Chapter 423: God

The green-haired young man was shot in the head. Without head protection, being hit in the head by the Spider Queen meant death, even for Su Xiao.

The headless corpse fell. The green-haired young man died of greed and hesitation.

Su Xiao was indeed in a near-death state before, but there were too many contractors around, and this green-haired contractor was hesitating whether to come forward.

When he made up his mind, his first target was that dark purple treasure chest.

The green-haired young man was too greedy. He not only wanted to get the dark purple treasure chest but also coveted Su Xiao's equipment, especially the Zhan Long Shan in Su Xiao's hand. If Su Xiao encountered this situation, he would definitely kill first and then take the things.

Anyone can be greedy; this is a very normal thing. Su Xiao also has times when he is greedy, but before being greedy, one must have self-knowledge and distinguish what can be coveted and what cannot.

Su Xiao will definitely get what he can get. If the risk is higher than the return, Su Xiao will turn around and leave.

Shooting the green-haired young man, Su Xiao immediately turned the muzzle and aimed at the left side.

*Bang. *

Another shot. A contractor who was peeking in the corridor was shot in the head.

The Spider Queen was very strong at this distance; the bullet arrived the moment the gunshot sounded.

"This guy didn't enter a near-death state, run!"

After a shout, rapid footsteps came from the corridors extending in all directions.

But after "watching the show" for so long, they had to leave a "ticket."

*Bang, bang. *

Su Xiao fired two more shots. One shot pierced the chest of a contractor, and that contractor was dragged away by his companion; the other shot hit the wall, scaring the contractor nearby half to death.

When the footsteps around disappeared, Su Xiao began to cough violently, spitting out several large mouthfuls of blood.

The President's piercing sword was very sharp. Su Xiao wanted to recover from his current injuries, which would take at least half an hour. This was still with the effect of the Elf Secret Medicine and the Ice Goddess Halo.

The effect of the Elf Secret Medicine ended quickly; the duration of the potion was only two minutes.

If calculated according to the values, the Elf Secret Medicine restored a total of 120% HP. Su Xiao should have recovered, but the fact was not so.

Massive blood loss caused his HP to continue to decline. After the recovery effect of the potion ended, his HP only recovered to 60%.

Although not in a full state, Su Xiao already had the ability to continue fighting.

*Rum-rum-rum! *

The ground suddenly began to vibrate, and red light surged from the ground.

"This is?"

Su Xiao looked around, and soon he understood what had happened.

The Nationwide Transmutation Circle was activated. It seemed that the five human sacrifices had been gathered.

If one looked at Amestris from high altitude at this time, one could clearly see a circular transmutation circle covering the entire Amestris.

The blood-red light emitted by the transmutation circle dyed the entire country red, and countless black arms reached out from the ground. These arms were like shadows, soft and boneless, but they could grab human souls.

Amestris had a total of fifty million people. Doctors, workers, generals, farmers, etc., all collapsed to the ground, struggling painfully on the ground.

At this time, there was no distinction between noble and lowly; they were being stripped of their souls.

The only safe point of the Nationwide Transmutation Circle was below the Presidential Palace. This was done intentionally by the Dwarf in the Flask to "protect" the five human sacrifices.

Before the Gate of Truth was opened, the Dwarf in the Flask would not kill the human sacrifices.

Red light spots streaked across the sky over various parts of Amestris; these were the souls of the people of Amestris.

Underground, the Dwarf in the Flask, who had already revealed his true form, was laughing wildly.

His true form was very ugly, black-purple all over, just like a humanoid figure composed of shadows, with eyes all over his body.

Tens of millions of souls gathered in the Dwarf in the Flask's body, but the Dwarf in the Flask seemed somewhat dissatisfied.

The souls gathered in his body totaled twenty million. The souls of the remaining thirty million civilians were not successfully stripped out. The transmutation circle was not complete enough, and the timing of the activation was wrong.

But he had to activate the transmutation circle, otherwise, there would be no chance.

Even now, the Dwarf in the Flask didn't understand why the plan that had been proceeding smoothly had suddenly stopped.

Having stayed underground for hundreds of years, the Dwarf in the Flask's thinking had solidified. In his cognition, humans = ants = energy = unable to resist him.

The souls of twenty million people entered the Dwarf in the Flask's body and transformed into Philosopher's Stones, and the Dwarf in the Flask's body size began to grow rapidly.

He broke through the Presidential Palace building and stood under the night sky like a giant. The moon in the sky had turned into a round black ball at some point.

The best time to activate the Nationwide Transmutation Circle was during a total solar eclipse, followed by the night.

The Dwarf in the Flask's body size continued to grow, and one of his purple-black arms stretched toward the sky.

"Oh~, God!"

A dull voice came from the Dwarf in the Flask's mouth.

"Respond to my soul, come."

A white line appeared in the center of the black ball in the sky, and a rectangular door opened.

The inside of the door was pitch black, with only a giant eye with a white background and gray pupils.

This door was the Gate of Truth, the foundation of alchemy.

Black shadow tentacles stretched out from the Gate of Truth in the high sky, intending to drag the Dwarf in the Flask into the Gate of Truth. The Dwarf in the Flask gathered five human sacrifices to activate the Nationwide Transmutation Circle, which was similar in nature to human transmutation.

If it were an ordinary alchemist, the Gate of Truth could instantly drag the opponent into it, but it appeared powerless against the Dwarf in the Flask, who had twenty million souls in his body.

The Dwarf in the Flask laughed wantonly. He grabbed the shadow tentacles stretched out from the Gate of Truth, actually intending to drag the Eye of Truth inside the door toward himself.

"I want to drag you to the ground and become a part of my body."

The Eye of Truth was slowly dragged out of the door, white light enveloped the Dwarf in the Flask, and a powerful energy spread to the surroundings.

*Boom! *

The energy swept across, and a large number of houses in Central City collapsed, as if the world would collapse at this moment.

Below the Presidential Palace, the location where Su Xiao was.

Standing up somewhat dazed, Su Xiao was almost knocked unconscious by the energy pulse just now.

Fortunately, he had never thought about dealing with the Dwarf in the Flask alone, otherwise, there would be no chance of winning at all.

The Dwarf in the Flask had now become a "God." Of course, the God mentioned here was a false God, just a God of the Fullmetal Alchemist world.

Or rather, the Dwarf in the Flask dragged "God" into his body and became a container for God, only this God had no self-consciousness.

The Nationwide Transmutation had just ended, and a second transmutation circle was already in preparation.

This transmutation circle was not arranged by the Dwarf in the Flask, but by Van Hohenheim.

He had arranged the Philosopher's Stones for hundreds of thousands of people in his body all over Amestris, just waiting for the Dwarf in the Flask to activate the Nationwide Transmutation Circle.

The second transmutation circle was similar to the Nationwide Transmutation Circle, but it was reversed.

On the lowest level underground of the Presidential Palace, the Dwarf in the Flask sat on a steel chair with a relaxed expression, his lower body covered with a piece of white cloth.

Edward and the other five human sacrifices woke up one after another.

"What is going on?"

"The Nationwide Transmutation Circle has been activated."

"What?!"

The five stood together, looking vigilantly at the Dwarf in the Flask not far away.

At this moment, the Dwarf in the Flask had already obtained a perfect body, and his appearance was that of Hohenheim in his youth.

"Everyone, you are already useless."

The Dwarf in the Flask was expressionless; most of his emotions had already been separated.

Edward and the others wanted to use alchemy to attack the Dwarf in the Flask, but they couldn't use alchemy at all.

"Alchemy has been sealed by me. Goodbye, everyone."

The Dwarf in the Flask raised a hand, and a scorching red ball appeared in his palm; that was a small sun.

Edward and the others were all somewhat sluggish.

"You, that is..."

Hohenheim pretended to be surprised. He was actually waiting, waiting for the second transmutation circle to activate.

"For me who has already obtained God, now even making a sun with my hands is no problem."

Just as the Dwarf in the Flask was about to eliminate the few, his eyes suddenly widened.

"This is?"

"Heh~, the moment you obtained God, you were doomed to fail, Dwarf in the Flask!"

Hohenheim roared, and the second transmutation circle activated.

"Ah!!"

Countless souls rushed out from the Dwarf in the Flask's body. After just over ten seconds, the souls of the Amestris people in the Dwarf in the Flask's body dissipated completely.

Su Xiao watched the large number of souls rushing into the sky, and his heartbeat began to accelerate.

It succeeded. Although the Dwarf in the Flask mastered the power of God, he lost the energy to use the power of God.

"It's time to clean up the unstable factors."

Because the Nationwide Transmutation Circle was activated, all the contractors in the Fullmetal Alchemist world were hiding below the Presidential Palace.

Su Xiao didn't think he could kill all these contractors; that was impossible, but he had to drive these contractors out, otherwise, he might be doing wedding clothes for others.

He was only one step away from completing the promotion mission. ===== CHAPTER 424 =====