I'm not just human!

Chapter 517 The Dark, Burning Day (Part 1)

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The sound of a heart pounding violently echoed among the nine righteous gods; it was unclear whose heart it was, or perhaps that of several righteous gods.

Only [Absolute Defense] and the Moon Mother Goddess could barely maintain their composure; as for the other righteous gods, cold sweat seeped from their vests.

Since becoming gods 30,000 years ago, they haven't sweated in a very long time.

At this moment, facing Xia Fa's gaze, it would be a lie to say that the nine righteous gods were not nervous; in fact, they were filled with fear, a very deep fear.

Xia Fa has now become completely unfamiliar, leaving everyone puzzled. Coupled with his unparalleled power, even a single glance from him can cause the nine righteous gods and the Moon Mother Goddess to feel genuinely tense.

As for Dick Tudor and Gastis the Great Axe, they couldn't even withstand that gaze and were just short of lowering their heads.

The atmosphere suddenly fell into absolute silence. No one knew what Xia Fa wanted to do in this state, and everyone was extremely uneasy.

Just then, Xia Fa's cheek muscles twitched, as if he was about to speak.

"you----"

The sound seemed to come from the heavens, like a great bell, making people's eardrums ache, and even causing all the metal objects in the entire city of gold to buzz.

His voice was filled with a godlike indifference, looking down upon all living beings without any emotion.

This time, not only the nine righteous gods and the Moon Mother Goddess were nervous, but even many Heavenly Venerables and Outer Gods became nervous. Those with high enough rank and rich enough knowledge had already seen that something was wrong with Lord [Absolute Attack].

At that moment, Xia Fa spoke again.

"Why are you all staring at me like that? Have you finally realized how handsome I am?"

The voice still carried an air of supreme authority and utterly indifferent scrutiny, but the content of the words—

The nine righteous gods were taken aback at first, then looked up at Xia Fa in disbelief, their eyes instantly bursting with joy.

It turns out that Xiafa is still the same Xiafa! No problems!

Dick Tudor was overjoyed. If Xia Fa weren't so powerful that it was difficult for him to even get close, he would have already gone up and punched Xia Fa on the shoulder with a smile.

But more than the surprise, everyone felt relieved. They were really afraid that Xia Fa had lost control. If that happened, dying at Xia Fa's hands wouldn't matter, but Xia Fa himself would be truly ruined and turned into an unknowable monster, which was what everyone really didn't want to see.

After all, he did this to save everyone.

Xia Fa's figure rapidly shrank, and the thick, black flames burning on his body gradually subsided. With a whooshing sound, the nine horse-slaying swords and nine tentacles retracted back into his back.

In an instant, he transformed from that enormous, god-like being back into the familiar figure everyone knew.

He had black curly hair, black eyes, a high nose bridge, and sharp features. He wore his favorite linen shirt and work trousers, with Norwegian-stitched horsehide work boots on his feet.

He was still as tall and sunny as ever, and when he smiled he would reveal his white teeth, giving the impression that nothing had changed.

Just like when we were in Rum City.

Xiafa glanced at the nine great gods, the Moon Goddess, Dictator, and Gastis the Great Axe, then suddenly grinned. Sunlight shone down from behind him, making his hair appear to glow.

"Everyone, we won."

Ladies and gentlemen, we won.

With just a simple sentence, two lines of tears suddenly streamed down the delicate and bright face of [Silver Universe], and the other righteous gods were also deeply moved.

[Absolute Defense] A deep sigh.

"Yes, we won—"

Since the discovery of the existence of the Golden Cleansers 30,000 years ago, they have been on guard for more than 20,000 years. Just when they had relaxed their guard, they suddenly fell into the trap of Julius, who led more than 600 Golden Cleansers and nine false gods, which caused all nine true gods to suffer great calamity.

After enduring more than 10,000 years of hardship and waiting for his strength to slowly recover, starting from the 30,000th year, while planning how to return, he also accepted the reality that more than 10,000 Golden Cleaners were about to awaken. In the end, he had no choice but to cultivate the spark.

Then, they finally discovered Xia Fa, the most outstanding one among the sparks, an existence who could sign five overlord-level secret contracts even before becoming a true god.

Even now, the King of the Golden Cleaners has emerged, but Xia Fa is even stronger than it. He has truly become the peerless warrior who could fight against ten thousand men, a feat that everyone had only dared to imagine in their dreams. No matter how many trump cards the King of the Golden Cleaners had, no matter how much the origin of the universe helped it, Xia Fa still managed to defeat it in the end.

Now, everyone has finally won.

The universe is about to regain a rare peace, maintain its previous prosperity, and may even develop further.

After all, there are still many planets, strange realms, and divine realms to be explored in both the real world and the Protoss world. Not to mention, the depths of the Protoss starry sky are also extremely worthy of development, as are the countless promised lands in the Time Mist.

And the extraordinary beings are no longer afraid of being suddenly wiped out.

"Xia Fa, I really didn't expect that in the end I would still have to rely on you. I thought I could manage on my own, haha."

Dick Tudor walked over, patted Xia Fa on the shoulder, and said with emotion in his eyes, "Anyway, please thank you for me and my sister. Now you're my sister's savior. Don't you really want to consider getting to know her? Just look at my looks, you can tell my sister is definitely not bad."

Seeing that He was in the mood for jokes right away, Xia Fa couldn't help but relax and laughed, "You should have plundered with me back then. Maybe you could have defeated the King of the Golden Cleansers. Of course, that only applies before its first resurrection, hahaha."

Dick Tudor shook his head: "That's impossible. On one hand, we are brothers. On the other hand, it seems that the combination of [Eternal Plunder], [Eternal Binding], and [Eternal Replication] has no effect on you. You have not just one kind of Origin-level Eternal Certificate power, but two kinds. They cannot even cancel each other out."

Speaking of this, everyone looked at Xia Fa with curiosity. In that thrilling and earth-shattering battle just now, Xia Fa did indeed briefly emit some strange fluctuations, which offset the power of the Golden Cleanser King's [Eternal Time] authority.

At that time, the King of Gold Cleaners was already preparing to escape.

Of course, it was fortunate that it didn't actually escape, otherwise it would have been a major disaster.

Now, according to Dick Tudor, there are actually two kinds of primordial-level eternal credentials within Xia Fa's body.

"Wait—wait, five fundamental-level eternal certificates—no, now there are seven fundamental-level eternal certificates, but in short, the last two unknown ones, they wouldn't be with you, would they, Xia Fa?"

[Silver Universe] was startled, wiped the tears from her little face, and her curiosity was rekindled.

Xia Fa smiled slightly: "Yes, I didn't expect it either. This may be the third part of the origin of my identity. However, it seems that I can only be truly sure after I become a true god."

As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly sharpened, and he turned to the headless corpse of the King of the Golden Cleansers, as if he had sensed something.

When Xia Fa returned to his normal human form, everyone relaxed. But now, although Xia Fa became serious, he exuded a supreme and majestic aura, like that of a god, which made the nine righteous gods and others shudder.

But then, thick black flames ignited in Xia Fa's hand again, and he suddenly grabbed at the headless corpse of the King of Golden Cleansers from afar.

With a single grab, an hourglass filled with the gray mist of time, a bomb that kept exploding and then regenerating, and a piece of white paper flew out from the body of the King of the Golden Cleansers.

These three things all carried the fluctuations of primordial authority, and were none other than [Eternal Time], [Eternal Destruction], and [Eternal Cause and Effect]!

The dense black flames on Xia Fa's wrist swirled out and instantly transformed into three black spheres, completely sealing the three Origin-level Eternal Tokens.

Even though ordinary eternal certificates are difficult to seal, everyone could clearly feel that Xia Fa had indeed sealed these three primordial eternal certificates!

"I don't seem to be able to absorb it yet, but I should be able to after I become a true god."

After Xia Fa finished doing all this, the dense black flames on his hands dissipated, and he turned to look at the crowd.

[The Paradoxical Joker] was startled: "You—you haven't even become a true god yet?"

In this situation, Xia Fa is still only at the Heavenly Venerable level and has not yet become a true god.

After Xia Fa and others signed the [Ancient Secret Explanation] and became true gods, how strong would they become?

Amidst the extremely curious gazes of the crowd, Xia Fa smiled and nodded: "Well, after all, I've only signed nine overlord-level secret contracts, and I'm still one short of becoming a true god. Let's wait three days. Besides—"

As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at the devastated city where gold had been deposited.

Although Dick Tudor came first, and I have protected the City of Gold Convergence from beginning to end, the aftershocks of the battle still reached many parts of the City of Gold Convergence in the beginning, resulting in the deaths of many extraordinary beings.

The dead are truly dead; this is an ironclad rule of the universe. Even if you create an exact replica through "miracle thinking" and allow it to inherit the original memories, it will still be a different individual.

【Eternal Reincarnation】can only revive those beings who have not completely died, such as 【First History】 who has become a barrier, and the three Paul brothers who have become Mystic Spirits, etc.

Those who truly die, whether human, demi-human, or other extraordinary beings, cannot be resurrected.

Xia Fa withdrew his gaze, his expression returning to calm. He sighed, shook his head, and said softly, "—Let everyone rest and recuperate for the next few days."

Three days later.

The Protoss Wright Starfield is a Protoss star system filled with floating realms of gods and extraordinary tombs.

Xia Fa sat leisurely in the chair created by "miracle fantasy", holding a roasted lamb leg in his hand and gnawing on it.

Behind him, the three brothers, the Iron-Blooded Conqueror "Paul," the Overclocking Speedster "Speed," and the Fear Priest "Flett," stood guard like three bodyguards, each leaning on a greatsword or lance.

In reality, if anything were to happen, it would actually be Xia Fa who would protect the three of them.

Just these past few days, Xia Fa had the Moon Mother Goddess use the [Eternal Reincarnation] to reverse and resurrect the three brothers, turning them from Secret Star Spirits back into Celestial Venerables. However, the soul imprints he planted in their souls were not removed for some reason, and the three brothers also expressed their absolute unwillingness to remove them.

Thus, the three brothers became Shafa's "Heavenly Lords," just as Chestnut and Beneath became the Moon Goddess's "Divine Servants." Shafa could still freely utilize [Eternal Battle], [Eternal Speed], and [Eternal Power].

These three powers.

As for the three brothers, they witnessed Xia Fa's unparalleled achievements when they were Star Spirits, especially watching him kill the King of the Golden Cleansers who almost destroyed all the extraordinary beings in the universe. Therefore, after being resurrected and regaining their senses, they naturally worshipped Xia Fa to the extreme and willingly became Xia Fa's confidants.

Therefore, this time, seeing that the [Ancient Secret Explanation] was about to be born, they naturally became Xia Fa's personal guards, protecting Xia Fa.

Xia Fa finished the lamb leg in no time, casually tossed the bone aside, and watched it fall into the starry sky before glancing around.

Centered on a diameter of one light-year, the nine great gods and the Moon Goddess dispersed, standing guard everywhere, on guard against any potential contenders for the [Primordial Secrets].

Although Xia Fa has become so powerful that no one can possibly compete with him for the [Primordial Secret], and all the extraordinary beings in the universe have stated that they will never compete with the [Absolute Attack] who saved all extraordinary beings for the [Primordial Secret].

However, money can be tempting, and there are always some selfish and self-serving people in this world. No one can guarantee that no one will dare to rob you.

This is, after all, the only supreme-level secret agreement in the world, representing a supreme-level secret agreement of "omniscience," a fundamental authority.

"They're here."

Overclocked to its maximum speed, "Speedy" suddenly shouted excitedly in his heart. Xia Fa had already sensed it and suddenly looked towards the center of this Star Spirit Starry Sky.

In that place, a supreme-level secret contract, resembling a piece of pale yellow old paper, suddenly appeared. The moment it appeared, even the nine righteous gods felt dizzy after seeing the layers upon layers of ancient secret text on it.

This supreme-level secret contract, also known as the "Primordial Secret Explanation" in mythology, contains a staggering number of ancient cryptic texts that are hundreds of millions of times more numerous than those found in other supreme-level secret contracts!

Even the "First History" felt their brains nearly overwhelmed by the information contained in these ancient cryptic texts, almost causing them to faint. The weaker "Nature Monarch" even showed signs of losing control.

Fortunately, Xia Fa casually raised his hand, and the strange electric current transformed into waves that spread outwards, immediately relieving the discomfort symptoms of the nine righteous gods.

Now everyone knows that Xia Fa is the physical "Glutton," because the two have almost identical abilities and methods to suppress their loss of control. As for why Xia Fa can transform into a physical form and then back into a physical form, he himself doesn't say, and no one dares to ask.

Actually, it wasn't that Xia Fa didn't want to speak, but rather that he was also waiting for an explanation—an explanation that he would know after obtaining the [Ancient Secret Explanation].

Suddenly, the pale yellow, old-fashioned paper-like "Ancient Secrets" flickered and disappeared. Immediately afterward, a huge dodecahedral sixth-order Rubik's Cube, comparable in size to an asteroid, appeared in its place.

As soon as the dodecahedral sixth-order Rubik's Cube appeared, it began to expand rapidly, and in an instant it became the size of a planet.

Each of the above sections was further subdivided, becoming individual rooms. Within these rooms, transparent and colorless energy, containing countless pieces of information and images, began to surge and instantly solidify into small worlds.

There are trillions of rooms. Starting from the outermost room, it seems that one needs to navigate through the small worlds within each room before finally reaching the center of this dodecahedral sixth-order Rubik's Cube.

At that moment, countless strange and supernatural creatures emerged from the void, all possessing at least the strength of gods, with the strongest even reaching the level of a Celestial Venerable.

As expected, all the extraordinary beings in the universe kept their promise. Not a single extraordinary god, unknown being, or even humanoid supernatural creature appeared to compete with Lord [Absolute Attack] for the [Primordial Secret].

What came were only some strange or supernatural creatures, like wild beasts with only instincts, attracted by the extraordinary aura of the [Primordial Secrets].

Without even the nine righteous gods needing to intervene, the super-fast "Speed" raised his lance and transformed into a dazzling blue light, instantly annihilating the thousands of strange and supernatural creatures that had come within a light-year diameter.

As a Celestial Venerable who almost became a true god during the era of the rise of gods 30,000 years ago, the power of the overclocked and extremely fast "Speed" is far beyond what the current veteran Celestial Venerables can compare to, and is even only slightly inferior to the [Nature Monarch].

Therefore, even the most powerful and supernatural beings could not withstand a single blow from Him. With a flash of blue light, all the strange and supernatural beings that dared to come were annihilated in a few seconds.

During this process, he also had the leisure to quickly collect the edible parts of these supernatural creatures, filling hundreds of black sacks, ready to present them to his master later.

The nine gods had no objection to the overclocking speed of "Speed". On the one hand, they were all old friends. The fear priest "Flatter" was an old rival of "Absolute Defense" before he became a god.

On the other hand, the three Paul brothers are now Shafa's personal guards, and even the nine great gods give them face. Therefore, when they saw the overclocked speedster "Speed" showing off in front of his master, they didn't think much of it.

"My lord, all threats have been eliminated, you—"

Hearing Peter's words, Xia Fa smiled slightly: "I just took a look. To obtain this [Primordial Secret], you need to start from the outermost room and solve the puzzles in the small world of each room. There are about a hundred rooms in total. Whoever solves all the puzzles and reaches the center first will obtain the [Primordial Secret]."

"As for the difficulty of these puzzles, needless to say, they were created by the [Ancient Secrets], which represents the authority of omniscience."

Upon hearing these two sentences, the Iron-Blooded Conqueror "Paul" scratched his head and said, "My lord, this is a bit difficult. I only know how to fight, not how to do this. I may not be able to help you."

"Priest of Fear" Frederick stood silently to the side, offering no opinion, but also looking at his master with concern.

Xia Fa smiled slightly: "It's alright, I will take care of it myself."

He suddenly stretched out an arm, and thick, dark flames burst forth from it with a "boom." His supreme and majestic aura, like that of a god, erupted once again, causing even the three Paul brothers to tremble involuntarily.

Xia Fa simply grabbed the planet-sized, six-fold dodecahedron Rubik's Cube from afar, instantly pulverizing it and extracting the [Ancient Secret Explanation], which resembled a pale yellow, old piece of paper.

Unexpectedly, the [Ancient Secret Explanation] trembled in fear in front of Xia Fa, just like the three Paul brothers, yet it also exuded a sense of intimacy, seemingly very eager for Xia Fa to sign it.

Xia Fa smiled slightly, and a pure silver quill pen dipped in the Holy Spirit Spring appeared in his hand. In his other hand, he held a piece of pale yellow, old paper and wrote his name.

Xiafa.

In that instant, an incomparably terrifying pressure rose uncontrollably from his body, accompanied by the roar and tremors of the entire universe. A kind of great music resounded from the depths of the universe, as if to welcome the birth of some great being.

The aura of a true god gradually intensified from Xia Fa's body.

Xia Fa remained calm throughout, his mind preoccupied with only one thing.

What exactly happened 30,000 years ago? Is my identity and origin really as I suspect? And what is the source of my strange abilities? All the secrets are finally about to be revealed.

Furthermore, after signing ten hegemonic-level secret agreements, is it truly possible to touch the origin of the universe?

If possible, there would be many things that could be done.