Ascending the Heavens as an Evil God

Gu Nan was still following Dong Xun, observing his every move, but his thoughts were elsewhere.

Certain thoughts did occur to him when faced with a pile of fragments of Rolensia’s divine body, such as whether to steal all the boxes, reassemble Rolensia himself, and eat her for exp.

But such a thought only lingered for an instant before it was directly kicked out of his mind.

The reason was very simple—Rolensia’s level was too high; she’d give him indigestion.

Gu Nan gradually had to start considering a problem as his Evil Value and level increased, which was concealing his identity as an Evil God.

In the game, the player’s identity would be exposed as soon as they completed the Second Round. There was absolutely no possibility of hiding it further.

Even before the Second Round, at Tier 9 or Tier 10, there was still a chance of being discovered if the player ran into some of the more powerful greater gods.

After players looked into this, they realized that the decisive factor in determining when the player’s identity would be exposed was none other than Evil Value.

The higher the Evil Value, the more likely it was for the player’s identity as an Evil God to be exposed.

So even though Gu Nan could already travel to the World of Gods and knew the weaknesses of a large number of gods, he still had no intention of going on a killing spree.

In his previous life's game, this was originally designed to prevent players from ignoring the gameplay altogether and directly farming levels on a large scale.

If players slaughtered too many gods, yet the construction of their Divine Kingdom had yet to keep up, they wouldn’t have enough points to upgrade the Evil God Temple, which meant they wouldn’t be able to level up… Then their only option would be to wait for the gods to discover their identity, leading to game over.

So although it wasn’t much of a problem that Gu Nan killed some small Tier 7 or 8 gods, his identity would likely be exposed once he swallowed a Tier 10 god, so the losses outweighed the benefits.

On the other hand, Gu Nan was also eager to see what kind of scene would play out in the World of Gods if Rolensia succeeded in breaking through Unified Dao Realm in the Myriad Heavens Universe and then returned to that side?

The emergence of a new greater god would probably instantly upset the balance of power between the two godly factions, perhaps even setting off a war between the gods.

If a war really broke out among the gods, then Gu Nan would be all too happy. He’d be able to fish in troubled waters, greatly improving the efficiency of Divine Kingdom Wars.

But this was his earlier plan. After seeing the fragment of Rolensia’s soul on Dong Xun suspected of having awakened self-awareness, Gu Nan's thoughts changed.

If Rolensia really ascended to a greater god, then this sliver of soul in front of him would hold an unimaginable value.

"Let's take him away first, then slowly confirm the split soul’s situation… Hm? There are two children here, perfect for being scapegoats."

……

“This murder method again,” Qi Bu muttered in disgust as he looked at the corpses and blood strewn all over the ground.

This was already the third time they stumbled upon such a scene in their pursuit of the fugitive.

It wasn’t like the two had never seen corpses before, but this kind of grisly scene would always make people uncomfortable.

But Yu Shuyun's footsteps paused, as if she was listening intently to something.

"What's wrong?" Qi Bu turned his head in confusion.

"The organization just sent out a message." Yu Shuyun replied quickly, "Two boxes have already been found, and they suspect that the third box is in the hands of the fugitive who mysteriously appeared."

“They already found two?" Qi Bu huffed, "In that case, we also need to speed up our investigation!"

Classmate Qi Bu, a model student from Academic Heaven, immediately felt his heart light up with fighting spirit.

Just then, an abnormal energy fluctuation came from up ahead. Qi Bu, whose ability could manipulate space, blurted out, "Someone is opening a spatial passage!"

The two didn't waste time on further words and swiftly rushed forth, but by the time they arrived, a comatose Dong Xun was slowly being placed inside the spatial passage.

Although Void Cutters had the ability to tear through space, there was a certain degree of difficulty involved if they wanted to take others with them.

This difficulty lay in the fact that the spatial passage wasn’t stable enough, so the transport speed was slow. This delay allowed Qi Bu and his companion to sigh in relief.

They made it in time!

As long as they dealt with the person maintaining the spatial passage… Qi Bu's eyes suddenly glared as he stared ahead.

"It's you!" Qi Bu couldn’t help shouting furiously, "You traitor!"

A familiar black-robed figure was in front of him; his features were hidden under a silver mask.

Even if he didn't know much about this mysterious organization, Qi Bu knew that now was the time for everyone to unite and find the missing boxes, yet this fellow wanted to send the box away!

Yu Shuyun also stared at this scene with a bewildered expression. She still had a hard time accepting this.

But Gu Nan shattered her fantasy the next second. His figure moved, and his fist was already in front of the two.

“Watch out!" Qi Bu pushed Yu Shuyun away as a spatial ripple surfaced in front of him.

These ripples shifted and rotated horizontally in space, eventually forming seven large characters— “Righteous Qi exists in Heaven and Earth!”

The moment the seven large characters appeared, it was as if there was some kind of will attached to them, and an aura of righteousness emerged out of thin air.

Although Qi Bu already advanced to Star Ruler Realm, he didn’t underestimate his opponent at all, having clearly attacked with his full power.

The power of space was the ability he was naturally born with, while Confucianism was the essence of what he learned in his life. Only when he perfectly combined the two did he enter Star Ruler Realm in one fell swoop!

Qi Bu formed his right index and middle fingers into a pen and quickly traced over the seven characters before pushing them forward.

Although he wouldn’t underestimate his opponent, he also wouldn’t underestimate himself either…

Crack.

With a light sound, Qi Bu’s careful arrangement was instantly blown to pieces by Gu Nan's fist.

"Too weak." Gu Nan couldn’t help shaking his head. However, this was within his expectations.

This punch contained his full strength and was different from the casual attack Yu Shuyun dodged earlier. The strength behind the punch had reached an astonishing level.

Even if Qi Bu was a Star Ruler and Gu Nan was just a clone, the result of a direct clash was never in question—though they were Star Rulers who both used the law of space, Qi Bu was much weaker than the Dragon of Space.

To deal with the Evil God physique, one must either have overwhelming strength or some other strange methods.

Gu Nan rushed forward directly. Qi Bu’s expression shifted slightly, but his hands didn’t tremble in the slightest as they wrote out one character after another, blasting them on Gu Nan's body.

The instant these characters appeared, they hit Gu Nan's body directly, giving him no chance to react.

This was what made Qi Bu so terrifying as a spatial ability user.

But to his surprise, Gu Nan had no intention of dodging, simply letting the characters hit him.

The next moment, Gu Nan had already reached Qi Bu and swung a fist down, aiming for none other than the top of Qi Bu's head.

With Gu Nan's terrifying speed, even Qi Bu himself was unable to react, so who could save him? Actually, there really was someone like that on the scene.

Yu Shuyun's law was precisely related to speed. In this lightning-fast split second, she ran out without hesitation and blocked the attack for Qi Bu.

"No!" Qi Bu reacted this time and watched as the punch fell. A roar filled with grief and rage tore out of his mouth.

He never hated his own incompetence so much. If he could, he would definitely choose to die in Yu Shuyun’s place!

Bam!

Gu Nan's fist tore through Yu Shuyun's chest, then blasted Qi Bu's head to pieces.