The People's God: Sacrificing Trillions to Ascend-Chapter 503 - Bonus Stage

Similar situations to the Berserker God were occurring throughout the Dueling Lands. Foreign Gods were killing weak yet greedy candidates and plummeting their points to zero. Already more than ten had been killed.

Han Wu commanded his units to search around before finally finding another shrine.

Dense darkness hung over the shrine. Tracks resembling horse hooves could be found in the surrounding area. Someone else had come across the shrine but had left.

Checking the side of the shrine, Han Wu read the sentence etched there, “Sacrifice 6 million Dark Stones to receive the benevolence of the Dark God.”

Evidently, someone had obtained the first blessing but had held back their greed and made no further offerings.

It was rare to find such a disciplined God with the mental clarity to sense danger, and Han Wu couldn’t help but admire them.

“But the Divine Ego of the Dark God is beneficial to me.”

Han Wu’s units, Dark Locust and Alpheus, were powerful dark attribute units. The Divine Ego of the Dark God would allow either to become a powerful Dark God if they absorbed it.

Since it benefited Han Wu, he naturally decided to get it.

Han Wu gathered energy from his units to turn into Dark Stones, then made the offering. The stones turned into a dark stream before flowing into the pitch-black statue in the shrine.

With that done, Han Wu waited for the Dark God to appear, only for him and his units to receive the Dark God’s benevolence instead. This gave them the ability to see in the dark and granted them affinity with darkness. All Darkness-based attacks would also be less effective on them.

Han Wu inspected the shrine and saw that the sentence had changed. This time, it requested 60 million Dark Stones. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

“That should be enough to free it this time, but I’ll need to gather 60 million Dark Stones first,” he mumbled.

Not long after, a ten-meter-tall mountain of Dark Stones was being offered to the statue. The statue converted the Dark Stones into pure energy to absorb.

Han Wu readied himself.

Unexpectedly, the black statue turned into a black liquid and escaped!

Han Wu could barely contain his laughter. The Dark God was a powerful foreign God, yet it escaped the moment it was free.

Although he had obtained the 60 million Dark Stones for free using his Divine Aspect and Divine Jurisdiction, it was still labor. How could Han Wu let the Dark God escape after all that effort?

“Come back here!” Han Wu shouted, calling eight of his Earthsunder life forms to pursue the Dark God.

The Dark God turned into a shadow, dancing around the area in an attempt to escape, but Han Wu caught on to its tactics and immediately worked to surround it. In the end, the eight Earthsunder life forms were positioned in an octagon with the Dark God in the middle.

Sensing the Earthsunder life forms encircling it, the Dark God immediately stopped moving. Meanwhile, Han Wu stood outside, using his senses to discern the Dark God’s true appearance.

The Dark God was just a mouse, but it was an extremely rare race of mouse called the Umbral Mouse. This race had an unusually high affinity to darkness and could move rapidly within the shadows.

Also, it was a greedy race that loved hoarding treasures. It was said that every Umbral Mouse could form a hidden Dark Pagoda to store its stash.

Han Wu was overjoyed at the discovery. Catching an Umbral Mouse meant obtaining the key to its treasure pagoda! This was like a bonus stage for Han Wu!

“Dark God, submit yourself to me, and I won’t kill you,” the eight Earthsunder life forms declared on Han Wu’s behalf after receiving his telepathic order.

The Umbral Mouse screeched and chittered as if angry. Han Wu’s proposal had clearly hurt its pride. After venting its frustration, it skittered toward the darkness emanating from Alpheus.

It tried to escape through the darkness, but Han Wu was faster, already placing his hand on the ground and activating his Divine Jurisdiction. He swiftly turned that Dark Energy into Light Energy.

The Umbral Mouse staggered out from the flash of bright light, rolling on the ground in agony. It was a life form that lived in perpetual darkness, and light caused it piercing pain.

Han Wu then turned all the surrounding darkness into light.

The Umbral Mouse couldn’t avoid it at all. It could only endure the torture. Three minutes later, its body was stiff like a corpse.

The light had left it paralyzed by pain. Picking it up by its tail, Han Wu examined it.

Its affinity with darkness was truly staggering, allowing it to escape through darkness with ease. Even Alpheus’s Dark Domain almost turned into a medium for it to escape. After some time, the Umbral Mouse regained control over its body, swiping its claw at Han Wu even while dangled from its tail.

Frowning, Han Wu channeled Light Energy into his palm. The Umbral Mouse stiffened as if electrocuted, but regained its mobility after several seconds. It tried to attack him and was hit with Light Energy again.

This cycle repeated ten more times before it finally gave up.

“Can you understand me?” Han Wu asked seriously.

The Umbral Mouse nodded hesitantly. It was clearly smart enough to understand Han Wu’s language, which was why it became angry when Han Wu told it to submit.

“Submit to me or die,” Han Wu repeated. “If you deny me again, I will toss you into a hell filled with light and show you how benevolent the radiance can be.”

This was a weak threat against other life forms, but an effective one for the Umbral Mouse. It wavered briefly before finally relenting. Nodding, it agreed to submit to Han Wu.

Han Wu was slightly disappointed. He had been hoping it would keep trying to escape, giving him an excuse to kill it. Alpheus or Dark Locust would’ve grown exceptionally stronger with its Divine Ego.