Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 174 The Unkillable God
The ceremony finally ended after two-thirds of the young priests had been melted into fuel.

And the sun god Ujat finally regained some consciousness.

Yes, this was the backup plan he had left behind. How could a god so easily fall into a deadly situation? Indeed, his physical body was still suppressed under the feet of that evil ancient serpent, but at least part of his consciousness had been transferred to the safest place in accordance with the prayers of his believers.

This is his city, his country, and on this land upstream of the great river, his will is absolute.

Just like now, merely to shift consciousness, he could have his divine messenger Matt Peri summon all the young priests—from the beginning, this summons was not a pre-battle mobilization, but simply to select a suitable vessel for his consciousness.

Unfortunately, although the vessel was devout enough, it was not very sturdy. So he could only melt down more young priests in an attempt to make the vessel in his hands more robust.

Fortunately, not too much was wasted.

Looking at the remaining third of the young priests who had not yet melted into the floor, the sun god Ujat nodded in satisfaction.

If some are left, they can be used again when something happens next time. If all the young vessels are used up this time, then next time he may only be able to use the elderly believers as vessels.

It can only be said that, compared to those elderly believers, he ultimately preferred the body of a young person. After all, the so-called wisdom brought by the years was meaningless to him, while the vitality brought by youth was more useful to him.

"Alright, let them leave."

The sun god Ujat waved to the remaining priests.

It's like shooing away some insects.

After all, these priests were indeed like insects to Ujat, especially when they prayed. The sound of them chanting scriptures was as annoying as the buzzing of mosquitoes—even though the scriptures praised his great achievements. He could hear the yearning behind those praises.

Yes, the reason these priests praised his power was simply because his power could bring them many benefits. If these priests weren't actually useful, Ujat would have been too lazy to even bother with them.

Of course, such an attitude would certainly displease the priests, but Ujat didn't care either. They were just a group of insignificant mortals, and even if they all died, there would be another batch.

Moreover, there's Matt Perry, his loyal servant who will take care of everything for him.

As it turned out, Matt Peri was indeed capable enough to not only gather all the young priests in the holy city for the sun god Ujat to choose suitable vessels for, but also to turn a funeral into a celebration after two-thirds of these young priests had died.

“They have all become one with the sun god and returned to the sun god’s embrace.”

Matt Perry offered this response to families who had lost their children.

"This is the greatest glory, why are you grieving?"

Whether it was supreme glory or not, the families who had lost their children did not know. They only knew that when the war priest Matt Perry came to their door in person, they could not utter a single word of dissent.

Those priests who were lucky enough to survive were strictly forbidden from spreading the news.

However, given the number of people present at the time, this so-called strict order was just empty words. There would always be someone who couldn't help but spread the news that the sun god had possessed a human body—just like now, Habisa, who had escaped death, couldn't help but tell Senette, the wife of the war priest Hathorunu.

Habisa wasn't unfamiliar with life and death; he had fought on the battlefield for countless years. But this bizarre life-or-death crisis, this helplessness of being unable to do anything but watch death approach step by step, had allowed fear to completely grip his throat.

At least Habisa feels a little better now that someone has something to say to him.

Even though Habisa sees this behavior as a sign of weakness.

“But right in front of me, right in my sight, those people melted into the earth, melted into the light…” Recalling that terrifying scene, Habisa still feels a chill down his spine, cold sweat keeps seeping from his forehead, and his whole body is trembling.

Because, even he himself almost died there.

He didn't even know why those young priests who had merged into the earth had died. He could only watch helplessly as they fell one after another, their numbers increasing and their bodies drawing ever closer to his...

Until he himself felt that he was probably going to collapse here.

He survived by sheer luck.

He did survive, but it was far more terrifying than death. Even with Habisa's unwavering will, which was as sharp as a sword, he was still terrified by this bizarre death.

All of this was far beyond his comprehension; he couldn't understand what he was experiencing at all.

But what terrified Habisa even more was that after hearing what he said, Senette in front of him showed an excited expression.

"You mean, the great sun god descended upon humanity?"

Senette stared intently into Habisa's eyes.

"Has the great sun god descended upon the world?"

"That should be the case, but..."

Habisa was very puzzled, because that wasn't what he meant to say; he was just expressing his fear and describing how strange the matter was.

But why did Senette seem even happier after he said all that?

Habisa was indeed even happier; he could see that the gleam in Sennet's eyes was exactly the same as when he first met him—as for the news that two-thirds of the young priests had died, it didn't really matter to Sennet.

"It's just returning to the embrace of the sun god. Isn't this what we priests should do for the sun god?"

"This……"

Habisa suddenly couldn't speak.

It was at this moment that Habisa suddenly remembered a question he had asked before.

At that time, he didn't know what he was thinking, but suddenly he had a whim and asked the great serpent god a question: he wanted to know if gods could die and could be killed.

To his surprise, the great serpent god gave him two answers, one corresponding to a god who could be killed and the other to a god who could not be killed.

Habisa was still puzzled at the time. He could understand gods that could be killed, but how could gods that could not be killed be so unkillable?

Now, Habisa feels he has the answer.

This also brought him back to his senses from his boundless terror.

(End of this chapter)