Chapter 725: 653: Ill-intentioned Visitor

Chapter 725: Chapter 653: Ill-intentioned Visitor

“This is the Anxia evening news, today’s main headlines are…

The number of Black Seams continues to increase, with officials calling for the public to remain calm and not to be misled by unscrupulous individuals.

Hezhou City was attacked by a horde of Mutant Beasts, resulting in the destruction of five shops and over ten vehicles. Fortunately, a strong member of the Immortal Gate appeared in time and there were no casualties in the incident.

The Ministry of Education has introduced new measures, incorporating physical fitness assessments into the primary to junior high and junior high to senior high promotion exams, accounting for 15% of the overall score. It is expected that by the start of the next school term, the high school division will introduce Martial Arts alongside arts and sciences, and proceed to establish a specialized Martial Arts university… Students who score high in the Martial Arts exams could have the chance to be specially recruited by the Immortal Gate.”

The measured voice of the broadcaster came from the television.

“We now interrupt with a breaking news story. It is reported that at three o’clock this afternoon, Talin announced the Calamity Divine Sect as the National Religion and required the populace to attend the prayer ceremonies at the nearest church at two specific times every day, six in the morning and six in the evening.

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed strong condemnation, stating that faith is free and that Talin’s actions have regressed the nation’s civilization by five hundred years.”

Some who were late to realize now discovered that recently, Talin has undergone drastic changes.

As for the things related to the Calamity Divine Sect, it was no longer a secret online. In just half a month, the Calamity Sect spread like wildfire, and a cryptic message circulated online—the Calamity Divine Sect could grant ordinary people strength.

Even those without talent or foundation, as long as they truly believed in the God of Calamity, could receive strength comparable to Awakeners. Some people even transformed from ordinary folks with no strength to spare into Boss Level powerhouses capable of single-handedly slaying Mutant Beasts within a mere half month.

Even the Immortal Gate examines talent when recruiting disciples!

What exactly is the Calamity Divine Sect?

Anxia Country has filtered some information, and the domestic situation is much stabler than abroad. Even so, organizations related to the Calamity Sect have already begun to appear in many places.

Many small countries have spontaneously worshiped the God of Calamity, with not a few incidents of people being beaten to death for blatantly disrespecting the God of Calamity, all because of beliefs and ideologies. Yet in today’s increasingly chaotic situation, these incidents only caused small ripples.

“What exactly is going on in Talin?”

“I don’t know, our people in Talin have either lost contact or… they have become followers of the God of Calamity.”

It was so eerie,

A silence fell in the Central Conference Hall.

“Should we, perhaps, consult an expert from the Immortal Gate?”

…

“The Origin has already recovered 50%, the Power of Faith is truly miraculous,” whispered the God of Calamity:

“In the Mountain and Sea World, intelligent creatures are few, and a weak deity with only hundreds of thousands of believers is already considerable. Those with over a hundred million followers are powerful deities, yet here on Sky Blue Star, this tiny planet, there are over fifteen billion humans!”

“Humans are fragile, but their souls are quite pure, an excellent source of faith. Once I develop all the humans on Sky Blue Star into my followers and transform this entire planet into the divine country of this deity, breaking through to the Holy Tier… to the True God realm will be a piece of cake!”

He stood up, casting a long Shadow, surrounded by a daunting aura.

“This is an undeveloped land. To be on the safe side, I must bring Sky Blue Star under control before others in the Mountain and Sea World discover it.”

With a thought, he manipulated strands of the Power of Faith, receiving over 1T of information in just a few seconds.

The two horns that had grown on his forehead flickered.

“It has only been a few years since people on Sky Blue Star began awakening. Currently, there are no masters. The most powerful person on this planet must be the Immortal Gate Master.

Hmph, such a grand title!”

The God of Calamity gleaned from the information of his followers that the Immortal Gate Master and some elders had some combat achievements.

“Awakening Tier Perfection, at most, Stepping Void.”

But to the God of Calamity, whether it was Awakening Tier Perfection or the Stepping Void Realm, they were nothing more than ants.

His only concern was that as the number of Black Seams increased, eventually the existence of Sky Blue Star would be discovered by powerful forces of the Mountain and Sea World.

With only a nascent godhead, and even with his former foundation, he was not yet a match for those established powerhouses.

But, just give him a few more months…

He connected with several thick strands of the Power of Faith, his will descending into the minds of a few fervent believers.

“You… make a trip to Anxia.”

…

At this moment, Tang Yu had returned to Green Shadow and was crafting the latest of his Space Series Avatars.

He originally planned to explore the Desolate Ancient Cave Heaven, but after arriving in White City, he discovered that many of the materials he desperately needed could be purchased directly there.

Those not available in White City were found in several other giant cities—White City’s Transmission Array could send people to several other neutral giant cities, albeit the transmission fee was quite expensive, costing 500 units of high-purity Source Crystal per person. According to the Mountain and Sea Realm’s income standards, even an ordinary Stepping Void wouldn’t necessarily be able to afford it.

His transmission array only cost how much to activate? 1000 Source Crystals (1 high-purity Source Crystal = 100 Source Crystals), and that was the total cost to start up the array, not the cost per person.

If it weren’t for the fact that he had planted a tree in his heart somewhere between A and C, he would seriously consider going into the teleportation business.

His spatial avatar was also humanoid, with its appearance tweaked 10% better, going from slightly handsome to devastatingly attractive.

“This avatar is so much stronger than Avatar One.”

The moment his Soul Split entered, hurricanes began to swell around the spatial avatar, and its aura had already reached the level of a Transcendent Second Tier.

Wherever his gaze fell, spatial lines became countless times more distinct, as though a near-sighted person had put on glasses.

He reached out toward the insulated cup on the distant table, his right hand emptily grasping, and pulled.

In an instant,

There was hardly any spatial fluctuation, and the cup was already in his hand.

With the same degree of perception in the Space Law, Avatar Two could exert ten times the Space Power of the original body.

“Very good.”

The original patted the spatial avatar on the arm, entrusting it with the tedious task of comprehending Space Laws.

The newly born spatial avatar, not even a minute old: “???”

Are you the Devil, original?

…

Sky Blue Star, Immortal Gate.

In front of the mist-enshrouded Eight Immortals table,

“Master Enze, what do you think?” a middle-aged official from Anxia Country asked.

Enze stroked his white beard, “I’ve heard about the Calamity Sect too, indeed, it’s not just any cult.”

The middle-aged official nodded in agreement, “The Calamity Sect has a meticulous organization, clear division of labor, and they are proficient in brainwashing techniques. They may have even used some methods to win over some of Talin’s upper echelons to grow into the National Religion in such a short time. The founder of the Calamity Sect is no ordinary individual.”

Enze chuckled and shook his head, “You’re mistaken.”

“???”

“The biggest difference between the Calamity Sect and the usual cults is that the God of Calamity may very well be real.”

“!!!”

The Anxia official’s eyes nearly popped out, “Gods! Are there really gods in this world?!”

“With Black Seams, Awakeners, Mutant Beasts, and Otherworlds already existing, why can’t there be gods?” Enze replied, “Moreover, according to our Immortal Gate’s investigations into Otherworlds, there indeed exist deities. The God of Calamity likely comes from a world on the opposite side of the Black Seam.”

The Anxia official was on the verge of fainting.

He thought this was just a complicated case; who would have thought—oh my!

He thought about the statue of the God of Calamity, with horns on its head and clearly not human, initially assuming it was just an imagined figure. If the God of Calamity truly existed, then…

If Talin was under Its control, could Anxia Country escape unscathed?

Enze saw what he was thinking, “Don’t panic, that won’t help.”

The middle-aged official: “…”

“Cough, I mean, deities are just more powerful individuals. Just like us Awakeners, cultivating to higher realms, slaying gods—is all possible.”

The middle-aged official heaved a huge sigh of relief; as long as it wasn’t an omnipotent deity, it was fine, “Do you know how strong a deity can be?”

“Ah, roughly around the ability to burn the sky and boil the sea, easily sinking an island and causing continental shelf quakes.”

Enze couldn’t really describe to laymen like the Anxia official exactly how powerful a Transcendent Third Tier was.

But the Anxia official felt faint once more, can’t you speak without gasping for breath!

At that moment,

The Anxia official’s phone vibrated, and he picked it up to take a look, his expression changing slightly.

— Several bishops of the Calamity Sect appeared in Anhu City and have already gathered a large number of followers.

A few seconds later, Enze’s old-fashioned wristwatch beeped on his wrist.

[Elder, a group from the Calamity Sect has surrounded the Martial Arts Hall we have in Anhu; they are spreading the doctrine of divine grace, demeaning Awakening and Cultivation as worthless. This does not bode well!]