The god who controlled spirit and will,
Xia Peishu,
The one who ascended from a lower god to an upper god, had been striking awe into the hearts of all gods in his own way for tens of thousands of years.
When gods descended to the mortal realm, some were born as middle gods, others as lower gods,
But to become an upper god, one had to engage in battles and accumulate enough divinity.
Xia Peishu, starting as a lower god, had fought his way to becoming an upper god over tens of thousands of years.
His first act upon ascending to upper godhood was to battle the then-current upper god, a fight he lost, leading to reincarnation.
The second time, he fought Shesuojiang for two hundred years, engaging in over a thousand clashes. After their final great battle, he was killed by a scheme from Nifeita and Hors.
Who among the gods did not fear a being who had fought his way from lower god to upper god?
Most importantly, the way he ascended to upper godhood was not by waiting for an upper god to leave Earth, but by directly slaying that upper god, seizing his divinity, and becoming an upper god himself.
And that unfortunate soul, whom he killed, plundered of his divinity, and who was consequently demoted to middle godhood, was... Kesuotu.
Aleswa took a deep breath. "That Xia Peishu is in Tokyo, planning to kill both of us while I'm fighting Ricardo."
It was laughable.
Xia Peishu's battles were always head-on confrontations; he wouldn't resort to sneak attacks.
Aleswa shook his head slightly. He understood Xia Peishu because, in the past, Xia Peishu's combat strength was even lower than his own. He had watched step by step as Xia Peishu fought against the gods, ascended to middle godhood, and finally to upper godhood.
Aleswa suddenly felt pathetic. The person who was once like him was now someone he had to look up to.
And he himself was stagnating.
"Hoo..."
Aleswa slowly sat down, his gaze sinister as he pondered: "Praedana, that woman holds the key to Shesuojiang's awakening. If that key can never be activated..."
Suddenly,
Aleswa's eyes flickered, and he looked towards the distant sea, where a luxurious cruise ship was visible. Praedana was on board.
If he used his abilities to kill her, she would go directly to reincarnation, with no ability to resist. In this era, Shesuojiang would not emerge.
Aleswa found this a tempting thought.
But,
Soon,
Aleswa abandoned this reckless idea. After Xia Peishu died last time, Shesuojiang had directly entered reincarnation, sealing the passage out of this realm.
He wasn't sure if Xia Peishu would do the same this time, sealing the passage for gods to leave.
If that were the case, the gods would remain the same. With no gods leaving and no gods descending, he would still be at the very bottom.
Aleswa's sinister gaze gradually softened. "Then let them fight. The vacant god positions will give me a chance to ascend."
Aleswa was not foolish. Like Egfen, the god of death, he clearly understood his own position. To ascend, he only needed to accumulate divinity and then wait patiently.
"You three lure those three from the Hunter Group to Xia Peishu," Aleswa said in a low voice.
A voice from behind him responded, "He's called Heli now."
"Thank you for the reminder. Go and lure those three from the Hunter Group to Xia Peishu."
"He's called Heli now."
"I know, but I'm used to calling him Xia Peishu. Is that okay?"
"It's fine, but he's called Heli now."
"Get lost!"
Aleswa's two unfortunate divine envoys disappeared. At the same time, Aleswa sighed. The war of gods in Tokyo was truly chaotic.
His well-laid plans were disrupted by that slut Praedana. Originally, Xia Peishu... Heli had left, but she brought him back.
Praedana, you truly deserve to die.
If you don't want to ascend, you're blocking us. You'd better not appear before me again.
Aleswa had his own plans. The original plan remained unchanged: first, let the Hunter Group test Heli, preferably to keep Heli occupied, so he could kill Ricardo first.
Heli's idea was: "You guys fight, I'll watch the excitement. When you're both worn out, I'll make a grand entrance. Mortals, your god has arrived. After a swift slaughter, I'll gain three divine essences, give one to Susan, and tell the world that the Hunter Group has successfully slain a god! The Hunter Group is awesome! This will also give the Hunter Group confidence. Damn, we actually slew a god! Where are the other gods? I want to achieve great deeds."
Zhao Tongzhi's idea was: She herself was leading the elite forces of the Hunter Group, and they even had a "God-Slaying Nuclear Bomb" with immense destructive power. Why couldn't mortals slay gods?
Susan's idea was... never mind, it's not important.
The three factions in Tokyo each had their own plans, but they hadn't bothered to ask the god at the center of this storm, Ricardo, if he agreed.
The origin of everything was Ricardo, who was about to awaken.
Somewhere beneath Tokyo, in endless darkness, a tall man with long hair slept. He suddenly opened his eyes, divine power emanating from him, his bones cracking with explosive sounds.
Ricardo paused, his gaze seeming a little lost. He looked up, his brown eyes shining with a peculiar blue light.
After a long while,
Ricardo smiled slightly, "It's quite lively up there."
Ricardo slowly closed his eyes, allowing his divine power to spread, signaling to his three divine envoys lurking in the sea.
"Don't come out. Let them fight first."
Ricardo's premature awakening was something no one knew.
At this moment, Zhao Tongzhi was walking down the street, followed by two men and one woman, all with ordinary appearances and demeanors.
The woman behind Zhao Tongzhi said impatiently, "Team leader, when will that god awaken? Can we hurry it up? I still need to take my child to cram school."
Zhao Tongzhi turned back with a conflicted expression and replied, "I don't know either. It should be within these two days. For your child's cram school, can't you have your husband, oh wait, your ex-husband... no, your current boyfriend take them?"
"My boyfriend doesn't like my son."
"Then why are you still his girlfriend?"
"He's very capable."
"You're already a divine-tier ability user, and he's still more capable than you?"
"Team leader, what I mean by capable isn't about fighting power."
Zhao Tongzhi: "..."
Zhao Tongzhi was helpless. Middle-aged women were the most difficult to deal with, their mouths full of vulgar jokes, truly unbearable.
At this moment, the very fat man beside them spoke, "Two powerful demonic energies have appeared and are moving. They are rapidly converging towards one direction from different locations."
"Team leader, should we go over there?"
Zhao Tongzhi rolled her eyes and said, "Go where? We've been strolling for over half an hour, and no demonic energy has appeared. But now, two powerful demonic energies appear simultaneously and are heading to the same location. Isn't it obvious they're trying to lure us there?
Are you stupid?"
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