Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 188 The Dead Are More Useful Than the Living

"You killed your god with your own hands."

These were the words of the swordsman named Habisa before his death. Matt Perry initially didn't take them seriously—after all, the swordsman who uttered blasphemous words was dead, which meant that the source of the chaos had been eliminated.

Now that the source of the chaos has been eliminated, the task assigned by the Sun God has naturally been completed. As for the others, they are just a group of ordinary people. Matt Perry doesn't even need to take action himself; the priests alone are enough to suppress them.

"It's just a few words, what could it possibly mean?"

Seeing that the storm had subsided, Matt Perry stopped bothering with this trivial matter.

After all, there are more important things for him to do right now.

On one hand, as the messenger of the sun god descended to earth, he was tasked with bewitching the evil ancient serpent—yes, bewitching, that was his true mission. He needed to use that power from the stars to confine the consciousness and soul of the evil ancient serpent, making it accept this system of levels and experience. In this way, the great sun god would have the opportunity to defeat the ancient serpent with his rich experience.

On the other hand, as the messenger of the sun god, he needs to create new opportunities for the sun god when the sun god loses his chance.

Just like before, even if the great sun god was defeated by the treacherous ancient serpent using evil means, as long as the ceremony can still be held in the Sun City to allow the sun god to complete his divine descent, the great sun god will still have the opportunity to return to the underworld, regain his power, and have another chance to fight.

"Therefore, we should prepare for this divine descent."

Matt Perry said this to the priests.

He remembered that the last divine descent had only consumed one-third of the young priests, so this time he still had quite a few to use—although the most elite batch had already been used up in the last divine descent. At this moment, Matt Perry could only hope that the great sun god would not find the offerings prepared this time too crude.

However, things still took a turn for the better than Matt Perry expected.

This isn't even a question of whether it's crude or not; the problem is that those young priests never intended to come at all.

"What do you mean? Are these people trying to defy the will of the sun god?"

Matt Perry immediately conjured a light-forged weapon, intending to let these traitors experience the price of disobeying the will of the sun god.

But after killing three young priests, Matt Perry realized that things seemed to have gotten out of his control.

Three households in a row, and not one of them bowed their head. They didn't even beg for mercy; instead, their eyes were filled with hatred as they looked at him.

"So what if we participate in the festival?"

Matt Perry also recalled that one of the young priests said these words to him after he had cut off his limbs.

"Since I'll die whether I participate or not, why should I participate? Just to risk my life for you?"

"Since I am so devout to the Sun God, and the Sun God still wants me dead, then so be it, we'll die together."

"Anyway, I'm going to die..."

Matt Perry remembered that the kid hadn't even finished speaking before he had his head chopped off, and the blasphemous words were naturally swallowed back.

However, the look in the young priest's eyes as his head fell to the ground reminded Matt Perry of someone.

That was a dead man, someone he had killed with his own hands, a divine warrior who was nothing more than an insignificant figure.

This cast a shadow over Matt Perry's heart.

However, the divine descent was ultimately successful amidst this carnage. Although the offerings used were noticeably inferior, the great sun god was indeed able to complete the divine descent once again. However, the inferior offerings still had an impact, and this time the sun god did not even last long before he had to arrange a third divine descent.

"Prepare some offerings for me, so that I can reclaim more power in the underworld," the sun god Ujat commanded, clearly believing that Matt Peri could certainly do it.

Even Matt Perry felt confident that he could do it, since it was such a small matter, and for him as a divine messenger, it was a piece of cake.

However, to Matt Perry's surprise, the offerings he prepared this time were even worse than the last one.

As for the reason, it was the same as last time: the people were rebelling. They felt that worshipping the sun god brought no benefit, and this trend even affected the priests, to the point that even the devout believers in the sun god began to doubt their faith.

Of course, even under such extreme violence, Matt Perry still prepared the sacrifices.

But the offerings prepared for the divine descent were even worse than the last time.

"Is that all?"

This time, the sun god Ujat didn't even last half a day before he began preparing for his divine descent once again.

"Isn't there anything better?"

"I will do my best..."

Matt Perry sighed; he suddenly felt inexplicably weary.

Round after round of sacrifices were prepared and sent out. This should have been an easy and carefree thing, but now, more and more people are questioning the Sun God, to the point that they can't be killed off completely. Or rather, he could indeed kill them all, but even if he killed the entire Sun Holy City and turned it into an empty city, he still couldn't conjure up a few high-quality believers of the Sun God.

No, perhaps there really is one.

Or perhaps, the only one left.

"My lord, let me do it."

Taking a deep breath, Matt Perry prayed to the sun god he worshipped.

This was the last thing he could do for his god. By performing the divine descent with his own body, the effect would be far greater than anyone else's—which meant that the great sun god still had this last chance, and this last chance was also the strongest chance.

The only cost was Matt Perry himself.

"I……"

At this moment, neither Matt Peri nor the sun god Ujat could speak.

Matt Perry was speechless; he was at a loss for words. He only knew that he should dedicate his last breath to fulfilling his final act of loyalty.

As for the sun god Ujat…

This new generation of sun god, however, sensed something else entirely.

Ujat once wondered why the gods buried in the Tomb of the Annihilated Gods had all perished, despite their immense power.

But now, he already knows the answer.

When all those who remember him have already forgotten him.

What was once called God is no longer God.

(End of this chapter)