69novels Chapter 114 The True Way to Find Great Beings!
Chapter 114 The True Way to Find Great Beings!
Chapter 114 The True Way to Find Great Beings!
nailed it?
Recalling what Daponz had just said, Shafa became somewhat curious.
He had never seen a superhuman in the mechanical secrets field before, and he really wanted to see what kind of methods this Daponz had.
In particular, the two blade-wielding figures on the other side seemed quite formidable; when they joined forces, they almost instantly killed an elephant-level giant.
How exactly is Daponz going to subdue them both in an instant?
Suddenly, the two blade-wielders raised their blades, forming a cross, and then bowed slightly in the direction of Daponz and Shafa.
Xia Fa recognized the gesture; it meant they were about to launch an attack.
Even though the Blademan had ambushed him before, when they officially launched their attack, the Blademan race would always follow the rules and do something like that, which was quite interesting.
"Shafa, don't move. Wait for them to attack. It's best to pretend you're scared. Don't worry, the battle will be over in seconds."
Daponz spoke in a low voice, so softly that Shafa could barely hear him.
A sharp whistling sound suddenly erupted from not far ahead; it was from the two blade-wielding figures.
They finally couldn't hold back any longer and launched the first attack!
The two blade-wielding figures split up in two directions, one to the left and one to the right, and rapidly closed in.
But thin lines stretched from their bodies, reflecting a chilling light under the blazing desert sun.
Previously, Xiafa was too far away to see clearly, but now it is completely visible.
That's not some thin wire, but a metal blade!
Both sides of this blade are sharp blades, which is equivalent to an extremely thin but extremely long knife. At this moment, it has been straightened and lengthened by the two blademen. If he and Daponz do nothing, the two blademen only need to pass by them to sever their heads, just like the giant!
Of course, this is in the case of facing an ordinary superhuman. Xia Fa understands that as long as he enters the Silver Throne state, the blade thread probably won't even be able to break through his metal skin.
At this moment, Daponz suddenly lowered his body, clenched his fists, and let out a loud shout, assuming a charging stance.
Xia Fa found it somewhat amusing, because he knew very well that this seemingly burly and obese man was genuinely not good at combat, after all, he was a mechanical type of Mystic.
He probably made this gesture to lure the enemy.
Sure enough, the two blademen were startled for a moment by Daponz's roar. They exchanged glances and adopted a more elusive and elusive tactic, but still charged forward with unwavering determination.
In the eyes of the two Blademen, this human, apart from being much shorter, was as large as the giant they had just killed together. Therefore, they almost instinctively judged him to be a superhuman of the strength and combat type.
Daponz's fully prepared demeanor amused Xia Fa, who also pretended to clasp his hands together, his eyes flashing with secret runes, as if he was about to activate some kind of secret power.
Just then, the two blade-wielding figures closed in.
The elephant-level blade-wielder ignored everything and headed straight for Daponz, his entire body radiating golden light. He had clearly activated some kind of secret ability, giving him an indestructible aura.
But the key is not him, but that eagle-level blademan!
The eagle-level blademan's figure flickered, and suddenly ten identical figures appeared.
The incredibly sharp blade threads connecting him to the Elephant-level Blademan instantly multiplied into hundreds.
The eleven figures scattered instantly, and the blade threads expanded like a spider web, attempting to entangle Daponz and Shafa.
Once they're completely entangled, when they pull outwards—the instant the blade threads tighten—Daponz and Shafa, who are caught in the middle of the threads, will be reduced to countless pieces!
Iron-white blades indeed began to entwine around them, like spider silk, but far more dangerous than spider silk.
At the same time, the elephant-level blade-wielder stepped on one foot and leaped high into the air, his elegant figure spinning in the air. The blade on his left foot, in a cutting motion, gathered power as he spun, about to slash at Daponz's neck.
As for Xia Fa, both Blade Masters could tell that he was just an Insect-level Transcendent, and they didn't even want to bother with him, intending to kill him along with the Blade Silk.
But at this critical moment, a sudden change occurred!
Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom!
Five brass-colored mechanical pillars suddenly emerged from the surrounding sand, kicking up clouds of yellow sand.
These five mechanical pillars, each over ten meters long and two meters wide, are covered with magical circuits and electrical patterns, resembling sacrificial pillars in some ancient mechanical temples, giving people a sense of inviolability.
Sizzle! Bang!
The next moment, terrifying electric current surged from all five mechanical pillars, followed by an extremely strong electromagnetic wave!
A pale blue electromagnetic wave, accompanied by countless fine threads of electricity, erupted on the desert at the same moment. Both the Elephant-level Blademan in the air and the eleven Eagle-level Blademen circling around Xia Fa and the others froze for a brief instant.
Immediately, all the phantoms shattered in an instant, and the two blademen, like mechanical puppets that had lost their power source, fell to the ground together, their bodies convulsing, and they were about to lose consciousness.
"Haha, it worked!"
Daponz snapped his fingers again, a crisp "click," seemingly a habit of his. He then turned to look at Shafa and said:
"You go to that sacred land right now, I'll hold them off for ten minutes! To be honest, brother, I wouldn't have dared to use this tactic if you hadn't suddenly come to my aid. After all, I can't hold them off and take over the sacred land all by myself, haha!"
Xia Fa shook his head and smiled slightly. To be honest, if he really was just an insect-level superhuman, then this was indeed a very good strategy: let Daponz hold off the two blademen while he went to take over.
According to the rules, as long as these two Blademen are unconscious for more than ten minutes, the occupation of the God's Land will take effect immediately.
Without a doubt, Daponz himself must remain inside these five mechanical pillars to maintain the effect of keeping the two Blademen unconscious.
But the key point is—ten minutes is too long.
His gaze swept over the two blade-wielding figures on the ground, who were clearly on the verge of losing consciousness but were still struggling instinctively, and he was about to make a move.
"not good!"
Suddenly, Daponz let out a strange cry and clapped his hands together violently.
boom!!!
An even more violent magnetic storm erupted suddenly, sweeping across the two blademen on the ground once more.
This magnetic storm seemed to specifically target Blade People who contain a large amount of metallic elements in their bodies, but it had no effect on Shafa and Daponz themselves.
I just felt slightly irritated, and there was a static noise in my ears.
However, despite the fact that the magnetic storm was far more violent than before, the two blade-wielding men did not react violently at all!
They slowly opened their eyes, and their gazes toward Daponz held a hint of amusement.
The next moment, golden threads spread out from the extremely slender waists of the two, instantly spreading to their entire bodies.
The two blade-wielders stood up, their expressions a mixture of mockery and indifference.
"Do you really think we wouldn't prepare a secret artifact to counter the magnetic storms when facing you humans?"
Daponz's expression changed completely. He pressed his hand to his waist, as if he was about to use some other means.
But it was too late.
The Eagle-level Blademan and the Elephant-level Blademan exchanged a glance, and the two demi-humans suddenly unleashed their speed!
The Eagle-level Blademan leaped into the air, suddenly splitting into twenty phantoms that spun together and attacked the two of them relentlessly.
The Elephant-level Blademan's body shone with golden light once more, and with unstoppable speed, he thrust his blades straight at Daponz!
Seeing this, Xia Fa shook his head slightly, aimed at the two blade figures in the air and on the ground respectively, and pinched them from afar.
Click! Click!
Two ice balls, each fifty meters in diameter, suddenly appeared from the sand and into the air as Xia Fa squeezed them, freezing the two blademen.
Boom!
The ice ball landed in the air, smashing a huge crater in the sand, with the lower half sinking into the ground.
The ice ball on the ground was affected by the strong wind it generated, and it rolled dozens of meters away in the blink of an eye, even breaking a mechanical pillar.
Daponz stopped in his tracks as he reached for his waist, where he had a brass key—what it was, of course, was no longer important.
The chubby, fair-skinned man, his face contorted with disbelief, turned to look at Xia Fa, who was withdrawing his hands, and stammered, "I've seen a ghost!"
"You you you you you—what did you do—what?"
Xia Fa said helplessly:
"If I don't take action soon, you'll be shredded."
Daponz stammered:
"I...I know, I mean, you...you're not a Bug-level transcendent, are you? This...this is almost on par with a Whale-level transcendent, right? How...how did you do that?"
Xia Fa smiled:
"you guess."
It seemed that the coolness emanating from that fifty-meter-diameter ice sphere calmed Daponz somewhat in the scorching desert. He actually began to ponder, hesitatingly saying:
"You didn't use some extremely costly sealing artifact, did you?" He carefully examined Xia Fa from head to toe, but for the time being, he did not see any abnormalities in Xia Fa's body.
Xia Fa waved his hand:
"We'll talk about that later. Let's take over this sacred land first. I need to get to the whale-level area."
Daponz was even more shocked:
"You—you're still heading to the whale-class area?"
But then he glanced at the huge ice ball embedded in the sand not far in front of him, and another ice ball rolling further and further away down the dune, and couldn't help but sigh:
"That's true. No matter what price you're about to pay, your current strength should be able to provide some help to old Terry."
Old Terry?
Xia Fa's eyes flashed. It seemed that this must be the whale-level superhuman who was representing humanity in this battle.
He didn't say much, just nodded and walked straight towards the potato field.
The arena, the circular stands, the human section.
"He really does have a sealed artifact, but I wonder what price he'll have to pay—"
Cardan sighed, his tone shifting from disdain when he first heard about Shafa a couple of days ago to a mixture of worry and approval.
The Augustan family, as the former rulers of this kingdom, naturally cared about the common people, especially the refugees who were displaced or even starved to death due to famine.
In fact, since the famine began, the Augustus family has spent millions of pounds, both openly and secretly, all of which have been donated directly to churches in various places and used to purchase food from other countries to help refugees.
Now, Xia Fa's willingness to sacrifice his body and even his soul to use the sealed artifact to help humanity win the potato battle in the Land of Gods has deeply moved Kaldan.
He was even considering whether to recruit Shafa into the Augustus family this year.
Such a noble person, who happened to be named Augustus, would be a regret to miss, regardless of whether he had the noble blood of the Augustus family.
As for his illegitimate son, let him wait a year, no matter how much his mother makes a fuss or begs.
Unlike Cardan's emotional reaction, Axor's face turned completely gloomy.
"How could Xia Fa be so stupid! Doesn't he even think about himself?"
Yaxo gripped the armrest of the seat so tightly that he almost lost his composure, squeezing the iron armrest until it developed fine cracks.
As a demigod, especially one from the Augustus family, he possessed extensive knowledge of mysticism and had already guessed what type of sealing artifact Xia Fa had used.
When the spirit is exhausted, the only option is to use the power of the soul to trigger the elemental expansion, which requires the sacrifice of soul-sealing artifacts.
That type of sealing artifact, while allowing Xia Fa to use his Elemental Expansion talent again at any cost to freeze the two Blademan race superhumans, would inevitably cause Xia Fa's soul to suffer great damage.
It's even possible that they'll be stuck at the insect-level superhuman level from now on.
Or rather, even those at the "Stopping Insect" level are considered good; some suffer soul damage that turns them into idiots, or even completely out of control and transforms them into terrifying monsters.
There are quite a few possibilities.
Tyrene's face was also icy cold, as if covered by a layer of frost, and he began to ponder:
"Is it the 'Spirit Devouring Box'? Or the 'Soul Separation Bag'? — If we're talking about sealed artifacts circulating in the black market of the Augu Kingdom in recent years, these are the only ones that could be it. It would have been a good thing if Xia Fa had gotten them, but now..."
Tyrene suddenly picked up the scepter beside him and whispered a few words to the sphere floating on it.
The sphere flashed and disappeared as if space itself had contracted.
Tyrene gazed longingly towards the horizon:
"This is the only way for now. As soon as Xia Fa comes out, give him the extraordinary potion we've prepared; it can temporarily alleviate the damage to his soul to some extent."
Clearly, as a cardinal of the Silver Church, Tyrene had guessed that Shafa must have activated the Elemental Surge talent again at the cost of sacrificing his soul.
But precisely because of this, his worries reached their peak, and he felt a mix of emotions over Xia Fa's sacrifice.
The three demigods were worried, but the other audience members, unaware of the situation, exclaimed in surprise.
"Wow! How did Xia Fa do that? That's amazing!"
"I heard he's an extraordinary descendant of the Baal behemoth; that must be some kind of extraordinary talent, right?"
"Extraordinary talent alone isn't enough; it's probably accompanied by some incredibly powerful secret treasure!"
"Daponz is really unreliable. If it weren't for Shafa, he would probably be torn to pieces by now. I can even imagine his fat flowing all over the sand."
"Haha, what can you do? He thinks he's smart, but he also thinks Renren is stupid."
"Regardless, Shafa is a hero! He won ten million acres of potato fields for our Augu Kingdom!"
The audience was excitedly discussing something when suddenly they all fell silent.
Because the paint-like scene in the sky reappeared!
This kind of thing has happened several times before, but never before has it excited humanity so much!
In the stands, many civilians even stood up, their hands clenching involuntarily, their eyes fixed on the sky without daring to blink.
In the sky, a large expanse of gray-white wasteland slowly appeared.
Those with sharp eyes immediately recognized it as Putet Farm, which used to be the largest farm in the Kingdom of Augu, but this year it has been almost completely abandoned due to the frozen soil and locust plague!
The Putte farm, with a total of 35.13 million acres of land, does not belong to any great nobleman, nor is it the land of the Selenes royal family. Instead, it is owned by the farmers who live around the city of Putte.
But fate is fickle. The farmers at Putte Farm were already living a life of farming year after year, and they could hardly save any surplus grain.
With the two natural disasters this year, these farmers have all become refugees.
Many of the refugees who flooded into Rum and even Augustus came from Putte Farm.
As a result, the farmland of Putte Farm naturally became unclaimed land.
But no one even bothered to occupy it, because after years of cultivation, the fertility of the farmland on Putte Farm was almost exhausted, and with the arrival of the frozen climate, it had become a completely uncultivable wasteland.
But now, a miracle from the gods has occurred!
On this vast expanse of wasteland, totaling over 35 million mu, ten million mu of the wasteland suddenly began to sprout tender seedlings!
The seedlings sprouted branches and roots in an instant, grew rapidly, and turned into slender, yellowish leaves in the blink of an eye.
Many civilians immediately recognized them as potato leaves!
Moreover, the slender, yellowish shape is a sign that the underground potato tubers are mature!
A full ten million mu of mature potatoes!
The audience erupted in excitement, cheering, weeping, and celebrating—for this great miracle, and for the refugees whose suffering was about to end.
But that wasn't enough. Beneath the long, thin, yellow leaves of the potatoes, the soil that was already grayish-white began to turn dark brown!
Moreover, it didn't stop after turning dark brown; it then turned black!
Black soil—it's one of the most fertile of almost all types of soil!
The scene ends abruptly here.
However, the jubilation and joy that remained in the hearts of the audience in the human district were completely ablaze.
"A hero! Xia Fa is a hero!"
"Now our refugees from the Kingdom of Augu are saved!"
"I really want to go back right away and tell my aunt's family the news. Alas, her son and daughter both starved to death in this famine."
"If all ten million acres of potato fields are harvested, it should be enough to keep most of the refugees alive until autumn, right?"
"About right. Our college professors have calculated that it would take about 50 to 60 billion kilograms of grain to completely alleviate this famine, which is equivalent to 50 million tons. And this time, the 10 million mu of potato fields should be able to harvest about 20 million tons of potatoes."
"This is all thanks to Xiafa. Of course, we also thank the ancestors of the Mist People, the great Silent Mist of the Earth."
"Praise be to the Lord, praise be to the silent fog of the earth!"
"Not only should we erect a statue for the Silent Fog of the Earth at Putte Farm, but we should also erect a statue for Shafa!"
"Yes, that's right, no, to be precise, it's essential! A statue must also be erected for Shafa to commemorate and celebrate his achievements for the people of our Augu Kingdom during this Fog Carnival!"
At this moment.
Rum City, 13 Risle Street.
In the magnificent, palatial hall, beside Roman-style columns, on a black woolen sofa, Patriarch Osius was reading a book when he suddenly sensed something and looked up.
Deep within the hall, on the throne, Dictator, who was somewhat drunk, suddenly brightened his hazy, intoxicated eyes.
"Did you find it?"
"Hmm, you noticed too?"
Dictator and Patriarch Osius exchanged a glance, and both of them smiled sincerely, a smile of contentment.
Especially Dick, whose smile now held a hint of wistfulness.
"With these ten million acres of potato fields, the refugee problem of the Kingdom of Augu can be considered largely solved. Now it depends on whether we can seize wheat fields or hunting grounds."
Dick Tudor sighed, then suddenly remembered something and said:
"By the way, Patriarch Osius, have your men gathered any clues about that great being recently?"
Patriarch Osius closed the book and shook his head:
"No, you know, searching across all life-bearing planets in the entire universe is extremely difficult, and it's not something to do in a big way."
Dick Tudor sighed softly:
"Yes, I recently met a very interesting little guy, maybe he can be of help."
Patriarch Osius's eyes flickered:
"Who could possibly get your attention?"
Dick Tudor smiled lazily:
"I won't go into that with you, but I've suddenly thought of another way to find that great being."
Patriarch Osius raised an eyebrow slightly:
"What method? You're not going to tell me you're going to sign another secret contract for divination or esoteric purposes, are you?"
Dick Tudor laughed, somewhat annoyed:
"Am I crazy? To try and divine the fate of someone who is about to become the tenth true god of this world? I'm afraid I'll lose control on the spot. I'm still waiting to become a subordinate god."
He abruptly changed the subject, his voice suddenly lowering, his face full of mystery:
"I suddenly thought of something, or rather, a problem that even that unknown great being has to take very seriously."
Patriarch Osius, seeing that he was feigning mystery, was not fooled and said calmly:
"What's the problem?"
Dick said firmly:
"The Ceremony of Ascension to Godhood!"
In that instant, Patriarch Osius's aged body trembled slightly, as if a dazzling bolt of lightning had cleaved through the thick clouds and darkness in his heart, allowing him to find that glimmer of light.
That glimmer of hope.
"You mean," his voice trembled, "that we can find that great being by searching for signs of ascension rituals on various life-bearing planets throughout the universe?"
Dick nodded repeatedly:
"That's right! The most basic requirement for the ritual of becoming a god is the faith of a large enough population and the erection of statues to secure the initial [anchor]."
"Unlike the nine great gods, this great being does not need a fixed image. In the beginning of becoming a god, it must have needed to establish a statue with a fixed image."
"That way, his anchor will be stable enough to prevent him from losing control during the ascension ceremony."
This usually lazy young man seemed to be getting more and more excited as he spoke, even sitting up straight on the platinum throne, his voice quickening with excitement:
"Within three months, at most six months, that great being will likely become a true god!"
"Whether it is a god born with defects, or an existence like us but who has gone far beyond us by countless times, he will definitely not sit still."
"He will surely spread his faith throughout the universe, either secretly or openly, and have believers erect statues in his honor!"
Patriarch Osius nodded slowly, his expression becoming more serious than ever before:
"Yes, with the statue, it will be much easier to find. That way, the task the Lord gave me can be completed!"
A small desert world, an elephant-sized area, next to a potato field.
Looking at the circular gate formed by the suddenly appearing golden mist, Daponz stood solemnly beside Shafa:
"Brother, let me go to the whale-level area with you. I was too arrogant before and let those two blademen get close. Actually, I haven't even shown my true strength yet."
Xia Fa smiled, shaking his head:
"Alright, it's up to you then."
Daponz nodded excitedly and, quite naturally, put his arm around Shafa's shoulder:
"Alright, brother, let's go!"
The two of them stepped together into the gate where golden mist had condensed.
But as soon as they stepped inside, the two of them froze.
This was because, in the live footage flashing through the golden mist gate, they saw what was arguably the most eye-catching presence among the giants and blademen.
It was that giant who was five meters tall, and the blade man whose hands and feet had golden mandala patterns on the blades!