Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 395 - 153: Gods Reveal Their Health Bars in Front of Fan Wu! System Attribute Points! (10,000-word Mega - , Please Subscribe)_4
Boom!!!
Suddenly!
The tightly closed doors of the Earth Temple were pushed open by an invisible force. The doors couldn’t withstand this unseen force and flew off to the left and right sides.
After the Earth Temple’s doors disappeared, everything inside was laid bare for all to see.
There sat a statue of the Earth Deity.
Since the Earth Temple wasn’t very large, the statue wasn’t very tall, even shorter than Fan Wu.
But...
The divine aura radiating from this statue of the Earth Deity was far more astonishing than from any other statue!
"Divinity! The divinity of incense offerings!" the Chief Flag Officer of the celestial bureau murmured in shock, "It’s... It’s a living Earth Deity!"
And then.
Cracks started to spread across the surface of the Earth Deity’s statue. These cracks spread over half of the statue’s body in the blink of an eye, and before another blink passed, had covered the entire statue.
The clay on the statue’s surface began to fall off, revealing skin like that of a human! There was a faint luminescence flowing over the skin, which slightly differed from that of humans.
This eerie sight indeed stunned the members of the celestial bureau present, as they had never seen anything like it.
But they could guess that this Earth Deity had made itself manifest.
Or rather...
This Earth Deity before them was about to reveal its true form!
"This is bad!" When the Chief Flag Officer saw the luminescent skin revealed by the statue, he felt a sudden "buzz" in his mind as if an invisible hammer had struck it.
He almost lost consciousness.
In that moment, he seemed to see thousands of mysteries he couldn’t comprehend, alluring yet seemingly traps.
He was so frightened that he silently recited a sutra in his heart!
At the same time, he shouted out commands, "That is a... a true god corrupted by a wild Evil God, about to reveal its true form! Those with low cultivation, immediately recite sutras silently in your mind! Mortals who look directly at a true god with bare eyes will be unable to withstand its influence!"
Upon his command, members of the celestial bureau hastily did as he said.
Even Yun Jiuqing, who wasn’t a member of the celestial bureau, was no exception.
Although Yun Jiuqing had seen an Underworld Judge in the Netherworld, she had only seen the Judge’s statue and the Judge had not revealed its true form.
Yet this Earth Deity inside the Earth Temple was actually about to reveal its true form.
How could she not quake with fear?
Especially since, according to Daoist Priest Fan, this Earth Deity was one that had been corrupted!
That necessitated even greater caution.
Lest she too became affected...
And turned into a mad being.
Yun Jiuqing did not want to end up like His Highness the Prince of Nanjun, bound tightly to Old Blue Ox’s back, forced to stay for days on end.
Soon.
In the Earth Temple, the outer layer of clay on the statue completely fell off, revealing an old man dressed in the robes of the Earth Deity.
The old man had a plump figure with a kind expression on his face, one hand holding a wooden staff.
One end of the staff was carved with a head that was either that of a snake, dragon, or flood dragon.
In his other hand, he held a huge golden ingot.
The ingot was probably as big as a living person’s head.
He had a full white beard.
A halo hovered behind his head.
Mystique!
And sanctity!
Despite continuously reciting sutras silently to stabilize their minds, the celestial bureau members found their resistance to this mystique and sanctity only slightly increased. But, when they witnessed a true god revealing its true form before them, they were all dumbstruck.
This Earth Deity had an appearance indistinguishable from an ordinary person, with features that were exactly the same. But a closer look revealed that its features were incredibly vague.
The divinity of incense offerings emanating from the deity spurred the members of the celestial bureau to feel an urge to kneel and worship!
That divinity instinctively made them want to ask for blessings from this Earth Deity.
The urge was hard to suppress.
It originated from a bodily instinct.
"Buzz—" It was the ringing of a sword that just then sounded, as Fan Wu drew the Demon-slaying Heavy Sword from his back. The singing of the Demon-slaying Sword as it left its sheath brought the celestial bureau members abruptly back to reality.
Their eyes widened in fright, expressions filled with lingering fear.
Some nearly buckled at the knees
Shocked, they scrambled to their feet.
Their faces etched with astonishment.
"Just now... just now I felt like I completely lost control of my body!" one celestial bureau member exclaimed in terror: "I had this urge to kneel before that Earth Deity, and even felt that kneeling and bowing my head would be only natural."
"Me too..." a Little Banner Officer nearby, his back drenched in cold sweat, said, "This is very wrong! Should an ordinary Earth Deity behave so oddly? It’s as if... it’s purposely seducing us!"
"Hiss! If it weren’t for Daoist Priest Fan drawing his sword and jolting us awake with the sound... we might have already been beguiled."
