Ascending the Heavens as an Evil God

Chapter 434: Blacksmith Temple

The scene at the division of spoils suddenly turned a bit awkward.

The Skeletal Sage glanced at Daoist Lingyang but realized the latter didn't have any reaction—their cooperation was limited to Lewis, and there was no personal friendship between them.

Thus, a cold smile appeared on Stevenson's old face. In his opinion, the other side was clearly trying to backstab their former ally once they saw that he was alone.

However, he was a little surprised Karina would also cooperate with them on this.

"He's the one who killed the Blacksmith God undead, so why are you coming to me instead of looking for his trouble?" The Skeletal Sage tried to persuade her and even provoked her with amusement, "What, is he a better fighter than you?"

"He… more or less can fight as well as me!" Karina paused for a moment, then said decisively, "If you won't compensate me with an opponent, then fight me yourself!"

As soon as her words fell, she thrust her divine spear forward without giving Stevenson the chance to respond.

Stevenson was a bit stunned. He finally understood this Wrestling Goddess's intention—she was simply bullying the weak while fearing the strong!

Karina's statement that Gu Nan "more or less can fight as well as her" was basically no different from admitting he was a better fighter than her.

The Skeletal Sage didn't know whether to laugh or cry. At the very least, he was still a pillar of the Dark Faction and was only slightly weaker than Lewis, yet someone was actually picking on him because he was the "weakest."

Daoist Lingyang very unrighteously ignored him. This old Daoist was carrying a bag in his hand containing Lewis's head.

The old Daoist decided to follow the custom of his hometown and bring the head of Margaret's enemy to her grave.

Gu Nan had even less to say. He decisively turned and walked away. He already got the item he wanted, so there was nothing more he cared about here.

Be it Karina or the Dark Warrior who disappeared a while ago, neither was of any concern to Gu Nan.

...

Gu Nan sat in his room inside the Luxuriant Blossoms Divine Kingdom, playing with the crystalline finger bone in his hand.

This finger bone was Gu Nan's spoils of war and the target item he had gone to great lengths to obtain.

The finger bone from the first-generation Blacksmith God was actually a blueprint that could be used to construct a miracle structure called the Blacksmith Temple.

Miracle structures constructed with blueprints couldn't be upgraded and didn't count as a structure required for the Divine Kingdom's advancement, so there was basically no extra benefit.

In exchange, the structure itself had a powerful function.

The role of the Blacksmith Temple was to create equipment that could provide apostles with the weapons or armor most suited for them, and it was fully automatic.

The Blacksmith Temple would have one free crafting slot every month, and one could also use it by paying points, but it wasn't cheap.

The Blacksmith Temple was a highly popular structure among players because it produced equipment with very good effects that didn't even lose out to the Evil God Temple.

In other words, once the Blacksmith Temple was in place, the combat abilities of apostles would be greatly enhanced, and it wouldn't be impossible for them to challenge higher level enemies.

As a veteran player, Gu Nan was well aware that the entire First Round Divine Kingdom playstyle was not too difficult in and of itself.

Regardless of the player's speed of development, it was always possible to trounce the gods without feeling any pressure.

However, it was clearly not in the game officials' best interest to merely make the game a grind without any difficulty whatsoever, so there was bound to be an actual crisis that could lead to a total game over.

After the player advances to Tier 9 or even Tier 10, the possibility of the Evil God's identity being exposed increases greatly, especially in the eyes of greater gods.

Often, 90% of newbies died because they were too arrogant during the First Round, drawing too much attention, and were then caught and exterminated as soon as they reached Tier 10.

Seasoned veterans, on the other hand, would make preparations in the early stages to ensure the success rate of Divine Kingdom Wars.

They would wait until their Evil Value reached a critical point, then rapidly accumulate points in an attempt to step into the Second "You lost again!" Sylvia's voice rang in Gu Nan's ears, and what entered his sight immediately afterward was none other than the Round in one fell swoop.

"You lost again!" Sylvia's voice rang in Gu Nan's ears, and what entered his sight immediately afterward was none other than the Shadow Goddess's smug smile.

The one she just defeated was naturally not Gu Nan, but rather Lan Si, who was currently filled with chagrin.

After officially losing 50 consecutive matches, Sylvia finally abandoned her "dignity" and turned to challenge the people around Gu Nan.

Every member of the player army who came back to "report on their route" would be asked to play black cards with her, and when even they started avoiding her, she could only try for Lan Si.

Gu Nan ignored this boring goddess; he was busy with his player army.

With attempt after attempt, the player army was gradually on the verge of taking shape.

Seven out of the nine had already gotten their classes and were constantly improving themselves based on the plan Gu Nan drew up.

They were already some of the best among Tier 3 experts, and after changing to player classes, they quickly entered Tier 4.

The gap between Tiers 3 and 4, which was like an insurmountable chasm for mortals, was particularly powerless in front of player routes.

Among them, the one who advanced the fastest was An Tiansheng.

This little fellow was indeed a natural-born bandit. He was way too suitable for the "Bandit" route.

After he realized that robbing others could improve his cultivation, he spiraled out of control.

Not only did he successfully complete the missions Gu Nan gave him, but he also robbed a bunch of gods' children, apostles, Legend Ranks, and even ancient beasts along the way.

He was now running to another main plane, living a life of incomparable fulfillment since gods rarely entered main planes.

As for the two who had yet to complete their class change, one was Liang Ruxin, who hadn't been heard from again ever since he started studying under the Phantom Sword Saint, and the other was Xie Yun.

The Phantom Sword Saint was by no means an easy route to acquire, so it was only natural that there was no news from Liang Ruxin for the time being.

Gu Nan wasn't afraid that someone would dare to betray him; there were simply too many methods of controlling people in the World of Gods.

He originally wanted to go and find a random item himself, but An Tiansheng just happened to deliver the crystal ball from the Daughter of God right to his door. Since it could resurrect apostles, it naturally also had the ability to control their life and death.

This was all possible because Gu Nan's power far exceeded theirs. Only with absolute power can one easily accomplish many things. The World of Gods has always operated under that rule.

And just as Gu Nan was traveling east and west, plundering the resources he wanted to his heart's content, the opportunity for them to return to the Myriad Heavens finally arrived.

On this day, everyone in the World of Gods simultaneously felt a palpitating sensation without warning.

Immediately following that was the simultaneous awakening of the twelve greater gods, who all cast their gazes at the Luxuriant Blossoms Divine Kingdom, Rolensia's location.

Rolensia was silent. She merely sealed up her Divine Kingdom completely, blocking all outside gazes.

Under these circumstances, if anyone still dared to spy on her, it would be the same as making a complete enemy of Rolensia.

Thus, at this moment, the true high-level figures of both worlds realized that another greater god level figure was about to be born.

Perhaps it couldn't be called a birth, but rather a return.