Starting with Growing Mushrooms-Chapter 437 - 340: Ligonar’s Collapse
"I will be back!"
In an instant, [Ligon] threatened coldly, decisively flying towards the sky, disappearing without a trace.
At this moment, he.
Had stolen the sturdiness of the defensive cage, stolen the concealment of the concealment shield...
With his body greatly enhanced by various conceptual treasures, he became incredibly hard to locate, endowed with concealment.
This is [Ligon]!
As a member of the Celestial Will Race, his strength, his talent, his learning ability, finally revealed themselves at this moment!
The reason he was imprisoned before was simply because the gods acted without honor, capturing him when he was just born as a baby.
Now is the time for him to rise like a dragon up to the heavens.
He possesses a 100% affinity for stealing divine objects, and as a natural God of Theft, he instantly understands the countless variations within them.
In [Ligon]’s view.
What is the strongest low-level divine object?
Is it from the destiny series?
Is it from the evolution series?
Or is it from the death series?
[Ligon]’s lips curved slightly:
"None of them, the strongest low-level divine object should be theft itself."
[Ligon] fled swiftly in mid-air, constantly calculating the just-seen scenes, various effective information:
"The stronger the power, the greater the side effects."
"This mere low-level divine object has such significant side effects. Every theft results in losing this divine object, isn’t that a testament to its powerful function?"
Everything is balanced; the stronger the force, the usually bigger the side effect.
Being a low-level divine object with such side effects signifies its immense power.
"I have already stolen various conceptual treasures."
"Sturdiness enables my body to be as solid as the prison that confined me for countless years."
"Concealment endows me with high stealth capabilities."
"Moreover, this concept of stealing treasures seems to be without limit."
[Ligon] became more and more excited as he thought.
But the strength of this low-level divine object doesn’t lie in stealing other low-level divine objects.
Doing so is not cost-effective.
But rather in stealing the characteristics of various ordinary treasures...
The softness of water, the heaviness of soil, the lightness of wind, the fury of fire...
As the God of Theft, by continuously stealing, various basic traits of items would cover his body.
By then, the God of Evolution would no longer be the strongest mighty god of the basic panel race!
I, the God of Theft, am the strongest god of the basic panel!
They would be the two entities with the highest basic white values in the world.
Additionally.
Their strongest white value basics do not conflict.
Because the other is physically powerful.
Whereas he is strong due to the various conceptual blessings and passive buffs.
"Even though later on, even if I steal the world’s sharpest sword, the increase in my whiteboard value is less than 1%, but that’s enough."
[Ligon] kept calculating his future.
Next, as the God of Theft, I want to steal all the world’s treasures!
Soon, he began to act.
Because in this world, many powerful external civilizations have different racial characteristics, and even some peculiar treasures.
For example, the relics of ancient ancestral saints, the invincible holy sword of some ancient hero, or the highly advanced mecha that suppresses countless civilizations.
Although the gods disdain some strange treasures, they happen to become nourishment for the accumulating God of Theft!
In the entire era.
The reputation of the Theft Sect became more and more notorious.
"What, not only stole the dragon egg?"
"Damn it, the relics of our saint were also stolen!"
"Our Molly’s Holy Sword!"
"Damn it!"
This God of Theft, moving stealthily, harvested throughout the kingdoms of the land.
Nothing was left un-stolen.
The story spread across the entire world.
Yet, with continued use, [Ligon] also discovered that the side effects of this divine theft object were greater than he imagined.
Because each theft indicated that the stolen divine object would flow away once, and he would have to snatch it back again!
The risk was too great that way.
After repeated exchanges, sooner or later, he might lose something he couldn’t retrieve, leading to a substantial loss, wouldn’t it?
However, even knowing about these powerful side effects, [Ligon] continued to steal various racial traits everywhere.
Because the benefits were too large!
Toughness, softness, solidity, sharpness, speed...
Numerous conceptual treasures started to be added to his being, just like certain game equipment, effective when placed in the inventory!
"I’m too powerful."
[Ligon] felt his strength had become unfathomable.
However, he also sensed the increase in his strength beginning to slow down.
Because repeated traits gleaned through theft were useless; similar treasure traits wouldn’t stack.
So gradually, the power he gained from each theft increased by less than 0.1%, seemingly having reached the current theoretical limit.
...
Ten years later.
In a secret cave.
[Ligon] concealed himself, continually calculating his treasures amassed over the years, gazing at his internal treasury.
In the conceptual [Treasury of Kings].
Countless sparkling supreme treasures, like gold and jewels, lined up as virtual shadows, gleaming golden swords, bracelets, crowns...
"So beautiful."
[Ligon] felt as though he had become a dragon hoarding greedy treasures, unable to resist the joy upon seeing his treasury.
After a brief appreciation of his savings, [Ligon] started plotting the future:
"At present, I am almost at my limit."
"With the basic passive characteristics of various items, my values are probably much higher than even the Mighty God Xiangtuo Mo."
"But the various divine power traits I’ve stolen are all severely weakened versions because I didn’t steal the divine objects themselves."
Even though he could steal some low-level divine objects, he chose not to, as the cost-effectiveness was too low.
Nonetheless, despite this, the overlap of countless traits made him strong enough.
But he also understood.
No matter how high his basic values were, currently, he couldn’t defeat any god.
Because each god is an ultimate mechanism monster, their strength isn’t something that can be overcome by high basic white values alone.
"Ultimately, I am still the strongest basic value mortal, having lost my Celestial Will Race trait..."
"If I were still of the Celestial Will Race, I could harness the various forces within the world’s body based on my traits, and as a mortal, I could truly slay the gods!"
Legona recalled that bastard who took the "Supreme Bone," filled with resentment.
However, he believed he could regrow the "Supreme Bone" and become stronger through this ordeal!
God, wait for me to come back and defeat you.
"And now, I must continue to conceal myself."
"Perhaps, until the next Divine Trial arrives, another theft series Divine Object appears, or maybe steals another god’s Divine Object..."
Legona prepared to become the conspirator of this world, biding his time in the shadows.
After a rare three-day rest, Legona, that workaholic, couldn’t sit still any longer.
His addiction to theft drove him to start searching everywhere for new information, to see who had special treasures.
Another day.
In the treasury of a certain special race.
Various defenses, various guards, were all useless.
Time and time again, theft and exchange allowed Legona to freely enter and exit the treasuries of other civilizations as easily as walking on level ground.
"Theft!"
Legona began to steal a crown placed on the shelf.
In an instant, he obtained the Telekinesis amplification trait of the crown and took a deep breath,
"Now it almost has no enhancement."
With a sigh, he reached out to take out the theft Divine Object from the crown that was to become the God of Theft.
But the next second, a jade-like, pale hand gently grasped the theft Divine Object.
"Who??"
Legona’s expression changed dramatically, realizing the worst scenario: during the exchange, someone effortlessly took the thief Divine Object.
That’s why he only stole inanimate objects.
Because once the theft god becomes an inanimate object, it’s easier to recover the Divine Object.
If he were to steal a living person, and that person became the God of Theft, the risk would be far too great.
But now, even with such caution, the unforeseen happened.
"But it doesn’t matter, as long as I kill this guy..." When he looked at the owner of the hand, his mind went blank.
Because he saw God’s majestic and cold face, those deep, wisdom-filled eyes calmly watching him.
Seeing this scene shocked Legona to his core, swallowing hard: "Run, I must run!"
Almost instantly, he decided to abandon the theft Divine Object.
Boom!
Suddenly accelerating, he turned around.
No dialogue, no words, he quickly left the treasury,
"Don’t be afraid, I can do it; my body’s basic values are strong, he can’t stop me."
Even so, Legona was trembling with terror, "My strength is exceedingly high; among the current gods, physically there’s none stronger than me!"
But in the next moment, despair overtook him.
The opponent threw the theft Divine Object from his hands, using it on his fleeing back.
[Theft]
Theft took effect; in the treasury within Legona’s body, the shadow of a certain treasured sword vanished.
And because of the exchange, that theft Divine Object returned to Legona’s body.
"Given it back to me?"
"No, definitely not out of kindness!"
He suddenly burst with a terrifying thought.
But in the next moment, that thought turned real; God calmly spoke:
"Oh, Theft Divine Object, leave his body and return to my hand."
The thief Divine Object within his body had somehow already been awakened by wisdom, long since becoming one of God’s fairies.
This thief fairy uttered a tender and cute child’s voice:
"If it is your will, I shall comply!"
The thief Divine Object in Legona’s body flew out once more, returning to God’s hand.
[Theft]
God threw out the "Pokeball," tossing out the returning theft Divine Object once more.
The next moment, Legona’s expression stiffened to the extreme because another treasure within his body disappeared, and the theft Divine Object was swapped back.
That Divine Object returned to Legona’s body once more.
"Oh, Theft Divine Object, leave his body and return to my hand."
"If it is your will, I shall comply!"
Fly back.
Throw out.
Fly back.
Throw out.
The theft Divine Object was like a frisbee for training a fierce dog, repeatedly tossed out and fetched back.
While the treasury within his body kept being moved away.
"Bastard!"
"Who would have thought the theft Divine Object and God would make such a perfect pairing."
"How can this be, just by lightly calling, the side effects of the theft Divine Object disappeared!"
Feeling the various divine objects being swapped out from within his body, Legona let out an angry roar, continuing to sprint forward,
He suddenly remembered his fellow Celestial Wills, watching the treasures flying out of his stomach:
"Stop! Stop, don’t go out! I don’t want them to be born!" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
"Each treasure is my painstaking effort!"
Unfortunately, as he ran, God leisurely followed behind him, tossing the "frisbee" and calling it back on the way.
Back and forth.
In and out.
That "frisbee" was like a diligent little bee, constantly moving homes.
Legona’s eyes were dazed, not knowing when tears flowed from the corners of his eyes unnoticed even by him.
Damn it.
The theft-obsessed Legona seemed to be undergoing the most preposterous torture.
This damn God was about to empty all of his savings!
Legona continued to dash at full speed, completely exploding with desperate speed, but could never shake off the damn thief behind him.
Swoosh!
In and out.
Swoosh!
Back and forth.
In that instant, Legona fully realized:
This was a conspiracy!
That damn God; he simply doesn’t bother to steal.
He uses me to assist his theft everywhere, helps him plunder the treasuries of various civilized kingdoms on earth, and then empties my accumulated royal treasury in one go!
Perhaps, the opponent purposefully let him go from the start.
Legona’s face fell into deathly gray despair, muttering incredulously: "How can this be, how could this happen..."
