Chapter 60: To Hell with Your Evil God!

The multi-armed wall of flesh collapsed with a deafening roar, and the fiery field generated by the flame grenade faded to the point where it could no longer stop those restless red-eyed rats.

The marathon had to resume. Xiao Yang could only snatch up the drops left by the multi-armed wall of flesh and break into a sprint once again.

With the obstruction of the multi-armed wall of flesh gone, Xiao Yang finally broke free from that endless circular tunnel, but he still had to face the endless swarm of rats at his heels.

Twisting and turning, a panting Xiao Yang finally managed to run back to the location of the safehouse. He yanked the safe house door open, squeezed his entire body inside in a flash, and slammed the iron door shut. At that exact moment, the riotous rats swept past just outside the safe house.

Though the safe house in the sewer was truly small, at this moment, this narrow space genuinely offered a moment to catch one's breath.

Xiao Yang panted heavily, uttering a somewhat world-weary and disbelieving remark.

"Wasn't I supposed to be descending into a dungeon? How on earth did this turn into live-action parkour!"

Even with his attributes stacked to such an extremely high level, these giant red-eyed rats had truly put him through the wringer.

Although those rats couldn't actually break through Xiao Yang's defense, he didn't dare to imagine what would happen if he really exhausted his strength among the rat swarm, got dragged down to the ground, crushed beneath layers upon layers of writhing rats, unable to struggle free and unable to breathe.

How truly despairing such a situation would be if it actually occurred.

Attributes were not everything. While exceptionally high attributes could resolve ninety-nine percent of problems, they were not absolute.

After catching his breath, Xiao Yang finally had the leisure to examine the drops from the wall of flesh. There were two items in total, both of blue, superior quality.

[Flesh Essence]
[Quality: Superior]
[Effect: Consuming it may grant you a massive amount of attributes.]
[Description: Eat it, and speak with me; you shall receive a blessing.]

A bizarre scene unfolded. The moment Xiao Yang's gaze fell upon the description of the Flesh Essence, a string of garbled code flashed across his vision for a split second, followed only by this nonsensical sentence.

The Gods' Game began to sound the alarm.

[Detected Evil God corruption. To protect the player, initiating defensive protocols. Plane transcendent power too low, Gods' Game version too low. Defensive protocols failed. Requesting branch intervention, requesting main server intervention. Detected nearest branch server, Gods' Game (Penglai) is intervening. Detected presence of the Evil God, Grasper of Stars. Expelling. Expulsion in progress... Expulsion successful.]

[Gods' Game forced restart in progress. Initiating version update. Evil God firewall added. Player personal panel updating. Player sanctuary laws updating. Adding Evil God sanctuary template. Adding new attribute ports.]

Amidst a flurry of chaotic text, a white flame ignited within Xiao Yang's eyes. If he wasn't mistaken, this was likely the newly loaded Evil God sanctuary module of the Gods' Game.

[Flame of Hope: The flame of light resides within every normal soul. It is the key to countering Evil Gods. When it flickers, please distance yourself from corruption and rest quietly. Note: Do not let it extinguish!]

Ultimately, this white flame transformed into a flickering flame icon and became fixed onto Xiao Yang's personal panel. With its blessing, the lump of meat before Xiao Yang completely changed its appearance.

[Evil God's Flesh]
[Quality: Unique]
[Effect: Corruption, metamorphosis, completely embrace chaos.]
[Description: If you do not wish to surrender your own will, then never touch an Evil God!]

Even though Xiao Yang had forged a heart of steel, at this moment he felt a twinge of stiffness, as if he had touched something unimaginable.

This Evil God was unexpectedly a sore loser, actually going so far as to package a piece of its own flesh and shove it straight into Xiao Yang's hands. Had Xiao Yang been even the slightest bit careless just now and actually eaten this thing, he probably could have started his ascension to demonhood right then and there.

The sequence of events was far from over, and the trouble continued. Perhaps sensing that its disguise had been seen through, the chunk of flesh in Xiao Yang's hand began to writhe. Tiny arms emerged one after another across the surface of the meat, moving in a rhythmic twitch, and a slight tickling sensation spread across Xiao Yang's palm.

The Evil God was tickling him—no! The countless tiny arms on the Evil God's flesh were caressing the palm of his hand! An eye blinked open upon the lump of meat in Xiao Yang's grasp. It simply looked at Xiao Yang like that—just a single glance, and the Flame of Hope module that had just been installed on Xiao Yang instantly began to sway, growing dim, on the verge of extinguishing!

Everything before Xiao Yang's eyes was suffused with a hint of blood red in an instant.

Such an experience was utterly terrible. He felt as though the world before him was growing blood vessels, twisting, and undergoing deformity.

Amidst this terrifying situation, the Darkness-Repelling Lantern placed on Xiao Yang's table emitted a sliver of light. Within the lantern, the eternally burning warm yellow radiance surged violently, burning with every ounce of its strength.

It saved Xiao Yang's life, pulling his consciousness—which was on the verge of sinking into the abyss—back for a split second.

Yet it was only for a split second. That eye, opened within the Evil God's flesh, was still staring straight at Xiao Yang. When Xiao Yang sank down again this time, he likely would never wake up.

At this moment, using almost every ounce of his remaining strength, Xiao Yang let out a piercing scream directed at the only entity present capable of saving him from the gaze of the Evil God.

"Gods' Game!"

In this extraordinary situation, the Gods' Game's response was markedly more flexible. Prompted by Xiao Yang's shout, the Gods' Game quickly popped up a prompt window.

[Great Dao Store (Penglai Authorized Edition) of the Gods' Game is now open. Would you like to sell the Evil God's Flesh?]

At this moment, those words sounded like sweet music to Xiao Yang's ears. As his consciousness hovered on the brink of another descent, Xiao Yang mustered his final strength and shouted out.

"Agree!"

In an instant, the Evil God's flesh in Xiao Yang's hand vanished. Xiao Yang was saved, collapsing forward onto the small table in the safe house, panting heavily in a daze.

It had to be said, this was truly an immensely thrilling experience. Of course, given the choice, Xiao Yang would prefer never to experience it again.

[Congratulations to the player for successfully selling a piece of a deity's flesh. Received fifteen wisps of Great Dao Blessings.]

[Congratulations to the player for successfully preserving your sanity amidst the gaze of an Evil God. Title unlocked: Facing the Evil God.]

[Facing the Evil God: Spirit +10.]
[You have successfully stared directly into the eyes of an Evil God, but I suspect He rather likes you.]

[Congratulations to the player for unlocking the additional attribute: Spirit.]

[Congratulations to the player. Your Flame of Hope has been enhanced and burns more brightly.]

Risk brings rewards. A succession of notifications announced what Xiao Yang had gained amidst this Evil God's gaze, but if you asked Xiao Yang, he only wanted to scream a fierce sentence at that bastard of an Evil God who had tried so hard to violently inject things into his brain—especially as his face turned progressively greener upon reading the commentary for the "Facing the Evil God" title.

"Screw you, Evil God!"