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第五百五十三章 平地落荒星

However, things often go against one's wishes in this world.

For a while after that, Han Yi indeed lived smoothly in "Zhu" Village. With no worries about food and clothing, he used the [玄鸟之羽] (Feather of the Azure Bird) stored in his Dantian to absorb the free cosmic fortune from the surroundings every day. When other villages' monsters attacked Zhu Village, he secretly invoked the "Right to Cosmic Fortune," summoning winds and rains, and causing sandstorms to help repel several waves of invaders.

As a result, Han Yi's status in Zhu Village rose steadily. The monsters in Zhu Village not only specially built a tall stone building as his palace but also provided him with ten sturdy guards for close protection. They even wanted to offer the most sacred "virgin" girl in the village to him.

Seeing the cat-headed human form of the "girl," Han Yi felt a chill and politely declined.

Just when Han Yi thought he would continue playing the role of the "god son" in Zhu Village for a long time, an unexpected incident occurred. One night, he suddenly woke up from his slumber without any apparent reason. The surrounding area was silent, but Han Yi felt a shiver down his spine. He quietly got up and checked around, only to find that the ten guards who were supposed to protect him day and night had mysteriously disappeared.

Han Yi knew something was wrong and hastily left his palace without even packing his belongings. At this moment, he realized that over a hundred masked black-clad soldiers had already surrounded his palace while he slept.借着宫殿中微弱的火光,Han Yi could vaguely see the degree of beastification among these soldiers was much higher than those in Zhu Village. Though they were still human, their limbs were thick and strong, with hands resembling those of beasts.

Clearly, this group had come for him.

Feeling a sense of foreboding, Han Yi summoned all his accumulated cosmic fortune. Suddenly, a streak of light illuminated the sky as a huge fireball plummeted towards Zhu Village. The black-clad soldiers were stunned by the scene, and even the sleeping villagers in Zhu Village woke up, unable to comprehend what was happening.

Han Yi, sensing that he had exhausted his stored cosmic fortune, hid behind a sturdy stone corner. He thought that the meteorite he summoned would surely crush all these black-clad soldiers. However, one of them suddenly roared loudly and expanded its body several times in an instant before leaping into the air to face the meteor.

"Bang!"

With a loud explosion, the figure returned to the ground faster than it had ascended. Covered in blood, he was barely recognizable. But Han Yi's summoned meteorite did alter its trajectory slightly, falling towards the center of Zhu Village where houses were densely packed.

"Hong!"

The earth trembled as almost all of Zhu Village turned into ruins within an instant. Cries and wails filled the air. Although the black-clad soldiers had avoided the direct impact of the meteorite, they still suffered heavy casualties from its shockwave. Han Yi, having prepared for this, was unharmed due to his remaining cosmic fortune protecting him.

Feeling that he could not stay in the area any longer, Han Yi escaped Zhu Village under cover of night and chaos. After retreating several miles, just as he thought he had reached safety, he sensed a wind approaching from behind. He hurriedly dodged but was still hit by an invisible blade, leaving a large wound on his back.

Painful though it was, Han Yi turned to find the attacker. To his surprise, the one who attacked him was someone familiar—Sui, the High Priest of Zhu Village.

Han Yi feigned anger and asked Sui why he had attacked him. In reality, he was rapidly absorbing cosmic fortune in a desperate attempt to save himself. Sui, perhaps thinking Han Yi was at his last breath, did not rush to attack but instead angrily revealed the reason for this ambush.

It turned out that since Han Yi repeatedly displayed "miracles," the High Priest Sui, who originally held high status and respect from the villagers, had slowly become redundant. It made sense: a priest's main task was to communicate with deities on behalf of the villagers, relaying their prayers and divine messages. With someone like Han Yi, who could perform miracles almost as if he were a deity, why would the villagers seek out Sui for such matters?

After losing his divine authority, all the glory that Sui once enjoyed had been replaced by Han Yi. Watching Han Yi reside in the grand palace and seeing how the villagers knelt in fear whenever he left… jealousy grew like a venomous snake within Sui's heart. Even as Han Yi demonstrated god-like power, Sui harbored thoughts of "killing the deity."

Clearly, no one else in Zhu Village would support such an action except him. So, he decided to target Kang Village, which was much stronger than Zhu Village and where villagers were more advanced in their beastification.

Kang and Zhu villages had little conflict despite their differences. The vast wilderness provided endless resources. Conflicts between the two often ended amicably through negotiations. However, Sui's covert visit changed everything. He informed the leader of Kang Village about the "deity descending" in Zhu Village and warned that with divine assistance, the village chief's ambitions had grown.

He intended to use divine power to conquer the wilderness and become its emperor, a process bound to be filled with bloody violence. Sui did not want so many lives lost and secretly came to ask Kang Village to eliminate Han Yi, the fraudster posing as a deity.

After some persuasion, the leader of Kang Village agreed that allowing Zhu Village to hold onto this "deity" was too dangerous. After ten days of planning, with Sui acting as an inside man, Kang Village ambushed Han Yi's palace with over a hundred elite soldiers. Although Sui had told him about the meteorite's power, Kang was very confident. His elite force had fought through countless battles and knew that mere winds and rains were nothing to fear.

It wasn't until the meteorite fell from the sky that it shattered Kang’s worldview completely.

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