Chapter 713

Most Holy Spirits aren't particularly strong; only a few are powerful.

The reason Holy Spirits appearing in the Heavenly Realm are all so formidable is simple: some powerful ones can even defeat weaker gods.

This is because only the strongest Holy Spirits are sent out.

Hence the illusion that all Holy Spirits are strong.

Not long after, Gassia flew to a street in the city, took up a position there, and laid out the Five Phoenix Fruits she held.

These Five Phoenix Fruits aren't especially precious within Vevila's Divine Realm, but they still hold great appeal for gods who haven't yet condensed their divine bodies.

"Oh? Gassia, you're selling Five Phoenix Fruits again?"

Beside her, another little elf greeted Gassia.

"Yes, Luluxi."

Gassia said.

"Gassia, our goddess said Goddess Vevika has sold a lot recently—is she preparing to break through to a Level 10 Divine Rank and Divine Body?"

Little elf Luluxi asked again.

Gassia shook her head: "Luluxi, I've been outside—I don't know."

Luluxi said: "Goddess Vevika is truly diligent."

The two little elves chatted back and forth like this.

In this city, this street was specifically used for exchanging and selling precious items.

"I've long heard that the divine domains of elf goddesses hold many treasures—didn't I tell you so?"

"Good. With a bit more treasure, I can condense my divine body."

"Yes, I still need to gather a few more things to establish my divine realm."

At this moment, the conversation of two beings—no, two gods—reached them.

They were two new gods: one without a divine body, the other without a divine realm.

"Oh? Five Phoenix Fruits."

One of the new gods spotted the Five Phoenix Fruits and walked over with a delighted expression.

As new gods who hadn't yet secured a divine body or divine realm, they naturally had no Holy Spirits of their own and had to handle everything themselves.

Holy Spirits don't exist in the wild.

When some gods perish, their divine realms seal completely, and the Holy Spirits inside cannot escape.

If a divine realm is destroyed, the Holy Spirits within almost always perish too, because their soul marks are bound to the divine realm—otherwise, how could Holy Spirits endure indefinitely?

"How much for the Five Phoenix Fruits?"

The new god arrived at Gassia's stall and asked.

A veil of mist shrouded the new god's face, making his appearance impossible to discern.

"Here they come!"

At this moment, Gassia's gaze sharpened slightly.

Because she saw the several Holy Spirits who had been searching for clues about the Lord of Flame in recent weeks had returned.

These Holy Spirits were all male.

They were tall, dressed in long robes, and carried a faint aura of divinity on their faces.

"Ten low-grade divine stones, or one mid-grade divine stone—only divine stones accepted."

Gassia pretended not to notice the Holy Spirits and replied to the new god asking the price.

The new god's face showed hesitation.

Before becoming gods, many new gods cultivate followers on the Continent of Gods, more or less.

Generally, new gods begin this during the pseudo-god stage.

They won't waste energy on such matters during the Holy Realm stage.

Of course, they do it secretly, making little noise, but still gather some faith power.

The Continent of Gods is vast, and each god's realm is limited, so many wild regions remain—new gods who are lucky can find plenty of followers after ascending!

Well, the area around the Flame Empire is actually one of the more densely populated regions on the Continent of Gods.

Even so, ten low-grade divine stones are beyond the means of any new god.

So the new god immediately looked troubled.

Gassia's attention, however, remained fixed on the other several Holy Spirits.

"Let's go search the Heavenly Realm again—maybe we can find some treasures to sell and get divine stones."

At this moment, the other new god tugged the first one's sleeve.

The two new gods left.

Gassia turned all her attention to the several Holy Spirits.

As they walked, suddenly one of the Holy Spirits stopped.

His face lit up with delight; he gestured to the others nearby and whispered:

"Lord Kino found a god willing to sell clues about the Lord of Flame—let's go see!"

With that, the several Holy Spirits departed from the area.

Though his voice was extremely quiet, the powerful Gassia still heard it.

Gassia's heart jolted!

"Who?"

Gassia knew that the people in Vevila's divine realm were the Lord of Flame, and that Vevila favored the Lord of Flame—she naturally grew worried.

After a moment's thought, she decided to follow them and then report to Goddess Vevila.

"Lulucy, the Goddess has something for me—I'm leaving first."

After bidding Lulucy farewell, Gassia quietly followed after them.

Those several Spiritlings were much weaker than Gassia, so she easily caught up to them and silently trailed behind.

After leaving the city, those Spiritlings flew continuously until finally reaching a pile of fragments floating in the sky of Heaven.

In Heaven, there were vast quantities of stones that could float in the air; apart from floating, these stones had no other properties.

Yet, during the construction of divine realms, some of these stones were inevitably mined and used as components.

The several Spiritlings entered the drifting cluster of rocks.

Gassia, being small in stature and strong in power, went undetected by them.

The Spiritlings flew upward continuously until finally halting atop a massive floating island.

Gassia followed after them.

The top of the floating island was extremely flat.

Numerous plants grew upon it.

Gassia quickly saw that the Spiritlings vanished behind a Divine Barrier.

Gassia concealed herself and slowly crept closer.

"This Divine Barrier is troublesome."

Gassia thought.

A Divine Barrier was a restriction set by Heaven's deities, capable of blocking sight, sound, and even attacks.

Powerful Divine Barriers were immensely potent.

Spiritlings carrying divine power could also set up Divine Barriers.

Though weaker than those placed directly by deities, they were more than sufficient to block Gassia.

"I should report this situation to the Goddess first."

Gassia thought.

Then she began to pray.

But immediately, her expression changed, for as soon as she prayed, she sensed a shell forming outside, severing the faith-line connecting her to the Goddess.

"Bad! This is a trap!"

Gassia's face darkened.

As Vivvira's right-hand woman, Gassia instantly realized she had been discovered.

No—her opponent had definitely set a trap, deliberately luring her in!

"Hahahaha! Dai Wei's method truly works—excellent results! Someone has taken the bait! Come out!"

At that moment, a booming laugh echoed from above the floating island—it was Spiritling Kino.