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Chapter 954 Huh? Another Vulcan?

“Sammer?”

“Normally, as a junior, you should address the God of Fire as Lord Vulcan, but the divine realm has been destroyed, and now is not the time to be so particular.”

The fire god Sammer is no longer the bizarre Bala he once was, nor the eight-colored primordial holy fire, nor the twisted and deformed abyssal monster. Now appearing in this pure white space, Sammer looks just like an ordinary human being. The only outstanding features are probably his long, flowing, molten gold-like crimson hair and his unusual golden robe.

Fang Wuwei had heard Dark Flame Dragon say that Sammer was the god closest to humans in the divine realm, so it was not unexpected that he was now in human form. What really made him frown was Sammer's calmness at this moment.

Where am I?

"The spiritual world, the pure world extended from your fire-based authority, I felt your purity the moment I came into contact with your fiery authority... Ah... such tranquility, how long has it been since I felt this..."

Samuel looked up at the sky and took a deep breath. Although breathing seemed unnecessary here, and although all he could see was vast expanses of white, it still filled him with joy and peace.

"I thought you were going to have an even bigger temper, but I didn't expect you to be even more cold-blooded than I imagined."

Before Fang Wuwei could speak, Sammer composed himself and looked at Fang Wuwei again. He slowly paced back and forth, pointing at Fang Wuwei with his finger. The meaning was clear: the beautiful illusion he had just experienced had been so shattered in front of him, yet Fang Wuwei remained unmoved.

But Fang Wuwei simply shook his head slightly.

"If you had done this to me two years ago, prying into my heart and mocking everything I love most in front of me, I would have been furious, cursing and swearing to tear you to pieces... I was indeed full of rage back then, but now I have no grudges, so why am I so irritable?"

As Fang Wuwei slowly paced around, mimicking Sammer's movements, he secretly channeled his divine power to heal his injuries. The injuries were too severe, and since they were inflicted by a god, he needed time.

"I know it's fake. You provoked me. If I get so angry that I lose my temper, wouldn't I look stupid?"

As he spoke, Fang Wuwei took a deep breath.

"Okay, to be honest, I'm really angry. I'm going to beat you up later, and it would be best if I could kill you."

"Hmph... You have a much better temper than Amius. If it were him, he wouldn't say any of this to me, he would just punch me without any discussion."

Sammer raised an eyebrow, seemingly surprised, a fleeting smile appearing on his face. Although he kept pacing, his gaze never left Fang Wuwei for a moment, his scrutiny and vigilance undisguised.

"Your wish is so ordinary, it's practically like... an ordinary mortal's. So why did you join forces with the Dark Flame Dragon? What did He promise you, or what did He deceive you about? You are a new god, but do you know what the Dark Flame Dragon has done in the past?"

"Ah, I know, of course I know. The God Realm has been destroyed, and all the gods have been killed by the Dark Flame Dragon. Of course I know. And to be honest, it was I who wanted to kill you. I called the Dark Flame Dragon here to help."

"You want to kill me?"

Upon hearing Fang Wuwei's words, Sammer was not angry at all; instead, he chuckled softly.

"You can't kill me. Although your sealing technique is very unique and theoretically it can indeed put me into a complete and eternal sleep, you are still too weak to seal my primordial holy fire. If you really want to kill me, go back and settle down for a few hundred years. I will be waiting for you here."

or......"

Sammer changed the subject, looked at Fang Wuwei's eyebrows and eyes, rubbed his chin, and gently shook his head.

"In short, it's good for me that someone wants to kill me, and I'm willing to die, but I'm not willing to be killed by you... the henchmen of the Dark Flame Dragon."

Fang Wuwei remained silent, his face darkening slightly. He channeled his divine power, and lightning began to circulate around him, ready for battle at any moment. However, after making his threats, Sammer did not make a move. He even shifted his gaze from Fang Wuwei to the distance.

"...Are you human?"

"It was the same six months ago."

"Is that so... You're so strong, even able to accept Amus's inheritance and become a god. That means the outside world still has magic. No wonder the Abyss is becoming increasingly unstable. There must be some fool trying to develop the Abyss. Now, the rift between the Abyss and the mortal world is widening. Once the concentration of magic outside is enough to support the Abyss's manifestation in the mortal world, the entire Abyss will squeeze the space of the mortal world, projecting me outwards along with it. At that time, widespread destruction will be the most conservative description..."

Even if you do nothing, the rift has already appeared. In a few thousand or tens of thousands of years, it will grow large enough for the abyss's erosion to extend to the outside world... and the world will... and the gods will no longer protect it. Mortals will be powerless against the abyss's erosion... At that time..."

As Sammer spoke, his voice gradually subsided, and he stopped talking. Then he turned around and stared at Fang Wuwei carefully, almost harshly, examining everything about him. He seemed to be seriously considering something, and his gaze was extremely complex.

The scrutinizing gaze was undisguised, and Fang Wuwei could no longer sense that the person was a fool. He immediately frowned, took two steps back, and his vigilance intensified once again.

"New God, answer me, how did you become the new God of Thor?"

"what?"

"Did you first obtain the authority of thunder before ascending to the position of Thunder God, or did you ascend to the position of Thunder God first and then obtain the authority of Thunder God?"

"...He first obtained the authority over thunder, and only then was he placed in the position of the God of Thunder."

Although it was a pity that Sammer asked this question, Fang Wuwei finally told him the truth. After hearing what Fang Wuwei said, Sammer was slightly stunned, and his gaze towards Fang Wuwei became more and more complicated.

Why are you asking this?

"…New God, can you tell me how humans outside are doing now?"

Sammer did not reply to Fang Wuwei's words. He simply sat down cross-legged slowly, looking somewhat dejected. He even lowered his guard against Fang Wuwei and completely relaxed his guarded posture. This strange and abrupt change made Fang Wuwei even more confused.

"I said, New God, can you tell me about it?"

As Sammer spoke, his voice even carried a hint of pleading, devoid of the majesty of a true god, more like that of a prisoner confined to an isolated island for millennia, yearning for news from the outside world.

Faced with such a calm Sammer, Fang Wuwei was also puzzled for a while, but it was also a good thing for him that Sammer wanted to stall for time. He also needed time to recover from the damage that Sammer had caused. So he also sat down cross-legged, and the two of them looked at each other from a distance. Then Fang Wuwei began to carefully choose his words and select some things that he could say to Sammer.

"...I originally thought that after the Dark Flame Dragon slaughtered all the gods, it would unify the world and cover the entire world with darkness that would burn everything. I never expected that in the end, it would also fake its death and reincarnate to leave the world, leaving humanity to develop freely... It turns out that it didn't lie to me back then."

His voice was soft, carrying a weariness and relief that had spanned millions of years. After a long, long time, Sammer lowered his head heavily, his expression becoming increasingly complicated. After thinking for a long time, he grabbed his head with both hands and hugged himself tightly.

"But...it's still too much..."

Sammer seemed to be in a state of frustration and pain, while Fang Wuwei's injuries had improved considerably after so much time. Although his severed arm had not grown back, all other injuries had been largely healed, and he was ready to fight to the death again at any time.

But seeing Sammer in this state, he realized that there were probably many more secrets he didn't know.

What happened back then?

Sammer remained silent for a long time, so long that Fang Wuwei thought He wouldn't answer, before He slowly spoke...

"...Dark Flame Dragon told me that the extermination of the God Realm is an inevitable law of development for the world. There should be no gods in this world. We have interfered too much with human civilization. If gods exist in the world, the human race will be useless and will live in the shadow of the gods for eternity, unable to progress or develop. Therefore, the gods must perish, and the current human civilization must also be iterated."

But I am a god close to humanity. I personally gave humanity their first flame, I taught them to cook, to light the darkness, and to smelt metal, I led them from ignorance to civilization... The Dark Flame Dragon is a god born in chaos and darkness, so I refused to believe His words and fought Him. As for the final outcome..."

As he spoke, Sammer gave a self-deprecating laugh.

"You saw it too."

"..."

"I just didn't expect that He would actually succeed. In terms of combat power, the Dark Flame Dragon is actually not as powerful as Amus and the God Lord. In the God Realm, the God Lord is invincible. So for so many years, I have been hoping that the surviving gods would come to save me, but no one did... The Dark Flame Dragon still won. That is to say, His massacre of the God Realm must have been supported by an existence higher than me... Could it be that the God Lord and the Heavenly Dao also want the gods to perish?"

That's really... hard to say.

Thinking of the World Consciousness's cowardly and self-serving nature, Fang Wuwei was still reluctant to believe that it could do something like lowering the world's combat power. But he forgot that the World Consciousness only lost its courage after witnessing the invasion of the Reincarnators. Tens of millions of years ago, it probably would have actually supported it.

Sammer stared at the sky in a long, silent reverie, his thoughts racing. His expression grew increasingly broken, shifting from confusion to struggle to pain, and finally culminating in a near-collapse of despair.

"Lord God... what... did you see back then...?"

"Although I would love to give you some quiet time, unfortunately, time is exactly what we need right now."

Fang Wuwei interrupted Sammer's murmur, then pointed to the distance, where the unique, colorful erosion of the abyss had already appeared at the edge of the pure white world.

"The Abyss is coming. What are you planning? Speak up now. If you don't have anything, we'll meet outside and fight to the death then."

Sammer also saw the erosion of the abyss in the distance, and a deep, intense pain flashed across his face.

"For years I've used illusions and sleep to numb myself. This long-term torture, and now that I've finally enjoyed this long-awaited peace, it's going to drag me back into that madness. It's too cruel..."

"There's nothing we can do about that..."

"No, there is a way."

Sammer interrupted Fang Wuwei, then stood up, his expression broken, a complex and unwilling look hidden deep in his eyes, and slowly walked towards Fang Wuwei.

Seeing Sammer approach, Fang Wuwei instantly went on alert, assuming a battle stance, his body crackling with lightning, ready to strike at any moment... although he wasn't sure if he could hurt Sammer in this mental world.

"A solution? What solution?"

"I'll make you the new God of Fire!"

"Clam?"

“You possess the authority of fire; you are qualified! Just as you inherited the throne of thunder from Amos! If you promise me three things, I will hand over the throne of fire to you, so that my primordial sacred fire will be extinguished, embracing the death I have longed for, and you! You will become the new fire god! At the very least, you will bring me liberation…”

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The kids didn't update yesterday because I was sick. I suspect it was acute gastroenteritis from catching a cold. I had dizziness, headache, nausea, and vomiting, which tormented me all day. I was at my wit's end...

And I'm still not feeling better today; I still feel nauseous, have a headache, but I'm feeling much better, so I'm updating.