God of Pets-Chapter 702: Disappointment

The old woman spoke while pointing forward with her cane, and the Secret God apparition around her similarly extended an arm to point ahead.

The cane in her hand unexpectedly dispersed, transforming into black wooden rings. Those rings linked together, forming chains that bound the bodies of Chen Guan and Shang Ziyi.

"Young people, you do not understand the greatness of the gods, so those who are ignorant are not guilty; the divine will not blame you. Now that you have witnessed the power of the gods, it's time to restore the faith in the gods and let humanity return to greatness and glory." The old woman looked at the two people bound by chains, a sense of divine pride on her face.

Chen Guan's eyes revealed a strange light, not looking at the old woman but instead toward the inside of the wooden hut.

Originally, Chen Guan thought the Secret God power borrowed by the old woman was merely a blessing granted through a Secret God's avatar, with the true Secret God absent. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

But this time, when the old woman truly used the Secret God's power, Chen Guan discovered that her power source was actually the divine positions she worshipped.

This discovery left Chen Guan both surprised and delighted.

So, he did not dodge, letting the chains lock him.

This was Grotto Heaven; with his power, there was nothing that could threaten him.

Seeing that Chen Guan did not dodge, Shang Ziyi thought Chen Guan wanted to see how strong this thing was, feeling competitive.

Chen Guan did not dodge, block, or resist, so Shang Ziyi did the same.

"Old woman, are those gods within the divine positions?" Chen Guan asked the Divine Woman.

The Divine Woman nodded: "Originally, the gods should have been worshipped within the Divine Hall, but the arrival of Sky Secret Spirits destroyed all the Divine Halls. To preserve the gods and seek the revival of human civilization, we could only invite gods capable of changing the landscape into the divine positions and hide them in the abyss to escape the Sky Secret Spirits' pursuit, thus retaining the incense offerings."

Chen Guan listened, his eyes brightening as he asked again, "Did your entire civilization leave behind only these gods?"

"Preserving these is already difficult. You have not seen the Sky Secret Spirits and do not know their terror. They are beings even the gods must fight desperately against, and in that battle, countless gods fell..." The Divine Woman remembered the past, an inexplicable fear appearing in her eyes.

Listening to her words, Chen Guan felt slightly disappointed but then quickly became happy again. He was now certain that those Secret Gods were indeed residing in the divine positions, meaning that hundreds of divine positions contained hundreds of Secret God-level Secret Spirits—what a great treasure this was.

Usually, finding one Secret God is difficult, yet here are hundreds left from ancient times.

If they were all killed, who knows how many pets or Secret Skills and Secret Techniques could be acquired?

Chen Guan's Secret God-level pets were already numerous, but who would mind having more?

Even if no pets emerged, gaining some Secret Techniques or Secret Skills would be good; Chen Guan's Secret God quality Secret Skills were not abundant.

Though individual Secret Divine Skills may be less powerful than some Composite Skills, using Secret Divine Skills to form Composite Skills would be even mightier.

It is a pity that only so many Secret Gods remain; one can imagine there must have been more Secret Gods in the Divine Woman's era.

Thinking of it that way, that era was quite formidable.

Chen Guan was in the mood to listen to the Divine Woman discuss these past events, but Shang Ziyi lacked patience, coldly telling the Divine Woman, "Extinction naturally has its reasons; things eliminated by the world should disappear in history's river or hang on walls for people to remember. Those old things are no longer suited for this era. The gods in your eyes are merely pets now."

"Audacious, how dare you insult the gods! Do you truly believe I have to pass it onto you? The restriction has been broken; I can find inheritors freely now; it no longer has to be you. Just because you are the first humans to come here is why I've given you such favors and patience. Do not take others' goodwill for granted..." The Divine Woman, enraged, caused the wooden ring chains to start tightening, binding the two further as punishment.

Unmoved, Shang Ziyi said, "Have you not thought why those restraints disappeared?"

"Those restrictions were set by the gods together to prevent being discovered by the Sky Secret Spirits; with time they should dissipate; you merely happened to arrive at the right moment. Surely you don't think your power broke the restriction?" The Divine Woman said coldly.

Seeing her stubbornness, Shang Ziyi said no more, but powerfully emitted terrifying Primordial Energy, which turned into light, shining from his body.

Shang Ziyi exerted force with his whole body, forcibly forcing the wooden ring chains open.

"Open!" Shang Ziyi said icily, his power exploding outward, directly bursting the wooden ring chains, fragments scattering on the ground in an instant.

"How...how is this possible..." The Divine Woman stared wide-eyed in shock at the fragments littering the ground, incredulous.

This was divine power; how could it be burst by a human, a human unprotected by the gods, using power alone?

"This person's power...can it rival the gods...Impossible...Absolutely impossible...Without divine protection, humans cannot possess such power..." The Divine Woman found it hard to believe such a thing could happen.

Dang! Dang!

As the Divine Woman was in a daze, the Divine Hall behind resonated with movement, and the divine positions inside started trembling.

Soon, Secret Spirits came flying out from those divine positions, hundreds rushing out of the wooden hut, surrounding Shang Ziyi.

"Human...if you worship me sincerely...I can grant you immortality..."

"Human...you should worship me...I can give you the strongest destructive power..."

"Human..."

One Secret Spirit after another, akin to gods in the heavens vying for believers, spread their radiance and greatness towards Shang Ziyi.

Chen Guan watched these Secret Spirits, initially in a daze, eventually showing disappointment in his gaze.

Earlier, he thought that era was so brilliant, but upon truly seeing these Secret Spirits, he saw that these spirits genuinely took themselves as gods, high above, looking down upon all existence, but most were merely of Unparalleled quality.

Among them, only a few were at the Secret God level, likely less than ten.

"So, the so-called gods of that era were mostly not even Secret Gods, just some Unparalleled beings, and yet, they were considered able to be left for another era's revival."

"If that's the case, in that era, any Secret Spirit must have been considered a god."

Chen Guan fully understood now; not all eras were as brilliant as the era of King of Great Xia. The Divine Woman's era was just an ordinary one, not counting for much compared to the modern era.