Chapter 167: The Skull Bone Staff: I'm a Demigod-Level Eerie Object, and You Say I'm Ugly (Part 4)

Inside the gourmet shop.

Just as Xiao Yan, Lin Dong, and the others on the other side were busy with their tasks.

Inside the gourmet shop at this moment, Su Mu was communicating with Ling Shuangxue and the others.

"Here, this was left behind by those people who were trying to scam us; take it and give it to them!"

Following the departure of Yue Buqun, Zhang Sanfeng, and the others, only Ling Shuangxue, Huang Shaotian, Jiang He, and Yang Xue remained in the gourmet shop.

At this moment, Su Mu held the skull bone staff and handed it directly toward the four of them.

In an instant, the four people opposite him widened their eyes in horror.

"An... an..."

Yang Xue, who was only at the third realm, was completely dumbfounded as she looked at the object before her.

An eerie object—something she had only ever seen in pictures—had actually appeared right before her eyes.

On the other side, Ling Shuangxue and Huang Shaotian were also stunned.

They never imagined that the deity would actually give this to them!

This was a demigod-level eerie object, capable of corrupting several cities at will.

If handled improperly, it could even turn a small country into a dead zone.

"Th-this, Shopkeeper, I asked them, and they said they don't want it anymore!"

Just as the four were struck with horror, Huang Shaotian was the first to speak up and refuse.

Just kidding—this was a demigod-level eerie object; if they touched it, they would certainly be corrupted and turned into ghosts.

"Hmm? They don't want it?"

Hearing Huang Shaotian's words, Su Mu couldn't help but frown slightly.

However, after looking down at the skull bone staff in his hand, Su Mu understood.

"That's true, something this ugly, I suppose no one would want it!"

After saying this with a look of disdain, the skull bone staff in Su Mu's hand began to cry instantly.

As a dignified demigod-level eerie object, when had it ever suffered such humiliation?

Being bullied by that group of terrifying meat cleavers at night was one thing.

But to be called ugly by this terrifying existence during the day?

It regretted everything; had it known this place was so terrifying, it would rather have died than come out of there.

That bastard, the God of Ruin—it, the skull, would absolutely never let him off!

"Ahem, the Shopkeeper is right; since it's so ugly, they won't want it either. Why don't you just keep it for now, Shopkeeper?"

Coughing lightly, Huang Shaotian had no choice but to chime in to get Su Mu to keep it.

Hearing Huang Shaotian's words, the skull bone staff was instantly enraged.

Damn it, it was one thing for this terrifying existence to call it ugly.

But a mere little fanatic like you dares to talk about it too!

If it weren't for the fact that it was currently being suppressed.

Do you believe that with one curse, I could make your entire body's bones shatter and kill you right now!

Thinking of this, the skull bone staff glared viciously at Huang Shaotian.

Unfortunately, held in Su Mu's hand, not even a trace of its eerie aura, nor even the slightest scent of bone, could escape.

Thinking of this, the skull bone staff could only shrink into a corner, feeling aggrieved.

"Mm, alright then, since that's the case, I'll keep it for you for now!"

Since Huang Shaotian had said so, Su Mu looked at the skull bone staff in his hand and then tossed it onto the checkout counter.

It was something others didn't want anyway, and it looked so ugly, so Su Mu naturally didn't care much.

Yet, this casual action made Ling Shuangxue and the others' hearts jump with fear.

A demigod-level eerie object capable of destroying a small country at will had just been tossed aside so casually by the Shopkeeper.

He is truly worthy of being a deity!

"Shopkeeper, then we'll be going now!"

Glancing at the skull bone staff, Huang Shaotian hurriedly said this, and the four of them left in a rush.

It wasn't until they stepped out of the gourmet shop and walked a long distance away that the four of them finally stopped.

The sun was blazing high, yet cold sweat was already streaming down their backs.

"That was too terrifying; we were almost scared to death by that eerie object!"

Yang Xue was patting her flat chest repeatedly, the look of horror still lingering in her eyes.

For field personnel like them, eerie objects were simply too far removed from reality.

They had only ever seen any given eerie object in files.

They had never seen one in real life.

This was also their first time witnessing the ominous nature of an eerie object.

"You all are lucky; do you know what level of eerie object that was?"

On the other side, Huang Shaotian was also panting heavily; if he hadn't learned the rank of the skull bone staff from the High Priest of the Church of the Ruined God, he would have almost fallen for it too.

"A demigod-level eerie object, an existence that can easily corrupt a small country!"

"If it hadn't been suppressed by the deity, I reckon Tianlu City would have been gone long ago!"

Huang Shaotian said this with lingering fear, his eyes filled with deep horror.

Hearing that it was a demigod-level eerie object, Jiang He and Yang Xue were both stunned.

Demigod-level—wasn't that a legendary existence?

They had actually seen a demigod-level eerie object and hadn't died?

At this moment, the two couldn't help but gasp for air.

Just then, Ling Shuangxue, on the other side, turned her gaze toward the two of them.

"Your strength has long reached the peak of the third realm; it's time to prepare for a breakthrough!"

As these words were spoken, the gasping Jiang He and Yang Xue immediately looked awkward.

It wasn't that they didn't want to break through, but that they truly couldn't.

A few weeks ago, they were merely apprentices, and now they were already at the peak of the third realm.

If they went to the guild or the church to break through, they would likely be taken away for research in a matter of minutes.

By then, the matter of the deity would certainly be exposed.

They dared not imagine what the consequences would be if they exposed the deity's affairs without permission.

If they happened to anger the deity, they would be finished.

But without going to the guild or the church, they couldn't obtain the secret formula for a third-realm breakthrough.

The limit for ordinary humans was the power of the third-realm peak.

To break through their cultivation base, one had to use the power of secret elixirs to transition into a believer!

By building a bridge of faith within the body, one could use the deity's power to break through to the fourth realm.

Every deity's secret elixir was top secret.

Without the secret elixir, they had no way to break through their strength.

"I will bring the secret elixir to you, but I hope that when the time comes, you will try to believe in the one in the gourmet shop!"

Ling Shuangxue glanced at the statue of faith within her body and couldn't help but suggest this to the two.

Although every deity's secret elixir was different, it was clear that the one in the gourmet shop was simply too powerful.

Secret elixirs were originally meant to help mortals transition, but the one in the gourmet shop, by virtue of his own terrifying strength, had forcibly smoothed out most of the elixir's effects.

Having experienced it personally once, Ling Shuangxue had the most say in this.

Jiang He and Yang Xue, standing to the side, felt their eyes light up after hearing Ling Shuangxue's suggestion.

Believe in the deity in the gourmet shop?

They were naturally willing!

Meanwhile, inside the gourmet shop.

Su Mu, at this moment, did not yet know that he was about to gain two more believers.