A deity, reduced to being a believer.
Even Dai Mubai himself didn't know that he had been unknowingly manipulated by Su Ming.
Even a Second-Class War God was still just one War God under the War God Hall's banner.
This change in status alone brought about a qualitative transformation in the War God Hall as an organization.
Take Shrek Academy, for instance. Because it was already a mature, deeply entrenched, transcendent large organization, it inherently produced a steady stream of faith, just as the sea produced faith for the Sea God.
The War God joining the War God Hall directly allowed the organization to bypass what might have taken decades or even centuries to achieve.
"Xiao Ming, these trials..."
Du Busi couldn't help but speak up.
He had also carefully analyzed the five trials. He knew that both he and Su Ming had a chance to complete all of them.
Lei Zhen and the Eight-Arms Elder could probably complete them too.
The question was how.
Remember, the Abyss on the other side was currently extremely cautious, refusing to emerge. Even Su Ming had to risk go right up to the Abyssal Sage King to kill a peak Monarch.
"Luring the Abyss to act—that is indeed a tricky trial," Su Ming said. "Actually, I've been thinking about this problem..."
"Do you have a solution?"
Du Busi looked at him.
Lei Zhen, the Eight-Arms Elder, Yan Shaozhe, and Tianyang Douluo all looked over, anticipation in their eyes.
Luring peak-level Abyssal Monarchs to the front line was their common task.
Su Ming wasn't stingy. He shared his thoughts while everyone was present.
"There are two ways. One is to offer a temptation even the Abyssal Sage King cannot resist. The other is to act on the very thing that makes the Abyssal Sage King wary—for example, the God Realm. His fear is nothing more than that the God Realm will help us. So, if we voluntarily cut off our connection to the God Realm, we could lure the Abyssal Sage King into testing the waters."
Upon hearing Su Ming's words, Yan Shaozhe couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.
What did he mean by 'acting on the God Realm'?
This guy was lawless. He even wanted to sever the connection between Douluo Star and the God Realm!
Not to mention Yan Shaozhe, even Du Busi broke out in a cold sweat hearing this.
Everyone had some understanding of the Abyss.
The Abyssal Sage King was stronger than Su Ming. The Monarchs within the Abyss were also generally stronger than Douluo Star's Titled Douluos.
Without the God Realm's deterrence behind them, they could never have achieved their current situation.
Apart from Su Ming as an exception, the Spirit Master world shouldn't even have had the right to resist the Abyss's invasion.
Su Ming's expression, however, was calm.
He had deliberately said these words here.
His goal was to have certain deities in the God Realm hear them.
In fact, the deities in the God Realm had indeed heard them.
God Realm.
Dai Mubai was also sweating.
He regretted setting up such a Black-Level Five Trial.
Was Su Ming using this as an excuse to make him take the blame?
Had Su Ming had these ideas before?
Definitely.
Anyone with eyes could see that Su Ming had been trying to lure the Abyss into committing more forces recently.
These ideas weren't developed overnight.
But Su Ming hadn't mentioned them before. He only brought them up now, after receiving the War God's Black-Level Five Trial.
Dai Mubai's face turned green.
Tang San, standing by, frowned deeply. He hadn't expected Su Ming to be so malicious, saddling a Second-Class God like Dai Mubai with such a burden.
Temple of the God of Destruction.
The God of Destruction's expression was grim.
"We can't let this continue. This Su Ming is far too bold. First devouring the Abyss, now talking about severing the connection to the God Realm... he isn't actually considering independence, is he?"
As he thought this, he also considered the trials the War God had issued.
"What a fool!"
Having received no response, Su Ming didn't wait indefinitely.
"The latter method is a last resort. For now, we can try the first method I mentioned—tempt the Abyssal Sage King."
"In fact, I've already tried using parts of the Tree of Life to attract him. It seems I haven't invested enough. He was indeed interested, but not to the point of risking massive losses to obtain it."
Du Busi nodded thoughtfully.
He tentatively asked, "So, do you have something even more enticing to the Abyssal Sage King?"
Su Ming smiled. "Of course. Quite a few, actually."
"Oh?"
"Ordinary Tree of Life branches won't attract him. Then use trunk sections. Or directly plant a subsidiary body on the front line. I doubt he could resist going crazy."
"Apart from the Tree of Life, we could also use divine seats."
Su Ming had barely started on this point when he was directly warned.
The God of Destruction would not allow him to trifle with divine seats.
If the Abyssal Sage King obtained a divine seat, the consequences would be dire and unknown.
Receiving the warning, Su Ming chose not to insist.
"Planting a subsidiary body of the Tree of Life is the safest method. Coincidentally, advancing our front line has become difficult. We could plant the subsidiary body there—it would be perfectly logical."
"Before that, shouldn't we first improve the strength of the Spirit Master world?" Yan Shaozhe said.
Su Ming glanced at him but didn't respond.
Improving strength was necessary.
But expecting him to help improve it was absolutely impossible.
Yan Shaozhe watched the four departing Body Sect members, his expression extremely sour.
Was this a clear refusal to help the two of them craft Four-Word Battle Armor?
Wasn't he afraid that if things went wrong, no one in the Spirit Master world would be able to help him withstand the Abyss's pressure?
Abyssal Gate.
The six War Gods entered the channel. Apart from Su Ming, the other five went to the front line to hold their positions.
This sight caught the Abyssal Sage King's attention.
"What are they up to now?"
The Abyssal Sage King was well aware that Su Ming had been trying to lure him out.
But he also knew that if he acted rashly, he would likely be consumed completely.
The God Realm Committee talked a good game about non-interference, but if his main body descended on Douluo Star, would they truly not interfere?
They would simply kill his main body directly, allowing Douluo Star to swallow his entire Abyss whole. What could his 'mother' do about that?
Would she really self-destruct the Crimson Domain just to cause the Douluo God Realm some trouble?
"Hmph, only fools would take the bait. No matter what tricks you try, I won't take that risk."
The Abyssal Sage King sneered.
He now only wanted to steadily take over Douluo's laws.
During the fusion process of the two planes' laws, he had also benefited greatly.
If things continued, even if this war ended abruptly and he didn't consume Douluo Star, he would still suffer no loss.
Indeed, the Abyssal Sage King was already considering how to sever the spatial channel without provoking the God of Destruction.
This war was too stifling.
He simply didn't dare to fight back.
"I just need to hold on for three more years. Consider it paying a ransom to avoid disaster."
Within three years, he would find the reason the Abyss had been anchored here.
If he could eradicate that, he could confidently end the war.
As the Abyssal Sage King was contemplating his escape route, a dazzling emerald-green light caught his attention.
He snapped back to reality and looked across, seeing Su Ming planting an emerald-green tree at the thirty percent mark of the spatial channel, closer to Douluo Star.
What was that?
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