Covering the Sky: Rise Starting with Card Draws

As Chen Hao walked out of the temple with the joy of a bountiful harvest, looking at the dilapidated holy city and the large number of believers who were clearly full of desires but inexplicably converted to worship him, he suddenly thought of the mentally challenged goddess Aqua and a mischievous idea arose in his mind.

With a wave of his hand, he grasped the sun's fire from the stars in the universe through the void, and extracted the essence of the earth's veins from the depths of the earth. He then kneaded the broken walls and ruins of the holy city, and quickly forged them into a solid stone tablet.

When he was casting the monument, he casually inscribed a few lines of text on it with divine will. The characters were filled with the colorful light of human desire and emotion. Even illiterate people would understand the true meaning of the text the moment they saw it.

Once the stone tablet was cast, he threw it out. Soon, the enormous stone tablet, which reached the sky and blocked out the sun, took root and naturally connected with the earth's dragon veins. It was a perfect natural formation, as if it had merged with the earth, and stood in the center of the holy city.

Although Jerusalem has been breached, it seems that something is being suppressed beneath the city. Since the ancient city has been destroyed, leaving it unattended would be a hidden danger. Chen Hao guessed that it might be a scourge from beyond the realm, similar to Penglai, or a saint-level entity.

Therefore, the stone tablet was both a tool for Chen Hao to play pranks and to entertain himself, and a backup plan he left behind. Chen Hao used the "Dao Embryo" supernatural power to "plant" it into the earth, making it one with the earth and absorbing the essence of the underground demons to nourish himself.

Moreover, Chen Hao used the newly learned techniques for utilizing the power of faith, and the stone tablet he crafted was able to absorb and gather the power of faith. The prayers of believers could strengthen and amplify the stone tablet, and the stone tablet could also benefit from the process of refining faith, and would give back some of the benefits to the devout believers.

In the future, if you want to break this stone tablet, you will have to blast the entire area connected to the dragon vein in one blow. Moreover, the stone tablet will become stronger and stronger over time until it completely suppresses the scourge suppressed at the bottom of the city.

The inscription is short, and although it doesn't contain any grand pronouncements paying homage to the Twelve Kingdoms, it does include excerpts from the doctrines of the Axis religion.

For example:

If we put our minds to it, we can do anything. We are capable of anything. Even if we don't do it well, it's not our fault. If we don't do it well, it's the world's fault.

When faced with something you hate, all you have to do is run away. Running away isn't a loss; running away is a victory.

The answer you arrive at after hesitating for too long will be one you'll regret no matter what you choose. Since you'll regret it anyway, just choose the easier way right now.

Don't be afraid of getting old. Even the gods don't know whether you'll be laughing or crying in the future. So, laugh now!

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Of course, Chen Hao didn't quote the entire text verbatim. After all, Eris doesn't exist in this world, and Chen Hao has no grudge against the goddess Eris from the Konosuba world. So there's no need for him to bully his juniors in the workplace like Aqua did, making his followers shout that Eris's breasts were padded.

As a practitioner of the path of human desires, he was quite fond of the teachings of the Aqua cult leader. Although most of Aqua's followers were gods, Chen Hao was indifferent as long as they didn't appear in front of him.

When Ye Fan and Pang Bo saw the inscription, they were completely dumbfounded. They stared in disbelief, and the precious medicine they were frantically stuffing into their mouths almost fell out of their mouths.

  

"This...this...is this right? Isn't this a bit like deceiving yourself?"

Pang Bo stammered.

"Upon closer inspection, it doesn't seem like there's anything seriously wrong, but something still feels off?"

Ye Fan's expression was strange, and he spoke with some uncertainty.

"As expected of the boss, he can utter such philosophical words!"

Longma, who had long been deeply influenced by the dregs of modern civilization, lit up and loudly began to flatter Chen Hao. However, it couldn't be entirely called flattery; he genuinely felt that what Chen Hao said made a lot of sense.

"Let's go, it's time for our next stop."

Chen Hao was just playing a prank; he didn't mean anything by it. He wasn't very interested in these believers and had no intention of running the sect long-term. He just did it because he thought it would be fun.

In a sense, his carefree attitude of seeking pleasure can be seen as a kind of unconventional childlike innocence.

Furthermore, the human-god contract is a process of mutual selection. Chen Hao's initial goal was only to break the idol with the way of human desires, and he did not intend to convert these believers to his faith.

The only wish is to transform these sheep who believe in God from livestock being herded back into humans with their own will, full of emotions, desires, and spirituality, and from fanatical believers to nonbelievers.

In this way, I can kill and destroy the Western tradition, and also have a lot of fun. These believers can also break the shackles on their minds, gain freedom and peace, and have the right to choose their own life and realize their own desires. Everyone has a bright future. Isn't that wonderful?

Who knew that this was a group of people who were used to worshiping gods, and who felt empty and restless without a god standing high in the clouds, ruling over everything and bearing their fate and sins.

In pursuit of a sense of security, he actually chose to turn around and worship Chen Hao, which was both unexpected by Chen Hao and made him feel very uncomfortable.

Moreover, Chen Hao was too lazy to play house with these guys who yearned for gods, so after leaving behind the quirky stone tablet, he was preparing to leave for his next stop, the Vatican.

Suddenly, a powerful surge of divine energy emanated from the distance, and two powerful divine beings appeared from a mysterious place in the west.

"Who dares to blaspheme the gods?!"

Accompanied by a terrifying kingly aura, a deafening roar resounded, its chilling killing intent filled with rage sending shivers down the spines of many.

"What terrifying pressure! Is this what they call the gods?"

Ye Fan, who had not yet truly escaped the sea of ​​suffering, gritted his teeth and said.

For Ye Fan at this stage, the king's aura is still too terrifying. On ordinary days, Longma plays around with them and has never shown his true strength and majesty.

Moreover, thanks to Chen Hao's influence, he chatted and laughed with the leaders of various sects in the Central Plains. He never imagined that a powerful cultivator could be so terrifying and intimidating just by his aura. Even though the other party was not targeting him at all, Ye Fan felt his brain stiffen and his whole body was stinging and about to split open.

If it weren't for the inexplicable warm current flowing through his body when he was stimulated, he would probably have already gone blank and fainted like many ordinary believers here.

Compared to Ye Fan, whose sea of ​​suffering was harder than a latrine, Pang Bo had already opened up the sea of ​​suffering and even became a Life Spring cultivator by relying on the fodder of the dragon horse and the resources he gained by borrowing the tiger's power.

However, Pang Bo's performance was not much better than Ye Fan's at this moment, and was even somewhat worse. At least Ye Fan only felt uncomfortable and depressed, and his freedom of movement was much stronger than Pang Bo, who was sitting stiffly on the ground.

"Leaf, why are you glowing?"

Pang Bo looked at his good brother Ye Fan with a blank expression, or more accurately, at the large area of ​​golden light around Ye Fan's navel, feeling as if his eyes were about to be blinded by the light.

Moreover, he seemed to be hallucinating, as if he heard sounds of thunder, raging waves, and roaring tsunamis.