novelraw Chapter 322 The Outer God Grants Three Great Rewards? Try Praying to the [Paradox Clown]!
Chapter 322 The Outer God Grants Three Great Rewards? Try Praying to the [Paradox Clown]!
Chapter 322 The Outer God Grants Three Great Rewards? Try Praying to the [Paradox Clown]!
Shafa followed Gilgamesh's instructions and leaned closer.
At the same time, he had some doubts in his heart.
On Gilgamesh, within the family's secret realm, what secrets could possibly require such careful communication?
Of course, considering that this was just a remnant of the ancestor Gilgamesh's soul, it was normal for it to behave strangely in some ways, so Xia Fa didn't think much of it.
At this moment, Gilgamesh lowered his handsome head, brought his mouth close to his ear, and began to teach him in a very low voice.
"Once you get out, you can start using this method right away. And it doesn't matter which god you believe in, this method is universal."
"The method is very simple. Go to the planet where the believers of the true God you believe in live, find any church, the bigger the better, of course, and listen to the believers' prayers to the true God."
"Then, from these prayers, select those that are feasible but challenging, and use your two mystical abilities—'miracle' or 'fantasy'—from the 'Miracle Fantasy' section to help them come true."
"For example, if someone wishes to become rich, you simply 'imagine' a bank draft for them; if someone wishes to recover from an illness, you use your 'miracle' ability to help them get better."
"Going further up, for example, some extraordinary individuals wish to obtain the next secret contract they are about to sign. You use the 'miracle' ability of the secret contract to help them create opportunities and coincidences to make it come true."
"Or, if some extraordinary individuals lack certain exceptional materials in order to forge their own secret treasures, you can simply 'imagine' them and help them realize their wishes."
"In this situation, it will take at least a few years, and at most a few decades, for you to fully understand the [Miracle Fantasy] hegemonic-level secret contract and sign your fifth hegemonic-level secret contract!"
"How was it? Wasn't it fast?"
this----
Xia Fa admitted that he hadn't known about this method before.
At the same time, he understood why his ancestors had been so cautious when they told him this method.
In a sense, this is tantamount to usurping the faith of believers. No wonder they seek out their own faith in the true god, because in that situation, as believers of the true god, doing this will not be blamed by the true god, and may even be tacitly approved of this act of sharing their burdens.
Of course, in a sense, compared to using the two secret abilities of Miracle and Imagination in battle, the method given by the ancestor Gilgamesh is the more orthodox one.
But for me, it's still too slow.
If it weren't for the fact that it's not easy to find beings with divine status to fight, I would have already fully understood the [Miracle Fantasy]. In fact, all I need to do is fight one more battle.
That's right. When I tried to understand the [Mysterious Singularity] before, it was only effective when I fought against beings at the quasi-god level, such as the Great Lords. But now, in order to understand the [Miracle Fantasy], I must confront a god.
In a sense, the journey to the Old Forge was a way of "cheating" myself, which boosted my understanding of the [Miracle Fantasy], allowing me to defeat the Bronze Cleanser, who was of divine rank, without actually facing the Bronze Cleanser's full power.
However, such a good opportunity may be hard to find again in the future.
Thinking this, Xia Fa still raised his head and showed a sincere smile: "So this is how it can be done—thank you, ancestor!"
Gilgamesh also showed a relieved smile. This was the first time he, who looked like a young man, had such an old-fashioned expression: "Well, to be honest, you really surprised me this time. Not only have you signed four overlord-level secret contracts, but you can actually sign a fifth one. It seems that you are about to walk the second path to becoming a true god recorded in the Golden Beacon Scroll. That can only be described as earth-shattering and awe-inspiring—after all, no one has ever walked it before."
After a pause, as if realizing something, Gilgamesh added, "But don't worry, the reason I was able to see through your secret at a glance is both because you are my bloodline and because I still retain some authority over the Secret of Eternity. It is the combination of these two factors that allowed me to perceive this great secret within you."
"Others probably wouldn't be able to see through it."
"Of course, the nine righteous gods are an exception. Each of them is a supreme being, so it would be normal if they really saw through your secret."
Hearing this, Xia Fa felt a little relieved, but was still quite surprised.
The ancestor Gilgamesh, as an Outer God, possessed one of the two proofs of eternity, which was actually the Secret of Eternity?
It sounds incredibly powerful and mysterious; I wonder where it has ended up now.
If our ancestors could absorb and embrace the eternal proof, surely we can too?
"Alright, now I'll give you the three precious treasures I specially saved. My remnant soul is almost at its limit."
Gilgamesh suddenly spoke, interrupting Xia Fa's ethereal thoughts. The handsome young man sat back down on the wooden chair and casually waved his hand.
The lion head relief in the center of the golden armor suddenly opened its mouth with golden teeth and spewed out three orbs of light.
These three orbs of light were all extremely mysterious. The first one was pitch black light, as if it could absorb all the light in the world. The second one was a nearly transparent shell of light, but you couldn't see clearly inside.
As for the third one, it was also dark, but it appeared more profound and gave Xia Fa a vague sense of familiarity.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
The three beams of light landed and revealed their true forms one by one.
Within the first wisp of dark light was a sheepskin scroll, made of ominous black sheepskin, as if it contained some terrible taboo.
"This first treasure is the cultivation method for being on the verge of losing control twice and three times."
"I don't know if you have ever obtained the complete cultivation method for the critical loss of control, but that doesn't matter. In a sense, what I have recorded is a method for quick success."
"Moreover, not only can it be done quickly, but it also has few side effects. It's much more convenient than you having to go through the process of gradually moving from the first point of loss of control to the second or third point of loss of control yourself."
Gilgamesh patiently explained, after all, he was facing his own bloodline descendant, and no amount of patience was too much. At the end, he added, "This was actually passed down to me by the Lord Paradox Clown. He researched it himself, but warned me not to pass it on unless I encountered a potential talent of the level of a Heavenly Saint. Because if someone doesn't have enough talent, they are likely to lose control if they learn it."
A quick way to master critical secondary and critical tertiary runaway?
Xia Fa was suddenly jolted, and a surge of joy almost leaped out of his chest.
In this era where the Cleaners could appear at any moment and pose an extinction threat to the extraordinary beings, the quick method to achieve second and third loss of control is practically priceless!
Xia Fa had indeed learned about how to cultivate from the first time to the second time when on the verge of losing control, and how to cultivate beyond that, from the Golden Dao Beacon Scroll.
However, that cultivation method was too difficult and time-consuming, so Xia Fa did not consider it for the time being.
For example, to progress from the first instance of being on the verge of losing control to the second instance of being on the verge of losing control, one must first experience the first instance of losing control a thousand times, and then place oneself on the verge of losing control and maintain this state for ten years.
After completing all this, it is necessary to find a mysterious restricted area, stay in the most severely polluted and out-of-control zone within it, and only then can one begin to attempt to control the critical secondary runaway.
The forbidden secret technique of critical secondary loss of control is itself a series of hieroglyphic texts composed of secret writings, which cannot be understood at all before the conditions for mastering it are met.
As for the cultivation methods and secret techniques that lead to the third near-loss of control, they can only be understood after reaching the second near-loss of control.
Before this, even though he had read the Golden Beacon Scroll, the knowledge and information related to the three near-loss of control were just a jumbled mess of secret texts, like a ball of yarn, impossible to unravel, and there was a risk of mental breakdown if he looked at it for too long.
It was precisely because of these reasons that I did not attempt to break through the critical first loss of control into a critical second loss of control.
And now, a ready-made quick fix is right in front of him, and it was even developed by the Paradox Joker?
Xia Fa was overjoyed and couldn't wait to go back to cultivate.
Just then, the second semi-transparent light dissipated, revealing a very strange fruit inside.
This fruit looks very modern, very abstract, and even has a touch of artistic beauty.
If I had to describe it, it would look like a durian covered with scraps of newspaper, glass, tiles, knives, forks, chopsticks, and other common everyday objects. To the untrained eye, it might look like a Fauvist artwork by an artist.
"This was born from the blood spilled on the body of Lord [Brief Reality] during his battle against the Ancient Ruler [Hidden Night Calamity], and was absorbed by an extraordinary fruit. It is called the [Reality Twist Fruit]."
"Eating this Divine Blood Fruit will allow anyone to return to any point in time within the last month, but it can only be used once."
"For example, if you were full of energy half a month ago, but now you're almost killed by an unknown being in the Protoss Reality, you can immediately return to the state of reality you were in half a month ago by eating this [Reality Reversal Fruit]."
Xia Fa nodded thoughtfully.
It seems this is the Blood Fruit that Thor and Fournir were talking about, the one that could heal their great-grandfather.
It's only been a few days since my great-grandfather was severely injured by the Bronze Cleanser. Using the [Reality Twist Fruit] to reverse the timeline is more than enough.
"Finally, this is my masterpiece, the complete Outer Mystic Artifact [Rhine Dawn Heavy Armor]."
Rhine?
Xia Fa's eyes flashed, and he keenly caught the word.
No wonder I felt a sense of familiarity when I saw that third dark light.
However, what is the relationship between this [Rhine Dawn Heavy Armor] and [Rhine Calamity]?
Xia Fa didn't have much doubt, because Gilgamesh immediately told him.
"You're probably living in a time that's 30,000 years removed from ours, right? You probably wouldn't know that."
"Back then, Lord Absolute Defense was hunting down one of the strongest of the Great Old Ones, Rhine Calamity, and killed him with a single slap, shattering his form."
"His flesh, bones, organs—and so on—fleshed directly into the entire universe. I was hiding in another star system and managed to find one of His ribs."
"It took me hundreds of years to completely remove the old contamination, and then, combined with the [Primal Explosion Secret Uranium] I collected at the time, about half the size of a washbasin, I created this [Rhine Dawn Heavy Armor]."
this----
Xia Fa listened in a daze. In fact, his ancestor thought he was completely unaware of the [Absolute Defense] hunting down [Rhine Calamity], but he actually did know.
However, Xia Fa never expected that back then, his ancestor was actually hiding in another star system, waiting to pick up the scraps.
Poor Rhine Calamity! Not only were the three tokens of eternity stolen, and the ancient treasures scattered far and wide, but even its flesh and bones will be snatched up by other beings—
Of course, Xia Fa only thought about it this way. His attitude towards the Old Ones has always been very clear: they are enemies.
"Wait a minute, now I have both the [Old Treasure: Rhine Blade of Calamity] and the Outer Treasure [Rhine Dawn Heavy Armor]. So, it seems I have quite a connection with this Old One, [Rhine Calamity]."
Had Xia Fa not witnessed that history firsthand, seeing the Rhine Cataclysm utterly annihilated by the colossal, silvery-white hand of Absolute Defense—a force comparable in size to a star field—and even having its three Eternal Certificates exposed, he would have seriously suspected that this was some kind of conspiracy by the Rhine Cataclysm to resurrect itself and return.
Of course, because it was [Absolute Defense] who personally took action, Xia Fa was not afraid. Just kidding, that was the strongest being among the nine great gods. [Rhine Calamity] would definitely die under His hands, with no possibility of resurrection whatsoever.
Therefore, all of this can only be explained as fate.
Or, to put it more appropriately, the mutual attraction among the signatories of the Silver Throne.
"Because I incorporated a rib of the Rhine Calamity into this Outer Mystic Treasure, it retains the possibility of further quality improvement. For example, if you could find a complete skeleton of the Rhine Calamity and integrate it, you might be able to upgrade it into an Ancient Treasure."
Gilgamesh chuckled as he explained in detail to Xia Fa, then continued, "Of course, if you want to upgrade it to an Ancient Treasure, you yourself must become a True God. After all, both True God Treasures and Ancient Treasures require the rank of True God to create."
As for ancient treasures, Xia Fa doesn't dare to dream of them now, but regardless, this [Rhine Dawn Heavy Armor]...
If there is potential for further improvement, then that's very good.
Just as Xia Fa was preparing to sincerely thank his ancestor and then ask other questions, he saw Gilgamesh's figure suddenly begin to fade.
"Oh no, we're about to collapse! Descendants, hang in there! Your ancestor will always be watching over you!"
Gilgamesh only had time to leave behind this one sentence before his figure vanished in a flash.
Only that wooden chair remained, standing alone on the tenth floating rock.
Xia Fa was slightly taken aback, and suddenly felt a void in his heart.
In any case, this ancestor treated him very well, and the three things he left behind are all supreme treasures.
He had originally planned to have a good chat with his ancestors.
Suddenly, the tenth floating rock beneath their feet plummeted downwards. At the same time, the endless black abyss below, where skeletons floated and sank, rapidly dissipated, transforming into a barren wasteland with cracked earth and overgrown weeds.
In the blink of an eye, Xia Fa had just put away the three treasures when the tenth floating rock fell to the ground. Immediately, the floating rock also disappeared with a bang. Sunlight shone down, and the faint chirping of insects could be heard. A small lizard crawled past his feet.
He returned to the real world, back to Gilgamesh.
Two figures flew swiftly from the horizon and landed beside him in the blink of an eye.
"Master, how is it?"
"Xia Fa, did it work?"
Seeing the expectant expressions on Fernir and Thorloki's faces, Shafa smiled and nodded. "Mm."
More than an hour later.
Gilgamesh, the city of Shalatu.
The City of Shalatu, as the name suggests, is the city founded and inhabited by Shalatu, the former head of the Gilgamesh family.
At this very moment, in the patriarch's manor, Xia Fa was standing with Folnir and Thorloki in a house entirely carved from ice.
Ahead lay an ice bed, upon which lay his great-grandfather, the Holy Emperor Sharatu, his enormous belly...
The wound was so deep that the skin was torn open, revealing bright red flesh and blood, a truly horrifying sight.
The Holy Emperor Sharatu had his eyes closed, his face almost ashen, and he no longer possessed the vigorous life force befitting a transcendent monarch. Instead, he appeared to be on his deathbed, his life hanging by a thread.
"It really was the Bronze Cleaner who did it—"
Xia Fa carefully examined the wound and truly felt the killing intent of the Bronze Cleanser from the piercing wound, thus confirming the true culprit.
This is why hatred towards the cleaners has resurfaced once again.
If it weren't for the two Bronze Cleaners' sneak attack, Chestnut wouldn't have overused the "Reversal" power to save herself, falling into a deep sleep and forming a cocoon of light.
If it weren't for the appearance of the Silver Cleanser, Nidhogg wouldn't have died.
Now, Xia Fa only wants to become a god, and then find that young miner, or the Golden Axe Cleaner, or the [Sage] and ask him how these Cleaners came to be and what their purpose is.
And is there a way to completely eliminate them once and for all?
Of course, the Golden Axe Cleaner must be left behind, since it is the only one on the side of the superhumans.
After calming himself down a bit, Xia Fa flipped his palm and prepared to take out the [Reality Reversal Fruit] and give it to his great-grandfather.
He had previously visited his parents, who were properly housed in another similar room on the family estate.
However, even now, he couldn't find a way to save his parents from the corruption of the sleeping monster.
As for the [Reality Reversal Fruit], since it can only distort the state within a month, it cannot be given to the parents, since the attack on the sleeping monster happened three years ago.
That's why Xia Fa came to the place where his great-grandfather was sleeping.
"Master, I—"
Suddenly, Fernir spoke, his face showing a hesitant expression.
Xia Fa asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
Fernir said, "There's something I'd like to mention. If you, patriarch, find it inappropriate, then just pretend I didn't say anything."
He changed his previous obsequious expression, and his eyes and tone became more serious than ever before.
This made Xia Fa even more curious, so he smiled and said, "Go ahead and speak freely."
Folnir hesitated before saying, "Master, there's no one else here, so I'll just be frank. It's much better for you to keep this [Reality Reversal Fruit] for yourself than to give it to Sharatul, after all, you are the Holy Spirit of Destiny."
"Although you and Solrock are unwilling to say it, I knew from your previous state that, coupled with what happened to Sharatul—I know that the dangers we will face in the future are definitely not that simple."
"In this situation, it would be better for you to keep one [Reality Twist Fruit] to save your own life, since you are guaranteed to become an Outer God."
Upon hearing this, Xia Fa was taken aback at first, but then a very strange feeling arose in his heart.
Because, first of all, he could tell that these were truly heartfelt words spoken by Fournier, who was completely from his own perspective and considering his own feelings.
On the other hand, Fernil clearly ignored his feelings for his great-grandfather, or rather, he regarded himself as an absolutely rational person, even to the point of being cold-blooded.
For some reason, even though Fernir had said all that, Thor Loki didn't get angry or stop him. Instead, he looked at Shafa, as if everything was up to Shafa to decide, and he felt that whatever Shafa chose was acceptable.
Xia Fa sighed, "Folnir, I understand your intentions, but this is my great-grandfather, and I must save him."
Unexpectedly, when Xia Fa said this, Folnier's eyes showed emotion and a sense of shame.
Even Thor Loki looked at Shafa with a more affectionate gaze.
No matter what, people who value loyalty and righteousness like Xia Fa are always more willing to follow.
Seeing that Shafa had taken out the [Reality Twist Fruit], Thor Loki suddenly thought of something and said, "Shafa, why don't you try praying to Lord [Paradox Joker]? If He answers you, He can heal Grandpa directly."
Xia Fa asked疑惑地问道：“How so?”
Thorloki said, "Although we Gilgamesh family members have prayed and offered sacrifices to Lord Paradox Joker countless times in the past few days, we have received no response. But you are different after all; you are a Divine Spirit."
Xia Fa paused for a moment, then hissed, "If that's the case, we could actually give it a try—"
He then recalled that he had prayed to the [Silver Universe] to break through the planetary barrier of Planet Kaligi, and received an immediate response.
Moreover, not only did they receive an immediate response, but the Silver Universe also teleported him and Chestnut directly to the old blacksmith's shop.
Now that he has become the head of the Gilgamesh family, in a sense, he is also a follower of the "Paradox Joker". Why not give it a try? What if it works?
Folnir immediately clapped his hands in agreement, saying, "That's a good idea! We should definitely try it; maybe we can save a [Reality Reversal Fruit]!"
Woolen cloth!"
Seeing that Shafa agreed, Solrocki and Folnir exchanged a glance, and surprisingly, they each waved one hand in perfect unison, immediately preparing the altar and the items needed for prayer for Shafa.
The Paradox Clown is fond of colorful metal pieces, banana-scented essential oils, and all sorts of oil paints.
After arranging these items around a clown mask with a comical smile, Shafa immediately clasped his hands together and began a devout prayer.
"You are the source of all the paradoxes in the universe."
"You are the one who watches with a smile as you observe the shadows of all kinds of fates in the world."
"You are the symbol of fooling all things, the master behind deception and shadows."
"O Supreme, Powerful, and Virtuous Paradoxical Clown, please accept the prayers of your most devout followers and bestow your unparalleled power!"
"My great-grandfather, Shalatu Gilgamesh, is severely wounded. I hope He recovers!"
After successfully completing his prayer, Xia Fa opened his eyes and stood up from his kneeling position.
At the same time, his heart began to pound.
Does his outward identity as the Holy Spirit, the Mandate of Heaven, actually work for the Paradox Joker?
If it doesn't work, that would be a bit embarrassing.
But almost the next moment, a voice that he never expected rang in his ears!