Chapter 286: The One Who Controls The Deity!
The promised potential stock, this doesn’t seem like a potential stock anymore, this is completely a demon stock!
No.
This is no longer potential, it’s strength!
Ekaterina asked with a trembling voice: “So… that trainer who stopped Groudon…”
“That’s right, it’s me.” Lu Li nodded, then took out the Wellspring Mask from the space building.
Lu Li added: “A new god that was born not long ago, I was honored to gain its recognition and it became my companion.”
Ekaterina had seen photos of Gimmighoul in its Wellspring Mask form, so she immediately recognized what the Wellspring Mask in Lu Li’s hand was.
A newly born deity, and as a companion, this means Lu Li has the ability to command a divine beast.
Feeling as if she were in a dream, Ekaterina asked in a low voice: “Can you explain in detail?”
Even An Feng nearby was staring intently at Lu Li.
This son-in-law is too good!
A divine beast trainer!
Among the divine beast trainers in history, the lowest achievers were the strongest of their time, and those slightly better accomplished great things.
And Lu Li’s daily performance doesn’t seem like someone without ambition, which means…
“Could I become the mother of a nation in the future?” An Feng thought excitedly in her heart.
“God of a Thousand Faces Gimmighoul has the basic ability to transform attribute forms by changing masks, its divine duty is mask, its base attribute is grass, and it can currently transform into grass and water attributes.” Lu Li revealed some basic abilities of Gimmighoul.
“Wait!”
Ekaterina stopped Lu Li, asking incredulously: “If I heard correctly just now, you said that Pokémon’s divine name?”
Lu Li nodded matter-of-factly.
Ekaterina continued: “So Gimmighoul is still a divine beast with a divine duty?”
“Yes.” Lu Li nodded again.
Ekaterina, confirming again, drew in a sharp breath.
“Hiss~”
“Do you know what this means?” Ekaterina asked with a complicated expression.
Lu Li shook his head in confusion.
What does it mean? That I’m a divine beast trainer? Isn’t that obvious?
Seeing that Lu Li still didn’t know the seriousness of the matter, Ekaterina explained seriously: “You might not know yet what it means to command a divine beast with a divine duty.”
“Let me put it this way, when the Ideal Dragon and the Real Dragon manifest in the present world, they cannot exert their own divine duty abilities.
Since the birth of humanity, there has never been a case of humans commanding true deities, and here true deities refer to deities with divine duties.”
After speaking, Ekaterina couldn’t help but ask again: “Are you sure that when you commanded that Gimmighoul deity, it could still exert its own divine duty abilities?”
Lu Li frowned slightly in confusion.
To be honest, divine duty was something that touched on his knowledge blind spot.
Although there is also the divine path in the cultivation world, the so-called divine duty is actually like a certain profession among deities, but the divine duty in this world is different; it truly represents a certain power, a power that points directly to the world origin.
Lu Li said somewhat uncertainly: “I’m not entirely sure about that, but next time Gimmighoul returns, I can ask it.”
However, Lu Li was more inclined to believe that Gimmighoul could exert its divine duty abilities.
“Alright, I sincerely hope this is true, if it is.” Ekaterina looked at Lu Li with burning eyes.
Being able to command a divine beast that masters a divine duty is no different from a trainer mastering a divine duty.
You know, divine beasts that master divine duties can bestow blessings upon humans, and most humans’ special abilities come from this.
The excited Ekaterina urgently wanted to know what happened during the month she was away.
Just like that, everyone chatted until late at night before resting.
Early the next morning, Lu Li, who got up early, took Espeon to school.
There were 600 freshmen participating in this year’s competition, and the Freshman Competition would last three days.
Logging into the school website, Lu Li searched for his opponent on the Freshman Competition template.
“Huh~ There’s such a good thing?” Lu Li looked somewhat surprised at the notification on his phone.
It showed that as the champion of the Grand Festival, he could directly skip the early matches and enter the top ten.
This was good news, meaning he had two more days of free time to hang out in the library.
Long Ying could also directly enter the top ten; that girl was the third place in the Grand Festival, and the top three in the Grand Festival could directly enter the top ten matches.
However, the runner-up did not join Kyushu University, so in the entire school, only he and Long Ying were directly entering the top ten matches.
Putting away his phone, Lu Li went straight to the library.
As for watching the matches?
That would be a complete waste of time; anyone who has played in the Alliance knows that watching too many bronze matches might even drop your own skill level to bronze.
That day, Lu Li spent another day soaking in books in the library.
As the sky darkened, Lu Li took out his phone from his pocket to check the time.
After discovering an unread message on his phone, Lu Li curiously opened it.
Lu Li, an evil organization has targeted you, quickly tell this to a reliable backer you trust, and be careful.
The sender’s information was unknown, and the message’s background was a venomous snake, specifically an Ekans.
Lu Li was certain that the sender was likely Lian Sheyi.
Since the Grand Festival, he hadn’t contacted Lian Sheyi for a long time; after all, he was an undercover agent, and even if contact was needed, it was usually Lian Sheyi initiating it.
Lian Sheyi was undercover in the Divine Cult, which meant someone inside the Divine Cult had targeted him.
“Who could this be?” Lu Li frowned thoughtfully.
The internal factions in the Divine Cult were very complex, and with the Divine Cult’s great strength, being targeted by such a colossal entity hiding in the shadows was not a good thing.
Lu Li sincerely hoped this was just a prank from a stranger, not a warning from Lian Sheyi.
But his cultivator intuition told him that this was indeed a warning message from Lian Sheyi, reminding him that he had been targeted by the Divine Cult.
“Find a backer for protection?” Lu Li held his phone and began searching for who his backer could be.
Principal Wen Gongmao? Or Fairy Heavenly King Qu Suxin? Or perhaps Extreme Ice Empress Ekaterina? Or Gym Leader Yao Yifei.
Those were all in the past.
Now his true backer was Gimmighoul.
If real danger came, he could just call Gimmighoul to step in.
However, this matter really needed caution; Lu Li wasn’t afraid of the Divine Cult acting directly against him, but he feared they would target the people around him.
Thinking of this, Lu Li picked up the phone and contacted Yao Yifei, asking her to send Espeon to pick him up.
Back home, Lu Li told Yao Yifei and Ekaterina, who had just returned from deep within the Qingyun Mountain Range, about the text message.
Ekaterina wasn’t surprised by this, as it was quite normal.
“The Divine Cult targeting you is not surprising at all.” Ekaterina said calmly.
Lu Li looked at Ekaterina puzzled, waiting for her explanation.
Ekaterina explained: “To be precise, the Divine Cult pays attention to all people and matters related to deities.”
“The so-called Rainbow Hero, Ideal Messenger, divine beast trainer—these three titles, no matter which one the Divine Cult knows about, they will target you.” Ekaterina counted on her fingers.
Lu Li: “…”
Then Ekaterina comforted: “The Divine Cult probably doesn’t know about your Ideal Messenger identity, so they must be targeting your Rainbow Hero identity, but it’s certain that the Divine Cult just wants something from you, not your life.”
Lu Li muttered puzzled: “What do I have that’s worth the Divine Cult coveting?”
Ekaterina pointed at the Starry Sprite in Lu Li’s arms and smiled without speaking.
Recently, the Starry Sprite’s presence had been quite low; on one hand, because it had been guarding the core to accumulate energy, and on the other, because this little guy was too lazy and liked to sleep in Lu Li’s arms whenever it had free time.
“Starry Sprite?” Lu Li suddenly realized.
The Starry Sprite was originally created by that group of lunatics in the Divine Cult, so it was normal for them to covet the Starry Sprite now.
But why did this group target him? Normally, shouldn’t Xiao Zhi be easier to bully? Could it be that the Divine Cult doesn’t know Water Fire Eevee is with Xiao Zhi?
Hmm, the Divine Cult might really not know where Water Fire Eevee is.
Lu Li said worriedly: “I’m mainly worried about Bao Bao and Wei.”
Ekaterina comforted: “Don’t worry, your Rainbow Hero identity is public; as long as the Divine Cult isn’t brain-dead, they won’t go all-out against you.”
Even though Ekaterina said this, Lu Li was still somewhat worried.
After all, the Divine Cult wasn’t normal to begin with.
Even Arceus didn’t know when this group might go crazy; what if the Divine Cult really targeted Bao Bao and the others?
Seeing that Lu Li’s frown hadn’t relaxed, Ekaterina comforted again: “Don’t worry, with me here, nothing will happen.”
“Then I’ll leave it to you.” Lu Li had also made a decision in his heart; at least he needed to figure out why the Divine Cult was targeting him at this time.
Lu Li didn’t think it was about the Starry Sprite; if it really was because of the Starry Sprite, the Divine Cult should have acted long ago.
…………
Two hours earlier.
Due to outstanding talent and reliable work, Lian Sheyi successfully joined under one of the Divine Cult’s Holy Sons.
Lian Sheyi didn’t expect the Divine Cult members to be so crazy, actually really thinking of creating deities.
But fortunately, the Divine Cult failed.
Looking at the information in his hand, Lian Sheyi’s eyes were full of surprise and disbelief.
The information was just summaries of failed experiments, with strings of numbers behind them representing fresh lives one by one.
Suppressing the disgust in his heart, Lian Sheyi turned to the last page of the experiment log.
God Creation Plan Phase One successful, now officially entering Phase Two.
Putting down the information, Lian Sheyi finally looked up at the doctor in front of him.
The elderly doctor smiled at the youths before him, then asked: “Child, do you know what special ability users exist among humans?”
Hearing this, everyone nodded together.
“Then do you know which abilities are the strongest?” the doctor asked next.
A red-haired youth shouted: “Dragon Tamer Power!”
“No! It should be Aura.” Lian Sheyi also shouted.
A slender little girl questioned: “Why not Tokiwa Power?”
The elderly doctor watched the group’s argument with a smile.
After the discussions gradually cooled down, the doctor spoke: “The strongest human ability is Psychic Power, because only Psychic Power can give humans the power to rival deities.”
Hearing this, the youths quieted down.
“The church’s task for you is simple: obtain the genes of these people by any means necessary.” The doctor finally revealed his ultimate purpose.
Copies of information were sent to the youths’ mechanical watches.
Lian Sheyi quickly scanned the information, then saw Lu Li’s photograph among all the materials.
“The Divine Cult has targeted Lu Li? How… Lu Li isn’t even an ability user.” Lian Sheyi thought in panic.
Lian Sheyi asked: “Doctor… what means can we use?”
“Everything! We only care about results.” The doctor said meaningfully.
Hearing this, Lian Sheyi instantly shut his mouth; he knew that everyone present, including himself, might just be cannon fodder arranged by the Divine Cult.
The real executors of the plan should be those stronger trainers; pushing them to carry out tasks was merely to cause trouble for the Alliance.
The doctor had given them too many targets, as many as over a hundred; if each one was a mission target, the chance of the plan being exposed prematurely was nearly 100%.
No wonder the doctor assigned these tasks to them newcomers; it was because the Divine Cult had no intention of hiding it at all.
Thinking of this, Lian Sheyi decided to remind Lu Li to be careful of the Divine Cult upon returning.
After all, Lu Li was just a new trainer, and a commoner trainer at that; even a slight move from the Divine Cult would be something a commoner trainer like Lu Li couldn’t withstand.
Another doubt for Lian Sheyi was that the Divine Cult’s target was only these people’s genes.
What are they planning? Playing with cloning humans?
This matter must be reported to the Alliance!
…………
Two days later.
The top ten matches officially began.
Lu Li’s first opponent was beyond his expectations.
The opponent was a cute girl holding a mid-stage veteran-level Charmander.
Lu Li hadn’t seen such strength at the Grand Festival, meaning this one probably didn’t participate in the Grand Festival.
This was a bit intriguing; going to university but not participating in the Grand Festival, and most bizarrely, this girl still successfully entered Kyushu University.
The cute girl greeted with a smile: “Hello Lu Li, I’m Li Ning, please go easy on me in the upcoming match.”
Lu Li smiled and nodded, but in his heart he thought: such a cute girl, one punch from me should make her cry for a long time, right?
In the audience seats, watching this scene, Long Ying gnashed her teeth: “Li Ning comes from the ancient royal Li Family; this woman must have come sniffing around too, right?”
Nearby, Peng Kaka smiled and said: “That’s normal; the Li Family once produced a Rainbow Hero, so naturally they’ll join this battle for contention for the Rainbow Hero.”
“But is your Peng Family really not interested in the Rainbow Hero?” Long Ying asked curiously.
Peng Kaka patted his little general belly and chuckled: “Isn’t it obvious? If we were interested, I wouldn’t have applied to Alliance University.”
