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Chapter 617 Melancholy

The God of Defense sealed the matter with a single sentence.

When it comes to business, it's business. Business people shouldn't try to get too friendly!

Actually, if you think about it carefully, the God of Fire has never regarded Han Feng as his direct successor. From the very beginning, when the God of Fire approached Han Feng to inherit the divine position, it was neither because he cherished talent nor because he wanted to leave the God Realm. To say that Han Feng was compatible with the God of Fire's divine position is even more absurd. At that time, Han Feng had just broken through to the Soul Master level. His Blazing Shield was a genuine defensive martial soul, and his fire ability was not outstanding at all. Even in the Douluo Continent, there were many people who were more talented than Han Feng in the way of fire!

There are more reasons why the God of Fire sought out Han Feng, even at the cost of provoking the God of Defense.

The Fire God explained to the elemental gods that Han Feng was able to combine ice and fire, and was their hope for advancing to God King without leaving the God Realm. But in reality, the Fire God knew that the reason why Han Feng was indispensable was because he wanted to rescue the Ice God!

Moreover, the god of fire is different from the god of defense.

Admittedly, the reason the God of Defense initially approached Han Feng wasn't because he valued Han Feng's talent—which is understandable, given that aside from the master-disciple relationship cultivated from childhood like that between the God of Life and the elemental gods, how could gods who have lived for tens of thousands of years easily open their hearts to a complete stranger?

These are all gods who have lived for tens of thousands of years. They cannot be naive. Every god who needs a successor must have a reason, but there is absolutely no god who would believe in a connection at first sight!

Otherwise, why would we need a divine test?

Isn't this all for a comprehensive test of the divine successor?

However, the difference between the God of Defense and the God of Fire is that the God of Defense has always maintained contact with Han Feng, and Han Feng unexpectedly fits the God of Defense's wishes very well. Both his temperament and talent satisfy the God of Defense, and over time, his attitude will naturally change.

Vulcan, however, was different. He barely interacted with Han Feng, let alone changed his attitude.

Therefore, in the eyes of the God of Fire, the God of Ice will always be of higher status than Han Feng!

This is only natural. Perhaps many years later, Han Feng and Vulcan can truly open their hearts to each other, but there is no going back in life, and some things cannot be changed once they are done.

Moreover, Vulcan has no regrets!

The god of defense was fully aware of all this, which is why he uttered such harsh words.

The succession of the divine positions of the God of Fire and the God of Ice was a transaction. The God of Fire and the God of Ice paid for their divine positions, while Han Feng was responsible for taking the God of Ice away from the Endless Ice Prison and dealing with the series of chain reactions that followed!

Only the so-called hope of becoming a god-king is a different story!

Let's be open about everything to avoid awkward situations later and prevent us from having unfounded misunderstandings!

Normally, given the God of Defense's nature, he wouldn't have let Han Feng off so easily. After all, the God of Fire had not only put Han Feng in danger today, but had also used him, the God of Defense, both openly and secretly. With the God of Defense's fierce nature, how could he easily let the God of Fire go?

But as I said before, the God of Defense will eventually leave the God Realm. Simply inheriting the divine power of the God of Defense is clearly not enough to support Han Feng in standing in the God Realm. As for his life force, that's something for ten thousand years to come!

The God of Defense can protect Han Feng for a while, but not forever. He must leave Han Feng some options.

The combination of ice and fire is indeed particularly commendable, and the God of Defense is happy to see it happen. At least after the God of Defense leaves, Han Feng, who possesses the divine power inherited from both the God of Fire and the God of Ice, will not be afraid of the God Kings!

Although it is true that every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt its debtor, who knows what might happen after the god of defense leaves? It's better to be safe than sorry!

The God of Defense, who has lived for 100,000 years, understands that as long as one's own strength is strong enough, there is no such thing as trouble!

If it weren't for this, how could the God of Defense have simply issued a verbal warning?

How could the god of fire not understand the meaning of the god of defense?

Only today did the Vulcan understand why the God of Defense had always given him a feeling of being neither close nor distant!

In the past, although the God of Fire was close to the God of Defense because of Han Feng, and even the Temple of Defense was open to him, the God of Defense never felt as close to the God of Fire as the elemental gods. There was always a barrier between them. They could joke around when they were happy, but the God of Defense would never do anything for the God of Fire, not even a small favor!

If the God of Defense possesses such abilities, delivering a message to the Ice God would be a piece of cake!

If the God of Defense were willing, helping the Ice God escape wouldn't be difficult, but the truth is, the God of Defense has never mentioned it!

Indeed, there was a time when the God of Fire felt that he could love and respect the God of Defense just like the other elemental gods.

But at some point, the god of fire discovered that he could no longer get any closer to the god of defense.

Perhaps it was when Han Feng stumbled into the Asura God's inheritance ground in the lower realm, but the God of Fire was completely unaware? Perhaps it was when Han Feng needed to refine his soul bones, but the God of Fire was only willing to use the Bone Fusion Technique, but unwilling to use the complete Spirit Fusion Technique? Or perhaps it was when the God of Defense discovered that the God of Fire was almost completely ignoring Han Feng.

But how can we blame Vulcan for this?

Although the God of Fire has a fiery temper and differs from other gods in many ways, he is ultimately the direct disciple of the God of Life, a true and upright seed of the divine realm. How could he be as unorthodox as Han Feng and the God of Defense?

In the eyes of the Fire God, one master can teach two disciples, but how can one disciple have two masters?

The direct line of master and disciple is different from the inheritance of divine positions. The inheritance of defensive divine positions does not have the secret body-refining method that leads directly to the God King!

Although Han Feng and the God of Defense are not officially master and disciple, they are in fact master and disciple. Moreover, the Spirit Fusion Technique is a direct lineage passed down to them by the God of Life. How could the God of Fire possibly pass it on to outsiders?

Ultimately, these are two positions that cannot understand each other. Right and wrong can only be left for outsiders to judge, but at least Han Feng, who is between the two positions, is on the side of the God of Defense at this moment!

Having figured this out, Vulcan also lost interest. He sighed softly, then, without explaining further, cupped his hands in a fist salute and took his leave with Ice God.

There's not much to explain. We're all gods. We might be a little weaker in strength, but our minds aren't that much different.

Even among gods, there might be those who do foolish things in order to uphold their beliefs, but they are all incredibly shrewd. With just a word or a gesture from Han Feng, the God of Fire could discern Han Feng's thoughts.

For Vulcan, the reason he has stayed until now is simply to prevent Han Feng from causing their relationship to fall into an abyss due to unnecessary misunderstandings.

Now it seems that Han Feng's character is not so bad; at least Han Feng did not blame others or complain about his fate because of this!

That's enough. Vulcan doesn't regret his previous choice, so there's no need for him to apologize!

Vulcan and Han Feng can understand each other!

The Ice Goddess could understand to some extent, but she was definitely on the Fire God's side. She wanted to say something in support of the Fire God, but the Fire God stopped her. With each side comes bias, and since the Ice Goddess had chosen to stand on the Fire God's side, her words would inevitably lean towards the Fire God. If she contradicted the God of Defense, that would be even worse.

Watching the departing figures of the Ice God and the Fire God, Han Feng felt quite emotional.

This can't even be considered a misunderstanding, but it's still frustrating!

Han Feng knew that perhaps he was being pretentious. After all, as an ordinary mortal with neither strength nor ability, he had no right to put on airs in front of a group of gods.

This is because Han Feng has the support of the God of Defense. If it were any other successor of a deity, they would at most say that he had the power before becoming a god, and that would be enough to fool him!

But the same principle applies: if you pluck flowers to present to a beautiful woman, she may get what she wants, but what will the flowers think?

Fortunately, everyone was very restrained and understanding of each other, so they didn't turn against each other. However, from now on, they will no longer be able to open their hearts to each other!

"What are you looking at!" The God of Defense, seeing the melancholy look on Han Feng's face, smirked and patted Han Feng on the back of the head, saying, "If you ask me, they should thank you, kid! If it weren't for you, do you think they could have gotten away so easily?! They would have been the ones to prop up my roof!"

Han Feng rubbed the back of his head, rolled his eyes speechlessly, and thought to himself, "Didn't you just tell me to keep a low profile?! Now you're brazenly pointing fingers?!"

The God of Defense ignored Han Feng's gaze, walked to the huge corpse of the Fire Devouring Beast, condensed his divine power, pulled out a brilliantly shining spine surrounded by divine power, compressed and sealed it with his divine power, and finally threw it in front of Han Feng like trash.

Han Feng stared blankly at the God of Defense, only to hear the God of Defense say, "Isn't your divine artifact still missing a sufficiently powerful Ultimate Fire Soul Bone?!"

"Although this isn't a soul bone, it's a genuine divine beast bone, more than enough to forge a supreme artifact!"

As soon as the God of Defense landed, Han Feng immediately cast aside his melancholy, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, and with a whoosh, he snatched the spine in front of him!

The Holy Flame Divine Sword, the Frost Divine Sword, the spine of the Fire-Devouring Demon Beast, and several Ice Soul Bones that are over 100,000 years old!

Based on this, wouldn't it be a waste of these materials if we didn't forge an ultimate artifact?

This is an amazing tool!

(End of this chapter)