"Areya, I've defeated you." Lin Bai held his Kitchen Knife against Areya's neck and spoke with a serious expression.
Areya froze, looked at Lin Bai in bewilderment, and nodded blankly.
Extract—Love's Bewilderment.
"Areya, I've defeated you again." Lin Bai shifted his Kitchen Knife to another spot.
Areya realized that her skill had vanished, and her expression changed slightly. "Lin, my..."
"Don't speak. Just acknowledge that I've defeated you," Lin Bai told Areya telepathically. "Your skills won't be gone for good. They'll all come back."
Under another's roof, one had no choice but to bow one's head. Areya sighed softly and nodded again.
Extract—Chains of Love.
On one side were Lin Bai's threats; on the other, the bloody truth the players had revealed to them.
Amid the mechanical weddings, the gods faced an agonizing choice. They knew fighting was the right thing to do, but the consequences of defeat were truly unbearable.
Then they noticed Lin Bai's strange behavior.
What was he doing now?
Playing house with a beautiful goddess while waiting for the weddings to end?
Even if he was bored, surely he didn't need to play such a childish game?
Was he out of his mind?!
But they soon learned what Lin Bai was doing.
Before long, a glittering, heart-shaped Divine Core appeared in Lin Bai's hand...
Was that how Divine Cores were obtained?
This was far too much of a child's game!
The gods' expressions changed again and again as they suddenly remembered that horrifying future: Divine Cores worth less than dogs, deities everywhere!
Lin Bai was faithfully putting his plan into practice.
No one who obtained a Divine Core would willingly remain a believer of another deity.
Once more gods began competing for faith on the Gods and Devils Continent, the faith systems they had painstakingly