The Monster is Coming

Chapter 491 Supreme Authority, Respectful Command (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Imperial Tomb Village.

After a flash of white light, Minghou's figure appeared at the teleportation point.

Without pausing, he immediately used his mental power to lift his body and flew like an arrow toward the new building "Altar of the Gods" on the map.

Although he appeared calm, his heart was churning with turmoil and he was overwhelmed with excitement.

For ordinary players, this update might just be something to watch for fun, with the Four Gods' Blessing being seen as yet another "enhancement feature" to choose from.

Even in terms of priority, it has to be ranked after Star Veins, Soul Essence, Cultivation Techniques, and Rune Weapons.

After all, there are too many enhancement options that require sacrificial power, and the effects of the new system are described in such a mysterious way.

But he is different.

As a being who once traversed the long river of the monster world as a "Fate Clan," he understood better than any player the terrifying weight that the words "Four Gods" carried.

The power of Yanming, Jiuyin, Zhizhi, and Chaowei cannot be summarized by the word "gods".

They were originally the managers of the monster world, the supreme Heavenly Dao that transcended all gods, and the cornerstone of the rules that maintained the operation of all things.

Its status and power are second only to the legendary Emperor Zhao, who is said to have created the world.

Obtaining their power, even just a glimmer of light or a glance, is far more valuable than simple attribute bonuses.

This is a path that touches upon the fundamental rules of the world, granting him the privilege of seeking grace from the "source code" that constitutes the logic of all things.

It is also a shortcut to the pinnacle of power, and perhaps even a glimpse into the essence of the world.

Value cannot be measured by the amount of resources available.

Only those with the special identity of "player" can access it.

Despite the accumulation of resources over many years, various external forces have been unable to even glimpse the threshold of the Four Gods' power.

If fellow villagers of the Destiny Clan knew of this opportunity, they would spare no effort to knock on the door, even if it required ten or a hundred times the resources.

This is why he didn't hesitate to drop everything and rush back from Neverland as quickly as possible.

In his eyes, this opportunity was far more valuable than any killing or destructive sword aura.

The two cannot even be compared on the same level; this would be a desecration of the power of the Four Gods.

As for the various strategy posts on the forum, there's absolutely no need to read them.

The Four Symbols are symbols of supreme power.

The blessing bestowed in the name of the four gods is the definition of "powerful".

There's no need to argue about which is stronger or weaker.

Forum players, including himself, had an imagination of the power of the Four Gods that was like looking at the sky through a pipe or measuring the sea with a gourd; they could not possibly measure even a fraction of its true vastness.

It's not just about strength, but also about the completely different dimensions and levels.

Just as ants cannot comprehend that skyscrapers built by intelligent beings are not natural mountains, how can players at this stage truly understand what the rules that maintain the operation of the world really mean?

As his thoughts raced, the outline of the altar of the gods became clear at the end of Minghou's vision.

This is a functional building constructed entirely of illusory energy structures.

It seems to exist between reality and illusion. The whole thing is a multi-layered truncated cone shape. On the edge of each truncated cone, there are ever-changing regular runes that flicker like breathing, exuding an ancient aura.

At the center of the altar is a deep, four-colored vortex that rotates slowly.

The four colors blend together like liquid, forming a stable entrance to the passage.

At this moment, the virtual and magnificent altar was already surrounded by a dense crowd of players.

The place was bustling with noise and clamor.

During this time, players continued to step into the center of the vortex and enter the independent enhancement space.

With a slight thought, he moved like a fish through the slightly crowded throng, ignoring the debate among the players around him about "which god to choose," and his gaze was fixed intently on the ever-expanding rotating four-colored vortex in his eyes.

His path to heaven is right before his eyes.

Without hesitation, Minghou stepped into the spinning four-colored vortex.

In an instant, a feeling of weightlessness came over me, and the noise of the surrounding players and the scene of Emperor's Tomb Village vanished in an instant.

My gaze was replaced by soft light.

This feeling lasted only a brief moment.

The next moment, my feet touched the ground.

Minghou found himself standing in an ancient and solemn temple.

Beneath our feet lies a smooth, mirror-like crystal floor that reflects the soft glow of the dome.

All around are massive stone pillars supporting the high dome, with flowing epic paintings carved on their shafts.

An indescribable aura permeated the air, as if every speck of dust contained the ancient will of the gods.

At the far end of the main hall directly in front of him stood four majestic humanoid statues.

The faces of the statues were shrouded in a hazy glow, indistinct and impossible to see.

The aura emanating from the statue was as vast and profound as the pulse of the world itself, transforming into an invisible tide that swept over his body and soul.

Among the four statues of gods.

The first one on the left has a graceful silhouette and a holy posture. She is surrounded by a pure white radiance that seems to cleanse all impurities, soothe all wounds, and bring a sense of tranquility.

This is clearly Jiuyin, who holds the power of purification.

The second statue is tall and imposing, with pale blue spatial ripples spreading around it. It seems to fold space as far as the eye can see, and its very existence signifies the definition of distance and dimension.

This is Yan Ming, who holds the power over space.

The third statue features a gracefully curved figure, with a ball of light in its hand resembling a rotating dark golden vortex that seems capable of devouring everything, yet also exudes vibrant life.

This is the superdimensional entity that holds the power to extract all things.

The fourth and final statue resembled a contemplative youth, with a slightly slender figure. There was no intense light or unusual phenomenon around him, only countless subtle, dark blue streams of information flickering, as if constantly analyzing the structure of all things in the world.

This is the guide for those who wield the power to analyze all things.

Purification, space, extraction, analysis.

Four completely different, yet all representing the powerful rules underlying the logic of the monster world, are truly manifested before our eyes.

Just standing here, feeling the vast aura brushing against my face, I felt my soul tremble, and a sense of instinctive awe arose in my heart, as a lower-dimensional being confronts a higher-dimensional being.

At this moment, a semi-transparent enhancement interface appeared before Minghou's eyes.

Nine Yin Blessing: Purification and Protection.

Activating the blessing consumes 10 sacrificial power.

初始等级1（0/100）：每次祈福消耗1万祭力，提升0.01等级经验。

Tip: Each time you pray for blessings, there is a chance to receive the favor of the God of Purification, Jiuyin, and obtain Power Sealing Cards of different qualities.

Yanming's Blessing: Spatial Insights.

Activating the Blessing consumes: ...

Four selectable divine blessings are presented before you.

The price of activating the blessing is not expensive in the eyes of the Destiny Throat.

Without hesitation, the moment he saw the amount of sacrificial power required to activate it, Minghou made his decision.

As the fingertip swiped across the interface, 40 of the account's reserve sacrificial power instantly evaporated.

This is a number that would make an ordinary player cringe for a long time, but in Minghou's eyes, it's totally worth it.

hum!
It was as if four pebbles had been thrown into a calm lake at the same time.

The four majestic statues in front of them simultaneously produced a barely perceptible resonance.

Four wisps of energy, almost ethereal yet imbued with distinctly different rules and rhythms, quietly flowed from the depths of the deity's blurred face.

A wisp of pure white, a wisp of pale blue ripples, a wisp of dark gold vortex, a wisp of deep blue data... These four wisps of energy, like formless and intangible water, quietly merged into the space around him and then gradually seeped into his body.

In an instant, Minghou felt some unknown change taking place within his body.

Unlike the exhilarating feeling of leveling up your Soul, enhancement brings an indescribable, vague blessing.

He could sense that the energy flow in the space, which was previously difficult to detect and was like background noise, had become much clearer, and his five senses seemed to have become more acute.

However, the effect was extremely weak.

It's so weak it's like a self-suggested illusion.

As forum users have said, the effects of the Four Gods' Blessing are too mystical and cannot be quantified at all.

There was no data, no special effects, only a vague feeling that "I seem to have become a little different".

But this is exactly what Life Throat has been hoping for.

As the four supreme gods who once ruled the monster world, their power should have been subtle and pervasive, quietly rewriting their growth trajectory and potential at the most fundamental level.

The next second, four prompts popped up in his mind.

This indicates that he has activated four divine blessings.

His gaze swept over the four activated blessing buffs on the enhancement interface, all at level 1, and a blazing light ignited in his throat.

The road has been paved.

Next, we will use endless sacrificial power and devout "prayer" to nurture the current weak seed into a towering tree.

It is certain that the process of strengthening the Four Gods System will be extremely lengthy. The amount of sacrificial power required to reach the pinnacle will be astronomical.

But he didn't see anything wrong with it.

Because this is the power of the four gods.

In his eyes, every act of offering prayers was a way of communicating with the gods.

The tiny 0.01 experience increase on the progress bar represents a slight increase in recognition from the supreme being.

As for just how powerful the Four Gods were, he only had a vague idea.

But from the library and the information gathered by his people as they explored the monster world, he pieced together a rough outline.

The supreme authority in the monster world, aside from the ethereal and elusive Emperor God who has evolved all things.

Its power system can be roughly divided into five levels, each of which can be called: gods.

The Four Gods are the highest-level controllers among these five levels. They represent the four most fundamental rules and forces that constitute the operation of the monster world.

Each of them, in the distant past, once had an unimaginable number of followers, whose faith transcended the boundaries of race and civilization.

Even the scattered legends about their power were enough to stir his heart.

Legend has it that the Nine Yin God possesses the ultimate power of being "invulnerable to all magic".

The term "invulnerable to all laws" here refers not only to immunity to negative states such as curses, corruption, and erosion.

It also implies an absolute negation of the concept of "harm" in all forms and at all levels.

Physical impacts, energy bombardments, rule erosion, and even attacks at the level of causality... all will be rendered ineffective and swept away into "nothingness" before the supreme purification authority.

It is foreseeable that the future of purification and blessing will develop towards this ultimate form of "absolute defense".

The most chilling description of Yan Ming, the supreme controller of space, is not moving mountains and filling seas, but rather that he is "omnipresent yet nowhere to be found."

Legend has it that Yama's power allows his "existence" to be reflected simultaneously in all spatial dimensions.

He can appear in every corner of the monster world and even the void world at the same time. Space is no longer a barrier for him, but a canvas to be painted on at will.

The ultimate goal of spatial blessings may be absolute freedom: to disregard all spatial barriers and be wherever one's heart desires.

Regarding the superdimensional, legend has it that it has the power to decompose all matter, energy, and even abstract "concepts" to their most primitive state and then recombine and create them.

Any being that dares to anger a being from a higher dimension will be completely decomposed.

After that, the target will leave no trace and will not return to the cycle of all things.

Even if the opponent possesses incredible abilities like time reversal, they cannot undo the decomposition effects imposed by the superdimensional authority.

He can even erase the collective memory associated with the target, causing it to disappear completely, leaving no memory of it at all.

The horrors of the superdimensional go far beyond this.

Decomposition is the beginning of creation.

The "primordial essence," broken down to its original nature, can be reconstituted into anything new that He conceives under His will.

According to legend, it is also the most lethal of the four gods.

It represents destruction and creation, two extreme forces.

The power for players to grow stronger by hunting monsters clearly comes from this god of destruction and creation.

Finally, it is the embodiment of understanding the laws governing all things: guidance.

If the other three gods wield the power to govern the world, then the Guide represents the wisdom to see through everything.

There are no secrets in His eyes.

Every living being, every existence, is transparent before the guiding authority.

When guidance directs attention to a target, seeking to "understand" its existence.

His gaze will trace the life trajectory of the target backwards.

Every moment of the target's past experiences will be clearly read, like an open book.

This backtracking can continue indefinitely, tracing back to the moment the target was born.

Going even further, we trace our ancestors along bloodlines, back to the long history of our group's evolution, and finally to the original, undifferentiated origin of life.

Within the guiding vision, there is no such thing as an unpredictable fate.

Based on a complete understanding of the laws governing all things and an infinite grasp of the past details of the target, He can deduce all possible future trajectories from the point of "now".

In the eyes of the Fate Clan, the future is always shrouded in mystery, hence the saying: Fate is unpredictable.

But in the eyes of the guiding God, the future will only follow a predetermined path.

Therefore, the legend of guidance is often associated with the concepts of omniscience or even "complete invincibility".

Omniscience means being able to see through all weaknesses, predict all changes, and avoid all risks.

To go against the guidance makes victory itself a paradox.

To defeat Him, perhaps the moment you have this thought, or even in the distant past when your ancestors made a decision that influenced the fate of their people.

The relevant "causal relationship" has then been incorporated into the deduction.

For example, if there is a being in the present moment whose descendants will give birth to a god billions of years later, and this god will challenge the supreme guidance, then the guidance can erase the traces of this ancestor's existence in the present moment, and the god billions of years later will not exist.

Nip the problem in the bud.

Therefore, the ultimate form of guidance and blessing, "analysis and insight," may be the authority of omniscience.

This won't directly grant players omniscience, but it will teach them to use the developmental patterns of known information to understand how the world works, gradually approaching the supreme state where nothing is a secret.

The legends of the Four Gods each contain a power that overturns conventional understanding.

Standing before the four divine statues, Minghou felt an overwhelming sense of reverence as he sensed the faint aura of the world's origin.

It is said that all four of them had killed the Black Tide Demon God, who also possessed the "Supreme Origin".

This shows just how terrifying their combat power is.

"Slow is fine," Minghou thought to himself, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Of the four blessings to be bestowed, he decided to prioritize enhancing Yanming's spatial perception.

In the future, he plans to expand the scale of the casino to cover a wider area of ​​the sea and attract more diverse forces.

Establishing a stable and efficient transmission network that covers key areas is an indispensable foundation for supporting this blueprint.

The improvement in spatial perception can be used to optimize the construction efficiency of teleportation arrays, and can also bring about a qualitative change in his own movement efficiency.

Once he had a clear idea, he took immediate action.

He brought up the enhancement interface, locked his gaze on [Gift of the Underworld (Spatial Comprehension)], and began to "bless" in batches.

The sacrificial power surged and burned, continuously pouring into the illusory passage representing the rules of space.

One million, two million, three million... When the sacrificial power invested accumulates to five million.

空间感悟的等级进度从1（0/100）跳动到了1（5/100）。

The improvement was minimal, but Minghou could vaguely sense that his perception of the subtlety of the surrounding space seemed to have become a little clearer.

at this time.

hum!
A flash of light appeared on the enhanced interface, and a card phantom surrounded by a purple aura appeared out of thin air before him, accompanied by ripples in space.

The card was enveloped in a deep purple light, and its front was engraved with complex light blue spatial runes, as if it were constantly being disassembled and reassembled.

The curiosity in my heart was swept away by the analysis of the throat.

[Yam's Blessing - Instant Location Card (Purple)]

Effect: Once activated, you can visualize the target location in your mind and achieve an instantaneous ultra-long-distance teleportation, ignoring spatial barriers.

Number of uses: 1/1.

Minghou's eyes suddenly lit up.

Strategic item!
This purple card, if used well, is worth over a million sacrificial points.

In critical moments, it can even turn the tide of a battle.

He never expected that the process of praying for blessings would bring him such a surprising and unexpected experience.

My anticipation was instantly heightened.

If the purple-quality blessings are already this powerful, then what about the even higher-quality gold cards mentioned in the update description?
What could it be?
Could it be... a blessing that seals a wisp of the spatial origin power of the God of Hell, temporarily granting the user some spatial authority?

Or perhaps it's possible to summon a wisp of Yanming's divine consciousness to briefly descend and achieve an absolute crushing "substitute attack"?
Just thinking about this possibility made Minghou's breathing quicken.

He glanced at the sacrificial energy reserves in his account, but ultimately resisted the strong urge to continue investing.

The development of the casino still requires the reserve of sacrificial energy, which cannot be spent here. He needs to broaden his horizons.

With the blessing power of the four gods, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future.

For now, we'll stick to the established plan.

He looked up at the Yama statue in front of him, which was covered in pale blue ripples, and the flames in his eyes burned even more intensely.

After becoming a player, every step was indeed full of surprises.

The feeling of being on a winning streak...it's fucking awesome!
Just as he calmed himself down and prepared to turn to the "Guiding God" to invest one million units of sacrificial power to enhance his comprehension, the shouts of his clansmen suddenly echoed in his mind:

"Master, return immediately! A big fish has taken the bait, and we may not be able to cover their bet!"

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(End of this chapter)