46: Two kinds of gods

Tiannan Province, in the sky.

“Pop!”

The sound of sonic waves breaking echoed.

The sky-high anomalies vanished, the strong winds ceased, the black flames were extinguished, and the golden light receded. In an instant, everything returned to its original state.

Only shattered glass and broken trees proved that what had just happened was not an illusion, but something that had truly occurred.

“Oh my god!”

“Is it over?”

“What was that just now?”

“Is it Free Country’s new weapon?”

“Is a war about to start?”

“…”

People murmured as they looked at the sky, each person filled with mixed emotions, their feelings different.

“Damn it! If there’s a war, let there be one! Who’s afraid of whom?” This was the radical faction.

“Long live peace! Call for peaceful coexistence on Blue Star.” This was the peace faction.

“Just do it, at worst, we’ll restart Blue Star.” This was the conservative faction.

At this moment, in the All Heavens Game, Mingyue Village.

Players opened their mouths wide, staring blankly at Li Si in front of the Old Willow Tree.

“…..Crazy God!!!”

A female player’s scream broke the silence.

“That’s truly amazing!”

“Is this what a super player is like?”

“A brilliant arrow pierced the sky, settling this universe.”

“At first, I still had doubts about All Heavens Know-It-All’s assessment of super players. Now, I believe it. At the very least, I believe Crazy God can definitely be called a super player.”

“He’s too abnormal.”

“After the great battle, Crazy God’s clothes were slightly soiled, and he sneered: Heh heh, gods… nothing more than that.”

“Everyone, quickly look at the main quest.”

“We only have 24 hours, brothers, let’s work together to try and complete the main quest.”

“I’m only level 1 now… I guess I’ll go offline and sleep for a bit.”

“Let Crazy God work hard, I’m out.”

“It was too exciting, I need to go offline and calm down.”

“…”

At this moment, players all exclaimed that it was too stimulating and they needed to go offline to relieve their tense spirits.

Soon, the area around the Old Willow Tree became empty.

Only a few players who habitually played for extended periods remained.

…

Kill the Inferno Demon King within 24 hours?

“...So that’s how it is!!”

Li Si suddenly understood.

Everything before was just a test; now was the true main quest: kill the purple boss, Inferno Demon King, within 24 hours.

“It should be no problem.”

Li Si was full of confidence, believing he could kill the Inferno Demon King within the allotted time.

“What about Wang Shidao?”

“What about Wandering Swordsman?”

Suddenly, Li Si thought of the other two NPCs besides the Inferno Demon King.

Did his cheap master and Wandering Swordsman really die?

This was not a situation he wanted to see.

He still had something to ask Wang Shidao.

“Swish!”

Just then, a gentle breeze blew.

A faint warm breeze drifted into Li Si’s body. This breeze wandered, trying to enter the gale sword embryo within Li Si’s body.

【Ding!】

【NPC—Wandering Swordsman’s weak true spirit wishes to use the gale sword embryo within your body to nourish his soul. Do you agree?】

“Agree?”

Of course, he agreed.

Li Si decisively chose yes.

The next second, the gentle breeze, which was Wandering Swordsman’s true spirit, easily entered the gale sword embryo. Closing his eyes and concentrating, looking down at his body with God’s perspective, the gale sword embryo immediately became more active, moving around within his body.

Wandering Swordsman was not dead.

This was good news.

What about Wang Shidao? He should not be dead either.

Li Si darted like an arrow, rushing under the Old Willow Tree to check Wang Shidao’s body. Sure enough, there was a glow shimmering in the air.

“Perhaps…”

He could try touching it with the divine smith token.

As planned, Li Si controlled his thoughts to summon the divine smith token, and it indeed worked. The moment the divine smith token touched the glow, Wang Shidao’s true spirit awakened.

The glow pulsed, and Wang Shidao’s state was clearly much better than Wandering Swordsman’s; at least he still had consciousness. The glow gathered into a phantom, whose appearance was precisely Wang Shidao.

“Master, I have a question now: How can a level 1 player leave Mingyue Village?” Li Si asked directly.

“By becoming an honorary villager of Mingyue Village, you can ignore Mingyue Village’s barrier and go to the nearest Chaotic Star Royal City. As for how to become an honorary villager, it’s very simple: just help the villagers complete 30 quests.”

Wang Shidao’s true spirit flickered, its state looking extremely bad.

30 quests, huh?

That shouldn’t be too difficult.

Li Si quickly asked the second question: “Master, after Wandering Swordsman ascended to godhood, why couldn’t he control his divine power?”

“Because Wandering Swordsman’s foundation was not solid enough,” Wang Shidao said.

“Powerful cultivators need a long time to consolidate their foundation before ascending to godhood. Many strong individuals do not have enough lifespan, and some cannot even consolidate their foundation for godhood before they perish. Therefore, to extend their lifespan, these strong individuals will forcefully ascend to godhood when their lifespan is insufficient.”

“Thus, two types of gods appeared in the world.”

“True Gods, who can fully control divine power.”

“Fallen Gods, who cannot fully control divine power.”

After Wang Shidao finished speaking, his ethereal figure immediately dissipated, returning to its true spirit state.

【Ding!】

【NPC—Wang Shidao’s weak true spirit wishes to use the divine smith token within your body to nourish his soul. Do you agree?】

“Agree!”

The golden-flamed glow slowly flew into the divine smith token.

“Unfortunately, Wang Shidao’s true spirit is too weak.”

He only asked two questions, but Li Si was already content. Because there was good news: after completing 30 quests, he would be able to safely leave Mingyue Village.

However, to be fair, there were also regrets.

That was the reward of Blazing Sky Craftsman upgrading to LV3, which Wang Shidao had promised, was gone.

At this moment, Li Si thought of the skill upgrade stones in Divine Smith Valley.

“I’ll just use these skill stones as the reward for Blazing Sky Craftsman upgrading to LV3.”

Great Teleportation Technique.

After a four-second incantation, Li Si appeared in front of the blacksmith shop.

Clang, clang, clang!

After a series of clanging sounds, he completed a round of forging and re-equipped his bright moon armor.

“There’s also the treasure map.”

Thinking this, Li Si went into the cellar, dug out the Seven Stars Mausoleum treasure map, and planned to enter the treasure map after completing the main quest.

However, before that, he had a major project to do.

Upgrade skills!!

Defeating the Inferno Demon King rewarded him with 100 million experience, enough for him to upgrade two golden skills.

“Buzz!”

The divine smith token emitted spatial fluctuations.

Li Si arrived at Divine Smith Valley for the second time and immediately walked to the golden skill upgrade stones.

The spending spree began.

He didn’t think much and randomly selected skills to upgrade.

【Ding!】

【Consumed 35 million experience points, consumed Skill Upgrade Stone (Golden) * 35, upgraded skill — Flash to MAX level.】

【Consumed 45 million experience points, consumed Skill Upgrade Stone (Golden) * 45, upgraded skill — Phantom Sword Dance to MAX level.】

【Consumed 18 million experience points, consumed Skill Upgrade Stone (Golden) * 18, upgraded skill — Mana Conversion to LV7.】

“…Can’t upgrade anymore, experience points are still too few, that’s it for now.”

Out of 100 million experience, 2 million remained.

Li Si sighed, it truly was a golden skill; the experience consumption was terrifying.

However, he believed that there was gain with every loss.

Golden skills had high consumption, but their improvement must also be huge.

Although he hadn’t checked the difference before and after the upgrade.

But Li Si had reason to believe so.

He checked his skill panel.

【Skill Bar】: 6 / 7

【Great Teleportation Technique MAX -- Special】

【Flash MAX - Golden】 【Phantom Sword Dance MAX -- Golden】 【Mana Conversion LV7 -- Golden】 【Breaking the Limit - Weapon LV5 -- Golden】

【Ghostly Swift Steps MAX -- Purple】

One special, four golden, one purple.

Six skills, exceptionally magnificent.

He directly clicked on the three upgraded skills.

【Flash MAX】

Quality: Golden

Active: Break through the surrounding space, teleport 20 → 30 meters away.

Requirements: 80 → 50 Mana consumption, 15 → 10 seconds cooldown.

…

【Phantom Sword Dance MAX】

Quality: Golden

Active: Condense sword qi, perform multiple slashes in a 3x3 area in front. Number of slashes = Attack Speed x10 → 15.

Requirements: 100 → 50 Mana consumption, 20 → 10 seconds cooldown.

…

【Mana Conversion LV7】

Quality: Golden

Passive: Mana cap can be converted into base health. For every 1 point of Mana cap, gain 0.3 → 0.7 points of base health.

Upgrade Requirement ①: 7 million experience points.

Upgrade Requirement ②: 7 Skill Upgrade Stones (Golden).

…

All three skills had significant enhancements.

Especially Phantom Sword Dance, the enhancement was most obvious. Of course, this was also because Phantom Sword Dance gained the most levels, going directly from LV1 to MAX.

“…So satisfying.”

After two skills reached MAX level, Li Si felt much more comfortable.

MAX level just looked pleasing to the eye.

Having “MAX” after a skill made him feel great, a sense of security, like he had already graduated.

“Okay, it’s time to go to Black Flame Valley and meet the Inferno Demon King.”

Great Teleportation Technique!

Li Si chanted and guided, his figure disappearing from Divine Smith Valley.

At the same moment, in Black Flame Valley.

“Swish swish swish…”

Five players logged into the game after dinner.

The IDs of these five people had the same format.

Northern Mad Blade LV22, Northern Heavy Sword LV22, Xun Nu LV22, Northern Curse Master LV22, Northern Milk God LV22.

These were the former sixth to tenth ranked players on Mingyue Village’s level leaderboard.

Now the first to fifth ranked players.