Chapter 396: The "Wild God" without "Divine Power"
Hela howled in pain.
Logically speaking, He was just an accountant in disguise, and it was not His real body that was damaged, so He should not feel any pain; but the attacker behind the scenes seemed to have known that He was a fake, and the bullet that pierced His heart did not injure His flesh, but His divinity.
According to the background logic of today's world, only a god can harm another god; the attacker came prepared.
The female death god knew who the attacker was without turning around; she clearly remembered that when she turned around, there was only a writer behind her. Surprise and anger intertwined in Hela's heart, but this was not the time to question. The most urgent task was to get rid of the passive situation of being attacked.
The accountant's painted skin in a top hat and suit is like salt falling into water, dissolving in the blink of an eye; beneath the painted skin is a strange body that is half dead and half alive.
The "spear" passes right through the spine of the body and is stuck between the "prosperity and decline lines".
The dead air was entangled, and the originally golden "gun barrel" instantly turned into a dead gray, as if it would rot in the next second. The dead air spread rapidly along the "gun barrel", and it was about to extend to the fingers holding the gun.
Lin You was very afraid of this deathly aura, and the hand holding the "gun barrel" shrank back as if it had been electrocuted; the golden flame of the small universe ignited on the "gun barrel", colliding head-on with the cold and desolate deathly aura. The alternation of hot and cold, the energy oscillation, even the "gun barrel" made of the same material as the gold saint cloth could not withstand the repeated pulling of the two forces for a long time, and the internal and external structures deformed and made a teeth-grinding sound.
At the same time, the "spear head" protruding from the chest suddenly twisted and turned into a long golden snake; it turned out that the so-called "spear" was actually the snake-wrapped scepter. The long golden snake bit towards Hela's throat, but the female death god grabbed it tightly and pulled it out.
The stalemate between the two sides lasted only a few seconds before it was broken. The golden snake swung its head and split into three. The other two heads, one on the left and one on the right, bit Hela's left and right wrists respectively before she could react.
The poison of the godslayer snake penetrated into the body of the female god of death. She was struggling with Lin You and was unable to distract herself from removing the poison. The poison spread rapidly in her body. The intense pain made Hela wail uncontrollably again.
The half of the body that was originally as plump as a normal person's quickly withered, as if it had lost all moisture and vitality in an instant. All the flesh and blood were dried and evaporated by the wind, becoming similar to the other half of the body. As for the half of the body that had already withered, it quickly turned black, smelled, and became completely stiff.
Having gained the upper hand, Lin You showed no mercy. He sent out two poisonous snakes, one above and one below, with one "tying" Hela's feet and the other "tying" Hela's wrists. As for the golden snake that had just escaped from Hela's hands, it swam straight upwards and wrapped around the opponent's neck, with its sharp fangs pointed at the throat, never leaving it, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any time.
The stiff female god of death stood upright, her withered body like a dry log in the desert, without a trace of life.
Only then did Lin You withdraw his scepter, but compared to the previous shot through the chest, the movement of withdrawing it was slow and difficult, as if the other end of the scepter was dragging a heavy object. Compared to the power of the writer who had crossed the threshold of true God, even dragging a mountain was a piece of cake. What could make him hold his breath as if he was facing a formidable enemy?
The answer is the Godhead of another true God.
When the scepter had not yet completely left the body, a strange light had already shone through the wound on Hela's back; it was an energy core like an ice crystal, surrounded by countless pieces of ice, shaped like a beautiful star ring of a planet, and the outer layer was wrapped in a layer of thin cold air like fog.
Behind this group of ice crystals is a small piece of strange and completely incompatible energy, which is pitifully small in comparison, like a small satellite around a huge planet, closely connected, but with a reluctant and forced attitude.
Lin You guessed that it should be the manifestation of the divinity that originally belonged to the accountant.
Stripping off the god's divine nature is like tearing out the bones and heart of a living person. The pain can be imagined. When Lin You began to drag the female death god's divine nature, although Hela's body was stiff and she could not change her expression, the pain and anger in her eyes were real; and when the divine nature appeared on the surface of her body, the female death god's eyes dimmed instantly. The divine nature to the gods is roughly similar to the soul to humans. When the soul leaves the body, the body naturally stops responding.
However, Lin You could only do this much; with his current strength, forcing the true god's divinity to manifest and suppressing the opponent so that he could no longer resist was already his limit. It was impossible for him to inflict greater damage to the female god of death, or even completely strip, seal or devour her divinity.
"The true God's godhead cannot be moved, but the 'wild God's' godhead can be moved." Lin You muttered to himself, and then a golden light flashed, and the microcosm slashed through the air like a sharp blade; just like the "thickness is not thick enough to enter the gap" in the story of butchering an ox, it cut right into the gap between Hela's godhead and the accountant's godhead.
This blow of the sword made both godheads tremble; the connection between the two that had been solidified for many years was severed in half.
Lin You threw the accountant's godhood outward, and the godhood that had regained its freedom suddenly grew stronger, and then plunged into the ground; not long after, a black shadow slowly rose from the ground, twisting into a human form.
The soil under the black shadow surged like boiling water, constantly filling up the black shadow; with the filling of soil, the shadow gradually turned from virtual to real, the face took on the shape of facial features, and the body had bones, muscles and even clothes, shoes and hats.
In a moment, the familiar image of the accountant reappeared before his eyes; but this time it was no longer the female god of death in painted skin, but the return of the "wild god" himself.
"Oh, thanks to you, writer; I'm very grateful." The accountant who regained his freedom first breathed a sigh of relief, and then sincerely thanked Lin You.
Lin You teased, "I said that you should have found a backer when you merged. If you had found a larger god system to rely on, you wouldn't be isolated and helpless; others would have thought twice before they wanted to touch you."
The accountant sighed and had no reason to argue; who could have thought that the true gods in the big world were so overbearing and could swallow you up whenever they wanted? The "wild gods" and "little gods" actually had no "divine authority" at all.
I really shouldn't have had any illusions in the first place - I was too naive.
"Should we ask Him for compensation, such as some compensation for mental damage or something?" Lin You nodded at Hela who was unable to move.
The accountant looked at Hela's haggard and ugly appearance, and anger first appeared on his face, but soon turned to hesitation.
Not only are "wild gods" without "divine authority" easy to be bullied, but they also have no confidence in making claims afterwards.
“You can think about it and help me do something first.” Lin You waved his hand, and the three poisonous snakes turned from solid to virtual at the same time, turning into pure energy bodies; then the three snake bodies intertwined with each other like wool, "weaving" into a hollow sphere, wrapping Hela's divinity inside.
"Keep an eye on him." Lin You threw the "ball" to the accountant. It was really difficult to let the "wild god" fight against the real god, but it was no problem to help act as a jailer for a while.
Then the writer took out the quill again; all the fragments of Loki's consciousness trembled at the same time.
(End of this chapter)