Chapter 441: 461 "Hat"
In contrast to Cup's smile, Moth's face suddenly turned ugly.
At this moment, only Moth knew that Cup had not grabbed hold of anything. Rather, she was stuffing something into Moth's body.
In a sense, Cup was also a deity who governed flesh and blood. Under her authority, she could strip all things in the world of their blood and flesh, or bestow flesh and blood upon them.
And what she was using at this moment was the power of flesh proliferation.
If a living creature, whether normal or otherwise, received flesh proliferation personally bestowed by Cup, its physical strength would greatly increase in a short time, and it might even gain supernatural abilities. But it would also fall into becoming Cup's believer at an even faster rate, turning into her walking corpse.
The gods, however, were not "living creatures." They did not possess true "fleshly bodies," so Cup could not invade their minds through the corruption of their flesh. Yet that was precisely the problem.
Their lack of physical bodies was one of the necessary conditions that allowed them to reside in Mansus for so long. Simply put, it was somewhat like exploiting a bug. But as a result, they could no longer freely enter and leave Mansus. They had to rely on other means to monitor the mortal world, and could only descend briefly through enormous rituals from time to time.
Even Cup, despite being fully prepared, had a time limit upon entering Mansus. But she was staking everything on this. As long as she found the Gate of Ascension before Mansus rejected her, it would all be over.
Ordinary methods naturally could not make this group of gods grow flesh. But Cup was different. She was not creating flesh from nothing and stuffing