God's Blessing Descends

"Ritual Artifact?!"

The two Enforcers beside him widened their eyes in shock at the sight.

As the finger bone was exposed to the air, an inexplicable heat spread through the house and courtyard. The swirling snow was shut out beyond the yard, as if an invisible domain had unfolded.

Qian Fan gripped the finger bone and looked at the red-clad figure slaughtering people in the distance, murder flashing in his eyes.

He had bought this Ritual Artifact at a black market in District Five two years ago, spending more than half his fortune. It was said to have come from the corpse of a Law Enforcer contaminated by the Gray Realm Convergence. For all these years, it had been his trump card for staying alive, and he had never used it.

But this time, he had no other choice.

"Get him!!" Qian Fan growled, driving the finger bone into his palm.

As blood flowed over the finger bone, it seemed to come alive, frantically devouring Qian Fan's flesh and blood. At the same time, a shadow flickered across its surface.

In the courtyard, the snow-buried ground suddenly began to tremble!

Chen Ling's vision blurred. The snow beneath his feet exploded, and a pale barb resembling a giant's rib shot out of the earth, piercing his shoulder like lightning!

Though Chen Ling had vaguely caught sight of the rib's trajectory, it had appeared far too suddenly for him to react. In his haste, he instinctively twisted aside, avoiding a vital spot.

The agonizing pain of torn flesh shot through his shoulder. Chen Ling's movements stalled, and then a second and third rib burst from the ground in rapid succession!

With his body already impaled by the first rib, Chen Ling had almost no room to evade. He could only barely shift himself, scraping past the ribs to avoid them by a fraction, but that only left him with less and less space to move.

By the time the fifth rib appeared, Chen Ling was completely pinned in place, like a prisoner locked inside a cage of bones, unable to move.

"What is this thing..." Chen Ling looked at the finger bone in Qian Fan's hand, his expression incomparably grim.

As the finger bone continuously devoured his flesh, Qian Fan had shrunk by half a size, looking like a malnourished scavenger. Yet when the ribs stopped emerging, his body stopped wasting away as well.

Seeing this, Qian Fan immediately pulled the bone out of his body and shakily stuffed it back into the oil paper. A smile appeared at the corner of his pale lips.

Judging by the effect, the money had been well spent... This was already destructive power equivalent to the God Path Second Tier.

Seeing Qian Fan subdue Chen Ling so easily, the other two Enforcers were secretly alarmed. Under their worshipful yet fearful gazes, Qian Fan slowly dragged himself into the courtyard.

"Well?" Qian Fan sneered. "Did you enjoy killing just now?"

Bodies lay strewn across the snow-covered courtyard, their flowing blood staining the ground a dark red...

Imprisoned in the bone cage, Chen Ling coldly watched Qian Fan. There was not the slightest fluctuation of emotion on his bewitching, bloodstained face.

"So what if you obtained [God's Blessing]?"

"Even if you're a prospective Law Enforcer, didn't you still end up in my hands?"

"Kid, I don't care what grudge you have against Ice Spring Street. You're dead for sure... Do you know how many people's interests you've harmed?"

Qian Fan slowly drew his gun and aimed its black muzzle at Chen Ling's forehead. As he spoke, his gaunt face was filled with venomous hatred.

"This is bad. We can't let him kill Chen Ling."

Seeing this, the man in the shadows watching outside the residence sank into a grim expression and immediately prepared to act.

"Wait." Chu Muyun suddenly spoke. Behind his lenses, an unusual gleam flickered in his eyes. "Something isn't right..."

The man in the shadows froze. "What do you mean?"

Inside the residence.

Even with a gun pointed at his head, Chen Ling remained unmoved, his eyes as calm as an abyss.

Just as Qian Fan was about to pull the trigger, two stars in the sky suddenly blazed brilliantly. Majestic divine light descended like heavenly pillars, smashing through the curtain of snow and enveloping Chen Ling within the bone cage!

Boom—!!

The surging aura of the God Path sent ripples sweeping through the void, forcibly driving Qian Fan back several steps before he stumbled and fell to the ground.

He stared dumbfoundedly at the two pillars of divine light descending from the sky, his eyes filled with disbelief!

"[God's Blessing]?! How is that possible?? Hasn't he already received [God's Blessing]?!"

"The black one is the War God Path, and the purple one is... the Witch God Path?" The other two Enforcers were equally shocked.

"Two God Paths have extended an olive branch to him at once. What kind of monster is this kid?"

Under the stunned gazes of the three men, the blood-soaked Chen Ling slowly raised his head and looked at the two stars above him, their ribbon-like divine radiance extending downward. Surprise flickered in his eyes as well...

He had already prepared himself to die once more. After all, his [Expectation Value] was high enough now that even if he died, he would most likely revive directly... But he had never expected to trigger [God's Blessing].

And two of them, at that.

Come to think of it, when he had killed Bone Knife just now, he really had felt something inexplicable. It was neither joy nor disgust, but rather the feeling... that perhaps he had been born to do this.

According to what Chu Muyun had said before, triggering the favor of the War God Path upon his first kill made him an unparalleled genius of the War God Path.

But Chen Ling did not understand—what was that second purple star?

Just as Chen Ling was wondering, a third star slowly lit up in the sky!

It was a vermilion star, adorning the heavens and gleaming with a crystal clarity like glazed glass. Its ribbon-like divine radiance passed through the void and, together with the radiance of the other two God Paths, enveloped Chen Ling.

Chen Ling froze.

"There's another God Path??"

"Three God Paths bestowing their favor at the same time? How is that possible?!"

"Wait, which God Path does this star represent? Why does it feel like I've never seen it before..."

Qian Fan and the other two were completely dumbfounded.

At the same time, the two outside the residence were equally taken aback.

"Its color is like cinnabar, its form like glazed glass... There's no mistake. This is the Theater God Path." The man in the shadows seemed thoughtful.

"The Theater God Path? That's quite rare." Chu Muyun frowned slightly. "But what does he have to do with the Theater God Path?"

"Is he particularly skilled at acting, or opera singing?"

"Not that I know of... but the younger brother he imagined is."

"Three God Paths descending with their favor at once—under normal circumstances, he would absolutely be a top-tier genius. What a pity..." The man in the shadows shook his head. "What a pity he's a Fusionist, destined to be unable to walk the God Path."

"With three God Paths appearing at once, someone in Aurora City must have noticed. They'll definitely send people over."

"No need to wait for Aurora City..."

The man in the shadows slowly turned his head toward a direction amid the wind and snow. "A Law Enforcer has been heading this way. He's almost here."

"We can't let him interrupt this. I'll go stop him." Chu Muyun turned and headed that way.

"No need."

"Why?"

"...Someone has already gone to stop him."