"Why are there so many Angels?"
Watching the eighteenth Birdman getting smashed into a pulp by the Handso Monkey King on the live stream, Zack had a pained expression on his face at the Watcher headquarters.
"It's normal," Victor said, propping up his chin. "Followers of the Cross Church might be the most nurous in the world. If this Heaven is ford from human arrogance, proportionally, the deities of the Cross Church are naturally the most nurous. Moreover, there is a rich variety of deities from the Cross Church, including Seraphs, Cherubs, Thrones, as well as the seven Archangels... Captain, you've made a considerable contribution this ti!"
Zack was stunned for a mont. "What contribution?"
"I've taken a closer look, and the strength of the Angels should not be inferior to other deities. But look, the Handso Monkey King's speed at slaughtering Angels is at least twice that of other deities. Clearly, it's because of you, Captain. You've made it easier for the Handso Monkey King to break through Heaven..."
BANG! Victor's head was suddenly pressed onto the table. The others sighed in admiration. The Captain's strength had increased again! This was an alloy table specially provided for Watchers to prevent them from smashing it, but the Captain managed to press Victor's head into it from several ters away!
However, only Victor dared to be so cheeky and bring up the Captain getting blown up by the Handso Monkey King. They certainly wouldn't dare.
Victor extracted his head and looked at the impression left by his head on the alloy table. He pursed his lips, wiped it, and the table was restored.
Seeming to notice everyone looking at him, Victor beca sowhat annoyed and embarrassed, "What are you looking at? Watch the live stream already. You might not get a chance to increase your Spiritual Energy again!"
Indeed, unlike the total annihilation of all Ghosts by the Cloud Sky Palace, viewers could also improve their Cultivation by watching the Handso Monkey King wreak havoc in Heaven and flatten the various gods.
Ren Suo, who had put down his controller to watch the live stream, was quite displeased. Why don't I get special treatnt and have to stoop to watching like the regular viewers?
Ren Suo estimated. Compared to controlling Disaster Girl myself to fight bosses, the Cultivation growth from watching the live stream is probably only about one-fiftieth... It's barely better than nothing.
Though that was the case, Ren Suo was still glued to the screen, not missing a single detail.
The Heavenly Palace on the screen could be said to be the Heaven of the Eastern fantasy system, but it also included the divine dwellings from the cultures of various countries around the world.
Upon entry, the Handso Monkey King burst through the splendid architecture of Heaven, then invaded Takamagahara to battle it out with deities like Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, Ukanomitama, and Okuninushi from the Flourishing Sakura gods of Heaven. He casually set fire to the place, then ran over to Asgard to consecutively behead Odin, Loki, and other Aesir gods.
After that, he rushed to Mount Olympus. With many deities on Mount Olympus, the Handso Monkey King first created ninety-nine clones to entangle the lesser gods, then swiftly slaughtered Zeus the lecher, destroyed Poseidon, and subdued Hades.
Now, he was rampaging through Heaven, but the Handso Monkey King wasn't just fighting against the deities of the Cross Church. During this period, deities from other Divine Systems also ca from far and wide to besiege this murderous, arsonistic, and ho-destroying monkey. However, nothing could stop the Handso Monkey King from breaking down this illusive Heavenly Palace, smashing these useless ornantal columns, and destroying this abode of arrogance!
It was truly 'the golden monkey wielding its powerful rod, purging the jade edifice of lingering dust'!
That's right, although watching the live stream only provided a one-fiftieth boost to Cultivation, the thing is... the Handso Monkey King fought for quite a long ti! Just the battles in Heaven, Takamagahara, Asgard, Mount Olympus, and Heaven had already taken more than an hour, with not a word of nonsense in between. All the deities persistently attempted to encircle the Handso Monkey King, providing an extrely satisfying spectacle for the viewers, to the point that Ren Suo saw several bullet comnts claiming their own Awakenings.
However, this havoc in Heaven also made Ren Suo shudder with fear. After all, Devouring the Spirit of the World was one of the strongest forces he could command. That it had to personally take action and still fight so hard was deeply unsettling.
The gods were far from powerless before the Handso Monkey King. Instead, the Monkey King narrowly dodged their terrifying attacks several tis, constantly probing on the edge of death, making the fight incredibly thrilling.
Ren Suo wasn't very knowledgeable about Myths from various countries, but judging from the deductions of the bullet-comnt gods, it was basically certain that these deities were almost identical to those in mythology, perhaps slightly less powerful, but they had all the essential attributes—such as Zeus's thunder, Odin's Gungnir, and Sukuna-Biko's Kusanagi Sword...
This level is ridiculously hard!
Ren Suo couldn't even imagine how he would get past this part if he were controlling the Disaster Girl—not to ntion, it perfectly epitomized the difficulty of a five-star ga. Other than thinking of summoning ga characters for help or having a clone fight in his stead, Ren Suo could co up with no other solution.
It seed as if Devouring the Spirit of the World had heard Ren Suo's thoughts through "Rippling Spring Sounds" and took the initiative to explain, "If it were you, Master, you wouldn't have to struggle as hard as Old Sun."
Ren Suo: "Huh? Why not?"
Devouring the Spirit of the World: "The new female disciple you've just taken on, her Innate Divine Ability is a great counter to these Sources of Disaster. Because she influences Destiny, as long as she steps onto the Path of Destiny and continuously weakens the Source of Disaster by killing the human factors, by the ti the disciple finds the Source of Disaster, it would've already been significantly weakened!"
Ren Suo blinked, finally fully understanding the role of the Disaster Girl— her purpose was to fight the BOSS, but she could weaken the final boss's combat power by defeating minions along the way.
The so-called Path of Destiny was actually the traditional RPG path: acquiring gear, leveling up, learning Skills, weakening the BOSS, and searching for the BOSS...
The relationship between the minions and the boss was much like stationery to an exam candidate: today the Disaster Girl would steal a pen from the BOSS, tomorrow an eraser, until on the day of the big exam, the BOSS could only write a letter in blood, draw circles by hand, and stain the answer sheet with blood. No matter how much of a studious genius the BOSS was, it couldn't win against the underachieving Disaster Girl controlled by Ren Suo.
In the end, Devouring the Spirit of the World made a judgnt: "If it were you, Master, you might only have to fight at one location, unlike who has to dismantle seven or eight places."
Seven or eight places? Ren Suo glanced over and realized that the Handso Monkey King had already broken through seven layers of Heaven and was now frolicking in the Pure Land of Bliss.
However, Ren Suo was now starting to worry a little: "Wait, what about her?"
Devouring the Spirit of the World: "Master, Old Sun doesn't know either! Old Sun isn't familiar with her!"
Ren Suo: "Then who are you familiar with?"
Devouring the Spirit of the World: "Wow Master, Master, doesn't that cloud look like Old Sun... Wow, this monkey really resembles ! It actually Shape-shifted into a deity? Hey, that's embarrassing, take this stick from Old Sun!"
The recently Shape-shifted Fighting Sage Buddha was pounded into a pulp by the Handso Monkey King with dozens of strikes the mont it bubbled up!
Many in the live stream were excited to see the Handso Monkey King battle the Fighting Buddha, only for it to end in an instant. Many comnted, 'A fake Fighting Buddha indeed can't beat the true Monkey King,' 'Fakes really can't beat the real thing,' 'The Fairy Palace is the true lineage,' leaving Ren Suo with a pained expression.
Actually, according to the saying that the Heavenly Palace is ford by the collective Willpower, the Fighting Buddha that just appeared was indeed the real Fighting Buddha— a deity born from the pride of billions of people, recognized as the genuine article.
As for the Handso Monkey King, he was sothing Ren Suo had cobbled together in the ga, a fake Monkey King under the pretense of the 'Equal to Heaven' Inheritance. Although Ren Suo didn't know why the Handso Monkey King was so engrossed in his role according to his in-ga persona, it was still ultimately a fake.
But well... who says a fake can't beat the real thing?
However, the way Devouring the Spirit of the World switched topics just now made Ren Suo slightly more attentive.
When chatting with the Truth Seeker before, Ren Suo felt that these ga characters didn't just co from nowhere. Now that Devouring the Spirit of the World had inadvertently leaked information and then quickly changed the subject, it seed even more suspicious.
But Ren Suo had not used an "Imperial Edict" to enhance "A Thousand Miles in a Day," so the thought disappeared as quickly as it had co.
What's the benefit of understanding this matter? Would the Truth Seeker beco my girlfriend? Would I get a twenty percent discount when buying fruits at the campus supermarket?
Without any benefit and having nothing to do with the ga, Ren Suo couldn't be bothered to think about it.
There were many things he couldn't understand, like why Spiritual Energy had revived or why this ga console had chosen him—faced with these mysteries that were beyond his power to investigate or verify, Ren Suo didn't obsess over them.
Life, just like gas, consists of things you can change and those you can't, choices you can make and those you can't, and things you can know and those you can't—all of which make up both life and gas.
As a child, when Ren Suo couldn't, by any ans, remove his ga characters' Clothing, he clearly understood this concept. However, in gas Ren Suo could use anti-censorship patches to achieve his goals, but in reality, there was no chance for him to apply such patches.
Or perhaps, what I'm doing right now is essentially patching...
Ren Suo's thoughts drifted for a mont when suddenly, the glass door to the balcony emitted a sound.
Ren Suo glanced over and saw a pebble outside on the balcony; he instantly understood. The protection fee I pay every night wasn't in vain. Quickly, he turned off the TV screen and put away the controller.
Downstairs at the dorm building, Little Jiu, who had enjoyed petting Little Black, put down the contemptuous black cat and jogged after Dong Chengling into the elevator.
After the black cat saw them enter the elevator, it agilely ran to the opposite bushes, dug up a mobile phone from the soil, cleaned the dirt off with its paws, unlocked the phone's screen, and beckoned to a confused Little Bai nearby. The two cats hid in the bushes and watched a live stream together, their tails swaying back and forth.
After the doorbell rang, Ren Suo imdiately opened the door, sowhat surprised to see Dong Chengling as well, but he didn't mind and welcod them inside.
Since it was now just ti to watch, Ren Suo had almost nothing to do.
No sooner had Little Jiu entered than she hugged Ren Suo and pulled him to sit in front of the sofa, pointing at the Handso Monkey King on the laptop screen and saying, "Monkey, monkey!"
"Mhm, it's a monkey."
"Big Brother," Little Jiu blinked her eyes and asked, "Is this monkey Little Jiu's friend?"
Ren Suo recalled the connection between the Pangolin, Little Jiu, and the Handso Monkey King.
After the convention, Ren Suo had tried to get so information from Yu Kuangtu indirectly, wanting to know why they had rushed to the convention so promptly. Yu Kuangtu only revealed a little, ntioning that soone could sense an unusual surge of Spiritual Energy there.
Considering the Pangolin's appearance at the convention, that soone was likely the Pangolin itself, and the energy surge was probably when Little Jiu added the "Blur" effect (a light-based facial distortion) to Ren Suo.
Ren Suo looked down at Little Jiu and noticed a longing in her eyes; his heart softened and he said, "The Handso Monkey King is, of course, a good friend to children! And he's also a good friend to Big Brother!"
Although it sounded like sothing said to appease a child, considering that Little Jiu knew Ren Suo was an "Immortal Palace Human Affairs Commissioner" and seeing how serious he looked, she imdiately understood what Ren Suo ant. She clung to Ren Suo's arm tightly and said, "That's great, that's really great..."
Ren Suo was slightly taken aback when he heard Little Jiu's joyful echo: 'Besides Big Brother, Little Jiu has other relatives.'
So that's how it was.
In Little Jiu's world, Ren Suo—who possessed the Holy Grail of the Fairy Palace Food God—was trustworthy. Beyond him, only the other two beings connected by blood were likely to have so link with her in this world.
Although Little Jiu had already hidden her tail and ears and was living as a little girl in the Human World, even becoming the beloved cute darling of the Heavenly Lotus Academy, she still felt a lack of security in her heart—she thought she had too few relatives.
Even Ren Suo couldn't be considered a sibling.
Because Ren Suo was human, not "Otherkind," while she was.
Ren Suo exhaled softly, turned his head to look at Dong Chengling who was sitting quietly on the side watching the live stream—for her, a chance to increase one's Cultivation for free was naturally not to be missed.
Dong Chengling, absorbed in the live stream, felt soone take her hand. She turned in surprise to see Ren Suo grasping her hand, smiling with a look full of warmth.
"What's wrong..."
Then, she saw Ren Suo grasp Little Jiu's little hand, bringing hers and Little Jiu's hands together.
"Little Jiu," Ren Suo said sincerely, "Sister Ling is your good friend, just like Big Brother. No matter if you're facing life, death, sickness, or health, no matter if you're poor or rich, no matter how much money you've spent on skins in Honor of Kings, and whether you've finished your holiday howork or not, we will go against our nature, defy our instincts, and love you forever."
Little Jiu blinked her eyes and whispered, "Big Brother, you... you... how do you know I haven't finished my howork yet..."
"There are only two days left in the holiday," Dong Chengling stared at Little Jiu. "You haven't finished it yet?"
"If things aren't left until the last day to do, then that last day loses its aning."
"Such flawed logic. Today, I'm going to make sure you focus on it the whole day; don't even think about playing with your phone."
"Ah, no!" Little Jiu protested. "I already studied for four hours yesterday! I should be allowed to play gas after another six hours of studying today!"
"You really believe that... Alright, finish your howork in these six hours then."
Although Dong Chengling didn't know why Ren Suo suddenly said this to Little Jiu, she sharply noticed that Little Jiu seed to be in a much better mood, as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. Little Jiu spoke more freely and even ca over to hug her and act spoiled—an action that, before, Little Jiu would only do with Ren Suo.
Dong Chengling suddenly felt a hint of jealousy. Is charming little girls the only thing you're good at...?
"Done!" Ren Suo said, sowhat regrettably.
In the live stream, the Handso Monkey King had shattered the last palace, looking back to see that Heaven, Asgard, Takamagahara, Mount Olympus, Heaven... were all dissipating into rolling clouds of dust.
"Old Sun is leaving too!" The Handso Monkey King laughed heartily, thrusting his staff through space, stepping into the aurora-filled night outside, and disappearing without a trace.
The cara switched to the Path of Destiny, where the Cloaked Girl with Blue Hair spoke with a tone tinged with lant: "When pride falls from the clouds, it turns into strength for all beings."
Following the voice of the Cloaked Girl with Blue Hair, three cards quietly appeared on the screen: "The Era of Prayer," "The Era of Divine Enthronent," and "The Era of the Gods."
In "The Era of Prayer," in the bustling city, countless mortals and Transcendents knelt and prayed, and Divine Kingdoms appeared in the sky, but the Divine Kingdoms were empty, and there was nothing inside.
In "The Era of Divine Enthronent," Transcendents fought against each other, and the last victor took the throne of the gods, igniting the eternal Divine Fire, becoming arrogant in appearance and looking down upon all beings.
In "The Era of the Gods," beings bowed and worshipped the Transcendents inside the Divine Kingdoms. The Transcendents on the divine thrones commanded the beings to attack followers of other Divine Kingdoms. The gods perched in the heavens, treating beings as pawns, and ruling over the Destiny, life, and death of all things.
With a gentle wave of the Cloaked Girl with Blue Hair, the three cards all vanished: "Pride, after all, is the biggest barrier to survival."
"The crushed Cloud City, the slain deities, they proclaim the fall of the Source of Disaster, the Proud Tyrant. The nurtured strength is fully released, and the future once known as pride has been changed."
Because it was not the Disaster Girl who dealt with the Source of Disaster, the Cloaked Girl with Blue Hair did not ntion if the Disaster Girl would receive any other reward.
At this mont, another card appeared in midair, nad "Carefree Freedom."
And on the card, there was a golden-haired girl climbing a mountain. She wore beautiful and graceful Clothing, her bare feet scaling the icy snow-covered terrain, her cape dusted with snow, as she ran to the summit where the cold winds blew fiercely.
However, Dong Chengling, looking at the golden-haired girl on the screen, murmured quietly, "That set of Clothing, it looks like..."
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