The moment Qin Chuan said that, the underground shelter fell so quiet that, apart from their breathing, they could have heard a pin drop.
Several seconds passed before Dies Martin was the first to explode.
"Shadow, we're discussing a plan, not holding a tea party!" The Lord of Lies glared at him, waving his arms wildly. "Have you sat in the Main God's seat so long that you've forgotten how anyone below you climbs the ranks?"
He pointed at Night Cherry Tangle and Season Star, who still looked stunned. "Going from Mid-Rank God to Upper God isn't a matter of gaining a little experience and reading a couple more skill books! There's a sheer cliff between them!"
Water God timidly raised his hand from the corner. "Um... Lord of Lies, that's not entirely fair. Look at the Extreme Ice Queen. Didn't she just create four or five Upper God-level Extreme Ice God Guards on the Siberian Plain? If she can do it, why can't the boss?"
Dies Martin spun around and sprayed Water God with spit.
"You call that creating gods? That's a forbidden art fueled by human lives!" Dies Martin slammed the metal table hard enough to make it thunder. "To force those four half-baked Upper Gods into existence, the Extreme Ice Queen trapped over ten million players on the Bear Country Battlefield. She refined hundreds of thousands of mortal souls into a single drop of Origin Essence and hammered them into shape with it!"
He caught his breath, then continued. "And those rushed creations have hit their ceiling for life. They have no Divine Kingdoms of their own. The moment they leave the area covered by the Extreme Ice Law, their combat strength drops by half."
Dies Martin turned to Qin Chuan. "Shadow, if you want to force