967: Grab believers and make progress

It was night.

The biting wind and sand raged outside Jiangshan City, constant and unchanging through the ages.

Relic Ancient City.

This abandoned City was much livelier than before.

However, the source of this liveliness was not human habitation, but restless Alien Beasts.

Many of the Alien Beasts that ran out of Jiaolong Valley took this place as a temporary stronghold.

Compared to other Desert areas ravaged by the cold wind, this Relic Ancient City could at least be considered a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

A Man stood at the gate of the dilapidated ancient City, his steps pausing as if he had reached his destination.

The person who arrived was Ye Tian. In front of him was an Alien Beast of a thousand years.

However, after Ye Tian appeared before it, the Alien Beast didn't pay the slightest attention.

A certain rule power completely shielded the Alien Beast's perception.

While all the Alien Beasts were completely unaware, Ye Tian, like an invisible person, walked directly into Relic Ancient City.

His goal was very clear: an inconspicuous area within this City.

Ye Tian had been to this place before. Looking at the murals on this wall, Ye Tian had previously manipulated and carved them to successfully place the jade pendant, the token between Moyun and Lord Jiangshan, to disrupt the situation.

In fact, on the walls in other areas, there were also carvings of the true history of Relic Ancient City!

From the establishment of the City to the appearance of the God, and then to the demise of the City...

One wall depicted the rise and fall of the entire Relic Ancient City, with a particularly vivid glorification of the God.

Ordinary people looking at it could only see patterns and feel a sense of awe.

Ye Tian, however, could see faint wisps of golden light constantly emanating from this wall.

These golden lights contained clear divine power, drifting like strands of hair, passing through the wall as an invisible yet tangible form, reaching the sky and connecting Heaven and Earth!

It was Faith. Those beams of light were the Power Of Faith communicating with the God!

Even after a thousand years, this power still retained Divine Might!

Later generations who wanted to carve on this wall would need to be at least at the same power Realm as the God to do so!

He looked at the murals he had carved on the other side.

A small area also emitted faint white light.

And the direction this white light extended was not the God Realm, but himself!

A few days ago, Ye Tian had noticed an extremely subtle increase in his power. Because of this, he came today to check.

If this mural wall was as expected, it should be what the God of the God Realm prepared a thousand years ago to collect the Power Of Faith from the people on this continent.

And the part of the mural he carved on it, by chance, also received the Faith of the people, which in turn fed back to himself.

"So... the God Realm relies on these connections to bind the entire continent?" Ye Tian's finger brushed past the threads of Faith in front of him.

Although they were formless and intangible, there was a power that made him feel the connection between himself and this entire continent.

The connection was very weak, but it truly existed.

If the God Realm was connected by the Power Of Faith from the people on this continent towards the God of the God Realm, then if he wanted to acquire this World, he only needed to cut off the Power Of Faith that bound the entire continent like chains!

After seeing the true situation of the stone wall in Relic Ancient City, Ye Tian also understood.

Looking at the stone wall, he waved his hand to erase the original mural on it, and then replaced it with his own technique.

The content was basically the same, but the difference was that the protagonist in the story, the praised God, became himself.

When someone saw this mural again later and Faith emerged, that power would directly change direction and come to him.

This method was a bit crude.

But the effect was also the most direct.

Mainly, this thing had existed for so long and was already in a state of disrepair. Ye Tian's modification wouldn't attract anyone's attention, so it could be considered an experimental subject.

"Next, it's time to lay out the plan to compete for the Power Of Faith and snatch followers." Looking at the wall one last time, Ye Tian's goal was clear.

There were nearly a hundred Gods in this world. Normally, their binding of the entire continent was already locked down.

The Power Of Faith they had laid out on the Martial Soul Continent was like chains hanging down from Heaven and nailed to the ground, making it almost impossible to pry them loose!

But after the protagonist Moyun was born, things would ultimately not be peaceful; turmoil was inevitable!

Turmoil meant big waves, and the bigger the waves, the more valuable the fish.

...

Demon Hall.

This was the only powerful force on the entire continent that could compare its foundation with the Divine Hall.

Compared to the grandeur and light of the Divine Hall, the Demon Hall never concealed its actions in the slightest.

Therefore, in the eyes of most people, the people of the Demon Hall were Dark Demons, a gathering place for villains who committed all sorts of evil!

Amidst countless curses, the Demon Hall was even deprived of the opportunity to participate in this year's Soul Card Master College Entrance Examination!

In response, the Demon Hall itself made no sound of protest.

In the silence, it instead added a bit of mystery.

"Boom!"

In a pitch-black space, beneath layers of heavy dark clouds, streaks of Lightning condensed into the shape of Demon Dragons, carrying a cacophony of roars, heavily bombarding the young men and women below.

Under the surging attacks, these people enduring the Lightning bombardment showed little change in expression.

The Lightning, powerful enough to annihilate thousand-year-old Alien Beasts, only had a tempering effect on their bodies!

In the void, a White-Haired Old Man watched this scene calmly.

The White-Haired Old Man wore a Black Robe as dark as ink, his grizzled hair carrying a hint of twilight. Standing in the void, he was like the Master of this space.

And what was most eye-catching was the Demon Envoy badge on his chest!

This was a Demon Envoy of the Demon God of the Demon Hall, one of the strongest Elders in the Demon Hall!

"Grand Elder." While the White-Haired Old Man calmly watched the Children he was cultivating, pushing the boundaries, a voice turned his attention.

Looking at the Supreme who respectfully bowed, the Grand Elder said indifferently, "Did you bring the Dragon God inheritance?"

The person the Grand Elder was asking was a White-Haired Old Man so thin he was skin and bones.

If someone had been outside Jiaolong Valley for a while after it opened, they would have discovered that this person was precisely the Supreme from the Demon Hall who had been hiding in the dark but was forced out by the Giant Rhino!

And he was also the person the Grand Elder of the Demon Hall had sent out to seize the Dragon God inheritance.

"This... This subordinate is incompetent. The Dragon God inheritance was taken by another Supreme." The White-Haired Old Man paused for a moment, then immediately bowed fearfully.

Actually, he had already returned after fighting with the Giant Rhino back then, but fearing the Grand Elder's punishment, and knowing the true inheritance hadn't appeared yet and he still had a chance, the White-Haired Old Man didn't report immediately. Instead, he planned to try again.

But the result was naturally that under the supervision of other forces, he couldn't show his Face outside at all, let alone seize the God's inheritance.

Only when the inheritance was finally confirmed to have an owner and he understood there was no possibility of obtaining it, did the White-Haired Old Man rush back to report.

Part of the reason it was delayed until now was also because the Grand Elder was busy instructing his Tu and had no time to see people.

His words made the Grand Elder's brows furrow suddenly: "You didn't get it?!"

After glancing at the White-Haired Old Man in front of him who was almost prostrating because of his words, the Grand Elder of the Demon Hall then said with a hint of doubt, "Another Supreme took the inheritance? Was it a Supreme from the Divine Hall?"

"That's right. Only the Divine Hall would dare to send out a Supreme just like us when we all have a common agreement."

"No, it wasn't the Divine Hall. It was Lord Jiangshan, the City Lord of Jiangshan City on the border of Linshan Country. He broke through to the Supreme Realm at the last moment, and the God's inheritance was also obtained by him."

"Broke through at the last moment?" A hint of coldness appeared in the Grand Elder of the Demon Hall's eyes: "So, you were forced back by a guy who just broke through to the Supreme Realm?!"

The White-Haired Old Man lowered his head, not daring to say more.

In fact, he hadn't even seen the Face of that newly Breakthrough Supreme. He was forced back by a Grand Sage Master!

But of course, he didn't dare to say this.

Relatively speaking, being forced back by a newly promoted Supreme sounded a bit more Face-saving and reasonable.

Of course, even so, in the Grand Elder's eyes, his failure was already equivalent to being labeled useless!

"Boom!" The Grand Elder raised his hand, and his palm quickly came down towards the White-Haired Old Man's head like Lightning.

With wide eyes, the White-Haired Old Man didn't even react. His head was directly crushed by the Grand Elder's palm!

"Incompetent and prone to failure, exposed himself and still couldn't bring back the God's inheritance, even losing to a newly promoted Supreme, utterly useless!" Muttering to himself, the Grand Elder, his palm covered in blood, grabbed the other party's collar, glanced coldly at the Students below, and then walked all the way to the depths of this chaotic space.

In the depths of this space, there were also four White-Haired Old Men sitting cross-legged.

The aura on their bodies and the Demon Tu badges on their chests represented their power Realms!

After the Grand Elder arrived, the other few people glanced at the Supreme's corpse in his hand, understood, and stood up to follow him towards the depths.

Before long.

The five people arrived together at a calm and quiet space.

The surroundings were a chaotic mess.

Directly in front of them, a giant statue, carrying a strong sense of evil, was clearly displayed.

This was a statue over ten meters tall.

Its overall form was humanoid. On its body, nine arms, seven eyes, five legs, three mouths, and one tail grew.

Each arm of the monster statue was grasping different things.

There were Children with fearful expressions, Divine Beasts roaring in despair, as well as the Broken Sword symbolizing light, and the Ghost Scythe representing death.

Chaos, despair, greed, pity—all negative emotions constantly flowed within the chaotic black mist emanating from the monster's phantom body!

And what was most eye-catching was the shining, pitch-black light sphere between the statue's two hands placed together on its chest!

Divine Word Orb!

This was the bridge for communication between their Demon Hall and the Demon God of the God Realm.

Every time the Demon God had an instruction, it could be conveyed to them through the Divine Word Orb.

And if they wanted to contact the Demon God, they needed to prepare sacrifices!

For example, the corpse of this Supreme Expert in the Grand Elder's hand!

Waving his hand, he threw the Supreme's corpse onto the statue. The few Elders lowered their heads and waited respectfully.

Some energy fluctuations emerged in the space.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh ~"

These five people did not notice that a light sphere, invisible by virtue of points, was flying brazenly past them.

And its target was precisely the Divine Word Orb in the hand of the Demon God statue directly in front!

Xiao Zao had been holding back for a long time waiting for this moment.

To prevent the series of events that occurred when Ye Tian destroyed the Restriction in the Divine Hall from happening again, Xiao Zao chose to wait for these guys to 'break' the Restriction themselves.