Chapter 499
Chapter 499 - 479: Divine Curse
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The steel-plastic flesh had taken on the color of real flesh and blood, revealing the ferocious true face beneath the once-giant God’s template.
After countless faces appeared and disappeared on his body, those newborn wills returned to the chaos. The mutated life gradually gained nutrients, but not needing the remnants to be completely devoured.
A divinely-crafted puppet, or perhaps, a monster infused with divine blood—the big cat’s assessment was quite accurate.
It had no self-awareness. However, as it continued to feed and more followers were consumed by it, it gradually developed its own desires...
"Sun... extinguish the sun..."
The deity’s avatar spoke, and its voice echoed throughout the entire underground tomb... the deity’s palace.
Although the content was subtly annoying, the hatred and hostility contained within it were very real.
Was this the task given to the "puppet" by the Beast God’s remnants? Or was it the devotion and hatred of the Beast God’s followers from the bottom of their hearts? It’s hard to say, but as the giant God gained a will, it naturally began to act.
[Death... eat...]
The dry, withering bass echoed throughout the entire passageway. The will of a deity’s creation transformed into an attack on reality, and wherever the gray light and shadow reached, death followed.
Catherine opened her eyes wide, unable to believe her face.
She really hadn’t expected that she would be chosen as the primary target... But being able to react meant that she, the future Great Priest of the Beast God, had withstood this wave of death.
The activated Holy Fire transformed into floating orange lights, silently floating by her side. The three flames were the deities’ recognition of her, and her reliance on surviving.
However, the Beast God’s worshippers around her weren’t so lucky. One by one, the kneeling believers turned into incomplete desiccated corpses.
Their black, withered life force finally awakened from their zealous faith but it was too late... their remaining spiritual essence had been directly absorbed, becoming a part of the newborn bizarre creature.
By this time, the only Beast God followers left in the underground tomb were the not-so-devout mother and daughter.
No one was to blame. Losing faith meant not only losing spiritual support but also their past wealth and social status.
They tried to resurrect the deity, placing all their hopes on the elusive language. It was a desperate attempt to save themselves by clutching at straws.
But ultimately, their efforts led to the tomb they built for the deity becoming the final collective tomb for the worshippers...if they could find peace there.
The twisted monster opened its large mouth, seemingly taking deep breaths. Although there was no wind, everyone could feel the eerie suction.
The next moment, it laughed—a completely human-like laugh.
[...Blasphemy, sinners...]
The will of a deity’s creation became a reality, and another wave of attacks came, leaving even Lu Ping’an at that moment, feeling an inexplicable sense of guilt.
And priestess Marian, whose knees had been standing firmly until now, began to waver. Even if her consciousness knew that this was not a true deity, her soul, being forcibly suppressed, was gradually losing resistance.
This was the dilemma of facing a stronger, higher-dimensional being. Without sufficient strength and resistance, they didn’t even dare to look directly at the "deity (avatar)".
"Chris, are you sure we can handle this thing?"
At this moment, even Lu Ping’an felt that something was wrong.
The first wave of attacks hit the Beast God’s followers, who were all wiped out except for the Great Priest.
The second wave hit the approaching bandits... All of them were wiped out, except for Evil Bone who hid behind his companions.
Could they really handle an opponent who unleashed two waves of carnage right away?
"Sure. Haha, this is good news. He’s just a rootless puppet now, and even if he has a divine power crystal as a power source, it cannot be infinite. Normally, he’d use only what’s needed, but without rationality... using such an attack is too extravagant."
Yes, too extravagant.
After completing two waves of "blasphemous words," the once-sated body became visibly withered again. This level of attack was too wasteful for him.
This was a divine curse, meant for divine envoys or higher beings. It was the forceful interference of higher-dimensional beings with reality. Still, even real divine envoys wouldn’t use such means for regular attacks, as the cost was simply too high, and it was often only used by deity avatars for instant kills.
Perhaps it was because he had received a "divine revelation" that he unconsciously chose an attack method that best suited the deity’s true form... The enormous consumption of his divine power crystal also caused his recently revived "flesh" to be lost once again.
"...So it’s like running Windows 10 on a 586? As long as it doesn’t crash completely, that’s impressive?"
Lu Ping’an said something that no one could understand, but he was sure of their combat strategy.
"Dodge, drain, don’t fight head-on. Bring him down..."
𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
But the next moment, Lu Ping’an realized there might be a problem with this plan.
"Sacrifice."
"Great existence."
"Have mercy on me....."
The deep, hoarse voice came from all directions.
One by one, the figures that were supposed to have lost consciousness and even life made a sound.
Those awakened undead beast Gods were ecstatic as they headed towards their beacon of faith, slowly and resolutely walking towards their Deity.
"...monster."
Once they approached, they would instantly complete their fusion, turning their bodies into ash and their souls and essence absorbed by the God puppet, who would then restore itself again.
How many undead were there? Lu Ping’an looked back, and all the passages were swarming with undead creatures.
Could it be that they really had to retreat and stop right here?
"Let’s consider retreating..." Even the big cat didn’t plan to persist at this time.
"Fighting him in the sacred Sanctuary of the Deity is a bit too disadvantageous." She added that she seemed to have miscalculated this aspect as well.
This was the Sanctuary of the beast God, where all their faith led.
Fortunately, the God puppet had not yet learned ways of attacking other than "Divine Curse." Its attack intervals were relatively long and lacked stability.
Already, it’s clear that this is not a suitable battlefield for the "invaders" due to luck and the reinforcements.
But sometimes, you can’t just retreat when you want to.
The Deity puppet cast its gaze towards Lu Ping’an, always remembering that it was him who had been killing its food..."Believers."
This time, the death knell echoed in his mind, the song of death screaming in his head. Lu Ping’an felt a chill in his back, and an icy feeling spread from the bottom to the top of his spine.
He was still standing in the same place, as if nothing had happened, but his entire body was soaked with sweat.
Then, the knowledgeable people behind him looked at him as if they were seeing a ghost... he had just directly resisted a "Death Sentence."
There are two main killing moves in the Death system: "Instant Death" and "Aging." The effects of the former are more direct, while most mortals prefer the latter, simply because the latter has a higher hit rate, and even if it fails, it could still have some effect... whereas with the "Instant Death" system, if you are unlucky, you can vanish instantly regardless of your strength or ambition.
The giant God’s skin turned gray and turned to ash in the blink of an eye. For him, this kind of power was also an excessive burden.
But the next moment, more dead believers instantly turned into ash, and their essence flew directly towards their master, instantly reactivating it again.
The giant God...or rather, the Beast God puppet avatar, had already gained control of this Sanctuary.
To be precise, its origin was the "Source of Pollution" in this area, and all its polluted subordinates would only become food for it.
"...so it ends here?"
This scene made Lu Ping’an somewhat unwilling to accept.
But the big cat’s words made sense; challenging a God in the Sanctuary... even just a Divine Envoy, was still too arrogant.
Just the infinite recovery power displayed was troubling enough, and if it grew and developed new attack methods apart from "Divine Curse," perhaps no one would be able to escape.
"Let’s go... huh?"
Just as Lu Ping’an was about to issue the order to retreat, suddenly, an earthquake rumble came.
A huge mechanical gear sound erupted throughout the entire God’s Tomb, as if some kind of mechanism had been activated.
Then, the ceiling and floor of the passage began to narrow, making the passage unfit for people.
Even more strangely, the walls also became shaky, as if they might collapse at any time.
At this moment, someone shouted the truth.
"... A self-destruct mechanism. Someone pressed the self-destruct mechanism. But how is it possible? That should be in the God’s tomb Room!"
Everyone’s gaze instinctively turned towards the giant God’s back, where the dark hole had unknowingly gained a foolish voice.
"It wasn’t me!" The black bear immediately raised both hands, seemingly forgetting about the ring on his hand.
"That ring is the main hub...."
— End of Chapter 499 —