novelraw Chapter 277: Nothing But a Country Bumpkin
Chapter 277: Nothing But a Country Bumpkin
"Crown, you are a natural-born liar!" Watching Bai Yang's actions, Alvin was in absolute awe.
It was completely absurd. How did he manage to lead the other party right into a trap with just a few words?
The entire rhythm of the conversation was firmly within Bai Yang's control. This made Alvin marvel even more. Bai Yang was simply too well-suited for the God of Lies' godhood. If they were back on Dylan Continent, Alvin felt that Bai Yang would never have ended up universally despised and hunted like Higgs!
No, it was more accurate to say that Bai Yang would never have let anyone know he was the God of Lies in the first place!
Bai Yang smiled faintly. "I am not lying to him, Alvin! Everything I said is the truth. That is exactly why there are no flaws to be found, because the truth fears no scrutiny!"
His heart was resolute and sincere, his mind incomparably clear. He was absolutely determined to trick the deity before him until the poor fool couldn't even stand straight!
"Then, Crown, have you figured out how to deal with him?" Alvin asked curiously.
"Who said I was going to make arrangements for him? A deity of his level is extremely difficult to control, not to mention he belongs to the chaotic evil alignment. He could turn on us at any moment. The only option is to politely ask him to die!"
Bai Yang stated indifferently. His words effortlessly decided the other party's life and death. This deity had indeed fallen into his trap, but he still had no intention of completely subjugating him like he did with Luowa.
On one hand, it was unnecessary. On the other, he simply lacked the ability to control him!His thoughts grew even more tranquil, and his mindset gradually smoothed out, entering the legendary "flow" state!
The Great Deceiver Bai was officially online!
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"You wish to fight me to the death?" An amused voice caused Fang Ergu's body to violently shudder!
Realizing he had misspoken, he hurriedly pleaded, "No, no, no, I just... I just had the wrong idea. Please be magnanimous and spare me..."
"Spare you?" The golem turned around, revealing its expressionless face. "You are an alien deity. I have already spared your life once. Instead of showing gratitude, you delusionally attempt to fight back! This is truly outrageous!"
The furious divine coercion poured down like an explosion of countless streams of Wish Power!
This pressure was so tangible, feeling exactly as if a true Powerful Divine Power stood before him, forcing Fang Ergu to bow his head!
He could feel that this was the boundless pressure of a Powerful Divine Power. That overwhelming coercion, practically formed from pure Divine Power, shattered the very last bit of rebellious intent in his heart!
'The Powerful Divine Power before me is likely a tyrannical and horrifying deity in this world as well, right?'
He pondered silently in his heart, pushing certain bottom lines that should not have been lowered any further down to a brand new depth.
The crushing weight on his body forced him to use his own Divine Power to resist.
Fang Ergu's heart bled. He hadn't even developed a single believer in this world yet. Every drop of Divine Power he used was gone forever. It was already incredibly precious, yet now he was being forced to waste it just to withstand this coercion!
'Where in the world did this god come from? How can his coercion be as terrifying as a torrential downpour of Divine Power?'
Of course, he had no way of knowing that this wasn't just a coercion as terrifying as a downpour of Divine Power—it was literally a downpour of Divine Power!
In just a few dozen seconds, Bai Yang had smashed down a full one hundred thousand units of Divine Power—equivalent to one billion units of Wish Power—just to simulate the strength of a "Powerful Divine Power"!
This was almost a week's worth of Wish Power provided by all the believers in every city across the America region and South America combined!
An amount of Divine Power capable of igniting the flames of an entirely new Divine Pantheon had lasted for less than a minute here!
It was terrifyingly expensive. Even with Bai Yang's vast wealth, his heart ached. His collection systems in India and Southeast Asia hadn't even been rolled out yet; he was burning straight through his hard-earned reserves!
However, despite the massive consumption, the visual effects were absolutely spectacular!
He had genuinely manifested the fearsome coercion of a Powerful Divine Power within this area. Even the thick clouds in the sky had abruptly dissipated under the sheer pressure, vanishing without a trace!
"Phew..." As the coercion faded, Fang Ergu felt as though he had survived another brush with death!
No matter how venomous his internal resentment was, he didn't dare show a single trace of it. This unfamiliar Powerful Divine Power had just proven with absolute strength that even without his True Body descending, he could still beat him into total submission!
Because of this, Fang Ergu actually felt more reassured. The other party seemed somewhat interested in his world, which meant he most likely wouldn't be killed.
As long as he was still alive, there was hope. If he could climb from being a lowly dark elf all the way to a Medium Divine Power in Dylan Continent, where deities were as common as clouds, there was no reason he couldn't do the same in this world!
From the words of the Powerful Divine Power standing before him, Fang Ergu could clearly sense the other's dominant arrogance and utter disdain!
'Perhaps this is a world far more formidable than Dylan Continent?' he thought.
'My future might very well be right in front of me!'
Just as Fang Ergu's mind was racing with wild ambitions, the golem, after a brief period of silence, suddenly moved again. "Tch! This junk crafted by the God of Fire is already malfunctioning after only a few eons?"
This special entity casually grumbled, purposely feeding Fang Ergu more information about this world—specifically, the exact intelligence Bai Yang wanted him to know.
For instance, the God of Fire was also apparently the God of Forging, though it was unclear whether he possessed the authority over machinery or the authority over puppets. "Fang Ergu, was it?" The supreme entity's tone took on a more cynical, mocking edge. "Did you really think I would covet your world? Planes and universes... what ancient terminology. For a moment there, I almost thought I'd traveled back to my grandfather's era!"
Right in front of Fang Ergu, the golem gently reached out a hand. A tiny mote of illusory Wish Power condensed and dispersed within its palm.
Seeing such incredibly weak Wish Power, Fang Ergu was initially merely curious, but the soul-like characteristics hidden within that illusory energy quickly turned his curiosity into profound astonishment!
To his absolute shock, he discovered that the peculiarity of this energy was actually causing a unique resonance with his divine priesthood—something that hadn't evolved in ages!
This made Fang Ergu grow excited once more. The powers of this world truly were extraordinary!
He had barely just arrived, yet he had already discovered a clear path for advancement? Just how many priesthoods and how much Divine Nature could he acquire in this world?
However, his racing thoughts were quickly overridden by an even greater shock. The Wish Power unfurling in the golem's hand was gradually transforming into a brilliant cluster of starlight right before his very eyes!
Meanwhile, the Powerful Divine Power's voice thundered directly into his ears. "Primitive gods from foreign realms always seem to harbor the delusion that their world possesses some immense allure! Heh!"
"Then allow me to show you the constellations I have forged!"
One by one, peculiar animals materialized before Fang Ergu. There was a white ram, a giant crab, a golden bull, a fierce lion...
These celestial beasts slowly ascended into the heavens, transforming into glittering, radiant constellations!
Fang Ergu found it utterly mundane. 'Isn't it just a starry sky? We have those on Dylan Continent, too!'
This was actually the legendary "local protectionist mindset." Whether human or deity, no one could avoid the inherent bias of believing their own world was vastly superior to others. Thus, he subconsciously began to compare the two.
And then, he watched as those animals turned constellations began to expand before his eyes—expanding, expanding, and expanding even further!
Fang Ergu was instantly stunned. 'What is going on? Shouldn't a starry sky just be a flat dome of stars? Why is there so much depth? How can there be such a ridiculously exaggerated sense of space?'
The sheer scale of this spatial expanse was already nearing the total volume of all of Dylan Continent!
Yet, the expansion still hadn't ended. It continued surging outward, endlessly stretching its borders, causing the horror in Fang Ergu's eyes to intensify exponentially!
Just because he was a Medium Divine Power didn't mean he would fare any differently from Luowa. This was an absolute, crushing suppression of his very Worldview; it was an unsolvable, open conspiracy masterminded by Bai Yang!
Someone who had never witnessed the true universe could never even begin to imagine its vastness. The incomprehensible scale of its sheer cosmic boundlessness was more than enough to strike terror into the heart of a god!
As the starry sky zoomed closer, the gargantuan, blazing stars that emerged from just a single speck of light within a random constellation left Fang Ergu completely speechless.
And the countless planets orbiting those stars, along with the incomprehensibly microscopic proportion of humans living upon them, robbed him of his ability to form words altogether.
Fang Ergu still wanted to stubbornly argue back, but then he noticed the golem had ceased moving. The barrier above their heads dissolved, revealing the real, pitch-black cosmic starry sky right before their eyes!
The golem spread its arms wide. Above its head, a sprawling silver river of stars unveiled itself to the alien deity. That endless, majestic vastness left Fang Ergu completely breathless!
The hidden entity hadn't said a single word, yet it felt as though he had said absolutely everything!
Fang Ergu was utterly dumbfounded. Looking at it this way, was it really wrong for the other party to call him a "primitive god"?
Compared to this unbelievably massive, boundless world, and compared to the awe-inspiring starry sky displayed before him, his own world genuinely didn't deserve a shred of recognition!
When compared to this universe, what difference was there between the so-called deities of Dylan Continent and ignorant country bumpkins?