American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 223 God

"The holy bullet was blocked, huh? This guy chosen by the heretical god is pretty strong." The exorcist, dressed in a tattered priest's robe, holding a Barrett rifle and smoking a cigarette, scoffed somewhat unhappily when he saw Xiao Xian easily catch the bullet with his hand.

"I'll have to get them to double the reward for this mission when I get back, otherwise it'll be a waste of my hard work." The exorcist grumbled as he refocused his gaze, but when he looked back into the room, he didn't see Xiao Xian.

Are you looking for me?

Xiao Xian's voice came from behind, but the exorcist calmly turned around without any panic. He was wearing the priest's robes inherited from the ancestors of the Holy Church and various barriers drawn by the church leaders. In the real world, even a great demon would not have an easy time breaking through this layer of defense.

With the addition of the Holy Cross, Holy Water, and other equipment, even in close combat with demons, exorcists are not afraid at all.

But when the exorcist turned around and saw Xiao Xian pointing the Desert Eagle pistol at his forehead, he obediently raised his hands. The holy water and the Holy Cross could protect the exorcist from the evil magic of the demon, but they could not guarantee that the exorcist would not be shot in the head. The bulletproof vest under the priest's clothes was also useless, because Xiao Xian was aiming at the head.

If Xiao Xian were holding a low-powered pistol, the exorcist might dare to take a gamble, but if it were a Desert Eagle, the exorcist thought it best not to be too confident in the defenses of his forehead.

"Who sent you?" Xiao Xian asked with satisfaction as he saw the exorcist obediently raise his hands. "How did you find me?"

"I can't say, or I'll go straight to hell," the exorcist said, looking at Xiao Xian. "With my achievements in the mortal realm, I could easily get a good position in Heaven. I can't just throw away my promising future like this."

"Are you bargaining with me?" Xiao Xian immediately understood. He couldn't just throw away his promising future like this. It meant that if there were benefits, it wouldn't be a bad idea.

This means the same thing as "it's not allowed in principle, but it's actually possible".

"It's not you, it's the one behind you. To be honest, I'm quite knowledgeable about ancient Egyptian culture." The exorcist rolled his eyes at Xiao Xian. "You may be a powerful superhuman, but the difference between mortals and gods is unimaginable."

"Ha~ Now that you know, do you think your soul can go to heaven after you die at the hands of someone chosen by Death?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xian raised an eyebrow. Instead of revealing his identity as a dimensional demon god to humiliate the exorcist, he chose to intimidate him by using Seth's tiger skin.

"Okay, it's the church. The church issued a mission to punish you. I happened to be sponsoring a poor female college student nearby, and Holy Cross sensed your presence, so I came over thinking of making some extra money."

After a moment of silence, the exorcist chose to answer honestly. Upon careful consideration, he realized that Seth's side wasn't bad either. If Seth successfully descended, he would be a true god among men.

"Are all demon hunters in the new era this decadent?" Xiao Xian complained, looking at the exorcist in his luxurious gear.

"Actually, I think I'm pretty good at it; at least I don't harm little boys," the exorcist shrugged.

"Besides, before God reconnected with the church, I had been tainted by these things for too long and gone too far down this path. To be honest, until a few years ago, I still thought that God and such were just things the church made up to make money."

"You just said you could get a pretty good position in heaven," Xiao Xian retorted. "Someone like you is lucky to avoid going to hell, isn't he?"

"I have exorcised many demons and vengeful spirits, so I have made contributions. My ancestors were also believers, so with merit and connections, the probability of getting a good position in Heaven is very high."

The exorcist pointed to his luxurious equipment and explained, his expression as if to say, "If I didn't have a good family background, would I have such equipment?"

"You guys do this too?" Xiao Xian's lips twitched upon hearing this. They've even started a family business here.

"That's exactly right. Take you, for example. You served as Lord Set's vessel in the real world. After you die, your soul will surely occupy an important position in Lord Set's underworld. At that time, won't you take care of your family's descendants?"

The exorcist was very dissatisfied upon hearing this.

"That makes sense. It's just human nature." Xiao Xian nodded upon hearing this. In order to eliminate this phenomenon as much as possible and prevent it from affecting his income, Xiao Xian decided that he would set his KPIs higher in the future, both for the department and for himself.

While this cannot completely eliminate the practice of stuffing people in, it can at least reduce the number of idiots being crammed in.

"That's right, wait a minute~ I feel like something's not right!" The exorcist nodded, then his eyes became glazed over, and his pupils darted around wildly as if he were possessed.

"It seems that in the eyes of your ancestors, you were more like a tool to conveniently bear power than a descendant."

Upon seeing this, Xiao Xian complained, and then shot the exorcist directly in the head. However, the exorcist did not die as a result. Instead, the wound on his head emitted a strong holy light, and the wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Multiple shots were fired in quick succession, smashing the exorcist's head to pieces. Seeing the exorcist rapidly recovering, Xiao Xian couldn't help but mutter a curse.

"Damn! That's incredibly extravagant! How much faith power must have been spent on that? No wonder it's the number one religion."

Looking at the church not far away, Xiao Xian saw a large amount of white faith power continuously flowing from the church towards the exorcist.

Xiao Xian understood that fighting the enemy in their own territory might not be a good idea, so he pulled the pin on a grenade, threw it next to the regenerating exorcist, opened a portal, stepped out, and returned to his room in the Love Apartment.

Upon returning, Xiao Xian immediately sensed something was amiss. He had not returned to his own room, but to an ancient church, which contained a large array of light.

These formations completely surrounded Xiao Xian. Xiao Xian wanted to use a teleportation portal to leave, but he found that his magical authority had been sealed off by an existence far superior to his own. Now, Xiao Xian could only use the system's built-in rule-based abilities and some dimensional space authority.

Clearly, it was a powerful figure in this world with far greater authority than Xiao Xian who blocked Xiao Xian's access. After all, Xiao Xian's identity was a dimensional demon god from outside the realm. If a local deity of sufficient influence reported this to the world's will, blocking Xiao Xian's account was not impossible.

Similarly, it's not impossible to change the terms of the deal between the world's will and Xiao Xian, and modify the destination of Xiao Xian's teleportation portal. After all, although they are all gods, different gods have different strengths and different weight in the world's will.

Based on the surrounding environment, Xiao Xian had already guessed who had made the move. If it was that person, it wouldn't be difficult for them to change Xiao Xian's teleportation destination or seal Xiao Xian's magical authority in this world.

(End of this chapter)