Chapter 1266: A Picky Appetite

22 Feb, 2025

Chapter 1266: A Picky Appetite

The golden light in the Black Lotus dwarf's eyes instantly intensified.

He was not born as a god. Although there were true gods in his clan, his clan was not a god in the true sense, and the result of a leap forward.

This was determined by the fourth star ring's system of gods.

Although the Origin Substance for the growth of gods could be absorbed from the star ring, there was a better way.

That was to draw it from faith.

Therefore, if a god wanted to grow stronger, he needed believers to worship him, and the clan to provide him with sacrifices.

This was also the essence of the gods' invasion of the myriad worlds.

They needed to enslave more, and they needed the piety of all living beings!

Just like the butterfly that Xu Qing had possessed before, as the Eternally Calamity Butterfly, it was impossible for him to have any blood connection with the Scaled Ox Clan. However, the worship of the Scaled Ox Clan was the foundation of his cultivation.

Even the Scaled Ox Clan on the star that Xu Qing went to was not the only one that worshipped him. On other stars, in many small worlds, there were similar clans worshipping him.

If he did not fall and had the opportunity to step into the realm of true gods one day in the future, then all the clans that worshipped him would gain great benefits.

All the clans, including the Scaled Ox Clan, could leap forward and become such a god clan. There would be an additional word "true" in their clan name.

At that time, the territories of these clans would also expand in their respective places and become overlords.

However, in essence, the creatures in these clans were still ordinary beings, not gods.

It was just that they worshipped a true god, and their clan name was true. Therefore, it was easier for them to condense divine power and become divine beings. They would also be bestowed with spirits by the true god. With this, they could ignite the Divine Fire and become a god.

At that time, the newly born god would not only be a follower of the god they worshipped, but also have the qualification to go out and find new clans to worship and absorb faith.

In the end, like the roots of a tree, there would be more and more, and the veins would spread in all directions.

The Zhen Yi Clan was like this.

They were not the only clan that the true god of their clan believed in. Even so, after obtaining the word "true", their sphere of influence broke through the nebula where they were located and spread to many universes at their peak.

However, such a god clan seemed to be glorious, but in fact, it was only the lowest level of god clan in the fourth star ring system.

If they wanted to go further … the entire clan would have to change their bloodline and become gods with the passage of time. Only then would they be considered a god clan.

Most of the Protoss in the Fourth Star Zone belonged to these two categories.

If the latter could continue to develop, the number of True Gods would continue to increase until a God Lord appeared. Then, all the worshiping races would be integrated into one race!

Then … the status of this race would leap forward again.

Become a member of the royal family!

This process was extremely difficult. Over the countless years, only a few people had managed to do it.

Therefore, at this moment, in this world, the dwarf, who was an acquired god, guessed that Xu Qing was the person who was wanted by Godly Emperor Li Zhu. His eyes shone with a golden light, and his mind was stirred up by strong waves of emotions.

He clearly knew that this was probably the greatest fortune and divine fate in his life.

After all, the reward offered by the Li Zhu God Emperor was too shocking.

If they found traces, they would give hundred cubes of Origin Substance.

If they could capture him alive … they would be bestowed with a God Lord Artifact!

So in the next instant, the dwarf raised his hand and slashed towards the sky. At the same time, divine chants surged from his mouth.

"Subordinate Gods, the mission has changed. Act immediately and help me suppress this cultivator!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the sky changed color.

On the ground, all the gods who participated in cutting trees and splitting mountains raised their heads and rushed out, heading straight for Xu Qing.

In the sky, around the giant tumor, many God Altar Gods who sat cross-legged there trembled as they looked at Xu Qing. However, their bodies could not move.

The True God did not allow it!

However, at this moment, the dwarf could not care about that. Although helping the True God of his race was still an extremely important matter, compared to that … if he could get the Li Zhu Godly Emperor's reward and obtain a God Lord Artifact, then it was not impossible for him to become a True God with this merit!

Moreover, the True God of his race had the advantage in the first place, and with the God Altar Gods sharing the burden, the situation was still favorable. Then, it would not be too late to help after he completed the capture here.

Thinking of this, the dwarf's body swayed, and he stepped down from the black lotus. Leading the three hundred and sixty ancient corpses, he burst out with the peak stage of the God Altar Tier and charged towards Xu Qing.

Everywhere he passed, the surroundings became decayed and distorted. The corpses behind him all opened their mouths and roared with strange sounds, stirring up a corpse wind that spread in all directions.

This was the power of his godly authority.

The power of decay, the wind of death, as well as … the words of death.

Gathering together, they formed a terrifying worship song that reverberated in the world.

The melody was substantial as it charged straight at Xu Qing!

A cold glint flashed in Xu Qing's eyes. He knew that he was in the fourth star ring, and if he did not want to be exposed, he could only rely on luck. Thus, deep in his heart, he was already prepared to be exposed.

"Being exposed here is better than being discovered in the outside world. However, the main point of this battle is to leave."

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes. His body swayed, and in an instant, it became blurry.

Instantly, a sense of time disorder appeared around him, as if time was flowing and separated from this world, forming a distortion similar to that of the dwarf's surroundings. This caused the sound of the approaching burial song to also be disrupted.

At the same time as this God Breaking Technique, an iron skewer broke out of the distorted time, shining with Immortal Qi in the world, accompanied by crisp sounds of bells.

As soon as the sound was heard, the world fell silent, and all the techniques stopped.

The dwarf, who was charging at Xu Qing with killing intent, was even more shocked. He clearly sensed that the divine aura in his body had actually lost contact with himself.

And that iron skewer was coming at him at an astonishing speed.

A strong sense of life-and-death crisis erupted in his heart.

At the critical moment, the dwarf suddenly bit off his tongue and spat it out.

That section of the tongue, which was covered in golden divine blood, grew strangely the moment it appeared. In an instant, it turned into a huge sarcoma.

It seemed to have formed a faint echo with the sarcoma formed by the True God of the Sky Dome Clan.

In the next moment, the two were connected invisibly.

A surge of True God power was borrowed and erupted from within.

This caused the ball of flesh that was formed by the tongue to open suddenly like an eye.

With its gaze, it enveloped the whistling iron skewer that was approaching, forming an isolating force.

At the same time, it also fell on the place where Xu Qing's time was distorted, causing the distortion there to return to normal. Xu Qing's figure was forced to appear.

At the same time, the divine aura in the dwarf's body recovered, and the killing intent in his eyes was strong. He instantly unleashed his trump card, and the 360 withered corpses behind him burned and dissipated.

And the void under Xu Qing's feet suddenly split open dozens of golden cracks!

Thirty-six three-eyed statues formed by withered flesh stepped out of the cracks with golden light. They were formed by the 360 withered corpses of the dwarf.

At this moment, as soon as the tip of his foot touched the void, the crisp sound of glass shattering could be heard.

Then, the vertical pupils on their foreheads opened, and dark golden divine light poured out like a waterfall, shrouding Xu Qing.

Wherever it passed, everything was condensed into amber.

Xu Qing's black robe billowed as he stood in front of the Divinity. He lifted his right hand and pushed forward.

Suddenly, the Space Constitution gathered and fused with the remaining Time in the surroundings, forming a Space-Time Constitution that set off a chaotic space-time storm.

The windstorm instantly shook Heaven and Earth as it swept toward the dwarf and the Divine Light down below.

Within the storm, countless immortal seals could be seen.

It erupted in an instant!

An earth-shattering sound reverberated throughout the world.

The divine light collapsed, and the thirty-six idols exploded simultaneously. Thick black fog surged in all directions. As for the dwarf above, his expression changed, and he quickly retreated.

But in the blink of an eye, Xu Qing's main body had soundlessly appeared behind him, and he raised his hand and pressed it against the dwarf god's head.

At the same time, the metal skewer that was fixed by the meatball's gaze shone brightly, and the bell rang loudly. It broke free and turned into a long scar, breaking through the void and arriving.

It instantly pierced through the dwarf's heart and appeared beside Xu Qing.

But Xu Qing frowned slightly.

The dwarf god in front of him shook his forehead and turned into a black lotus.

The black lotus shattered, as if it could be used as a substitute.

In the distance, the dwarf god's figure gathered from nothingness. His eyes were filled with fear, but it was not unexpected.

He knew that someone who could be wanted by the God Emperor Li Zhu and avoid the detection of the True Gods outside could not be weak.

"But this is the Divine Realm of my race's True God!"

As the dwarf spoke, nine burning meatballs appeared above Xu Qing's head, forming a cage and suppressing him.

At the same time, the gods below had also arrived. They each used their Divine Arts and attacked Xu Qing.

But just as the gods attacked, the nine burning meatballs formed a cage.

Xu Qing's body suddenly dissipated, turning into thousands of blood-colored butterflies that flew in all directions.

The wings of these demonic red butterflies were covered with pupil-shaped patterns. Every time they flapped their wings, a Divine Art would be absorbed into the depths of their pupils.

What was even stranger was that the moment Xu Qing transformed into millions of butterflies, a dense swarm of Blood Butterfly larvae actually gushed out of the eye sockets of a small portion of the gods charging at them from below.

In less than three heartbeats, these gods were turned into wriggling fruits amidst their mournful wails. More blood butterflies flew out from them!

This was the Divine Art that Xu Qing had simulated from the butterfly god that belonged to the Eternally Calamity Butterfly!

But when Xu Qing used it, its range and terror far exceeded that of the butterfly god.

At this moment, the sky was filled with red butterflies. Half of them rushed toward the nine burning meatballs, and the other half scattered around the gods below.

The gods who were only in the Divine Fire Realm were now frightened and trying to escape. But Xu Qing's figure had already appeared behind a gods.

The five fingers of his right hand were deeply inserted into the god's spine. His left hand was holding the memory light that was pulled out from his Divine Origin.

He crushed it.

At the same time, he sucked.

Black spiderweb-like marks appeared under the blue skin of this god. The little Origin Substance in his body was instantly sucked dry.

After entering Xu Qing's body, his body turned into a dried corpse.

"There are too many Origin Substances, and there are very few of them."

After tasting the Origin Substance of the Goddess' Starry Eyes, other Origin Substances … Xu Qing was not interested in them.

His appetite was already picky …

He waved his hand and threw the dried corpse away. At the same time, dozens of dried corpses fell from the sky.

They were Xu Qing's that had appeared from the red butterflies!

They appeared one after another in the air. After absorbing Origin Substances, they gathered together and turned into Xu Qing's true body standing in the air.

Looking around, Xu Qing's face was expressionless. He grabbed at the air beside him and pulled out a hidden god that was made of crystal.

Without waiting for this god to say anything, Xu Qing crushed it, and it turned into crystal shards.

Every single one of them reflected the horrified faces of the other gods.

These faces included the dwarf in the air, who had an extremely ugly expression.

"It's not too late to activate the teleportation and let me leave."

Xu Qing slowly said.