Chapter 605 - Prayer
GDK 605: Prayer
“You want to die?” Han Shuo looked askance at Tiana and sneered, “I’m not gonna let that happen easily!” Incorporeal whips landed on Tiana, causing her enormous blows to both her body and mind.
Tiana could neither escape nor evade Han Shuo’s whipping. All she could do was bear the double whammy humiliation. Below Tiana was a crowd of Shrine of Ice disciples. They were not being massacred by Pegasus and Graeae at this moment and were looking up to the sky, painfully watching Tiana being tormented like a caged bird.
Many of the disciples started to pray, praying for the god they believed in to provide assistance.
To these disciples, Snow Celestial Tiana was the mightiest existence of the Shrine of Ice. However, that very same person was being humiliated without even the capacity of escaping. This scene had truly caused them enormous wound to their spirituality.
If even Snow Celestial Tiana was too powerless to do anything, what exactly could these people do?
As disciples of the Shrine of Ice, for these pilgrims to be in this snowy holy land was proof in itself the staunch conviction that they had in their faith. And now that they were in utter and complete helplessness, their dependence towards the seemingly illusionary god was suddenly magnified by infinity.
Han Shuo’s whipping had left Snow Celestial Tiana’s snow-white gown tattered and ragged, revealing the wonderfully curvaceous body underneath. She looked no different from a degenerate servant being heavily punished for faults.
Pegasus and Graeae the banshee who came with Han Shuo had paused with their butchering. With their cold eyes, they gazed at Han Shuo who was taking his time in flogging Tiana in midair as they awaited further instructions.
It wasn’t clear who took the lead but at this moment, the powerless Shrine of Ice disciples on the frozen summits suddenly started to kneel and piously chanted, calling for the Ice Goddess’ blessing. The voice grew from low to high as everyone started singing it in unison. Some of those disciples even temporarily gave up on escaping to participate in this impressive scene.
“Arrogant chap, the Ice Goddess possesses a countless amount of believers in every major material plane. As a mighty goddess that has existed since ancient times, even with just a hundredth of Her power, she could still kill you all,” Tiana hastily put on a new gown. She mocked them, hatefully glaring at Han Shuo with gritted teeth.
“You are indeed correct. If the Ice Goddess were to do this herself, even by descending that way, we would be dead without a doubt!” Against Tiana’s expectations, Han Shuo did not refute but calmly admitted to the fact.
While Tiana was astounded and puzzled, Han Shuo simply sneered loudly and ridiculed, “But, do you really think that the Ice Goddess will come here in person just to deal with me? Just for petty matters like you guys? The Ice Goddess has countless believers in all major material planes. If she were to perform every single task in person, wouldn’t she work herself to death?”
“We are the most devout believers of the Goddess. The Goddess will definitely take pity on us. Besides, this is the territory of the Ice Goddess. She would absolutely not allow anyone to damage it,” although Tiana thought that Han Shuo’s words made sense, nonetheless, she was reluctant to admit the fact and disputed it.
Han Shuo sneered disdainfully and did not further defend his explanation. There was still one last thing that he hadn’t told Tiana – a god would have to undertake many additional risks in having their soul traverse to a different material plane to fight for their believers using mediums. In addition to that, doing so would exhaust some of their divine energy. Generally, unless compelled by circumstances, they would surely not do so rashly.
The Ice Goddess was different from spider goddess Rose. From what Han Shuo knew, the Ice Goddess was an overgod. An incomparably mighty overgod would never concern itself for a smidgen of believers from a small material plane called Profound Continent.
As a god himself, Han Shuo was sure that these gods did not give a single hang about the believers that worshipped them. They only considered their believers as objects that provided them the power of faith. There was no chance that they would do the job personally for such a trivial matter.
It was thanks to this rationale that Han Shuo did not immediately flee in panic when he observed the abnormal changes produced in this snowland. Rather, he planned on staying to see it through.
“Lord Bryan, what should we do?” Graeae the banshee stammered.
Han Shuo bunched his brows and thought for a moment. He knew that no matter the rank of the god dispatched by the Ice Goddess, Graeae and his company would have no way of defending themselves.
“You three leave for the time being and wait in the distance until it is time. I will stay here to greet those sent by the Shrine of Ice,” Han Shuo took a quick glance at the three, nodded, and advised them not to let their lives be sacrificed unnecessarily.
As soon as Pegasus and Graeae heard those words, they rushed into the distance as though they had received a pardon. Ayermike Cotton, however, looked deeply into Han Shuo’s eyes and said, “Be careful!”
“Don’t worry, nothing will happen to me,” Han Shuo replied smilingly and cordially. It was obvious that Ayermike Cotton was truly concerned about him, unlike Pegasus and Graeae.
Ayermike Cotton nodded and said no more. He then flew in the direction Pegasus and Graeae had fled.