. But in the end, although both parties had severe injuries and dead, there were endless follow-ups. So after long battle, there was still no results.
Sui Xiong noticed that the world was giving birth to new devils, endlessly. Although they had various looks, the bright red patterns on their body was similar. Plus, they were all playing with fire, not one was an exception.
On the other hand, the party with blue pattern had endless new fighters as well; the situation was probably about the same as the one here.
The speed at which devils from both parties died was very fast, but the speed that they were born were fast too. They continued to fight and kill, and it didn't look anywhere near time to call for victory or defeat.
Sui Xiong waited for god knows how long, until his injuries were almost recovered. The two gang of devils were still fighting against each other.
He was not in a rush to go back but lied in the pond. He absorbed the endless fire power while he looked into the ecology of the devils.
The theme park had the God of Justice watching over, so he didn't need to worry about it. It was a rare opportunity to visit the Abyss and he would feel sorry for himself if he didn't take another looks.
After a while, he finally got bored and flew out of the blood pond.
The huge jellyfish waved its tentacles. However, it did not tear open the space to return to the main dimension but flew towards the two gang of devils that were in a vigorous fight.
"You guys have been fighting for so long, it's so annoying to even watch!" He shouted. "Let me lend you a helping hand to end the battle quickly!"
Then, the few tentacles drew strange runes simultaneously and casted magic at the same time. Huge fireballs were shot one after another towards the middle of where the blue patterned devils stood formation were.
Taken by surprise, the blue patterned invaders were beaten up in an embarrassing predicament. At least 100 or more devils vanished under the attack, and that caused the speed of their replacement to be slightly slower.
Sui Xiong did not show mercy but continued to fly towards the battlefield while throwing fireballs continuously. He followed the same pattern that was simply brutal and bombed savagely.
His magic powers were way stronger compared to the local devils. Maybe only the king that the God of Justice killed was on par with him. While he spared no effort in attack, the normal devils couldn't withstand him. The originally crowded blue army that couldn't see an end were suddenly scattered around.
But as those blue devils dared to invade, they of course wouldn't only have some weak chickens that were like cannon fodder. Suddenly, there was an earth-shaking roar. A strange devil with tiger body, crocodile head, and a pair of claws on its shoulders, jumped through the crack at the border of the two worlds.
It came out, then waved its claw around and flooded in endless ice spikes, like a rain shower of sharp blades. It covered the entire region where Sui Xiong was at and his surroundings.
Sui Xiong laughed coldly and rolled his tentacles to root out a big tree, which could burn itself without fire, that was next to him. He used it as a weapon to swing it left and right to block off all the ice blades.
"Honestly speaking, I have curiosity towards the ability of the Abyss Kings," He said. "Coincidentally, I was beaten up previously and I am in a very bad mood. Come on and fight with me; let me find a sense of satisfaction from bullying the weak!"
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Chapter 167: Chapter 37
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Together with the words, the will of Sui Xiong was accurately passed to the weird demon.
That demon was the leader of the blue demons, who was also the monarch of that world. It thought that the king of the world had taken action a
nd wanted to fight with its old rival. But it was unexpected that the one he saw wasn't the rival that it had fought against for unknown years, but a monster with unknown origins.
The most annoying thing was that it seemed to look down on it.
The character of the demons had always been impulsive and irritable; even the ice system was no exception. Provoked by Sui Xiong in such a way, it suddenly burst into fury and yelled in madness, and the cold air around it froze into a giant icicle like a mountain. The demon slung it at him.
The icicle rushed to Sui whistling, and the coldness around it provoked many snowflakes in most of the sky. Dozens of demons who were a little closer to it did not even have time to respond, and they were frozen into ice sculptures. The wind blew and the ice sculptures cracked and turned into countless ice flakes on the ground.
The icicle was not close to Sui Xiong yet, bur Sui Xiong felt the biting chill. Different from his own ice power, this chill was full of malice and cruelty, and shuddering fury. The coolness that the "ice" should have had was completely replaced by fury. It was like a smirking and calm man crazily destroying things with his hands.
"It's really a guy in the chaos camp…" Sui Xiong sighed and waved his tentacles, greeting it with ice power.
With a crashing sound, two ice powers, although equally confusing, collided violently. One of them was calm, the other violent.
Beyond everyone's imagination, the two powers did not explode or cancel out after meeting each other. Instead, they were accompanied by countless fierce crackles and stuck together. Even the icicle and Sui's tentacles were stuck together, and they were inseparable.
"Huh?!" Sui Xiong was shocked and subconsciously wanted to withdraw his strength. But he changed his mind.
He shouted, redoubling his efforts to continuously exert the ice power on his opponent.
The demon king didn't think so much. My attack is blocked? Then double the effort!
The two ice powers had became stronger and stronger, and they stuck together more firmly, and gradually became one. The icicles in the air had gradually changed the color and became a mixture of dark blue and light blue. The two blues were intertwined with each other but clearly divided. They were like two snakes entwined together which wanted to use their powerful bodies to suffocate their opponent to death. The tentacle of Sui Xiong had become dark blue, like pure sapphire, and the cold air emitted had turned the surrounding area into a world of ice and snow.
In this snow-covered area, not to mention the monsters of the flame system in this world, even the demons from the ice system of the ice world couldn't stand it. They retreated stumbling and had retreated continually, but they still frantically killed the enemy. No one knew what kind of vengeance they had.
Seeing that the strength of both sides was almost at its limit, Sui Xiong laughed loudly and waved his tentacles to cut off the tentacle stuck with the icicle. His body regained freedom and suddenly accelerated and rushed toward the demon monarch.
The demon monarch did not expect him to do so, and the reaction suddenly slowed. The two masters confronted each other and the outcome could be decided in an instant, not to mention that its strength was far weaker than Sui's. The reason why they could hold on for so long was nothing more than that Sui deliberately making a trap for it. At this moment, Sui swiftly and violently raided it, and it could not withstand the attack. It was wrapped by Sui's waving tentacles that hit it in the face, which was like being wrapped by a giant python.
It roared and struggled hard. However, this struggle did not have an effect. It was wrapped tighter and tighter. Gradually, there was the sound of bones breaking inside the body, and it was about to die.
Then the mighty demon shouted once more, and a fierce squeaking sound was heard in the body. The already weak body was suddenly filled with astonishing power, and it even broke loose from the tentacles.
"Self-destruct?!" Sui Xiong immediately guessed what it was going to do, and turned the edge of a dozen tentacles into sharp cones, and pierced them into the body of the demon monarch.
The powerful force that was expected to burst out was absorbed by more than a dozen tentacles, and suddenly it weakened. At that time, the demon monarch could no longer recover its power. It could only watch its power be absorbed, and eventually its body completely collapsed into a pool of pale ice pieces and piled on the ground.
Laughing loudly, Sui shook his tentacles and took back the icicles and tentacles that were firmly stuck together, and collected the ice pieces that the demon monarch turned into.
This harvest was really good! If these forces were fully digested and absorbed, it would not only help him fully recover but would also improve his strength; not only an increase of strength, but more importantly, an expansion of the area of strength.
The power of this demon was unique and the ultimate power in chaos. In contrast, even the Gods in the "chaos camp" were much more orderly than they were. Sui had never gotten into contact with this extremely turbulent power before, and he could not even imagine it. Getting into contact with this power at the moment, carefully analyzing and understanding it, and eventually grasping it, was like opening a door leading to a new heaven, perfecting his entire strength system.
For some time afterward, Sui Xiong still lied down in the blood pool formed by the hot demon monarch, slowly analyzing and understanding the power of the ice demon monarch. After a long time, he finally completed the entire decomposition process and had a deeper understanding and grasp of this power.
"It's wonderful!"
Inside the hot blood pool, Sui Xiong lifted a tentacle, where a raging flame burned while emitting no heat. Instead, it was extremely cold.
He raised another tentacle with a cold piece of ice, that was boiling. It looked very strange.
This was the power of the demons. They did not follow any rules; it was complete chaos.
Although he grasped the power of the demon monarch, together with the power of the demon monarch who had already died, he still had only a little understanding of the unruly and chaotic power of the demons. He felt that this power was very wonderful and so simply incredible that it could do a variety of things beyond imagination, and could be of great help in many cases.
"It's weird… why don't those powerful Gods go to study this kind of power?" Sui said to himself with uncertainty, lying in the lava pool of blood.
This was because of the lack of knowledge. There were actually many Gods who were curious about demonic forces, but the power of the Gods was ultimately a manifestation of order. Even the chaotic Gods needed order; even when they were disorderly. Once they stepped into the Abyss where their powers were in this completely chaotic environment, their powers would be greatly suppressed. It was easy to be in danger, and not surprising if they fell.
There were also Gods who tried to send incarnations or avatars to take risks for them. However, they found that even if only the incarnations or avatars were wounded, their original bodies were also damaged. Once the incarnations or avatars fell, the original bodies could be seriously injured if not killed, which was still extremely dangerous.
Not only that; even if they took the risk of depriving the power of demonic monarchs and studying it slowly, they could not benefit from it. Differences in the nature of power made all such efforts in vain. On the contrary, some Gods became so obsessed with analyzing chaotic power that their own orderly powers began to clutter and collapse. Some fell, they heads muddled, and some had been transformed into demons…
Afterward, the Gods understood that "Demon Power" was untouchable, and they were afraid of the Abyss. No one would dare take advantage of this power.
The key to Sui Xiong studying and mastering the power of demons with the body of a God was that he had a different nature, and was not from this world. The "order" and "chaos" of this world had no fundamental influence on his soul. Although maneuvering two kinds of power was extremely dangerous, all the dangers were ultimately limited to his large jellyfish body, which was entirely within his control.
Even so, he took a lot of risks in the research process and suffered a lot of injuries. Thanks to this safe place, he could rest assured that he could recover from injury. Otherwise he didn't know how long he would have studied before he could get the results that he now had!
After the study was initially finished, Sui Xiong looked at the places where the two worlds bordered. He saw the space-cracks connecting the two worlds still existed, and the blue-patterned ice demons were still rushing out and launching attacks toward this side.
However, after losing the monarch, these demons had no leader and no advantage. This long-delayed war was now in a state of complete deadlock. The two kinds of demons, of ice and flame, seemed to step into the legendary "meat grinder" and continued to fight and die. The corpses were already piling up in the space crack in a nasty hill.
As the demons fought, they continued to pick up the corpses under their feet and send them into their mouths. Some weak demons swiftly deformed as they ate, and they evolved into powerful species, but most of them died on the battlefield, turning into part of the hill of corpses.
Sui Xiong shook his head and wanted to turn away from this disgusting scene. Suddenly he changed his mind and turned, curious about the situation in the space crack.
Will there be a cold world over there? Without the monarch, that world was actually safe for him. Was it better to go there and have a look?
Anyway, as long as you are prepared, even if there is any danger, you can escape in time.
And now that he was in a very good state, he could try to take risks…
He carefully made a perfect space coordinate on this side to make sure that even if there was any danger there, he could retreat in time. Then he leaped and rushed into the space crack like he was being shot from a cannon, and broke into the opposite world. Whistling, he tore through the heated air and shook the demons on the road together, regardless of their race…
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"F*ck! D*mn it's cold!"
That was the first sentence that Sui Xiong said after barging into that world.
There wasn't a second sentence as of then, because in the next moment, he was frozen in a blue piece of ice.
It was a boundless ocean that had countless icebergs. Many devils were giving birth and reproducing on the floes. They were jumping on the ice ocean lightly with actions that were hard to imagine. Every time they touched the ocean, the spot where their legs landed would form a big piece of ice.
Flowing in the ice ocean was of course not water, but some kind of light blue fluid. Its coldness was beyond imagination, and it had a weird characteristic: once it got in contact with something, no matter what is was, it would immediately freeze.
Sui Xiong didn't want to know what was underneath the water. His gut feeling told him that if he were to sink in the deep water of ice ocean, it definitely wouldn't be a good outcome.
So the moment he arrived at Ice Block, he felt the drifting ice sinking and he immediately cast magic to carry him with the huge piece of drifting ice, and flew into the air.
Then, he realised that space crack that linked him to The World of Scorching Heat was above a piece of decently sized drifting ice that was almost against the ice's surface. He got out from there suddenly and flew off the area of the drifting ice, straightaway falling into the ice ocean that was right next to it.
There were many devils in this world, that were rushing over to the space crack from all over the place.
He frequently saw a big gang of devils that used drifting ice as boats, and found something else as sail. They cast magic to set off wind as power and sailed in mighty contingents.
There were also many powerful devils that didn't use any tricks, but flew over in the air, and dashed towards the space crack.
There were even some weak devils that couldn't set off wind but used some ice as cushions to run along the ice ocean, towards the space crack. Most of their efforts exhausted their energy halfway; it froze them into ice and sank under the sea.
Sui Xiong flew in the air and saw such this enthusiastic scene.
"F*ck! Such strong hatred! What made the front fall, and those behind take up their position?" Sui Xiong mumbled to himself and he shook his body vigorously to shatter the ice that frozen him. Then, he casted magic to become invisible and watch the situation from the air.
After leaving the surface of the water, the world was actually not that cold, and it felt quite bearable. But the ice ocean in the world was really strange; it was ridiculously cold. He didn't know what kind of fluid made the ice ocean.
"Anyway, it is definitely not water," He mumbled to himself. "Although I have returned all my physics knowledge to my teacher, I at least remember that ice freezes below zero degrees, and at zero degrees, it would definitely not make me feel cold."
He used magic to collect some ocean water samples curiously, but he realised that although he could "hold" the ocean water, he couldn't absorb it in, only take back a few drops.
The water in the ice ocean didn't look any different compared to normal water. But once it was absorbed and left the calm sea surface, it immediately turned stringy, just like glue sticking onto the sea surface with its surrounding. As it got further from the sea surface, it gots stickier. Even when he used his strength to its fullest, he could only pull out a two meter long stringy fiber, but was unable to cut it off entirely.
He tried to cut it off with magic but there was no magic took effect. Chopping it with a sharp blade felt like hitting a hot object, burning it with fire had no effect at all, corroding it with poison and vibrating it with sound wave didn't help at all. Nothing did.
"That's strange! What is this ice ocean exactly?!"
Sui Xiong flew higher. When a few devils noticed something was weird they flew over to check. They couldn't find anything, but flew around the air and pondered.
Stringy, cold, freezes things and sinks them in…
The more he thought about it, the more he found it weird. In the end, he was even terrified.
The ice ocean… wouldn't be gastric juices of a huge monster, right?
Thinking that he might possibly be flying around in the stomach of an enormous primeval beast, he felt uncomfortable all over. He immediately decided to cast away all his curiosity and flew towards the crack to return to the World of Scorching Heat.
Just when he was about to leave Ice World, he could clearly feel that there was an obscure but profound consciousness that twinkled deep down below the ice ocean's surface, and he nearly shouted.
"Damn! It really deserves the title of Abyss! They have all kinds of strange things!"
Thinking the huge Ice World might really be the stomach of an huge monster sent shivers down his spine. He soaked in the scorching hot blood pond for a long time and finally relaxed.
Then, he flew quickly into the space crack and killed all the invading blue-patterned ice devils. He then cast magic to start blocking off the space crack.
He spent a long time blocking the space crack completely. He just got to relax when another nearby space burst into pieces, and endless lightning currents flowed out like a lightning waterfall.
Flowing out along the lightning waterfall were countless amount of small sized devils. They were small, but their fighting power wasn't. Almost every one of them could fight against the selected devils in this world. Especially when they united into one, their fighting power would advance by leaps and bounds, turning into another kind of existence.
"Hey! It can even unite into one!" Sui Xiong was interested and he stretched his arms to catch one of the united devil to take a closer look.
After fiddling with it for a while, he finally found the problem. Most of the devils that flowed out along the lightning waterfall had no organs; the entire body was made of clouds of surging lightning. The combination of lightning with lightning would become a stronger lightning, what was wrong with that?
Sui Xiong caught another few lightning devils and researched them. Until he mastered the basis of the power of the lightning devils, he could apply the same tactic again. After ensuring his back-up plan and safety, he could barge into the world of lightning devils again.
That world wasn't as terrifying as ice world. It was only a broad boundless desert that was completely covered by gloomy clouds. The thunder echoed continuously and the lightning filled the sky; it was even difficult for one to open their eyes.
Among the lightning, countless devils were born. Most of them became incredibly weak after the lighting struck and died off eventually, but others became extremely strong. They were on a totally different level than the b*stards before. Within a very short period of time, it was like great waves washing away the sand, where many strong selected devils were born.
"The f*ck! This speed of increasing army force is incredible! If this was a game, it would definitely be an add-on feature!"
Sui Xiong was hidden under the desert as he saw the countless selected devils born among the lightning, whistling into the space crack that was connected to the World of Scorching Heat. He was feeling a little uneasy.
Looking at such a situation, the devils in the worlds might not be able to withstand…
Their death shouldn't be regretted. If there was any trouble, it would ruin the sanctuary that the God of Justice had prepared. It would be a pity!
Then, he didn't hesitate anymore. He got out from below the soil and opened its mouth at the sky to take a deep breath.
Countless lighting was mutated and deformed, and swarmed towards him from all over the place; but he swallowed them in a mouthful.
The next moment, there was large amount of smoke spurting out from the huge jellyfish's body, and there was even a muffled scream that came out among the mist.
"So! Hot! Ah!"
Those lightning strikes were not strong, but with countless of them gathering together, it combined into a boiling hot lightning waterfall. Sui Xiong didn't expect that at all, and he was suddenly burnt to the verge of passing out.
He screamed and groaned for quite some time and finally relaxed as he released a few mouthfuls of smoke. Looking at the space crack, the amount of newborn devils had gone down by a lot. The pressure from the other side of the world should had begun to lighten, too.
He continued to guard at the space crack and eat all the devils that wanted to go over to cause trouble. Occasionally he would absorb large amounts of lightning and store the power in his body as a preparation for future battle.
After a while, the dark clouds in this world diminished, by a lot and lightnings was not as plentiful as before. It was as though the end of the world had passed, and it resumed to the stage where it was suitable for living.
Then, on the originally barren plain, appeared branches that grew. It turned into a dense grassland very quickly. There were many devils that were reproducing among the grassland, looking full of life.
Sui Xiong continued to absorb the lightning in the dark clouds and as he was getting more and more familiar with the lighting devil power, the speed of his absorption got faster. After a week or two, he finally absorbed almost all of the lightning power in the dark clouds and converted them into a flowing lightning river.
When everything had completed, he wanted to leave. But just when he wanted to go through the transportation portal, he felt that the world had something that worried him, and he wasn't willing to leave yet.
"What is it exactly?" He mumbled to himself suspiciously while he searched within the lighting world.
He searched all over. He saw conflicts between strong big devils multiple times, and felt that the faintly discernible power was getting clearer and nearer.
In the end, he finally found his aim.
It was located on the lofty mountain: a blue crystal ball.
There was no trace of human carving on the crystal ball; maybe it was a divine force creation. It contained powerful lightning that made Sui Xiong nervous.
If the crystal ball were to suddenly explode, no matter how strong his defense power was, he might be severely injured too!
He intended to throw the crystal ball away and leave, but he faintly felt that it had a strange connection with this world.
"If I could eat the crystal ball, maybe I could obtain power and could control this world…"
Looking at crystal ball floating in the air, with lightning sparkling within, Sui Xiong hesitated.
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Swallowing the world's hub?
This was definitely not a joke.
By devouring the world's hub, it was possible to control the entire world, which of course would encounter the backlash of the entire world's power. If one was talented enough to suppress the backlash, the benefits of controlling a world were simply too large to be imagined; but if not, the result would naturally be worse than imagined.
Huge interests were accompanied by great risks, and gave people such dilemmas.
Sui Xiong did not want to take such a risk, but he could not resist such a big temptation.
Standing in front of the crystal ball, he repeatedly weighed the risks and benefits, but he was always unable to make up his mind.
After controlling a world, at the very least, it could be used as a safe place to hide. It could further serve as a base for training soldiers. It could also be used to create a variety of rare resources. Other benefits were numerous; why did the Gods want to create their own holy kingdoms? Just for these benefits!
Sui Xiong had not been able to build his own holy kingdom, and many of his believers' souls were still sealed in the altar and were not properly placed. If he could control this world, he could try to transform it into a holy kingdom, so that the dead believers had a place to go and achieve the ultimate salvation of his denomination.
For him, this was almost an urgent issue.
It had been almost four years since the beginning of the construction of his church. Four years was not long, but time passed quickly. Especially for the Gods who were in a stable state, decades passed in the blink of an eye. For example, he unknowingly spent almost a year on recovering his wounds from the two worlds in the Abyss he explored before.
However, for mortals, life spans were only 50 or 60 years. Even those powerful adventurers who didn't enter the legendary realm and didn't use various means to renew their lives would only live up to 70 or 80 years, which was their limit. There were already many people in the common believers of Sui Xiong who had gone white-haired. If it was not possible to build the holy kingdom before they died, it was unacceptable to let them take a rest in the virtual world of the altar.
When others are honest with me, I should also treat them with honesty. Believers offer me faith, and I, as a God, should naturally return my blessing to them. The redemption of the soul is an indispensable part of the blessing.
However, even now, Sui Xiong had not been able to build the holy kingdom.
The creation of the holy kingdom needed to start from the direction of the world's origins; he needed to create a small world out of nothing, and then gradually improve and expand it. This required the mediation of the priesthood, so only the real God could do it.
However, Sui Xiong had not yet completed the ceremony of apotheosization to prepare for the priesthood.
On the one hand, although he possessed enough strengths, they rarely matched his ideals; correctly speaking, there were none. On the other hand, a future of being affected by beliefs and confined by the priesthood made him very worried.
So he had been hesitant and refused to make a decision.
He had more time and he could wait for a decade, 100 years, 1,000 years, or 10,000 years. Anyway, he was not mortal. It did not matter how long he waited.
When he practiced in deep trenches, the transition between cold and heat he saw occasionally when he breathed on the surface of the sea occurred hundreds of times. Time did not affect him.
But time could have an impact on his followers; and it had a great impact.
He didn't even think of the ages of ordinary believers whom he rarely met with. Just in a few of the core believers whom he often met, Palin had grown a little taller and had a few soft beards on his chin; although Rhode was still strong, he had already started having white hair on his head; Satan had already gotten glasses; Olian had grown to be a charming big girl, and there were even many people talking about her wedding… If it was true that several hundred years had passed, then even the legendary strongmen would all grow old…
He could wait, but they couldn't wait.
But now, he saw an opportunity. If he could control such a world and transform it into a holy kingdom, the problem would be solved.
Not only that, he could also get countless benefits; the simplest one being that once he controlled the world, those unstoppable demons of the thunder system would become an inexhaustible source of soldiers. If he fought with other Gods, he would not need to worry about being besieged by a sea of people.
On the contrary, in the face of solitary Gods, he could, in turn, use the tactics of multitude, killing the other's power at the expense of massive casualty.
And… the process of controlling and transforming a world could also greatly deepen his understanding of the nature of power and the roots of the world, and would be even more beneficial for further improvement!
So he was hesitant. Even if he knew that the risk was huge, he was reluctant to give up.
He was stealthily beside the crystal ball and contemplating silently.
Not knowing how much time had passed, the world had begun to fill with the power of lightning. Clouds re-shaded the sky. The sounds of thunder had joined together. Countless flashes of lightning had turned the ground into a sandstone, and countless demons appeared in the lightning and killed all of the demons rushing from the space crack, and then rushed and launched aggression against other worlds.
Sui Xiong looked at the demon's imposing appearance and couldn't help but laugh.
"Why do I think so much! How can life be so precious!
"I enjoyed peace and quietness for the first half of my life. I can also make a second space travel in the second half of my life. I have experienced incredible wonderful things and I don't know how long I have lived… what else do I need to worry about?
"If thousands of years are like this, I have already lived for thousands of years; why should I be so afraid of death!
"What is life? It's a regretless journey that blooms!
"Done!
Saying so, he waved his tentacles and rolled up the crystal ball, twinkling with lightning, and swallowed it.
The fierce thunder and lightning suddenly broke out in his stomach. The endless lightning force cooked about half of the body of the giant jellyfish almost instantaneously. The inner part of him was directly turned into coke.
Fortunately, Sui Xiong had already cut off the feeling of the soul and body. Even if the entire body was burned into coke, it had no real effect on him.
Now for him, the jellyfish body was a set of tools for resolving and absorbing the crystal ball. Even if there was a loss, it did not matter, as long as it could achieve the goal.
A steady flow of magic and nutrition was mobilized and sent to the part that was in contact with the crystal ball. It was constantly consumed by it, and it continued to replenish, initiating a long war of attrition.
From the outside world, there was fierce and unimaginable thunder. It completely covered a large circle of the area around it, and lightning dazzled. It was not clearly visible what was inside.
A long time passed, and Sui Xiong suddenly felt a little bit of change.
In the area where the crystal ball was constantly consumed, a few parts of his body changed and became somewhat similar to the ball.
These parts were only very minute pieces, but in lightning, these small pieces were not damaged at all, but were slowly increasing.
Rejoicing, Sui Xiong knew that the most dangerous and critical step had passed.
At this time, the whole world, which was still calm, shook violently. The endless power rose from every corner of the world and gathered in majestic thunder strikes that fiercely hit Sui Xiong who was amidst the thunder.
With that blow, the huge body of the jellyfish disappeared with the crystal ball in the body and was almost completely destroyed.
But amidst the thunder, there were many tiny particles still floating, unaffected.
Sui Xiong, hiding in a fine grain, watched the thunder which was more and more terrifying, and he smiled.
"It turns out that… this world is like this!"
There was only a tiny difference between before and after. If the counterattack of the entire world power came even earlier and even if Sui Xiong had not transformed even one bit, the result would be that the body would be completely destroyed. Whether a soul without a body could survive in the thunder and lightning was unknown.
But now, this world was no threat to him!
Although the crystal ball had been destroyed, the fragments were still there. Even though they were small, they were actually concrete and microscopic crystal ball structures. Once they were reconstructed, they could become the hub of the world, and this world would be under the control of Sui Xiong.
In the endless thunder, those fragments slowly converged and eventually turned into a thumb-sized mini jellyfish.
Sui Xiong fiercely motivated his power and had an amazing attraction in his body of a mini jellyfish which sucked all the endless thunder around it. Obviously, the body was a little small; it was like a black hole with endless attraction.
After a moment, the sky was clear, and even the clouds that covered the sky disappeared without a trace.
Sui Xiong, who had enough strength, slightly yelled, and his body was suddenly enlarged, and he turned into a beast that covered the entire sky.
He hung countless tentacles like tall trees, and stuck them in the ground to penetrate every corner of the world with the tentacles of power.
This world was like a building block that had been taken apart. There was no mystery. As long as he was willing to, at any time he was able to change the world. Whether he wanted to make it full of lightning or sunny, he could do so by changing his mind.
Sui Xiong slowly and gradually contracted his body to become an ordinary flying jellyfish, floating in the clear sky.
"I don't like this world of thunder and lightning. Let me turn it into a form that I am used to."
After that, he closed his eyes and began to change the world in the way he had just understood.
Not knowing how long had passed, the earth below slowly turned green, and countless weeds grew from the gravel. Gradually there were many shrubs growing. There were some large and small gullies in the earth. A gurgling river unknowingly appeared.
When Sui Xiong opened his eyes again, the world had become a vast open country.
However, many demons had emerged there. They squabbled indiscriminately and completely ignored Sui Xiong's command.
This was determined by the chaotic nature of this world. Even if Sui controlled the world's hub, he could not reverse its chaotic nature.
Looking at this chaotic world, Sui Xiong was once again stuck in thoughts.
Of course, such a world cannot be a holy kingdom. How can I transform it?
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Chapter 170: Chapter 40
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Abyss was the base camp of primeval energy that formed each and every world. Those were completely chaotic lands. Even though they were brought under control by Sui Xiong, even if Sui Xiong bestowed order upon the land, he wouldn't be able to change its nature.
If he couldn't resolve the issue, even if he forced the place to become a holy kingdom, after the believers' souls entered they would only turn into devils.
Sui Xiong believed that among his believers, maybe there were some psychopaths, but this 'maybe' would probably be superfluous. Maybe there were crazy people but his 'maybe' seemed to be superfluous. Maybe there were utilitarians but his 'maybe' might still be superfluous. But, regardless of psychopaths, crazy people or utilitarians, they still wouldn't want to become devils.
What did devils look like? Every one of them looked repulsive and neurotic. Their limbs would always be twitching. The worst was that quite a number of devils suffered from mouth impairments. Most of the time they would only wear contorted smiles as their saliva drooled all over.
To let his believers turn into such things? What would be the difference between this and the pay to play fraud that conned for retirees' pension!
Sui Xiong would definitely not do anything embarrassing like that. Try to imagine, when a bunch of people who were crossing borders sat down to chat together and talked about their achievements. If one said, "I have made great contributions and accomplished great tasks in ancient times and opened up the biggest empire in human history," another said, "I have become a muggle mage in Strange World, punched the God of Light and kicked the Supreme Devil," another said, "I researched magic, I wrote theses that exploded people's brains," and then another one said, "I cultivated myself into an immortal and created everything on earth." Then, when it was his turn, he would say, "I did something small, I am a cheater that conned souls and sent them to become devils."
Hey! This is so embarrassing! Even if I became a cosplayer, pretended to be Vegeta today and pretended to be Saint Seiya tomorrow, I would only be considered as infringing on someone else's rights at most; but not losing my dignity!
Sui Xiong shook his head and dismissed all those ideas, then pondered seriously on what he should do.
But he had no solutions.
The chaos in the Abyss had its fixed attributes. With Sui Xiong's talent, to correct the fixed attributes, it would require at least 1,000, or tens of thousands of years.
In such a long time, the souls of his believers would be so full that even the altar wouldn't be able to fit them. With so much free time, he might as well build his own holy kingdom.
Plus, the problems were more than that. The world was located in the Abyss. The chaotic power was everywhere, corroding it. The speed of Sui Xiong's purification might not be as fast as its corrosion.
"First, I have to figure out a way to drag it out of the Abyss."
Sui Xiong mumbled to himself and took a different standpoint.
Among the various worlds that were piling up messily like building blocks, he saw that there was one that was giving off an entirely different light from the other worlds. The light had a sense of magical harmoniousness that didn't go well with the surrounding worlds.
"Alright, first, let me cut off its connections with all the other worlds."
Sui Xiong activated his controlling power towards the world and tried to cut off its connections with the surrounding worlds, but he realized that the connections were unusually tight-knit and difficult to cut off.
After pondering for a while, he opted for simple but crude way, which was to cut off its connection with all the other worlds internally; give it up and abandon it.
The method was effective. In a short time span, he cut off almost all the connections of the world with the surrounding worlds, but left the one connected to the World of Scorching Heat.
"Then… what should I do next?"
He was lost.
Not knowing how long he spent thinking, he finally certified that he really couldn't figure out any next step.
Hence, he contacted the God of Justice.
"Huh? You are not resting over there, but ran to other Abyss worlds?" The God of Justice was lying on the bench in the theme park plaza to take a nap, even pretending to be a homeless man to con a kind-hearted staff member for a meal. He jumped up and suddenly shouted, "Don't you want to live anymore?!"
"Huh? Is it dangerous? I don't find it dangerous…" Sui Xiong said in distress. The so-called "King of Abyss" ain't that strong either, I knocked it down with a few blows."
"I'm not talking about the King of Abyss! I am talking about corrosion of the Abyss's attributes!" The God of Justice regretted that Sui Xiong did not live up to his expectations and spat, "Can't you feel it? I have polished the World of Scorching Heat, especially the blood pool. It basically lost its chaotic attributes. But once you leave the blood pool, you should be able to feel the corrosion of the Abyss's attributes. Especially if you ran to other worlds! What is the difference between this and jumping into a dye tub naked! Do you intend to dye yourself sh*t color?"
"How is it as severe as that…"
"To us Gods, there is no difference between Abyss attributes and sh*t! You don't want to stay human but want to turn yourself into a fly. For what?!"
"…But I am a jellyfish."
"A jellyfish that was dyed in sh*t color!"
Sui Xiong didn't know whether to cry or to laugh but he could feel the concern of his brother from the scolding. Sui Xiong could only explain to Him. Of course, there were many times that he was responded to by the God of Justice with "idiot,""psychopath," and "pig-like idea."
When He heard that Sui Xiong was fine and successfully conquered an Abyss world, and even pondered changing its attributes and sending it back to the main dimension to become a holy kingdom, the God of Justice was dumbstruck.
"…Are you sure that you are perfectly normal and not corroded by the power of the Abyss, and turned crazy?"
"I am very well."
"You should take a look at your limbs first, to check if there are any scales or claws."
"I am a jellyfish, where do I find my limbs?"
"No way. I am still worried!" The God of Justice mumbled. He made a bad clone temporarily for communication, and jumped into the heart blood pool in a hurry.
He had only just arrived when He felt something was wrong.
Among the Abyss's attributes that flooded the world, why were there things that were inharmonious?
But it couldn't be called inharmonious. It was actually something that He was familiar with. It was divine power, and a kind divine power.
But, in the Abyss that was filled with chaotic power, any divine power would be eliminated very quickly. How could there be any left over?
He searched along the direction of the kind divine power and he found the world that Sui Xiong seized control of.
In the space crack at the border of the two worlds, there were a constant steady flow of kind divine power, like a gush of freshwater that gushed into the sea. Although it blended into the surrounding chaos very quickly, it left a clear trace behind.
"Unless… my silly brother didn't bullshit? He really did it?" The God of Justice stood next to the space and day dreamt. He finally jumped over as He couldn't suppress His curiosity.
He saw a vast open country that was full of bumps and hollows. A flatland seemed to be chewed on by some sort of huge monsters, leaving chips on the ground. The big ones seemed to cut off the entire world while the small ones were a light layer.
Countless devils were fighting randomly on the piece of barren land. They were so busy fighting that they didn't even notice His arrival.
It definitely wasn't normal. Devils were very sensitive towards divine power. Once there was God that came near, all the devils would immediately put down the task on hand and launch an attack at the God all together. Even if the strong God were to kill them all, the world would quickly produce more devils like crazy, and even the surrounding worlds would produce large amount of devils to partake in the ferocious siege.
It was not known how many strong Gods made an occasional mistake under such siege, or slip-ups, or focused on battle but forgot about the corrosion of the Abyss energy and passed on. Some were even drowned in battle and transformed into the King of Devils straightaway.
Back then, the God of Justice took countless measures against this and spent a lot of time. But, in the end, He depended on the King of Devils who was in a state not dead nor alive that he held captive, and he finally made a sanctuary.
Relying on the sanctuary, He had escaped danger more than once.
But, He didn't expect that within a year, Sui Xiong would manage to conquer such a large territory in the Abyss!
Although it was only a clone that was used for communication, His eyesight was still functional. He could clearly feel that the world was fully corroded with chaotic kind divine power; it had almost broken off its connection with the entire Abyss. Besides it being gradually corroded by the Abyss energy, it was just like an independent paradise.
Or course, this was based on the premise that the devils that appeared one after another were to be ignored. The nature of the world was still a part of the Abyss after all. It was only transformed a little.
Strictly speaking, it was only a paradise that was built of a crater. The heat from below could be felt and it could possibly explode at any time.
He became invisible and quickly found Sui Xiong.
"I did well, right?" Sui Xiong said happily. "I think I can continue to transform here, to make it my holy kingdom!"
"It's not a bad idea, looking at it closely, it is quite possible. But, how did you do it?" The God of Justice asked curiously.
Sui Xiong explained to him in detail, but He was puzzled as he couldn't grasp the main point.
"Anyway, that was it. I don't understand what happened either." In the end, Sui Xiong spread his tentacles and said helplessly, "I felt it was quite easy. Although it was certainly a little dangerous, there was nothing difficult to understand."
The God of Justice remained silent for very long time and took a deep breath.
"I still do not know the subtleties of the world well enough."
After that, He helped Sui Xiong figure out a way.
"Firstly, you have to reverse the circulation direction along the Ring of the World. Try to keep close to the material realm. Then, I will extract some small worlds from the positive realm of the Ring of the World, and send them over to blend with this world. Bit by bit, after a few rounds, it should eliminate the chaotic attributes of this world."
"Just like red and green, blue and orange, purple and yellow; as long as they complement each other under suitable proportions, the lights of the two colours will be combined into white light, right?"
The God of Justice laughed faintly but He tacitly acknowledged Sui Xiong's example, as it's not nice to say that He had never researched about colours before.
"Without further ado, let's start now!" Sui Xiong clapped his hands excitedly. Just when he was going to start, he stopped and asked, "What should I do exactly?"
The God of Justice smiled. "Hold on a minute. Continue to enhance your control of this world. I will find a way to help you confirm the location in on the entire Ring of the World. Only then can you take action."
To confirm the location of a small world that was within a few thousand miles in the huge Ring of the World that was huge beyond imagination was definitely not an easy task. The God of Justice spent half a year's time completing that one task.
He specifically drew up a route for Sui Xiong to go along the route, to avoid the few huge and powerful worlds in the Abyss in order to avoid unnecessary risk.
After obtaining the map, Sui Xiong, who was already impatient from waiting, departed immediately. He cut off the last connection between the world and the Abyss, the pathway that connected it to the World of Scorching Heat, and turned into a huge jellyfish that filled the entire world. He dragged the entire world—with great force beyond imagination—along the route and travelled slowly.
Although the speed wasn't fast and the future was filled with various challenges, he was full of confidence.
"Even computerized Chinese chess can win against a human, and I am only relocating my home; what is so difficult about it!"
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Things were easier said than done.
The Abyss was definitely no smooth thoroughfare. On the contrary, it was the definition of barren hills and untamed rivers. Sui Xiong hurried on his way with his entire family, and he had to stop constantly to move away the blocking world. If it were a smaller world, he would push it to the side. Although it required a lot of effort, it didn't bring any aftermath. If it was a slightly bigger world, it would be impossible for him to push it away, but he had to fight through it.
Earlier, he had shattered the hell-like world that had lava flowing all over. Not only did he kill the monarch of devils in that world, but the world itself was also broken into three pieces.
The world in the Abyss wasn't solid. Even if it weren't attacked, it would always collapse and rebuild. So, it wasn't difficult to break a world. The difficult part was giving the devils in the world a good throttling, so he could then shatter the world that was blocking his path.
It wasn't easy at all!
Sui Xiong lied on the grassland in his world and panted.
"D*mn it! That lava monster was simply cockroach-like! Couldn't be killed nor smashed… what does it feed on to be so solid! How was that lava! Isn't lava supposed to be liquid?!"
After complaining for a while, he finally recovered some energy and he took out the map to see.
After that long route, he only went a short distance.
"Oh my god! How long will this take!"
Looking at the boundless path of migration, he suddenly felt helpless and simply wanted to give up.
But… I can't give up!
"Back then, leveling up to legend was so difficult, and I managed to get to level 45! It's such a small matter; would it be more difficult than leveling up to level 45 in legend?" he gritted through his teeth and told himself. "I'll just treat this as leveling up!"
He comforted himself as such, and forgot about the fact that he leveled up relying on extension. Every day, 24 hours non stop, every year, 365 days, no break, with a few years' time; then he leveled up to level 45…
"Go for it! Sweep all the monsters along the away. I will definitely max out!"
Of course, he knew that it would be impossible.
To a commoner, maybe fighting against a monster could really accumulate experience and level up. But to an expert at his level, if he couldn't enhance the intrinsic power itself and get closer to the root of the world, it would be useless even if he fought more monsters.
Those who could fight were inexperienced, those who were experienced couldn't fight. Such an awkward situation.
Sui Xiong was only considered fully recovered after he rested for a very long time. He exerted his strength and dragged the small world that was slightly damaged in the battle earlier as he trudged along the route that his brother had planned for him.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step; Da Vinci drew an egg before…"
In Pantheon Temple, the God of Justice went next to the King of Order and mumbled something that even the most sensitive God wouldn't be able to eavesdrop.
The King of Order's peaceful face was shrouded among silver light and showed a hint of shock. After He pondered for a while, He nodded faintly.
"You have always been unreliable, but this time you did something reliable!"
The God of Justice was suddenly upset and asked rudely, "How am I unreliable? I've always been reliable, okay?"
The King of Order smiled, but he quickly hid it and resumed his usual solemnity and coolness.
He didn't entangle with the God of Justice on that but went straight to business. "Regarding the negative realm on the Ring of World, I could only affect it slightly; I wouldn't be able to help much. But the positive realm on the Ring of World is different. I could pick a few suitable miniature worlds later, and seal them up for you. Then, you could pass Him the sealed worlds directly and you could unseal them when you got into the world."
"That easy?" The God of Justice was a little suspicious.
"He has already overcome the most difficult part; the ones left are only some side issues," the King of Order said solemnly. "To Gods, the Abyss is a forbidden area. Even one who observes it will be affected by its chaotic power. 'When you focus on the Abyss, the Abyss is also focusing on you;' the idiom came from here. A God, no matter how powerful He is, wouldn't be able to stay for long in the Abyss. Not to mention trying to control one of the worlds in the Abyss… Even if it was me and I dared to do such things, I would only be invaded by the boundless chaos in the negative realm in the Ring of World, and finally pass away."
"If it was 'Him?'" The God of Justice leaned his head sideways and pouted to beckon to the chair, which was covered with complicated patterns and in inexplicable shapes, that made people feel uncomfortable.
"I have no idea where He went to." The King of Order looked solemn as usual but there was a hint of distress in His eyes. "I know that all of you are guessing; whether He has sunk to the level of the monarch of devils, or blended into Abyss to turn into part of the negative realm. But I can assure you that, these speculations are false!"
"Huh? Then where could He go?"
"If I knew, I would have told you," the King or Order replied calmly. "There is only me at the highest position, and actually it isn't beneficial to the order of the entire world. I am looking forward to someone who could take some responsibilities over, regardless of who it is."
"But, He was your ultimate enemy, right?"
"Conspiracy thinking is too insignificant to our level. Don't be affected by these things." The King of Order creased his eyebrows. "Among various Gods, you are the one that was the closest to our level. But you are affected by the nonsense too much, which is why you didn't improve much after your entered this realm. You need to leave all of this behind!"
"I've improved!" the God of Justice said jokingly. "Me now, is at least one time stronger than when I challenged you back then!"
The King of Order didn't even bother replying.
The God of Justice, who asked for a snub, smiled and returned to his seat.
Regardless, I heard some insights from the old man… he thought to himself. Order, chaos, kindness, wickedness… in their realm, what is going on exactly?
That really gives me a headache, my head is going to explode! Unless I really lack talent?
Maybe… Oscar was the one with real talent! Maybe when He grows up later, he can answer my question…"
He thought and suddenly jumped. He raised his axe and slammed it towards one of the seats behind him. He nearly chopped off the God of Conspiracy's head, but somehow He managed to dodge it.
"It is really you that is trying to pull a trick on me!" The God of Justice was clamoring arrogantly. "If you weren't paying attention on me, how could you dodge such a sudden chop of my axe!"
Not only was the God of Conspiracy silent, the rest of the various Gods were shocked too, and they were at a loss for words.
"Such strong reason!" the God of Fear that had a clergy of "tyranny" widened His eyes and complemented. "He deserves to be one who practices violence! Although He has yet to swing off the shadow of hypocrite, He could walk along the correct pathway with this capability!"
"How is this pathway correct?!" The Goddess of Woods asked angrily, who had always been against Him. "If He weren't looking at Him, wouldn't He be chopped?"
"What's wrong with being chopped?" The God of Justice in dug his ears rudely with his left pinky and then pointed at the God of Conspiracy with his filthy fingers. He paid no heed and said, "What's wrong with killing that b*stard?"
The Goddess of Woods looked, and the God of Conspiracy and was still speechless.
Just like the God of Justice said, what was wrong with killing the God of Conspiracy?
Nothing!
The God of Conspiracy had been trying to pull all kind of tricks and strategies behind Gods' backs. Gods that were more experienced had never been treated fairly by Him. Even His allies in name were fooled, including the Goddess of Woods who belonged under the Nature God system. Their God system belonged to the worst-hit area of the God of Conspiracy. Which one of them was not holding grudges? Which one of them wasn't full of grievances!
Wouldn't it be great to kill the God of Conspiracy? Great! Too awesome!
To deal with him severely, with speed, was best; it'd be better to kill Him completely.
"But the method is not right," the Goddess Gaia said. "It must be reasonable."
"Be reasonable? By killing this b*stard, which part is unreasonable?" The God of Warriors raised his sword and shouted, "Yorgaardman Majesty is right! It is only right to kill that despicable snob!"
Obtaining the support of the God of Warriors, the God of Justice got even more arrogant. "Everyone please evaluate this. Which part about killing that bloody b*stard doesn't make sense?"
The God of War touched His beard and said slowly, "There must be a good reason for waging a war. You killing Him out of nowhere is against the rules."
"How could I kill Him with no reason! There's great enmity between the two of us!" The God of Justice suddenly had eyes as big as a wild bull's and said angrily, "If I were to tell you every single incident that caused resentment, I couldn't even finish the list in a few days!"
Then, the God of Righteousness and Law spoke. "It is inappropriate to kill in the solemn Pantheon Temple."
"No matter where is it, killing the b*stard is aligned with good principles!"
Suddenly, the solemn Pantheon Temple was in chaos. Various Gods were arguing, as though it were a market.
The King of Order who sat at the far front was looking at it quietly, and revealed a pondering smile.
Sui Xiong didn't know what happened in the Pantheon Temple. Even if he knew, he wouldn't be interested to look into depths to find out why his brother got crazy out of a sudden.
Because he was really busy, really really busy!
He wondered if his luck was bad; just when he was moving with the world, there were a few worlds that leaned towards him from his surroundings, and joined with his world.
Then, the devils from the few worlds flowed out like surging tides and launched the biggest invasion war he had ever seen in the Abyss towards his world.
Even those few monarchs of devils in the few worlds dashed out without previous consultation. They were simply like sharks that smelled a bloody, fishy smell!
"The h*ck! You think I am a target to be bullied, right?" Sui Xiong was so p*ssed, he raised his tentacle to launch punches and kicks. He fought the b*stards into a corner.
"Even a sick tiger has its claws! I will kill all of you b*stards today!"
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In the bottomless Abyss, there was a rumour that circulated.
It was said that there was a God with unusual power that snuck into the Abyss, carried out special measures to seize control of a small world, and was getting ready to drag the world out from the Abyss. If He were to drag the world out successfully, He would continue to do the same with each and every world in the Abyss, just like locusts consuming plants. If it continued, sooner or later, the entire Abyss would be emptied by Him.
Listening to such rumours, most of the Kings of Devils laughed in disdain. Maybe they thought the story-maker had something wrong in his head, that he couldn't even make up a lie appropriately; or maybe they thought there was no way there could there be such an idiotic God in the world that thought He wouldn't die fast enough; or maybe they thought it was an entertaining story and a humorous joke. Of course, there were some that lacked a sense of humour and spat, "Fuck that b*tch, how dare fool your master," and swung his axe and chopped the messenger into pieces. The Abyss was so huge, such situations may have happened.
There were also some Kings of Devils that thought weakness lends wing to rumours, so there must have been a reason that there derived such rumours. Hence, they sent out a clone to certify if the incidents in the rumors were true.
Although the Abyss was huge, and most of the Kings of Devils worked to no avail, some were able to find Sui Xiong.
Most of them immediately raged with anger and launched ferocious attacks, but some were more careful or treacherous and retreated to discuss in private about what to do.
"There is something wrong." From a ball of wriggling flesh and blood, came a voice that sounded like bones grinding. It was the famous "King of the 666th Floor of the Abyss," also known as "The Mountain of Flesh and Blood."
Most of the Kings of Abyss had no names, or should say that they had hidden their name carefully, to not let anyone know. Unlike Gods, to the Kings of Devil that appeared to be "chaotic," their names had unusual meanings. Once an expert knew their names, they could take various measures to restrain them. In the Abyss that was chaotic and dangerous; there was no difference between that and taking a vital blow.
Hence, the Kings of Abyss mostly only had titles.
They were normally addressed as King of whichever floor in the Abyss, plus a title that could reflect its characteristics.
Many people looked into the meaning of the floors. If a mage was willing to study intensively for Abyss studies, he could find at least ten books that collected theses about research on the meaning of Kings of the Abyss's floors. But in actual fact, they were meaningless. Even the Kings of Abyss themselves didn't look into the meanings of floors.
To them, the one and only value of floors was to mark the difference between each other.
The ruler of first floor in the Abyss, a skeleton monster that was referred as "Dungeon Guardian," was not necessarily stronger than the Mountain of Flesh and Blood from the 666th floor; The ruler on the 304th floor, a huge cannibal plant also known as "Flower of The Century," was not necessarily stronger or weaker than anyone; even the rest like "King of Slime,""Frost Giant,""Goddess of Fresh Blood,""World Devourer,"…
Amongst the Kings of Abyss that were powerful enough to use the level in their title, their strength and power were never that clear-cut.
But these were not related to Sui Xiong. Oh wait; then it was related.
The noise of bones knocking into each other, along with a strong will, transmitted the words, "Take down that bastard. We can't stand such provocation!"
The leaves rustled as a sharp laugh was hidden within, saying, "Be careful, it might be a trap."
With the squishy sound of something soft and slimy, mixed with the mumble of the King of Slime, was heard, "Whose trap is it? Who would be interested in our Abyss?"
"The one on the Wheel of Order?" There was a deep voice from below the ground that was covered with snow and frost.
"Doesn't look like His doings," The huge skeleton said, abd vetoed the inference.
"Would it be… That person?" The Giant hidden below the snow continued to guess.
All the powerful Kings of Abyss kept quiet. After a long while, the Goddess of Fresh Blood, who shared a similar figure to a human, the ruler of the 15th floor of the Abyss, departed towards the world that was in vigorous war.
Over there, the fight between a huge earthworm called "Earthly Mad Dragon" and Sui Xiong plunged the world into complete chaos. The immortal monster who was ruling a huge world was also known also the Master of the 110th floor of the Abyss. Its body was so humongous that it surrounded the world that belonged to Sui Xiong. At the same time, Sui Xiong too turned into a huge jellyfish that engulfed the entire world while he waved his tentacles to engage in a fierce battle.
The battle was earth-shattering. At least another five or six Abyss worlds that were involved were wiped out. There were countless devils that were killed in the repercussions of the battle.
Neither party carried out any damaging trick that was extremely powerful, but the body that looked soft and squishy contained power that was beyond imagination. Every time they collided, a loud thundering noise surged ferociously in the Abyss.
Any devil that was slightly weaker wouldn't be able to stand against the repercussions of the surging power, and there was only one in a million that could charge against it. Even though there were one or two that dashed all the way to the front, among the ferocious battle, they couldn't intervene at all.
The Goddess of Fresh Blood gazed at the battle and carefully evaluated both parties' strengths and weaknesses.
For combat power, the huge jellyfish that wasn't compatible with the Abyss was obviously much stronger. If the offending power from both parties was segregated into ten portions, there were at least seven that belonged to him while the huge earthworm only took up three.
But the huge earthworm was widely known for its immortality. It hardly forgot injuries, and possessed an unimaginable recovery power. Even when it was chopped into two, it would heal the moment the blade was withdrawn from its body, leaving an extremely light scar. Even the scar would stay for a very short period of time before it vanished.
So, even if the huge jellyfish was at advantage, he couldn't do much to it. Both parties were locked in a stalemate.
As everyone knew, stalemate was a situation most beneficial to the huge earthworm. Many strong and powerful Kings of Devil used up all their strength in such situation. They looked as though they were on winning streaks, and ended up as the huge earthworm's food.
"Maybe today, there will be another one!" Looking at the huge earthworm that was constantly injured but not giving up, a smile crept across the face of the King of Abyss; it which changed into human form multiple times to travel around the world, that strolled along reeking blood and disaster.
But, it got happy too early!
Sui Xiong naturally noticed the ridiculous healing power of the huge earthworm, but he didn't have any solution in that instance.
He tried to turn his tentacles into sharp blades and cut open countless wounds. But the very moment the blade was withdrawn from its body, it would heal and leave no scar.
He tried flame, lighting and ice; every one of those could cause huge damage to his enemy, but even the lighting that hit through its body was healed in little time. Not only would its flesh and blood grow back; the burn mark would disappear quickly.
He also tried poison, but it was totally useless. He wondered if the huge earthworm was made of flesh and blood, as it was totally immune to poison.
What should I do?
He rolled up his tentacles and beat up the strange monster that couldn't be killed brutally when he was vexed.
After a while, he had an idea. He finally figured out a way.
"Bloody bastard, take my order spear!"
He spat in a jellyfish style Cantonese version to extend his power. Sui Xiong tried his best to extract the power of order and transform it into a shiny long spear.
The long spear was a crystallization of the power of order. Originally was colorless. But once it appeared in the space filled with chaotic energy in the Abyss, it collided vigorously and exploded with infinite light and heat. In that instance, it became a weapon that seemed to be crystallized by endless rays of light.
Sui Xiong of course couldn't just watch the painstaking weapon that he made melt in the Abyss so quickly. He quickly carried it and dashed towards the huge earthworm's head, then he thrust it in brutally.
Pfft. The long spear of order that was at least a mountain wide struck deep into the body of Earthly Mad Dragon. Almost the entire spear sank into its body.
The huge earthworm that wasn't bothered by any sort of attack was suddenly stunned and stopped moving as though it was stonified.
"Hoo… hoo… you should die now!" That one attack made Sui Xiong extremely exhausted. That very moment, he could only pant and curse the other opponent verbally.
In the twinkle of an eye, the huge earthworm that could surround the world gave out a terrifying shriek that would frighten the dead. Then, it turned around and fled towards the the depths of the chaos, and never turned back.
Sui Xiong was surprised. He didn't expect such an attack wouldn't knock it down. But he thought carefully. To be able to chase it away was a satisfactory outcome.
After all, he didn't intend to start a slaughter party in the Abyss, but to run away with his spoils of war!
So, he took a short break and continued to drag the world that got bigger unexpectedly one battle after another. It swallowed the flesh and blood of countless devils and shattered pieces of many miniature worlds. He continued along the route that was drawn and went forward.
Until he left entirely with the world, the Goddess of Fresh Blood walked out and stood at the battlefield where the huge jellyfish and the huge earthworm were fighting earlier. She looked carefully and pondered.
After a long while, the King of Abyss which looked no different than a human woman who dressed revealingly turned around and walked into the depth of the Abyss. She vanished into thin air in the blink of an eye.
"What does it mean?" Amongst a bunch of Kings of Abyss that were observing the battlefield from afar, a huge bee with human face was asking.
"I have no idea, but its attitude was clear." Giant Frost who was hidden underground was deep in thought. "Maybe we shouldn't intervene…"
"It's your own business if you do not want to intervene, but I have to go for war and kill him," The Mountain of Flesh and Blood said emotionlessly. "No matter the chaos, as a King, I can't just let this bastard run free."
"Are you sure you can fight against it?" The huge cannibal plant asked.
"Count me in then," The skeleton who was bigger than a few worlds said.
"We will find more assistance," the strange slime said. "The bastard is still far away from the top of the Abyss anyway. Ee have more than enough time."
Light shadows flickered and disappeared one after another, like bubbles in water.
Sui Xiong resumed his journey while dragging the world. At that very moment, he had a bad feeling…
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In the boundless dark chaos, there were indescribably huge shadows that gathered together.
They didn't intend to pull back their imposing manner and their terrifying power was overflowing. These energies were agitating and clashing against each other. They set off sweeping and surging tides. In the tides, forget about the usual devils; even a world that wasn't as tough as this would crack and shatter into countless microscopic pieces.
In the middle of the surging tide, there was a region that was unusually calm. A huge earthworm was lying there quietly without moving an inch.
That was the stumbling block that was fighting against Sui Xiong a while back. The Abyss King, referred as "Earthly Mad Dragon." But it had completely lost its flame that looked honest but violent. It was lying down sickly, as though it were dying and could pass away at any time.
"That's strange!"
"Yeah, the thing would become like that."
"…I meant that you could damage it to this stage. It is simply unbelievable!"
"In our Abyss, does such a thing as 'unbelievable' truly exist?"
"No."
"Look, no."
A ferocious roar along with agitated raging tides rang out. It shook the few nearby worlds like boats in the billows, tumbling up and down.
"Don't waste your energy on reasoning with this thing. Are you silly?"
"Let's talk business! I chased after it earlier and realized that its situation had worsened, and it became like this in the end. All of you know that I am not good at examining and analyzing, so I brought it here for all of you to see what is going on."
"Almost dead, I am sure!"
"Why not eat it when it is still breathing? It woun't be nice to eat when it's dead."
"I agree with the idea! I rushed over from afar, I am hungry!"
"Yeah, might as well eat it."
"I want to eat its head, I like head the most!"
"…Shut! Up!"
Another ferocious roar. The nearest world finally couldn't withstand the aftermath and collapsed.
The roar went on for a very long time, the few huge shadows temporarily stopping in the end.
"Just you wait! I will destroy your shrubbery!"
"I support bro cannibal plant! If you dare to come over, we will bite you all together!"
"As though the two of you never take action together… Didn't the two of you bite together just now? And I was the one who was bitten!"
"Huh? Bitten wrongly?"
"Yeah! Look at my arm!"
"Yo, it's injured… Hoo hoo…"
"What are you doing!"
"We can't waste it…"
"F*ck off!"
"…I suddenly feel that wasting all our effort to gather all of us seems to be a huge mistake."
"You just realized?"
"Forget it. Even if there are only few of us that are reliable, it's good enough. Let's get to business. Regarding the huge earthworm's injury, everyone look… Huh? The huge earthworm?"
"Was eaten by Sticky just now."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Weren't you busy fighting with those guys earlier?"
"Sticky, spit the huge earthworm out! There will be trouble!"
"Gru gru, gru gru."
"Spit it out!"
"Gru gru."
"It says, 'Anything I eaten, I never spitted out before.'"
"This is poisonous!"
"Don't be funny. Since when was Sticky afraid of being poisoned?"
"Even the huge earthworm was poisoned to death and you are saying you are not afraid?!"
There was a tragic groan, and a brawny shadow suddenly wriggled ferociously, constantly changing its shape while letting out tragic roar.
"Wow! That's effective!"
"Stop sighing! Help me cut open Sticky's stomach and drag the huge earthworm out!"
"Don't waste your effort; Sticky is poisoned. The huge earthworm must have been digested long ago."
"…What is all this in Sticky's stomach! It's disgusting!"
"Huh? You cut it open so quickly? Let me look at it…"
"Cannibal plant, come and see. Isn't this your brother tree? Why is it in Sticky's stomach?"
Rumbling noises were heard continuously.
"Stop fighting! I am busy here! Wait till I find the huge earthworm, then you can do whatever you want with it!"
"Are you sure you can find the huge earthworm? I don't quite think so."
"If you have to time to give sarcastic remarks, why not help me to look for it! I'm telling you, the huge earthworm is in a very special situation! It is worth our attention!"
"…Can I try two mouthfuls? There is so much of it. Eating a little doesn't matter much, right?"
"You could still eat this?! Alright, forget what I just said…"
Gulp gulp, gulp gulp… The sucking and chewing noises didn't stop.
With the flash of blade's reflection, a brawny shadow flew out, making weird noises.
"Whoever that is fooling around, don't blame me for being merciless with my blade! Now! Help me to find the huge earthworm from Sticky's stomach! Immediately!"
"Can't find it. What should we do?"
The flash of a blade's reflection.
"Your blade is fast, so what!"
The flash of a blade's reflection.
"Against violence!"
The flash of a blade's reflection.
"I found it!"
The flash of a blade's reflection.
"I found the huge earthworm, why did you cut me?!"
"…Got used to it."
Ping ping pong pong. There were fighting noises, accompanied by the glinting and flashing of blade and sword; it was a mess.
"Bro cannibal plant, look: could brother tree be saved?"
"Wow! Why did you plant it on your head? Can you really save it like this?"
"You don't say. It seems to be working… Brother tree's leaves are expanding…"
"Huge earthworm! Huge earthworm, are you still alive? If you are alive, squeak."
"It died long ago. Why not eat it while it's hot…"
"I want to eat the head! I like eating head the most!"
Suddenly, there was a loud thud. A shadow was beaten and fell head over heels and flew off. Along with the loud thud and flowing of chaos, another huge shadow stood up slowly.
"Huh?! Huge earthworm, you are alive!"
"Ya! Why are you alive! Didn't we agree that you are dead?"
"Hula hula! Hula hula!"
The loud thundering thuds rang out one after another, as the huge shadow slowly shrank.
"Stop fighting! Look, Sticky doesn't look right!"
"Nonsense. There are three of you beating it; it would be strange if it looked alright!"
"What I meant was, it seems like it is not moving…"
"Huh? Yeah… Stop beating it! Sticky is not moving already!"
"Those… Not… Moving… Deserve… To… Be… Beaten… Even… More!"
Brother tree, hold on a second. There seems to be something a little different here…"
"This is the reason I came to look for all of you before! Do you remember? It was the huge earthworm that suddenly stopped moving. Now, it is Sticky's turn…"
"Sticky ate the huge earthworm earlier. After digesting half of it, it happened to digest the part where it was poisoned."
"That doesn't make sense. Not moving after being poisoned? The poison should be spread all over the body, not concentrated at one spot."
"All in all, it's strange. Let's dissect it."
The huge shadows stopped the battle temporarily and surrounded the huge slime that was not moving an inch anymore. They were cutting and searching all over it using their own methods.
They looked for a long time but they didn't find what they were looking for. On the contrary, the clump of slime was slowly moving, wriggling faintly, and gradually grew round and full, showing signs of vigor.
After a while, it was fully recovered, and it pushed away the guys that were still cutting and looking within its body. It let out an angry roar.
"What is going on? Is Sticky's poison resistance ability that strong?"
"Impossible! It couldn't move at all earlier!"
"Did we destroy the part where it was poisoned?"
"If we really did cut that part, it would be impossible that we couldn't feel it, right?"
"Sticky, what is going on with you? Tell us."
"Gru gru, gru gru."
"It says that, the thing it ate earlier is very strange. It wants to eat again."
"…Anything else?"
"Gru gru, gru gru."
"It says that it still wants to eat that thing earlier."
"Anything! Else!"
"Gru gru, gru gru."
"It says…"
"Forget it! I understand! Beat him up! Until he is willing to tell us!"
Hence, there was another fight in the depth of the chaotic realm. God knows who started it first; it was a mess again.
Among the mess, unconsciously, there was a shadow that was comparably smaller than the huge ones left in silence. It was holding on to something that was heavily restrained by a ball of chaos.
It fixed its gaze at the ball of chaos and drowned in its thought.
"What is it exactly? Why would such a small piece make a King of the Abyss lose his vigor and drown in dispirit?"
It was fast. It got back to its world very quickly. It dragged a devil randomly and stuffed the thing into its mouth.
The devil first digested the chaos that was wrapping around the ball of possible poison. Its ability then rose suddenly, and the body filled with a powerful imposing manner, clamoring and sending out messages challenging the King of the World. Before it managed to put the conception to practice, its body stiffened and suddenly tumbled down. It lied down on the ground without moving an inch.
The Abyss King that had the similar body size to a human looked at it coldly, and waited for it to change patiently.
After a long while, the devil was still lying on the ground, not moving an inch, as though it had turned to rock.
"Could it be… The effect of the thing is to solidify the devil?"
It shook its head, and didn't believe in such speculation.
After a long while, its eyes suddenly brightened and it fixed its gaze upon the devil.
There was a faint white light that shot out from the devil's eyes. After a while, there were rays of white light flowing out from every pore of its body, and slowly gathering up.
The light was exactly the thing that every living creature in Abyss hated the most.
Order.
After a while, the devil's body was fully engulfed by the light of order. The originally stiff body was wriggling faintly, and slowly resumed the ability to move.
Its eyes were still full of ferociousness and brutality, but it wasn't violent anymore. There was a sense of calm.
It was looking at the King, something that devils should have inherently feared.
"How do you feel?" the King that didn't look threatening at all asked.
The devil that was full of the light of order didn't answer, but smiled.
Before the King took action, the devil's body suddenly exploded into countless pieces.
The King scoffed, and raised his hand to grab the air. A shapeless energy wrapped up all the pieces along with the light of order and compressed them together again to become a ball of light. The outside of the ball of light was wrapped up with a thick layer of chaos again.
"What exactly is this thing?" He pondered and lifted his head to look up.
Somewhere far away, the huge jellyfish that created the thing couldn't help but sneeze.
"…Who is bad mouthing me behind my back!"
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Chapter 174: Chapter 44
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Sui Xiong had expected that the path for migration would be difficult but he didn't know that it would be this difficult.
Using a line from a TV drama that was popular before he crossed through to the current world: it was simply startling by each step!
Not long ago, he came across a huge earthworm that could surround the entire world with its body. After fighting a long battle, he finally took measures that would harm himself but damage his enemy by threefold and force it to retreat. After that, he only rested for a few days and was far from full recovery. Then some amazing Kings of Abyss came after him.
This time, it was a huge mucus monster. It was few sizes bigger than the world that he was dragging.
"The h*ll! How do we fight?"
Looking at the squishy sticky bastard that wasn't slow at all, who clamoured as it chased after him, he felt perplexed.
Fighting against a clump of mucus; how do I fight?
I reckon physical attack would be useless. Let's try magic?
He shot a humungous ice spike that could be a mountain peak in the main dimension. After it hit the mucus monster, it shattered and transformed into freezing divine power, freezing one third of its body in ice.
The mucus monster was suddenly frozen on the spot. Even though it roared with anger, it couldn't move an inch.
"Oh, it's only a silver-like spearhead that is made of soldiering tin!" Sui Xiong laughed and couldn't be bothered by the mucus monster. He continued to fly forward while he dragged the world behind him.
After a long while, the mucus monster finally melted all the ice and caught up to him.
Sui Xiong didn't hesitate to shoot another ice spike at it and freeze it on the spot again.
"This stupid fella is not reliable!" In the thin air faraway, the sound of bone-clashing could be heard, and the so-called Skeleton King, the Master of the First Floor in the Abyss, sighed heavily.
"Although I didn't expect it to be of any help… seeing how easy it was to find its weakness made me furious!" The silhouette of a huge ferocious dog appeared indistinctly. "It is totally useless!"
"Why… not… I'll… go…" the resurrected cannibal ancient tree asked slowly, although it had yet to recover to its original strength.
After discussion among the Kings, they gave up the idea in the end.
Amongst the Kings of Abyss who had the strongest survival methods, Earthly Mad Dragon, King of Slime, and Primeval Ancient Wood could be considered top three, their rankings listed in no particular order. Even compared with the Flower of the Century or the Prison Guardian, they were slightly inferior. But under circumstances whereby Earthly Mad Dragon and King of Slime worked to no avail, expecting Primeval Ancient Wood to win was not realistic.
"Actually, it's not a bad idea to let it go," the huge skeleton told the petite human-figured king in private communication. "Let it go; the big flower and the strange vine would definitely go too. Combining all three of their powers, they could definitely defeat the jellyfish!"
"Unless it's out of absolute necessity, it's better that we Kings of Abyss not join forces to launch a siege," The one who was addressed as Goddess of Fresh Blood sighed. "Was the lesson back then not profound enough?"
The huge skeleton was quiet for a very long time and finally let out a sigh.
Long ago, there was once a God that barged into the Abyss and encountered a siege teamed up by a few Kings of Abyss, who finally passed away. His body was thrown into the blood pool in the first floor of the Abyss, which was the general term of the Abyss world ruled by the Skeleton King. Later on, there was a huge fresh-blood slime born in the blood pool. After the slime passed away, there was another mucus monster that was almost immortal born from the remains, which became King of Slime, the Master of the 502nd Floor in the Abyss.
That made the King of Order rage with anger and throw a few spears from the positive realm to the Ring of the World. Every spear shot right onto the Kings of Abyss which partook in the siege. Every King of Abyss shot by the spear was suddenly stagnant and stood in their respective worlds until that very moment. Not only couldn't they move an inch, they couldn't even attack.
That was the energy of the utmost powerful God that was above the entire world, and was addressed as Master of Gods.
Its power was beyond imagination and unreasonably strong. It was so strong that none of the Kings of Abyss dared to fight against it.
Then, there was this incident where a God barged into the Abyss. However, the Kings of Abyss dared not joined forces to launch a siege, but attacked one after another instead. The King of Order never took action ever again. Maybe, from what He understood, if it was a one to one battle, no matter who won a victory or was defeated, it would be according to the rules. Hence, there was no need to keep watch.
Actually, the few of them like the Prison Guardian were all senior experts that were way stronger than other Kings of Abyss, but they were not willing to get involved because they were afraid the King of Order would intervene. The huge jellyfish-like God was not exactly very strong; if they were to take action, their possibility of winning was very high. But, the God could manage an Abyss world, and that unreasonable power made them very suspicious. They were also worried that the jellyfish might be directly under the King of Order, or a clone of the King of Order.
Provoking the King of Order was no joke!
In such situations where the top experts were not willing to take action and secondary experts dared not launch a siege, although Sui Xiong had been fighting tough fights along the way, he managed to go forward through the Abyss that had dangerous ambushes all over. He finally got closer to the surface of the Abyss.
But, there was a huge stumbling block before him.
The Master of the First Floor in the Abyss, one of the few most senior Kings of Abyss currently, was the Prison Guardian. It had the widest power coverage. It combined thousands of worlds together and made an humungous world that spanned before Sui Xiong to block his way.
"That's not right! According to the map, there should be a few worlds' worth of empty space!" Looking at the enormous world before him, Sui Xiong was puzzled as he was greeted with Chaotic Wind that blew into his face from inside the world.
"I only heard about Rice Kingdom's bombers using the outdated map, only heard that Data Kingdom's artillery used the wrong map, but I have never heard of anyone's own brother giving them an outdated map!"
He bellowed and then calmed down. He looked carefully at the huge world before his eyes and intended to look for a path that could pass through it.
As I have already got here, it would cost too much to detour. I'd better figure a way to break through.
Looking at it carefully, he suddenly realized a problem. Although the world was huge, many places still seemed a little messy. Unlike a complete world, it looked more like many pieces of unrelated worlds that were scraped together by force.
Not only that, he could see that in many places, each life form and devil with entirely different attributes were killing each other. It was identical to the convention when the two worlds came into contact.
"Could it be… Someone who calculated my route while I'm on my journey, and combined all the worlds together to block off me beforehand?"
He creased his eyebrows and felt worried.
Although the journey was long, it hadn't been too long. It was most likely only two to three years of human life. To be able to drag more than a hundred worlds together in such a short period of time and combine them into one big world; the power was simply beyond imagination!
He cancelled his plan to break through the world forcefully. To fight against an expert was simply complaining that one's life was too long!
But… as the expert had purposefully made such a big world in a short time to block off the route, its intention to stop me was abundantly clear. Even if I detoured, I might not be able to escape, right?
He stopped and pondered.
At the border of the huge world, there was a huge skeleton waving both of his hands to drag together one world after another, like plasticine, regardless of its suitability of their attributes. It forcefully put them together into the huge world.
It suppressed the collision between each world with powerful strength and avoided the explosion if the worlds were of incompatible attributes. It finally combined all the worlds into a huge whole. As for the devils that were living in the worlds, it would be none of his business as to how they would fight and how vigorous the fight would be.
Devils fight from day to night anyway. Getting closer doesn't it make it easier to fight.
Next to it, there was a huge eyeball that was bigger than its head, floating. There was constant creepy laugh heard from inside the eyeball. Every devil that heard the laughter would suddenly go crazy and attack the non-existent target around them until they finally died of exhaustion.
"Don't laugh so creepily, it's disgusting."
"What you are doing is strange; it doesn't make sense," The eyeball said.
"It's only an experiment," The huge skeleton spoke calmly. "It was only a small experiment that is not worth bringing up."
"What are you trying to probe?"
"I can't tell you." The Skeleton King was quiet for a while and then said, "If it was like what I have guessed, once you find out about the news, you will be in danger too."
"Are you exaggerating?"
The Skeleton King remained silent and continued to work. He put worlds that commoners would think huge together, like clay, and made a tremendously huge world.
Not knowing how long had passed, it suddenly stopped and turned around to look at a direction.
"What is it?"
"My experiment; we will see the outcome very soon!" After a while, it hung its head low and sighed heavily.
"What happened again?" an old acquaintance that was hard to come by in the Abyss asked.
"An outcome that was predicted." The Skeleton King stopped mixing worlds together but returned to the huge world that he put together and sat down.
Its humongous body squashed countless devils under. The dispersed strength made many devils stronger in that instance. Whizzing past, surrounding devils started killing each other.
"What is it?" The huge eyeballs dashed over and asked.
The Master of First Floor in Abyss shook its head and didn't answer but slowly lied down. Very quickly, it was lying flat. The chaotic energy that was flowing in its bones gradually solidified and finally stopped completely.
It was one of the most ancient Kings of Abyss. It was lying down calmly and fell into an utter stagnate without any sense of vigor.
It died.
On the positive realm in the Ring of the World, there was a giant surrounded by silver rays that sat on the huge loop where the power or order was presented. He let loose of his sudden tight grip on his right hand calmly.
His expression still looked serious and cold; there was not one bit of difference.
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Chapter 175: Chapter 45
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The Kings of Abyss gathered together once again, surrounding the huge corpse as they discussed amongst themselves.
The King of the first floor in the Abyss, who was also known as "Guardian of Dungeon," was dead. The corpse lay before everyone.
Some Kings tried to take a bite of it, but in the end, it was only a waste of time. It was extremely tough. Whether they tried to tear or chew, grind or cut, burn or corrode… all efforts were in vain.
After a while, even the greediest King lost interest.
"Why did he die?" the Goddess of Fresh Blood asked. "This is a very important question."
"Don't know. He only said that he was doing an experiment and that there would be a result very soon. Then, he said that there was indeed an outcome within expectations… Then he died." The huge eyeball described everything that it saw.
"Was it due to old age?"
"Did he die of exhaustion?"
"Did someone attack?"
Questions were suggested one after the other. Of course those questions such as "did he die of starvation" were totally ignored.
After discussion, everyone's consensus was that he was killed. The one who killed the King must have done it silently and been old and experienced. Even though the King next to the corpse didn't realize it, everyone knew it was him.
Countless pairs of eyes were looking high.
In an indescribably high place, far away on the top of the positive realm in the Ring of World, there was the Wheel of Order which never changed. There was the existence of the unbelievable great, who stayed there since the birth of the Thousand Worlds.
If there were anyone who could have killed him, it would most probably be Him.
The monarchs of devils were silent. Even the most ferocious and competitive ones were at a loss for words.
They weren't those low-level devils that couldn't control their emotions at all. Even though they were embodiments of chaos, they had the strength to restrain themselves. They could show a certain level of order and display clearer thoughts.
But that's why they were getting more upset.
After a while, a huge eyeball whizzed past and dashed towards the bottom of the Abyss, towards the deepest ends of the negative realm in the Ring of World.
The huge earthworm who was also considered Skeleton King's old acquaintance hesitated. In the end, it followed behind.
"Will they return?" the huge canine who tried to take a chunk from the corpse of Skeleton King but broke its teeth asked.
"They will when they're confident or brave enough to challenge the Wheel of Order." In the body of the Mountain of Flesh and Blood, there was a squelching noise, but the body was just a projection, and its shadow was growing faint. "I will take a trip too, but I can't be as extreme as them. It'd be bad if I couldn't return."
"I'll go too then!"
"Same… Go…"
"Alright! Let's go!"
Various monarchs moved one after another as huge shadows departing to the deepest corner in the root of the chaotic realm. Even those who didn't intend to go left gradually.
It was over; there wouldn't be any benefit, even if they stayed back.
After a while, the only monarch left on the huge world, who was newly put together and still slowly blending in, was the Goddess of Fresh Blood.
The only monarch that looked no different than a human looked up to the sky. The monarch didn't see the Wheel of Order in the positive realm in the Ring of World. Instead, there was the huge jellyfish dragging a smaller world, bypassing the huge world carefully.
"You b*stard… Where are you from exactly?"
She looked at the world that was slowly moving and looked back where various monarchs' shadows were growing faint. Then, she let out a heavy sigh.
Sui Xiong was sighing then too.
After a thought, he didn't opt for a forced breakthrough in the end, but a bypass.
Even though the huge world before him suddenly cracked open, revealing a gap that was sufficient for him and his world to pass through, he didn't take the chance. That gap was really suspicious. It was like a preplanned trap. It only lacked a handful of paddy. Although Sui Xiong didn't think he was smart, he wasn't a stupid bird. It was such a suspicious place that only a stupid bird would go through there.
He dragged the world that grew larger due to the broken pieces from many other worlds, and slowly bypassed the bigger world.
Looking at the huge world, it was impossible to he say he wasn't green with envy. If he could drag that world along and transform it successfully, then not only his own believers but also all the people in the entire main dimension could move in. He'd give them sufficient living space and resource supplies. And even after that, there would be space left!
But he also knew that it was impossible.
He already felt so strained dragging a small world. He felt as though he was an ant that was carrying a rice grain, trudging back to the nest. If he were to carry that other world… There was an idiom: a Camponotus Lignipardus trying to shake a big tree. Attempting to do what is far beyond one's power.
Sui Xiong didn't know what a Camponotus Lignipardus was, but he guessed that it must be an insect. But the difference between the insect and the big tree would be way smaller compared to him and the huge world!
"Such insatiable greed! I already have a surprise harvest, and I think about getting more benefits…" he mocked himself. "I am too much a layman!"
After laughing at himself, he continued to clench his teeth and drag the world that belonged to him. He slowly moved towards the top of the Abyss.
After half a year's time, he finally bypassed the ridiculously huge world.
Looking at his map, he let out another heavy sigh.
"Still got more to bypass? I'll die of exhaustion!"
But it wouldn't work if he didn't go around it. He was a stranger in a strange land, and he was utterly unfamiliar with his surroundings. He didn't even know what kind of world was before him. If he dashed forward recklessly, it would be okay if there were some small worlds. But if there were huge worlds guarded by strong monarchs, he might need to flee. By then, his efforts would have been in vain. Dragging a world from the middle of Abyss all the way to the top was just like a bald logistic captain. But he still didn't give up the idea. He made a clone and flew forward to probe the situation.
He was lucky. He wasn't blocked by any world for a distance. It was simply a smooth journey. But going forward for another period of time, he saw it was filled with worlds of various sizes, like the uncountable stars thickly dotted in the galaxy.
Obviously, it was no thoroughfare.
He shook his head in distress. He dragged the entire world, slowly bypassing the original route.
Then, it was another half a year.
Luckily, he wasn't merely going around in circles. He at least advanced partially. All in all, it was about four or five times the route.
Regardless, he finally returned to a reliable route.
"Go for it!"
He encouraged himself. Sui Xiong then continued to advance, following the map.
Looking at the map, he had come a long way. He was near the finishing point. The trek that had once felt unimaginably long was almost over.
But… at the very front, there was another stumbling block!
The surface of the Abyss was covered with huge worlds. The monarchs of these worlds might not have been especially strong, but they were no doubt bellicose. They were the advanced troop of the Abyss, the invasion troop of the negative realm. No matter if the intruder was external or internal, they were always full of the desire to attack.
It wasn't easy to pass through the territory that they controlled!
But Sui Xiong had no choice. He had to pass.
On the map Bro God of Justice passed to him, he specially pinpointed a slightly weaker world. Although the monarch of that world was very strong, he didn't possess any creepy unpreventable special power.
The most crucial part was that the world was closer to the surface of the Abyss.
That was very important because it meant that the God of Justice could launch an attack on the world from afar, to attract some firepower.
Sui Xiong went along the map and slowly got closer to the world.
Before he really got close, there were dark clouds surging out. Taking a closer look, there were countless devils, big and small. It was a mess that looked like a cloud.
"The heck… how many devils are there!"
Sui Xiong scoffed and waved his tentacles. He cast some strong spells.
He was naturally stronger than the devils. Every spell cast would knock down a large crowd, but the devils were at the advantage due to their sheer numbers. They could care less if they had thousands of casualties. They wouldn't be bothered; they didn't seem to have any concept of alliance or loyalty.
Sui Xiong threw spells in rapid succession and the devil troop fell off like a paddy field reaped by a machine. But no one showed a hint of fear or retreat. In fact, they got more violent and ferocious.
They clamored and bellowed. They made strange movements that no one understood. Then, they slowly got closer to Sui Xiong.
Finally, after sacrificing enough numbers for a commander on Earth to spit blood and for most troops to collapse, they arrived before Sui Xiong.
But it wouldn't change anything. It was still one-sided. It just transformed from magic suppression into physical suppression.
Sui Xiong expanded his body to be huge. His tentacles were like towering pillars rolling to the left and right. Then, from all sides, the devils perished… but there were more and more.
"They are like the legendary man-eating ants…"
Sui Xiong complained and continued to attack ferociously. He was hoping to wear the devil troop out eventually.
Regardless of the number of soldiers, and no matter how fast they were supplied, they could die continuously and not care!
He slowly realized that he thought wrong. He couldn't wear them down; the devils really didn't seem to care at all. After killing for God knows how long, not only did the devil troops not show any hint of decline, but the numbers continued to increase. They had already hemmed him in. Even the small world was invaded. Countless incoming devils and locals in the small world were tied up.
"What the hell!"
Sui Xiong spat and put every one of his tricks to play, plunging the world into complete chaos.
But there didn't seem to be hope for victory.
Just when he felt weary, there was a dazzling light that shot from outside the Abyss through the world, tearing the devil troops apart. It finally stopped before him.
It was an axe stained with blood that had a few chips.
The God of Justice who was waiting outside the Abyss finally couldn't hold back and had sent out assistance.
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Chapter 176: Chapter 46
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The God of Justice sent over the weapon that he normally used, a holy battle-axe of higher order, called "Courage."
The axe was only a normal lumber axe back then, and Yorgaardman was only a common lumberjack in the north countryside back then too.
Lumberjacks did tough work and the income was very low. They would also be exploited by the owner of lumber mill. So many lumberjacks would fell trees illegally in the forest.
It was of course dangerous, as the nobles declared that the entire forest belonged to the feudal lord, chopping any tree and any blade of grass would be a great offense. Plus, the extreme Druids viewed anyone who chopped trees as an enemy of nature and swore to punish such criminals. Not taking those mentioned earlier into consideration, the beasts, snakes and insects in the forest itself were dangerous enough.
Yorgaardman was a brawny man. He had great physical strength and courage, and he was quiet in response. He brought along a few friends with him to fall trees illegally. Regardless of snakes, insect or beasts, nothing could stop them. Every time they chopped a tree, they planted some saplings. That way they gained forgiveness from the Druids. But for feudal lord's tax officer and patrolling soldiers; they wouldn't tolerate with that!
Even so, their income weren't high. The logs wouldn't be able to sell for much. The bunch of lumberjacks couldn't pick up any carpenter craftsmanship and the illegal timber could only be sold to smuggler. Although they omitted the exploitation of lumber mill, they were then exploited by the businessmen.
Then, he still managed to earn some money. After a while, he had a friend that fell sick. He and a few friends spent all their savings on a priest from God of Businessmen but didn't manage to save the friend's life.
Not long after, he saved two adventurers that were nearly killed by a black bear. He heard from the adventurers that the expenses of the magic "illness removal" only cost half the money that they spent.
He found it unbelievable. But, with the assistance of the adventurers that thanked him for saving their lives, he kidnapped the secretary of a temple and found out that after the priest took their money, the priest didn't provide any sort of treatment to their friend, but fed their friend with an expired medication to fool them.
Yorgaardman who bristled with anger caused chaos at the temple and killed the temple; then became a wanted man. Since then, he wandered all over the world and became a lonely adventurer. The only thing that kept him company was the old lumber axe that never left his side.
Time flew past like a shuttle. It had been a few centuries, and Yorgaardman took action to uphold justice wherever he went and left many touching legends behind. Later on when he successfully became a God, he became the God of Justice. The lumber axe was then his designated holy weapon and He named it "Courage."
Courage derived from one's heart, simple but pure, needless of any modification and assistance. Because it itself was the source of power.
When Sui Xiong picked up the axe, admonition rang in his heart.
With a faint smile, Sui Xiong waxed the awe-inspiring lumber axe. With one light swing, almost all the devils within a few hundred miles were chopped into two pieces.
Although the axe looked crude and ugly, its power was shocking. The blood stain on it was from the God of Businessmen. Ever since Yorgaardman became a God, the first thing He did was find the God of Businessmen's holy kingdom, barge in, and kill the bastard that encouraged such unscrupulous merchants. There were a few openings from a few strong Gods like the God of War. Those were traces that were left behind from the war between the God of Justice and Them.
His most recent war was that he dashed on the Wheel of Order to challenge the great Master of Gods. No one knew the exact situation of the war but Yorgaardman was upset after the war and admitted his defeat. On the other hand, the Master of Order who was grim and ruthless didn't kill the betrayer but complimented His courage and looked forward to his next challenge.
One day, I will go to the Wheel of Order again, to make that stubborn old man recognize my logic and make amendments of the world's order!
The God of Justice roared through the holy weapon and it reverberated in Sui Xiong's head. Then, it was followed by a powerful strength and gave him an illusion. He felt that as long as he had the axe in his hands, no matter how many devils there were, how many Kings of Devils there were, he could kill them all!
Sui Xiong quickly eliminated the blind confidence that was utterly groundless. He waved the lumber axe all over and put into play some self-taught axe skills twice and the world was in peace again. There were any devil armies but in his world, there was a thunderstorm of devil's dead bodies that covered the entire sky.
There was a devil's dead body that was extremely huge, almost the size of half a world. It was the King of Devil from the world before. Sui Xiong didn't know when he killed it. Maybe the guy kept his strength in secret and hid among the bunch of devils, planned to launch a surprise attack but was swung dead by the axe.
After dealing with these stumbling blocks, Sui Xiong laughed and continued to drag the worlds that got even heavier to fly forward. Then, he noticed that the lumber axe's shine was dull, especially the back of the axe. It even appeared to be rusty.
"The hell! A holy weapon of higher order can rust too?"
He cried out in shock and quickly rubbed it with his tentacles. But after he rubbed it, not only did the rust not disappear, it worsened.
Sui Xiong was stunned and pondered. He then finally guessed the reason.
A holy weapon is an item of order. Although the attributes are relatively opposed to each other and could bring about huge damage to the devils, against the Abyss that was filled with Chaotic Power, it was like metal left open in moist air without protection. Hence, it was easily corroded.
After understanding that, he was suddenly unwilling to hold the precious holy weapon in his hands but cast magic to make an outer shell of power of order, to wrap up the axe named Courage.
As expected, after the power of order was wrapped up and isolated from the Abyss, the holy weapon that was dull earlier regained its brilliance and the rust vanished. It had resumed its good condition.
Sui Xiong was fidgeting with the holy weapon but he didn't delay his work. He dragged the world that was extremely heavy while he trekked forward with difficulty.
Then, he suddenly recalled a joke.
There was a couple that bought a miniature red pig from the pet market that was said couldn't grow in size. The merchant called it the fragrant pig. After bringing the fragrant pig home, it only slept and ate. Within a year, it turned even heavier than the couple combined. They found a vet to check and the vet told them that it wasn't any fragrant pig, but the famous Duroc pig, that was well known for its ability to grow quickly.
Sui Xiong's emotion that moment was just like the couple's. He couldn't understand how a small lightweight world turned so heavy then!
He was almost there, only one step away, why would he give up! He only needed to clench his teeth and put in some more effort. His face was contorted in agony while he dragged the world that was getting heavier and heavier as he went forward to the surface of the Abyss.
At the final part of the journey, it took him about two months and he finally dragged the world to the surface of the Abyss. By then, he was already broken down and panting for air, as though he was a wild bull that had just run across the African grassland.
"Well done!" The God of Justice who was already waiting for him and greeted him. He waved and threw dozens of light balls towards him.
"What are these? Supplements?" Sui Xiong asked in distress. "I just need to take a break, I don't need any supplement."
"This is the World of Order that was found on the positive realm in the Ring of World. It is only sealed." The God of Justice didn't expect his thoughts to be so unreasonable and he nearly fell down. He roared in anger, "Not for you to eat, but for you to neutralize the chaotic attributes of the world!"
Sui Xiong laughed in embarrassment and took up one of the medium-sized light balls. He then threw it into the small world that he dragged to the surface of the Abyss with difficulty. After that, he followed the guidance of the God of Justice to get rid of the seal.
That very moment, the light ball exploded vigorously and turned into a small world with a radius of 100 miles. There was no flowers, plants or trees, but vast water that was faintly glistening with white light.
It was a water-world that had no life at all.
Being corroded by the chaotic power, the water world broke down very quickly. The water that filled the world wasn't dispersed and collapsed with the world that very moment and turned into a part of the world.
Order and chaos conflicted with each other vigorously, the entire world was full of explosions and clashing noises. Not only sound, but everywhere in the world seemed to face explosions. Everything seemed to turn to powder. The entire world was a mess, as though the sky broke and the earth cracked.
After a while, the chaos gradually subsided. The chaotic attributes of the world were obviously lesser and the entire world got bigger.
What was strange was, it got bigger, but Sui Xiong who was dragging it felt the burden get lighter, which didn't make sense.
"It is most likely because the chaotic attributes have lessened. Its attraction to the Abyss has lessened too." Just when he told the God of Justice that, the God who was knowledgeable and experienced provided him with a more reliable answer.
Sui Xiong thought so too and nodded in agreement. He then threw all the small sealed worlds altogether and removed the seals.
His bones all over would have been nearly broken by the heavy weight, if a jellyfish had bones. He of course wanted to lighten his burden as soon as possible!
This damn burdensome thing, whoever likes to carry can go ahead!
Dozens of small world of order took shape in the world of chaotic and suddenly triggered an earth-shattering explosion. That very moment, the entire world was shaking vigorously as though it was going to explode into pieces anytime.
Sui Xiong was shocked and he quickly stretched his body into a huge jellyfish that was much bigger than the world. He used one of his tentacles to be a binding rope and tied the world tightly.
He could clearly feel that countless explosion and cracks, countless collisions and eruptions, were happening in the world that he wrapped tightly. Suddenly, he couldn't help but recalled a line: "at the dawn of civilisation, there were 125,000 different powers that clashed against each other, cultivating a giant that split heaven and earth apart, a most heroic event in human history…"
"Where have I seen this line? From some online novel? Or some trade association's announcement board in some game?"
The huge jellyfish who was shaken mumbled, as he felt befuddled.
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The small world shook continuously for a few days.
When it stopped, Sui Xiong looked towards the small world and saw that there was no sky or land, no air or water, but a chaotic situation. He couldn't make out left, right, south, east, north, west. He couldn't find anything besides chaos.
"What the heck! I went overboard!"
He sighed and thought he was living a tough life. After spending a few years' time, going through so much trouble, fighting countless battles, expending sweat and blood, killing uncountable brain cells, he finally dragged the small world from the middle to the surface of the Abyss. In the end, he accidentally ruined the spoils of war that he fought for with his hard work…
"Such itchy hands! Itchy hands!" He then slapped his tentacles angrily as though he were crazy.
"What are you doing?" The God of Justice couldn't bear to see him acting like that. He stopped him. "Why are you hitting yourself out of nowhere?"
Sui Xiong showed Him a face of distress, and showed Him the situation of the small world.
The God of Justice was first stunned, then surprised. He creased his eyebrows and looked into it carefully. His eyebrows slowly eased.
"No wonder that old man didn't even give me any opportunity to explain. I was wondering if he gave you too much… It seems that He even put your character into consideration!"
"What?"
The God of Justice smiled. "The sealed small worlds that I have given to you were actually not gathered by me, but by the old man on the Wheel of Order. From how it looks now, He might have thought that you'd want to save some trouble and blend all the small worlds together."
Sui Xiong looked lost. He didn't understand how it related to the fact that his small worlds had turned into a chaotic mess.
"From the look of it, your world seems to be ruined. But in fact, it is the total opposite. It is the most perfect state of a small world," the God of Justice said. "Did you notice that it doesn't weigh anything now, and the attraction of the Abyss towards it has vanished completely?"
Sui Xiong tugged it for a bit, and sure enough, the small world didn't weigh anything. He could drag it around without any effort. Taking a closer look, he had already left the Abyss with his small world.
"Hey. Why would it be like this?" He asked curiously.
"Not only that!" the God of Justice smiled, "but you made a great profit! Everything in the small world reversed to its original chaos, which means that it possesses boundless possibility. You relied on your power to reopen it, and experienced opening a world personally. It is definitely beneficial to grasp the subtlety of nature's power. And as they say, a piece of white paper is better for writing. Whatever you want the world to be, you can build. Is there any other world that is more suitable to make into a holy kingdom?"
Sui Xiong then finally realized what he was saying, and nodded continuously.
"I'll drag this world back first. Where would be a good place to hide it?"
"You plan to hide this in the main dimension? That's not right. That's not right! What if there's a problem?" the God of Justice asked. "Such matters like opening up a new world, I have never heard of. Maybe the old man knew, but He never brought it up with anyone. No one knows what will happen when a small world is opened up. So, I suggest you hide it in one of the unnoticeable spots in the material realm. Or just put it haughtily next to the emptiness in the main dimension, and I'll look after it for you. All in all don't leave it in the main dimension to avoid accidents."
"I'll have to trouble you again. How can I have the cheek to…" Sui Xiong smiled bitterly. "Previously, I asked you to help look after my place for a while, and it turned out to be a few years…"
"Things like time; are they meaningful for us?" the God of Justice asked in return.
Sui Xiong was stunned, and suddenly lost his smile.
Exactly; things like time, towards commoners who had limited age, were precious. But to immortals, time was considered nothing.
Back when he was in university, during ancient culture connoisseurship class, there was a lecturer who was indulged in Tao culture. He always wore a Taoist robe and his hair in a bun, and called himself "Dao Quan Zi." He always sat alone in the corner while reading, and he wouldn't respond to much. He only shook his head and recited Chuang Tzu, something about a 500 year old God Turtle that was legendary, an 8,000 year old tree that was legendary… Back then, he thought the lecturer pretended to be artistic and must have been a flirting expert. He probably had unknown numbers of sisters in his WeChat. Every girl wanted to ask him about ways to get a boyfriend. Then, he thought about him now and realized that the lecturer obviously wanted to be a celestial being…
Who would have expected it? He never thought promoting into a Celestial being would… oh wait; it's promoting to God. Anyway, it's immortality. It's about the same. It's just that he did not know what happened to the lecturer later on. He didn't know if he really found a chance to turn into celestial being.
Most likely no, he guessed. Earth was so huge, but he never heard of anyone turning into celestial beings or Gods. Even among traversers, he seemed to be alone…
He couldn't bear to look back to the past!
The huge jellyfish laughed. Then, he dragged the world that looked huge but was light, as though it were treading in the air, and whizzed past in the emptiness.
Countless Gods, and existences whose powers could be on par with Gods, noticed the sight. But they also noticed that beside the jellyfish, there was a bulky beggar-like man that was flashing along on a wooden axe. Hence, those who originally wanted to block his way and rob him changed their minds. The beggar couldn't bother those few that thought they were strong, but they couldn't ignore the faint silver light that was behind Sui Xiong.
Sui Xiong didn't realize it himself, but the God of Justice saw and didn't tell him.
That very moment, behind him, the faint silver light was like a full moon, spinning slowly. No matter how fast he was flying, it followed him casually. It wasn't affected. Among the huge system that was formed by the Thousand Worlds, besides that barbarian who everyone thought was occasionally crazy, only guys that were really bored of life would try to tick off the moon of silver light that signified the existence of greatness.
Any man that did so would have a tragic outcome. Part of them would die and the other part that wasn't dead would rather be. Only a few lucky ones that ran into one that was in good mood would be beaten up till they couldn't take care of themselves, but stay alive.
The only one who was beaten up and still could run around actively, was the psychopath flying on the wooden axe. God knows why the psychopath could be so shameless; maybe He was the illegitimate son of the one who transformed into a commoner.
Under the countless eyes, Sui Xiong and the God of Justice trekked for almost a month. They went against the current from the negative realm in the Ring of World and trudged against great unimaginable torrents. He finally returned to the material realm in the Ring of World. Then, they flew through the material realm and arrived at the emptiness near the main dimension. They stopped at a place close to the Ashes Woods.
"Here it is," Sui Xiong said. "It's near enough."
The God of Justice nodded and raised the axe that was underneath his feet all the while. He looked around with His God-like bull's eyes that looked more like a butcher's. He seemed to be looking for a target to swing His axe at.
That made the guys, who began to stir when they saw the silver light behind Sui Xiong, disappear. They originally planned to kill Sui Xiong; but with the distance he was at, even if they launched an attack, Sui Xiong would be able to flee to main dimension in time. If they couldn't kill Sui Xiong, there was no point in attacking.
As for the small world that looked mysterious, that was it. The powerful experts wouldn't be bothered by it.
Just when Sui Xiong was ready to take a break in the main dimension, the nearby emptiness shook, and a smallish piece of floating land flew over.
It was a huge piece of green grassland, with cows and sheep wandering around casually. There was a huge earthworm wriggling around happily. It was singing and digging at the same time. In the mud puddle by the side, there was a huge catfish sleeping soundly. It looked ugly when it slept, and was grinding its teeth. At the door of a house that was built crudely, there were two Gods. A lion head with human body and a bear head with human body were playing chess while drinking. The sunshine that was frozen by the border of the land pulled their shadows long, as though it were a scene from a relaxing countryside.
"Hey?! Isn't that Steel Lion? Aren't you living around the Boundless Open Country? Why did you come here? You even moved your God system's holy kingdom… Are you dividing your property?" the God of Justice got close and asked curiously.
The main God of the Desolation God system smiled bitterly as he stood up, and passed Him a jar of drinks. He sighed. "We didn't share the same philosophy. It is just matter of time until we fell out. I might as well leave now while there is still some affection."
Sui Xiong nodded lightly. He'd heard Morani's introduction once. He knew that the divergence of the Desolation God system and Orc God system where they stayed temporarily was actually huge. To be able to go their separate ways in peace was considered good.
"Are you interested in staying with me?" He smiled, waved his tentacles and beckoned. "I have a huge place that could be transformed as you wish!"
Morani flew over suspiciously and looked at the chaotic world. At first, he looked lost. But after some thinking, His face grew solemn.
"No wonder I didn't see you for a few years. You were busy preparing this," He couldn't help but complement. "That's great! How did you get this? I need to get one too!"
Sui Xiong chuckled and shared his experiences with Him. He let out cries of surprise, and his facial expressions were like a person from Sichuan opera. But in the end, he froze in a flabbergasted expression like the Chinese character "Jiong."
"…Actually, was quite easy." Sui Xiong concluded as such.
Steel Lion Morani shook His head and let out a heavy sigh. Then, he forgot about that idea.
However, He brought His God followers together and temporarily stayed.
According to His saying, an interesting thing was hard to come by, so He had to stand back and watch. But no matter if it was Sui Xiong or the God of Justice, they understood what he really meant.
If no one came to mess around, He would really just be there to watch. But if there was anyone that came to cause trouble, it would ruin his mood to watch. The four of them from the Desolation God system would immediately come to blows, and mince the man to feed the earthworm!
"You are good at making friends!" the God of Justice told Sui Xiong quietly.
Sui Xiong raised his eyebrows and felt smug with success.
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Chapter 178: Chapter 48
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The return of Sui Xiong made the higher ups of the church of Void Mask delighted. Although they had lived a good life the past few years, they were worried about the situation of Sui Xiong nursing his wound. Then they saw their Majesty unscathed appear before everyone energetically, and finally let out a breath of relief.
During the meeting of the higher-ups in church, Sui Xiong explained the situation of his trip. He had everyone work with collective wisdom and concerted effort to think about what they should build the small world into.
"I have to emphasise something; this can't be built freely to your temperament!" he said solemnly. "This world will become our holy kingdom in the future. All of you have to stay here after you die. Frost, don't you dare look as though 'it's doesn't matter to me, as after I die I'll be in the kingdom of Gods of Dragon.' How would the kingdom of Gods of Dragon be any better than a holy kingdom than you designed yourself!"
However, everyone did not ponder seriously according to his advice but gave irrelevant answers and redirected to a different topic.
"The Gods in Orc god system launched a siege at Your Majesty?!" When they heard that Sui Xiong got injured in the siege by Orc god system, Gerald suddenly shot his eyes wide open and swung a fist to smash the table before him. He was raging with anger like a burning flame.
He waved his fist and his eyes shot red when he roared, "This is declaring war! This is declaring war against us! Fight! We have to fight! We have to make them feel the pain, we have to make them fear the pain! We have to beat them until they dare not look for trouble ever again!"
"Huh?" Sui Xiong was stunned. He didn't understand why he as a victim had yet to react that emotionally, but Gerald was so affected.
"How dare… how dare… how dare he do such a thing!" Palin's body was quivering in anger. He was so angry that his face grew distorted. He clenched his teeth and gritted in shivery voice, "Damn! Damn! Damn!"
"We have to kill them! Have to kill them for sure!" In the image in magic projection, Olian was slightly quivering too, seemed to have difficulty suppressing herself.
"Hey hey! All of you are too emotional…"
But, Sui Xiong's objection was totally ignored.
"That's true! We can't just let this slip!" Wor's eyes were giving out rays of coolness, they didn't know he had withdrawn his famous weapon, "Black Blade." On his shiny black blade, there was a hint of coolness flowing. "Why don't I make a trip to the Orc Empire and kill eight to ten High Priest first!"
"It's inappropriate for you to go. If you are found, you'll be in big trouble." Snowflake looked calm but she turned around and switched the conversation to another topic. "Let Jose go. He's a barbarian at the end of the day. His relationship with the Orcs has been good since the beginning. A barbarian expert wanting to barge into the legendary realm and going Orc's territory to kill an expert… looking for a turning point among blood and fire, isn't that something very normal?"
Then, she even made a small blackboard with ice and drew a barbarian that was killing Orcs with axe. Then, suddenly his body glistened and he levelled up.
Everyone was entertained by the image and nodded in agreement.
Sui Xiong pouted, as he didn't find it funny at all.
Everyone is living in their hometown, passing days in peace, isn't that great? Why do they have to sneak into people's places to kill them? There must be something wrong in their heads!
He looked at Jose with hope. In his impression, this tall and good looking man, with moustache, and unrestrained like the knight errant Lu Xiaofeng in Wuxia, was a stable man. He would definitely not support such illogical suggestion.
But, he was wrong. Jose didn't have any intention to reject. On the contrary, he was delighted.
As a northern person, also commonly known as a barbarian, Jose had fought countless wars with the Orcs. The number of Orcs killed with his long spear and the number of comrades being killed by the Orcs before his eyes, was uncountable.
To incidents like killing Orcs, although he was not elated, he was definitely more than happy to.
"No problem," he said, "but I need to put on some makeup. Back then, I had a great fight with the Orcs at Snow Dragon Mountain pass, so I have something of a reputation there. If I don't make up, within the first few days in the Orc Empire, I will most likely be recognized."
"No problem, I'll take care of that." Rhodes, who finally found a chance to show off, quickly said, "I'll help you to look for a few makeup experts. I'm sure that they can give you a paradoxical appearance, and it would be waterproof!"
He thought and added, "Besides that, I have quite a bit of information regarding the geographical and political situation in the Orc Empire. Also, the information of the experts. Taking action with all the information on hand, it would be even more effective!"
"Hey! Aren't you living by the principle of prospering in peace? Aren't you the one who always says 'thieves are not killers?' Why are you so excited and sound so familiar when talking about assassination! Are you sure you didn't operate a killer organization behind my back?"
Rhodes was shocked at Sui Xiong's teasing and immediately explained himself. But his explanation was drowned in Frost's scream.
"I want to go too!" the voice of a young rock dragon screamed, as loud as a car honk. "Although my fighting skill might not be on par with Jose, I run fast! If necessary, I can also drill underground and fly. If I cooperate with him, regardless of assassination or escape, it will be much safer!"
Snowflake creased her eyebrows and hesitated before she nodded faintly.
"Be careful!" she said. "Safety first; you have to return alive to have a future!"
"I'll prepare some poisonous mushroom bombs. At a crucial time, you can throw them out," Acraian said. "But you must remember, you can only use it in desperate times. This thing is very dangerous, the killing radius is extremely huge. It would easily affect the innocent citizens."
"Don't head to the north. The Orcs on that side are more alert," Satan said as he took out a map and pointed. "Head over to the middle region of Orc Empire, it is more peaceful there and the Orcs are less on guard. It would be easier to flee after causing some chaos. I have mastered the high transmission skill recently and I can give the both of you scrolls. After the fight, immediately return to the theme park via transmission skill. No matter how great they are, they won't be able to catch you!"
"Hold on!" Sui Xiong looked at them in heated discussion, who seemed to have confirm the plan of sending a person and a dragon to the Orc Empire to kill the priest of the Orc God system church. He couldn't help but shout, "All of you got it all wrong! I am talking about designing a holy kingdom! Why did it turn into war with Orc God system? And I, as a God, have yet to agree, when all of you seem to have decided on how to fight the war!"
"Your Majesty, coming across such matter, you must declare war!" Gerald shouted. "This is not only your problem, it is also our problem! As devout believers, how could we withstand other people's' intention to kill Your Majesty!"
"Not 'intended;' they already did!" Snowflake corrected him, "although I am not a believer, such a matter is so difficult to put up with! If I could swallow my pride for such matter, I do not deserve to consider myself a proud giant dragon!"
Sui Xiong looked lost; he couldn't understand why would a normal fight developed into such a situation.
He sought for help by looking at Ray and Carisa, who were also attending the meeting through magic projection. For the past few years, the lady city owner—who still looked the same since she stopped aging at seventeen—nodded in agreement. "If it was me, I would think there is a need to take revenge. The situation in Garth city for the past few years has improved. If you need money, we could transfer some out… about 10,000 gold coins? Is that sufficient?"
Then, she turned and looked at Ray who was sitting next to her in real life.
All these years of dealing with government affairs in Garth city, Ray's temperament was getting more and more stable; he even developed an invisible dignity. That moment, he looked as though he was wearing a crown, just like a king who was reliable and dependable, who would make all his officials devote themselves to him.
In Garth city and the nearby area, people addressed him as "The King of Seaside," and the title was approved by everyone else. Hence, it was quite widely spread.
It was said that the King in Moon Kingdom heard the news and got angry. But even the King had no confidence to warn or lecture Ray for that.
There was even rumor that there was a bard who saw both of them and talked to them once, praising them, "The one sitting on the throne was dignified, but his dignity came from his crown and his knights; the other one, his dignity is his crown and his knights. If must be an evaluation between the two, the King that opened up a kingdom is of course more powerful than the King guarding the city.
Looking at Sui Xiong's eyes, he nodded and said calmly, "Your Majesty, you rejected such a war due to being the embodiment of kindness. But, just like a King couldn't start or end a war according to his liking, the same applies to Gods. You are our ruler, you have the rights to decide everything. The reason why we are angry, why we want to start a war, is because of that too.
"Please take a different viewpoint and think. How could a God self-sustain among various Gods? You, of course, could enhance your power through forming alliances with other Gods. But, I think, compared to allies, deterrents are even more important!"
"I think I am quite a deterrent…" Sui Xiong mumbled.
Ray smiled and said, "I do not deny that. Back then, that battle where you killed two Gods at a time already sent out a sufficient deterrent. But the deterrent belonged to you, not your church. As a God that built a church, your church requires the same level of deterrents. Otherwise, when your holy kingdom rises up to the sky, the believers in the human world will be hemmed in by various Gods' churches that were fighting against you."
"I'll go and beat up those Gods!" Sui Xiong gave a death glare, and said ferociously.
"If the other party were to dominate by sheer force of numbers?" Ray smiled as he spoke. "Honestly speaking, this is a provocation, but also an opportunity. It's an opportunity to show our flag of Void Mask church and gain fame! If we could use this opportunity appropriately and built our church's prestige with the Orcs' fresh blood, regardless of preaching or war, it would be more convenient."
Sui Xiong was at loss for words and kept quiet for very long.
He looked over to every higher-up of the church and looked at these friends that were most loyal to him, and contributed the greatest. In the end, he let out a heavy sigh.
"If these are the so-called 'game rules,' then do according to your ideas." He slowly disappeared in dejection. He got back to the deep and serene underground, and hid himself in the darkest corner to rest.
The rules in this world are so annoying!
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"What are they thinking? I don't understand!"
In pitch darkness, Sui Xiong lied down on the ground feeling helpless, mumbling to himself.
He really couldn't understand his believers' trains of thought. Why would they be so angry? It didn't make sense to him at all.
He didn't agree with Ray's viewpoint either. Why was preaching required to build fame? He remembered before he traversed, those pastors in the church were all calm and peaceful.
The religion that spread across almost the entire civilized world, and at the very least had several billion believers, wouldn't be more reasonable than the religion in this world. It only had a couple million believers.
Although Christianity was spread using the knife back then, it was improved now. If there were still people preaching that way on Earth, they would be seen as a sign of the backwards and barbarian…
Not to mention that his church only had…
He took a look at the channel of belief. 3,599. There was still a distance to reach 4,000 people!
Was it necessary to think so far in the future, and plan to form threats then?
That's wasn't right! Even if the church got bigger, there was no need to form threats, right? Everyone could live together in harmony, play around in the theme park, and enjoy the food and entertainment. Wouldn't that be great?
Even if he wanted to form a threat, he had to select a reliable target to fight against the Orc God system. Would he be able to beat them?
That was asking for death…
Turning into a jellyfish that was almost the size of a human, he sighed. He let out a breath of smoke like white frost.
"I remember, back on Earth, people in church would boast that their God was almighty. With my power now, it is strong enough for a commoner; but why didn't I feel almighty? On the contrary, I felt like more and more unable to understand the world, more and more helpless."
Sui Xiong was definitely not a lazy person. Although he wasn't an academic achiever, he didn't like wasting time. Sitting down and daydreaming was one of the things that he hated most.
When there was a goal, he could focus on the goal and persist. He would never give up regardless of how long it took. When there was no goal, he would work hard according to the direction that other hoped for. Even if he felt uncomfortable, he would never give up.
When he was on Earth, he wasn't considered a successful person, but he was definitely not a "loser." Not too shabby of an academic background, a stable job, considered quite a famous and talented man. He knew bits and pieces about piano, chess, books, and drawing; he had a good reputation in the unit and a prestigious state among his online friends. He was also the so-called "sensei," a freelance artist that drew human portraits for games or novels.
Honestly speaking, he had a happy life. Besides the fact that he couldn't find a girlfriend, and he was always cheated by his teammates in games.
But in the current world, he received unimaginable strength, experienced unimaginable magic, and encountered and completed an unbelievably great career.
But he wasn't happy at all.
He felt that he didn't belong to this world.
He couldn't understand the thinking of the people in this world. He couldn't agree with the order of how the world worked. He couldn't accept the inexplicable rules of the world.
There were such magical powers in the world, and there were amazing Gods; so why were people living such tough lives? Those amazing figures could give out benefits with the wave of a hand, and the people wouldn't need to worry about their lives! Why did they only care about themselves?
Why was exploitation and oppression in the world so brutal? Sucking the lifeblood wouldn't be sufficient to describe the situation. Why would the people in this world not start a revolution and go against them? Didn't they know the easy concept of death only being death anyway, and sacrificing for the country?
Why would those kind Gods turn a blind eye to such things? Maybe they only considered taking the believers' souls, but not saving and helping them when they were alive. Why would a God that upheld Justice not have any allies, but on the contrary, live a miserable life? Even he had to play dumb!
He didn't understand, he didn't understand at all…
"After all… I am not from this world…"
He let out a long sigh, closed his eyes, and wanted to sleep for a while. His messy thoughts were surging like turbulent waves in his head, and he couldn't relax.
There was a sudden flash of shadow, and Morani, who transformed into a fully armed warrior, appeared next to him.
"You look tired. What's wrong?" he asked out of concern. Morani could tell something was wrong with a glance.
Sui Xiong forced a smile and shook his head.
"Nothing, I am just tired."
"To drag a world from Abyss; you worked hard!" Morani sighed with emotion. "You are amazing! I have never imagined that any God could do such a thing!"
Sui Xiong smiled. "It's just so. Mere strength only; no difference from moving bricks."
"There was a big difference. The other people couldn't do it."
"It doesn't mean anything if anyone did it. It is mere labor work, after all."
Morani was quiet for a while. Finally, He asked, "Did you come across anything that upset you?"
"Nothing. It's just that my believers wanted to launch a war against the church of Orc God system. They were discussing sending experts to kill their high priest of a higher order."
Morani replied with an "oh" and nodded faintly. "I understand! You are worried that they may come across any danger?
"I can't help you with this." He expressed that he felt sorry. "Although I was considered one of the guardian Gods of warriors, I am quite close with the Orc God system, and I had taken quite some advantage from them. At most, I would just not get involved in either party."
Sui Xiong sighed and hesitated. He couldn't help but ask, "What do you think about their plan to assassinate the high priest of the Orc God system because I was attacked by the Orc Gods?"
Morani stunned and asked suspiciously, "What do you mean by 'what do I think'?"
"Its as it sounds. What do you think about their thoughts and actions?"
"It's very normal; nothing special," Morani thought and said. "In any other church, the action would be similar. Unless they didn't possess the fighter power, they really had no choice. Any church that possessed slight fighting power would launch a massacre if they came across such a matter. To resist a God means going against the entire church. The reason why churches exist is to display the glory of God. What is the use of a church that can't display the glory of a God? Even they lose the last person and shed the last drop of blood, they need to wash away the shame."
He said it lightly and looked as though it was only right and proper.
Sui Xiong was quiet for a long time. Then, he smiled bitterly and redirected the topic.
Morani saw that he didn't feel any better. He didn't continue to comfort him, but left a few bottles of good wine that He collected from his God follower, "Silent Knight," and bid him farewell.
After a while, the God of Justice came along.
"Steel Lion said that you are not in a good mood, so I came to visit," he said straightforwardly. "Why exactly are you in a bad mood? I am good at putting things in the right perspective for people. Try me!"
Sui Xiong roughly told Him about his believers who were planning to assassinate the high priest of the church from the Orc God system, and he asked for His opinion.
"Opinion? Well done!" the God of Justice laughed. "The good cannot coexist with the bad. The Orc God system is made up of a bunch of b*stards. Their church is also a bunch of b*stards. Counted as they go on, it would be good for everyone if they were killed!"
Sui Xiong was at loss for words. He thought and asked, "I meant, to attack the members of the other party's church member because their God was attacked. This… What do you think about this?"
"Great!" The God of Justice gave him a thumbs-up, and his snow-white teeth were dazzling in the dark underground. "A great man must do so. Brother, you have really good instinct. Although the number of your bunch of believers ain't many, they are reliable!"
Sui Xiong let out a heavy sigh. He was shameful for his mistaken thought that his brother would be reliable.
He knew from the beginning that that man was never close to the world "reliable!"
"Unless you are worried that they won't gain a victory? That won't be a problem! Whether or not they win, it'd be better to fight first! Do you want me to protect them? Let me tell you, brother, I am good at hiding my aura and causing damage!" The God of Justice was obviously interested; maybe killing was something he liked.
He gave a few suggestions and theoretically, he could have helped, but Sui Xiong was not in the mood to chat with him. He refused with a bitter smile on his face.
"Don't be sad! If you are not capable enough, train yourself well, and work hard to increase your believers!" The God of Justice was not someone that didn't take hints. He saw Sui Xiong's look of "I am sad, leave me alone," he said that, and left.
The underground resumed its silence. The jellyfish God sat in the corner and let out a heavy sigh.
"As expected, everyone shares the same idea, and I am the only one that is different." He thought and laughed at himself. "Am I like Copernicus or Marx?"
"There's no difference, they are only some b*stards…"
In the depth of the dark underground, his sigh reverberated quietly.
At the front row in Pantheon Temple, the God of Justice looked for the King of Order again.
"Sparkly, don't you ever think that there is something wrong with the order of this world?" he said. "There are some things that aren't quite right…"
The King of Order looked at him coolly and said monotonously, "If you are dissatisfied with the order I am maintaining, then continue working hard to become stronger, and come and fight at the Wheel of Order. Kill me and take over the Wheel of Order, and you could alter the order of the world according to your liking.
"Of course, I actually hope for you to take the seat of the King of Kindness, Wickedness, or Chaos. If there was only one God, that wouldn't be too good."
"I knew you were going to say that!" The God of Justice returned to His seat angrily, with his eyebrows tightly knitted.
He thought about the topic that Sui Xiong was talking to Him about, and He pondered about the meaning behind what Sui Xiong said. He could faintly feel that something was not right.
"What's not right exactly?" This expert that was number one on the list of fighters among various Gods was lost in his thoughts.
He thought for a very long time but still couldn't understand. He finally got annoyed and drew his big axe out. He leapt and slashed toward the main God of Orc God system.
"Dog-headed creature, take my axe!"
The main Orc God never expected Him to suddenly go insane, and He was caught off-guard. Luckily He was an expert that went through battles himself and rolled over subconsciously. He dodged it and avoided being smashed by the axe and dying a tragic death.
"Yorgaardman, what is wrong with you!" He roared with anger and drew his short spear out to fight against the God of Justice.
Both were top experts among various Gods. They fought, and the first three rows were suddenly a mess. Some Gods wanted to stop them, some Gods wanted to stir up more trouble. Some even wanted to seize the chance to ask for trouble from their enemies. It was a complete mess.
The King of Order didn't seem like He was going to stop them. He didn't even turn around, but looked far across boundless space, and fixed His gaze upon the jellyfish that was sighing by the corner of the wall.
"Are you dissatisfied with the order of the world? Then, get stronger and you can qualify to alter the order to your liking."
He sighed lightly but there was no God near enough to hear what He said. No one noticed His actions.
"Let me see a new order soon. I have been waiting forever…"
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Chapter 180: Chapter 50
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As the only meaningful empire in the entire main dimension, the Orc Empire of course deserved to be the number one powerful nation that took up a huge land.
Even so, it was constantly invading and attacking its surroundings.
To the north, was the ice land that was covered in snow and ice. The intrepid barbarians had constantly retreated. To the south, they seized the Graystone Mountains and Giant Beast Mountain, and constantly invaded the territory of Eagle Kingdom; to the east, they were in to-and-fro tussle with Kingdom of Holy Angels, encroaching on the soil that was showering in the brilliance of the Sun God; But, to the west, they were facing the vast desert with nothing they could do about it.
Er, even though it wasn't really like they had nothing to do with it, it was the secret of Orc God system…
From the place where the south of Gobi Desert connected with Graystone Mountains, all the way towards the east, it was almost a month's time of walking to enter Orc Empire, or as it was also called, Wild Empire's hinterland.
It was a great grassland, a scenery of vast sky and boundless wild. The Orcs were reproducing and living on the piece of grassland. They were fighting against the natural environment that looked friendly but was actually not. They grew strong bodies, packed with muscles and ferocious spirits.
Of course, in the Orc Empire, it was not only Orcs, but also half-Orcs, dwarves, midgets, humans… a variety of tribes. But on the vast soil, the position of Orcs was higher compared to every other tribe.
If it was on Earth, such open race discrimination would be condemned by word of mouth and in writing. But in this world, race discrimination was something natural. Regardless of "upper class" or "lower class," no one had any objection about it, just like in India that was said to have a billion human and ten billion livestock; the panda neighbour that was wearing a bunny hat didn't understand why the ten billion livestock didn't fight against their mothers, but they themselves were contented…
The grassland was sparse but sparsely populated. Every tribe was far apart.
In there, no matter if there were more or less travelling businessmen, it wasn't noticeable.
For instance, the Tyrannical Tribe had another two travelling businessmen recently.
They were uncle and nephew. The uncle was a tall brawny man, wearing thick heavy leather armor and carrying a big axe. He seemed to have great physical strength and courage. The nephew was a skinny but intelligent young boy, quick to respond and fast in calculation, just like an amazing accountant.
They had a carriage that was pulled by two horses, and there were various household supplies in the carriage. Like most of the travelling businessmen, they stayed back temporarily and used the household supplies in exchange of anything valuable.
Among the Orcs, there were some sly ones. More than once, they intended to palm off shoddy goods as quality goods, or to deceive people with specious items. Although the nephew wasn't very old, his judgement was very sharp. No matter if it was shoddy or counterfeit goods, it couldn't escape his eyes. He was also very skillful in business and he quibbled on every single detail. Even those older who were experienced in haggling couldn't take advantage of him.
Of course, there were people that became angry out of embarrassment and wanted to settle with "trading" tricks that Orcs respected; even violent manual labor wouldn't enable them to exchange it with wealth. Along with the owner of wealth, they'd be sent to holy kingdom of their beliefs to rest in peace. By then, it would be the uncle's turn to take over, and his brawny body and strong muscles were definitely not for decoration. His big axe wasn't any gray import either. Every slash of the axe was sturdy and the strength was not discounted.
The outcome for multiple conflicts was that the witch doctor in the tribe had quite an increase of customers. The old-aged witch doctor was happy with the surprise income and hoped that the pair of uncle and nephew could stay back in the Tyrannical Tribe for a few days more.
The head of Tyrannical tribe, Aolike, who also known as "Mad Runner," was not happy. His gut feeling was that the pair of uncle and nephew were not ordinary people; in fact… they were very dangerous men!
The Tyrannical Tribe was a tribe of centaurs. They were creation of the Orc God King of Tyranny, and the whole tribe worshipped and believed in the ferocious and terrifying God wholeheartedly. The Tyrannical Tribe was the earliest bunch of descendants created by His Majesty. There were many experts that sprang up before and even broke through the last barrier to step foot into the God realm.
But, those were all in the past.
The Tyrannical Tribe then had weakened, and there weren't many experts that could come to blows. There was about three thousand people in the tribe, but there might not even be one legendary realm expert!
The current strongest people in Tyrannical tribe were the head of the tribe, Aolike, and the high priest, Oveila. They were both on the top of the higher order that were looking for an opportunity to step foot into the legendary realm.
Aolike's nickname was Mad Runner, and as his nickname had suggested, he ran very fast, even faster than a flying bird. His stamina was very good too, he could run for half a month continuously without taking a break. He was used to long spears, and his skill in casting long spears while running was superb. He could shoot down a flying bird in the sky, he also could shoot a mosquito on land, he could even shoot a hole through a century-old tree with a spear. Once during the war against the Eagle Kingdom, he gained fame from an incident where he shot a fully armed knight with a spear and it shot through the person with his shield altogether.
Oveila was a direct bloodline descendant for Tyranny. The centaur tribe was the proprietor of the most honorable and strongest bloodline. Although she was a female, Oveila was not weak at all; she had a body with combination of strength and beauty, an aura of health and grace, yet wildness. She was aggressive and ferocious, she didn't allow anyone of a lower bloodline to appear around her. Besides praying, the other thing she liked to do the most was massacre. Although she was a master archer and a priest of higher order, she like to swing the huge halberd across the battlefield even more. Especially when the Tyrannical stepped on the remains of their enemies, she would even roar with laughter; hence her nickname of "Fresh Blood Trampler."
Aolike had always wanted to find favour with the priest of higher order but it was all to no avail after he tried many different ways. The Fresh Blood Trampler had no interest in a man that was weaker than her, and she disdained to Aolike's lower grade bloodline. She didn't even give him the most basic respect to the head of the tribe when they spoke.
For that, Aolike was full of anger but there was nothing he can do.
To Orcs that believed in the theory of the bloodline, a noble bloodline was something extremely important as it signified the distance between them and the God.
Most of the Orcs were creation of Orc Gods. Orc Gods were segregated into two categories; one was strong Orcs that were made into Gods, such as the main God of Orc God system "Giant Dog that Swallowed the Sky" Lefon. He was originally a human-canine. The other one was a strong beast that was made into a God, and broke away from their identity as they opted to join the Orc God system and create tribes that possessed their characteristics. For instance, the main God from the previous generation, "Iron Mask Ferocious Spirit" Snakenell, was originally a poisonous snake. He made the tribe that was famous for its cunning and brutality among the Orcs, human-snake.
The centaur was the creation of King of Tyranny, Kredak. This God was originally a wild steed. After it became a God, it took the form of centaur and created a centaur tribe in order to promote belief.
To a centaur, the concentration of Tyrannical blood was its level of nobility. Aolike was born a collateral bloodline but not a direct descendant. Before the direct descendant of His Majesty, he was born a level lower.
Dealing with the natural difference of identity, Aolike held no grievance. What he was unsatisfied with was that Oveila rejected his love. It was like a businessman that started from scratch, who had already gotten used to the belittlement by the officials. But if they were to reject his proposal of a marriage alliance, he would still be angry.
"The anger of this person is our chance." After the sun set, in the tent of the travelling businessmen, Jose lost his innocent smile that made him look honest in the day. His face was dense with murderous intentions.
Frost lost the cunning smile that she put on during the day but replaced it with ferocity and said, "I think you are being too careful! It is only two higher orders. If we find a chance, surprise attack and take one down, the one left could be taken care of in whichever way we want to!"
Jose smiled faintly but there was no warmth in his eyes; instead he was ghastly and bloodcurdling. "Our target is to not only kill a priest of higher order and the head of the tribe. If we were to act rashly, we would be exposed and soon be sieged by the experts of various Orc tribes. Then, we will have to retreat earlier. What do you think about that?"
"No way!"
"I don't want that either," Jose nodded, "so, we have to create an illusion. Make everyone think that the death of the priest was not related to us. Although it couldn't be kept secret for long, it could buy some time. Maybe we could kill one or two more priests!"
Frost's eyes brightened up and she had a hint of ruthlessness in the corner of her smile.
"I like the idea!" she said.
Jose smiled and took out a few more bottles of medicine. "These are specially prepared by Master Acraian and Master Wendy."
"When are we taking action?" Frost asked impatiently.
"It's almost done; within two days," Jose said with confidence. "Regarding the situation of the tribe, I am completely clear. Next, is to make an opportunity to give full play to the creation of the two masters' power!"
The second day, something big happened in the Tyrannical Tribe.
That night, the head of tribe Aolike who had been always after the high priest, Oveila, was drunk. He seized his tipsiness and barged into the temple of Tyrannical King to propose to the Fresh Blood Trampler openly. Even after he was rejected, he was not willing to leave but insisted to stay overnight in the temple shamelessly.
Oveila was pissed off and decided to attack with her halberd. At first, with Aolike's capability, he should have been able to dodge her attack easily. But uncertain if it was due to intoxication of alcohol that led to weak limbs, Aolike missed and got heavily injured by her halberd.
As the halberd had taken countless fresh bloods and possessed terrifying magic, not only was Aolike injured, but he was also poisoned. After the examination by the witch doctor, he concluded that the poison derived from so-called "corpse bacterium." To resolve the poison, they had to look for a corpse that cultivated corpse bacterium. Only then could he cast witch magic to absorb the poison from his body.
Oveila was of course duty-bound. So, the Fresh Blood Trampler brought along her halberd and long spear, then departed to the south to go into the region where battle never stopped, to look for the corpse that they needed.
In the early morning on the third day, the travelling businessmen that felt the atmosphere in the tribe was too overwhelming eventually left. The uncle looked a little unsatisfied but he was convinced with the reasoning, "a smart businessman will not stay in danger," by his nephew.
They bid farewell to those centaurs that were depressed due to the mishap and continued to travel to the east.
In actual fact, not long after they left, they kept all their goods along with the carriage and horses into semi dimension storage box. Frost took her original form, spread her wings and carried Jose to the south, and whizzed past.
Their overall arrangement had been completed and it was time to kill!
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Chapter 181: Chapter 51
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The huge dragon's speed was faster than a horse. Although they had departed much later than Oveila, by the time the sun rose, they had already caught up to Oveila.
As they caught up to Oveila, they saw her shadow, dashing across the grassland, carrying a halberd and long bow on her back. Letting out a dragon groan, Frost sped up, stopping before Oveila and blocking her way.
Jose changed his weapon into a fish fork, and carried the rope on his shoulders. He also switched his armor to the magic blessed leather armor, which Sui Xiong had made for his core believers.
Everything was well-prepared. At that moment, the traveling businessman that now jumped off from the dragon's back, though he physically looked the same, his aura had completely changed.
Oveila, who was weary from running, shrunk her eyes slightly, stopping in her tracks. She didn't intend to talk, but wore the halberd behind her, as she took down the long bow behind her back. Poising the long bow, she then shot an arrow directly at Jose's face.
Ding!
Jose waved his fish fork to block the feather arrow. Oveila showed no expression, but gradually put the sharp arrows on her bow, continuing to shoot them, one after another.
Mostly she was shooting towards Jose. However, she shot one or two arrows at Frost's eyeball.
Of course, these arrows wouldn't be able to pose any threat to Frost. Hence, he just closed his eyes, relying on the toughness of his eyelids to block the arrows. On the contrary, Jose was a little strained, while attempting to deal with the string of arrows.
The centaurs' horsemanship and archery skills were well-known. Every time they drew back their bows, sharp arrows whizzed past, showering down like a storm. Any troops with weaker defenses would certainly be defeated.
Oveila was the heir of the most honorable bloodline among the centaurs. Hence, her archery skills were comparatively higher than most, especially when she was running while shooting the arrows. In fact, when she was wielding herbow, not only was the speed of the arrow fast, but she was also skilled at varying the direction of the arrow, which Jose found very difficult to fight against.
"No weak ones among the famous ones…" He waved his fish fork, knocking the arrows away, while he slowly got closer to Oveila.
He was trying to find an opportunity to launch an attack. He mumbled to himself, "I thought it would be enough to come alone. I was so full of myself."
He could already tell that, if it came down to a one-on-one battle, he wouldn't be able to fight against Oveila. Moreover, it would even be difficult to escape! Luckily, it didn't come to that.
Frost's reason for being there wasn't only to replace saddle horse, after all. He was also preparing magic. As he was harassed by Oveila's arrows, it took a much longer time to prepare the magic. Suddenly, he opened his eyes to see a green light, which was emitting from his pupils!
"Poison pond spell!"
Oveila was terrifyingly quick in her response, expertly dodging the green light. After passing her, and hitting the ground, the green light didn't disperse. Instead, it turned into a pond, which was emitting a dark green poisonous gas.
After dodging the magic, Oveila realized suddenly that she couldn't turn around. She now stood frozen in the pond, stuck to the spot by the poisonous gas. She suddenly felt her body and legs grow heavy and weak. Eventually, she couldn't even stand on her feet. Even her strength and balance were being affected.
Finally, she managed to leap away from the poisonous pond. She then started running as far away as she could, while trying to detoxify herself via a magic spell.
As a high priest of a higher order, her skill at casting spells was outstanding. If she had enough time, no matter how strong the poison was, even if she couldn't detox herself completely, she would still be able to suppress its effects temporarily.
However, Jose and Frost wouldn't give her the time…
Jose smiled cooly, as he stuffed his hands in the storage pouch at his waist. He then took out a few short fish forks that were used for throwing.
He didn't even need to get a running start, before he swung his right arm, accompanied with a sad and shrill whistle, to send a short fish fork flying across the sky. The fish fork flew in an imposing manner, with a speed that was too fast to be caught. Hence, it caught up with Oveila in the blink of an eye.
Luckily, Oveila had been watching Jose and Frost's situation out of the corner of her eyes, so she saw Jose's attack. But, due to the fact that she had been poisoned, her response was slightly slower than normal.
Under normal circumstances, she would have been able to dodge the attack easily. However, at that very moment, she was only able to dodge it clumsily, nearly destroying the anti-poison magic that she was slowly preparing.
Alas, Jose's attack didn't stop there! After the initial assault, there was a total of four short fish forks that he brought out!
Immediately thereafter, the sad and shrill cry of the barrage of fish forks could be heard whistling through the sky. Every fish fork was like a warning letter from the King of Hell, and also like a sickle of Death, pressing down hard on Oveila.
After barely dodging another two fish forks, Oveila finally could no longer maintain her pace of escape. Jose projected the pattern of her habitual actions and speed, then shot her.
The sharp fish fork stabbed deeply into the body of the centaur. The sharp blade, which had been cast with a magic spell, slit open the tough skin that could normally withstand a regular sword. The strong muscles were cut and torn, as blood flowed out along the blood drain on the fish fork, which had been intentionally made for this exact battle feature during production.
Then, yet another fish fork made its assault…
Oveila let out a tragic groan. As her body began to shake, the wound expanded. She threw away both fish forks, then took out a silver pearl, smashing it directly.
It was a precious "Magic Pearl". Not only could it save magic within it, it could also be used again and again. Also, at a crucial moment, such as right then, it could be smashed, thus activating the magic that was saved within it. Of course, its cost was extremely high.
Oveila tried to force herself not to think about how many gold coins she had spent on the Advanced Recovery Spell, but her heart was still aching faintly.
"This is no simple woman!" Frost's magic achievements weren't high, but he was much stronger than Jose. When he saw that Oveila could activate the Advanced Recovery Spell in just a split moment, he was shocked. He quickly reminded, "Be careful of her magic!"
This was a mistake made from his lack of experience. Because Oveila had her back facing them, when she used her magic pearl, they hadn't seen her smash the pearl. Thus, he had subconsciously assumed that Oveila hadn't use any magic tools, but rather cast a high level spell that was not common among mages.
He hadn't thought of the possibility of Oveila's really having the power to cast the Advanced Recovery Spell! Also, Jose's knowledge about magic was not as good as Frost's. So, Jose determined that he must keep his guard up, resulting in his attacks becoming even more brutal. He took out another few fish fork and shot it over.
To Oveila, who had now removed the poison that had been within her, the attack was nothing. She took down the halberd on her back, then waved it to hit the few fish forks away. She then chanted prayers and started casting magic.
Frost completed his magic first, then bellowed with anger. As he did so, a blue light formed into a huge net that was at least ten meters tall, before completely covering her.
"Magic of removal!"
It was a habitual measure that was often taken by a spellcaster during battle. No matter what spell the enemy cast, they would throw a removal magic spell first. Not only could it destroy the magic structure that was building, it could also counter the enemy's magic, even to the point of injuring them badly, if one was lucky.
Oveila ran, dashing out of the range of the magic removal. She then quickly completed her own magic. A cloud of burgundy light was emitted from her body, before turning into a pungent blood smell.
This was a peculiar divinity spell of the Orc God system, known as the Blood Massacre. Not only could the magic enhance the physical condition of the spell receiver, but it could also provide the terrifying power of absorbing life strength by killing one's opponent.
The expert that benefited from the magic could then slaughter over a thousand people alone. As long as the magic wasn't destroyed, the ability to continue the battle was simply unbelievable!
Not only that, Oveila continued to pray and prepare for her next magic undertaking. Frost, of course, recognized this magic. He creased his eyebrows, then took out a small crystal.
It was a magic tool that Snowflake had specially made for him. As it was a dispensable item, it couldn't be saved and used repeatedly. And, as far as its convenience and speed, it was no weaker than the Magic Pearl.
The crystal shattered, sending a ray of white light soaring up. The light then turned into a huge eye, looking at Oveila.
Oveila's body was immediately covered with a thin layer of frost. The cold air surrounded her body, then turned into ice and snowflakes. She could feel that her four hooves were soon going to be frozen to the ground, causing her to lose her ability to move.
This magic was called Arctic Gaze. It was considered as being quite isolated in the realm of magic. Its power was weaker than the Rays of Extremely Coldness, but its benefit was that it was quite hard to dodge. So, it could be said that each had their perks.
At that very moment, Oveila completed her own magic as well. It was the Stone Armor Suit, which could greatly enhance her defense power. The specific magic was the advanced state of stone skin, which granted a much higher defense power. But, it also was very heavy. Hence, only incredibly strong people would be able to utilize it.
According to Oveila's plan, she would next cast another floating spell, which could help her to avoid being framed and getting hurt. She would then cast a freedom of movement spell to avoid being slowed down or entangled.
This would be followed by the holy shield, which strengthened defense power, the holy weapon, which could enhance attack power, the raging bull spell, the eagle eye spell and so on. In the end, she figured that she could even summon a few strong creatures from the Strange World.
This set of magic spells was indeed powerful. With the full set, one person alone could dash through any powerful army, even like the ones in that famous video game on earth, Dynasty Warriors!
However, this enemy wasn't just any ordinary army, nor were they mere idiotic prey. At that moment, she was dealing with a young giant dragon and an experienced adventurer, who had gone through hundreds of battles!
Jose still couldn't tell earlier, but he was now completely certain about the habitual practice when Oveila was fighting a battle. He couldn't help but smile. He wouldn't fight in close combat with the centaur. Instead, he took out a scroll, then used his pathetically weak magic power to slowly activate it.
Because his magic power was inferior at best, the process was taking quite a long time. When he was finally done activating the scroll, Frost and Oveila had already fought a few rounds with their magic. They both had wins and losses.
But, it ended then…
After the scroll, which was made of magic beast skin, was activated completely, it self-ignited, completely without flame or fire, then turned into ashes! Countless light spots floated in the sky, then turned into black runes that were giving out a loathsome, rotting smell. It then whizzed through the sky, ignoring Oveila's attempts to dodge it, and landing on her body.
"Idiot that eats grass! Get a taste of the power of the Blaspheme Rune!"
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Chapter 182: Chapter 52
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The black rune was giving out an uninviting smell. Once one smelled it, one could at least skip the next meal. Those who had lower tolerance and ability to adapt would not be able to eat for the next few days.
After being hit by this thing, the original magic protection for the whole body, Oveila's body state enhanced to a ridiculous level and stiffened. Then, she let out a crazy roar.
The roar was heart wrenching, as though someone was sawing in half, alive. However, it was not sufficient to describe her pain because the pain didn't come from the body itself but from her spirit, from her soul.
The connection between her and her God was cut off forcibly.
Orc was a magical tribe, and regardless of gender and age in the tribe, they were all devoted believers, no exception. This even applied to a new born baby.
That was because they had already played a trick on their soul at the moment they created them. No matter how the bloodline was passed down, how the descendants were reproduced, their souls already had an owner, just like a commodity that had a label pasted on. There was once someone who did an experiment, which was to isolate the newborn Orc babies from the entire Orc society, to let them grow up under situations where they couldn't get in touch with any mysterious knowledge. But as their intelligence increased, they naturally woke up to the belief of various Orc Gods.
Of course, such situations weren't definite. During the growth of Orcs, there were times due to various reasons that they broke away from the "labels" on their souls. Their appearances remained, as well as their beliefs, but the exhibited qualities would be entirely different and people could tell with one glance.
A lot of mixed Orc races were like that too. Their appearances looked almost the same as pure blooded Orcs, and many of them believed in various Gods in Orc God system. But anyone who was slightly more experienced could easily tell the difference between them and Orcs.
It was a magical feeling. It felt just like you walked into a supermarket and saw various items labeled with prices, place of production, manufacturer, and much other information. Same went for the Orcs' souls. Those "label-less products" without "labels" were normally referred toas "half-Orcs."
The difference between Orc and half-Orc was not bloodline nor appearance but the "label" on their soul.
In the Orc's society, half-Orcs were discriminated against. They had to contribute more greatly in order to achieve a better result, to possess stronger strength, to make more fortune, then they could obtain the same treatment as an Orc. Those important posts, such as priest of a higher order, could forever only be taken by Orcs, but not half-Orcs.
Oveila who was a high priest of a higher order was no doubt an Orc. But when she was hit by a special magic cast with devil soul extract as base material, the strength derived from the devil's chaotic nature seemed to turn into a wall and blocked the channel of religion between her and the God that they worshipped, "Tyrannical King," temporarily cutting off the pathway that was supposedly clear.
To any common pastor and high priest, that didn't mean anything but the temporary inability to cast magic. But to an Orc, once the belief pathway was blocked, it meant that the "label" on their soul would temporarily disappear.
That moment, she felt her soul drifting about and had no one to turn to. She felt like a dried leaf that had yet to reach the ground but was crushed by a tornado; like one that was standing in lava naked and burnt black into ashes in an instant; like one that dropped into deep sea that was extremely cold, and froze into countless shattered ice pieces.
No! It was way scarier than those! It was indescribable!
If it was any commoner, maybe they could still resist such terrifying feelings with their will. But Oveila was a high priest with higher order, her connection with God was far more tight knitted compared to any other Orcs. After connection was cut off by blasphemous rune, her pain got even more serious.
Oveila groaned tragically, losing all her will.
Her pain didn't last for long. Jose leaped forward, raised his fish fork and stabbed it into her chest, right at her heart.
That moment, the high priest of higher order died. But the soul that originally intended to depart to the holy kingdom of the God of half-centaur was still affected by the blaspheme rune and floating while wailing tragically in the air.
Although such a situation wouldn't last for very long, after a few seconds the blaspheme rune would lose its effect. But Jose's eyes brightened and quickly seized the chance.
"Hold her soul in custody!"
Frost was puzzled, he didn't know why Jose said this but then remembered his sister's order before he left. "Jose is very cunning, also very experienced in adventure. When you don't know what to do, follow his instructions." So, he immediately took out a blue gemstone, and cast magic to catch Oveila's soul that was still wailing in misery, and imprisoned it.
"What do you want this for?" Frost asked. "This gemstone ain't cheap. After putting a soul in it, it will be useless and can't be sold anymore."
Jose nearly choked at what he said. He smiled bitterly and replied, "Don't ask me for money, I can't afford this gemstone!"
"Forget it; submit for reimbursement from the public fund then." Frost quickly found a solution to make up his loss. "This is a war expense, it should be publicly funded!"
After resolving the important question, he was suddenly relaxed and asked Jose why he wanted to hold Oveila's soul captive.
Jose then took the opportunity to talk about serious business and explained to him.
All in all, Void Mask Church currently was at a lack for talent; there were almost no experts among them. Experts like Oveila. Even if there was only soul left, the soul itself carried a huge value. Void Mask Majesty possessed the inconceivable power to create a physical body. Using such power, he could totally make an entire body for Oveila. Compared to her body before, it would only be stronger.
"But regarding the problem of her belief, it can't be solved right?"
"Regarding her belief, I believe His Majesty has his way about it," Jose smiled. "Although there isn't any evidence, I think our Majesty is actually quite amazing, as though nothing is impossible for him. He can't do many things merely because He hasn't tried wholeheartedly yet.
Frost was deep in thought and nodded solemnly.
"At the end of the day, the gemstone used will be reimbursed. Why not."
Under circumstances where public funds could be used, the two of them who were focused on different concerns reached a mutual agreement very quickly. They kept Oveila's dead body, cleaned up the traces of battlefield, and returned again.
"The Blaspheme rune is really a good thing!" Just when they resumed to their "travelling business uncle and nephew" identities, Jose couldn't help but sigh, "A high priest of the higher order which is capable, just finished her life like that! It was as easy as killing a chicken!"
"Every scroll costs 400 gold coins, and the cost of every cast is 2,000 gold coins; that has yet to include the value of the essence of devil's soul, which can't be bought at all." Frost raised her eyebrows. "If we calculate the essence of a devil's soul at 5,000 gold coins, it would be a total of 7,400 gold coins… and that's just the estimated cost."
"Ha-ha…" Jose couldn't help but smile bitterly, "with this amount of money, it would be even more convenient just to hire an assassin…."
Regardless, their assassination plan kicked off to a good start. Even though there was a hint of splurging money.
At the west of the Wild Empire, close to the desert's "West Barren" region, Steele was using her ways to achieve the goal.
The tall and strong bear-man gave out a desperate roar. It had its eyes wide opened while it made breathing sounds as if it was close to its last breath. The muscles all over its body tensed up as sweat beads rolled down his granite-like muscles and soaked up the entire mattress under its body.
After about a few seconds, its body suddenly relaxed and it was panting in exhaustion as though it just had a vigorous fight.
"Not bad, not bad!" Steele smiled lovingly and lied on its body. "But, you are satisfied just like that?"
"I… I still can…"
"Mm, of course you can…"
After a while, the sound of two bodies pounding together and moist water-splashing noises were echoing again, the deep roar of bear-man and the faint laughter of Steele were mixed among all.
The second morning, the servant was surprised when he saw the number one expert among west barren Orc, the main God of Orc "Sky Devourer Canine."
There was not scar on his body at all, there wasn't any trace of poison or curse. The pastor and high priests from the church checked his dead body carefully, and finally came up with an awkward conclusion.
What caused the expert's death was excessive indulgence in sexual activity.
No evil spirit absorbed his strength of life, no night demon took away his spirit, his body was still in perfect condition and his muscles were still solid, the powerful strength was still all over his body.
He really engaged in excessive amount of s*x that led to serious exhaustion and finally finished all his strength and died.
The way of death was shameful, and it became a laughing stock of the entire west barren.
The master of Orcs, considered one of the few highest positions, who could even kill the top expert of giant dragons with his bare hands, died because he couldn't control his lower body and tired himself out!
There were many that were curious too…
To be able to make an unrivalled expert that was almost 500 years old, that was experienced and knowledgeable, to be that excited, even to the point where he forgot about his body condition; and made him "hard working" until the very end? How great is this woman?
"If I could stay for a night with that woman, how great would that be!" In a small pub, a young adventurer sighed.
The elderly comrade next to him teased, "Nonsense! Master Shiraz died of exhaustion. You are so scrawny and you think you can last for one whole night? In the middle of the night, you'd be dead, okay!"
"Sigh! To be able to die on that woman's stomach. My life would be considered not wasted!"
"You are good-for-nothing!"
"Do you not want it?"
"I have a wife and children, why would I look for other women?"
"Hey… last time, who was the one who brought me to Void Mask's Theme Park and told me that the church of the God of Happiness built a high-standard brothel, with some "Great sword" project that shouldn't be missed…"
"Don't don't don't! Don't bring this up! If your sister-in-law hears this, I'll be in big trouble!"
"Then, your treat next time?"
"…I have no money."
"On the previous mission, didn't you make a fortune?"
"Don't bring that up…."
Listening to the conversation, a half-asleep pink piglet that used magic to hide herself was faintly smiling at the corner of the wall.
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Chapter 183: Chapter 53
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There was a saying in the world: "The sloth needs to be stabbed three times." It was a saying that basically meant that the sloth was an animal that was so slow in reacting, you would have to stab it with needles three times before it would groan in pain.
Quite the opposite of this hypothetical sloth, the higher ups in the church of Orc Gods system of course wouldn't be so slow in reacting. Instead, they had already responded after a few days.
"The fourth one." The main priest in the church of Sky Devourer Canine didn't get angry, but spoke calmly. He was the most honorable figure among the churches of the entire Orc God System. He was also an elder that was addressed as the "Crown of Brilliance." His spooky eyes sent coolness down the spine of the legendary experts.
"Florame, you tell the story," he said lightly. "You are in charge of the information regarding the continuous deaths of the four high priests of the higher order, among whom there was one that was in the legendary realm. I think you should have some insights on this, right?"
There was another legendary expert that he called upon named Florame Roger, who was a rabbitman. He didn't possess a very strong fighting power, but he did have the unusual attainments of concealment. In fact, he had been hosting an information task of the church union for over a hundred years.
Honestly speaking, he had done a good job. And, up until this point, he had not made many mistakes. However, what happened was very surprising, as he had spent a lot of effort to arrange manpower and to search, but had yet to find reliable information.
"As of now, we only have some uncertified information." Florame was covered in a nervous sweat, as he gave his report with a sad face.
"Tell us first, then." The elder that was so honorable that no one dared to call his name stole a glance at him. Then, the cold sweat on Florame's face flowed out again, almost soaking his entire face and head full of fine hair.
"The first piece of news is that the high priest of centaur, Oveila, left the Tyrannical Tribe alone. She did this because the chief, Aolike, was drunk and wanted to stay at the temple. Then, she was injured. In the end, they realized that her weapon might be contaminated by a corpse bacteria poison, so she went out to look for a corpse with corpse bacteria, which could provide an antidote, in order to detox Aolike."
Florame continued anxiously, "She was moving towards the east, and the people that I sent used magic to trace her whereabouts, realizing that she must have suddenly lost contact. After investigating further, we found that there were people that had intentionally erased the traces of the battle. As the magic had by then been severely damaged, it was unable to confirm the exact situation of battle."
"Unable to confirm?" The elder spoke in a calm tone, but still sent his cold glare. "Do you need me to transfer more elders to assist you?"
Florame suddenly shivered, even his inner shirt was soaked through. "After the meeting, I will go personally! I will definitely find out about the situation!"
Who were the people in the church? What were the identities of those retired higher ups in the church and those senior experts that were hidden? They had already reached the extreme level of legendary realm. As such, the power and position in mortal life were meaningless to them, which was the reason why they lived as recluses and tried so hard to figure out how to understand and master the "source" of power, to be able to step foot into the real immortal realm.
Even a small matter needed the elders in the church to be involved, so God knows how the elders would take care of him after they found out the reason! He might as well commit suicide, at least he would die quickly!
"Don't be in a rush to reveal your stand. Continue with the other news." The elder refused to comment further, but said this lightly.
"The second piece of news was that, on the night that the main priest of the west wilderness, Belem Syrah, died, there was a woman named Lilim that tried to take to him to the street." Florame took out a crystal as he spoke, projecting the image in the air. "This is the memory that was retrieved from the guard."
The image showed a busy west wilderness street. The brawny bearman could be seen, wearing a baggy robe and walking haughtily on the street. Everyone avoided him wherever he walked, displaying faces filled with fear.
He was known as Raging Iron Arm, and he wasn't a kind person. In fact, if he were to be held on trial in hell after he died, in order to explain his crimes, one by one, it would take an entire day!
Suddenly, the bearman priest stopped and told the guard that had provided the image, "Look, the woman's not bad."
As the image showed, there was a woman that was selling fruits at the corner of the street. The weather in west wilderness was dry, so the fruits, which were delicious and good for hydration, were very popular. Hence, there were many vendors selling fruits. They would wholesale fruits from bigger retailers, then sell at retail prices that were slightly higher than the wholesalers'. They relied heavily on this price difference in order to make a decent living.
The woman was beautiful and her skin was extremely fair and bright, just like the lovely fruits. West wilderness was windy and dusty, and the weather was dry. Whoever stayed for any length of time there, regardless of whether they be men or women, their skin would become rough. Only the pampered concubines of the rich men could soak themselves in the water from day till night, in order to maintain the hydration of their skin. But those women were normally lacking in vigor, and possessed a kind of weak mentality that was not aligned with the orcs' aesthetic.
In stark contrast, not only did the fruit seller woman have bright skin, but she looked energetic, too. She seemed to have no flaws.
The image suddenly became extremely clear, and she could even hear heavy breathing! Obviously, either the bodyguard or Belem had developed a strong interest in the woman.
What happened later on was sadly nothing that one should ever write about. It was merely the all-too-common kidnapping of a village girl.
After they arrested the woman, Belem exhorted the bodyguard that, unless there was an emergency summons form the superior temple, he shouldn't bother him!
However, the very next morning, the bodyguard heard that it had been quiet for a very long while in the room. So, he finally couldn't help but move closer to take a peek. He saw that Belem was lying on the bed, without moving an inch, but the woman was nowhere to be seen.
"That was the story." The image ended then, followed by Florame's explaining, "I went to inspect the scene, and I can certify that there was no trace of charm magic. However, there were some remains of transformation magic, but very faint amounts. So, it shouldn't be capable of causing any strong magical effect. Besides, I also found that there was a trace of divine power, but I couldn't confirm which Majesty it was from."
It wasn't rare that high priest would use divine power to liven things up, when they were doing that sort of thing. So, everyone wasn't surprised. They were, however, whispering into each other's ears to discuss what the situation it might be exactly.
Although there was the continuous deaths of the four high priests, in actual fact, only the death of Belem Syrah was considered as a great affair. The rest of the high priests weren't really even worth bringing up. If it wasn't due to the fact that their deaths were linked to the death of the legendary expert, no matter how many high priests of higher levels died, it wouldn't worth the attention of these higher ups.
"The background of the woman, what was the result of that investigation?" the elder asked.
"It could be certified that she was an assassin." Florame had already investigated this, so he immediately answered. "No one in the city had ever seen her before. The two main fruit wholesalers in the city also said that they have never sold their fruits to such a beautiful woman, either. Even the guards at the city gate didn't see her entering or exiting the city."
"And?"
"I have checked the dead body thoroughly. Although I don't really believe it, Belem appears to not have been injured, poisoned, or cursed. He merely died of exhaustion, which was caused by excessive indulgence." Florame looked like he was at loss. "I checked multiple times, and confirmed that it was really so."
"This is ridiculous!" the other bearman expert shouted. "They only did it for a night! With Belem's stamina, fighting for ten days to half a month wouldn't even exhaust him!"
"Yeah, no matter how great the woman was, I can't believe that she could have exhausted Belem to death!" the other pastor of legendary realm said.
Florame sighed and looked at the elder. The elder creased his eyebrows. He wasn't doubtful of Florame's capability, especially when it involved the cause of death of a legendary expert.
However, to think that such a way of dying, doing it for a night and then succumbing to excessive indulgence, could have happened to a legendary expert, it was simply ridiculous! He closed his eyes, and there was a strange ripple on his body.
As one of the very few semi-god experts in the main dimension, he could contact various Orc Gods at anytime. He could even visit their respective holy kingdoms by using his soul directly.
Although it would be rude if he did so, in order to find out the truth, he had to be impolite just once, in order to talk to the person who was directly involved. In the world, the concept of "the dead cannot bear witness" did not exist. Even if a person died, his soul would remain. If one really wanted to investigate, he could question the soul directly. It's the same concept, but just a little bit more troublesome.
After a while, the ripples on the elder's body settled down. He then slowly opened his eyes. Every legendary experts fixed their curious gazes at him, waiting for his updates.
"Hehe… It's magical…" The elder squinted his eyes and smiled. "Florame, your examination results are correct!"
"What?!" A few people exclaimed at the same time.
Did this legendary pastor with the title Raging Iron Arm really have too much fun in the bed and die of exhaustion, due to excessive indulgence?!
"Oh my God…" A pigman mage was so surprised, he forgot about the standard common language that he had been practicing for years. He instead spoke with his tribal accent, which utterly disdained!
"Then… That woman…" Florame responded first, asking politely.
The elder snorted. "Florame, leave the rest of the things aside and trace this woman. It is rare to find such a woman that could solely rely on flirtatious measures that could make someone like Belem lose his rationality and indulge in sensual pleasures, even unto death! It might likely be even a high level assassin that some Cthulhu churches nurtured in secret!"
Every legendary expert was suddenly solemn, and their faces grew grave. The way the matter had developed, its severity had shot up increasingly fast. In comparison, the deaths of merely a few high priests that had yet to enter the legendary realm, they had already practically forgotten about them.
Hence, a few days later, there were more high priests that passed away, yet the woman never appeared again. In the underground maze, the pink piglet was dancing with joy. She was boasting about her accomplishments with the huge green jellyfish that was lying on the ground.
She was feeling utterly proud…
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Chapter 184: Chapter 54
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In the gloomy underground maze, there was a group of plumy "adventurers" that were running wild breathlessly.
Suddenly, the leader noticed pink gleams.
The brilliance wasn't strong but gave him a sense of security. He faintly felt the place where the light was must be safe. Hence, he immediately clamoured, elevated the soul and ran towards that direction.
That moment, everyone had already lost the ability to differentiate direction, like a herd of mountain goats running behind the "bellwether."
Not knowing after how long, they took another turn and there was a sudden brightness. There was a bonfire with raging flames on an empty land nearby. Next to the bonfire, there was two small tents and a brawny man that was boiling a pot of hot soup that gave out a delicious smell that filled the air.
"Safe zone!"
"It's safe zone!"
"We are saved!"
"God… We finally escaped!"
They ran and stumbled forward, dashing to the bonfire immediately, and they felt their minds at peace then.
They felt relaxed and weariness suddenly surfaced. Most of the people didn't even bother eating but barged into the tent straightway and wrapped themselves under the blankets to sleep.
The fat man was finally strong willed. He held back his urge to rest and have a good sleep but approached the brawny man who was boiling soup.
"Hey bro… Are you the attendant nt the maze?"
The man lifted his head and looked at him suspiciously. Then, he shook his head.
"What do you do then?"
"Lifeguard." The brawny man answered. "To drag and throw those tourists who are lost and have no strength but use their last breath to shout "I am dying" into the tent. That is my job."
The fat man recalled the buffoonery of himself and his troop earlier, and couldn't help but laugh in embarrassment as he continued to ask, "So, bro, you are an adventurer then?"
"Yeah, but I have retired." The brawny man seemed a little upset. "During an adventure, I got shot on my knee."
"Got shot on your knee? Then, aren't you crippled?"
"Yeah, for quite some time," The man answered, "until I believed in Void Mask Majesty, and Master Steele helped me to heal my knee. I pledged to devote my heart and soul to the master…."
"Then how did you come to be a lifeguard?" The fat man asked out of curiosity.
"Master said that she'd prefer to go solo, with no burden," The brawny man sighed. "I, a man who is seven feet tall, responsible for my own bow and horse, skilled in guns and spears, good at swords too, who could even use stone rope; at the end of the day, I am only a burden!"
The fat man was shocked and he couldn't believe that an expert who was highly skilled at all kinds of martial arts became a brawny lifeguard in the underground maze. He couldn't help but ask, "If you are so amazing, why did you become a lifeguard?"
He shook his head and replied with a bitter smile, "I'm amazing? How am I amazing? Look at the theme park, even a legendary expert could only guard the main entrance. I, as a mid-range adventurer; what could I do?"
The fat man stunned and asked, "The giant at the main entrance of the theme park, it wasn't a projection driven with magic?"
"Of course not. Have you ever seen any magic projection that responsive?"
The fat man laughed and turned around. He wiped cold sweat off his head.
Not long ago, when the entire family came for travel, his son wiped his mucus onto the "magic projection" before… Luckily, the giant had good temperament. Otherwise, with one slap, their entire family would have been turned into a meatloaf.
He made decision in secret; before the trip ended, he must buy some drinks for the giant to apologize.
As a businessman that was unworthily associated with people from all over for many years, he knew the concept of being a decent man.
He originally wanted to chat but the brawny man gave him a bowl of soup. The chicken and vegetables that were stewed thoroughly mixed together nicely, and the mashed oats were specially sifted from the chaff. It was fragrant and warm and it suddenly reminded him of his weariness. He excused himself from the brawny lifeguard and got into the tent. He lied under the blanket and slept soundly in the next moment.
"This bastard is so free!" W hen all of them slept soundly, the brawny man shook his head and turned into a pink piglet with wings with a bright shine.
In the underground maze, there was no light at all. Where would the lifeguard be!
If it wasn't because it was inappropriate to travel around after turning into a pig, she wouldn't stay in.
She covered the pot and left it near the bonfire, to ensure it wouldn't be boiled dry nor cool down. She added firewood that was processed with magic into the bonfire and flew away.
At the same time, there was another bunch of tourists who started their adventure that required some watching over.
At the entrance of underground city, a young businessman, Cliff, was gawking in terror at a half-Orc that had a smile plastered on its face. Although it looked friendly, instinct told him that it was very dangerous.
"Four adventurers, right?" That leopard tribe knight errant who used to hunt magic beasts as a living was currently working as an underground city registrar. It looked at the four of them before saying suspiciously, "Honestly, there are few of you."
"Normally, adventurers go in groups of four to five, right?" Cliff's friend, Reggaeton asked suspiciously.
"Those are true adventurers. Even the weakest among them, could at least run for two hours and above straight, with a full body armor on, and be skilled in at least three weapons. All of you can't be compared to them."
"But we don't need to deal with those magic beasts that are really dangerous, right?" Cliff's other friend, Weisz, said. "I saw the brochure of the maze, didn't it say 'safety guaranteed'?"
"It's said so, but if the capability of the adventurer team were to be too weak, the adventure wouldn't last long," The gatekeeper explained. "Once they encounter danger, the adventure would be ended forcibly. If that happens it means that you wasted your money!"
Speaking of money, the young lads laughed. Reggaeton patted heavily the shoulder of his comrade who was a man of few words.
"It's rare that stingy John is willing to treat us a taste for feeling of adventure. Even if we were knocked out by a giant dragon right after we entered, it wouldn't be considered wasted!"
Looking at their strong will, the gatekeeper stopping persuading them but took out a thick booklet for them to register.
"On the top of the page, write down the name of your team… What? You haven't thought of a team name yet? Then how about using a name that God conferred? There would be additional benefit! … Alright, use the name that God conferred then, let me read the incantation… Mm… The name 'Sees a White Scientist and Kills Him Immediately' is quite weird, but the search range of the entire team would increase by one, that is very useful… Alright, confirm taking this name, alright? Write down all four of your names. You don't have to write it yourself, even if you can't read and write, it's okay. I can fill in for all four of you… Lastly, the date. Done."
He closed the booklet, and smiled at the four as he bowed.
"Registration has been completed. Rest assured! Please enjoy the magical adventure!"
Before he finished the sentence, the ground below the four's feet suddenly had a big hole, and the four young lads screamed in terror while they fell into the hole out of sight.
With four thumps, they landed on a thick pile of grass.
"Is this perfectly safe? Cliff climbed up, clenching his teeth. He smiled bitterly as he looked at the surrounding buildings in the dark, and he looked up to see the starry "sky" above his head. He couldn't help but compliment, "This is so magical!"
After a while, everyone gradually relaxed and got up. Then, they realized that they had changed into the outfits of adventurers. Full leather armor, and everyone was equipped with weapons.
"Hey?! These swords look good!" Reggaeton, who was in the weapons business, drew the sword and flicked it with his finger. It gave out a delicate ring in his ear. "The steel material is quite good."
"According to the brochure, after the adventure has ended, the equipment that we found can be taken," Cliff said. "Before that, I thought even if the equipment could be taken, it would probably be some metal scraps… From what I see now, this seems quite sincere!"
"Yeah, taking in consideration the equipment's value, the entrance fee is not that hard to accept."
Just as they were chit chatting, John withdrew the long gun from the holster behind his back and aimed at a corner in the dark with his guard up.
His action reminded everyone else and they took out their weapons to prepare for battle.
Then, the shadow in the dark shook and a few huge mushrooms that were almost the height at a commoner's chest walked out, wobbly.
Although these adventurers' postures were messed up and in the eyes of professional adventurers, they were only a disorderly mob, it wouldn't be a problem for them to deal with the bunch of huge mushrooms that had short limbs.
After a battle that had no standards at all, the huge mushrooms slowly fell on the ground and turned into remains that had no vigour.
"Phew! Phew!" Reggaeton who put in the most effort in the battle earlier was panting and had yet to recover. He still maintained a nervous situation. "It is… too thrilling!"
"Don't be 'thrilled,' let's get going." Cliff, who had memorized the brochure and manual, patted his shoulders. "We need to get to the safe zone as fast as possible."
Just then, John, who had always been quiet, hung his head low. He took out a short knife from a pocket in his leather boot and cut a piece of the huge mushroom.
"What do you want this for?" Weisz asked.
"This can be eaten," John said. "We. Need. Food."
Reggaeton was shocked and said, "These are magic creatures! How can they be eaten!"
"Earthworm flesh, magic creature, 200 gold coins for one order."
"That's different!"
"Think carefully about what John said; it does make sense…" Cliff couldn't help but nod, and cut a small piece with a short knife. He put it under his nose and smelled carefully. "It really does seem edible."
"All of you are crazy! These are magic creatures!"
In the end, due to Reggaeton's strong objection, they didn't bring the remains of the huge mushrooms that could probably be food.
The "Sees a White Scientist and Kills Him Immediately" adventurer team advanced with care in the dark underground. They had no map and they had no idea where they were. Astronavigation that was also considered a highly technical skill among adventurers; they obviously had no idea about it.
Hence, they could only walk around like a headless fly. If one were to look down from the sky, one could tell that they went through buildings or ruins, unconsciously drifting away from the direction they travelled at the very beginning, and started going in circles.
If they were only just walking, maybe they would have realized this. But they were actually not that free. Within ten minutes, they ran into the second bunch of enemies.
These were a bunch of dwarfs that looked red all over, and didn't look like any kind of man. Every one of them was carrying a suspicious bone club. When they saw them, they suddenly roared with laughter and dashed towards them.
"What should we do? Do we beat them?" Reggaeton suddenly held his sword and asked nervously.
Everyone looked at each other but had no idea what to do.
They made a decision really quickly.
Looking at the enormous number of enemies getting close, the timid Weisz finally couldn't hold his fear but shouted "Run!" and turned around to flee.
The scream was like a signal gun. All four of them turned around together with their backs toward the enemy, and ran like mad.
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Chapter 185: Chapter 55
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Cliff and his troops were lucky. After about an hour, they were able to evade the emerging magic beasts by stumbling into a safe zone. When they saw that the magic beasts, who had just been in hot pursuit of them, were leaving due to the bonfire, they all let out heavy sighs and laughed.
"It is really an escape by the skin of one's teeth!" Reggaeton opened the box next to the bonfire that was marked as "food," taking a few pieces of biscuits that were still warm. He distributed them to everyone, chuckling as he spoke. "I really thought we were going to be eaten!"
"Actually, we wouldn't be. When we encounter any life danger, we would be transported out directly," Cliff smiled and said. "We were scared stiff earlier, so we never thought about that fact!"
Weisz was chewing on his biscuit when he brought up the sealed bamboo in the box. He twisted open the cap and took a few gulps. He then left everything and staggered towards the tent, mumbling, "I'm soooo tired…"
Everyone felt their weariness suddenly surge at that moment, so they also went to rest in the tent, following his lead. After taking a nap for a few hours, they awoke, then packed up to continue their adventure.
With their previous experience, it went much smoother this time around. At the very least, they weren't lost!
The man with few words, Johnses, kicked at the disgusting magic beast that looked like a goat. Its face was distorted, as though it had been splashed with sulfur. He asked, "Are you, okay?"
"Should be okay…" Cliff rubbed his waist, then let out a sigh of relief once he felt that the spot where he was knocked earlier didn't seem to be sprained or fractured.
"I'm okay!" Raggaeton waved his sword, which still had some blood stains on it. "I can still fight another ten of 'em!"
Weisz, who was lying on the ground, raised his hands and bellowed in listless spirits, "Can anyone lend me a hand? I feel like my bones have completely been shattered!"
In actual fact, Weisz's bones didn't shatter. They weren't even fractured! The poor wimp had only sprained himself during the battle.
Regardless, the journey had to be continued. Even if they wanted to give up, they had to reach a safe zone in order for them to be transported back.
Maybe… Being beaten up by the magic beasts, to the point where our lives were endangered, could trigger the rescue mechanism and transport them back?! Why not give it a try?
Of course no one wanted to be the one to try! So, in the end, everyone supported the man that had no integrity, slowly advancing in search of the next safe zone.
However, this safe zone was definitely not one that was easily found. This was due to the fact that there was only a total of thirteen safe zones within the underground maze. There was one in the middle, which was surrounded by the twelve, which were configured in a circle just like a dial.
In between every two safe zones, even via a straight line, it would at least take an hour to walk the distance. And that timing was provided that there was not any interruption on the way, such as an encounter with any magic beasts or traps.
So basically, this was obviously impossible…
After a while, they were hemmed in by another swarm of magic creatures. They were short, fat, and round, with eight short legs and a pair of delicate teeth.
It was a special spider-like magic beast named the round-headed spider. Its level of danger among the spider-like magic beasts was registered as being the very last.
Back then, when Sui Xiong had picked them, he once threw a stray wolf, which had attempted to eat Steel's pet named Greenie, into a swarm of round-headed spiders. If it had been any other magic beasts, that unlucky wolf would have been lucky to have a few pieces of its bones left.
However, the stray wolf managed to escape alive, even though it was bitten and left with patches of blue and black bruises on its body. Miraculously, it had managed to survive under the siege of a swarm of beasts!
"This is the power of life!" Sui Xiong sighed with emotions, deciding to let the stray wolf live.
It was at that moment that the rounded-head spider became one of the tenants in the underground maze. The form of attack of the magical magic beast was very strong, but its power of attack wasn't.
In any case, there was never an instance when anyone was killed by it. However, there were a few unluckily ones that were bitten by its small teeth, which actually weren't sharp at all, thus leaving them with patches of blue and black bruises.
The four youngsters finally got rid of the spider magic beast, but they were now walking with difficulty. They did at least appear to be more strong-willed now, though. Even Weisz had stopped groaning in pain and complaining.
When dealing with pain, humans had two options: either to be conquered by it or to conquer it. People who were conquered by the pain would become weak, while people who conquered the pain would become strong. In the dark, Steel, who was looking after them, nodded in satisfaction. She found the few young men to be very charming.
Throughout the following journey, they came across a few different kinds of magic beasts, as well as a few troublesome traps. They also suffered a lot.
Even though they worked really hard, they only managed to persevere for about three days. In the end, they had no choice but to end their adventure, because they were all simply worn out.
Among them, the biggest problem was their lack of adventure experience. Since the very beginning, they didn't even realize that they were actually going around in circles within the maze. They were literally meandering around the same small region throughout the whole journey!
"Adventure time, seventy-three hours, round-up; Total points for attack, hundred and three points; Number of time seeking for help, zero; Spoils of War Value, five hundred and sixteen points."
The one in charge of the exit strategy was called Phil Ohis Savoy. A blonde woman, who was beautiful but gave out a metallic vibe, was reading monotonously. "The final total is eight hundred and ninety-two points. You can opt to bring along your spoils of war, or you can leave them behind and exchange prizes for your accumulated points."
The four young businessmen looked at the long list of exchange options. They discussed carefully, before finally deciding to leave their spoils of war in exchange for something special.
The first thing that caught their eyes was a wolf tooth, which could bring good luck. They also liked the bundle of ear wheat, which could be made into a light therapeutic medicine, after soaking it in alcohol. There was even an extremely tough axle that caught their fancies!
These items weren't easily obtained by commoners, especially at such a low cost. So, when they left, they were all satisfied and beamed with joy.
Sui Xiong was resting in a corner underneath the maze. He was observing the situation of the maze with his unique ability, while also watching the situation at the theme park.
There, he saw most of the people laughing. They were relaxed and happy. The theme park had been designed according to his beliefs, and it really did seem to bring about happiness to the people.
My beliefs were correct, right? he told himself.
It can be seen, just by looking at the situation of the theme park. I felt that my beliefs correspond to reality, and they are also closely related to the people's own benefit and morals.
However, his idea was always out of step with what the people in the world had in mind.
What is the problem exactly?
After some thinking, Sui Xiong worked out an answer in his mind.
Maybe… It is because I was already too powerful when I first entered into the human society. I was so powerful, I couldn't communicate normally with the people.
So, to understand the people, I must first really get to know them. I must be with them and live like a commoner, laugh and cry with them, and experience joy and sorrow in life with them.
These things are something that a strong jellyfish God just can't do!
Actually, it was not exactly impossible… For example, he had already thought of a way to solve the problem!
If the problem lay within the fact that he was too strong, he could create a clone that was less powerful. That way, he would not have any special power or memory, but blend in among the people in the world as a regular commoner. So, he would be able to experience all the normal emotions in the world!
Sui Xiong believed that, if he did this, he would be able to find out what's wrong with him, and also be able to really understand the moral values of the world, so that he could then conform to the local practices.
Would all these be things difficult? Not at all!
To create a human body and insert part of his memory on earth was actually pretty simple! After making the decision, he started to make moves.
As he had predicted, he only spent a day's time to create a clone that looked almost identical to him. The clone was a young man wearing a T-shirt and shorts, who couldn't be bothered by his appearance. He looked slightly skinny, and was short-sighted, and had no discernible difference from any normal person from earth!
Mm, in actual fact, there was no difference, as the clone even possessed the knowledge of a normal youngster on earth. Also, it was planted by Sui Xiong, so there wasn't much difference from himself. The clone was then sent to the Gold Coin Federation, where he was left by the busy seaside.
"Clone that inherited my body and talent on earth, help me to get to know the world and understand it better!" When everything was ready, he soared up into the sky. He then made himself invisible in order to watch the show. Sui Xiong forecasted the future, just like how the prophets in the legends would.
But, his prophecy came to nothing…
The clone woke up. At first, he was at a loss for what to do, but he adjusted himself very quickly, then looked for any sign of human habitation. He found a fishing village by the seaside, after searching for a while.
However, due to his lack of understanding of the language in the world, plus his strange clothing and hair, he got into a conflict with the fishermen. He was knocked down onto the ground, and a wicked fisherman stabbed a fish fork at him, killing him instantly. Then, they cast his dead body into the sea!
Sui Xiong was dumbfounded, having witnessed the entire process while floating in the air. According to his plot, the well-mannered young man would be approved of by the people, especially with his gentle attitude and willingness! He just assumed that those attributes would help him to easily blend in among the people.
Why would he be beaten to death, before he could even receive recognition?!
Why would it turn out like this?!
He roared from the bottom of his heart.
This is totally not aligned with the plot that I constructed!
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"Unexpected… It died so quickly…"
High in the sky by the beach, the big green jellyfish rolled its tentacles and dredged up the dead body with a vacant looking face. Looking at the face that he had seen countless times in the mirror, he also looked lost himself.
How could it be? This was entirely different from his plan!
He thought for awhile and finally figured out why. "Naked is not reliable! It can't even communicate, how could it blend in the human community! Even if there isn't the super Golden Finger, I have to at least ensure they share the same language!"
Hence, he was at it again. He made amendments with that corpse, gave it life and solidified in its body a good command of language. Then, as long as it wasn't any magic rune, any common language could be read and written as usual.
Then, he cast magic to erase all the cloned human's related memory in order to prevent any sort of accident. He flew another hundred over miles and found another fishing village where people were even more simple, honest and unspoiled. Then, he left "Sui Xiong MK2" nearby.
It was off to a much smoother opening. "Sui Xiong MK2" who could communicate with the fishermen normally was treated as an unlucky businessman that came from an island nation far away. The hospitable fishermen treated him cordially and let him stay for a few days. Then, they found out about his cooking talent.
Hence, he was introduced to a restaurant near the town and became a distinguish chef.
"This expansion of plot is confusing…" Sui Xiong mumbled to himself while he observed in the dark sky. "My dream is to become an artist! How did I become a chef? And am I good at cooking? Why didn't I remember?"
He recalled carefully and realized that he did seem to be good at cooking. Although he didn't possess any techniques, any daily home cooking wouldn't be a problem to him.
Such standards on Earth, especially China, wouldn't even be considered as anything. Cooking is one of the most common talents. Among the older generations, at least one third, or even half of them knew how to cook; among the younger generation, there were quite a number of them that could cook too. Sui Xiong was one that only knew the common home cooking techniques. At most he could be considered an "eating expert," but far from a cooking expert!
However, in the world where food culture was limited and had yet to expand, he was a talented cook. With his skills, it was sufficient for him to settle down and get on with his life.
Looking at "Sui Xiong MK2" settle down, Sui Xiong was at ease. He left a divine clone to continue to keep watch while his original body returned to the theme park.
Being able to find a solution made him much happier. He didn't hide underground and cosplayed himself as a youth but came out to discuss and take charge of church tasks.
To his recovery, everyone was very happy. They felt that the church finally gained its backbone again.
"What? Such a short time and you have killed seven high priests of the Orc God's church. And one of them is a legendary expert?!" Sui Xiong looked at the report that Steele handed in and he was shock; he couldn't believe his own eyes.
"I am the one who killed the legendary expert!" Steele who just returned to her human form from the pig's that morning said with pride. "In the next few days, I will kill another one!"
"No… Please don't!" Sui Xiong quickly stopped them. "This is getting out of hand… Hurry up and ask the two of them come back!"
Even without any magic probing, or any God's fortune telling skill, he could imagine how the churches of various Orc Gods would be angry out of embarrassment, and he was worried that the higher ups in the church were going to rampage…
They have killed people anyway, anger should be vented. Quickly get Jose and Frost back first!
With the aid of the Channel of Religion, he quickly connected to Jose and found out that the two of them were in a bad situation.
After they assassinated a few priests of higher order in the churches of various Orc Gods, either they let down their guards as things were going on too smoothly, or the other party had already expected and spotted the trick during the assassination of wolf man's high priest of higher order "Dark Night Prayer" Yoplait Moonhowl.
As the higher up of the church of "Moon Howling Wolf," he was the God of tracing and assassination among various Orc Gods, and at the same time the head of the tribe. Yoplait Moonhowl was not only capable, but also lead a large amount of underlinings that were not too shabby. After Jose and Frost were revealed, they were hemmed in by ten experts that were close to the standard of expert who were led by him.
At the crucial moment, Frost used the lifesaving rune that her sister gave her, "Years Orb." She suddenly passed though a thousand years and transformed into an ancient giant dragon temporarily. She puffed a stonifying breath and frightened the experts to retreat awkwardly. Then, she carried Jose who was severely injured after one hit and fled using the unique talent of Rock Dragons, an underground crawling skill.
Regrettably, Years Orb's lasting time was only for three minutes. The moment it struck three minutes, the treasure lost its power temporarily and could only be used again in another hundred years.
Within the three minutes' time, they only managed to run a hundred over miles. But, Frost became a youth dragon again. Her combat strength and crawling skill dropped like stock market cliff which China stock investors were familiar with. Plus, along with Jose who was severely injured, her movement was slowed down.
Not long after, Yoplait and the rest cast magic with the blood samples they retrieved during the batter earlier to trace them, and finally tracked them down.
Fleeing while chasing after someone else was a long and tough journey.
Luckily, there is always a way out. At the crucial moment, they finally ran into their life-saver.
There was a wolfman scout named Miramon. He had gotten into higher orders recently and he wasn't considered as the stronger one among the chasing troops, but he was the number one scouting expert among the troop.
The Mister Miramon was born cheerful and flexible, and especially loved delicacies. He once exploited public office for personal gains. He used the name of "scouting" and ran to Void Mask theme park to enjoy the food for a couple of days, where the total expense was almost 2,000 gold coins. This life made him fall for the theme park and he would go for food whenever he had a chance. Even when there were no public funds to be used, he would pay his own expense to be there to eat, just like a die hard customer.
When he saw Jose, who was severely injured that led to the inefficiency of the make up but returned to his original appearance, he was in a difficult position.
Jose normally worked in the theme park and he had seen Miramon a few times; they even chatted. Although he couldn't remember, Miramon who was a scout could remember clearly!
The enemy are people from Void Mask theme park? Miramon did not hesitate long until he decided to opt for the delicacies, and abandoned his belief towards God. He then became a half-Orc betrayer.
With his assistance, Jose and Frost then escaped the chase of almost ten experts of the higher orders, and rested in a valley off the beaten track.
When Sui Xiong rushed there, Miramon was helping Jose with the redressing of a wound.
Due to the wound being cursed, any common medication wouldn't be effective. Hence, Miramon used a local method passed down by Orcs. The caught beasts were bloodthirsty to let them lick Jose's wound in order to share the burden of the curse, and achieved the outcome of weakening of curse.
The method did work. Within a day or two, the curse of Jose's body had diminished by half. Actually, the method was very painful as the tongues of the beasts had barbs. Being licked by such tongues on the wound, that feeling, was really… Tsk tsk…
"It seems the two of you are doing okay." Sui Xiong crossed through the space directly and got there. He saw Frost who was lying down on the floor sleeping soundly, Jose were biting on a short wooden stick, clenching his teeth as an unlucky leopard licked the blackening wound on his left shoulder. He was drenched in sweat with pain. Regardless, there wasn't any major issue, so he relaxed.
"How do I address you, bro jellyfish? Could you be the legendary, powerful, elegant, handsome, cheerful, and playful Void Mask Majesty?"
Sui Xiong looked over to the voice. He first saw a fluffy blonde, then a pair of curious eyes, and finally saw the loyal customer of the theme park.
He was short, round headed, his hair was long and fluffy, and the short tail was raised and shook. It went along with the expression of "hurry up and praise me;" it reminded Sui Xiong a type of dog breed, Pomeranian.
…Hold on. Isn't this a wolf man? Why does it look like a Pomeranian? This is such a vast difference!
He asked curiously and Miramon suddenly hung his ears low.
"It isn't my fault that I don't look majestic. My parents gave birth to me…" The wolf man, or rather wolf tribe scout soldier, was obviously opinionated towards his appearance. He nagged for a while, complaining about his dad not passing down his aggressive and powerful look to him, but giving birth to a few handsome and fierce brothers with the mistress. Then, he suspected he was the baby of his mother's affair with a canine-human. Otherwise, why would he look like his neighbour Wong? In the end, he made the conclusion, "I am sure they picked me up from the rubbish pile…"
Sui Xiong was frustrated and he wanted to tease; who would say such things about their parents? Then, he recalled that there was Steele, who was weird. There was certainly quite a number of people who didn't practice moral integrity, so he held back.
But… his neighbour Wong, that was a trick pulled that could be easily understood. But as for "picked me up from the rubbish pile;" that was definitely Miramon's original thinking!
Orcs had the tradition to pick up kids from rubbish piles? This classic joke even passed through to this world?
But, Miramon didn't bother much about the question, but quickly got back to business and introduced himself.
Name: Miramon
Gender: Male.
Tribe: Wolf man. Oh, wolf, segregation of half-Orc and Orc were different.
Age: Unknown, but quite young.
Occupation: Scout.
Talent: Reconnaissance, tracing, shooting, not good in close combat.
Hobby: There were many, so he wouldn't bring them up one by one.
The last one was definitely bullshit, because Miramon used at least a thousand words to introduce a variety of things that he liked. He constantly reported a dish name and gave feedback, but every dish was ended with the description of "delicious."
Thanks to his good memory, he memorized almost all of the menu items in the theme park…
"Alright, these dishes can wait. You can slowly enjoy them when you return, let's go now." Looking at him talking as he salivated, Sui Xiong quickly stopped him from continuing and helped Jose resolve the curse, and healed him. Sui Xiong cast magic and brought everyone back to the theme back.
As for the bunch that were still slowly searching nearby, he let them continue to dig down for another three feet. Who knows, they might be able to find petroleum…
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"These… What is going on?"
Looking at six gemstones in different colors, Sui Xiong fixed his gaze on the gas-like item that was spiraling slowly within the gemstones. With his power, he could see the true form of every cloud "gas."
These were strong spirits that were sealed within. They were in a deep sleep, as though they were anesthetized.
"These are the six high priests of that higher order, whom they killed." Snowflake said. "Frost felt that they couldn't just let their souls go, so he imprisoned them in these gemstones. He urged me to inform you that, since these gemstones are his personal belongings, and because he expended them for official duty, you must reimburse him."
"Why did he imprison their souls?" Sui Xiong felt perplexed.
"He thought that he couldn't just let their souls go off into the ether. So, I think he did a great job." Snowflake took out the little black board and drew a person lying dead on the ground. Then, Snowflake drew its soul, hovering over to the holy kingdom to lodge a complaint, while shedding tears."If their souls were to head to their holy kingdom, the news would leak out!"
"Huh? The news is still a secret?" Sui Xiong was surprised. "After so many people died, they still don't know who killed them?"
"Of course not. The souls of those people didn't go to the holy kingdom, so how would they know?"
"If it was well-prepared and operations were carried out smoothly, it would be possible for the culprits to never be revealed, forever."
"But wouldn't Orc Gods know how to trace them, using divine power?"
"Which church would waste their divine power for that only a few high priests? They're not worth it. Anyway, I haven't heard of it before."
Sui Xiong was confused. He could not understand how those high priests, who had shed blood, sweat, and tears, and who even sacrificed their lives, were considered not worth being saved. He never thought he would hear such comments!
He thought for awhile, then asked, "Could it be that there is some sort of error in your understanding towards human society?"
Snowflake was offended now. She lifted her head arrogantly, while looking down her nose at him. She then spoke proudly, "I am the Arctic Tyrant, who created Dragon-roar Town. You think that I don't understand the human society?"
Sui Xiong thought and nodded. It was very convincing.
He thought again, then decided to contact Morani. Steel Lion was at least on somewhat decent terms with the Orc Gods. So, he might know some news.
Morani replied very quickly, explaining that, "In recent times, the Orc Gods really did send out quite a number of oracles, and they were working hard on the investigation of them. But, they were not investigating the assassination of the few high priests, but a very dangerous organization instead."
"A very dangerous organization?" Sui Xiong asked in distress. "The Orc God system is considered to be the second most powerful among the God system, making it a very a dangerous organization…. Unless, it's a human God system?"
"No, it's an assassination organization," Morani said. "That organization nurtured a scary female killer. Without poison, a curse, or any other supernatural measure, and merely depending on her skill in bed, she exhausted a legendary expert to death in a single night. And, she even has a divine power that allows her to block off tracking… Just imagining it, I found it surprising, too!"
Sui Xiong was quiet for a while. He thanked him and turned the connection off. Then, he couldn't hold back his laughter.
Steele sure scored a lucky hit this time!
She, as a holy spirit, even though she was a counterfeit, possessed divinity, after all. So, the tracing of divine power would naturally be ineffective for her. But, Belem Syrah's death, which she had been the killer within, had attracted the Orc Gods' attentions. The chain assassination by Jose and Frost then became a small matter in comparison.
This is a surprise harvest!
After taking care of that, he looked at the souls that were imprisoned in the gemstones. He was worried. In order to prevent the leaking of information, these people couldn't be released.
But, these souls… What should I do with them?
He took up a blue gemstone randomly, focusing his attention on the enshrouding aura within it. In his eyes, that neatly arranged cloud of aura gathered, then took up the form of a centaur woman that was in deep sleep. All of this happened within the gemstone!
The woman was beautiful and charming, and had a head of golden hair that shimmered. Her bone structure was slightly bigger, and her muscle looked a little too sturdy for a typical, ordinary female. All in all, she carried a typical image of a beauty soldier.
Oh, beauty knight, her bottom half is a horse.
How should I take care of the person's soul?
In short… Should I brainwash her first?
How do I brainwash a soul?
That's not right! Bro Xiong knows how to wash clothes, wash vegetables, reset gaming attributes points, but not brainwash!
After thinking it through thoroughly, he created a protective screen using divine power in order to ensure that the soul within wouldn't disperse or escape. Then, he would release the soul later on.
Oveila opened her eyes slowly. As she awakened, she let out a terrified groan.
I was killed, and even my soul was imprisoned! Why am I awake now?
A green jellyfish appeared before her. On its round body, there was a chubby face that looked comical.
"Hello," the jellyfish said. "I am Void Mask, the God that the two persons believed in. Are you interested in joining me?"
Sui Xiong wasn't any good at debating, so he figured that he might as well be straightforward. Oveila was stunned. She looked around, but could only see white fog and didn't know where she was.
Feeling it carefully, she realized that there was a faintly warm aura that slipped out among the white fog, which moisturized her soul. It helped to maintain the vigor of her soul that had lost its body, so that it wouldn't become withered and die out.
But, the white fog also had a strange stickiness that caused her to have difficulty walking. Hence, even if the huge jellyfish wasn't blocking her way, it would likely be impossible for her to dash past. But, she would not submit to all of this!
"I am the high priest of the King of Tyrannical. I would never shift to anyone else!" She replied decisively. "Maybe you could transform me into some kind of magic beast that has no intellect. But, as long as I have my senses, I will never betray my beliefs!"
"You are really!" Sui Xiong let out a sigh. "What you're doing now is trying to persuade me to commit a crime!"
Oveila did not reply, but kept quiet. She was working hard to save her energy. She was not sure if her resistance would be meaningful, but as a loyal high priest of the King of Tyrannical, she had to battle till her very last breath!
Sui Xiong didn't intend to make a move but, remained silent. Then, he asked, "What benefit did the God of Centaur give to you, in order for you to remain loyal to Him, even after you die?"
"I am the creation of His Majesty. It is only right and proper to devote my heart and soul to Him."
"No!" Sui Xiong shook his head. "He created the centaur tribe, and that definitely deserves your respect. But, that doesn't mean that he deserves to be served unconditionally. I won't accept that answer, so you have to think of another one."
Oveila was a little confused. She thought for a while, then expressed that she couldn't think of another answer.
"A creation is loyal to its creator, which is something that is in line with the principles of heaven and earth," she said. "If you want to punish me, go ahead and do it. But, if you want to try to shake my belief via words, there is no need to."
Sui Xiong laughed. "I only wanted to explore the topic of beliefs with you. In fact, I heard of a saying: 'Belief is not a deal, so there shouldn't be a condition.'"
"But, belief is a deal," Sui Xiong continued. "God provides protection and the savior human provides to God his worship and allegiance. Thus, their positions might not be equal, but intrinsically, they are still making a deal."
Oveila creased her eyebrows and looked at Sui Xiong vigilantly. "Forgive me for being straightforward. You do not think like a God, but like a Devil in hell."
"Devil? Well, I have never been to hell. I do not know them. Do they think like I do?"
"I heard that devil thinks that all relationships and associations in the world, including those between humans and God, follow the principle of the deal. So, they would punish those that destroy the principle of the deal. They even call themselves the true just rulers." Oveila subconsciously explained all of this, before suddenly questioning, "As a God, how could you not know about this?"
"I really have no idea." Sui Xiong spread his tentacles in a semi-shrug. "If you want to talk to me about the devils in the Abyss, I could talk a lot about them. I fought quite a number of battles with them, so I have some basic understanding regarding that. But, regarding hell, I haven't even been there. Hence, I have never seen any devils, so I have zero understanding about them!"
He saw that Oveila still looked wary and doubtful, which made him laugh. "How about this? My church is in its initial stage, so I really need a true clergy of the higher order to host the subject of popular science. Are you interested in taking a part-time job for a short period of time?"
"I will not change my beliefs!" Oveila was raging with anger now.
"There's no need for you to change your beliefs." Sui Xiong smiled as he explained, "You are only in charge as an instructor, so you can give the half-brained clergymen under my control some basic knowledge. After all, they aren't very bright. For example, did you know that a few idiots went to assassinate the high priests of the Orc Gods churches, just because the Orc Gods attacked me in the past? This is simply stupid!"
"Are you against My Majesty?" Oveila was shocked. "I definitely wouldn't work for My Majesty's enemy!"
"It's not that we are enemies, but that we merely had a fight." Sui Xiong waved his hands. "To us at this level, as long as it is not a conflict of clergy or territory, so what if there was a fight? My territory is located at the west of Mountains of Barrenness, and your Orcs' territory is located on the east. We do not share borders at all. As for the clergy, it is needless to say, I have yet to even confirm my clergy. So, the possibility of conflict is non-existent. You think too much!"
"As a God, were you to cheat a commoner, wouldn't you feel shameful?" Oveila didn't believe him at all.
Sui Xiong smiled. "Anyway, just think about it carefully. Then, call my name when you are done thinking. It is merely a part-time job. I wouldn't send you to train the warriors, and I wouldn't need you to provide news about the Orc Gods either."
Oveila didn't think about it for very long. After a half a month, she finally agreed with Sui Xiong's invitation.
Sui Xiong was thrilled, and decided to help her reform her body. Of course, it couldn't be a centaur, but must be another creature. But, before that, he still had to reform another body…
Now, his attention must shift to the clone, Traverser Sui Xiong MK2, who was sent to experience life, but had died again!
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Chapter 188: Chapter 58
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On a public cemetery plot in town, on top of a simple tomb, Sui Xiong who was invisible was looking at the slab of tombstone with a carving that said, Mr. Sui is buried here. He was a good man. He let out a heavy sigh.
Traverser Sui Xiong MK2's reason of death was very ordinary… When he was buying something at the roadside one day, there was a cow that was frightened and driven crazy. It almost knocked into the old man that was selling vegetables, so he quickly dashed over to push the old man away while he got knocked by the mad cow that was running wild. He was dead on the spot.
It wasn't an unacceptable death. They asked themselves; to die for rescuing people ain't a bad way to die.
Just… Just a little regrettable.
Experiencing life, the mission to understand in depth the moral values of the people in the world, had yet to be completed!
He thought for a while and made another clone.
He still carried the memory of earth, but slightly amended: from a weak scholar into a brawny man that was quick in response. The other details, like origins or that sort, had been altered too, in order to avoid the situation similar to "Mr Sui."
Of course, having a good command of language was a definite requirement.
"To have such talent, he wouldn't die by doing such small deeds." Looking at "Traverser Sui Xiong MK3," he gave him the identity of a "lost traveller" who would stay in a small village and become a lumberjack. He nodded in secret and left with no worries.
Returning to the theme park, they started to ponder on the question of creating Oveila's body.
Firstly, a centaur body wouldn't work for sure!
Not only there was need to keep secret, it was also a need to keep safety.
There were of course Orcs and half-Orcs in the theme park, mainly half-Orcs. The Orcs were human-lion and human-bear, believers of Steel Lion and Silent Knight. But he was certain that there weren't any centaurs at all in the theme park!
Centaur was a more close-minded tribe. Besides the holy war of the Orcs, they hardly left the grassland. Even if there was some centaur that became half-Orc then changed their belief and left, most of them would quickly turn into believers of the devil "God of Centaur," due to their bloodline. They'd then fall into the Abyss and become a demon.
Hence, it was not that there weren't any centaurs that wandered around the main dimension mainland, but that there were very few, extremely few.
If there was suddenly a centaur in the theme park, it would definitely draw attention, which would not be good!
Besides, Oveila was so strong that Jose and Frost had to join forces and run a dark scheme in order to kill her. If she were to recover her ability and cause trouble, that would be chaotic!
Try to imagine, someone who wasn't far away from legendary realm that could be compared to Leon before Garth Port War and good at magic… If such troublemaker were to slam on the east and hammer on the west in the theme park, and cast damaging and harmful magic in large range, what would the ending be?
Sui Xiong shook his head and pushed the terrifying scene away from his mind.
"Alright, make a body that doesn't have such damaging power!"
He pondered and decided to make a human body.
After about two hours, in the world that soul power was concealed, Oveila saw the new body that Sui Xiong was preparing for her.
"…That's not quite right," she said.
"What's wrong with it?" Sui Xiong asked.
"I am a centaur, why is this a human?"
"There isn't any centaur in my theme park. If there was a centaur out of nowhere, it would be too eye-catching."
Oveila thought and asked, "The woman is a little short, and she doesn't look strong."
She emphasised, "Even if it is human, it should at least be stronger. The woman is so skinny, she is barely a hundred jin. Even wind could blow her away… She should at least be 200 jin, or above!"
"Please take into consideration her height. If she was 200 jin, wouldn't her head be round then!"
"Then, make her taller!" Oveila played with the hair that was standing up against Earth's gravity on top of the head of the body. "Even with the bunch of hair, she could barely reach my chest. This is too pathetic!"
"You are only a lecturer, you are not going to fight or kill anyone, what would you be so tall for?" Sui Xiong asked.
"It's inconvenient to be so small sized!" Oveila emphasised. "I have to share my knowledge to pastors and high priests. So, I have to tell them about standard production of statues, platform and altars… or that sort, right? Look at this woman, standing behind the platform, no one would be able to see her if she were to bend down slightly…"
"It won't be; they could at least see that bunch of hair on the top of her head."
"What's the use of that bunch of hair!"
Sui Xiong laughed drily and quickly switched the topic. "Look, she's beautiful. She doesn't look as gentle and weak as a human female, her muscles are actually quite solid…"
"This human isn't even as tall as my javelin, what's the point of having solid muscles!" Oveila said in disdain, "This woman; even my front line can bash up a bunch of them!"
"You are going to be an office staff, why do you bother about battle power for?"
"But, it can't be like that! Short and small. I don't even have a tail, this is so pathetic…"
"Humans don't have tails."
"Doesn't even have a tail, that's too ugly looking." Oveila looked depressed. "My handsome golden tail…"
Sui Xiong had an idea that popped in his head. He waved his tentacles and loosened the golden hair that was tied up into a complicated English plaited bun on the back of the head, into a natural ponytail.
"Look, a golden tail," he said.
Oveila let out a heavy sigh and decided not to debate against the wicked jellyfish God.
She could tell that no matter how much she went against it, the bastard would not amend the body anymore.
On the second day, Void Mask Church had another female lecturer called "Pan Jogan".
Although the surname seemed unfamiliar, the female lecturer that was brimming with man's mettle quickly caught everyone's attention. She was knowledgeable and experienced, she was sharp with her words, and she had good skills. Especially interesting was that the bunch of golden hair on top of her head would change according to her mood. When she was happy, it would be standing straight; When she was in a bad mood, it would be limp. It worked just like a weather forecast.
In the church, those half-assed clergies quickly took a liking to the female teacher that looked sixteen, max. It was said that there were people who hired the bard, Shoggard, who normally sang in the theme park plaza, who insisted on calling himself "Saint-Vallier Von Stovski Francis," to help them write love letters for her.
Unfortunately, even though Teacher Pan Jogan accepted the love letter, she didn't even open to read them, but used them as materials to demonstrate the survival skill of "making friction fire".
When the curls of smoke soared up from the shredded wood that was broken apart from a thin piece of wood, it shattered countless innocent teenage boys' glass hearts.
"It looks like she is adapting to the new environment." Hiding outside the lecture hall, Sui Xiong was looking at Oveila swinging her teaching stick to cane the idiot that couldn't learn how to draw a praying plate according to astronomy and season. The idiot was wailing in pain and Sui Xiong couldn't help but laugh.
He could tell that Oveila looked as though she was in a burst of uncontrollable anger, but in actual fact, she already showed mercy.
Although her body didn't allow her to put her ability to play fully, with the ability that she could show, she could still break someone's bones if she were serious. The question was which bone, and whether one needed to see a doctor or a pastor.
Regrettably, these high priests of higher orders were really unteachable; there were two that wanted to self explode their souls. So, in the end, Sui Xiong could only seal them back into the gemstones; let them sleep first, and deal with them later.
After getting in contact with six high priests, it was almost autumn.
The invigorating autumn climate was clear and fresh, they reaped a bumper harvest, which was also the time when many churches held grand festival celebrations.
Void Mask Church would also have a celebration ceremony then. They would pray at the grand holy altar, so that his believers that died in the past one year who still carried a deep affection towards human life could resurrect.
Although there weren't many believers that could resurrect yearly, it was definitely incomparable to the situation where many other churches that would cast resurrection spells whenever there was sufficient money. Void Mask Church's resurrection ceremony was more pure and closer to believers' lives.
…Or maybe in simpler terms, besides this church, it would be impossible for any commoner to have a chance for resurrection.
"Void Mask Majesty, this is so unwise." As a believer of God of Tyrannical, Oveila that was then called Pan Jogan of course wouldn't partake the Void Mask Church's ceremony. She was watching the ceremony from afar like Snowflake. When she saw the people resurrected one after another, and walk down slowly after they reshaped their bodies in the altar where they burnt the dead bodies of cow and goats to reunite with their families, the extremely professional clergy couldn't help but comment.
"How is it unwise?" Sui Xiong , who left a clone there, asked curiously.
"As a God, dignity is more important than favor. You should first pressure your believers, then give them favors; that would be sufficient to maintain the devoted believers," Oveila said. "Humans are like cows and horses; if they eat too much, they fall sick."
"In total, there were less than one tenth of deceased that could be resurrected; how is this considered too much?" Sui Xiong asked.
"Such favors, like resurrection spells, should only be given when they contribute greatly. Look at them: who has contributed greatly?" Oveila shook her head. "These people are only the foundation of your church, there isn't many with one extra, nor any lesser with one lesser. You should use your great divine power on believers that are stronger or extremely devoted, not waste it on these people."
"But they really needed the mercy," Sui Xiong laughed. "If I didn't have sufficient power, then forget it. But as I have enough power, then I'll just help along the way."
Oveila turned around and looked at the floating jellyfish that was jade green, just like her eyes.
She kept quiet but looked at Sui Xiong solemnly. After a while he felt a little uncomfortable. Then she spoke again.
"From the standpoint of a clergy, I have to criticize you, because a naive method is not sustainable," she said, "but from a commoner's standpoint, I hope your naive method will last forever.
"From my personal experience, such naive methods are only sweet dreams that fade away that instance. Before I depart to the kingdom of my master, I will provide assistance to people who are as naive as you in order to prolong that sweet dream."
"Alright!" Sui Xiong laughed. "It's a deal then. Good luck!"
"No problem."
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Chapter 189: Chapter 59
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The autumn wind was blowing, causing the leaves to rustle. Sui Xiong fixed his gaze upon the dead body that was lying among the withered leaves. He let out a heavy sigh.
It was another clone of his. Traverser Sui Xiong MK3 had died.
The cause of death was merely sickness. It wasn't even a severe sickness!
According to Sui Xiong's judgement, he reckoned that it had been merely a cold. If he had been in the world before he had traversed, he might not even have needed an infusion, but only scheduled medication, proper rest and sufficient fluids in order to recover in a few days.
However, the poor woodman didn't even have extra money to look for a pastor to buy medication. So, he dragged things out, allowing it to become more severe. In the end, he even coughed up blood!
Plus, he was short of food and clothing at that time, not to mention that his nutrition was very lacking. So, his body grew weak gradually, until he was so worn down and eventually died.
After he died, he didn't even have a grave. Instead, his body was simply abandoned in the wild.
This may have been because he was so poor, even though he worked very hard all of his life. Even so, his income was barely enough to keep himself fed. For half a year's time, he didn't even manage to earn enough to buy a decent outfit. The level of poverty that he lived at would simply make one shed tears of sympathy.
Sui Xiong reminisced about the clone's short life, feeling a righteous indignation on the clone's behalf.
"No wonder bro resorted to killing and escaping back then. I thought it was just his character, but it seems that I was wrong. No one could withstand such a job!"
After taking care of the dead body of his poor clone, Sui Xiong was thinking about how to design the next clone.
In such a world, it's better to have professional skills. The income of a job that depended on strength alone was too low, so the clone wouldn't survive for long with that. However, with a skill, the clone would then be able to settle down and get on with his life!
He thought carefully and decided in the end…
Actually, it's not bad being a chef. Let him be a chef on the next round then. At least I have never heard of any chef that starved to death!
Then, traverser Sui Xiong MK4 was officially created. He was a mediocre looking young man, who had some strength and was quick in response. There was also some knowledge about the food business that Sui Xiong intentionally planted in his brain.
Then, Sui Xiong left the clone with a hint for him to develop himself in town. A few days later, on a night when the breeze was whizzing in a nearby town, a young visitor went to a bar where adventurers always gathered to chat.
He did not ask for alcohol nor order any food, but went to look for the boss directly. He then said straightforwardly, "I am quite a good chef and am looking for a job."
The boss, who was once an adventurer, shook his head. "We are only a small bar, so we can't afford a chef."
The young man wasn't upset, but sniffed a few times. Then, he took a few deep breaths and said, "On your grilled meat, you put too many bay leaves and too little salt. You might need to add more oil, too."
The boss was stunned, as he looked towards the piece of meat that was grilling on the rack nearby curiously. The meat was slowing grizzling on the flame, its oil flowing out.
"Still need more oil?" he asked.
The young man nodded with confidence. "If you don't believe, you could at least let me try."
The boss hesitated, but decided to let the young man try. Then, the grilled meat sold extremely well that day! Those adventurers, who were normally not interested in anything else other than alcohol, all complimented the grilled meat.
After trying the grilled meat personally, the boss instantly changed his mind…
It would nice to have a chef! Although I run a bar, I could do some restaurant business on the side. So, why not?
Looking at the clone settling down, Sui Xiong nodded in satisfaction and left. As the descendant of the nation of delicacies, being a chef was a more reliable, smart choice, just as he had expected.
After returning to the theme park, he felt that he had enough rest and was ready to make his holy kingdom. Regarding the design of the holy kingdom, he had received a few proposals. The higher ups in the church definitely devoted their energy and wisdom into researching seriously. In the end, they provided three vastly different proposals.
The first proposal was a holy kingdom that was militarized, complete with a fortress. It was constructed like an onion. The outer layer was a tough shell, then there were triple defenses as a buffer, followed by the training area and the residences of the military troop.
Next, it was civilians area, followed by the functional area. Sui Xiong's throne was located right in the middle of the entire holy kingdom, in order for it to be held in veneration.
The second proposal was the total opposite of the first. It was a purely peaceful holy kingdom. Thin, floating clouds engulfed the entire holy kingdom, which would connect to the outside world via a rainbow-shaped bridge.
A piece of floating mainland was located among the floating clouds. The mainland had all kinds of weather and living environments for people to reside within and propagate.
As for those that preferred to live underground, they could also live in a built-in cave that was underground. Also, in the middle of the mainland, there was a big inland lake that water creatures could live in. In this proposal, Sui Xiong's throne was like the sun, seated above the mainland to be worshipped by all living things.
The third proposal was tastefully adorned. The entire holy kingdom was a huge city, and the buildings in the city were extremely luxuriant, where every brick and stone was crafted exquisitely.
Various kinds of artistic venues could be seen around the city, and there was a magnificent sports complex that could hold grand sports events. Sui Xiong's throne was located somewhere behind the rostrum in the middle of the city, just like a judge's bench!
Besides the three proposals, there were also a few classic holy kingdom design proposals offered among the various Gods, such as a militarized grand colosseum, a magic and research-focused big college, and a sphere world.
Sui Xiong looked into those proposals carefully and finally, before deciding that the idea of city of arts suited him the most. Although he was well-aware that the design proposal of the city of art was luxurious yet impractical, he reckoned that it wouldn't fit most of his believers ideals. However, as an artist, he really liked the proposal too much!
Olian deserved to be called a genius. She and her teacher, Wor, collaborated and designed the proposal, which was not only luxurious and delicate, but also totally fit the requirements of an art lover!
But, Sui Xiong still remembered the purpose of the holy kingdom. Taking into consideration the believers' needs, and also the necessity of practicality, he finally decided to design the holy kingdom into a few floating islands among a sea of clouds.
The original body of the holy kingdom was a vast sea of clouds. Among the clouds, there were be large pieces of floating mainland, just like islands.
On every island, there would be different people residing, with different styles. Regardless of the type of believer, regardless of the lifestyle they liked, they would be able to find a living environment that was suitable for them.
It was also fairly easy to build such a holy kingdom in a way to where it would be convenient to expand in the future. Even if there was a God war in the future, and he wanted to switch the holy kingdom into battle mode, he would only be required to move those peaceful floating islands to the middle of the holy kingdom, while moving the floating islands, where warriors and mages were gathered, to the outer region of the holy kingdom. Then, he could quickly transform the entire kingdom from peaceful mode to battle mode!
Perhaps the best part of the design regarded the throne of Sui Xiong. It was located on a floating island, which was an exact mini version of the city of art itself!
After making a decision, he informed his allies, then began making moves. He was prepared to open up a brand new world!
Under the attentions of the God of Justice and the other people, the huge jellyfish slowly flew into chaos. He was deep in thought, then suddenly transformed into a giant that was holding a huge axe!
The giant roared in anger and waved his axe. He slammed brutally at the chaotic scene around him. The chaos calmed then.
The giant was a little awkward. He saved some energy, then let out another thundering roar, as he waved his huge axe to break the chaos again.
After a few minutes, Sui Xiong turned back into his image of a jellyfish. He came out disheartened.
"Everyone, how do we open up a new world?"
Dealing with the question, various Gods were dumbfounded.
Opening up a new world is easier said than done. What should we do?
The God of Justice quickly got in touch with the King of Order to ask about a concrete method.
"Opening up a new world means bestowing order upon the entire world. It is a process for everything in the world to go towards order from disorder," the King of Order said.
"It's that simple?" the God of Justice asked in doubt.
"It's not simple at all." The King of Order shook his head. "The order that I was talking about isn't my order, but rather the most fundamental order in the entire world. Segregating light and darkness, kindness and wickedness, order and mess, life and death, success and failure, more and less, existence or vanishing… And so on…To segregate all of this is the order that is required by opening up a new world."
The God of Justice was stunned and asked, "So, what should we do exactly?"
The King of Order shook his head. "There is not an exact right way. Try to find out for yourself. If you know, you'll know. If you don't, then you don't. Let the jellyfish think about it slowly."
The God of Justice told Sui Xiong what he said. Sui Xiong thought about it carefully, then laughed.
"I understand now!"
"What?! You understood?!" The God of Justice was shocked. "You are too smart!"
"So, what should we do?" Morani asked curiously.
"How would I know?" Sui Xiong shook his head,. "I only knew that, from what I see now, I can't do it."
"Then, how could you say you understood?"
"I understood." Sui Xiong chuckled. "As I couldn't do it as of now, I'll just leave it here then. We'll talk about it when I can. I said, 'I understood', which didn't mean that I knew how to open up a new world, but that I understood that 'I shouldn't force it, if I couldn't do it'. Don't be in a hurry!"
"But… Just to keep dragging it out won't work, either…"
"Don't panic. We will figure out a way sooner or later," Sui Xiong said casually. "Before that, I'd better do things that I already know how to do!"
"What do you plan to do now?" Morani asked curiously.
Sui Xiong smiled faintly, then said three words unyieldingly…
"Paper! Making! Technology!"
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Bringing paper-making technology to this world was an idea Sui Xiong had long ago.
The spreading of culture was very slow. One of the crucial reasons was that there was a lack of cultural carrier: paper. Here, the books were compiled into booklets with papers made with various beast skins, hence the incredibly high cost. A blank booklet for about 30 pages would at least cost six gold coins in the wholesale store, while the retail price normally cost eight to ten gold coins.
Why aren't there many mages in this world? Some of the people laid the blame on the commoners' brain power, emphasised that only people who were highly intelligent could become a mage. Actually the problem wasn't that, but the money.
A mage would at least need to learn the common language, ancient elven language, dragon language, dwarven runes, heavenly language, Abyss language, hell language, mystery language and the other "common languages." A true mage that was proficient in languages, normally knew even more different languages. For example Void Mask Church's mage group leader, Satan, was a mage that had just gotten into the higher order in the recent two years. He knew 33 languages in total, and was learning more languages then. For instance, that year, taught himself the language of a mutated species, Heart Eater Soul Monster. The species was basically non-existent in the main dimension but it was distributed across countless worlds that were floating in Void. They were good at using attacks on their prey that caused heartache, hence the name "heart eater."
According to his way of saying things, his plan was to master above a hundred languages.
A mage not only had to learn languages but also know the more headache-inducing study, culture. Astrology, geography, customs and practices, biology, history… forget it. Listing them out one by one seems as though I am trying to fulfil the word count. All in all, the reason why mages had high expenditures was mainly because of "learning."
And principal part of the learning expenditure was the purchase of books.
Books wouldn't fall from the sky but required to be bought using one's own money. Or maybe one could buy an empty booklet and copy by hand. An experienced mage normally had a few racks of books, or even a library. What were these? These were all money!
Why did Mifata Fedaration have more mages? Because they had a systematic nurturing standard, and youngsters that intended to go down the path of magic could spend less money to borrow books which helped to cut down the expenses by a lot.
Not only that, but in the process of learning magic, "copying scrolls" and "copying magic books" were inevitable. Defeat was a common sight too. With a failure, one would lose at least a beast paper, or one might lose the entire book straightaway. Encountering 80 to 100 counts of failure wasn't a huge number. The poor Palin wanted to learn an intermediate magic "ice storm," and wasted almost 200 scrolls, plus booklets, ink, and therapeutic medicine… These few years, he basically spent all his salary in the stationary shop.
Even if they didn't take the expense of a mage into consideration, merely language learning and calculation, which was pretty much a basic requirement to shake off the nickname of illiterate, would need at least 30 to 50 books. If he were to learn law or performing arts, there should be an extra zero behind the existing figure. Plus history… Sigh, it would be best not to calculate so much.
In this world where a poor commoner's family might not even make a gold coin, the education expenses were enormous and hard to afford.
If there were paper making technology, with a large amount of cheap papers and books, the culture in this world might be able to spread more widely.
Like the saying went, "knowledge will change one's fate." If cultural knowledge were to be common among the poor, maybe their fates would be improved.
Sui Xiong didn't know if his speculations were accurate but he felt he could give it a try.
So he built himself a laboratory by the river near the sea in the Ashes Woods, and tried to research and develop paper making technology.
"Let me recall how does paper making works…" Sui Xiong said at the pile of wood that had just been chopped. He hung his head low as he thought, "I learned it in history class. It said that Cai Lum produced broken fishnet and chopped wood into paper paste, then spread it flat on a cloth to dry, and it became paper. It seems quite easy…"
He waved his tentacles and the big tree next to him flew up and was crushed by an invisible force. After some squeaking noises, it quickly shattered into a ball of shredded wood.
Then, Sui Xiong got some river water to mix with the shredded wood. He then boiled it with magic.
Because the river water and wood that were polluted by negativity, they gave off thick clouds of black smoke during the boiling process. The black smoke wasn't the chemical gas commonly seen in the paper making factories on Earth, but the negativity that was dispersed. Any commoner would die if they were to get in contact with it. Looking at the danger aspect, this was more terrifying.
After boiling for a long time, that ball of unknown mixture had turned into thick murky fluid and the negativity in it had fully dispersed. Sui Xiong tried to take some and used magic to spread it on the linen that he prepared earlier. Then, he oven-dried it using magic.
After a while, it was fully dried. Sui Xiong took it down from the linen and gotten a piece of thick paper in a blackish green colour. It was hard and coarse, and didn't look like it could be used for writing.
"This doesn't look quite right," he mumbled to himself. "If Cai Lun made this back then, the emperor was kind enough to not beat him to death. How could he even leave a good name in history?"
He pondered and took out some again from the mixture that would likely be paper waste, and spread it on the linen. But, he purposely spread it thinner. then he realised that there were many small pieces, and he couldn't spread it nicely.
"It's not fine enough!" He suddenly understood, so he used magic to shred the ball of paper waste again. This time, he strengthened the pounding power. Even steel could turn into powder, not to speak of wood.
Hence, the paper waste was spread thinly and evenly. After it oven-dried, he had gotten a flat piece of paper.
Greyish blue in colour, a little crumpled; it looked like soft paper that could be used to wipe one's ass.
"This is toilet paper… I want to make writing paper!"
He pondered again, wondering it went wrong.
Firstly, he had to remove the color because he needed white paper.
How to remove the colour? Filtration?
He tried to filter it, and there was murky water that was greyish green. But the color on the paper paste obviously didn't change.
Well, filtration didn't work; how about washing?
He made some purifying water with magic, used a ball of paper paste for experimentation and washed it a couple of times. The color of the paper waste was slightly lighter. If he were to lower his standards, he might be able to use it for writing. But, the prerequisite of it was that, it needed to written on with a writing brush.
This world was popular for the feather brush, which was to used with beast feathers and dipped into ink to write. The type of brush obviously couldn't be used to write on soft but coarse surfaces; at least not on this kind of paper that Sui Xiong had invented.
"If so… Do I have to invent ink and writing brush?"
He pondered and decided to improvise the paper-making technology once again.
It was like the saying, "It is when you are using what you have learned from books that you wish you had read more books." By that time, his reserved knowledge had been used up, he didn't know how to further purify the paper paste to whiten it more.
After thinking for half a day, he decided to develop a magic spell that was used to purify the paper paste.
The character of the magic was to absorb the coloring in the paper paste; it was not very high tech. Sui Xiong only used a few hours to design it and spent another few hours to experiment and improvise. He finally invented the very first magic spell in this world that he could spread and leave him a good reputation in the history.
Sui Xiong's paper-paste purifying spell, beginner magic. The spell was made of an incantation and runes and the material required to cast the magic spell was only a small block of charcoal. Using the magic could help to extract the coloring in the paper paste and turn into stringy colour colloid, while the originally variegation paper paste turned white.
After completing the magic, Sui Xiong had finally gotten the white paper paste that he wanted. Using this paper paste as raw material, he had gotten white paper.
But, it was still the soft crumpled paper, not like anything that could be written on with a feather brush.
The more troublesome part was that the paper was not beneficial for packaging and preserving. He could be tell by the looks, it was definitely not anything sturdy and durable.
Sui Xiong thought carefully and wanted to press the paper flat.
It was smoother, but not smooth enough.
He thought again, tried to put more paper paste onto the linen, pressed it flat, and oven-dried it.
He finally got a piece of smooth white paper.
Of course, compared to the white paper on earth, it was vastly different. But Sui Xiong had already tried his best and couldn't figure any other way to improve it.
He tried it with feather brush and ink. As expected, he realized ink would smudge on the piece of paper and it couldn't be used for delicate small writings.
"Alright, the next is the writing brush."
Theoretically, it should be quite easy. He just needed to pick beast hairs that had suitable length and tied it together. Then, stuff them into the bamboo tube and tie it tightly.
"Not difficult at all!"
Within a short period of time, Sui Xiong made possibly the very first writing brush in the world.
But, its efficiency in absorbing ink was bad. After absorbing ink, it was inconsistent when it was used for writing. The performance of the writing brush pissed people off.
The brush was obviously a failure.
Sui Xiong thought and pondered, Was it because of the oil content on the hair?
To remove the oil content, it required washing with soap. This wouldn't be difficult as someone had already invented a soap bar in the world long ago, although its quality was not as good as the ones on Earth and the pricing was on a higher side.
After washing, the beast hair was better. Although it wasn't as smooth and natural when used, it could at least be used for writing.
Then, it's done. The rest of the problem, the users can overcome themselves!
Sui Xiong then focused his attention on the ink again.
In the world, the price of ink was very expensive; a small bottle that was about fifty grams would cost over 20 gold coins. For feather brushes that required lesser ink, it was alright. But a writing brush was an ink sucker. If it was used as such, he reckoned the poor would not be able to afford it.
Hence, Sui Xiong started to research and make ink.
He failed miserably but found an alternative.
Mixing water with a small amount of glue, blended with ashes, could be used for writing. Although the writing effect wasn't as good, it could at least be used.
The biggest problem about this solution was that every time when someone wanted to use it, they have to make mix the ink on the go, which was inconvenient. But inconvenience would still be better than nothing, wouldn't it?
Sui Xiong had the intention to make an ink block like the one that was used by his ancestors for many years. He tried to combine glue and ashes into blocks but in the end, he realised that the ink block could only be cut and crushed for usage.
Mm, this will do too…
After a few days, during the meeting of higher ups in Void Mask Church, Sui Xiong showed off his invention proudly.
"Look!" He told everyone. "This thing is going to change the world!"
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Sui Xiong spent some time demonstrating his creation in detail to the higher ups in his church.
"This can reduce the cost of obtaining knowledge significantly, and it also could promote the communization of knowledge," he said. "And we all know that knowledge transforms life, knowledge transforms fate, and knowledge transforms the world. Hence, these few inventions of mine would promote the advancement of the entire world!"
But, his impassioned speech still failed to get him the support of his believers.
"Your Majesty, I think that these things… The cost didn't seem to be low, either." Rhode, who was in charge of finance, said. He then listed his calculations, and continued. "Shatter wood, boil them, remove the color using magic, spread them across a piece of cloth, then flatten and oven-dry… The entire process, I feel, isn't any simpler than using parchment."
"Yeah. Although beast skin is very expensive, it isn't troublesome to process simple parchment." Satan, who once made parchment during his childhood as a side job, agreed with Rhode's opinion. "First, soak the beast skin, and then remove the oil with alkaline water. Next, cut away the hair and oil, then polish it carefully. When I was young, I worked in a workshop that produced parchment. Although it was hard work, it was really uncomplicated. Comparatively, these things that you are talking about, they are too troublesome, when it comes to production."
"Is it very troublesome?" Sui Xiong was a little confused. "I find that it's very easy."
"Forget about the rest, then. Just the step requiring the smashing of the wood is troublesome enough," Satan said. "We could let the carpenter shatter the wood, then soak them in water and grind them. Under such a situation, where no magic is involved, that is probably the only way. That would mean soaking the wood until it could be mashed. But, God knows how much time and effort that would require! Otherwise, it would be a big problem, having to remove wood pieces from the wood pulp."
He continued his line of thinking. "Not only that, but it would require the help of a mage during the production. I looked at the magic that you have designed, then made an estimation of effect. To purify the wood pulp in a normal big pot, transforming it into a completely white color, it would require at least an intermediate mage to cast the magic. Did you consider about the cost of inviting a mage to cast the magic?"
Sui Xiong was stunned, then mumbled quietly, "Doesn't our church have mages?"
"Yes, but when it comes to cost calculations, you have to include the cost of hiring a mage." Satan didn't give Sui Xiong any chance to further debate, but continued. "After purification, when the white wood pulp has been achieved, lay the gunny flat on the wooden plank, then spread the wood pump the cloth. Then, flatten and oven-dry it… This is very troublesome, because it is difficult for hot air to go through the layers of wooden plank. This is exactly why a mage may need to be involved."
"If by completing this process, we could obtain soft, smooth paper that feather brush could write on, it is actually quite worth it. But, I fear that the paper we will get is either going to be too soft or too hard. Hence, what's the use of it?"
"I also invented brush…" Sui Xiong attempted to interject.
"It would be too slow to write with that pen," Palin said, "It is much much slower than writing with a feather pen! Plus, after writing one or two words, it would need to be dipped in the ink again. The expenditure of ink alone would be too much. Besides, it is inconvenient, too."
"I improvised on the ink too!" Siu Xiong again chimes in.
"You made an ink block that is convenient to bring around. I think that is the only reliable invention." Satan finally showed a smile. "With slight improvisation, it could become a good commercial item. At the very least, it is much cheaper than normal ink, and also much more convenient to conserve and transport."
Sui Xiong was upset to hear their feedback, as he was planning to continue with his experiment to improve his version of four treasures of the study. At that moment, Wor, who was quiet the entire time, suddenly spoke up.
"These inventions are not too shabby!" He spoke in a low voice. "They do possess the power to change the world and push it towards advancement!"
Everyone looked at him suspiciously, as they didn't understand what had made him say such things. Wor didn't explain in detail, but stood up and saluted Sui Xiong.
"Your Majesty, please pass these things to me. I will work hard to improvise the production techniques and process, so that I can make writing tools that everyone is satisfied with as soon as possible!"
Sui Xiong looked into his eyes, seeing a passion and motivated desire that he had never seen before. Ever since he had known Wor, this expert that was once well-known across the world looked like he completely lacked vigor. Even when they had talked about his hatred towards the church of the Sun God, he would only display deep resentment, but no action. He had simply looked gloomy and dull, like a really old man.
Because of this, Sui Xiong had given Wor the nickname of "sweeping monk" secretly in his mind. Although the nickname signified his unusual power and excellence in martial arts, it also symbolized how he was overly calm and lacked the sharp imposing manner of most experts. He was just like an old monk, who stood aloof from worldly strife.
But, at that moment, the look in Wor's eyes had changed. In fact, his complete manner had changed, too.
Although he was still dressed up like an old man, the vigorous manner that he gave out was like a flame of burning passion in his eyes. It testified to his renewed and refreshed identity!
"Very well!" Sui Xiong smiled. "Looking at the look in your eyes now, I will entrust this to you fully!"
Wor smiled and lowered his head. "I will not disappoint you!"
After the meeting, Wor brought along the samples and technical information that Sui Xiong had provided him, then returned to Geerteng via transportation portal. He built a workshop in a remote mountain area, hiring some experienced carpenters and workers. He also asked for two experienced low-level mages from Satan, then started with his research work.
He decided to start with improvising the ink block first. From its initial start, the job had been carried out smoothly. In fact, it only took two or three days time until he had made an ink block in strips with a grass smell. Due to the fact that it was mixed with sufficient glue and oil, the ink block was much better than Sui Xiong's invention. When needed, it only required one to file the ink block lightly to obtain some scraps, then mix them with water.
Sui Xiong, who was paying attention to his experiment, saw that he had completed the new ink block and was surprised. He asked, "Is this going to produce ink by grinding it on the ink stone?"
"Ink stone? What is that?" Wor was confused by the question.
Sui Xiong roughly explained about the concept of ink stick, ink stone, ink and so on. Wor was suddenly enlightened. Once he understood, it only took him a day's time to make an ink stone.
As expected, it was made just like how Sui Xiong's ancestors had made it. With the combination of ink stick and ink stone, it could replace ink entirely. Although it possessed the disadvantage of having a slow speed, its benefit of being able to stored and transported easily made it worth it.
Not only could this type of ink be used for brushes, it also could be used by feather brushes, too. Plus, its price was much cheaper than ink. If it was calculated according to the same volume of writing, its total costs were only about one-fifth of ink's.
Upon his completion of the research of ink and ink stone, Wor started to simplify the process and enhance the quality. The most crucial task was to eliminate the usage of a mage, so that the entire production process could be completed solely by a commoner.
After about half a month, at the personal estate of Olian, the feudal lord of Geerteng, there was a workshop that was built for producing ink stick and ink stone. In the workshop, the wood was put in a specially built kiln, then slowly burnt to obtain ashes.
There was a specially made magic tool that gathered large amounts of the pure ashes, then the workers mixed them with a glue oil that was cooked with great care. They then twisted and beat the mixture to make it into a soft ink block.
Next, they used a mould that would make the ink block into strips, then put the strips into the magic oven-dry room that was built with quite a large amount of money. After about ten days, they retrieved the now solidified ink block, then polished it neatly.
They carved the Geerteng's family badge on each, giving a clear indication of its production place and the amount within. After adding a slight bit of brass powder for color, it was then wrapped with cloth, thus finishing the production process completely.
From the beginning stages of burning the wood to the finished product that could be sold, the entire process required about thirty days time. Calculating the costs, it would still only be one-tenth of the cost of ink!
Right when it launched into the market, this new and interesting product was immediately widely popular. Geerteng, which was previously unknown, suddenly gained great fame and attention.
However, after its sudden profit, Olian had no choice but to spend some time and effort in battling with people that intended to take a share of the business. She was able to successfully defeat the few greedy ones severely, thus defending her benefits.
"I calculated roughly. Depending on the business of ink stick and ink stone, Geerteng would receive a surplus of almost twenty thousand gold coins." In the year-end meeting, Olian announced happily. "This is the result that I calculated according to the strict control of production volume that was requested by His Majesty. If we were to produce more, I reckon the amount could be doubled!"
The large amount of money surprised everyone. No one had expected that an ink stick and ink stone would bring about such a huge amount of profits.
"It's a pity that the cost of the magic oven-dry room was so high," Olian sighed and said. "It cost us ten thousand gold coins! We will need to wait till next spring to cover our capital. Although the profit is high, the capital required wasn't small!"
Sui Xiong chuckled. "There's no need to be so calculative about money, as long as we can earn something in the end. It's a pity that your teacher has yet to complete the improvisation of paper making technology. Otherwise, the combination of sales for paper and ink would definitely promote the spread of knowledge!"
After using the ink stick that was produced in Geerteng, everyone looked at Sui Xiong with a new admiration and now believed in his judgment beyond the shadow of a doubt. Upon seeing this, Satan couldn't help but laugh. "Paper making technology and ink, with the two inventions! Your Majesty has already contributed greatly in culture! Maybe, you should just seek for clergy in culture, how about that?"
"Clergy in culture was occupied by the God of Art and Culture." Sui Xiong smiled as he spoke. "I am not planning to fight with Him for that."
"Yeah, a few days back, a book collector (the God of Ceremony) sent his people from the church to get in touch with us. He expressed his intention of buying a few large orders of ink block and ink stone, and hoped that he could get a cheaper price." Olian recalled and said, "Your Majesty, do you think we should receive the orders?"
No one was surprised at this request, as the invention of ink stick would greatly benefit the church of the God of Ceremony. Thus, it would be strange if the God of Ceremony didn't bestow honor on Olian and Wor for having created them!
"They mean well, I am sure," said Sui Xiong with a smile.
A few days later, the church of the God of Ceremony threw a grand ceremony in Geerteng. In the ceremony, the God that was called the Book Collector by commoners, shed divine light and gave a blessing to the feudal lord, Miss Olian, and her teacher, Mister Frye (Wor's alias). They were suddenly catapulted to a higher level in society, talked about with approval by everyone all of the sudden.
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The research for ink and ink stone was carried out smoothly, but paper making technology wasn't.
Wor accidentally made papers that couldn't go well with a feather brush. If there was a type of paper that could only be used with a writing brush, and that required many other combinations and writing speeds, and was comparably slower, one shouldn't hope that it would be popular and common. Because writing was a tool, not an art.
Thus, efficiency was more important, as compared to mere appearance. But, to invent a paper that a feather brush could write smoothly on, and ink would smudge on, well, that's easier said than done!
He first pondered if the difference of wood would lead to different paper material. He tried a dozen kinds of wood, and finally decided on bamboo as the raw material. He soaked the tender bamboos into water that was combined with a beginner magic "acidic splash", and then cast magic spells twice a day, in order to soften the bamboo quickly and to remove the bamboo node, skin, and film. Then, he minced the rest of the parts and boiled them in the acid liquid, before grinding them. Finally, what resulted was his bamboo paste.
Acidic splash was considered the lowest level magic. Even a beginner mage apprentice would be able to cast it. Although the number of casting magic increased, the total expense was more economical, when compared to Sui Xiong's wood paste purifying spell.
Later on, he purposely found another alchemist to make a humongous acidic cauldron. It could enhance the effect of acidic splash tremendously, save more money, and increase efficiency.
Every time after the bamboo paste was boiled, it had to be transferred into clear water. It could only be ground after the magic power dispersed. It takes about three times of boiling and grinding altogether, before one can finally achieve a pure bamboo paste. The quality of the bamboo paste was magnificent, and it didn't require any color removal, and the processing time was quite fast. It basically fulfilled the needs of a paper mill.
In order to increase the paper making efficiency, he purposely custom made a really fine knit net, and strengthened it with magic to use as a moulding cloth. They set up the sturdy material on the rack, and spread a layer of paper paste that was sufficiently mixed, then it turned into a piece of paper.
Using one layer for each rack, then stacking dozens of rack together, they would then allow it to lay by the side for a while. Then, it would become paper.
The workers took down the paper from the moulding cloth carefully, and stacked them together to remove excessive water. They then hung them up to dry them. They straightened it slightly, and that was the paper that Wor gets at the very end.
That kind of paper was white and soft, and the quality was quite good. Tied up with a writing brush and ink, it could totally pass as a suitable writing paper. But, it still had the problem of ink absorbency, and that it didn't quite suit finer brush strokes, not like the feather brush, at least.
Wor's research had reached a bottle neck. He thought of many ways to make paper whiter and sturdier, but the problem of ink absorbency wasn't resolved in the end.
To solve the problem, higher ups in the church visited paper mills in batches, in order to conduct research. Among these, Satan proposed a solution, as he used his past working experience in a goat skin workshop to re-apply onto paper-making. During the process of drying the paper, he would grind it again, and finally, they got a smoother piece of paper. That kind of paper matched with oil based ink, and didn't smudge anymore.
"To mix the ink with oil was too extravagant!" Wor was unsatisfied with that result, saying, "What I am trying to make is writing tools for those people who are not rich."
So, Satan's proposal was on hold, while the research continued. They researched for a long time, and the one who finally came up with a reliable solution was Fafnir, the weird bird that was loose and perverted.
Back then, Sui Xiong gave the experimental paper products to workers in churches and the theme park, to have everyone work with collected wisdom and concerted efforts, to see if they could figure out a way to solve the ink smudging problem. Farfnir held the paper and pondered. He tried it with water, oil, and blood, then, he found the vital factor of the problem.
"The reason why the ink smudged was because it absorbs too much water," he said, as he tore the other half of the paper and processed it with magic, to make it a little water repellent. When it wrote on the paper, it really didn't smudged at all.
"Then… Try to make paper that doesn't really absorb water." Wor, who got inspiration, continued his research and spent a lot of time and money. Finally, he had gotten the paper that he wanted.
He mixed some of the glue-type material into the paper paste, and added some alchemy medication that was specially designed for it, which then produced paper that didn't smudge the ink anymore. The feeling of writing on the paper and writing on the goat skin was very similar, only the toughness was slightly weaker. By then, his research had succeeded entirely, and he was satisfied.
"Then, how is the pricing of the paper?" Sui Xiong asked, when he was reporting his results.
"Because I had to add some colloid and alchemy medication, it got slightly higher, but it is way cheaper compared to goat skin," Wor said. "It costs less than one tenth of the goat skin."
Sui Xiong nodded and asked, "Then, how much, if you don't add in any colloid or alchemy medication?"
"It could be as low as one percent," Wor answered.
Sui Xiong nodded again and said casually, "Why didn't you consider changing the writing tools?"
Wor was stunned, and looked at him in confusion.
"For example, to write with charcoal sticks is quite a good idea." Sui Xiong recalled when he was practicing sketching, and he couldn't help but laugh, "Who set the rules that are saying one has to use ink, and paper absorbs water? Then, we write without water."
Wor was stunned. All this time, he had been stubborn to deal against the absorbency of paper, but he never thought of ways that go around the problem entirely.
"Ma… Majesty… Why didn't you tell me earlier!" He shouted.
Sui Xiong scratched his head in embarrassment, "I have been occupied with how to open up a place, and forgot about what is going on on your side…"
The poor legendary swordsman "Black Blade" nearly spit out a mouthful of blood. Finally, he still didn't give up the formulation that he had designed through his hard work, so he produced two different types of paper.
One was slightly thicker and the smudging was serious, but if one were to write with a charcoal stick, there wouldn't be a problem. The other one was thin and sturdy, and didn't smudge at all. The feeling of writing on it with a feather brush was almost identical with goat skin.
The former was a low end item, the latter was a high end item. Wor promoted writing with a charcoal stick that was very cheap, along with a graphite pencil that was invented under the instructions of Sui Xiong .
However, he couldn't produce it according to Sui Xiong's instructions, which were to glue together the extremely fine graphite powder, press them into thin round sticks, wrap them with wooden sticks, and finally, form a hexagon "pencil". Still, from his viewpoint, his research already left nothing to be desired. Maybe in the future, there would still be people who improvise upon his research, but the keynote wouldn't be out of the range that he had set.
As a person who likes to read, and one who was always hiding in the library to be with the book, even when he was on a run, the achievement made him proud, and he had a feeling of "no regrets in this lifetime". Looking at packets of papers, charcoal sticks, ink blocks and various stationery being packed and sent to different branches of "Geerteng Stationery Store" in various places, the legendary swordsman, who had buried himself in hard work for two years, couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh of relief.
"To have such an achievement is so satisfying!" He looked at Sui Xiong and Oveila when he spoke, but his voice was deep, as though he was mumbling to himself, "My life, is finally complete today!"
His voice grew deep and his vigour went weak, then his eyelids slowly closed. Oveila got a shock, as she thought her teacher was closing to an end, and she wanted to figure out a way to save him, but was stopped by Sui Xiong .
"Silly, don't mess around!" Sui Xiong said and smiled. "Your teacher is going to breakthrough!"
"Breakthrough? Breakthrough what?" The female viscount that was normally calm, asked in confusion.
"Legendary expert breakthrough again, what else could it be?" Sui Xiong couldn't help but laugh. "Wor, is entering semi-god realm!"
When Wor's breathing was at its weakest point, just like the candlelight in the wind, it looked as though it would be blown off at anytime. Then, a strange energy ignited from the deepest part of his soul like a bridge, and connected him to the root of the world.
Endless power was flowing out from the root of the world, into his soul. His soul that was originally full of impurities, that was not strong nor pure enough, suddenly strengthened very quickly. The strengthening quickly reflected on his physical body. The old disguise was quickly stripped away and revealed his true appearance.
The originally powerful build didn't become stronger, but it gave up an aura like a mountain faintly. His face that looked as though he went through a hard life, was suddenly youthful, like he was a few years younger. If it wasn't because of the scar, he could totally be a martial arts celebrity in Hengdian (film studio).
However, after his physical body and soul was fully enhanced, the connection of Wor and the root of the world was not broken off. On the contrary, along with low hum that commoners couldn't hear, there was a strange wave that surged within his soul, an indescribable singing voice that reverberated in the surrounding air, and also colourful rays of light that shone from the sky, above which made it look like heaven.
Various gods from other kingdoms in Thousand Worlds noticed the situation here, and looked over with suspicious eyes. With a flash of light, the clones of the God of Art and Culture and the God of Celebration appeared simultaneously, gawking at Wor, who was slowly floating in the air among the strange light, as though he was losing his weight.
On his chest, was a halo that slowly took shape, and within the halo, there were paper, books, ink and a charcoal pencil.
"What clergy is this?" Sui Xiong asked.
"Not art nor culture."
"Not books either."
"Then, what is it?" Sui Xiong asked.
The two gods couldn't answer, but they could feel that it was a clergy that was closely related to them. But they couldn't tell exactly what it was.
After a while, Wor's body shook vigorously and shattered into countless twinkles. But the lights gradually gathered and became him again.
However, at that very moment, he had already changed his outfit. He was wearing a scholar's long robe, as a variety of transparent stationery floated around him. There were even images of countless people reading and writing surrounding him.
In Pantheon temple, there was a chair that was not eye catching, but the light was extremely striking. It was just that it was still blurry, like a shadow, not certain yet.
The God of Art and Culture and the God of Celebration shook at the same time, then spoke, "Knowledge!"
"Knowledge? The god of knowledge?!" Sui Xiong got a shock. "It sounds great!"
Another ray of lights fell, and a cloud of colourful light balls floated by their sides. It was the god of mysteries, the god of wisdom and magic, the recognised experts among all gods.
"From today onwards, culture would be widely spread in the human world. Wisdom would be segregated into 'knowledge' and 'mystery'. The god of mystery looked at Wor quietly, and turned around to look at Sui Xiong .
"Knowledge and mystery are a part of wisdom, inseparable," he said.
Sui Xiong understood His meaning.
"At first, I thought the god of magic that would appear first would be the God of knowledge," he said, "But, I warmly welcomed his arrival."
Just then, Wor opened his eyes. He looked to the left and right, and understood the situation. Without hesitation, he knelt down on one knee before Sui Xiong.
"The great Void Mask, I, the god of knowledge, Wor, am your follower and your loyal servant!"
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