Chapter 312: 312 Either Explode in Silence, or in…

312 Either Explode in Silence, or in…

【What a pity: As the first human in history to use a "Fatal Groin Strike" against a female true god, your name shall be recorded in the annals of history】

【Equip Effect: When directly inflicting physical damage on a target whose gender is male or who possesses the corresponding organ, it will bring unbearable, excruciating pain, the degree and location of which is equivalent to one "Fatal Groin Strike"】

【Advancement Path: None】

【Hidden Trait (No Equip Required): Because of their wariness toward your method of attack, female true gods, when becoming your enemy, will with high probability choose you as their first attack target】

……

Holy shit?!!

Looking at the Goddess of Wealth at the bottom of the Emerald Valley, screaming with her legs clamped together as she fell to the ground, and the lazy youth who had barely crawled to the edge of the valley, he couldn't help but shudder violently.

Although he had long known that Hearing Li Ang was not "ordinary," this vicious and ruthless heavy kick had truly given him a tremendous fright, and when Hearing Li Ang directly mounted her and rained blows on the Goddess of Wealth, he began to gasp repeatedly.

No way… he just drank a little wine, so how did he suddenly start riding a true god and beating her up? Ow, that punch! He even knocked her nose crooked! Hiss… I can't understand it, I really can't understand it!

And those who couldn't make sense of this scene were not only the lazy youth on the mountaintop; the giant crocodile that had been summoned by the contract of 【Heart's-Desire Scale】 and was prowling at the bottom of the Emerald Valley was equally dumbfounded.

The Realm of the Dead hadn't been very peaceful lately; it seemed some troublesome big shot was going to be sent in, so the several Overlords had all restrained their subordinates from acting rashly, and it had been quite some time since he'd had meat.

So upon hearing the summon from his contractor, he had secretly slipped out, wanting to take the chance to poach some game, to taste the flavor of a sinner's heart and make up for the meals he'd missed during this period.

The result was that although there was a sinful heart, the heart's owner turned out to be the Goddess of Wealth; this woman's level was only a step or two behind the Overlords of the Realm of the Dead, so he really wasn't her match, and the moment he drew near, she roared at him, and if he hadn't retreated, he might well have gotten beaten up.

And just when he had been forced to give up his extra meal, and even the contractor who had summoned him had been beaten to near-death by the enraged Goddess of Wealth, a human who smelled terribly weak had actually wandered over, swaying unsteadily, and directly knocked down the Goddess of Wealth, mounted her, and started beating her wildly!

This… this can't be right, can it?

Watching the "weak" Cleaner who was mounted on the Goddess of Wealth, beating her face bloody, as a true god whose strength was nothing special and whose brains were equally nothing special, Crocodile God Ampul's not-very-large brain had already reached the brink of total crash, and instinctively wanted to slip away.

But because 【Heart's-Desire Scale】 was still lodged in Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's chest and the signed contract had not yet been completed, he was unable to leave the vicinity as agreed, so he could only try hard to shrink his body down to a size of only half a person's length, then hide in the shadows at the corner of the execution platform, watching in blank bewilderment as Hearing Li Ang continued his frantic assault on the Goddess of Wealth.

And after riding on the Goddess of Wealth and throwing thirty or forty punches in a row, Hearing Li Ang, whose head was swimming from the drink, finally discovered that the Goddess of Wealth's body was extraordinarily tough.

Although relying on the invincibility duration provided by 【Immortal of the Wine Cup】, he had directly nullified the damage from her, it could not weaken the defensive power of her flesh; the fist he threw with all his might had only just barely broken her nose, without causing any substantial damage, and his knuckles were even aching from being ground by the snake scales on her face.

This couldn't go on like this; he had to quickly find something handy…

Since he was preparing to look for a weapon, Hearing Li Ang naturally thought of Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma's rapier.

But after looking at Senior Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, who was clutching her chest and staring at him in utter shock, worried that drawing the sword might cause some secondary injury, Hearing Li Ang, his face flushed red from drinking, gave up on this idea and instead looked toward the execution platform… and the crocodile below it that was spacing out.

"……"

"???"

After exchanging a glance with the utterly bewildered Crocodile God, looking at the crocodile with its sharp teeth, a look of sudden realization flashed in Hearing Li Ang's eyes, and he immediately stood up, dragged the Goddess of Wealth by the ankle, and walked toward the shadows beneath the execution platform…

……

I…

I got beaten up?

I got beaten up by a mortal?

After Hearing Li Ang's beating came to a pause, the Goddess of Wealth, who was now thoroughly dumbfounded, finally understood what had just happened—she had been knocked to the ground by a mortal, then mounted and beaten savagely!

No! No!! This is impossible!!!

Even though her repeatedly battered head was still spinning, even though her crooked nose was still dripping blood, even though the area between her legs was still aching faintly, she still could not accept this overly insane fact.

"That's not right!"

After regaining control of her body, the Goddess of Wealth suddenly struggled, kicked away Hearing Li Ang's hand gripping her ankle, propped herself up, raised her hand, and roared while clutching a handful of shell coins:

"This is impossible! I absolutely…"

"Bam!"

A giant crocodile covered in blue-black scales slammed onto the Goddess of Wealth's face with a loud crash, shoving her roar right back down her throat and eliciting an unprepared muffled grunt.

Taking advantage of the moment the Goddess of Wealth fell back to the ground, Hearing Li Ang, who had found a handy weapon, lifted up the flailing, panicked Crocodile God—soft belly up, hard scales down—and, without a shred of reason, slammed him down with all his might!

"BOOM!!!"

Compared to that previous strike, this one was far heavier; after being smashed by the Crocodile God's incomparably hard shell, the hard ground of the Emerald Valley cracked in response, and more than half of the Goddess of Wealth's head sank into the earth!

"……"

This is killing me, if I'd known this would happen, I should have just stayed obediently in the Realm of the Dead!

When the Goddess of Wealth had been smashed into silence, the Crocodile God, whose shell was being gripped around the neck and hindquarters by Hearing Li Ang and smashed down against the ground like a stone, had already begun to regret why he had run out.

When that certain Cleaner—who couldn't be called reckless, only lawless—had approached, it wasn't that he hadn't resisted.

But whether he opened his mouth to bite or swept his tail sideways, when it landed on the other party, it could only produce a string of bizarre colored bubbles, unable to cause any effective damage, while the other party could swing his arm in a full circle and, with a palm still stained with the goddess's blood, backhandedly deliver a vicious slap across his face!

It's just absurd…

And even more absurd than being slapped by a human was that, although it was his face that had been slapped, for some unknown reason his face didn't hurt much, but the area between his legs hurt—a lot, very much, extremely much! As if someone had kicked him hard right there.

After instinctively clamping his two short legs together, the unwilling Crocodile God tried tilting his neck and biting Hearing Li Ang's head hard again, but what greeted him was still not delicious flesh and blood, but a mouthful of colored foam, and Hearing Li Ang's palm raised high.

"Don't hit! Don't hit!"

Faced with the threat of that strange phantom pain, the unlucky Crocodile God decisively chose to follow his heart, hurriedly closed his eyes, curled up his body, obediently cooperated with Hearing Li Ang's movements, and served as the goddess's skull-cracker, being slammed down onto the Goddess of Wealth head-first in Hearing Li Ang's hands.

"Bam! Bam! Bam!"

After being smashed by these increasingly heavy blows until her upper body was forcibly shoved below ground level, the Goddess of Wealth, who for a time had been so hot-headed she couldn't accept the failure of her authority, was finally hammered back to her senses.

……

This damned ant truly was different from the other ants.

Watching Hearing Li Ang lift the curled-up Crocodile God again and smash him down hard toward her forehead, even though her heart still resisted immensely, the Goddess of Wealth finally had to accept the fact, however unwillingly.

No matter how the other party had actually done it, he had truly nullified… or even denied her authority, and had inflicted upon her what could only be called a humiliating injury.

But fortunately, this bizarre nullification ability had not appeared on those two troublesome first-rank Cleaners, but rather on this extremely weak ant.

This ant's body was truly too frail; even though he possessed an incomparably mysterious ability, he still couldn't cause her any substantial injury, while those two first-rank Cleaners who were capable

of causing her harm were already too wounded to move.

One, with seventy percent of his bones shattered, could only lie collapsed on the mountain peak like mud; the other had been pierced through the heart by his own sword, pinned firmly to the execution platform, where even shifting his body was a luxury.

What followed was then nothing simpler.

After taking another blow to the forehead with his brow, feeling the weak, childlike force of it, the Wealth Goddess, lying in the pit, immediately curled the corners of her mouth upward, revealing a pleased, faint smile.

"Is that all?"

Casually crushing a handful of cowrie shells, the Wealth Goddess raised her left hand and, with brute strength bought from who-knows-where, effortlessly caught the falling "skull-cracker," then immediately tore the Crocodile God, balled up, from it and casually tossed it aside.

"I must admit, you have surprised me."

Having broken free from the madness of discovering his powers had failed, the Wealth Goddess, restored to sanity, stood up again, brushed the dirt from her clothes, and then smiled at Li Ang, saying:

"Your ability is indeed miraculous, but mere means of exempting damage cannot kill a true god!"

"..."

"Come, come here."

With a smile growing ever more brilliant on her face, yet with not a shred of warmth in her eyes, the Wealth Goddess beckoned to Li Ang, who had instinctively stepped back two paces, her voice soft yet chilling as she called out:

"Stand before me; I want to see what exactly you are!"

As the Wealth Goddess's words fell, Li Ang felt the world before his eyes blur slightly; the Wealth Goddess, originally three paces away, miraculously appeared before him—or rather, he had appeared before her.

"Just as I thought."

Glancing at the ground beneath Li Ang's feet, the smile on the Wealth Goddess's face instantly grew even more brilliant.

"Although my power cannot affect you, it can still take normal effect on those things around you other than 'you'... am I not correct?"

"..."

"Also, I hope you will not make any more unnecessary moves."

Slightly turning her body to dodge the fist Li Ang swung, the Wealth Goddess crushed another handful of cowrie shells, narrowed her slender snake-like eyes, and explained slowly and deliberately:

"I just crushed a bit of cowrie shells to temporarily buy myself a bit of 'speed.'

For your two companions, this little trick is of no use whatsoever, but it seems quite suitable for dealing with you; your ability can exempt the damage I cause, but it cannot make you keep up with my speed... am I right?"

"..."

"It seems I guessed correctly again... hmm? Do you want to add some speed too?"

Watching Li Ang, who had stopped moving, launched no further attack, and instead took out two cowrie shells to crush them, the Wealth Goddess shook her head and said:

"Do as you please, but your wealth is far less than mine, and if you want to catch up with me, crushing just these few cowrie shells is far from enough."

After delivering this reminder, which held no goodwill, the Wealth Goddess smiled and said:

"Then comes the next hypothesis... while you were charging down the mountain, you were drinking constantly; may I assume your ability must be activated through heavy drinking?"?!

"It seems I guessed correctly again!"

Watching Li Ang, whose expression suddenly startled, a flush of excitement rose on the small portion of the Wealth Goddess's cheek not covered by snake scales; then, with a snap of her fingers, the entire Emerald Valley suddenly brightened.

"Triple sunlight, just enough to make you feel hot without reaching the point of burning, allowing you to sober up faster."

Pointing to the two extra suns that had suddenly appeared above her head, the Wealth Goddess, feeling she was approaching the "truth," pressed her heart, which was beating faster and faster, and said with eyes full of expectation:

"I am very curious: what happens to an ability activated through drinking after one sobers up? Will the ability be lost directly, or..."

"Eh?"

Feeling the world before her eyes slightly blur, the Wealth Goddess instinctively rubbed her eyes, then, looking at the increasingly blurry world, said in some bewilderment:

"I... I am..."

"Your body is heading toward death."

Having secretly crushed all the cowrie shells in his hand and confirmed he could buy nothing more, Li Ang, who had remained silent for an entire chapter, without even a single thought in his mind, spoke expressionlessly:

"Next, your skin will slowly turn pale, but your eyes will become redder and redder, drier and drier, even bleeding; your forehead and fingernails will turn cyan; your heart will beat faster and faster, your blood will flow wildly, yet your strength will grow weaker and weaker, more and more fatigued..."

"You... you are lying!"

The Wealth Goddess's expression tightened, and she gritted her teeth, saying:

"I am a true god! How could you possibly..."

"And your soul as well."

Li Ang said slowly and calmly:

"The change will spread from your body to your consciousness, making the flame of your soul flicker incessantly, becoming, just like now, anxious, panicked, irritable, unable to concentrate, until you lose consciousness, with a brief separation between soul and body..."

"You are talking nonsense! I simply..."

"Look, it has already begun."

Interrupting the Wealth Goddess's words, Li Ang pointed to her slightly cyan fingernails and slowed his speech, saying:

"You have the ability to judge truth from falsehood; you know clearly whether I have spoken falsely, you are simply unwilling to admit it."

"Furthermore, the thing that has caused you to become like this involves the very foundation of this world; I once exchanged the Water Bottle Secret Art with the Water Bottle Director for the secret containing its existence.

And humans who have come into contact with it in the past have either already died or will die on some future day; not a single one has been spared; I believe you will be no exception."

"You... you..."

Discovering the world before her eyes growing increasingly blurry, and the various situations Li Ang described beginning to appear one after another, the Wealth Goddess gritted her teeth and said:

"When you were beating... attacking me, you tampered with something, didn't you?"

"Damn it! Do you carry a numbered Anomaly? Is it... is it the 【Foul Flesh Scent】 that emptied the Flesh Hell? Or... or that 【Fallen God Flower】 that melted the Ten Thousand Things Heavenly Cicada?"

"..."

Hehe.

Li Ang, who had absolutely no idea what she was talking about, did not speak, but returned her with an inscrutable smile, then secretly pressed his tongue root against the mirror cufflink hidden in his mouth.

Quickly! Open the passage to the Mirror World wider; I am a bit short of oxygen too!