Chapter 512 - 287: High Priest of the Gods
"This guy is certainly decisive, coming just as he said he would." Su Chen’s expression was grim. ’But it shouldn’t be his main body.’
To this day, he had never heard of anyone in the Dust Star Sea seeing a Deceitful God’s main body.
Incidents of a Deceitful God’s main body descending must have happened in the past, but they were so ancient that it would be difficult to uncover any records without a specific search.
’A Deceitful God should be more or less the same as a Divine Son. They still have three methods of descent: a vessel, a flesh-and-blood body, and the main body.’
Su Chen wondered, ’He’ll probably use a flesh-and-blood body. I wonder what level of power he’ll reach. Tier Nine, or perhaps the Morning Star Tier?’
Although he’d fleeced that old bastard Black Tuo for all he was worth, the fact that the guy was still fixated on him really pissed him off.
Coming to find the one who purified the Fog Ashes, he hadn’t forgotten to drag him into it too.
’I just devoured the consciousness attached to your Divine Statue. Is it really worth holding such a grudge?’ he cursed inwardly, glancing at the Sect’s core area not far away, now covered in Flame Fire.
Although this affair was quite annoying, he didn’t feel any great sense of crisis.
Even if Black Tuo descended in a flesh-and-blood body with the power of the Morning Star Tier, the Ancient King could kill him with a mere flip of his hand inside the Sect’s core area.
He would just have to find a way to report him when the time came.
’However, this guy is coming with the Heart of Spirit Fire. I need to get my hands on it first.’
Su Chen’s thoughts shifted. ’With something so precious, and given the nature of a Deceitful God, there’s no way he’d leave it completely intact for the Sect. It would be a problem if he destroyed this Heart of Spiritual Light before his flesh-and-blood body is annihilated.’
’The timing has to be perfect...’ Su Chen calculated. He figured it shouldn’t be a major issue. He wouldn’t necessarily have to go in person. He could just make an excuse, like saying he was being watched and couldn’t get away.
He could send any random person to receive it. After all, Black Tuo still trusted him completely. The other party only wanted a name, anyway.
’But then again,’ Su Chen thought, ’that old bastard actually remembered to reward his Believers.’
After finalizing his plan, Su Chen sorted through the various abilities that had flooded his mind.
From the lowest-ranking ordinary Believers to the highest-level High Priests, there was a truly vast array of abilities.
Normal Believers would naturally come into contact with the Deceitful God as they advanced, thereby gaining the corresponding abilities, but he was an impostor.
The few abilities he possessed had been obtained through other means, but now Black Tuo had filled in all the gaps for him in one go.
He calmed himself and carefully sifted through the information, discarding the Sacrificial Arrays that required specific, perverse fetishes as a price.
There were actually quite a few useful abilities, like using Black Tuo Divine Power for interference or casting death curses.
Some abilities weren’t purely evil; they could even be considered useful. For example, by infusing a liquid with Deceitful God’s Power, a single sip could stave off hunger for two or three days.
This would be extremely useful on a Desolate Planet.
Of course, there were hidden dangers. For instance, the person might easily dream of Black Tuo. But as a High Priest, Su Chen could decide whether to leave such a backdoor in place.
’There’s actually a resurrection ability.’
Suddenly, Su Chen’s eyelid twitched as he discovered a particular ability.
By using at least three portions of High Tier Black Tuo Divine Power, it was possible to resurrect someone who had been dead for no more than six hours.
But after studying it carefully, he discovered that this type of resurrection came with enormous risks.
In essence, it re-condensed the scattered Spiritual Power from the Nether Realm, repaired the body’s wounds, and then forcibly fused the two back together.
But a Spirit Body begins to dissolve into the Nether Realm the moment a person dies. Forcibly yanking it back, it was questionable whether it could even be fully re-condensed.
The consciousness would become chaotic, and might even be tainted by parts of Netherworld Creatures.
In short, the resurrected person was no longer the same as they were before death. Even so, it was more than enough to deceive certain people.
He could even mobilize Black Tuo Divine Power to forcibly influence a profession’s Pseudo-Spirituality. Compared to the repercussions Luo Shuhang had once described to him, a high-level Deceitful God’s Follower could use this method to minimize the side effects. Of course, Su Chen could also add a few of his own tricks to ensure the target was truly corrupted by Black Tuo.
’No wonder so many factions in the Dust Star Sea still collude with them, even knowing that Deceitful Gods are no good. Deceitful God’s Power is practically a panacea; it can do anything...’
Su Chen continued to scan through the information, when his eyes suddenly lit up.
’A Nether Contract? This ability is interesting.’
This was an ability that allowed him to form a contract with Netherworld Creatures, then use Deceitful God’s Power to make them descend into the real world for a short time to attack his enemies.
Weaker Netherworld Creatures were unable to descend into reality, but more powerful ones possibly could.
However, the barrier between the Nether Realm and reality was by no means easy to penetrate. Moreover, just like when an otherworldly being enters the Nether Realm, a creature from the Nether Realm trying to enter the real world would appear at a random location—unless someone anchored a coordinate for it.
The Nether Contract served as that anchor. Then, by using Deceitful God’s Power to weaken the barrier between the Nether Realm and reality, it could guide their descent.
’This is actually useful...’ Su Chen finished absorbing all the information in his mind. ’From now on, I’m a genuine Black Tuo High Priest.’
’Or even...’ A thought struck him, and he shifted into his Faceless Ghost High Priest state. His facial features vanished, faintly replaced by various faces that were not his own.
He called up his status panel and tried to utilize the Divine Power stored within it—not the Black Tuo Divine Power, but the Faceless Ghost Divine Power.
It quickly formed a transparent sheet of paper swirling with countless symbols.
’It actually works?’ Su Chen was astonished. This was a Nether Contract formed by mobilizing Faceless Ghost Divine Power. He fell into thought.
’In other words, aside from specific Sacrificial Arrays, as long as I disguise myself in the corresponding High Priest state, I can also wield the respective Deceptive Divine Power.’