Chapter 486 - 480: Return to Where One Belongs! The Most Unique Comrade!

Gray no longer paid attention to the move Ma Ran just used.

Because the strike Ma Ran delivered not only slaughtered his body, causing his divine body to enter an irreversible state of self-decomposition and disintegration, but also tore apart the divinity wrapping his true spirit.

In other words...

The divinity’s thought process was shattered!

Thus, Gray suddenly awoke, somewhat regaining a bit of his original character.

"Questions?"

Ma Ran expressionlessly looked at him: "I can probably guess what you want to ask."

"In reality, you don’t need anyone to dispel your doubts; the answers are already in your heart, right?"

Hearing this, in the moments before his demise, Gray recalled everything he had done during this time.

He couldn’t help feeling dazed in spirit, and amidst the confusion, regret and pain appeared on his face, dejectedly saying: "Prophet, you are correct."

Gray lifted his head, glanced at Ma Ran, then subconsciously turned away, lowering his head, speaking in a pained tone: "I originally thought I could resist the alien colonizers, hold the Western Hemisphere, and help you share some of the burden, but instead..."

"I’m sorry."

"I know, apologies are utterly meaningless."

"During this period, I’ve made too many mistakes."

"Completely destroy me!"

"With the power of the ’Civilization Guardian’ organization, you should be able to achieve that..."

[God of Indians] Blood Arrow, [Yi King] Megan Lawson...

The innocent who died at his hands, who clearly should be top combat power for Earth, contributing to the peace and stable development of Earth Civilization.

Though Blood Arrow was extreme in personality and somewhat racially prejudiced, the hatred had historical roots and wasn’t irreconcilable. As long as facts were presented and reason debated, before Earth truly achieved peace, there was still a possibility for temporary coexistence.

Though Megan Lawson was a believer in an alien evil god, who once slaughtered many Earth compatriots and used those innocents as sacrifices, his combat power was also quite significant and could be won over to become a strong ally.

No one in the world deserves to die; those he personally killed should be given a second chance — this was Matt Gray’s belief.

All along, he had been such a kindhearted person, overflowing with Holy Mother compassion.

But with overuse of the [God] authority, his thoughts became completely divinized, and looking back on the things he did now, the more deeply Gray deliberated, the more painful it became.

"..."

Ma Ran remained silent.

Gray was correct.

He truly could mobilize the organization’s power, spend some time, thoroughly erase the faith in God, leaving Gray unable to use the [Resurrection] authority of [God] to return from the void of death again.

But...

Is there a need?

Gray himself was also a victim of superpower erosion.

The things he just said weren’t an act, nor were they lies, but true repentance from the heart.

Ma Ran could feel Gray’s sincerity.

He truly wanted to use death to atone for his sins.

After a moment of contemplation, Ma Ran gave Gray a lukewarm glance and merely spoke two sentences.

"The [God of Indians] Blood Arrow has been resurrected by me."

"[Yi King] Megan Lawson deserved to die; if you hadn’t killed him, I would have."

Upon hearing this, Gray looked at him bewilderedly, unable to comprehend what he meant.

A slightly mocking girlish voice suddenly came from behind Ma Ran: "Yo! Weren’t you just flying high with arrogance? I thought you were some extraordinary big boss; how come you’re so deflated now?"

Gray instinctively looked towards the voice and saw Su Qiangwei gazing at him with disdain.

"Cowards are the ones who evade their responsibilities, using death as a punishment for themselves, thinking a single death can put an end to everything."

"Tsk, do you Americans also promote such foolish theories like ’the dead are the greatest’?"

"Instead of ’the dead are the greatest’, Ma Ran and I would much rather embrace ’final judgment in the coffin’."

"Brave and fearless sacrificers should be recorded in the annals of history, to be remembered forever by future generations!"

"Cowardly traitors and evaders should be nailed on the pillar of historical shame, their infamy to last for ages!"

Su Qiangwei spoke Ma Ran’s heartfelt thoughts.

Although outwardly warm, friendly, and kind to everyone, in essence, he was someone who wouldn’t relent when he had the upper hand, exactly as he thought.

Ma Ran disliked people who "avoided direct confrontation" and those who "made compromises".

Hearing this, Gray’s eyes grew increasingly dim.

The [Martial God] from the East wasn’t just tough-handed, fierce in disposition, and extraordinarily skilled, but also sharp-tongued. Though her words weren’t scathing, with no vulgar language used, they were remarkably harsh.

Every word she spoke hit the nail on the head, making Gray feel they were very reasonable.

"What Martial God says is right, I am a waste."

At this moment, Gray’s voice was as soft as a mosquito’s hum, like a refined, introverted youth, with none of the extravagant arrogance of [God] remaining.

Ma Ran gave him a deep look, focused his mind, and the edge of the purple-red straight-bladed dragon-engraved Tang Blade aimed at Gray’s brow, speaking calmly: "To recognize past mistakes as irrevocable, and to know the future holds potential that can be pursued. In truth, the lost was not too far away, realizing the present correctness and the past wrongness."

"True courage is not to escape with death, but to live and atone with tangible actions."

As he finished speaking, Ma Ran’s spirit surged, and the Tang Blade cleaved through the shattered divine body completely, in the process, instantaneously stripping and refining all remaining divinity in Gray, transforming it into pure spiritual power, fully absorbing it.

This powerful divinity, once thoroughly transformed, brought substantial enhancement to Ma Ran’s spiritual power strength and quantity, with a boost of about ten percent in strength and a whopping forty percent increase in the total amount of spiritual power!

A reusable chive, harvested!

During the harvesting of divinity, Gray would become even greater than before — this process for Gray was akin to [rebirth] in online games, discarding some things, retaining some attributes, and upon reaching new heights again, he would become stronger.

This was a win-win, mutual benefit!

Thus, the figure of [God] Gray had already disappeared without a trace, yet his remorseful voice still lingered in this world.

"Although someone like me doesn’t deserve forgiveness, after resurrection, I will try everything possible to atone for my sins..."

"I will do everything to fight and protect this beautiful blue planet."

"Prophet, Martial God, thank you both."

Thus, [God] Gray vanished completely from Earth.

Until seven days later, when the [Resurrection] authority would take effect, only then would he be recreated from the void.

"Suddenly gotten all literary..."

Su Qiangwei moved next to Ma Ran, while stuffing roast meat flavored chips into her mouth, speaking indistinctly: "Return, return, why not come back when the fields are going untended? You wouldn’t happen to like Tao Yuanming, would you?"

"I always thought someone like you... would appreciate Li Bai more!"

The omitted content was probably filled with complimentary adjectives like "dashing, handsome, heroic, wise, majestic".

However, the girl reacted quickly.

To prevent her buddy’s ego from inflating, she deliberately omitted those adjectives.

"[Game Main God] has responded."

Ma Ran didn’t want to get too bogged down in this issue and switched the topic: "He has already pinpointed the location of the Second Generation God of Slaughter."

"Everyone else is ready."

"If you’re good to go, we can move out now."

Su Qiangwei raised an eyebrow, realizing things were not that simple: "Wait a minute..."

"Everyone else?"

In his heart, is Master Qiangwei not the most powerful, the most special, and the most reliable comrade?