Chapter 561: Chapter 291: Legend+ Level Shikigami, Nine-tailed Fox, Summoning God_3

He presses ’yes’ again, continuing to summon the god.

[You slowly close your eyes, raising your ’Vermilion Banner’ high and muttering the complicated prayers of the servitors...]

...

[You call out again and again, worship reverently, hoping to elicit a response from the great being...]

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[Yet, the only response to your calls is the cold emptiness and loneliness of the void.]

[You feel terribly exhausted!]

[You open your eyes, returning to your senses and feel utterly drained, your head throbbing with a splitting headache.]

"Damn it! They’re completely ignoring me."

Lin Xun believes that the gods on his side are just playing dead and intentionally ignoring him.

Think about it, if he were in their shoes, all the gods would be dog-tired from responding to their believer’s summons. If he were a surviving god, he would also ignore the believers.

"Is this a case of men deserting a falling tree, or he who grasps the situation is a talented individual?"

If the ’Ancient Heavenly Warden’ was about to fall, it would be understandable if one or two gods decided to feign death. Not immediately siding with the Evil God would already be a sign of devout faith.

"That’s not right either, if they could side with the Evil God, these surviving gods might have defected long ago."

"Perhaps the Evil God never intended to take them in, consuming all other gods to become the only True God might be the ultimate goal of the ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit’."

Now, with the only surviving god, Sakura fall, playing dead, Lin Xun was betting his chances of surviving nine to one against him in the final showdown with the ’great general’ based on the strength of his remaining allies alone. It was a pitifully small chance of success.

But that god was determined not to respond, and he really couldn’t do anything about it.

It’s like calling to borrow money, with the other party predicting your intentions perfectly, refusing to answer the phone or check messages. No matter how eloquent or reasonable your arguments, you can’t borrow the money you need.

"What should I do then... should I bombard them with calls and messages?"

"That doesn’t seem feasible, the person might just switch their phone off or go out of service..."

Lin Xun pondered for a long time, but could not find a solution. He felt that the situation was a stalemate with no solution.

Without the help of the gods, he couldn’t defeat the great general. If he couldn’t defeat the great general, he would be stuck in a situation akin to a stage lock.

"Could it be that there are still unexplored locations in Capital which resulted in missing some key item?"

Lin Xun thought for a moment, then quickly dismissed the idea.

During the three days, he visited every possible location and carefully searched every corner to confirm nothing was overlooked.

The only place not fully explored was the ’Imperial Palace of Capital’.

However, ever since the death of the young emperor, the ’Imperial Palace’ has been heavily guarded. The great general never strayed far from the palace as he likely lost interest in bathing hot springs.

Under such circumstances, sneaking into the ’Imperial Palace’ would tantamount to declaring war on the great general outrightly.

"No way! I must have the help of the gods; otherwise, I’ll get stuck at this stage!"

After thinking for a long time, Lin Xun’s gaze suddenly fell onto an item in his inventory.

[’Emblem of the Great General’ (Item): ...Using this item, there is a high chance you will draw the attention of the ’Extreme Delusional Evil Fruit’.]

For a moment, he squinted his eyes, anger welling up from the bottom of his heart.

"Playing dead, are we? Acting like a hiding turtle, are we?"

"You want me to get stuck here? Fine...none of us should live then!"

[You take out the ’Emblem of the Great General’, prepare to smash the dark seed within and summon the surviving gods once more.]

[Suddenly, a wrinkled hand reaches out and grabs your hand from one side.]

[Frightened, you look up and see an old woman with white hair standing at the top of the Castle Tower. It’s unclear when she appeared.]

[The old woman, stooped and with a kind expression, slowly says, "Young man, don’t be so hasty, perhaps the old one here just couldn’t hear you and didn’t respond."]

[You have found the ’incarnation of Fated Woman’]!

[Looking at the kind old woman in front of you, the memory of the Shell gradually awakening...]

[As the ’Zaiou’, the highest-ranking Saitō no kuni no miyatsuko who serves the gods, you are familiar with many of the gods under the command of the Yán deity.]

[Especially with the ’Fated Woman’, you are more than familiar.]

[She is an inconspicuous little god under the command of Yán, known to the world as the ’Dance God’. The first Kagura dance performed for the highest god was said to have been created by the ’Fated Woman’.]

[’Fated Woman’ doesn’t have the mighty divine power of Sanchū gods nor has authority over lightning and flames. She is just an inconspicuous ’Dance God’. Apart from the Miko, who performs the Kagura dance, no one offers incense specifically to her...]

[It is said that this weak ’Dance God’ didn’t even participate in the ancient god wars, not because she didn’t want to, but because she wasn’t worthy of participation...]

[Random memories abruptly end here!]

After reading the memory, Lin Xun appears desolate.

Well, a god was summoned.

But this great being seems even less than the ’Tiansui Blooming Rice’, at the very bottom of the god food chain.

"Underworld game, you’re messing with me, aren’t you?!"