Chapter 381 The Heavenly Demon is the Nth Generation of Gods
After razing the city to the ground, the expeditionary force returned to a life of idleness, with each day beginning with a journey as soon as they opened their eyes.
The gods are very powerful and do not need cannon fodder.
The gods' followers are also very strong and do not need support.
So on the eighth day of the expedition, the goblins and dwarves, the craftsmen, jointly petitioned, saying that the role they could play on this battlefield was very limited, and hoped to go back to build human cities. As craftsmen, that was where they should stay.
The craftsmen make their living by their craft, and facing the enemy is not their battlefield. They came here because they did not accurately assess the situation at the time and did not know enough about the god of disaster. They were afraid of being punished for disobeying his orders. It can be said that they came here in a daze.
Now they are finally awake.
"We, the dwarves, swear eternal loyalty to the Lord of Death and will use all our strength to create the finest divine weapons."
"We, the goblins, swear to forever follow the Lord of Death, build human towns, and create an ideal home for the human race."
The Artisan Tribe also has some other miscellaneous ethnic groups, but the overall population is mainly composed of dwarves and goblins. These two tribes came to meet Mu Zhong as representatives, and Mu Zhong agreed to their request.
"Go back. The gods have agreed to your request. Mist and the dead will accompany you on your journey back. They will escort you to the city gate."
"Thank you, my God, for your gift."
The departure of the Artisans caused quite a stir. The key point was that more than 100,000 dead undead emerged from the gray fog to escort this team of only a thousand people.
These dead undead were different from the undead in the city they had just conquered. They were the first undead transformed when Wei Huan first descended into the ninth-level world. After a month, their strength had increased significantly, and more than ten high-level undead appeared among them.
Just like in Wei Huan's tomb, the Impure Earth Undead, nourished by the Impure Earth, will grow into more advanced Impure Earth Undead over time. The same is true for the Dead Undead. As time passes, even more powerful Undead will emerge based on the difference in their original strength and talents.
There are three types of undead in Wei Huan’s current summoning system.
One is called the Tomb Undead, which is the core recruitment ability of his "Gravekeeper Sequence". They are the group of dark beast undead in the tomb that are constantly recruited as his level increases.
These undead can enter professional training grounds for training and can be strengthened by absorbing souls. The strongest ones, such as Dian Ma and Ya Jie, have become Wei Huan's normal "halo" after entering the god level, a necessary means of war, and the strongest war ability.
The only weakness is that it is limited by Wei Huan's summoning range. After advancing to Sequence Eight: Natural Disaster, the diameter of his summoning reaches one thousand kilometers.
This was a terrifying summoning distance. Within a thousand kilometers, he could control everything with just a flick of his finger. However, because of the limitations of a thousand kilometers, this ability had its flaws.
The second type of undead is the filthy undead.
It is an intermediate law that Wei Huan comprehended on his own on the basis of the "Great Tomb". As his comprehension of the law improves, more than 99% of the dark beast undead on the Great Tomb Continent, which are not recruited by him personally, will wake up and fight for Wei Huan once they are wrapped in the dirty soil.
There are huge numbers of them. Every time Wei Huan summons them, it can be described as "pouring", just like the sea water pouring back from the broken sky. The number is immeasurable and they are endless to kill. Moreover, they are affected by the level of the dirty world, and the highest level of dirty world undead is level five.
It's a pity that the "Law of the Divine Land" is an intermediate law, and it is difficult to make progress. Wei Huan had to turn to practicing the lower-level law "Law of Death Qi" after reaching a bottleneck in his practice of this law. As a result, after all these years, the "Law of the Divine Land" has not made any progress and is still stuck at the fifth level and cannot be upgraded.
"Dead Spirits" are naturally the core abilities that Wei Huan mastered after becoming a god and comprehending the "Law of Death".
The death energy of the perfect law will spread endlessly, and it is terribly polluting and devouring. As long as the divinity in it is still there, it will spread endlessly, polluting all living energy bodies such as flesh and blood, spirits, including plants, that it comes into contact with, and transforming them into undead creatures.
After all, it is the core ability to become a god. As long as the "dead undead" are given some time, they will be nourished by the divinity and become stronger from the most basic undead, and may even surpass their original strength when they were alive.
After all, Wei Huan's time to become a god was relatively short, less than a month, and these high-level dead undead spirits were already the best ones that had grown on their own during this period.
Tiechui recognized two of them. They were both powerful teams that had attacked their human city, killed countless humans, and were the enemies of one of his sons.
Now these enemies appeared at the forefront of the dead undead, their aura was much weaker than when they were alive, and their eyes were dull and their faces were stiff. They carried out the orders of the gods perfectly and loyally, guarding the circle of their team returning to the city.
I just felt relieved.
The enemy is dead, but it still feels not enough. Nothing can make people feel more satisfied than continuing to control its body when it is dead and doing things it would never do in the past.
On the way back, after being away from the expeditionary force where the gods were, one day during a break, Tiechui came to his enemy, looked at its dull eyes, touched his chest, closed his eyes and prayed to the gods in his heart, asking for forgiveness.
Then, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, took out his big hammer, and hit his enemy on the head with it.
"puff!"
Just like hammering a watermelon, he smashed the guy into pieces, turning them into a pool of black water.
"Iron Hammer!" The elder of the tribe screamed in fear. Unable to stop it, he looked at the sky in horror, fearing that the gods would be angry with him.
But after waiting for a minute or two, everything was calm. The thing that was smashed to pieces crawled out from a pool of dirty blood and gradually recovered to its original appearance.
"ah!!"
Tiechui swung his hammer and hit his enemy's face hard again.
“Puff!”
Half of the enemy's body exploded again.
"Iron Hammer!" The elders of the tribe looked up at the sky nervously again, but after waiting for a long time, the imagined divine punishment did not appear.
However, the guy who was flattened, after recovering from the distortion, actually came directly in front of Tiechui. His seemingly dull and staring eyes seemed to be saying silently: Come and kill me, kill me to vent your anger, don't be too sad.
Tiechui stared at his enemy, thought of his beloved son, and finally raised his hands to cover his eyes and cried silently.
A trembling body, choked breathing, and the hammer slipped from his hand and fell to the ground with a "bang".
The ground trembled slightly.
The dwarf elder felt the tenderness of the gods at this moment.
He is a god of disaster that everyone fears and is terrified of, yet he is so tolerant of his believers.
He raised his hand to his heart and bowed deeply toward the sky. The dwarves behind him also felt the warmth the elder felt. Initially overwhelmed, they were now truly convinced and sincerely wanted to follow the gods and dedicate everything to them.
Golden Brain and his tribe also watched this scene, and their feelings were the same as those of the dwarves.
You have to know that not all gods protect their followers. Many gods raise a large number of followers, but they are just tools and cannon fodder when necessary. They are never cared about at all.
In fact, no matter whether Wei Huan cares about them or not, or whether he responds to Tie Hammer's prayer this time, the craftsmen have no choice but to be loyal to him. After all, Wei Huan is the only god who can protect mankind.
But loyalty without choice and loyalty after being moved are two different concepts.
Wei Huan just does what is in his heart. He follows his own path, and a firm path will make him stronger.
Tiechui stopped venting his anger. He regrouped, wiped away his tears, and started again. He already had the prototype of the artifact in his mind, and couldn't wait to return to the furnace to present the first artifact he had made with his own hands to the gods.
Wei Huan sensed the steadfastness of Tiechui's faith and said to Mu Zhong, "We can give Tiechui the artifact materials we have saved."
"Okay." Mu nodded. He didn't know what had happened, but it didn't matter anyway. Wei Huan thought the hammer was reliable, so he must be reliable.
The expeditionary force continued to advance, and the craftsmen returned to the human territory and joined in the reconstruction of the city.
With the help of the craftsmen, Titan's city recovered more than ten times faster. A large number of craftsmen came out from the eighth-level world where they had once retreated, and even brought with them a large amount of their treasured supplies.
The goblins and dwarves joined forces to forge a large number of city weapons. The combat defense capabilities of these weapons are even more advanced than those awarded as rewards for challenging the world. Moreover, they are real weapons with extremely amazing lethality.
In the past, a major human city could only be equipped with no more than ten super star destroyer cannons, but now there are as many as fifty of them piled up in this major city where the gods temporarily reside.
After seeing the number of super star destroyer cannons equipped, Titan was silent for a few seconds and then smiled.
The destruction of the human race simply meant that humanity had lost its foothold in the ninth-level world. When all races saw no hope of winning, they all chose to retreat back to the eighth-level world, reproduce, and wait for an opportunity.
Now, after seeing the hope of becoming stronger, these ethnic groups naturally want to come up with something real.
Titan is a kind-hearted Titan. After thinking it through, he did not blame the selfishness of the other tribes. He just thought that his leader was too poor, so he could not gain the trust of the other tribes.
God-level and gods are two completely different systems. Isn't it normal that you are not as good as gods?
The reconstruction of human cities is in full swing.
Three days later, news came from the front again.
The expeditionary force destroyed the second major city of the Free Alliance and won with equal ease. Under the guidance of the gods, the human race was invincible.
"However, after the expeditionary force destroyed two major cities of the Free Alliance, the other three tribes are ready to move, especially the Orcs. They have sent out reconnaissance teams that have spread out into the black fog. One team is heading our way, and two others, though they think they are keeping secret, cannot hide from the great gods. The Blue Star Families told us that they are heading towards the Abyssal Tribe and the Zerg."
"In other words, on the one hand, they want to contact us and seek peace, but on the other hand, they are teaming up with other tribes and want to continue their attempts to besiege us?"
"Indeed, the Beast God Clan is very cunning. Their Beast Gods are second only to the Free Alliance in the number of Beast Gods, with a total of five. In other words, if we exclude the so-called alliance and only talk about the clans, the Beast God Clan would be the strongest. However, they are the most cunning, preferring to take advantage of others' misfortunes and play both sides. They never show their true colors, thus conserving the most strength."
"What about God's will?"
"A large number of dead undead are moving towards the border walls of the other three tribes. Apart from this, there are no further actions."
"It seems that the Demon Lord is determined to overthrow the Free Alliance."
"Speaking of which, the expeditionary force is almost reaching the third major city, right? Do you remember which city it is?"
"This is the lair of the Celestial Demon Tyrant. Celestial Demons are a cosmic alien species, born as level seven beings and reaching level nine upon adulthood. Furthermore, their inherited memories are incredibly powerful, and their physical qualities are exceptional. Even at level nine, they can easily crush those of their peers. Especially the Celestial Demon Tyrant, even a half-step god is no match for them. They are truly invincible below the level of a god."
"Yes, there is no one under the gods, but we have real gods, and we are not afraid of how powerful they are. The reason we think the third city may be difficult to attack this time is because it is the lair of the celestial demons and also the place where the celestial demon gods come out."
"That's right. Once we get there, that Sky Demon God, who flew to the Divine Realm two hundred thousand years ago and is still active today, will definitely not stand by and watch."
At the same time, Wei Huan and Mu Zhong were also talking about this god.
The human race is not lacking in understanding of the gods. Coupled with the information collected by Iron Heart in recent days, their control over the information of the ninth-level world is not inferior to that of the Titans who have occupied this world for hundreds of thousands of years.
Iron Heart also has a very high opinion of the important city they are about to attack.
"That's the lair of the Celestial Demon Clan. The Celestial Demon Clan isn't just the nine we saw in the memories of the survivors. Throughout the long history of cosmic evolution, there have been hundreds of them."
Mu Zhong and Wei Huan were browsing the information sent by the Heart of Steel. "The Celestial Demon Clan is a group that excels at cultivating the Law of Flesh and Blood. Their gods throughout history all ascended by cultivating the Law of Bone. Their inherited memories even contain a complete set of cultivation techniques.
Relying on their ability to carve holes in space, they can temporarily break free from the control of the challenging world, go to the real world to practice, dominate the creatures in the real world, gather their spiritual power, and create an invincible body of the celestial demon.
Yes, it's their snail shells. Every celestial demon has been cultivating the laws of bones since birth, building their own invincible shells."
After seeing this, Wei Huan and Mu Zhong finally understood why the Sky Demon's shell was so hard. If Wei Huan hadn't possessed the god-level Dian Ma and the poison attack at that time, he probably wouldn't have been able to break the shell and actually attack the Sky Demon.
Heart of Steel continued, “It is also worth mentioning that the Law of Bone, the Law of Flesh, and the Law of Blood are the three major laws of the Law of Flesh and Blood, and are the middle laws.
In other words, although the Sky Demon Clan is limited by the Heavenly Dao and cannot achieve a second Skeleton Godhead while one Skeleton God exists, it also means that their clan will always have a mid-level god guarding them.
In other words, if they go to attack the Celestial Demon Clan's lair in the ninth-level world, this middle-level god will definitely appear?
Iron Heart said, "There's a 95% chance that the Skeleton God will project his will."
"His strength? His fighting style? How can I kill him?"
"Unkillable," Iron Heart said. "The Skeleton God is a very active deity. Humanity has very detailed information about him. The Law of Flesh and Blood states that if one cultivates the body to the extreme, even a fragment, a drop of blood, or a grain of flesh remains, it will be reborn. Facing the projection of the will of this mid-level god, our only recourse is to kill him back. However, once you ascend to the divine realm, battle with him is unavoidable."
Wei Huan frowned, "It's impossible to be unkillable. You said that the Sky Demon Clan has always occupied the divine status of the Skeleton God, and you also said that the new Skeleton God only has a lifespan of 200,000 years. What about the previous Skeleton God?"
Iron Heart said, "Of course it was killed by a higher-level god. No matter how powerful its shell is, or how terrifying its resurrection ability is, it cannot be resurrected in the face of the infinite power of a higher-level god. The power of the god can penetrate deep into its cells and destroy every universe within them. Once all is destroyed, there is no possibility of resurrection."
Mu Zhong sighed: "Xiao Xinxin, you can kill her, why do you say you can't kill her?"
Iron Heart was angry: "Don't call me that! I am the great Challenge Brain. I am the strongest Brain after the Main Brain. In this Challenge World, I am the strongest Brain under the helm!"
"Xin Xiaoxin, but you also said that your permissions prevent you from talking to anyone other than me. Why can you talk to me now?"
Iron Heart's little mecha on the virtual screen was visibly stunned for a moment, then said with a guilty conscience, "The gods are not within our authority."
"That's why." Mu Zhong smiled. "Don't be so absolute when you speak. What can't be discussed casually? If you keep making your words so final, you might mess up the process."
"Hmph! You're so annoying! Chatting with you is so tiresome, you always try to trick me! It's all your fault that my program is messed up!" The little mecha stood with his hands on his hips and stomped his feet in anger.
Wei Huan watched from the side and smiled.
The Heart of Steel was also an old friend, but in the past he could only see the black cube floating on Mu Zhong’s shoulder. It was not until he was promoted to a god that the Heart of Steel quietly entered his intelligent system.
At first, he wanted to pretend to be his AI butler, but was exposed by Mu Zhong not long after. Now he has completely returned to his true nature and turned into a white palm-sized mecha man, who often appears on the shoulders of both of them.
Others still couldn't ignore Iron Heart; it simply used screen projection technology to project its mecha form directly onto their retinas.
The super AI is indeed very powerful. Iron Heart is just like a normal living "person". It has emotions and even quarrels with Mu Zhong on a daily basis.
Of course, on the technological side, it is also really easy to use.
After Iron Heart finished arguing with Mu Zhong, he returned to Wei Huan and continued, "In short, if his true form cannot descend, even if you possess divine power, you cannot kill him, but he may kill his clan.
In addition, there are a total of seven gods in the Free Alliance. Although they are all lower-level gods, we have to be on guard against them appearing at the same time to surround and kill us.
If you focus on one thing and neglect the other, there will inevitably be casualties that you don’t want to see.”
"What is my chance of winning against them alone?" Wei Huan asked.
Mu Zhong turned to look at Wei Huan. Just as he was about to speak, Wei Huan raised his hand to interrupt him: "I'm just asking."
Mu Zhong could only shut up again.
Iron Heart said, "If you disregard other factors, your power within this world is sufficient to mediate with a mid-level god and six lower-level gods. The power of the projections of the gods' will is a hundred times weaker than your own. You don't need to worry about the threat they pose to you."
Wei Huan seemed to be thinking: "You said you don't consider other factors?"
The mecha figure nodded. "That's right. Even if we don't consider their combined strategy to distract you, and the possibility that other tribes will launch a new round of attacks on human cities while you're waging war, there's another possibility. According to my calculations, the probability is extremely high."
Mu Zhong held his forehead and said, "Don't keep me in suspense, Xiao Xinxin. Come on, tell me."
The mecha figure glanced at him and said respectfully to Wei Huan, "Sacrifice."
"Sacrifice?" Mu Zhong was puzzled.
"Sacrifice..." Wei Huan thought thoughtfully.
The mecha figure said, "By gathering a large amount of energy in a short period of time and briefly breaking through the world's barrier, a portion of the god's divine power can truly descend upon the world, reaching 70% to 80% of its own strength."
"If it's 70% to 80%..." Mu Zhong calculated it in his mind and still thought that Wei Huan was not sure about facing the upper middle-level gods. Then he thought, "The sacrifice you mentioned, the gathering of a large amount of energy, is it what I think of?"
The mecha man said, "Indeed, any communication with the gods, as well as breaking the barriers of the world, requires a huge price. As a shaman, you should know that crossing the long river of time to find your ancestors is not without cost."
It was the first time Wei Huan knew: "The price?"
Isn't this a skill?
Mu Zhong explained, "Communicating with ancestors and communicating with gods are two different things. It's much easier for a shaman to travel through the river of time than to open the barrier of the world. The price is that I consume my spiritual energy. Furthermore, the ancestors are more than happy to respond to my calls. This two-way journey does not cause any harm to my body."
The Iron Man also said, "The more you communicate with your ancestral spirits, the deeper the connection you establish. Not only does the cost of summoning become lower, but the abilities you gain become stronger. This is why the penalty for the Bloodthirsty Blessing of the eighth-level 'Divine Descent' is now only one day, and there are other 'Divine Blessings' that come without any penalty but with even greater attribute blesses."
Wei Huan was very concerned: "If I go to the divine realm, can Mu Zhong find me through communication with the gods?"
The robot scratched his chin and said while thinking, "If he wants a war, communicating your will is indeed the first choice."
"Just the war?"
"Yes, this is precisely the origin of the divine will. In response to the prayers of believers, you can only grant a will to execute them, not the purpose of communication and companionship that we currently hope for. Unless a sacrifice is made, your true will will be ushered into this world, but its existence is also limited. Once the energy of the sacrifice dissipates, you must return."
Wei Huan frowned.
He was not a love-brained person, and neither was Mu Zhong, but the fact that they were going to the Divine Realm ten years later had indeed become a thorn in the hearts of both of them.
If Mu Zhong cannot become a god, they will be separated forever. After hundreds or thousands of years, if Mu Zhong is gone, he will face eternal loneliness.
But becoming a god is too difficult.
"Wei Huan, I don't think this is something we need to worry about right now."
Mu Zhong waved his hand in front of Wei Huan's eyes, asking him to look outside the car. He said, "Look, we've arrived at the third major city of the Free Alliance. What does it look like?"
Wei Huan looked over.
Not far ahead, a huge volute as white as jade with silver brushed patterns stood before our eyes.
The volute was so large that it was larger than any building Wei Huan had ever seen, but when it lay flat on the ground, it seemed to be able to touch the sky.
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