I'm not just human!

Chapter 488 The Ninth True God Finally Makes His Appearance! Xia Fa is Shocked! (Part 2)

In fact, Xia Fa had wanted to make this request for a long time.

If before, when he was merely a god, he was insignificant and unworthy to have the Ninth God reveal his true form and name before him...

So now, I can almost be considered the number one person under [absolute defense], and I should have the qualifications to say so.

Of course, this so-called "first person" excludes the Moon Mother Goddess, since she can freely use the authority of the Origin-level Eternal Certificate [Eternal Reincarnation], and coupled with her own nine divine mutations, her strength is unimaginably powerful.

But then again, given that everyone is an extraordinary being with shared goals and aspirations, what exactly is this Ninth God hiding from me? To the point that even now, he's unwilling to reveal his true form.

Unfortunately, he was only an outer god, not a true god. Although his strength far surpassed that of other true gods, this kind of concealment based on his position was indeed insurmountable.

It's like how, even though they're both in the Promised Land, the Paradoxical Clown and the Moon Goddess, both with divine status, can slowly offset the effects of the time rules through their status, while I can't.

Fortunately, the [Ancient Secret Manual] will be released in just a few days. Once I obtain it, I will be able to officially become a true god, so there is not much to worry about.

With that thought in mind, Xia Fa looked directly at the location of the Ninth God, that empty place shrouded in gray mist, awaiting His answer.

The atmosphere suddenly fell into an eerie silence. [Nature Monarch] dared not speak, [Brief Reality] did not know what to say, and [Paradox Clown] opened his mouth silently, but ultimately stopped. The reason was simple: even the gods did not understand why the Ninth God would not let Xiafa see His true face, or even reveal His name to Xiafa.

Otherwise, Xia Fa wouldn't have directly referred to the "Ninth God" just now.

After a brief silence, a rather gentle voice suddenly rang out, but this time it lacked the smile and instead carried a hint of seriousness.

"You—you really want to see my true face?"

Xia Fa answered without hesitation, "Yes, what are your concerns?"

Although he still couldn't see the Ninth God, he could already hear the Ninth God's voice coming from that empty place.

The voice of the Ninth God said, "There are bound to be concerns. How about this, let's go back to the City of Gold Pounds first. Once I've confirmed that there are no problems, I will let you see what you want to see."

[Paradox Clown] pondered for a moment and said, "Indeed, we have to hurry back. Now that the Gold Cleaners have discovered our whereabouts, they might send someone to hold us back in the Time Fog. If that happens, and Julius leads the other Gold Cleaners to launch a surprise attack on the City of Gold Pounds, then we'll be in trouble."

Xia Fa had already thought of this problem, and immediately said, "Okay, let's go back and talk about it later."

Since this was within the Time Fog, spatial teleportation or teleportation was not possible. Xia Fa and the gods first flew out of the Time Fog along the previous route before preparing to have the Moon Goddess construct a ritual teleportation array to teleport everyone directly back to the City of Gold Convergence.

Unexpectedly, the voice of the "Silver Universe" rang out at this moment, resonating in everyone's spiritual intuition.

"Everyone, get ready, relax, I'm about to begin!"

In an instant, the gods understood what the Silver Universe was up to and immediately lowered their guard.

Xia Fa felt the same way. As soon as he let his guard down, he felt an extremely powerful and dense spatial force, seemingly from the origin of the universe, enveloping everyone.

With a "whoosh," accompanied by violent spatial fluctuations, everyone was teleported away outside the gray mist of time.

However, instead of being teleported back to the City of Gold Convergence, they were directly teleported to the depths of the Protoss Natural Starfield.

This was the first time Xia Fa had ever seen the scene deep within the Star Spirit Natural Starfield. Places like ancient tombs and worlds of gods were extremely rare. Instead, there were countless fragments of planets, as well as all sorts of broken and strange realms, and floating with huge limbs and weapon fragments of unknown creatures.

Moreover, the depths of the Protoss Natural Starfield are no longer as vibrant as an oil painting in the Protoss Realm, but are pitch black, becoming even darker the deeper one goes.

Occasionally, one can see the shadowy figures of some unknown creatures darting around. Although they are only outer gods or celestial beings, they always give people an extremely dangerous feeling.

Of course, it wasn't that Xia Fa himself could sense the danger, but rather that he sensed that if an Outer God or Celestial Venerable of the same rank came here, they might perish at the hands of these unknown creatures.

Suddenly, the incredibly dense spatial power surged up once again. Before Xia Fa could even take a closer look at the situation deeper within the Star Spirit Natural Starfield, he was teleported away once more.

This time, however, they were teleported to the depths of the Protoss Wright Starfield, and then, not long after, they were teleported again.

After being teleported several times in a row, even Xia Fa felt dizzy and nauseous, like someone who had ridden too many roller coasters. Finally, accompanied by an extremely dense surge of spatial power, everyone was teleported back to the City of Gold Pounds.

Moreover, it happened to be in the Divine Council Hall of the City of Gold Pounds.

This is where the gods usually discuss matters. Last time, when Xia Fa successfully hunted down Yin Cai and returned with the children of the gods, he was also teleported here.

"Alright, now you shouldn't be tracked by the Gold Cleaners anymore. You guys go ahead with your work, I'll get back to my tasks."

[Silver Universe] Her charming and lively voice came once again through spiritual intuition. As soon as she finished speaking, she seemed to suddenly realize something and chuckled, "Oh right, Rothcam, Da Vinci, long time no see! Wow, speaking of which, you two have been trapped for over ten thousand years, haven't you?"

Upon hearing this, [Nature Monarch] and [Temporary Reality] could only manage a wry smile before responding respectively.

"Uh...long time no see."

"You're still the same, [Silver Universe]."

[Silver Universe] chuckled: "What? Still like this? I'm not going to argue with you guys anymore. The leakage of [Absolute Defense] aura has increased again. I'm almost overwhelmed. We'll talk next time!"

The spiritual palace suddenly returned to calm. The gods looked at each other and shook their heads with a wry smile.

The Silver Universe has been around for over 30,000 years and is still so carefree. Although it's frustrating, it does bring a touch of warmth from the past to the long-absent Nature Monarch and Brief Reality.

Back then, the nine righteous gods often gathered together to drink, eat old-fashioned delicacies, and chat.

Such days have not been seen for over ten thousand years.

"I'll go find the first entity first, you guys are busy."

[Paradox Joker] Suddenly remembering something, he spoke seriously.

[Nature Monarch] immediately said, "Alright, but there's no need to rush. Apart from being broken apart, [Supreme Laws] is fine, haha."

[Paradox Joker] nodded, just about to turn and leave.

"Wait a minute, as is customary, let me check you out first."

The voice of the Ninth God came from the sofa in the Divine Council Hall. He had already sat down without anyone noticing. Although Xia Fa could not see Him, he could tell from the source of the voice.

When He spoke, from the Paradox Clown to the Nature Monarch, none of them objected at all; they all turned to Him.

Xia Fa suddenly felt a very unique fluctuation surging on the empty sofa, like a dreamlike gray, or like the darkness deep in everyone's heart. In an instant, countless complex emotions surged uncontrollably in his heart.

But this complex emotion vanished in an instant, and then the gentle, smiling voice of the Ninth God rang out once again.

"Alright, everything's fine, including the [Supreme Law] that's falling apart inside you, [Nature Monarch], and the [Paradox Clown]. You can go about your business now."

[Paradox Joker] nodded slightly, turned around and took a step, his whole body exploded into fireworks and confetti, and disappeared.

despair!despair!despair!

The sound of leather shoes stepping on the marble floor suddenly came from the sofa, as if an invisible force was approaching.

Although he knew it was the Ninth God, Xia Fa still felt a little nervous for some reason.

"Xia Fa, I just took the liberty of examining you. Your faith power is now strong enough to keep your mind from going mad. So I've decided to reveal my true form to you and tell you a few things as well."

The Nature Monarch, the Temporary Reality, and the Moon Mother Goddess did not leave; they all turned to look in the direction of Xiafa and the Ninth God.

They were all very curious as to why the Ninth God had to hide it from Xiafa.

And now, the truth is finally about to be revealed.

"Are you ready?"

After a moment's thought, Xia Fa had a preliminary understanding of why the Ninth God had only revealed himself now.

This matter is closely related to the more than three hundred kinds of eternal certificates that he had previously issued. In the eyes of the Ninth God, it seems that only by obtaining the faith of those three hundred or more extraordinary gods can he withstand the cost of looking directly at them.

But why is that? It's impossible for the ironclad rule of "not looking directly at God" to apply between oneself and Him, right?

After calming himself down and without giving it much thought, Xia Fa nodded solemnly.

"Ready? Let's go."

At the same time, he also secretly activated the strange current in his tailbone, preparing to suppress his loss of control or madness at any time.

As he finished speaking, a tall and imposing figure slowly emerged in the clean and spacious Divine Council Hall.

He was an extremely handsome man. Unlike Xia Fayang's masculine beauty, this man was as beautiful as a genius actor who appeared only once in a thousand years in the theater, a peerless performer. It seemed that his every move, every cry, every laugh, and even the slightest expression could stir the most subtle emotions in the audience's hearts and evoke their most ardent concern.

Not only that, he also appeared extremely elegant, with an air of extreme composure between his brows, as if he had everything under control.

But His beautiful, rose-red eyes seemed to have seen through the world and were filled with a deep weariness, yet that weariness also contained hope—hope for the truth, goodness, and beauty in humanity.

He was wearing a well-tailored gray plaid suit, and his hair was neatly combed. At this moment, he was smiling at Xia Fa.

Xia Fa was stunned for a moment.

He wasn't moved by the Ninth God's handsome appearance, but rather—in the instant he looked at the Ninth God, he simultaneously saw the shadows of three people!

No, it wasn't the shadows of three people, but the Ninth God himself constantly shifting between these people, sometimes appearing as his handsome true form, and sometimes as one of the other three.

Most importantly, those three people were all people Xia Fa knew!

The first person was obese, wearing a white shirt that was ripped open by his belly, a black bow tie, and gold-rimmed glasses. His squinty eyes held a shrewd, merchant-like smile that he had cultivated over the years.

The second person was a young man with his arms crossed, his thick, black hair like a hedgehog fluttering in the wind, and an arrogant air about him, as if he didn't care about anyone else.

The third person was a kind-looking middle-aged man, with a fruit basket in his left hand and a big, bright red apple in his right.

The shock Xia Fa felt at this moment was indescribable, because these three people were none other than the fat boss of the secret trading shop in the Extraordinary Market outside Rum City, Ruscondro whom he had seen in the Golden Fighting Grand Prix and the Old Forge, and the Outer God who died at the hands of [God Slayer]!

"You—you—you—!"

He stretched out a hand, pointed at the Ninth God whose form was constantly changing, his eyes widened, and he took several steps back.

At this moment, Xia Fa felt an extreme sense of absurdity and fear welling up inside him. He even began to doubt whether the other people he knew were also fake. Although he knew that such doubt was completely unnecessary, it still rose uncontrollably in his heart.

Fortunately, the strange electric current at his coccyx took effect, penetrating directly into his cerebral cortex, stabilizing his mind, and making him fully accept the idea that "there is no need to doubt others."

"Now, you've finally seen me."

The Ninth God sighed softly, then a smile appeared on his face: "Thank goodness you held on, otherwise I wouldn't know how to explain to [Absolute Defense] and [Paradox Joker]."

Xia Fa took a deep breath to calm himself down before asking, "What exactly is your relationship with those three?"

After the intense emotions in his heart gradually subsided, Xia Fa suddenly realized that at least the fat boss and Ruscond had never harmed him.

The fat boss had made many deals with him, pulling him into the "Destiny Carnival" organization. Moreover, he was the first to tell him how to become a god.

As for Ruscond, although he didn't have much of a relationship with him, it was from him that he learned about the existence of the supreme forbidden secret technique, "Critical Loss of Control".

However, the outer god carrying the fruit basket really had no interaction with me anymore, but he also never harmed me.

The Ninth God sighed, "Of course, it's all for you, Shafa. Ever since I tracked you down in Rum City, I've already devised a plan to guide you. Do you know my name?"

Xia Fa couldn't help but ask, "What is it?"

The Ninth God paused, took a deep breath, and said, word by word, "My esteemed name is—[Actor of Destiny]."