Chapter 2467: Here to Deliver Heads

After the Divine Maiden received a heavy slap to the face, her meaningless drivel decreased significantly. In this world with gods, being "predicted to die" by her was something everyone feared to some degree.

Unfortunately, her tried-and-true tactic met its Waterloo today; there wasn't a single person in this room afraid of death.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who was lying on a small bed taking a nap, lifted his head, glanced at the Divine Maiden, and then continued to sleep. Another new victim.

Various exquisite meals were laid out on the dining table. Su Xiao didn't move, the Goddess had no appetite to eat, and Wen Aiyouer, who had crawled her way up from the bottom, occasionally grabbed a piece and stuffed it into her mouth.

"A few days ago, Laidun Hongxu led the Broken Horn troops as the vanguard, intending to break through the Sand Flame defense line. One day after his failure, Spring Tieyang's troops besieged Rongsha Fortress. If Segona City is the 'Gate of Peru', then Rongsha Fortress is the 'Gate of Sand Flame'. Today, you, as the Divine Maiden of Peru, appeared in Segona City. Is this a coincidence?"

Su Xiao placed three gold coins side-by-side on the table, representing Laidun Hongxu, Spring Tieyang, and finally, the Divine Maiden.

"The God of Lush Growth will send down divine punishment."

The Divine Maiden endured the burning pain on her cheek and stubbornly said these words.

"Really?"

Bahar flew over from the side, looking solemn.

"Of course."

The Divine Maiden finally found someone she could threaten. Although it was an "extraordinary creature," the fact that it could interject here showed that this extraordinary creature held a high status among these people.

"Tell him to come quickly. If you can make him appear, we will release you immediately."

Bahar was, of course, not afraid of the God of Lush Growth. The second stage of the main quest was to capture the God of Lush Growth alive; they couldn't even find him, so if the other party delivered themselves to their doorstep, that would be perfect.

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The Divine Maiden didn't react for a moment, then she suddenly realized that these people were all lunatics.

"Gods are neutral; they do not favor anyone. The revival and death of all things are gifts bestowed by the two gods, and I represent revival."

The Divine Maiden lowered her head, and a ripple spread from her as the center point. Wen Aiyuer, standing beside her, grabbed her shoulders, pulled a long dagger from her calf, and made a move to stab into the Divine Maiden's neck.

"Back off."

Just as Su Xiao finished speaking, the long dagger stopped beside the Divine Maiden's neck, the tip already touching her skin, drawing a shallow bloodstain.

Wen Aiyuer leaped back repeatedly, retreating to the corner of the room. Bahar and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang were more experienced and rushed out directly through the window.

The Divine Maiden floated slowly into mid-air, her beautiful hair fluttering, her body leaning back slightly, arms spread wide, as if to embrace something.

Su Xiao had perceived the surrounding ripples once before, so he didn't move.

Cyan energy emerged around the Divine Maiden. With a boom, the floor of the room collapsed, and Su Xiao fell to the first floor of the stone building along with the broken floorboards.

Finally, the cyan energy formed a phantom. This phantom was over ten meters tall, its image very blurry, like a giant human with a blanket on its head. After it raised its two arms, it revealed claws like tree branches.

Su Xiao had always thought only Old Gods were ugly. Now it seemed the images of neutral gods weren't much better; while not exactly ugly, they didn't conform to human aesthetics.

An eye opened at the phantom's head position. This eye looked down at Su Xiao from a high vantage point, from initial contempt to doubt, then to astonishment, because it saw a human who had slaughtered many gods.

Black-blue smoke rose from Su Xiao's body, eventually wrapping his entire person within it. Su Xiao's vision changed, and the world turned black and white.

A large mass of emerald energy appeared before Su Xiao's eyes. Red represented inedible human life force, green represented edible and delicious, and blue represented a major supplement.

Su Xiao suddenly disappeared from where he stood; when he reappeared, he was already in front of the phantom.

*Puchi~*

A wooden spike pierced Su Xiao's shoulder. He didn't dodge or evade, his hand, completely wrapped in black-blue smoke, pressed forward.

With a *creak*, Su Xiao felt as if he had grabbed a gelatinous substance. The black-blue smoke on his body spread rapidly, climbing onto the phantom.

Su Xiao was in a state where the Devourer Core was fully open. He hadn't found energy he could devour for a long time, and he certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity now.

This phantom was the incarnation of the neutral God of Lush Growth. An Old God's incarnation "cannot be eaten"—that is "highly toxic" material. Neutral and friendly god incarnations are different; if they come to provoke Su Xiao, they are major supplements.

Black-blue smoke swirled, wrapping most of the phantom in an instant, and began to devour.

A scream unlike a human's came forth. The last god devoured by the Devourer Core was named the Goddess of Dawn; when her incarnation was devoured, she screamed even louder.

"Human, you will pay the price."

The voice came from all around. Su Xiao's hand lifted and slowly clenched, and the black-blue smoke completely engulfed the god's incarnation.

Black-blue smoke rose, and a large amount of energy poured into Su Xiao's left arm, then entered the Devourer Core in his chest. After conversion, refinement, purification, and filtering, it turned into a non-attribute colorless energy, which was devoured by the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy, and the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability began to improve.

As more and more energy poured into Su Xiao's body, the god's incarnation wrapped in black-blue smoke became very small, eventually dissipating, leaving only the Divine Maiden. A god's incarnation formed entirely of energy didn't even have the qualifications to fight in front of Su Xiao.

Su Xiao exhaled slowly. As he controlled the Devourer Core, the black-blue smoke on his body dissipated. The improvement in the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability was not small; he didn't have time to check it for the moment.

Su Xiao stepped forward to the Divine Maiden, squatted down, and looked at her.

"Continue to call for help from the God of Lush Growth. The taste of divine energy is quite good."

"..."

The Divine Maiden was silent for a moment, her body beginning to curl up.

"I... I will tell you everything."

Tears fell from the Divine Maiden's face. Just a moment ago, her god had abandoned her. She had always believed herself to be the god's proxy; now it seemed she was simply insignificant in the eyes of the God of Lush Growth. When the other party fled, they didn't even bother to take her, this burden, to avoid increasing additional risks. One must know, she had helped the God of Lush Growth deceive many people.

"Let's talk first about what plans the Peru Kingdom has."

"Okay."

The Divine Maiden sat up from the ground. The God of Lush Growth had overlooked a very critical issue: that women become very terrifying after being betrayed.

Up to now, everything was according to plan, including provoking the Divine Maiden through Wen Aiyuer to make the other party summon the incarnation of the God of Lush Growth.

Segona City had been defended until it was impregnable. With the Black Dragon Midis as a major killing weapon, Su Xiao had no fear of the dwarves' war machines.

At 1:00 PM that day, Su Xiao received an ultimatum from Spring Tieyang. The other party already knew that the Divine Maiden had been captured and demanded that Su Xiao release the Divine Maiden before 6:00 PM, otherwise, they would attack Segona City at any cost.

Spring Tieyang's attitude was very strange. According to common sense, as long as the God of Lush Growth stood on their side, the Divine Maiden was replaceable. Why would they be willing to return Sand Flame territory for one Divine Maiden?

Su Xiao was waiting for news from Sand City. If Sand City still didn't allocate soldiers to him after capturing Segona City, he would have no choice but to retreat from Segona City, take his 68,000+ soldiers, and retreat to the rear of the battle line, accumulating routed troops on the battlefield bit by bit.

This was a method with no other choice. If you don't fight, you can't recruit routed troops; if you fight, you consume military strength. In this vicious cycle, large battles like the one at Rongsha Fortress were rarely encountered in many years. He had only made his fortune before because of good luck.

According to the worst-case progress, when Fei Shi entered this world, Su Xiao might only have tens of thousands of soldiers, and his title wouldn't be able to reach the five-star quality.

Sand City's attitude determined many things. If Sand City disappointed Su Xiao, he was prepared to play a ruthless hand. He had fought on the front lines for so long for nothing, and he wouldn't let the Sand Flame and Peru nations have an easy time either.

At 4:00 PM that night, Sand City, inside the Luo Sai Palace.

The Sand Emperor looked at the floating sand before him, his eyes narrowing.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the defense line at Rongsha Fortress has been stabilized. The previous incident will absolutely not happen a second time."

Grand Priest Uno walked quickly into the council hall. Just as he sat down, he noticed the Sand Emperor's expression was wrong.

"Uno, Kuku Lin has captured Segona City."

"Wh... what?"

Uno leaned back in his chair, groaned, and closed his eyes. His head was buzzing.

"Your Majesty, the batch of supplies you requested has already been sent to the front lines. You are..."

Carola, walking gracefully, gave a small yawn. She usually slept very early, often falling asleep by 5:00 PM.

Just as Carola sat down, she noticed Uno's complexion on the side was wrong.

"Karola, Kukulin has captured Segona City."

The Sand Emperor tossed the small ball in his hand and smiled.

"What?!"

Carola also leaned back in her chair, feeling a headache.

"There is one more thing. The Divine Maiden of Peru is in Segona City, captured alive by Kuku Lin."

Hearing the Sand Emperor's words, Uno's expression didn't change, still rubbing his temples in worry, while Carola's spirit was lifted as she said:

"Your Majesty, this is our opportunity. Let's allocate troops to Commander-in-Chief Kuku Lin."

Hearing Carola's words, the Sand Emperor narrowed his eyes. He felt that Carola seemed to care too much about the Divine Maiden, but that was nothing. The Divine Maiden's significance was great. With Carola's wisdom, she wouldn't reveal her flaws and ambition so obviously. Judging by this, there was no problem with the Divine Maiden incident.

Thinking this through, the Sand Emperor looked at Uno.

"Uno, what is your opinion?"

"Your Majesty, I dare not have an opinion on your decision."

After Uno said this, he picked up a piece of steak on the table and stuffed it into his mouth rudely. The fierce dog had already begun to reveal its fangs, and the beautiful snake beside him was also shaking its "long tail." ===== CHAPTER 2468 =====