Chapter Fourteen: The God of Destruction and Reincarnation's Challenge
A divine war invitation!
A god has already taken the bait!
Ren Zha was secretly delighted.
It seemed his judgment was correct. Many low-level, worthless gods in the endless starry sea did indeed possess the ability to spy on the domes of other god realms.
Moreover, they judged the strength of their opponents based on the state of the Heavenly Temples within the domes of other god realms.
This tactic should have proven consistently effective against gods other than Ren Zha.
Because the Heavenly Temple is extremely important to a god's god realm.
To cultivate the faith of their followers, a dazzling Heavenly Temple is essential, filling them with faith in the afterlife and reincarnation.
Otherwise, what awaits the gods is the collapse of their faith and the disintegration of their divine power.
After all, these gods rely on the embellishment of the afterlife and the afterlife to deceive their followers; otherwise, no one would believe it.
This is similar to how micro-business owners often post on social media about acquiring luxury cars, yachts, and private jets, giving the impression of future success.
However, for Ren Zha, this is irrelevant.
After all, his followers are human players recruited from Earth; cash is all it takes to increase their faith level.
After distributing money several times, almost all the players have transitioned from contractual believers to general believers, with thirteen having become deep believers, providing him with a continuous stream of faith power every day.
Like a gentle stream, it constantly flows in.
Of course, in the hearts of these human players, they believe in the real game company, but the real game company itself is a reflection of the god Ren Zha, so it's all the same.
This so-called God of Destruction and Reincarnation sounds impressive, but judging from the fact that his divine war invitation is only four hours away, it's enough to suggest he's not very powerful.
Generally, the shortest interval between divine battles can be set at two hourglasses, or two hours. The initiator can choose the battle time arbitrarily, while the accepting party can choose to shorten the interval or keep it unchanged.
In other words, Ren Zha could set the divine battle time two hours later if he wished.
The longer the time set by the initiator, the more it sometimes indicates a lack of confidence on the other side's part. However, it could also be a psychological trap specifically designed to manipulate their mindset.
But Ren Zha was too lazy to shorten the divine battle time at this point.
Four hours of preparation time was just right.
Enough time for him to study all the artifact fragments he had just acquired.
Thinking this, he once again channeled his divine power, his divine might as imposing as a prison, and said grimly:
"Warriors who worship darkness and the earth, as you see, you have discovered extremely valuable fragments of divine artifacts! These fragments contain clues about the ancient divine war in the realm of gods, which are of great importance to your gods! Therefore, I will bestow upon you a generous reward!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the pleasant sound of an electronic bank transfer rang in the ears of the players present:
"Your electronic bank transfer has arrived, 1000 yuan, remitter: Real Game Company."
"Oh, oh, oh! It's here again! It's Honest Coins! A thousand yuan! I earned five hundred yuan playing games today!"
"I want to quit tomorrow! To hell with the boss, to hell with the company! A month's hard work is less than what I earn playing games for two days!"
"Long live Old Black Daddy! Long live Real Game Company!"
"I love Honest Coins!"
A group of players rolled on the ground in excitement, cheering incessantly.
From the breathtaking cutscene, they already knew they had found a crucial plot item, and the reward followed immediately.
Ren Zha continued:
"Given the importance of these artifact fragments, the brave warriors who discovered them first will receive an additional reward!"
This time, large, gleaming golden characters appeared above the players' heads:
"Your online bank account has received 10,000 yuan. Remitter: Real Game Company."
These players were among the first to discover the artifact fragments in the lizard's lair, including Zaiwan DuoD, who had pulled out the broken sword.
"Wow, I really received 10,000 yuan! Just now!"
"I absolutely love this game! 10,000 yuan! Adding the 10,000 yuan from the previous two days and all the previous rewards, I've earned 22,000 yuan in the last few days!"
"Envious. I was in the second batch of beta testers. I missed the 10,000 yuan from the first day, but I still earned over 10,000."
"Great! Today I'm going to the newly opened bathhouse for a foot massage! I've been wanting to go for ages!"
Several players who received the 10,000 yuan reward shouted happily, attracting envious glances from the surrounding players.
Although envious, no one was jealous. After all, they had each received 1,000 yuan earlier, which was already quite good.
This kind of thing is mostly luck; they'll have their chance in the future.
Sensing the renewed surge of faith among these human players, and their tendency to deepen their devotion, Ren Zha pressed his advantage, announcing:
"Warriors, various fragments of divine artifacts are scattered across this land. If you find these fragments and offer them as sacrifices to the gods, you will receive rich rewards! Furthermore, the evil gods from beyond the realm still covet your homeland. In one day, the evil God of Destruction and Reincarnation and his savage followers will invade your homeland. Be prepared and let them taste your power! Of course, your god will not be stingy with his rewards!"
After speaking, Ren Zha casually transformed the corpses of the black-scaled giant lizards into pieces of lizard meat, hundreds of half-body armors, and bone spears. He then vanished from the spot, returning to the dome to study the artifact fragments he had just acquired.
A countdown of three hours and fifty minutes appeared above the totem poles, marking the start of the divine war.
The human players present were once again in a state of excitement.
"It's here! It's the God War again!"
"You got your first 10,000 coins because you won the God War, right? Oh, this game seems to offer the biggest rewards!"
"Hey veteran players, can you tell me what the God War is all about? Will they give out 10,000 coins this time too?"
"Even if it's not 10,000, it'll definitely be more than enough. It seems the game company isn't stingy."
"Why are they giving out so much money?"
"I don't care why, the numbers in my bank account aren't fake. With one more day, I'm going back to the Lizard Nest to search again and see if I missed any artifact fragments."
A group of players chattered excitedly, driven by the promise of money, they were practically on steroids.
Some players chose to continue exploring, some returned to the Lizard Nest to continue searching, and some started building houses, believing that the first reward for this kind of life-building task would definitely be substantial.
While a group of players were busy at work, in the Heavenly Temple, now just a blank white expanse above the dome, Ren Zha sat cross-legged on the ground, his divine power surging. He carefully studied the fragments floating before him.
His divine power was like a vortex, enveloping the artifact fragments and extracting the remaining pure divine power within.
A god's power mainly consists of two parts: divine power and the power of faith.
Divine power is the fundamental power of a deity, the foundation of their divine strength, and related to their divine nature. The power of faith comes from believers.
The power of faith can be converted into divine power through combustion, but divine power cannot be reversed into the power of faith.
Of these, only the power of faith can directly affect the bodies of believers, helping them evolve and grow.
What Ren Zha was currently extracting was the divine power from these artifact fragments.
Originally, with his current power, it would have been virtually impossible for him to directly withstand the divine power of a high-ranking god.
The more powerful a deity's divine power, the more likely it is to possess a projected consciousness.
However, these fragments of divine artifacts had clearly been dormant for countless years; the last trace of divinity within them had long since vanished, leaving only pure power that Ren Zha could directly absorb.
Streams of pure divine power were drawn out and flowed into Ren Zha's body, allowing him to gain a deeper understanding of the images imprinted within these artifact fragments.
This was indeed a divine war from countless years ago.
Clearly, the divine realm had once experienced a period of cataclysmic destruction, with countless gods perishing.
This might be the reason why the laws of the divine realm now stipulate that divine wars between gods are primarily fought between their respective kin.
Ren Zha also gained a deeper understanding of these artifact fragments.
That broken sword was likely the artifact of some Eastern deity.
Those two feathers belonged to some angel.
A bone fragment seemed to be the spine of some demon god.
And so on.
The shattered red gem was the eyeball of the bizarre demon god with three human heads and a bird's body from the previous image!
The fragments of the divine artifact, drained of their divine power, had all lost their original luster, becoming dull and lifeless.
When Ren Zha drained the divine power from the eyeball, he suddenly let out a "Huh!"
Then a joyful smile appeared on his face.
There was actually a divine technique sealed inside!
The name of this divine technique was "Copy"!