Chapter 416 - The Seven Evil Gods! Beings of Terror!

"There's no way to stop it. I don't even know the evil god summoning ritual myself. And heretical evil gods are extremely terrifying existences - they're filled with chaos, evil, and madness. Negotiating with them is no different from playing music to a cow," Veronica said gravely.

Even though she often dealt with heretics, hearing the words "evil god" still inevitably made her shudder. Because those guys were purely the embodiment of chaos and evil. They were completely unreasonable.

Even if they did reason with you, their purpose would absolutely be to accomplish something evil.

Upon hearing this, Lin Tian also felt it was somewhat troublesome. Then there was only one way - kill the evil god.

He then said, "What do you think are our chances of killing an evil god?"

"Not great. The appearance of an evil god comes with hundreds of millions of heretical armies. The heretical armies are comparable to a billion Overlord-level goblin armies. You simply can't create that many to oppose them right now," Veronica said with a grave expression, shaking her head.

Moreover, given the current situation of mass extinction and scarce flesh resources, even with a billion-strong army, survival couldn't be sustained.

Lin Tian interrupted her, emphasizing his tone, "Not dealing with the army - killing an evil god. How much do you know about evil gods? Most importantly, their abilities."

It wasn't that Lin Tian was being overly cautious or oppressive, but rather that top-tier God King level beings had a huge gap compared to Zeus and the others. Just like Gabriel and Athena - clearly Athena's strength was sufficient to easily kill Gabriel.

So caution was necessary.

"This... are you sure? Why not think of ways to hide or something? With your strength, surviving shouldn't be a problem," Veronica said again.

Lin Tian was getting impatient, "The purpose of me coming to you is to understand evil gods' strength and methods, then prepare countermeasures."

Immediately, Veronica smiled awkwardly, "Alright then. The seven evil gods are: the strongest is the Black Goat Mother Goddess, Pan, a legendary Dominion-level existence whose strength has surpassed God King level. I don't know her specific abilities either."

"Next is the Pot of Greed, Zazo. His body is like a giant pot containing various strange and powerful things that can be summoned from his body at any time. According to what I've heard from other heretics, he's best at summoning powerful tentacles - densely packed and numerous. The tentacles include elemental, magical, physical, and even undead types, though usually these tentacles wield various weapons and magical tools - all relics of those he's killed."

"Ranked third is the Headhunter, Maurice, a being from a higher plane who died in battle in the heretical world and was assimilated into a heretic by Mother Goddess Pan. Being from a higher plane, the attacks he uses are unique in this entire world."

Hearing this, Lin Tian couldn't help but interrupt, "Do beings from higher planes have different attack methods? Generally speaking, don't main attacks include the three major categories of elemental, magical, and physical?"

If it was something beyond recognition, that would be troublesome.

Veronica explained calmly, "Don't worry about that. His abilities are the most detailed among all evil gods, because he came from a higher plane to wreak havoc in the heretical world, so his abilities are well-known to everyone."

"He has an invisible weapon called the Invisible War Crossbow by heretics - it can fire powerful physical damage attacks. He also has a strangely-shaped dagger called the Headhunter Blade. If you get within ten meters of him, your head will be instantly severed. His other abilities are just typical heretic abilities."

"The fourth-ranked evil god is called the Smiling Angel. Unlike other heretics, she's more like a human with an incredibly perfect body and appearance. Most notably, she has a gentle, sweet smile that's irresistible. It has a healing effect - if you're low on magic, severely injured, or even depressed and downcast, just looking at her smile can restore everything."

Veronica spoke seriously, but her eyes revealed some lingering fear.

Lin Tian couldn't help but wonder, "Doesn't that sound pretty good?"

"Hmph..." Veronica sneered, "Good? After you look directly at her smile, you absolutely cannot look away. You can only look away three times at most. Otherwise, when you look at her again, the smile will disappear. Look away and look back, the smile becomes sadness. Look again! She'll go into a frenzy and instantly rush over to kill you!"

"That evil?! Doesn't she have consciousness?" Lin Tian couldn't help but ask.

This wasn't normal jealousy taken to such extremes. Why call her Smiling Angel? Might as well call her Jealous Angel.

Indeed, creatures from the heretical world were all bizarre existences.

Veronica shook her head, "I'm not sure either. She probably does."

"What about the fifth?" Lin Tian asked impatiently.

Time was pressing. After understanding all the information, he needed to prepare countermeasures for each evil god, since he didn't know which one Zeus would summon.

"The fifth evil god is called the Forbidden Death God, Turo. His domain is filled with taboos everywhere. If violated, you'll receive unsolvable punishment. More than three violations means certain death. The taboos I know of include: can't laugh, can't run, can't fly, can't speak, can't shiver, can't turn around. Among heretic folk tales, there are also can't blink, even can't breathe. I'm not too clear on the specifics - the taboos might be random. Anyway, it's extremely terrifying," Veronica said with a heavy expression.

Such frightening things were spine-chilling just to think about. She didn't even dare imagine being able to control and summon evil god-level heretics.

Lin Tian pondered and asked, "Are you sure it's a domain? Can't the big sister clear domains?"

"Oh right, there's also one point - you can't clear the domain, or it will directly kill the one attempting to clear it," Veronica remembered to add.

Lin Tian immediately cursed, "Damn, how the hell do you play against that? Isn't that just cheating?"

This could also count as a taboo - it was pure cheating.

Veronica ignored this and continued, "The sixth evil god is called the Silent Lamb. He's a very ancient existence in the heretical world, even older than Pan - though that's just in terms of existence time. You have to be careful when fighting him. If you make any sound, you'll be instantly attacked. Even silently thinking to yourself will result in attack. Many people simply can't control themselves and die at the hands of the Silent Lamb."

Upon hearing this, Lin Tian couldn't help but be surprised, "Even silent thinking doesn't work?"

He then tried to quiet his inner mind, achieving complete silence without saying a word or making any sound.

"Huff... huff..."

After a moment, sweat beaded on Lin Tian's forehead. He really couldn't hold it anymore - it was too difficult! Not making any sound mentally could be achieved briefly, but long-term was simply impossible. Let alone during battle.

"This is just the abilities I know about. It definitely can't be that simple," Veronica added.

This was why she had previously tried to dissuade Lin Tian. Evil gods couldn't be defeated simply by fighting, being strong, fast, or dealing high damage. They all had nearly unsolvable abilities.

Similarly, it didn't mean you could win just by cracking these abilities. Their basic attributes were also terrifyingly high, and they had skills directly used for combat.

Lin Tian temporarily gave up, "Let's talk about the last evil god first."

Veronica nodded, "The last evil god has caused quite a stir in the heretical world. He just killed the previous seventh evil god, Pyramid Head. Pyramid Head didn't have any special abilities - just destructive power at world-ending level, able to easily destroy our entire world."

"The new seventh evil god, the Grotesque Clown, has relatively little intelligence. It's said that during his great battle with Pyramid Head, he played with Pyramid Head like a toy, almost crushing him and killing him. Others say the Grotesque Clown was clearly performing circus acts when he somehow got into conflict with Pyramid Head, but during the Grotesque Clown's circus performance, Pyramid Head was inexplicably played to death, which even heretics found terrifying."

Grotesque Clown? Lin Tian instinctively thought of clowns in circuses in this world. They generally performed things like magic shows, making things appear, human body separation, or acrobatics.

If those seemingly grotesque but actually behind-the-scenes manipulated things had the behind-the-scenes manipulation process removed by the Grotesque Clown, then only the grotesque would remain.

For example, human body separation - the box was actually a special prop. But if he could accomplish it without props, that would be inexplicably frightening.

If he could also force you to perform human body separation, that would be even more spine-chilling.

Lin Tian let out a long breath, "Phew... So the relatively unknown ones now are the Grotesque Clown and the Black Goat Mother Goddess. As for the Mother Goddess, she's impossible to come over, so it's the Grotesque Clown we need to be careful and cautious about."

"Exactly, but I still say the same thing - evil gods are almost impossible to defeat. They're chaotic and terrifying. It's best to hide," Veronica reminded.

She could take some people and hide in the Dark Kingdom when the time came. They just needed to wait for the evil god to leave before coming out.

The Dark Kingdom was similar to Sara's Trojan Colosseum, used for taming summoned creatures. It was a freely controlled virtual space that others couldn't find or enter.

Lin Tian thought of something else, "By the way, which evil god did Zeus and the others summon last time? And how did he find the evil god summoning ritual?"

"I'm not sure about that. You could go ask that... what's her name... Luo Ai'er? Isn't she an Old God?" Veronica shrugged.

I see.

Only then did Lin Tian stand up, gazing at the azure sky in the distance. "Alright then, will you come help when the time comes?"

Seeing Veronica hesitate.

Lin Tian joked, "Haha, just kidding. Evil Gods are such terrifying existences that I wouldn't even feel comfortable letting Alice and the others participate in battle."

"I think there might be someone who can help you," Veronica said at this moment, her eyes lighting up.

Though she was a skeleton with only two red glows for eyes, you could still see her surprised expression.

Lin Tian felt puzzled. "Are you sure? Evil Gods are existences of such a level that even God Kings fear them somewhat. There's still someone who can help me?"

Veronica answered seriously, "Absolutely certain - that would be your son, the Son of the Evil God!"

The Son of the Evil God was the heretic born from Lin Tian's previous exploration of new paths with the Black Goat's Egg.

Or rather, not quite a heretic, but a mixed-blood offspring.

Lin Tian suddenly realized, "I almost forgot about that guy. I previously allocated him a separate area to live in, and I wonder how he's doing now."

After all, the Son of the Evil God had the heretic's passive ability of being unable to be directly looked at.

Looking too long would cause sanity loss.

Having him around would cause too much influence.

So he gave him a population of several hundred million to rule, plus several million goblin soldiers.

To do whatever he wanted.

"It seems he's been in contact with the Insect Empire recently and is developing quite well. His intelligence should be like a normal person's now," Veronica answered.

Then she continued, "His mother is the Black Goat Mother Goddess. You're his father, so you could be considered the Black Goat Mother's husband. Though it's strange, there's nothing wrong with it strictly speaking."

"So you want me to hold the emperor hostage to command the vassals?" Lin Tian raised his eyebrows playfully, finding it absurd himself.

It would be a blessing if they didn't kill you.

Veronica shook her head. "You can have the Son of the Evil God play the pig to eat the tiger, using the Black Goat Mother Goddess's identity to intimidate those Evil Gods. He carries a strong aura of the Mother Goddess.

No matter how strong or proud those Evil Gods are, they absolutely fear the Black Goat Mother Goddess, because she's a Domination-class!"

Hearing this.

Lin Tian slapped his thigh. "You're amazing! I didn't even think of this. Thank goodness I outmaneuvered you back then, otherwise who knows what you would have developed into."

This method was indeed feasible.

Compared to holding the emperor hostage to command the vassals, using a child's father's identity to threaten the Black Goat Mother Goddess had too high a mortality rate.

"That's not necessarily true. If I had defeated the Church and occupied the Lionheart Empire, perhaps life would have stopped at what it is now, or maybe I would have been killed by Gabriel and those angels. The achievements you've completed are truly mythical," Veronica said seriously.

Her admiration for Lin Tian came from the heart.

Lin Tian shrugged. "Alright, I'm pressed for time now and need to go back to prepare countermeasures. Help me bring the Son of the Evil God to the New Goblin Empire."

Veronica nodded.

Then.

Lin Tian looked at the Elf Queen. "Let's go."

Just as he was about to leave, he paused. "Oh right, let me give you some defective God-slaying level weapons, equipment, and magical tools, so you won't be powerless after losing your summoned creatures."

When Bill and the other dwarves forged God-slaying level equipment, it wasn't 100% successful.

Failed products accounted for at least half.

But even the failed products were far stronger than Radiant Sun level.

Even if ordinary humans wielded them, killing Demon Kings would be easy.

"Thank you!" Veronica said gratefully.

...

New Goblin Empire.

Compared to before, there hadn't been much change.

Goblins, monsters, and demi-humans all lived as usual.

Due to Lin Tian's presence, this city could be called the one with the best social environment, most honest residents, and safest conditions.

Returning to the royal palace.

Lin Tian teleported again to the dwarf bunker location.

Alice and the others were still cleaning up the battlefield, clearing corpses and spoils of war, as well as rescuing disaster-stricken dwarves.

After all, dwarves were equivalent to wealth.

Their existence and continuation would mean more God-slaying level equipment.

"You're back so quickly?" From afar, everyone could see Lin Tian's figure.