349 You Are Too Weak (1/2)

”How did you know?”

Lord Susano questioned as a dark light played in his eyes.

Chen Fan smiled derisively: ”Did you expect to fall for your pathetic tricks?”

”Yes, you can live a few hundred years as a Demon God, but it also came at a heavy cost. Your devotees worship you as a god, you need to be responsible for their well being. Yes, you could feed on your soul energy while they pray to you, but it is a double-edged sword. Sooner or later, your own soul energy would be corrupted and you will become deranged as your soul slowly crumbles.”

”It's a foolish move to survive solely on devotee's faith without entering Soul Formation state. Without gaining Primordial Essence, you are only a false prophet, but not a real Immortal.”

Chen Fan refuted.

The method of cultivating using devote's faith was called Divine Dao. It was a very common cultivation method among Immortal cultivators due to its convenience. By amassing as many devotees as possible and harnessing their Devotion Energy, one could reach divinity without even putting too much effort into cultivation.

However, in reality, the most powerful cultivators all human who followed the Immortal Dao instead of deities who practiced Divine Dao.

Divine Dao was a double-edged sword with a huge downside along with its advantages. Over time, the Devotion Energy would start to corrupt the Soul Energy of divine entities, or deities. When the corruption reached a point of no return, the cultivator would become deranged like a schizophrenic patient. The downside could be alleviated only after a cultivator had gained indestructible Primordial Essence. Therefore, Chen Fan would never consider that path at his current stage despite the obvious advantage of the Divine Dao: he wouldn't even need to cultivate, and all he had to do was to gain as many devotees as possible, as a religious pyramid scheme would.

”You have planned to order your subjects to swarm at me and kill me, but you have changed your mind and tried to persuade me to join you. I believe you are eyeing my body, aren't you?” Chen Fan narrowed his eyes and asked with a half-smile.

Chen Fan's body was an Azure Thearch Longevity Body.

In the eyes of an ordinary person, the only thing that set Chen Fan apart from most people was his pristine appearance. However, in the eyes of a Demon God such as Lord Susano, he saw Chen Fan as a precious holy grail of cultivation. His body emanated a strong pulse of Spirit Qi that was common with enlighted monks who had reached nirvana.

Azure Thearch Longevity Body was one of the most powerful Connate Spirit Bodies. Although Chen Fan was still at the introductory level of the art, one drop of his blood was able to bring a man to life from the verge of death. It contained more Spirit Qi than that in an Essence Gathering Pill. For most cultivators on earth, they would consider Chen Fan an Earth Level Deity and Lord Susano simply couldn't pass up such an opportunity.

The thin old man's face darkened as Chen Fan exposed his scheme. In the end, his face turned into a contorted laughter.

”Very good! You are right. However, it's already too late!”

He paused and then he glowered.

”Your body is mine the moment you entered the Shrine. I don't know, nor do I care how you have gained such a wonderful Spirit Body, I guess I will find out as soon as I possess you and look into your memory. Wverything of yours will be mine.”

”If I could have such a wonderful Divine Body, I might even complete the final step of my cultivation and became an Earth Level Deity, much less regain my lost power.”

Lord Susano smirked.

Even now, Lord Susano didn't take Chen Fan as a serious threat. After all, he used to be a mighty Immortal State cultivator in Japan. In his mind, those who haven't achieved the Immortal State were lowly insects. Even though his form was reduced to just a Divine Soul, while in his own Shrine, he should be able to unleash as much power as an Immortal State cultivator would. Otherwise, he would not lure Chen Fan into the Shrine. He had initially planned to make a move on Chen Fan as soon as he fell for his trap, but to his amazement, Chen Fan had a Treasure Body of the Earth Level Deity

At first, Lord Susano was stunned by his discovery.

Earth Level Deities were the stuff of legends. However, Chen Fan's body had all the signature signs of an Earth Level Deity: Ice Skin, Jade Bones and a constant exchange of energy with nature. Chen Fan was a paragon of the Union of Mortal and Heaven. Only a cultivator with Earth Level Deity Body could have pulled it off.

Greed besting caution, Lord Susano made up his mind to claim Chen Fan's body for himself without a second thought. If he was able to use Chen Fan's body, he should be at least completed half of the requirement to become an Earth Level Deity. By then, he could live for another hundred or so years freely outside his current confinement. It would be his dream come true.

”If you kneel before me, I might spare your life. I might even take you in as my chief priest.”

Seeing his conspiracy had been blown, Lord Susano no longer tried to hide his real intentions. He announced confidently as if the victory was already in the bag for him.

Before an Immortal State Overlord, even the title of the most powerful Grandmaster in China seemed pale in comparison.

”That is too bad because I can't say the same about you. Even if you knelt down before me, I still will not spare your life.” Chen Fan shook his head and heaved a sigh.

”Such arrogance, Chinese boy!”

The dark light in Lord Susano's eyes surged and a wind gust across the room, making a harrowing scream.

The old man charged up the energy inside of him and caused the dust around him to seemingly start levitating upward. The entire shrine turned pitch black as bouts of agonizing screams came up. A dark mist fell over the room like a thick blanket, within it was otherworldly energy that could corrupt Soul Energy. These deadly mists would make any ordinary Grandmaster's face turn pale.

”No one, not even the Great Magus of the Dark Witch Sect and the Heavenly Master Sect Master would dare to talk to me like that!” Lord Susano growled as he slowly rose to his feet and extended one arm to grasp something in the air.

”Now, I will show you the real power of Immortal State!”

”Kaboom!”

A large black paw, lined with sharp glinting claws swooped down at Chen Fan. The paw was covered with black shining scales like that of a primordial dragon. Even the thought of peering into the darkness to look at the beast in its full glory would fray an ordinary mortal's mind.

The paw wheezed in the air, light ran down from the large claw and traced a silvery line in the air. Not even an armored vehicle could endure this attack, much less human's flesh.