Worried that any delay would bring trouble, Xi Wei promptly took the divinity and abducted it back to his Divine Kingdom.
After that, he quickly shattered and absorbed the Aquatic Lord's divinity. Although it would take some time to digest, it was better to leave the good stuff outside than to eat it himself …
But after consuming the Aquatic Lord's divinity, Xi Wei realized that he had been too rash.
The divinity contained a certain amount of the god's memories. When Xi Wei had first transmigrated to this world, he had relied on the God of Games' divinity's memories to barely grow. The Rotten Bones God was just like the God of Games, a newbie deity that didn't have many memories. Moreover, most of the divinity's memories were related to the undead, so there wasn't much he could use.
The Aquatic Lord, on the other hand, was a different story. He was a veteran deity, and even though his divinity had been destroyed, there were still many ancient memories left in his shards.
There were even many ancient secrets that the mortals in the mortal world would never be able to know.
For example, the creatures on this planet had gone through a mass extinction, and all the races that lived on this planet were divine creatures of the Second Age. For example, the Divine Wars had actually been fought three times. The first was between the deities and the exiled, the second was between the original deities and the deities who believed in them, and the third was when the God of Games' memories shattered Motherland and split it into seven parts. Another example was that the original God of Games had existed a long time ago, but was killed by another deity in the Second Divine War, and was even robbed of some of his power. However, he didn't inherit the God of Games' divinity, and so a new God of Games was born to replace him …
Of course, these secrets were too far away from Xi Wei to be worth paying attention to. Secondly, most of them had been destroyed by the Aquatic Lord's divinity, so he only knew the gist of it. The details were a mess, and he couldn't remember them at all.
What really made Xi Wei feel like he was screwed was something else.
Truth be told, before obtaining the Aquatic Lord's divinity, Xi Wei had been wondering why Prometheus the Fire Stealer, who had defeated the Aquatic Lord in the Divine War, did not devour its divinity.
The reason was simple: after Prometheus the Fire Stealer destroyed the Aquatic Lord's head and divinity, the Aquatic Lord's boss, the Ocean God, had arrived and killed Prometheus. If Prometheus hadn't run fast enough, it would have been gank by the Ocean God.
Although the Ocean God was not one of the Seven Divine Fathers, he was still a Primordial God who possessed superior divine power. He was also the Overgod of the Oceanic Pantheon. Aside from the Aquatic Lord, there were also the King of Waves, the God of Maelstrom and Tsunamis, and the Tidefraiser, among others.
In terms of divine power alone, he wasn't much weaker than the Seven Divine Fathers. After the Aquatic Lord was killed, the Ocean God raged and raised a tsunami, intending to drown the land and extinguish all fire in order to kill Prometheus the Fire Stealer (and all other fire deities at the same time).
The Seven Divine Fathers, who were worshipped by all living beings on the land, naturally wouldn't let the Ocean God do such a thing. So, after the Ocean God lost to the Seven Divine Fathers and swore never to set foot on the land again, he returned to the Ocean God's Divine Kingdom.
After that, the Ocean God gathered the Aquatic Lord's divinity and buried it under the beach. He entrusted the Frogmen tribe to worship him for a long time, intending to use this faith to repair the Aquatic Lord's divinity.
Once the divinity was repaired, it was up to the Ocean God to choose his own worshipper to become the new Aquatic Lord, or to wait for the divinity to give birth to a new deity.
But just as the Aquatic Lord's divinity was about to be repaired, Xi Wei had interfered and stolen it away …
If the Ocean God found out, he'd probably have to face the wrath of a Prime God.
"Don't panic … Prime Gods usually have slow reactions …" Xi Wei encouraged himself.
"I can still do it … As long as I do it fast enough, their wrath won't be able to catch up to me!"
At this point, even if he spat out the divinity, wiped it clean and returned it to the Ocean God, the Ocean God would probably slap him into the wall.
Since that was the case, instead of being a coward, it was better to turn this pressure into motivation. He'd work hard to get the players to continue causing trouble, and recruit more players to make the Church even bigger.
As long as there were enough worshippers, it wasn't impossible to go against the Ocean God.
Moreover, the Ocean God had sworn never to set foot on the land again. If he failed before he grew strong enough and was discovered by the Ocean God, then he might as well use his power of transmigration to find a place to hide in the mortal realm. As long as he hid long enough, there would always be a chance to turn things around …
At this thought, Xi Wei couldn't help but look down at the mortal realm, at his own worshippers.
"You guys have to work harder …"
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"Achoo!" Joe sneezed.
"Idiot, don't sneeze at a time like this! What if the enemy finds out! "Edward scolded softly.
"Sorry, but my nose is itchy." Joe sniffed and said in a muffled voice, "By the way, I feel like my body is filled with energy. The gods must be watching us!"
"No, you actually froze to death just now, and Eleena revived you," Gou Dan said softly. "You know, after reviving, you'll be full of HP and MP …"
"What! This snow can freeze a person to death?! "Joe was shocked.
"Of course, isn't it normal for snow to freeze people to death? Even if you don't look at your HP bar, have you forgotten the common sense of the first half of your life?!" Edward scolded in exasperation. "Why did I give you a hot drink!"
"You can turn on your pain senses a little. With pain, you'll be more sensitive to situations like this." Gou Dan suggested.
"Where's Eleena? I have to thank her. "Joe scratched his head, feeling like he was causing trouble for Gou Dan.
"She went to the frogmen again. Without Eleena, those frogmen don't feel safe," Jessica said softly.
As they chatted, Joe's spirit familiar suddenly passed through the evergreen shrubs covered in snow and appeared in front of them, trying to gesture something.
Instantly, the chatter of the players died down.
"The enemy is coming. Prepare yourselves, we're going to fight!" Edward ordered in a low voice. At the same time, he glanced at the spirit familiar, a little envious. "If it wasn't for the distance restriction, this guy would be the best scout."
In the distance, a convoy of carriages was struggling to make its way through the forest. The driver of the carriages was cursing, obviously very dissatisfied with the road conditions …
Halfway through the journey, a shout broke the silence of the forest.
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