Chapter 904: Blessing

"Poof!" A giant sword hacked down, striking a Heavenly Demon. The Heavenly Demon's head instantly became like a coal ball thrown into a pot, igniting all at once with a terrifyingly dazzling light. It wanted to roar, but only managed two muffled sounds before rolling to the ground, turning into a pile of black charcoal.

"Aha, power, this is the power of a god!" The one using the giant sword was a small Heavenly Demon, whose physique was completely incomparable to the Heavenly Demon he had struck. In fact, he had not been a combat soldier before, but a scout who relied on speed and stealth. He usually would never go head-to-head with those Heavenly Demons who looked powerful at a glance. Even the giant sword in his hand, which was too heavy for him, had just been picked up. He never expected that today he could kill to his heart's content on the battlefield.

Yun Xiyan was beside him, finishing off dozens of Evil God believers one sword at a time. Hearing his exclamation, she hurriedly seized the opportunity to proselytize: "Yes, this is the power of the Taixiong God. If it weren't for his grace bestowing upon us, how could we have turned defeat into victory all at once? Thank the Taixiong God!"

The squad on the battlefield that had just finished a fight immediately shouted devoutly along with her: "Thank the Taixiong God!"

A Heavenly Demon from the Hutian camp squad that had just been saved by Yun Xiyan's squad asked: "Taixiong God? Did the Taixiong God bestow blessings upon us?"

Yun Xiyan's eyes lit up, and she said: "Well asked, that is exactly it! The Taixiong God is a very generous, compassionate, and wise god. He has come to our side, and he bestows blessings upon us, making us invincible..."

After her passionate and vivid promotion, that squad immediately said excitedly: "We also want to receive the blessing, please take us to pay respects to the Taixiong God!"

Yun Xiyan said: "A Jia, you go take them back to the camp, ask the Taixiong God to favor them, and then return to the battlefield together. This way we will have one more squad of powerful comrades."

Following A Jia's agreement, that squad of survivors cheered in unison.

Yun Xiyan was also happy to have completed the task so easily, while thinking: This guy, this faith comes so easily! No wonder those gods are willing to start wars. Once fighting like this, people have requests of the gods, and it is very easy to become awestruck and faithful. But some wars are clearly started by the gods themselves; those Heavenly Demons fight and die for the gods for nothing, yet are grateful because they received a sweet treat. Truly a bizarre matter.

Although Yun Xiyan seemed to have realized some truth, at this moment she still prioritized her own mission, leading the squad to charge and dash through the dark battlefield, eradicating Evil God believers along the way, saving those survivors, and then introducing the Taixiong God. She let them go to the Taixiong God's side to receive the blessing of faith, and after returning, they would either join them or start their own squads to continue fighting and spreading the faith of the Taixiong God.

Under the intentional or unintentional dissemination of the squads including Yun Xiyan, the faith of the Taixiong God surged like a prairie fire across the vast battlefield that night. Moreover, with the arrival of one victory after another, it was easy to gain firm, true believers. This was also because the Taixiong God's blessing was powerful, allowing a warrior to gain nearly doubled martial strength; some Heavenly Demons who lacked power could even gain destructive power that could not be calculated in multiples. The experience was very wonderful, so naturally, they were even more grateful to the Taixiong God.

However, the Taixiong God himself, that is, Tang Zhao, did not pay much attention to his own faith: after his training in the Shenjie, he had learned the various applications of gods toward divinity, that is, the fragments of rules, such as using the power of rules to bless believers—the gods naturally say they only bless believers, but in fact, they can bless anyone. Another way is to collect the power of believers through rules.

However, this was not the legendary power of faith, but rather something similar to a kind of Mental Power, or emotional power. It was just that the overflowing Spirit produced by faith was the greatest, so firm faith was also a good thing. This power could help a god quickly increase their own accumulation of power.

However, Tang Zhao had studied it for a long time and still felt that he should not use this power to improve himself, because he felt that this power was not compatible with him and would instead interfere with the firmness of his Sword Heart and the purity of his Sword Essence. Even the local gods who did not have the requirement of a Sword Heart, that is, the Sword Guests, rarely could use this power to ascend in realm; in fact, their ascension was even slower than the path of the Sword Guest.

Perhaps one day Tang Zhao would truly replace the sun and be able to receive pure solar faith power, then increasing his power would be very easy and without side effects. But by that time, he might not even look down upon the power coming from the Human World.

In short, Tang Zhao might be a man of action in specific operations, but he was a conservative in his overall route, especially regarding the overall route of his personal cultivation future. If there were not more than ten times the benefit or more than ninety percent safety, he would not easily change his allegiance, and he was even very cautious about introducing supplementary systems.

At the same time, Tang Zhao did not pay special attention to the number of believers he absorbed. In this trip to the Shenmu, he had already laid out his plans on the top level, so the construction of the bottom level was not that important. Of course, having it was always good; at least he could poach from Hutian and Haotian.

Although he had reached an alliance with Haotian, Tang Zhao would still not give up on weakening his power. This was poaching from within the Heavenly Demons. After all, when the dust had not yet settled, they were still enemies, and he had to strike both in front and behind. Even if the Haotian priest accepted the possibility of a temporary alliance with humans, if he saw an opportunity to weaken or even destroy humans, would he not strike?

The current situation was just this turbulent and strange; unless the moment the dust settled arrived, the conflict would not stop.

Of course, another reason Tang Zhao spread blessings widely was that he was willing to see them kill and injure Evil God believers. Tang Zhao had never considered Evil God believers as his own people. Evil God believers did not even belong to the Evil God; they had long since coalesced into a massive group with killing, destruction, and plunder as their core means and way of survival. They had their own set of internal rules and would not stop expanding.

And what kind of good things could the believers attracted by such a group be?

In Tang Zhao's eyes, even if the entire Evil God group from top to bottom were hacked to death, there would be no injustice. But considering the many bottom-level people who were coerced, then hacking the middle and upper levels to death would not be an injustice either.

If he wanted to solve them completely, Tang Zhao could let the Evil God organize a grand meeting, just like the Wanshendian meeting, and strike at the meeting. But it was also good to consume each other with other Heavenly Demons like this now. Tang Zhao lacked any sympathy for Heavenly Demons; he came from that Human World that had been invaded by Heavenly Demons for hundreds of years, killing and injuring hundreds of millions.

Tang Zhao looked at the firelight on the battlefield, his mood very pleasant: originally the battlefield was dominated by pitch black, but the Heavenly Demons he had blessed would emit firelight. These firelights jumped on the battlefield, and naturally, wherever they went, there was slaughter.

Kill, kill, the more intense the better.

Anyway, isn't the nature of you Heavenly Demons to be combative and murderous?

Rather than releasing your murderous intent toward the Human World, it is better to swing your blades directly at your own people; this way you will all die in your proper place.

I wonder how things are over at Haotian's side?

Tang Zhao actually did not know how many experts and how many warriors had come for the Evil God's operation. He could obtain news of the Evil God, but the problem was, the Evil God itself did not know either.

The Evil God was not a good ruler, and it disdained communicating with its believers. It only gave its believers a little sweetness when needed; most of the time they were summoned when needed and discarded when not. So this time it only issued the order to attack and conveyed the address of Wan Shen Gu; as for how the believers organized themselves, it did not know.

Tang Zhao did not necessarily need to know. There were capable people in the Evil God's camp who would naturally evaluate the power of the Wanshendian, so the manpower that came should be sufficiently abundant. He remembered that there were several priests in the Shendian whose strength was extraordinary; although they could not compare to Haotian, they could go back and forth with the Hutian priest. If a large number came, Haotian would also have a headache.

Sure enough, Haotian had been gone for a long time without any news. Only the sound of rumbling could be heard continuously from the direction of Wan Shen Gu, until the sky began to brighten and another gloomy day arrived, when a messenger finally rushed over from there.

"Pay respects to the Taixiong God."

Tang Zhao sized up this relatively young messenger and said: "You are..."

It seems to be another acquaintance.

The young female Heavenly Demon with deer antlers on her head said respectfully: "Reporting to Emperor Taixiong God, I am A Jing of the Jungle Maze Clan."

Heh, I said so, it turns out to be General Pei.

Although it was inconvenient for Tang Zhao to greet her, he still revealed a kind smile and said: "So it is A Jing, are you the messenger of the Haotian priest?"

Pei Shoujing said: "Yes, I am the messenger of the Shengnyu, and also... also a believer of the Emperor!"

Tang Zhao was slightly startled and said: "My believer?"

Pei Shoujing made a fanatical expression and said: "Yes, I know you are the greatest god in the world, so I converted to you along with my classmates. There is a believer group of yours in Wan Shen Gu, and I was elected as the leader of the believers, only I have always looked up to you from afar and have never received your grace."

Tang Zhao secretly marveled: As expected of Shoujing, she is outstanding everywhere, even being able to become a leader by setting up a completely deceptive group—one must know that this group had never had any contact with the Taixiong God and unilaterally declared themselves believers; it could be said to have nothing to do with the god at all. Isn't this just lying?

He said gently: "I understand. I officially appoint you as my priest and designate the area within a hundred miles as your diocese. In two days, come to the Fire Spirit Clan, and I will hold a blessing ceremony for you."

Pei Shoujing was secretly surprised. She did not expect that getting on good terms with this god would be so smooth, and this god had never been met before, so why did he look somewhat familiar?

She could not think of it for a moment and hurriedly said: "I am willing to become your priest, but going to the Fire Spirit Clan is difficult for a while. Last night, the abominable Evil God launched a sneak attack on Wan Shen Gu and destroyed our base camp. If it hadn't been for the rescue of the Haotian priest, we would have almost been wiped out."

Tang Zhao said "Oh," and asked: "How is the situation now? Are the Haotian priest and the others alright? How is the Shengnyu? What are the losses?"

Pei Shoujing revealed a sad expression and said: "The several lords are all fine, but the camp suffered heavy losses. Most of our classmates were killed or injured, half of Wan Shen Gu collapsed, and there are many wounded waiting for treatment. The Haotian priest asked me to consult you: the team needs to relocate and rest, do you have a place to accommodate the main force?"