Chapter 00296: An Inexplicable Competitive Spirit
# An Inexplicable Competitive Spirit
Chapter 296
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 296 An Inexplicable Competitive Spirit
He had only wanted to conduct a small experiment, but he never expected to end up in low Earth orbit.
Li Chengxi could even see some space junk floating in orbit not far away...
Any god could use their own will to distort reality with divine power, and the degree of this distortion depended on their divine office and divinity level.
Lathander was already a Great Divine Power, yet he couldn't catch up to Li Chengxi.
This could only mean that Li Chengxi's divinity level was absurdly high.
After all, not all Great Divine Powers were the same.
"You're flying too fast, slow down a bit."
Lathander caught up and complained,
"You didn't hit anything, did you?"
"Uh..."
Li Chengxi really hadn't noticed whether he had hit anything or not.
He glanced at the space junk not far away and noticed the flag of Amerikana on one of the rocket casings.
Oh well, even if he had hit something, it probably didn't matter... right?
"I didn't expect you to like flying so much. Do you have a divinity related to wind or flight?"
"No, I only have Kingship."
"In that case, your divinity level is just too high."
Lathander just asked a simple question and didn't probe any further.
For gods, there were many things that couldn't be casually discussed, even among peers.
They were all tactful enough not to ask probing questions.
"Let's go down. The dining hall still needs to be tidied up."
"Wait, let me look a little longer."
He had only ever seen the view from a space station on internet live streams before.
The chances of seeing it with his own eyes were slim unless he became an astronaut, so Li Chengxi hadn't seen enough yet.
The moon looked grey and hazy, while the sun was more like a giant glowing ball of fire.
These were completely different from the feeling of looking at the sky from the ground.
Just as he was looking around, Lathander suddenly said,
"There's something that looks like an artificial object. What is that?"
"Where?"
"To the left, it's still very far. Try putting your hand in front of your eye and thinking about looking into the distance."
Li Chengxi did as instructed, making an "OK" sign with his hand and placing it over his eye.
A golden spiritual light swirled, forming three lens-like structures of different sizes, allowing him to easily see things in the distance.
Just as Lathander had said, there was a white, man-made object.
Upon closer inspection, he could even make out things like solar panels against the deep black backdrop of space.
A satellite?
But it felt too large...
At that moment, Li Chengxi saw the red flag on it.
"Quick, let's get down from here! That's the Heavenly Palace Space Station!"
If the astronauts discovered two people standing in geosynchronous orbit, they might start to question their very existence...
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Stepping out of the teleportation portal, he found himself in the familiar room.
Li Chengxi had returned to the dining hall where they had just eaten hot pot.
Aidas and the others were still leaning back in their chairs, digesting their meal.
Lathander also emerged from the portal, closing it behind him with a casual wave of his hand.
"So, how was it? Did you learn to fly?"
Aidas greeted them lazily upon seeing their return.
"He not only learned, but he flies incredibly fast. I almost lost track of him."
These words made the few people around the dining table exchange glances.
Aside from Aidas, the other gods had come over purely because she had told them there was a god on Earth, and they just wanted to drop by and say hello.
There were indeed gods with divinity levels higher than Lathander's, but not many.
They were mostly Ancient Gods, deities who had existed since the very beginning of the world.
So, Lathander's words immediately piqued everyone's interest.
Hylonis said,
"Are you interested in combat?"
"Uh, what do you mean?"
"We generally avoid direct conflict, but we still need to maintain some combat capabilities."
God Battles between deities are very rare, because once one begins, it means one of the two must fall.
There is no possibility of reconciliation or a truce.
This is because a God Battle involves pushing the divine domains of two gods together.
At that point, the domains merge; the winner takes all, and as for the loser...
Most likely, nothing will be left of them.
However, there are some who manage to escape and plan a comeback, but the probability of that is very low, low enough to be negligible.
Hylonis explained about God Battles, at which point Silophel, who was next to him, chimed in.
"I lost a God Battle once. It took me several thousand years to recover my strength, and I even lost my two subordinate gods. But I lost to Talos, so it's not really anything to be ashamed of."
The God of Storms, Talos, was one of the Ancient Gods and the leader of the Storm Gods.
This evil god was extremely powerful.
Even though Silophel was also a Great Divine Power, she was still defeated when compared to him.
She didn't seem to mind admitting it at all, and her words certainly added weight to Hylonis's argument.
"So, what exactly do I need to do?"
"It's simple. Watch."
Hylonis raised his hand, and the golden spiritual light of divine power in his palm constantly shifted, one moment becoming a sword, the next a shield or a suit of armor.
"The more powerful the impression in your mind, the more powerful the weapon you can create with your divine power. I prefer using a sword, but weapons like spears also work."
Li Chengxi suddenly had a thought: couldn't he create an atomic bomb out of divine power...
The power of such a creation actually had nothing to do with its form; it depended on the god's will and divinity level.
A sword made of divine power could erupt with the force of an atomic bomb in the hands of a Great Divine Power.
But even an atomic bomb made of divine power would only be as effective as a bludgeoning weapon in the hands of a Low-tier Divine Power.
"By the way, do you know any martial arts?"
"No."
"Uh... would you like to learn? My method is most effective for gods who know martial arts."
Hylonis was the God of Heroes, and his followers were all brave and fearless warriors or paladins.
"There are many gods who don't know martial arts. There are other methods."
Silophel chimed in again.
"Try my method."
Behind her, the light of divine power surged like a tsunami, creating an incredibly powerful sense of pressure.
"I can only demonstrate this much for now. In short, you just continuously gather your divine power and push it forward, simple and crude."
Then, she swept her hand in front of her.
The surging divine power flowed from behind her like a tide, continuously compressing together to form a transparent, pale golden wall.
"Compressing your divine power forms a shield. Generally, mastering these two techniques is enough to handle a God Battle."
With that said, she waved her hand, and the condensed divine power instantly dissipated.
Among the gods who had come, Lathander and Silophel were the only two Great Divine Powers.
Furthermore, since Lathander was the Sun God, he could replenish his divine power just by basking in the sun.
Silophel, on the other hand, held the divine office of 'Water,' which was much more powerful than Aidas's 'Springwater'; she could recover divine power just by taking a shower.
That was why their demonstrations seemed particularly extravagant.
Hylonis was an Intermediate Deity, so he could only demonstrate the divine power weapon.
If he wasn't careful, he would use up his power quickly.
As for the others?
They were all Low-tier Divine Powers.
Even if they wanted to put on a demonstration, they simply didn't have the power.
But even as gods, they all had a strange competitive streak.
Charise said,
"Do you want to learn how to dance? Or perhaps how to please a lady? I'm the best at that."
But Tarona said,
"Pleasing others is too much trouble. I'll teach you a few methods for concocting toxins. You can turn anyone you want to please into a puppet and control them however you like."
You people are terrifying.
Hearing Tarona's words, Aidas refused to be outdone and immediately jumped in to declare,
"I can do the dishes!"
Is that how your divine office of Purification is supposed to be used?
Your divinity would weep!
(End of Chapter)