Chapter 3011

After patrolling the area near the altar, Su Xiao found few clues, for the altar was severely damaged; even if someone had deliberately repaired it, many places still showed serious deficiencies, but as an alchemist, he discovered some very interesting traces.

When Su Xiao had just used the insect tower, someone deliberately interfered with its transmission, bringing him here; Su Xiao had already guessed who did this.

The problem was not with the insect tower on Gemstone Street, but rather that the 'Mia Canyon' he intended to reach had been tampered with.

There are five insect towers that can reach the Beast Tribe's territory; Su Xiao guessed that no matter which one he chose to reach, the result would be the same as now; in the Beast Tribe, few could achieve this, and among those related to Su Xiao, only one remained: the Grand Sage.

It was the Grand Sage who secretly tampered with things, causing Su Xiao to arrive here; as for why the other party did this, it cannot yet be speculated at this stage.

"Traveler from afar, I have a story I wish to tell you."

A black python crawled out from the thicket, its entire body covered in patterned scales; its snake eyes held no reptilian chill, but instead were full of vicissitude.

This black python is a supernatural creature, not belonging to the Beast Tribe; its intelligence is not that high, for the Grand Sage had temporarily possessed its body.

"Do not be startled by my appearance; in this forest, I am everything."

The Grand Sage controlled the black python to coil together, its vertical pupils gazing at Su Xiao.

"Have you already decided to slay the gods? Before that, perhaps you should listen to our story; after hearing these stories, then decide what to do next."

The aura and spiritual fluctuations leaked by the Grand Sage showed no hostility, but it was very cautious; its true form had not come, this old fellow had survived for hundreds of years by hiding, and in this regard, it is absolutely the strongest in this world.

"Many years ago, this world had a supreme deity who looked down upon all beings, and all beings believed in her; as long as she bestowed insignificant favors, living beings would cheer and leap for joy; conversely, living beings had to offer half of their gains."

Many years passed, and that insignificant favor would eventually be seen through; until... among the living beings on the earth, there appeared beings equal to the deity—those were kings, sages, and queens; the deity merely bestowed small favors, so why should they offer so much?

The Grand Sage said this with a very calm tone, as if everything had nothing to do with it.

"The deity was angered and descended divine punishment, but the living beings on earth already had kings, sages, and queens to protect them; the divine punishment could not descend; when the deity bled, no one feared her anymore; indeed, we did it, ending the era ruled by the deity.

The former deity could only shrink into darkness; she was certainly unwilling; if disaster befell, and the kings, sages, and queens could not protect their people while doing so, living beings would again kneel before the deity; that disaster... was the ancient god.

The deity succeeded; the kings, sages, and queens, to seal the ancient god, staked everything; after the seal succeeded, under the deity's provocation, the three of them developed disagreements: whether to break the seal and fight, or to reseal, or to maintain the status quo, waiting for an opportunity.

No one knows which decision was correct, but the deity misjudged one thing: she summoned an ancient god too powerful; even if sealed, it could still continue to bring disaster; this game had no winners, only losers, reaping what they sowed."

Saying this, the Grand Sage sighed.

"Traveler from afar, do not be deceived by appearances, nor become a knife in others' hands; even if you fight the ancient god and become victorious, are you truly certain that you won? Or perhaps this is exactly the result some existence wishes to see.

Do not think the deity is selfless; we were deceived by lies and are now reaping what we sowed; is the deity not also? She too is reaping what she sowed."

The Grand Sage said no more, but let Su Xiao decide for himself.

The Grand Sage's meaning was already clear: the ancient god was summoned by the mother goddess, who wished to use the ancient god to bring disaster and ruin the Light King, the Grand Sage, and the Wolf Spider Queen, so that they and the ancient god would both suffer mutual destruction.

After their three deaths, the mother goddess would take the opportunity to destroy the ancient god, re-enter the era of deity rule, and once again be believed by all living beings, monopolizing divine power.

According to the Grand Sage's meaning, their sealing of the ancient god was due to deception, so it chose to observe silently; it is a sage who has seen through everything.

"Traveler from afar, now, breaking the seal to fight the ancient god is already the only choice; but you cannot fight alone; your strength, plus my wisdom, destroying the ancient god is not a mere fantasy..."

"Wait a moment."

Ba Ha interrupted the Grand Sage's words; the Grand Sage was not angry, and turned its gaze toward Ba Ha.

"Do you mean you want to join us in fighting the ancient god? If you do not die, how can the seal be opened?"

Hearing Ba Ha's words, the Grand Sage patiently explained:

"We wrapped the soul chains around the outside of the vessel; as long as the timing is right, removing the soul chains can likewise open the seal; it is not necessary that we die to open the seal; that is the mother goddess's lie; even now, she still hates us and wishes us dead."

The Grand Sage seemed unable to suppress the anger in its heart, and continued:

"Do not feel guilty for killing the Wolf Spider Queen; you merely stepped into a trap; our enemies are not only the ancient god, but also the mother goddess who once loomed high above; she too is our enemy; I and the Light King are your allies."

"..."

Su Xiao glanced at the black python controlled by the Grand Sage, then looked toward the nearby stone platform, and asked: "Grand Sage, was this altar set up by the mother goddess?"

"Yes, you should be able to feel it; it is this altar that summoned the ancient god; how many living beings died because of it, that is the source of all evil; I restored it, so as not to see more strong ones deceived by the mother goddess."

Having said this, the Grand Sage fell silent again; its attitude was that it only bore responsibility for providing the truth, as for how to choose, it entirely depended on Su Xiao's personal will.

"Since that is the case, then let us first slay the mother goddess."

Su Xiao placed his hand on the hilt of his waist knife, as if he had 'agreed' with the Grand Sage's words.

"Do not be anxious, what is your..."

"Bai Ye."

"Bai Ye, the mother goddess is very difficult to deal with; I have endured all this time because I am worried about one thing; if the mother goddess is driven to desperation, perhaps she will summon other ancient gods; we must first bind her, extract her divine source, and destroy it; only then can we truly kill her."

"Good idea."

Su Xiao seemed to once again believe the Grand Sage's words, and 'approved' of its wisdom; however, his inner thought was that the Grand Sage might not simply want the mother goddess dead; the point was her divine source, which might be what the Grand Sage truly desired.

"How is the Light King's condition? How is yours now?"

"Also very poor."

"Where is your true form? Even if we cooperate, I will not work with a head-hiding, tail-showing old fellow; at least prove that you are not scheming against me."

Upon hearing Su Xiao say this, the Grand Sage sighed; it had just wanted to continue its deception.

Pfft!

The long blade swept past, a python head flew up, and with a plop fell onto the dry grass; the headless serpent body twisted, spewing out large amounts of snake blood.

"You..."

The Grand Sage had just wanted to control the snake head to speak, but Su Xiao had already stepped forward, placed one foot on the snake head, exerted force, and crushed the snake head to pieces.

It must be said, sometimes a fierce-tempered fellow is more trustworthy; for example, the Wolf Spider Queen, her strength and beauty seem to have been exchanged for intelligence; historically the most fierce queen, referring to her.

The Wolf Spider Queen has a saying that is correct: that is, not a single word of what the Grand Sage says should be believed.

The Grand Sage's earlier speech seemed reasonable and well-founded, but in fact it was pure nonsense; this altar was not set up by the mother goddess, but there is one thing the Grand Sage did not lie about: this altar indeed summoned the ancient god.

This altar was set up by the Sod School, using it to summon the ancient god, namely that Shadow Ancient God.

As the saying goes, only magic can defeat magic; the Sod School deeply understands this; they originally intended to use the ancient god to fight the ancient god, hence they summoned the Shadow Ancient God.

Summoning an ancient god on one's own territory? Of course not; the Insect Kingdom's side also would not do; the Wolf Spider Queen's temper is notoriously bad, leaving no choice; thus they could only summon in the beasts' territory, so this altar is located here.

It can only be said that the Shadow Ancient God died unjustly; in the Dark Star World, it had just begun to suck the world to restore itself when it was chilled; afterward, its huge skull was made into a specimen, dying more unjustly than the Moon God.

The origin of the altar is fake. After the words of the great sage, is it still worth believing?

Su Xiao has studied ancient god energy for a long time. Through the observation just now, he has drawn a conclusion: with the specifications of this altar, it is impossible to summon a particularly powerful ancient god.

Regarding this research, Su Xiao is very confident. The reason is that he once lacked divine spirit bones for a period and planned to summon an ancient god to kill, but not long after, he encountered the blood god, so he did not do that, as it takes too long and has a low success rate.

Besides the origin of this altar, the great sage has another suspicious point. The King of Light and the Spider Queen are both in a state worse than death, but only the great sage not only wants to continue surviving, his will to live is also very strong.

That feeling is like, as long as the mother god, the King of Light, and the ancient god are all dead, the great sage would become the final winner.