God-Slaying Arrow

"So comfortable!" This was Sean's first sensation. Although it couldn't compare to consuming Soul Golden Beads or Amethyst, this was a steady, flowing stream that could be sustained for a long time.

After the power of faith poured into his soul, Sean immediately felt that his soul had become much clearer, and the deduction of the corresponding Profound Mysteries had also become slightly more lucid.

Although the amount of increase was still not much, the clarity of deduction was never a matter of time, but rather whether one could break through a bottleneck.

Otherwise, since high-level experts at the god level had infinite lifespans, if one could break through simply by relying on time, there would be no telling how many Paragon High-Gods there would be in this world.

Following this, Sean spent several more years comprehending the Darkness Element Profound Mystery, trying his best to increase the progress of his fused Profound Mysteries. As for his Saint-level original body, although it could not enjoy the power of faith, it was also fully focused on comprehending the Earth Pulse Profound Mystery.

If breaking through to Midgod was too difficult, then having one more Earth-element divine clone would also be good.

Just at this moment, a divine sense probed over. Sean locked onto the person approaching and asked, "Hua Muyuan? Is there any progress on the things I asked you to find?"

"Yes, Sean." A green light flickered as she descended from the sky with incredible speed; if one were not a peak Saint, they wouldn't even be able to see her.

"Your cultivation of the Life Law is truly impressive; your speed is so fast." Sean smiled and gestured for Hua Muyuan to sit down.

Within the Radiant Church, Hua Muyuan was one of the four who had independently become gods. Excluding Sean, if Mipiaozhen had the strongest material attack, then Hua Muyuan was the strongest in soul attacks.

"I'm still a bit worse than Mipiaozhen," Hua Muyuan said with a smile. "Besides, I'm over a million years older than him."

"Perhaps one day you will break through," Sean said with a faint smile.

"This is the bow you wanted. Take a look and see how it is." Hua Muyuan opened her right hand, and a green divine bow appeared in her palm. She continued, "I arranged for several peak Saints to go to the edge of the South Sea to kill a Crystal Dragon, then took its bones and tendons to craft this using a special technique."

They, as god-level experts, dared not leave Qingyue City, but it didn't matter for Saints; Patrick wouldn't go out of his way to kill such people.

"How is the strength? If an arrow is shot, can a god-level expert dodge it?" Sean asked.

"It's a bit difficult to hit a god-level expert," Hua Muyuan shook her head and said. "Unless I spend another ten thousand years nurturing this bow into a divine artifact, it might be possible. But what's the point of hitting them? The efficiency of a bow and arrow isn't even as good as a normal attack, is it?"

"I have a type of arrow in my possession coated with a poison that can attack the soul. Once it hits, even Patrick might be injured," Sean said directly.

In the original story, Linley had visited Bauhinia Castle before becoming a Midgod. Although it contained infinite treasures, Sean could only materialize items that had appeared in text within the original books.

Amethyst, Godheads, Soul Golden Beads, medicinal pills, and so on were all available. As for others, the most useful were the God-Slaying Arrows refined by experts of the Death Law.

However, the original work didn't describe a corresponding bow, which was quite awkward.

Sean could only entrust the experts of the Radiant Church to search for one, though the materials in the material plane were far inferior to those in the Divine Planes.

"There is such a treasure?" Hua Muyuan was shocked.

"This is called a God-Slaying Arrow, though it is not the genuine article. However, the weight is the same. You should practice with it; perhaps it will be of great use in the future." Sean produced dozens of fake God-Slaying Arrows in his hand.

In the descriptions of the original work, an average Midgod could perish if struck. Linley had also experienced it; this thing was very spiritual and posed a fatal threat even to Sean.

Therefore, he would not casually give the God-Slaying Arrows to anyone.

Even swearing a Supreme God oath wouldn't work, because the punishment for the oath came after the breach, rather than actively preventing it.

"Alright, I will try to practice as much as possible." After Hua Muyuan took the "God-Slaying Arrows," she added, "Patrick is a Midgod, so his speed is faster. However, as long as he is trapped within the divine domains of enough of our Lowgods, his speed will inevitably be greatly reduced. At that time, there might be a chance."

"Mm, have the others cooperate with you and practice more," Sean nodded and said.

Zhongyuan Continent, Yeyang City. This was one of the largest super-cities on the entire continent. Nearby, there was a massive lake with a radius of over three thousand li and a depth of over a thousand meters. A large amount of river water gathered here, making it one of the largest transit hubs for commercial river transport.

At this moment, a large number of civilians were worshiping a statue, which bore the likeness of Sean.

"Great True God Sean, please bless our Yeyang City with favorable weather and protect everyone from plague and famine." A priest wearing the robes of the Radiant Church spoke loudly to the dense crowd of at least several hundred thousand people before him.

Using wind-element magic, his voice could be heard clearly for a hundred li around Yeyang City.

"Please, True God Sean, grant us your blessing." After the priest finished speaking, everyone else knelt before the hundred-meter-tall statue of Sean and shouted in unison.

There was only one voice in the entire city. Everyone had stopped whatever they were doing; no matter was more important than worship.

At this moment, in the clouds above the sky, a black figure watched everything below with cold eyes. It was the Midgod of the Darkness Church, Patrick.

"People throughout the entire sphere of influence of the Radiant Church have begun to convert their faith to Sean. It seems he wants to use the power of faith to break through to the Midgod level," Patrick muttered to himself in a low voice.

It was normal for people of the Radiant Church to seek the power of faith, and Patrick hadn't paid much attention to it initially. But after a long time, some news caught his attention: half the humans on the continent had converted their faith to Sean.

He was extremely wary of Sean.

After the great battle outside Qingyue City, Patrick had re-investigated Sean, only to discover that this guy had gone from level 8 to god-level in just over a decade? This simply overturned his understanding.

If this Sean were some kind of divine beast that could independently become a god upon reaching adulthood, even then, a decade would still be too short, but it would at least be somewhat plausible. Yet, he had confirmed that this Sean was a genuine human.

He couldn't understand it, but he knew this was a major threat.

"Once this Sean breaks through to Midgod, his strength won't be inferior to mine. Plus, with those Lowgods of the Radiant Church, if I am surrounded, I fear my life will be in danger," Patrick frowned and said. "It seems I must make a trip to the South Sea. Although the cost of that matter is a bit high, there is no other way now. I must resolve this trouble before Sean becomes a Midgod."

After speaking, his figure flashed and he headed toward the south.

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