Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 252 Declaring War on the God of Life
David Day's resistance was futile; the giant tail that fell from the sky naturally smashed him into a flat surface, just like the solar cooker next to him.

However, compared to Ujat, the sun god who is a source of clean energy, David Deckard is much more disgusting. When his tail hits, it even bursts with pus, and even Du Yi's long tail is covered with some pus.

This made Du Yi even more nauseous, but it also made him more convinced that this so-called God of Life was the real evil seed—just look at the splattering pus, it was enough to make you understand. When it splashed on the trees, the grass and trees withered; when it splashed on the stones, even the stones rotted along with them. The foul smell was so pungent that Du Yi even felt an urge to vomit.

It's fortunate that the pus didn't splash into that pot of thick soup; otherwise, none of the people soaking in it would have survived.

"Go quickly!"

Realizing the danger, Du Yi shouted, ordering everyone to leave.

Fortunately, the people soaking in the hot springs weren't fools. When the rotting giant appeared, they realized something was wrong. Although they were reluctant to get out of the hot springs at the time, the moment the fight started, they immediately put on their clothes and hurriedly fled into the city.

They were all well aware that this level of combat was beyond their capabilities. Right now, as long as they didn't stand by the Serpent God and cause trouble, they were already doing the Serpent God a great favor.

However, the battle seemed much simpler than Du Yi had imagined. At least, after David Day was smashed to pieces, there was no sign of him standing up and reviving. But given David Day's current state, it wouldn't be easy for him to stand up, since his entire body had been smashed into pieces, with only his two mouths surprisingly still retaining their original shape.

Even after being smashed to this extent, David Day's own mouth was still shouting.

"You're dead, you're dead... But I'll be back, I'll bring my troops back! I'll take back what's mine..."

thump—

With a dull thud, David Day's own mouth was crushed to pieces.

It was at this moment that the other gaping maw, which did not belong to David Day, slowly opened.

Do you really know what you've done? Are you sure you want to reject my kindness?

"You call this kindness?"

The long tail that had been raised fell down once again.

The gaping maw was smashed to pieces, and Du Yi looked up at the sky—he saw a star twinkling in the distant night sky, as if expressing its anger.

……

Meanwhile, on the distant hillside.

The chosen champions who witnessed all of this were already dumbfounded. In fact, they had been in this state of wide-eyed disbelief ever since the avatar of the God of Destruction descended—after all, this was completely different from what they had expected. They never imagined that the infamous God of Destruction would actually condescend to come down to them.

Judging from this, it's clear that they want to recruit that ancient serpent as one of the gods' chosen people, and given this level of importance, they might even want to place that ancient serpent beside the gods.

They had clearly intended to destroy everything, which is why they summoned the gaze of the God of Destruction. But who could have imagined that this would become the opportunity for the ancient serpent to ascend to demonhood?

But now, the most unexpected thing has happened.

The ancient serpent refused the God of Destruction's offer and even shattered the God of Destruction's avatar.

Just look at that shining star in the sky; it's clear that the God of Destruction has been angered!
Does he really know what he's done?

These chosen champions were completely terrified. They were the chosen ones of the God of Courage, and even among the chosen ones, none would want to do such a thing—directly provoke a Star Sea God, or even the infamous God of Destruction. It was simply courting death. "I think… our ascension ceremony might be unnecessary."

It was at this moment that the chosen champion suddenly spoke up.

Upon hearing this, all the chosen champions nodded in agreement.

Indeed, there's no need to hold this so-called promotion ceremony. After all, even if a champion is chosen from among them, they probably won't do anything more courageous than that ancient serpent.

At this moment, a strange sense of respect for the ancient snake rose in their hearts.

Yes, even if they were once enemies, judging from their courage in facing the god of destruction right now... this ancient serpent truly deserves their respect.

So, what do we do now?

It was at this moment that another chosen champion spoke up.

This also left the other chosen champions confused.

The ascension ceremony is no longer needed, so it seems they won't stay on this planet any longer. Moreover, it's clearly visible that this place is about to be ravaged by the God of Destruction, and staying here will only lead to death.

But if they just left like that, they felt like something was missing. War was about to break out, yet they chose to leave—wasn't that cowardice?
"This is... a retreat."

The chosen champion managed to say something to comfort himself.

"We were just, just..."

He could only say half of what he was saying before he couldn't continue.

Deceiving yourself once is one thing, but if it happens a second time, the guilt will overwhelm you. This isn't even a psychological problem; it actually affects your strength. With the emergence of a fear of battle, they even feel that their bodies have lost their former strength.

The soul provides the power for consciousness, and consciousness drives the body's movement.

When the soul is no longer courageous, how can they still drive the body that symbolizes courage?

"Then... stay."

In the end, it was Elias who sighed and made the first decision.

Then came the second, third, and fourth...

In the end, not a single chosen champion chose to leave. Even though the ascension ceremony was over, they still chose to stay. After all, it was clear to the naked eye that the planet was about to become a battlefield of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and this brutal war was the time for them to prove their courage.

As the chosen ones of the god of courage, they never fear battle.

So, that's where the problem lies.

If they want to fight in war, they must want to kill someone. Right now, the two sides in the battle are the local natives represented by the ancient serpent, and the God of Destruction in the starry sky and His retinue.

As third parties in this battle, who exactly are these chosen ones of the god of courage going to fight?
(End of this chapter)