Chapter 71: Be a Good God
Perhaps because the ancient god in this world had died, the clouds above the misty summit had scattered somewhat, revealing a sliver of the sun.
Su Xiao sat on a stone tablet several meters high. He tried to move his left arm, which was now only bones. When he formed the outline of an arm with crystals, the dust-form Banishment mixed within the crystal arm, allowing him to control the arm's movement by manipulating Banishment.
Most of Su Xiao's wounds had healed. If there was another battle afterward, the situation would be dire. He had been too severely injured in this fight. Without the Black King Bracer, he would have fallen into a near-death state at least three times.
[Reminder: You have killed Feather God · Hegla.]
[You have obtained 29.94% World Source.]
[You have obtained 3,340 Soul Coins, which can be used to exchange for any desired rewards from the following options.]
[You have obtained the Core of Feather God · Hegla (This is a special item, can be used to exchange rewards in Reincarnation Paradise).]
[You have obtained Divine Blood Crystal (This is a special item, can be used to exchange rewards in Reincarnation Paradise).]
[You have obtained Remnant Soul of a God (This is a special item, can be used to exchange rewards in Reincarnation Paradise).]
[Reminder: Because you killed Feather God · Hegla, your relationship with the Ancient God System has reached 'Mortal Enemy'.]
[You have obtained the title 'Ancient God Hunter'.]
[Title: Ancient God Hunter]
Quality: ★★★★★
Category: Rare · Title
Title Effect 1: Increases damage dealt to Ancient God System enemies by 30% (This is a True Damage bonus).
Title Effect 2: When dealing damage to Ancient God System enemies, attaches 'Hunt Mark'. Each stack of 'Hunt Mark' increases damage to Ancient God System enemies by 1%, up to a maximum of 30 stacks.
Title Effect 3: After killing an Ancient God System enemy, there is a very high probability of obtaining 'Divine Blood Crystal' or 'Remnant Soul of a God'.
Description: Those who hunt gods will eventually become gods.
Sale Price: Cannot be sold.
After Su Xiao finished reviewing the prompts, he jumped down from the stone tablet. He came to the corpse of Feather God · Hegla, which was rapidly crystallizing. Soon it would completely crystallize, then shatter, and finally dissipate.
Su Xiao clenched his hand in the air, and a layer of crystals formed a dagger in his palm. He crouched down and used the dagger to search inside the corpse of Feather God · Hegla. After a moment, he dug out a fist-sized golden crystal from its heart.
This was a Divine Blood Crystal, a unique product of ancient gods. This item was very valuable in Reincarnation Paradise, but Su Xiao didn't plan to sell it. He intended to use it to strengthen Apollo.
Strengthening Apollo required Divine Blood Crystals and Remnant Souls of a God. Su Xiao now had a Divine Blood Crystal, but he still didn't have enough Remnant Souls of a God. He needed to kill more ancient gods.
Su Xiao put away the Divine Blood Crystal and looked at the sky. The cumulus clouds in the sky were rapidly dispersing, the sun fully emerged, and sunlight bathed the earth.
Su Xiao walked down from the top of the sea of clouds. Along the way, he saw many corpses of feather tribe civilians, all killed by the ancient god's collateral damage. The ancient god cared nothing about the lives of these believers.
When Su Xiao reached the bottom of the sea of clouds, he saw a large number of feather tribe civilians kneeling on the ground. They were worshiping toward the top of the sea of clouds, loudly chanting the divine name of Feather God · Hegla.
Su Xiao ignored these feather tribe civilians and continued walking into the distance. He had just gone a short distance when he heard a commotion behind him. He looked back and saw that the clouds at the top of the sea of clouds were dissipating, and the massive corpse of Feather God · Hegla was falling from the top of the sea of clouds.
Boom!
The corpse of Feather God · Hegla crashed to the ground. The earth trembled, and debris flew. The corpse was covered in cracks, and finally shattered with a loud bang, turning into crystalline dust that scattered in the wind.
Seeing this, the feather tribe civilians were stunned. The god they believed in had died like this, and so thoroughly, with even the corpse turning into crystalline dust and dissipating.
Su Xiao didn't care about this. He continued walking into the distance. He needed to find a place to rest, recover from his injuries, and then continue hunting ancient gods.
After walking a long way, Su Xiao found a secluded valley. He sat cross-legged on a large rock and began to recover from his injuries.
His injuries were severe. His left arm was completely reduced to bones, his right arm had multiple fractures, three ribs on his chest were broken, and his internal organs had varying degrees of damage. The most serious was his soul; during the battle with Feather God · Hegla, his soul had been impacted and would take some time to recover.
Su Xiao took out several bottles of recovery potions, drank them down, and then began to meditate to recover his soul injuries.
Time passed minute by minute. Su Xiao's injuries were recovering quickly. Flesh began to grow on his left arm, and a thin reddish membrane covered the bones—that was newly formed muscle tissue.
A few hours later, Su Xiao's left arm had basically recovered. He moved his left arm, feeling a bit stiff, but it no longer affected combat.
Su Xiao stood up and stretched his body. His bones emitted a series of cracking sounds. He felt much better; although not fully recovered, he was capable of fighting.
Su Xiao walked out of the valley, ready to continue hunting ancient gods. There were still many ancient gods in this world, and he needed to kill them all as quickly as possible to obtain enough rewards and enhance his strength.
As soon as Su Xiao left the valley, he saw a figure in the distance. It was an elderly feather tribe member wearing a white robe. When the old man saw Su Xiao, a smile appeared on his face, and he quickly walked toward Su Xiao.
"Respected strong one, greetings. I am the high priest of the feather tribe. Thank you for killing Feather God · Hegla and saving our feather tribe."
The feather tribe high priest came before Su Xiao and bowed respectfully.
Su Xiao looked at the feather tribe high priest and asked, "What does your feather tribe believe in now?"
The feather tribe high priest was startled. He hadn't expected Su Xiao to ask this question. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Our feather tribe has no faith now. We plan to believe in you. You killed Feather God · Hegla; you are our new god."
Su Xiao shook his head and said, "I don't need faith. You can believe in yourselves or in other things, but don't believe in me."
The feather tribe high priest was somewhat disappointed, but he still nodded and said, "I understand, respected strong one. We will follow your wishes."
Su Xiao said nothing more. He turned and walked into the distance, heading to hunt the next ancient god.
Watching Su Xiao's retreating figure, the feather tribe high priest sighed. He turned to look at the feather tribe civilians and said loudly, "From today on, our feather tribe will no longer believe in any gods. We will believe in ourselves. We will become our own gods."
Hearing the high priest's words, the feather tribe civilians were stunned. They hadn't expected the high priest to say this, but thinking of Feather God · Hegla's death, they felt the high priest's words made sense.
Soon, the feather tribe civilians began to cheer. They no longer believed in gods; they would believe in themselves. They would become their own gods.
Su Xiao was unaware of the feather tribe's change. He was on his way to the next ancient god's location. He needed to kill all the ancient gods in this world in the shortest possible time and then leave this world.
Su Xiao moved quickly. He passed through forests and crossed mountain ranges, finally arriving before a huge canyon. Thick black fog filled the canyon, and within the fog, a massive temple was faintly visible.
Su Xiao stood at the edge of the canyon. He sensed a powerful aura inside the canyon—the aura of an ancient god, even stronger than Feather God · Hegla.
Su Xiao took a deep breath, leaped down into the canyon, and charged toward the temple. He would kill this ancient god and obtain more rewards.