Chapter 1070: Token for Resisting the Conch Sound

Chapter 1070: Chapter 1070: Token for Resisting the Conch Sound

For countless years, the influence of the fake gods has seeped into every aspect of the world.

Whether in pursuing wealth, power, authority, or seeking health, peace, a bountiful harvest, and offspring, there are corresponding deities for each pursuit. Sacrificing oneself to them always yields some "reward." Qing Country is no exception!

Within Qing Country, there are tens of thousands of Righteous Gods and Evil Gods, both large and small, but only a few fake gods, whose worshipers are spread throughout the entire region and even other countries, have authority that is exceedingly powerful to the utmost limit!

Before the last Catastrophe of Godfall, Ear Wisdom God, Martial Might God, and eight other fake gods were revered by the entire Qing Country, dividing nearly eighty percent of the worshipers. The remaining, weaker Righteous Gods took them as leaders. Any slight defiance would see them cast as Evil Gods, like the Long Eared God.

During the Catastrophe of Godfall, Martial Might God was slain by Shen Mo, and its "Divine Nature," a vertebra of the Empyrean Fairy, was taken by Guan Ling; among the original Nine Great True Gods, three more fell in the divine war roused by Yuquan and the Hollow Venerable. After the catastrophe, only five Righteous Gods remained.

However, in the nearly three hundred years since, new Righteous Gods have risen. Within Qing Country, the situation remains that the Nine Great True Gods divide the vast majority of worshipers, and the "Divine Nature" and "Authority" of Ear Wisdom God have grown even stronger than that of the once Martial Might God, showing a faint trend of becoming the bellwether in the Qing Country God Path system.

In Qing Country, from the nobility down to the common folk, there are disciples and worshippers of the Ear Wisdom God, including within the military.

Originally, most soldiers in the Qing Country’s military would worship the Martial Might God, who held authority over bravery, war, and slaughter, to gain far superior martial prowess and military talent than other fake god disciples.

After Martial Might God fell to Shen Mo’s hands three hundred years ago, another then unknown Righteous God of martial arts, Blood Sun God, rose powerfully and quickly replaced Martial Might God, though it could not compare to the old Righteous Gods that survived the last Catastrophe of Godfall, losing many disciples and worshipers from military backgrounds!

The proportion of Ear Wisdom God’s disciples within the military has also significantly increased over these two to three hundred years.

Because of its Authority leaning towards hearing and aural perception, its disciples possess extraordinary hearing and are often tasked in the army as scouts and recon troops!

Fortunately, most Righteous Gods do not forbid their worshipers from also paying tribute to other Righteous Gods. Also, compared to the disciples of martial Righteous Gods, those under the Ear Wisdom God’s command are not adept at combat and slaughter, allowing the newly risen Blood Sun God to still have a footing in the military.

To speak further.

The primal Essence and Qi of normal people are weak, unable to simultaneously worship multiple fake gods to gain divine power. Among normal disciples and worshipers who sacrifice themselves less, many do so; but at the level of Elite Disciples and beyond, most would focus on devoting themselves to one fake god, otherwise, their bodies would not only hold mixed divine powers but can easily have their Essence and Qi drained, dying young!

Only those with exceptional talent, born with abundant Essence and Qi, who have obtained methods of God Path cultivation, can continue to grow their primal Essence and Qi. They choose to worship an additional fake god for more extraordinary means, but would not sacrifice too much and at most would earn the status of a normal disciple in other fake god factions!

Just like the cavalry leader encountered by Guo Yun and Wang Qiuyue, who is an Elite Disciple under Ear Wisdom God and an ordinary disciple under Blood Sun God, possesses considerable strength, and whose subordinates, over ten cavalry, are all ordinary disciples worshiping Ear Wisdom God...

They were ordered to set up checkpoints here, originally to root out Evil Demons from the Outer Zone, but encountering disciples of the Long Eared God, they would not hesitate.

With a command from the leader, more than ten cavalry galloped forward while taking down bows and arrows hanging by the sides of the Flood Dragon Horses, activating the divine runes on the arrows with their divine power and shooting at Guo Yun and Qiuyue, arrows raining down like a storm in an instant!

When Guo Yun was still a normal disciple, he could shoot a wild boar from five miles away with an arrow. These cavalry, also ordinary disciples of Ear Wisdom God, coupled with their distance being less than two miles, made each arrow extremely lethal.

After a volley of arrows, the exotic beast Flood Horse beneath the two instantly turned into a pin cushion, and before they could even whimper, they, along with their riders, fell to the ground!

Just as the cavalry leader thought the dust had settled, an arrow shot from the corpse of a Flood Dragon Horse, shattering the armor on his body with a "bang."

As an Elite Disciple, the armor on the cavalry leader was also a god-gifted artifact, with a Layer III divine rune inscribed by a Senior Disciple under Ear Wisdom God, enhancing its sturdiness, water, and fire resistance.

Upon realizing that Guo Yun and Qiuyue might possibly be strong God Path experts in the Long Eared God’s faction comparable to him, he input a trace of divine power into the divine rune beforehand to prevent any unforeseen troubles, and unexpectedly, this cautious action indeed saved his life!

If he hadn’t preemptively injected that trace of divine power, the previous arrow could have torn him in half.

Thinking of this, the cavalry leader couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat.

"Even as Elite Disciples, the Divine Nature and Authority of Long Eared Evil God cannot compare to my god, leading their disciples to be among the weakest in the same rank. How could they possibly destroy the armor on my body with just one arrow? Unless their bows and arrows are engraved with Layer IV divine runes, their level far surpasses my armor!"

In a brief moment, many thoughts crossed the cavalry leader’s mind. He immediately dismounted, hiding his body behind the corpse of a Flood Dragon Horse, and took a horn made from a conch shell engraved with divine runes from the saddlebag, sounding this horn with divine power.

The horn seemed to emit no sound, but afar, Guo Yun and Wang Qiuyue clutched their ears in agony, a trickle of bright red blood streaming from their ears, staining their thick earlobes.

"Brother Yun, didn’t the Grand Elder also give us several wood talismans? Hurry and see if there’s a token to resist the horn’s sound?" Wang Qiuyue shouted loudly while continuingly injecting divine power into the delicate iron shield in her hand, the invisible barrier emanating blocked the arrows shot by more than ten cavalry.

Over these two months, Swallow Village gathered a large number of divine power-suitable materials to craft artifact embryos, and Shen Mo taught the divine runes he mastered to Senior Disciples like Wang Tie, allowing them to engrave divine runes on the artifact embryos to make god-gifted armors and weapons.

The disciples leaving the wild forest for missions, due to the constant threat of danger, could claim one in advance. The bow and arrow used by Guo Yun to destroy the cavalry leader’s armor and the intricate iron shield held by Wang Qiuyue were all god-gifted items engraved with Layer IV divine runes; thanks to their excellent performance, they gathered numerous scattered worshipers, and before this mission, they were also gifted ten wood talismans personally crafted by Shen Mo!

Guo Yun’s eyes lit up, and with a blood-stained hand, he opened the backpack and took out a wooden token engraved with a Layer IV divine rune and several Layer III divine runes. Without hesitation, he activated the effect of this wood talisman with divine power.