Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 400 - 154: Earth Deity: What on Earth Are You!? (A 10,000-word mega - , please subscribe)_3
Even the Chief Flag Officer of the Imperial Heaven Division experienced a momentary system crash in his consciousness.
It was as if the soul controlling the physical body had been frozen in place by a certain power.
Fan Wu’s movements also seemed to experience a brief pause.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Earth Deity of Guyuan County crossed the distance in one step and appeared in front of Fan Wu, his wooden staff thrusting heavily towards Fan Wu’s chest!
Boom!!!!
The terrifying power erupted instantaneously, and Fan Wu’s burly frame was sent flying backwards at an incredible speed, so fast that the air itself seemed to break into a sonic boom.
He flew backward for an unknown distance.
He crashed heavily into the house of some unlucky family, a house that seemed to have been recently repaired, now collapsing into a pile of rubble with a thunderous crash.
Not far from the house,
several villagers of Guyuan County carrying belongings, attempting to seek refuge, were left speechless... They watched in horror as their house collapsed shortly after they had left it.
Then,
they saw someone stand up from within the pile of wreckage that used to be their home.
That person was shrouded in dust, making the villagers’ view of them somewhat blurred.
As the dust cleared,
a towering figure stood atop the rubble, appearing as a very tall person.
Moreover, the villagers realized that the person had turned their head to look at them! The villagers from Guyuan County almost stopped breathing from fear. Although the stranger’s eyes carried no intent to kill, they could feel an immense terror.
This feeling was akin to coming across a giant tiger in the mountains. Even if the enormous tiger had already eaten its fill and had no interest in you, the mere sight of it would still make your legs go weak.
In the eyes of these villagers, Fan Wu was that tiger in the mountains, and they were the ones with trembling legs.
Scared stiff, they didn’t even dare to run.
They stood there, motionless,
not knowing what to do.
Suddenly!
They saw Fan Wu, standing atop the ruins, suddenly kick out his leg, and then a shadow flew out from under his foot, heading straight for the villagers.
The scene scared the villagers witless, believing that they might not survive the night.
Bang!
What Fan Wu had kicked was a broken wooden beam, which collided with something mid-air, shattering on impact, and the object it collided with also broke apart.
It turned out... the object colliding with the broken wooden beam kicked by Fan Wu was a round clump of earth!
"Tch..." Fan Wu dusted off his shoulders.
He said emotionlessly, "Even a deity wrongfully accused of being tainted is still somewhat of a deity, right? Such despicable tactics, I am quite disappointed in you!"
At that moment, he was quite far from the Earth Deity, and he didn’t raise his voice particularly loud.
In the next moment, the voice of the Earth Deity...
could be heard!
"How presumptuous for a mere heretic to put on airs!" The Earth Deity of Guyuan County closed the distance as if shrinking the earth beneath his feet, and the Earth Temple behind him seemed as though it had grown legs and followed suit.
With a gesture, the gold ingots in the air flew into His hands, He snorted coldly, "Instead of wasting words here, why not surrender now?"
The gold ingots in the Earth Deity’s left hand and the wooden staff in His right hand made a slight clinking sound.
Ding—
The villagers not very far from Fan Wu were stunned for a moment, their gaze involuntarily drawn to the Earth Deity. Their expressions changed from one of bewilderment to one of sincere fanaticism in the blink of an eye, as they hastily prostrated and worshipped.
They muttered prayers as if reciting praises and hymns in honor of the Earth God.
Then,
they turned their gaze towards Fan Wu, the confusion in their eyes turning to fierce hostility.
The way they looked at Fan Wu was not as if they were regarding a Taoist Priest,
but as if they were looking at a demon or devil,
an evil spirit,
a ghastly apparition!
The Earth Deity’s lips moved, proclaiming, "The moment you make any move, they will end their own lives. Even though it is by their own hands, you won’t be blameless. You heretic, should consider your actions carefully... Hmm?!"
As the Earth Deity spoke these words, His eyes gleamed with a myriad of divine lights, showing faint ominous shades of grey haze, exuding an aura of strangeness and peculiarity!
But He hadn’t finished speaking, and the rest of the words got stuck in His throat.
He looked astonished at Fan Wu, who was stepping out from the rubble.
He was puzzled, "You don’t care about them?!"
"Then why did you save them just now?!"
"It was convenient," Fan Wu grinned, "I do what I want, when I want. If I choose not to care about something, then I don’t. My moral bottom line is much more flexible than you think."
Fan Wu was utterly indifferent to the Earth Deity’s threats using the villagers. To him, these villagers from Guyuan County didn’t have much to do with him.
He had merely helped them out just now, incidentally rebuking the Earth Deity’s despicable actions.
Surely this Earth Deity of Guyuan County couldn’t think that he, Daoist Priest Fan, was a good Samaritan, intent on saving the world?
