Chapter 676: Gaining Faith Transfer, Xiao Xi's Prophet Sister

"You have disappointed me greatly..." A majestic voice rang out, carrying an undeniable pressure.

"Great Lord of Molten Flame, please grant your humble believer one more chance. We will surely spread lava across the entire world and establish an eternal sacred flame for you..."

Being on the verge of abandonment by the deity they worshipped was, for any devout believer, a world-shattering catastrophe.

Inside an underground temple somewhere on the Terra Continent.

Goting, the Pope of the Orthodox Church, knelt prostrate before the statue, confessing from the depths of his soul.

Intense fear relentlessly assaulted his mind, causing his mental space and soul to tremble violently.

"Great Lord of Molten Flame, please give your humble believer one more chance..."

Goting's voice trembled.

He pleaded desperately.

Finally.

The majestic, unquestionable voice sounded again, carrying a peculiar rhythm.

"Considering the plea of the devout believer Knight, I shall grant you one last chance..."

"Thank you, my Lord, I will give my all..." Goting was beside himself with joy.

On his scorched body, crimson lava patterns blazed to life.

"My Oracle will come personally. Obey him, assist him... He will cover the world in lava."

"Remember..." The Lord of Molten Flame's voice began to grow ethereal, fading.

"This is your last chance... The last one..."

Several minutes passed before Goting slowly raised his head, gazing at the statue that had returned to calm.

A smile of someone who had narrowly escaped disaster spread across his face.

"Thank you, my Lord... Thank you, my Lord."

Only then did his thoughts, which had been frozen stiff with fear, begin to process what had just happened.

"Wait... Did my Lord just mention... Knight...? He's still alive?"

Joy appeared on Goting's face.

On one hand, the news that his old friend was still alive filled him with excitement.

On the other, he hadn't expected that this new opportunity he'd received would actually be connected to Knight.

Fear, joy, and excitement intertwined into a complex tangle of emotions within his heart.

When Goting finally steadied his emotions.

He thought of the extreme cold outside.

"The current minimum temperature is already nearly minus ninety degrees Celsius. I wonder how the Oracle will manage to arrive..."

"Forget it!"

"My Lord said the Oracle will come personally. All I need to do is have everything prepared before the Oracle arrives. I absolutely cannot disappoint my Lord again this time... Absolutely!"

A look of martyr-like resolve appeared on Goting's face.

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Altar of Life.

As the spiritual energy of the lava ritual dispersed, the faith channel slowly closed.

Knight's gaze toward Yu Yuan had become one of extreme reverence.

If his previous submission had been the effect of the Rat Tail Whip, carrying a forced compulsion that made betrayal impossible.

Then now, when the one he had sworn loyalty to became one with the deity he believed in.

The impact on Knight was undoubtedly immense.

Though he knew his master wasn't the true Lord of Molten Flame, in his heart, who the real Lord of Molten Flame was no longer mattered.

There was only one thought in his mind now.

And that was...

"The Lord of Molten Flame must be Master, and only Master..."

[Ding, completed one 'Deity Disguise', Faith Transfer +0.1%]

[Ding, completed one 'Deity Disguise', Faith Transfer +0.3%]

Two notification tones sounded.

Yu Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly at the accumulated 0.4% faith transfer.

That was all?!

This number was far lower than Yu Yuan had anticipated, and he hadn't obtained faith authority either. What a shame!

After all, whether it was the Archbishop of the Mechanical Scrapyard Planet or the Pope of the Terra Continent's Orthodox Church, both were Silver-tier creatures.

Yet the two combined contributed only 0.4% to the faith transfer. Would raising faith transfer to 70% require performing several hundred disguises...

Well then!

Calculated that way, the ratio actually seemed relatively reasonable.

Being able to plunder the Molten Demon King's faith with just a few hundred deity disguises was already outrageously powerful.

"Leader, let's call it a day here!" Mona's spirit was also somewhat drained.

Using her Dark High Priestess talent to shield Yu Yuan for an extended period within the faith channel had taken a considerable toll on her.

After all, she was only a Bronze-tier existence.

Looking at the exhausted Mona.

"Mona, get prepared. It's time to perform a blood enhancement on you. Your combat power and psychic ability can both be strengthened again."

This idea had occurred to Yu Yuan before.

When Fang had accidentally been contaminated and mutated after glimpsing forbidden knowledge bearing the Blood Duke's spiritual imprint, Yu Yuan had used his own psychic ability, Diagnosis: Amnesia, to wipe his memories, after which Fang unexpectedly awakened his psychic ability.

This gave Yu Yuan an additional enhancement pathway.

Last time, Fang had successfully received the Genetic Modification Serum injection, gaining another enhancement.

And when he'd obtained a brand new psychic ability as well.

Yu Yuan had been harboring this idea of dual enhancement ever since.

It was only because of the war and various other matters that it had been delayed.

"Blood enhancement?"

Mona immediately caught on.

"You mean the Blood Duke's spiritual contamination?"

"Exactly. I didn't have time before because I needed to reserve my psychic ability for unexpected situations."

He said to her:

"We can take advantage of this opportunity now to perform a round of blood enhancement on all core members who've received the Genetic Modification Serum injection."

"Go get in touch with Jiu Feng and the others. Let me know when everything's ready. As soon as possible."

Mona nodded softly.

"Understood."

-

The success of the title Divine Beloved had deepened Yu Yuan's understanding of 'Deity Disguise' and 'Faith Transfer'.

The Orthodox Church on the Mechanical Scrapyard Planet had few followers, only around two hundred, with just a single Silver-rank individual.

But the Orthodox Church of the Green Forest World had nearly a thousand believers by Knight's count, and that didn't even include the EDEN Alliance.

"The amount of faith transfer should also be related to the number of believers managed.

Additionally, there should be differences in effectiveness between players and native believers. I can confirm this during the upcoming plan."

While Yu Yuan was still pondering, Xiao Xi sent him a message.

[Moon Shadow's Breath: Master, the Bloodlands have launched a Civilization War against me. Ranked 744th, 'Tak's High Tower'.]

"So it's finally coming?"

Yu Yuan teleported to the Reversal World.

Xiao Xi's Blood Slave Guard had already begun assembling.

"Master."

Seeing Yu Yuan appear, Xiao Xi stepped out from the Legendary-tier coffin.

Yes, the Legendary-tier coffin that Yu Yuan had taken from her back then had now returned to Xiao Xi's hands.

Whenever Yu Yuan saw this coffin, he couldn't help but recall the complicated expression on Xiao Xi's face when she'd gotten it back.

Shaking his head to dispel the thought.

Xiao Xi was already looking at Yu Yuan.

"Master, the moment I received the notification, I contacted a prophet sister of mine to purchase intel on 'Tak's High Tower'.

According to the intelligence, Tak seems to excel at mastering a special technology, suspected to be a combination of blood energy and biotechnology. They can use blood energy to aggressively enhance plants, granting them a certain degree of command and mobility..."

Several images were sent to Yu Yuan by Xiao Xi.

The pictures showed twisted tree spirits emanating eerie red blood veins. One look was enough to make anyone's sanity plummet.

Staring at the familiar anti-counterfeit mark on the image.

Yu Yuan: ........