Chapter 1516: Chapter 928: Nite Appears! (Part 2)

A divine statue with divine charm can become a symbol or even a medium of the gods, and now he believes this legend. After losing the statue, Dade seems unable to interfere with affairs here again.

He looked up at the sky, where the starlight belonging to Dade had long disappeared.

"Completely dead, or just hiding?"

No matter which state it is, it surely isn’t a good thing for Dade. Gong Qiying tends to think that after losing followers, Dade is powerless to interfere with the world and has simply hidden to save his power.

This suddenly made Gong Qiying feel a bit bad for Dade, since they seemingly had no personal grievances, but Dade’s followers rebelled due to the Sain Dungeon, and Sain Dungeon never intended to mess with these necromancer’s faith.

However, whether Dade is dead or has escaped, his behavior is beneficial to Sain Dungeon.

This made Gong Qiying think of a possibility; perhaps it shouldn’t be called a possibility but rather a method.

He moved away from the crowd, looked at the numerous ordinary stars in the sky, and talked to himself:

"If you want to banish and weaken the gods, perhaps try reducing their followers to a certain extent."

If you want to combat Huang Guang, this is the method needed!

At this moment of realization, Gong Qiying understood why his previous actions didn’t provoke further reactions from Huang Guang.

"I haven’t actually reduced the number of followers of the Holy Light God."

If Huang Guang, like Death God Dade, needs followers to maintain power, then the only thing that can provoke a reaction is an actual reduction in followers.

Gong Qiying thought of many things.

Before Huang Guang appeared, Sain Dungeon was vigorously implementing a plan to convert adventurers into followers to gather faith spirit power, and it was quite successful, with Sain’s profits in the Scameroon region significantly increasing.

Then Huang Guang appeared and caused chaos in Sain Dungeon. After he left, various dungeons experienced a decrease in faith spirit power or even failures to collect it.

Thinking carefully, during the time before Huang Guang appeared, he did something that could have caused a reaction from them, all because of...

The Holy Light Church troops of Anleisi and Kaius stationed in Hepa Town at that time!

At that time, Sain Dungeon almost mesmerized those people with the Soul-sucking Ghost in the Painting World. In such circumstances, claiming that the soldiers’ faith in the Holy Light didn’t change was utterly unbelievable!

Gong Qiying remembered clearly that the Holy Light Church still valued the development of Sain Dungeon back then, continuously sending personnel and logistics support towards Hepa Town, using it as a transit point.

Soldiers came in, and soldiers left.

The only issue is, those soldiers who came in were pure, but those who left had experienced being Soul-sucking Ghosts. To some extent, they had been tainted by the colors of Sain Dungeon.

Looking at the records of spiritual power income and expenses at the time, it was evident that Sain Dungeon’s faith spirit power income from these soldiers was steadily rising, growing larger and larger.

Then, Huang Guang made his move.

"If it were me, I couldn’t have helped but act too."

Gong Qiying showed a knowing expression, finally understanding the whole story.

So Huang Guang attacked Sain Dungeon because of this incident.

Upon reviewing the records, it was clear that not long after Huang Guang took action, the huge daily spiritual power income suddenly plummeted significantly at a certain time, displaying a dramatic cliff-fall. This was likely due to Huang Guang using some unknown method to pull the faith of the followers back.

So, since Huang Guang hasn’t continued attacking Sain Dungeon, it shows that the previous method Gong Qiying tried to disrupt the Scameroon faith environment didn’t affect Huang Guang much, at least not enough to prompt another action.

This outcome, however, greatly startled other churches—it was definitely directed at the wrong target.

Gong Qiying thought of the faith machines promoted by the Three Great Religions.

"Was it done by those faith machines?"

If it were such devices, they could indeed secure faith outcomes, being akin to brainwashing.

That’s not acceptable; his painstaking tactics shouldn’t fail to inconvenience Huang Guang! Such outcomes can’t be allowed!

A method must be devised to dismantle Huang Guang’s base.

Gong Qiying remembered that the rebel army had received a faith machine specially delivered by Todd, and the technical personnel there were conducting research around the clock.

When the rebel army thoroughly understands the faith machine, Sain Dungeon will receive the data. By then, they might find a way to trouble Huang Guang.

Gong Qiying won’t rest easy unless there is some true injury dealt to Huang Guang!

Gong Qiying’s consciousness returned to Sain Dungeon. He thought for a moment, then took out pen and paper to start writing a letter.

Meanwhile.

In Lake Lienia, at a tavern in Academy Gate Town.

"The necromancers are indeed generous; is that profession really so lucrative?"

Leon and his companions sat around a sumptuous feast, enjoying delicious food while marveling.

The necromancer master paid him a large sum to buy the recordings made in the Giant’s Tomb and requested that the images not be spread for a week.

Considering that the request came through Fingerley’s introduction, Leon agreed.

The strategy group is currently in a relaxed state, not needing to enter the Giant’s Tomb for further exploration.

Over the past few days, Leon has understood the characteristics of the covenant under the Tomb King.

The Tomb King’s covenant item, Eyes of the Dead, can be obtained by killing a large number of Curse Frogs, but the drop rate is frustratingly low. Besides that, the only stable channel for acquisition is invading others within the Giant’s Tomb, restricting the invasion scope to within the Giant’s Tomb boundary.

Unfortunately, there are very few people in the Giant’s Tomb now. Leon was waiting to leak information about Tomb King Nite to attract more people into the underground cemetery, planning to start the hunt then. But now the plan is delayed due to the great mage’s request.

However, this delay isn’t necessarily a bad thing; at least it gives him time to digest the gains from this adventure.

The effects brought by this covenant under the Tomb King include not only a highly valued Tomb King Sword at home but also bonuses related to necromancy and increases in life force.

Leon also discovered that when he applied the blessing corresponding to the Tomb King within Endless Reincarnation, the effect of the blessing significantly improved under the precondition of possessing the Tomb King’s covenant. This is a feature not found with other blessings.

Therefore, he is currently trying to construct a set of combination effects centered around the Tomb King’s covenant to maximize the covenant’s features.

"Perhaps our progress isn’t the fastest, but our gains are not small either, and it’s comfortable."

Thinking of Fingerley and Luluwo’s situations, Leon felt content, and so did his companions.

"Full yet? Let’s set off, it’s time to find Fingerley and get the wedge-shaped stone original disc," Leon said eagerly. "I want to see the power of a Tomb King Sword strengthened to the highest level."

He had already negotiated the price with Fingerley; sources of this thing are scarce, and the only piece he can acquire is in Fingerley’s possession.

By teleporting through the bonfire to the Scameroon version of the Fire Transmission Ceremony, Leon passed through the Teleportation Gate to reach Hepa Town.

The area around the Teleportation Gate was still bustling and lively as ever; he had just stepped out to search for Fingerley.

At that moment, the shadows of three gigantic entities projected down from the sky, blanketing the entire Hepa Town!