Chapter 3 Love-Brained Gods 3: Slaying Gods

Qi Wang's gaze fell on the village chief of Feijia Village.

He looked very old; even kneeling on the ground, his back was hunched, and his gray hair was haphazardly draped behind him.

From Qi Wang's perspective, one can see the sparse hair on the top of his head.

He looked very, very old, like an elderly man nearing the end of his life.

However, Qi Wang could tell at a glance that he was only thirty years old this year, and should be in his prime, but he looked incredibly old.

Even in ancient times when the average lifespan was no more than fifty years, someone of this age shouldn't look this old.

Qi Wang stared intently at it.

Wisps of black mist clung to Chief Fei's soul. The mist seemed to be alive, extending fine tentacles that spread, climbed, and drew life force from his soul.

"Fei Yu".

Qi Wang called out Village Chief Fei's name.

"What did the people in your village pray to in exchange for the right to survive?"

Feijia Village is a much smaller village than Taohua Village. Its geographical location is not good. There are only about fifty households in the village, and the total population is less than three hundred.

Logically speaking, during a three-year drought, even more people should have died in such a small village.

Strangely, all the villagers of Feijia Village survived the disaster.

This is almost impossible.

But they did it.

This is not something a normal human being could do.

In this world, there are no benefits that come without a price. When Qi Wang saw Fei Yu, he knew the price the other party had paid.

Fei Yu's body trembled violently, and he lay on the ground like a leaf in the wind, not daring to look up at Qi Wang.

"Whom do you believe in?"

Fei Yu hadn't expected Qi Wang to ask this. He bit his lip hard, letting the blood fill his mouth.

The strong smell of blood filled his mouth, and the sticky blood flowed down his throat into his body. He felt extremely hot, as if he were on fire.

"ah!!"

Fei Yu suddenly let out a scream, her body curling up like a ripe shrimp, trembling violently.

Qi Wang saw the black mist that was wrapped around his soul also become restless, and it stretched out countless thin tentacles that pierced into Fei Yu's body.

"ah!!!"

Fei Yu's screams echoed through the sky. He already looked very old, and now his body was decaying at a visible rate.

His vitality was rapidly fading.

Besides him, the other villagers from Feijia Village who came with him looked exactly the same.

Qin Hao stared in panic at the rows of fallen villagers from Feijia Village, his mind blank.

No, what happened? They were perfectly fine just a moment ago, how did they become like this in such a short time?

"Lord Dragon God!"

Completely lost and confused, Qin Hao could only call out to Qi Wang, hoping that he could perform a miracle and save the villagers.

Qi Wang looked at the dying Fei Yu, gently raised his hand, and reached out to grab at the void.

He grasped a thick cloud of black mist in his hand.

The villagers of Feijia Village have already devoted their faith to Qi Wang. Although this power is still very weak, it is enough to establish a connection between Qi Wang and them.

The reason why the black mist suddenly rioted was because the villagers of Feijia Village had divided their faith among themselves.

Qi Wang used his connection with Fei Yu to grasp the black mist.

The black mist suddenly surged and rushed towards Qi Wang.

However, Qi Wang only exerted a little force, and the black mist was suppressed by him. Then, he closed his palm, and the mist emitted a silent shriek, shattering into dust in Qi Wang's hand.

After Qi Wang crushed the black mist, it only saved the villagers of Feijia Village from death; their life force, which had been drained, did not return.

However, just as geese leave their calls and water leaves its traces, Qi Wang still managed to find the location of the enemy's lair by following the trail left by the black mist.

"I've found you."

Qi Wangwei, through Fei Yu's body,

Following the direction in which faith spread, it plundered back all the life force that the other party had swallowed.

He infused this vitality back into the bodies of the villagers of Feijia Village, and their originally aged bodies recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Qin Hao experienced a dramatic rise and fall. He first watched helplessly as the villagers of Feijia Village collapsed, as if some unseen monster was sucking away their life force, causing them to age instantly.

Then he saw the villagers' previously emaciated bodies become plump again, and their aged faces regain their youth.

Originally, the visitors were mostly elderly people in their fifties and sixties, but now they look like they're only in their twenties or thirties.

No, what's wrong with these people?

Could it be that worshipping the Dragon God can make people young again?

As a die-hard fan of the new Dragon God, Qin Hao had no doubt that all of this was the work of their Dragon God.

The Dragon God is truly amazing! Long live the Dragon God!

Fei Yu had fainted from the excruciating pain, and he thought his wretched life was about to end.

But I never expected that I would be able to open my eyes again.

When Fei Yu regained consciousness, he felt much lighter in his heavy body. He thought that his soul had left his body after he died, and that's why he felt this long-lost sense of ease.

However, just as he was lost in thought, he heard a majestic voice ring out.

"Fei Yu, what did the people of Fei Family Village make a deal with?"

Fei Yu suddenly looked up and saw Qi Wang sitting upright on the high platform. His body stiffened, and he blurted out, "I'm not dead yet?"

Qi Wang looked at him: "You are my believer, I will not let you die under my nose."

Fei Yu knelt down on the ground and kept kowtowing to Qi Wang.

"Lord Dragon God, please forgive our sins..."

Nothing can be hidden from the eyes of the gods.

Fei Yu did not struggle and told Qi Wang about the existence of their faith.

“We made a deal with the land god.”

The drought had a huge impact on Feijia Village. Seeing that the villagers could not survive, they were desperate and made wishes to every god they could think of, saying that they were willing to pay any price to survive.

The earth god responded to their prayers.

The land god made their land grow food and provided them with sustenance to keep them from dying of thirst, but in return, they had to give up their lifespan to the land god.

"We had no choice..."

They had only been in contact with the land god for less than two years, but those two years felt like fifty years.

The villagers age very quickly; he was only thirty years old, but he looked like an old man in his sixties or seventies.

Fei Yu then realized that the price to pay for making a deal with the gods was enormous.

But once the arrow is released, there's no turning back; they had no other choice.

However, it was bad enough that these adults aged quickly, but what was truly terrifying was that the Earth God did not even spare young children.

Fei Yu's youngest son is only two years old, but he looks just like him.

Every day, when Fei Yu sees his young son calling out "Daddy" in an old voice, asking him to play with him, his heart aches terribly.

So when he learned that a deity capable of bringing rain had appeared in Peach Blossom Village, he immediately led the villagers there.

It doesn't matter if these people die, at least, we must give the children of Feijia Village a chance to live.

"Lord Dragon God, we were forced into this situation..."

They really had no other choice at the time. Apart from making a deal with the local earth god, they couldn't find any other way to make a living for Feijia Village.

The act of seeking survival is neither noble nor lowly; the fault does not lie with them.

Qi Wang thought of those black mists.

The gods of this world are truly unique. They should be local deities protecting the land, but they do things that only demons and monsters would do.

This is nothing more than taking advantage of someone's misfortune.

No wonder his materialized power is black.

“You are my believers, and I will naturally protect you.”

Qi Wang looked at Fei Yu and responded to his request.

He will grant their wishes as long as they offer sincere faith.

Is it enough to simply believe in him without paying an extra high price, without building a temple or casting a golden statue for him, or without offering sacrifices of livestock?

Fei Yu could hardly believe it.

But when he looked down and saw that the back of his hand, which had been wrinkled like withered wood, had regained its elasticity, he felt a surge of joy.

He became young again.

Qi Wang did not lie to him.

The meager power of faith surged forth at this moment, and Fei Yu suddenly looked up, his gaze fixed intently on Qi Wang.

"My Lord Dragon God, from this day forward, I will be your most loyal follower!"

After the people of Feijia Village woke up, they discovered the changes in their bodies, and almost at the same time, they transformed into Qi Wang's most loyal followers.

Qi Wang followed them back to Peijia Village, bringing them rainwater. At the same time, along with the rainwater, the vitality that the villagers of Feijia Village had lost also returned.

Fei Yu held her youngest son, who had reverted to his childlike form, and tears streamed down her face.

The other villagers did the same; when they saw their children return to their childhood forms, they all knelt down and offered their most devout faith to Qi Wang.

At the same time, the so-called land god lost countless sources of faith, and the life force he had plundered was also taken away.

The high and mighty gods could not accept all of this.

The magnificent land god temple in Feijia Village shone with dazzling light, and a handsome man dressed in colorful clothes walked out of the light.

"Who ruined my plans!"

A supreme deity descends to earth, solely to find the one who stole his life force.

The moment the Earth God appeared, the villagers of Peijia Village were gripped by panic.

Qi Wang told them to go back inside.

"Don't be afraid, I will protect you."

The villagers scattered and fled, hiding in their homes trembling with fear.

Qi Wang then transformed into a streak of light and appeared before the local earth god.

The gods of this world possess a unique seven-colored radiance, which is powerful proof that distinguishes them from other evil spirits.

As an outsider, Qi Wang did not possess such brilliance.

A note from the author:

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