Once upon a time there was a greedy snake

Chapter 186 The Sun Went Out

Ujat, the sun god who had just returned from the underworld, had no interest in the roasted meat; he only felt insulted by it.

Yes, he had done similar things quite a bit over the past period of time. At night, he was tortured in turn by the four traitors, but during the day, he had to endure even worse ultimate humiliation—after discovering that the light on his body had the heat of the sun, the evil ancient serpent actually used him as an oven and a campfire, using the heat on his body to roast the cut beef and mutton!

This is undoubtedly an objectification of him, an extreme insult to him, a trampling of his divinity, and a ravaging of his will itself.

Ujat, the sun god, only wanted to kill the evil ancient serpent to vent his anger.

And now, he finally possesses that power.

That was a portion of his consciousness that he had separated, and the power that he brought back to him. It was the power he obtained by venturing deep into the underworld. To obtain this power, he even sacrificed the soul of a person who had committed a great sin... Even he, as the sun god, had to pay a price. How could this power be weak?

Just like now, even though there was no sunlight shining on him, even though he was still in the shadow of the ancient serpent, his body had once again shone with light, a second sun rising from the earth.

Even without sunshine, it doesn't matter. As long as my heart is still warm, I can still shine brightly!

This time, the sun god Ujat truly felt that he had understood something.

Returning from the underworld, he possessed unprecedented confidence. The power from the annihilated ancient gods within the divine tomb and the higher-dimensional power from the starry sky had now perfectly merged into one within him.

With such power, what can he not kill, and what can he not defeat?

"die!"

The scorching light struck the snake's body; the terrifying heat would likely burn through its scales in an instant!

However, it is only a fear.

After a short while, the smoke cleared, and the snake scales were completely unharmed.

"……this?"

Ujat, the sun god, felt that his brain was not working properly.

How is this possible?

He clearly returned from the underworld, bringing with him unprecedented power. With his current formidable strength, even the three ancient giants had been defeated one by one—yet such power couldn't even break through these serpent scales? How could that be?

"It's an insulation layer; there's an insulation layer over there."

Just as the eagle-headed, human-bodied Ujat looked puzzled, the enormous serpent in front of him spoke up to explain.

“I used to get burned by the campfire when I was cooking, but after peeling my skin a few times, I stopped getting burned by the fire. I only realized later when I saw the skin that had peeled off that an insulating layer had grown inside those scales. It just goes to show that the body can indeed adapt to the environment.”

After saying all that, it sounded like he made a lot of sense.

But for Ujat, this was utter nonsense.

That doesn't make sense. This is completely illogical. You have to understand that he was radiating the sun's rays. That heat would melt even steel into dust instantly, let alone any insulation layer.

How could any insulation layer possibly withstand such force?

But now this absurd fact is right in front of him. His invincible beam of light has become a joke. He can't even burn through the scales on the snake's body, so how could he possibly hurt this ancient snake covered in scales?

"I……"

Ujat felt dizzy.

The battle seemed to have ended before it even began.

"It shouldn't be like this, it absolutely shouldn't be like this..."

Ujat's mind was in unprecedented chaos. Everything before him was far beyond his comprehension. If he continued with this irrational defense, he probably would never be able to defeat this evil ancient serpent. However, at this moment, he vaguely grasped something. He even realized how to defeat the ancient serpent itself.

But that inspiration was fleeting, and he ultimately failed to grasp it.

And just as Ujat was trying to capture that elusive inspiration, the ancient serpent in front of him spoke once again.

"Besides, are you hiding something? I remember you weren't this hot a few days ago."

The evil serpent's tone even carried a hint of dissatisfaction.

"Luckily I was quick enough that the beef wasn't overcooked. Otherwise, with that one bite from you, all this good beef would have been wasted... How could you waste such precious ingredients? Do you know how wrong that is?"

"I……"

Ujat was speechless for a long time. He felt that either he or the ancient snake in front of him had gone mad.

He was already about to go all out and the fighting had already begun, but this ancient snake was still talking about wasting beef?

"It's just a waste of a little meat..."

"That's all? Can something like that be called 'that's all'?"

The evil ancient serpent's voice immediately carried a hint of displeasure.

"Do you know how many people still can't afford meat? How can this be called 'just'? Wasting food is a shameful act no matter when you look at it... You should repent."

As he said this, the enormous snake tail crashed down once more.

As always, this evil serpent seemed to only know this one move. But this time, Ujat was no longer the same as before. Having returned from the underworld, he now possessed new power. Even if he couldn't burn through the evil serpent's scales for a while, could he not withstand the serpent's brute force?

In any case, he was, after all, the sun god.

In a contest of brute force, he might not necessarily lose!

"drink!"

With a loud shout, Ujat, the sun god who had been lying on the ground, suddenly stood up!

Yes, although it was only now that Ujat had finally gotten up from the ground, his towering figure exuded an unparalleled power—as if he were holding up the collapsing sky, Ujat withstood the massive serpent tail that crashed down upon him.

Ujat's muscles were taut like never before, and his entire body was brimming with power. Just by looking at his smooth exertion, it was as if he could withstand the heavens!

But it still couldn't withstand the slamming snake tail.

"boom--"

With a dull thud, Ujat's entire body was slammed into the ground, and his body, which had just returned to normal, was flattened again, turning into a piece of paper stuck to the ground.

"Impossible...absolutely impossible!"

In his final moments, the sun god Ujat cried out with all his might.

And his consciousness itself once again connected with those prayers from afar.

He hasn't lost yet; he still has a chance.

But at that very moment, Ujat heard something different in those prayers.

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Chapter 187 Consciousness and Soul

A true god is extremely difficult to kill, which is the source of faith in the sun god Ujat.

Indeed, compared to the naturally powerful animal gods of the ancient times, the gods of today may lack brute strength. But it was precisely because of this weakness that the gods of the past were able to steel themselves to explore the dangerous tombs of the gods and obtain the secrets about the soul.

Speaking of this, we should also mention their old adversaries, those Ignivas who drove them all the way to the Tomb of the Annihilation Gods—their so-called fire magic was studied by the gods back then. After all, it was quite perplexing for the gods that simple fire could burn them to such an extent.

However, after a deeper understanding, the gods of that time had already analyzed the source of the magic.

It was less a flame and more an external manifestation of a strong consciousness; it just looked like a flame, but its essence was completely different.

To influence the outside world with a strong consciousness, thereby burning or tearing apart the enemy, is less an attack on the body and more an attack on another consciousness itself.

So, here's the problem.

Where does consciousness come from?

Now that we know that the power of so-called magic comes from consciousness, we must find the origin of consciousness—and this is the most detailed part recorded in the Tomb of the Gods.

What drives consciousness itself is the soul.

What exactly is the soul? It's hard to define. For example, in the context of the Ignivas, the concept of a soul doesn't exist. They only believe that the human body is a unified entity of consciousness, and when consciousness is extinguished, the body itself will also perish.

The gods of that time did not deny this view; on the contrary, they accepted it entirely and even extended it.

Just like what Ujat is doing right now.

Since the soul is the embodiment of consciousness, it can naturally be dispersed. Therefore, the gods no longer keep all their consciousness in their bodies, but deliberately place some of their consciousness in distant places. This means that as long as all consciousness is not annihilated at the same time, there will be no true death.

And this is the role of believers.

The prayers they recited all day long about the sun god, seemingly just praises of the sun god, actually made them understand the sun god better than anyone else—which meant that the sun god Ujat could attach his consciousness to the source of these prayers at any time, thus achieving the so-called "divine descent".

This was also the key to the gods' victory over the Ignivas.

Indeed, even if the gods realized the role of the soul, they could not make a leap forward in combat power in a short time. However, the application of the soul itself gave the gods almost unlimited opportunities. No matter how many Ignivas there were, they would eventually die one by one, but the gods would never die. They would never die.

"Just one more time, just let me do it again..."

A deafening roar resounded from the depths of the sun god Ujat's heart.

"I understand now! The true power of this ancient serpent lies in its power! It's not the brute force of an animal god at all; it's the ultimate driving force of consciousness over the body! If I had another chance, I would definitely be able to extract that consciousness..."

With this thought in mind, the sun god Ujat once again connected with those prayers from afar.

If he can be sent down by the gods again, given another chance to go to the underworld, allowed to deeply experience the mysteries of the soul, and allowed to replenish the energy from the annihilating sun god, he will surely win! He will surely win back!

This time, however, what resonated deep within the consciousness of the sun god Ujat was not just the prayers from afar.

There are also other voices.

"Has the sun god you worship ever answered your prayers?"

"Has the sun god you praise ever answered your calls?"

"You worship the sun god all day long, offering sacrifices day and night... and then what? Has your life really gotten better?"

"What? You're saying you're not worshipping the sun god to improve your life? Then what is it for? If the sun god can't improve your life, why are you worshipping it?"

……

One voice after another, though faint, was quite firm—at first, only one voice said this, but soon, more and more voices began to say it.

Even the voices that were originally reciting prayers began to join in.

"you……"

The sun god Ujat cursed the voices that had ceased their prayers, cursed those who questioned him. In Ujat's eyes, these voices were shameful traitors, especially at this crucial moment when these traitors actually...

"How dare you!"

When he sensed that the voices praising him were dwindling, the sun god Ujat became extremely anxious.

Fewer believers mean that the process of divine descent becomes more complicated, and finding a suitable body for divine descent becomes increasingly difficult. Without a body to receive consciousness, it means that his consciousness cannot be transferred out, which means that he cannot leave the shadow of the ancient serpent and return to the underworld to retrieve new power.

"Who on earth is doing this?! Who on earth is doing this?!"

Thinking this, the sun god Ujat quickly began to connect with the most obvious prayer.

Although it was just his voice, even just by listening to his strong and powerful tone, one could tell that it was Matt Perry, the High Priest of War.

Similarly, he was also the first messenger of the sun god Ujat.

"rely on you."

At this moment, Ujat could only place all his hopes on this divine messenger.

Meanwhile, in the distant city of the Sun, Matt Peri, who was praying in the temple, suddenly raised his head.

"I will certainly not fail in my mission."

Matt Perry made a fist with both hands, and in his hands, a sword and spear forged from light materialized.

The search operation itself was rather uneventful, or rather, the swordsman named Habisa had no intention of hiding his tracks at all—until Matt Perry and his priests blocked the door, the swordsman was still standing among a group of people, spreading blasphemous words.

"Why did you betray my god? You yourself were also under divine spells."

Just by glancing into Habisa's eyes, Matt Perry knew that this was a divine warrior who had once received the power of the stars.

But now, those who received the gift have betrayed the gods.

Damn.

"Om-"

The light-forged blade pierced through Habisa's chest.

However, after this strike, Matt Perry was stunned, simply because it was too easy—although with his strength, it was indeed to be this easy, the fact that the swordsman named Habisa did not put up any resistance was really too strange.

No, it's not just a matter of not resisting.