# 1220
Chapter 1221: King's Star Coins
A intoxicating aroma of wine rippled through the blood-soaked oasis.
The Wine God Jar seemed to have been scared silly by what it witnessed. Endless wine surged frantically from the jar's spout and lid, like tumbling ocean waves, instantly filling the parched pool bed beneath it and the surrounding area, continuing to overflow outward.
Lin Qiye silently retreated several hundred meters.
Bang—!
A figure clutching the Wine God Jar scrambled out of the sea of wine.
Soaked through with wine, he landed on the desert near the oasis, staring blankly at the wine jar in his hands.
"Miles, why does this Holy Grail still make wine? Is... is this normal?" Pakash felt his mind go completely blank as he asked instinctively.
Lin Qiye stood in the dim desert, smiling without a word.
Pakash reached out and touched his own body.
The God Imprint was still there. His wish had not been granted by the Holy Grail.
Pakash's brow furrowed tightly. Ignoring the壶嘴 constantly overflowing with wine, he raised the "Holy Grail" once more:
"I wish with the lives of seventeen god representatives... that the Holy Grail erase the god imprint within me!"
This time, his voice was even louder than before.
However, the dark gold wine jar showed no change whatsoever, other than seeping wine.
At the end of the desert, a sliver of dawn light tore through the darkness as fish-belly white rose from the east.
The time limit the two gods had set for their representatives was about to expire.
Pakash, already haggard from透支ting his potential, immediately grew frantic. He looked up at Lin Qiye beside him and asked urgently:
"Miles, how exactly do you use this Holy Grail? Why weren't my wishes granted? Was my offering not enough?"
Lin Qiye glanced at the slowly rising sun in the distance and met Pakash's gaze. On that young, easygoing Western face, an elegant smile curved.
"Miles! I'm running out of time! Tell me how to use this thing!!" Pakash felt a sharp pain pierce his chest, and his whole body shuddered. He grabbed Lin Qiye's shoulders with both hands, nearly screaming.
As if sensing Pakash's despair and anxiety, the Star Coins in the sky that had been about to leave suddenly stopped, tilting curiously to look down at what was happening below.
Lin Qiye's spiritual perception caught this entire scene.
He was only one step away from capturing the Star Coins.
He needed more negative emotions... and the only source capable of producing negative emotions right now was the man before him.
Under Pakash's gaze that was practically about to burst into flames, Lin Qiye extended his hand and unhurriedly pushed up his monocle.
"Fake."
Pakash froze. "What's fake?"
"Everything is fake." Lin Qiye's voice was impossibly gentle.
"The Holy Grail, the prophecy, and even I... all of it is fake.
The thing in your hands isn't some King's Holy Grail. It's just a good-for-nothing wine jar that happens to make wine. Even if you killed everyone in the world and brought them before it, it would never help you fulfill a wish."
Pakash stood there like a statue.
"Impossible... impossible!" Pakash下意识 shook his head, muttering to himself, "I fought so hard to snatch it... if it's fake, then what about the god imprint inside me?!"
"There's no way." Lin Qiye turned his head. The dawn light fell on both their faces as he said calmly,
"During these past few days, I've been buying time, just to hit the exact timing of your god imprints activating.
Now, you have no time left.
You don't have time to search for the real Holy Grail, and you don't have time to go out and beg those two gods to spare your life. The only thing you can do is wait for death here...
Originally, in my plan, besides you, there should have been a few surviving representatives. I just didn't expect you to be so strong—strong enough to kill them all in such a short time.
Indeed worthy of being the Supreme God's representative."
Lin Qiye sighed.
Pakash clutched the Wine God Jar continuously leaking wine, staring死死 at Lin Qiye's eyes. His expression twisted viciously,
"Miles, you... played us?!!!! Why?! What do you gain from this?!"
"Sorry, please don't call me Miles."
Lin Qiye reached up and removed his monocle. A dazzling flash of magical light later, a young Eastern face was revealed.
He said calmly:
"Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Lin Qiye, captain of the Great Xia Night Watch's Night Watch squad—yes, the dual-god representative you've all been searching for..."
CRACK—!
A bolt of lightning struck Pakash's mind like a thunderclap on a clear day.
He stared blankly at Lin Qiye's unfamiliar yet somehow familiar face. His entire being seemed to have lost its soul, standing frozen in place.
"Lin Qiye... you're Lin Qiye... dual-god representative... the prophet..."
Pakash's mind raced through every move "Miles" had made since the representatives' gathering.
From selling information on dual-god representatives, to luring them into conflicts with Subjects 03 and 04, to rescuing them from the Dungeon, and then tricking them into killing each other...
From the very beginning, the dual-god representative they had regarded as prey had been hiding among them, and they had been led around by the nose?
Pakash's breathing grew increasingly ragged. His chest heaved like a balloon, his eyes glaring死死 at Lin Qiye. He felt his lungs were about to explode with rage!!
An unprecedented fury, humiliation,不甘, and hatred surged through Pakash's heart!
At the same time, the Star Coins watching from the sky, as if witnessing a grand performance, cheered excitedly and began plummeting downward at a startling speed!
Right now, the negative emotions generated by Pakash alone were even richer than what all十几位 representatives had produced through their mutual betrayals and slaughter. To the Star Coins, this was a rare treasure indeed.
"Lin Qiye... Lin Qiye!! I'll kill you!!!" Pakash's eyes were bloodshot. Like a beast on the brink of death, he howled.
Bang—!
Two arms burst from his back. The暗-yellow Buddhist robe once again covered his skin. Just as he was about to tear Lin Qiye's body apart with four arms, the latter transformed into a wisp of night and vanished on the spot.
The next moment, Lin Qiye's figure flashed into the sky, right before the plummeting Star Coins!
Lin Qiye's sudden appearance startled the Star Coins. It jerked to a halt, about to veer off in another direction, but it was already too late.
A wisp of night spread from the corner of Lin Qiye's clothes, like pitch-black ink dropped into water, instantly dyeing the surrounding sky dark!
Clad in night, Lin Qiye extended five fingers, grabbing toward the Star Coins like lightning.
Five black pillars descended from the sky, locking down every direction the Star Coins could flee. With nowhere to escape, it could only end up firmly grasped in Lin Qiye's hand.
Beneath the night sky, a faint blue glow emanated from Lin Qiye's palm—mysterious and powerful.
Supreme God artifact, King's Star Coins!
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