I haven’t even used my full strength, and you’ve already fallen?
Looking at the Shibi King, who was half-demon half-Buddha,
the players felt a sense of puzzlent rising in their hearts, while their hands continued to ceaselessly release various skills, strengthening the seal.
Li Ang summoned more plant vines, entwining the Shibi King’s limbs, piercing under his skin to extract the source of divinity, absorbing and plundering his form.
The Swamp God Mark flickered and vanished, conveying a jubilant feeling of satisfaction,
while the pseudo-god’s leftover fire stored within Li Ang’s mind sea, exploded with a roar,
transforming from a flickering candle in the wind into a blazing torch.
Current divine source repair progress, 10/500,
50/500,
110/500...
In the inventory, the repair progress of the pseudo-god fire slowed from fast to sluggish, finally halting at 144/500,
yet on Li Ang’s face, there was no emotion of joy or disappointnt.
The Shibi King was indeed very powerful; the toughness of his body could rival the Mirage Dragon Red Mane,
so lower-level energy attacks would be directly exempted by his skin, unable to even cause a scratch.
And the strength and speed of his body,
could steadily suppress the best physical fighter among the players present, Lose Control.
If not for Hoenhem constantly using control-type spells from the Book of Sand to restrict him,
with Li Ang and Side Truth covering from the side,
the Shibi King could have wiped out all the players except for the four of them in under ten seconds, ensuring they couldn’t even activate their skills.
But the Shibi King was not strong enough,
at least not matching the montum he exuded, not as unstoppable as the players imagined.
"..."
Michael, holding the Sword of Flas, beat the air with the two pairs of wings on his back, hovering in mid-air,
his gaze fixed on the Shibi King, whose limbs were bound by vines, remaining silent.
Xing Hechou and the others were rely confused,
while Michael, Hoenhem, Li Ang, and the others could see the key issue.
The Shibi King did not use the massive power of faith to repair his body and mind,
on the contrary, the power of faith provided by the millions of followers in the outside world, half was used to maintain the Buddha Country and Maze Lock,
the other half was internally consud within the Shibi King, as if dumped into a bottomless black hole, to no avail.
The Shibi King was just an empty shell with only superficial form?
With the situation unclear, Li Ang pondered over this discovery, without the luxury of ti to comprehend the impact of the pseudo-god fire’s charging.
Crack.
The sound of bones fracturing ca from the front,
only to see the Shibi King’s left calf tightly bound by the vines, breaking on the spot,
followed by his right leg and both arms.
Li Ang imdiately controlled the vines to slightly loosen the restraints,
he hadn’t increased the output of Swamp Divine Power in the vines; it was entirely the Shibi King rapidly regressing and weakening at an eerie speed, disabling his own martial arts.
Amidst the strange and confused gazes of the players,
the Shibi King toppled over,
his brown skin on the body surface, from the just now plump state, once again wilted and shriveled, filled with wrinkles,
the cassock robe draped over his body also shattered into fabric fragnts, no longer retaining the toughness that preserved it from the Dragon Breaker before.
Boom!
Accompanied by a loud explosion,
the Shibi King’s body fell to the ground, automatically breaking into several pieces,
hands, feet, limbs fell off, the head and torso split apart,
the whole body self-immolated, rising with nearly three ters of golden flas,
igniting the surrounding Star Realm walls, Swamp vines, all at once.
The mutation happened so fast,
that even Hoenhem didn’t have ti to release a ti-stasis spell to preserve the Shibi King’s corpse.
In an instant, the Shibi King’s corpse, like coal burned to ash, naturally crumbled and shattered.
Turning into bone powder, spreading out on the ground.
And the golden flas, like fireworks at night, vanished quickly,
leaving only wisps of smoke.
"Burning my calories?"
Li Ang scratched the chin of the Dragon Head Mask, not caring about the lost plant vines, turning his head to look outside the stone cave.
With the confird death of the Shibi King,
the Buddha Country shrouding Ajanta also began to dissipate.
From the periphery of the horseshoe-shaped valley starting to shrink and fade upward,
the external sunlight poured in,
one could see the modern military weapons waiting outside through the gaps in the light sphere, like tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, helicopters, as well as agents of the European Heavy Industry and the Global Occult Coalition.
The Buddha Country naturally dissipated,
the missing individuals on the surface of the Buddha Country were freed from control as well.
Most of the missing individuals fell to the ground in a faint,
while those who previously displayed Buddha-like characteristics,
the cassock on their bodies quickly faded, disappeared, turning back to the normal clothing they originally wore,
the benevolent expressions on their faces also cald down, reverting to normal.
Only the bald heads from turning into Buddha,
couldn’t revert to their original state, failing to regrow hair.
What does this imply, that baldness is incurable, not even the Buddha can save you?
Li Ang’s mind was bustling with ssy thoughts, turned his head, exchanged a glance with Hoenhem and the others, and tacitly stepped forward together,
examining the ashes ford by the burning of the Shibi King’s corpse.
The ashes were completely normal, containing no crystalline or transparent Shariputra or sothing, just purely so inorganic matter.
"So, what exactly is going on?"
Lose Control frowned, "We hardly exerted ourselves, and the Shibi King blew himself up?"
"I’m more inclined to believe that an error occurred in the reincarnation process."
Hoenhem said in a deep voice, "From the viral spread of the Buddha Country to the intricate design of the Maze Lock, to the strength of this body,
it can be seen that the Shibi King’s power should surpass that of the current Slaughter Ga Players.
Like other ancient transcendents, he was trying to take the path of divine enthronent through faith, relying on the power of faith to maintain his existence and eventually awaken and revive in the future.
But sothing went wrong in the process, not many people in the world still believed in the Shibi King or recounted his legendary deeds,
resulting in the power of faith not being utilized correctly by him,
leading to his demise.
Of course, these are just my speculations, as this is the first deity to awaken, lacking more case references."
"Hmm, I also think there might have been a problem with the resurrection."
Li Ang nodded, "In the concept of mysticism, an important step in the deification of faith is to determine the deity’s duties.
For example, thunder, life, death, grains, fertility, marriage, war, even fa and fortune, and wealth.
The deities rely on their duties to attract followers,
only in this way can the power of faith provided by the followers be specialized to solidify the essence of the deity.
Although the Sibi King left a mark in history, his deeds only include feeding an eagle with his flesh, without any concept of a deity’s duties.
Perhaps this is why it leads to a burning death."
He paused, shook his head, and said, "Anyway, it’s good that nothing happened.
It’s a pity that no equipnt or tools were dropped.
Well... if you don’t mind, I’ll take this pile of ashes."
No matter what, the Sibi King was the closest to a deity among mundane beings that Li Ang had ever t,
bringing the ashes back for study might yield so divine source.
Lose Control’s eyelid twitched, "You want to take the ashes too?"
"Of course."
Li Ang said matter-of-factly, "My grandfather was a devout follower of the Buddha Sect, bringing so of the Buddha’s ashes ho would cheer him up."
Lose Control was silent for a mont, "...If I recall correctly, you should be an orphan."
"That doesn’t contradict."
Li Ang casually said, "I used to like playing in the mud and urinating with my grandfather when I was little, then my mom put my grandfather’s urn on a shelf I couldn’t reach."
???
Lose Control’s head got stuck for a mont, the logic circled before he reacted, twitching his mouth and suppressing the urge to retort.
Alright then.
At their level, players generally had so understanding of other players in the sa tier and knew Li Ang’s background.
Hoenhem’s eyes flickered, "Uh... we’re also interested in the Sibi King’s remnants at the Clock Tower, how about splitting them?"
The incident of the Sibi King’s sudden awakening and sudden death is too bizarre, there might be key information about the path of deification of faith hidden behind it,
the Clock Tower Mage Association is also very interested.
Side Truth suddenly spoke up, "I want a share too."
"Alright then."
Li Ang nodded in agreent, "We can exchange research findings later."
After saying so, he took a stack of paper from the sodium ring and used alchemy to create a large sheet of paper, dividing the Sibi King’s remnants into three parts,
sharing them with Hoenhem, Side Truth, and himself.
As for Lose Control and Michael, they were not interested.
Thud.
Li Ang weighed the square paper package in his hand, chuckling casually, "This texture feels quite like nasal powder.
I rember when I was young, I had rhinitis.
When my nose felt uncomfortable in the café, I took out nasal powder, placed it on paper, crushed it with a credit card, and inhaled it, the people around were dumbfounded,
a few white-collar youths with laptops promptly fled the café."
Hoenhem hesitated more and more as he listened, unable to resist asking, "What happened afterward?"
Li Ang glanced at him, sowhat puzzled, "What happened afterward? My rhinitis got better, of course."
???
Wasn’t there the expected arrest and scolding?
Hoenhem’s mouth twitched,
alright then.
This brief interlude did not affect the players’ actions,
Hoenhem and the Clock Tower people began investigating the energy traces left by the Maze Lock,
while the European Heavy Industry Group and Global Occult Coalition people left the stone cave, coordinating with support personnel coming in from outside to rescue the missing people suffering from severe yin-yang disharmony and lack of water and food for days.
These individuals, caught up in the Buddha Country anomaly, had not eaten anything for several days,
and were continuously providing the power of faith, their physical and ntal limits already maxed out.
Rescue personnel fed them energy drinks and high-energy foods,
loaded them onto stretchers, and transported them out by truck,
to places with professional dical staff and rescue facilities, aiming to keep casualty numbers relatively low.
anwhile, similar reports were coming in from around the world, with Buddha Countries largely dissipating simultaneously, all light spheres cleared.
Barring unforeseen events, the Sibi King anomaly will conclude and proceed to cleanup and aftermath stages.
Xing Hechou conveyed this news to Li Ang,
Li Ang was not particularly concerned, having achieved his goals, with the False God Remnant Fla’s charge progress reaching a third, and having observed so basic structures of God’s Kingdom, gaining substantial insights.
Before leaving India and returning to Yin City, he by the way found the representative of the European Heavy Industry Group, Francis, to secure the rest of his paynt.
The Sibi King died mysteriously, but the paynt can’t be delayed,
Francis, under Li Ang’s scrutinizing gaze, dared not delay, and imdiately used the teleportation array to head to the European Heavy Industry headquarters to secure the remaining paynt, then returned to Mumbai via the array,
handing over the paynt—a perfect-quality item—to Li Ang.
After receiving the item, Li Ang, fully satisfied, set off back ho, heading to Yin City.
[Na: Mrs. Hazelwood’s Birthday Cake]
[Type: Magic Tool/Consumable]
[Quality: Perfect]
[Special Effect: Birthday Blessing. Ignite the candle and, for a ti while consuming the cake, receive relative good fortune.]
[Consumption: None]
[Cooldown Ti: None]
[Usage Condition: At least three birthdays in life without receiving blessings.]
[Note: The Birthday Blessing’s special effect is activated only after eating all the cake. Good fortune will last for one hour, with certain limits on effects, unable to violate physical laws. If unavoidable misfortune occurs during this period, the good fortune duration will be shortened.]
[Note: If you think about it carefully, a birthday party is like a devil’s ritual, everyone chants around a burning object, symbolizing how many years of life you’ve lost. Greedy desires flash through your mind, the fla is blown out, then it’s pierced by a knife.]
This perfect-quality item appears to be nothing more than an ordinary strawberry cake,
with a thin red and white striped candle inserted atop.
Yet it’s a one-ti-use consumable, and its special effect, the vaguely described "receive good fortune,"
is rare even among the many bizarre items in the Slaughter Ga.
Even for soone of Li Ang’s transcendent level, it might find necessary use.
The other reward provided by the European Heavy Industry Group was also a consumable skill scroll.
[Skill Scroll Na: Frivolous Mask Technique]
[Attribute: Consumable, disappears after one use]
[Type: Spiritual Energy]
[Quality: Perfect]
[Special Effect: Mask Disguise. Transform appearance to the last person touched.]
[Consumption: 500 Spirit Energy Value]
[Cooldown Ti: None]
[Learning Condition: Perception Attribute of at least 15 points]
[Note: The transformation disguise lasts for 30 minutes, during which most detection skills are exempted; any behavior of attacking or being attacked will render the disguise invalid.]
[Note: The transformation disguise only applies to appearance and cannot simulate personality, hobbies, habits, or thinking styles, with a certain possibility of being recognized. If recognized, the disguise will automatically cancel.]
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