"Stop, stop, stop!"
"So what exactly are you supposed to be?"
Seeing that the strange face was about to get carried away and launch into an impromptu comedy routine on the spot, Zong Shen hurriedly cut it off.
The bizarre face choked on the words halfway out of its mouth.
Its expression immediately shifted from a crafty grin to deep displeasure.
"I am the God of Greed!"
"A god!"
"Do you understand? You stupid and rude human!"
The moment it said that, Zong Shen's expression became strange.
It was not as though he had never encountered gods before.
Generally speaking, gods never referred to themselves as gods.
They called the creatures of the main material realm "mortals."
And gods usually referred to themselves as "I."
After all, "god" itself was an honorific bestowed upon them by mortals.
Gods had their own social circles too; they would not go around calling themselves "this god" at every turn.
Thus, Zong Shen quickly concluded that the strange face on the ring was spouting nonsense.
As an [Unknown]-grade item, he had every reason to believe it possessed some sort of supernatural ability.
This strange face could be anything, but it could not be a god.
With that in mind, he took out the [Fist Family Knuckleduster (Purple)] and placed the ring in his left palm.
He slipped the knuckleduster onto his right hand.
Then he lightly clenched his fist and carefully controlled his strength as he gave the strange ring a few punches.
"OH~!"
"AAAH~!"
"You damned human!"
Under the knuckleduster's blows, the strange face visibly warped and twisted.
Those two punches drew cries of pain and curses from it.
"Your mouth sure is tough."
After throwing the two punches, Zong Shen took another look.
Once he saw that the ring was undamaged, he