Facing the "Mad Saber" Su Meng, whose depths he could not fathom, the Gu God had chosen the method of "worshippers and their god standing as one" to shake the heart of an opponent renowned for chivalry, while making the fullest use of Incense and Fire Prayer Power and his own advantage in the Southern Wilderness.
Yet what had made him had also undone him. At that very moment, after seeing Meng Qi speak a word and make it law under heaven, and seeing parts of the terrain truly shift—the mountains hiding powerful savage beasts moving deeper into the Southern Wilderness, while tribes living in danger traded the mineral resources they needed for a relatively safer place along the borders—most of the tribes were left dumbfounded.
Was this real?
Was this really real!
By comparison, Mad Saber seemed like a true god, while the Gu God was no more than a false one!
There might truly have been people who depended entirely on and believed in the Gu God. But there were certainly also those who had only bowed to him in numb submission because circumstances left them no choice, because survival mattered more than anything. After witnessing this, their hearts began to waver, and their hatred stirred anew.
It wasn't as though they couldn't survive without the Gu God!
The moment that thought arose, all the blood debts and suffering came surging into their minds, breaking through the restraints and suppression. Their faith turned to hatred, and the Incense and Fire Prayer Power the Gu God received rapidly ebbed away—ebbed away in great quantities!
Thanks to the accumulation of many years, the Gu God's strength and realm had not yet regressed. But the points of prayer power swirling around him had visibly diminished. The cracks in his diamond-hard carapace