Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 868 - 1: 4000 Words)_2
Very quickly, the Holy Light Little Goddess understood the reason for this commotion.
Above the prison cage, amidst slightly sparse chains, a scarlet chain was slowly unraveling itself, like a giant python unwilling to continue coiling around its prey.
Lucia's expression gradually turned grave; she knew the origin of this chain. This chain symbolized the power of the God of Blood, Darkness, and Death.
As she watched the chain slowly detach from the prison cage, no longer restraining the cage, Lucia's beautiful eyes flickered rapidly.
This temperamental and combative being, who would occasionally let out roars even during the Evil Gods' meetings, what exactly was it planning?
Soon, Lucia thought of that previous time when the Lord of Pleasure was leaving the Void, which had almost the same prelude.
Could the God of Blood, Darkness, and Death be preparing to leave the Void and enter the main world below?
This thought made the Holy Light Little Goddess feel a bit anxious.
This was not a good thing.
After all, compared to the Lord of Pleasure, who liked to manipulate life through desire, the God of Blood, Darkness, and Death was a purely martial entity, with all authority existing for combat.
The Evil Gods in the Void might be more terrifying in certain aspects than this God who wields authority over death and war, such as the Plague and Calamity God, whose plagues could easily cause deaths in the millions.
The Lord of Pleasure could lead the entire world into a downfall in a short period.
The Fate Weaver and Moile, similarly, had grasped authority over fate to a certain extent.
Evil of Chaos could drive any life that glimpses Him mad, a fate worse than death.
Among all these extremely dangerous existences, none, when comparing pure combat power, could surpass the God of Blood, Darkness, and Death.
A decisive and powerful God entering the world below, no matter what, would be a disastrous situation if this being was also aiming to deal with Qin Chu...
Lucia's mood became even more agitated.
At this moment, she was still very weak, far from the last time when she had enough time to recover.
Although Qin Chu had now advanced to a demigod, capable of providing more energy, the frequency of energy provision was too scarce.
The current Holy Light Little Goddess couldn't stir resistance or attract the attention of the Void Gods again; she would quickly be suppressed and might even be completely annihilated by other Evil Gods noticing her weakness.
Lucia couldn't sit still, her small body even rising from the cage's base, pacing anxiously across the floor, her brow tightly furrowed.
But suddenly, Lucia stopped in her tracks.
A complex expression appeared on her face, a mix of shock and even joy.
As the scarlet chain gradually peeled away from the prison cage's surface, Lucia felt it.
It was an existence she hadn't sensed through normal means for millennia... strength and faith.
Originating from the most devout beliefs of followers in the world below.
Lucia suddenly had a realization, it was because the God of Blood, Darkness, and Death's suppression of the cage was weakening bit by bit, causing a slight flaw in the originally perfect seal around the cage, allowing the faith from below to finally converge within her.
In that moment, Lucia let out a long sigh.
She was no longer panicked, her body simply sitting back on the ground as if nothing had happened.
Yet, all over her body, every pore opened at that instant, as the Holy Light Little Goddess devoured the faith spreading from the main world with an almost insatiable greed.
She knew that apart from Qin Chu, she now had another path to power recovery.
And this path, as it followed the retreat of the God of Blood, Darkness, and Death, was gradually widening, transforming from a trickle into a rushing river.
Faith surged crazily, even attempting to flow into Lucia's body by its own accord.
This situation led Lucia to let out a sigh, Qin Chu, this guy, actually generated such an exaggerated amount of faith in such a short time on the Sky Dome Continent.
Even in the era when divine authority was at its strongest in the main world, the faith from both the Sky Dome Continent and the Divine Grace Continent, when gathered, was far from this concentrated.
How could Lucia have imagined the allure of bread and milk would be so exaggerated for the impoverished?
For bread and milk, offering one's faith was absolutely costless and straightforward.
As for what Lucia pondered, in the era when divine authority was strongest, the fear and faith of people weren't necessarily directed at the Holy Light Goddess, perhaps it was the Pope who commanded divine authority at that time.
...
On the other side.
On the Sky Dome Continent, while pursuing Luo Meng's voice, heading towards the mountain hollow behind the Demon King Palace, Qin Chu keenly sensed the change.
The faith of the Holy Court believers was originally intended as an offering to the Holy Light Goddess Lucia. Enjoy the story by reading on *.
However, due to Lucia being sealed in the Void, these offerings couldn't be absorbed smoothly by her and would instead gather on Qin Chu, the favored. During his weekly task of acting as a charger for the Holy Light Goddess, these beliefs were then handed over to the Holy Light Goddess.
Of course, Qin Chu was not the Holy Light Goddess.
Nor did he hold the authority of light.
So the faith Qin Chu could store within himself was limited.
Moreover, Veronica was exceptionally competent.
She treated every word Qin Chu said as an oracle. When Qin Chu mentioned developing believers, Veronica dedicated all her efforts to it. This commander of the Holy Knight Order seemed driven to turn every single being within the Empire into Holy Court believers.
No wonder she had the potential to become a fanatic.
With more believers, the purity, and loyalty decreased somewhat, but with such an overwhelming number, the faith generated grew each day.
Given Qin Chu's current strength, the faith generated in less than a day would reach the limit Qin Chu's body could store.
Excess faith would mostly dissipate into the sky, like an increasingly dense, white mist.
However, besides Qin Chu, no one else could perceive this mist.
It was then that Qin Chu sensed a massive vortex forming within the collected white mist overhead, like an inverted drain, spiraling towards the endless starry sky.
In the starry sky, besides the Holy Light Little Goddess herself, nothing else could absorb the Holy Light Goddess's faith power.
Could it be...
A flaw had appeared in the seal and suppression of the Holy Light Little Goddess in the Void, allowing her to siphon faith and energy from the main world?
Qin Chu furrowed his brow tightly, wondering what had transpired in the Void.
Slightly perceivable, he had a premonition that this matter might not be so pleasant.
Qin Chu quickly pieced together the information in his mind.
The Evil Gods in the Void wouldn't relax the suppression on the Holy Light Goddess without reason.
Every chain winding around the prison cage was an embodiment of the Void Evil God's will. Breaking through this seal wasn't easy; it was this chain that isolated the Holy Light Goddess from receiving faith from the main world.
Then Qin Chu quickly reached a conclusion... a new Evil God was about to descend into this world.
Only if an Evil God left the Void would the chains fade.
As the chains faded, a flaw in the suppression emerged, allowing the Holy Light Goddess to find opportunity and absorb faith.
But... which God from the Lower Realm would it be?
What would this God's target be?
Himself, the Hero who repeatedly thwarted the Evil God's plans?
Rose Vesper, the progeny of an Evil God?
Or the Second Generation Jie Luo, the puppet of an Evil God?
Or perhaps... within himself, deep in the Demon King Palace, lies... the remnants of the Strongest Evil God?