Chapter 141. Confronting Greed, Leaving...

Countless divine powers forcibly merged into Lin Xiaoxiao's body, causing her skin to turn red.

She swelled up like a balloon, her skin cracked, and reddish-gold blood dripped down from mid-air.

The ice that landed on the iceberg created by Xiao Weizhi was scorching hot like lava, melting the ice and those disgusting worms into water.

Just as divine power was about to burst her apart, she successfully broke through to the level of True God.

The divine power that was originally out of her control, after the breakthrough, all obediently merged into her body.

All external wounds disappeared after the advancement, and a faint, shimmering white light emanated from the pinkish-white skin.

The white light made Lin Xiaoxiao look like a goddess, sacred and beautiful.

The voice of Lady Luck—Raphael—resonated in Lin Xiaoxiao's mind: "Remember, you owe me twice."

Lin Xiaoxiao stared at the God of Greed, who was struggling frantically in front of her, trying to hasten the breaking of the seal, and calmly replied, "Mm."

On the other side, Raphael heard Lin Xiaoxiao's response and his lips curled up three degrees, revealing a smile that wasn't quite a smile.

He leaned to one side, one hand propped up on his right cheek, the other hand resting on the armrest, his fingers lightly tapping the surface of the armrest, his gaze fixed on the live broadcast screen in front of him, his posture exceptionally languid and relaxed.

On the 4-meter-long and 8-meter-wide light screen, there was a scene of Lin Xiaoxiao facing off against the God of Greed, about to start a battle.

A sacred feather floated beside Him, and a clear, holy female voice came from within: "Raphael, aren't you leaving?"

Raphael stared at the live stream screen in front of him with great interest, his tone very calm: "No rush, let's wait a bit longer, there might be a pleasant surprise."

From the moment he discovered he had been forcibly bound to the core, Raphael originally intended to abandon ninety percent of his divine power and half of the divine core, and use a divine incantation to forcibly break away from the planet's core and return to the God Alliance.

But just before He was about to leave, He discovered that Lin Xiaoxiao had already inherited the divine position and was fighting against the God of Greed.

Then he thought that if he gave up 90% of his divine power and half of his divine core, he would not be able to 'retaliate' against the gods who plotted against him when he returned. He would even have to swallow his anger and pretend that nothing had happened. The more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became.

With this feeling of resentment, a plan instantly formed in His mind.

He decided to help Lin Xiaoxiao slay the God of Greed, achieve godhood, and then...

A holy female voice came from within the feathers, her tone gentle and indulgent, as if she were used to Raffi: "Have fun, Raffi. I'm in the God Alliance, waiting for your victorious return."

Raphael waved lazily: "Well, see you later, Ello."

The feathers swayed gently a few times, transforming into specks of energy: "I will prepare a victory celebration and await your return, Raphael."

With a gentle wave of his hand, Raphael caused the light screen in front of him to retreat rapidly, then quickly enlarge several times over. The surrounding light dimmed, and within seconds, it transformed into a private cinema with a super-large screen.

A small table appeared beside His throne, on which were placed snacks, fruits, and drinks. Judging from the oppressive aura emanating from these foods, His level was no lower than that of a god.

Just as Raphael was watching their battle like it was a movie.

With a wave of her hand, Lin Xiaoxiao forced the already teetering Xiao Weizhi back into the summoning space to recuperate. Then, she raised the God-Slaying Sword in her hand and charged towards the God of Greed, who had not yet broken free of his seal.

She floated in mid-air, channeling the divine power within her, and unleashed a fierce sword strike.

A sword aura, imbued with divine power and shimmering with iridescent light, formed, transforming into a semi-transparent crescent moon that struck directly at the neck of the God of Greed.

Seeing this attack, the God of Greed's previously calm expression turned somewhat panicked, and he quickly created several pure black barriers in front of him to block it.

The sword energy shattered all the barriers and left a deep, bone-revealing wound on the neck of the God of Greed. Black blood, exuding an ominous aura, gushed out, turning the surrounding gray clouds black.

The god of greed furiously pounded the chains at his waist, roaring madly: "Damn insect, how dare you hurt me! Ah, ah, ah, I will cut off your head and hang it on my chest as an ornament."

Lin Xiaoxiao tapped her ear with her left pinky finger, casually raised the God-Slaying Sword in her hand, and pointed it at the God of Greed in front of her: "All you can say is this kind of nonsense. It seems that you haven't learned a single bit of the essence of the language in the thousands of years you've been on our planet."

If one had learned something, one wouldn't be so at a loss for words when it comes to cursing.

All they ever see are insects, damn it! They haven't learned a single thing about the national essence of the Dragon Kingdom and their skill in greeting their ancestors.

As soon as she finished speaking, she flew close to the God of Greed and unleashed dozens of sword strikes in succession.

Most of the sword energy was blocked by the God of Greed's shield, but a small portion landed on the God of Greed, causing significant damage and leaving deep wounds.

Enraged, the god of greed swung his fists wildly, only to hit thin air.

Because Lin Xiaoxiao had already made her escape before He even threw a punch, and moved to another place to attack.

The God of Greed failed to catch her several times in a row, so he had to temporarily give up his counterattack and switch to a passive defense, then focus on attacking the energy chains on her body.

One, two... several hours passed.

The energy chains on His body were decreasing, and He was getting more and more injured. Several of His fingers were cut off, and only three or four of His legs remained intact.

'Peng—' As the final punch landed, all the seals on the God of Greed shattered into fragments, and the alternate dimension that sealed Him began to tremble wildly, producing obvious spatial cracks.

The God of Greed grinned and shrunk his divine body to 3 meters. He appeared in a flash and punched Lin Xiaoxiao to the ground.

She smashed a giant crater 5 meters deep and 20 meters wide. Lying in the crater, Lin Xiaoxiao raised the God-Slaying Sword in her hand and drew a cross shape, creating a protective barrier as clear as crystal.

It blocked the God of Greed from rapidly crouching and leaping down from mid-air.

The god of greed, Terrote, squatted on the barrier, looking down at Lin Xiaoxiao lying in the deep pit. He reached out and flicked the barrier, and several obvious cracks appeared on it.

He lowered his head and stared directly at Lin Xiaoxiao inside the barrier, revealing a sinister smile. He said in a hoarse voice, "Little bug, I originally planned to break the seal and crush you into mincemeat, but now I have more important things to do. Consider yourself lucky."

After saying that, He waved his hand and added several more barriers to Lin Xiaoxiao's barrier, forcibly sealing Lin Xiaoxiao directly in the deep pit.

Before He left, He unleashed hundreds of bursts of energy, bombarding the entire alternate dimension.

When numerous spatial rifts appeared in the alternate dimension, threatening to plunge it into spatial turbulence, the God of Greed, Terrote, transformed into a thick cloud of black mist and vanished from this space.

Lin Xiaoxiao lay in the deep pit, using her divine power and wielding the God-Slaying Sword to frantically slash at the barrier set up by the God of Greed.

Quan Zhi's voice muffled in her mind, "The space is about to shatter, get out of here quickly."

Lin Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth and replied in a deep voice, "I'm trying."

As time passed, half an hour later, most of the alternate dimension shattered into energy and mixed into the spatial turbulence.

As the final sword strike was unleashed, the barrier set up by the God of Greed shattered into a large patch of dark energy with a 'tka.ka.ka' sound.

Lin Xiaoxiao channeled her divine power and, based on the coordinates left on the God of Greed, created a golden teleportation magic circle. She entered the magic circle and left this special sealed space.

Shortly after she left, several peculiar beams of energy drifted out from the depths of the alternate dimension.

Before the alien dimension completely collapses, they enter the spatial turbulence and fly in different directions.

After a few minutes of teleportation, Lin Xiaoxiao arrived with her sword energy before she appeared, stopping the God of Greed who was flying at high speed. More than a dozen seven-colored sword energies divided the huge black mist that resembled a cloud into dozens of pieces.

The black mist quickly reformed after being separated, and a hoarse, sinister voice appeared again: "Annoying bugs, damn it!!"

Then, Lin Xiaoxiao, who had just stepped out of the teleportation magic circle, was directly enveloped into the black mist, in an attempt to trap and kill her.

But Lin Xiaoxiao was no pushover either. Her body emitted bursts of seven-colored divine light, resisting the black mist that tried to invade her body.

Then, with the god-slaying sword imbued with divine power, he swiftly sliced ​​through the black mist in front of him.

Her tone was icy, and her movements were fluid: "You talk too much nonsense."

A moment later, the black mist let out a series of screams, spitting out Lin Xiaoxiao who was wrapped inside. It quickly condensed its form and then threw tens of thousands of black energy spikes at Lin Xiaoxiao's direction.

Lin Xiaoxiao actively energized her body, transforming it into a ball of seven-colored light, dodging energy spikes from all directions. After flying close to the God of Greed, she solidified her body and quickly swung her sword.

Those energy spikes fell onto the ground below, creating a huge and powerful explosion. This caused the already cracking ground to widen its fissures, and the nearby mountain began to split open from the middle.

The God of Greed, now shrunk to 3 meters, gathered black energy in his hands and tried to catch Lin Xiaoxiao's attack with his bare hands. However, the God-Slaying Sword shattered the energy barrier, revealing his palms directly.

If he hadn't stopped so quickly, Lin Xiaoxiao would have chopped off half of his hand.

The god of greed's eyes were filled with rage, and his aura began to become violent. Originally, he did not want to waste his divine power in a wasteful way, in case he could not defeat Raphael and achieve his goal of devouring him.

But Lin Xiaoxiao's repeated obstruction annoyed Him, so He decided to kill Lin Xiaoxiao, devour her, and then go find the goddess of fortune, Raphael.

High in the sky, the black figure and the figure radiating seven-colored light collided rapidly, and each collision caused the surrounding space to tremble.

First, the black figure was slashed away by the colorful figure, then the colorful figure was blasted away by the black figure... and the cycle repeated endlessly.

After fighting for five days and four nights, Lin Xiaoxiao's clothes were tattered, the light around her body had dimmed, and the healing speed of the wounds on her skin had slowed down. At the beginning, the wounds healed immediately, but later they took several minutes to heal.

The arms and legs of the god of greed had all been severed, but divine power was reactivated to restore the severed limbs to their original state.

The places they fought in were covered by black liquid and turned into terrible polluted lands.

Lin Xiaoxiao, wielding a sword in both hands, clashed with the God of Greed, who held two axes. Their weapons made rapid contact and then quickly separated, creating ripples of energy that distorted the air into waves.

The God of Greed's gaze fell upon the constantly rippling black liquid below. He silently changed the angle of his double axes, forcing Lin Xiaoxiao to fly downwards.

After descending more than 1,300 meters, Lin Xiaoxiao sensed the special energy fluctuations below. She swung her sword backhand, aiming it directly at the neck of the God of Greed, and flew up another 500 meters.

Quan Zhi spoke up to remind him: "Even if you exhaust all the divine energy within you, you still won't be able to kill the God of Greed."

Lin Xiaoxiao dodged the axe in front of her, her mind racing with thoughts of, "What should we do then?"

Quan Zhi gave the answer directly: "Find a way to make Him devour you. Only in this way can you find His divine core."

Lin Xiaoxiao bent over, flipped over, and kicked the God of Greed's chin several times with her toes, dodging the axe that was slashing at her feet. She gritted her teeth and said, "Quan Zhi, are you sure this method isn't just sending me to my death?"

The idea that one must be devoured to find the divine core sounds increasingly unreliable.

Quan Zhi said with great certainty, "I found information about the God of Greed a long time ago. His divine core is hidden in his alternate dimension. Only by being swallowed and entering that alternate dimension will you have a chance to kill Greed and complete the succession to the divine position."

These materials were found by Izumi, a human professional before he became a god, when he was transported to the library of the God Alliance by some chance encounter and stayed there for a long time.

Even the methods to become a god, bind to the goddess of fortune, and seal the god of greed... were obtained from the library there.

If it weren't for Quan having this opportunity back then, this planet would probably have become a breeding ground for the faith of those gods long ago.

Lin Xiaoxiao dodged more than ten attacks in succession and created an energy shield in front of her, but she was still forced to retreat by the God of Greed, who was in a frenzy.

She gritted her teeth and asked in a low voice, "Won't I become His energy after being swallowed?"

Quan Zhi replied in a low voice, "No, you are protected by divine power within you now."

Lin Xiaoxiao swung her sword, drawing a gash from the God of Greed's left shoulder to his right abdomen on his chest, and said in a deep voice, "Fine, I'll find an opportunity."

After fighting for several more hours, Lin Xiaoxiao pretended to be exhausted, turned around and fought while retreating, pretending to run away.

Seeing that Lin Xiaoxiao was showing signs of retreating, the God of Greed was overjoyed and began a frenzied pursuit. His body grew from 3 meters to 20 meters, and he chased after her with his gaping black mouth.

Lin Xiaoxiao pretended to hide for more than ten minutes, but was finally swallowed whole by the God of Greed.

She was supported by a seven-colored circular barrier as she fell into the esophagus of the God of Greed, which was full of rotting flesh.

Quan Zhi's voice rang out again: "Next section, there's a forked esophagus; you need to fall to the right."

Following Quan Zhi's instructions, Lin Xiaoxiao successfully entered the esophagus it indicated, and then found a special teleportation entrance deep within that organ filled with rotting flesh.

From that entrance, you enter a completely dark space where you can't see your hand in front of your face and there are no boundaries.

Lin Xiaoxiao floated in this space, her expression one of utter astonishment: "Where am I?"

Quan Zhi continued, "The private space of the god of greed is analogous to the personal space where human professionals put their things."

"You only have three days. If you can't find His divine core within three days, there's a high probability that you'll become His nourishment."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoxiao immediately flew forward, gritting her teeth and complaining, "Why didn't you say something so important from the beginning?"

Quan Zhi's tone was somewhat awkward: "I just remembered, sorry."

Without saying a word, Lin Xiaoxiao immediately floated in this dark space, searching everywhere for the core of the God of Greed.

Right after Lin Xiaoxiao was swallowed, the God of Greed turned his head without looking back and headed straight for the lake at the place where the gods fell.

He needs to find the goddess of fortune, Raphael, and only by devouring her can his strength greatly increase.

Even if He leaves this peripheral star system, and the God Alliance sends gods to hunt Him down, He can still retaliate.

After seeing Lin Xiaoxiao being devoured, Lady Luck spoke with some interest: "She was clever."

The phrase "smart" could be a compliment to Lin Xiaoxiao, or it could be a compliment to Quan Zhi.

Before the God of Greed arrived at the Land of Fallen Gods, He unleashed a great wave of divine power to reinforce the barrier of the Land of Fallen Gods, then leaned against His throne, closed His eyes, and waited patiently.

Lin Xiaoxiao searched for two days in the dark space but couldn't find the divine core that Quan Zhi had mentioned. Just as she was wondering if she had gone in the wrong direction...

Looking up, I saw an extremely horrifying scene.

Two heads floated in the void, and many golden energies, like threads, flew out from the two heads and floated upwards.

With each wisp of energy that drifted out, the neck beneath those two heads shrank a little.

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at the two unfamiliar yet familiar heads, her feelings were very complicated.

When Quan Zhi saw the two heads through Lin Xiaoxiao's eyes, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He had made it in time; thankfully, the Chosen One and the Daughter of Destiny had not been completely devoured.

It urged in a hoarse voice: "Follow the direction the energy lines are rising, and you'll find the core of the God of Greed. Hurry!"

Lin Xiaoxiao immediately realized what was happening and followed the golden energy threads, flying more than three thousand meters upwards. After careful observation, she found the huge heart hidden in the darkness.