Chapter 46: This is a god raised through the method of Gu cultivation.

[Divinity Title]: Mirror Master.
[True Name]: Duva the Thousand-Faced.
[Basic Authority]: Damage dealt by sword and blade skills and items is permanently increased by 10%, and the user can conceal themselves within mirrors.
[Advancement Method]:
1: Submit the favorite item of this deity, obtained within instances.
2: Gain faith points for every believer of the same faith killed.

"How is it?"
Chen Jiang turned his head to look at Dumb Snake.
"Perfect."
Dumb Snake licked the corner of his mouth, a cold gleam flashing in his eyes, clearly extremely satisfied with this deity.
"Then let's go with this one."
Chen Jiang waved his hand to signal Dumb Snake to step forward and choose this deity as his faith. He and Dumb Snake had undergone intensive training since childhood, but a large part of Dumb Snake's training focused on swords, blades, and daggers. This deity suited Dumb Snake quite well.
Capable of frontal brute-force kills.
Capable of stealthy backstabs.
Both the style and the authority were well-suited for Dumb Snake.

The next moment—
Dumb Snake slowly stepped forward, walking up to the statue of the deity "Mirror Master".
The material of the statue was extremely special, a humanoid figure cast from tens of thousands of shattered mirrors, with each fragment reflecting a different angle of a slaughter scene.
He knelt on one left knee, with his left hand pressed against the ground.
His right arm held a long blade high in a slashing posture, his head raised to glare defiantly at the firmament.
His face was a constantly flowing mercury mask.

"Hah..."
Dumb Snake's expression was somewhat tense. With every step forward, the deity statue before him seemed to come alive, its emanating presence growing denser, and the surrounding players gradually disappeared.
Only this statue remained within his field of vision!
Finally!
When he was just a single step away from the statue, the surrounding scene instantly froze, and countless prisms scattered in all directions centered around the divine statue. On every prism, countless reflections of himself being assassinated in various ways and angles appeared.

This was a deity focused entirely on assassination!
At this moment, there was not a single player left around him. He seemed to be in a different dimension, where only he and the divine statue existed, with nothing else.
I do not know how much time passed.
A panel slowly materialized before him.

[Do you confirm 'Mirror Master' as your deity of faith? Once confirmed, the faith cannot be changed.]

"Confirmed!"

The next moment.
A panel surfaced before him once again.

[You have chosen 'Mirror Master' as your deity of faith.]
[The deity's basic authority permanently increases damage dealt by sword and blade skills and items by 10%, and allows the player to conceal themselves within mirrors.]
[Player Y3 is currently a Level 1 Believer.]
[Advancing to a Level 2 Believer requires 100 faith points.]
[Every increase in believer level will enhance the basic authority's effects, and each advancement will grant additional authority.]
[Advancing to a Level 2 Believer unlocks the 'Faith Shop'. Items and skill books in the Faith Shop can only be purchased and used by believers of this deity.]

Following that.
The moment the faith was confirmed, the surrounding scene froze and shattered once more, returning him to the noisy divine church. Around the statue of the "Mirror Master", numerous players reappeared.

"..."
Seeing Dumb Snake nod, Chen Jiang knew the confirmation was complete, and he finally understood why the players near this deity looked at one another with a hint of vigilance in their eyes.
If the believers of other deities could perhaps get along harmoniously, and even form small organizations to provide mutual warmth and support—
Then the believers of the "Mirror Master" were almost destined to be lone wolves.
At the very least, they could never get along with players of the same faith.
This was a Gu-worm-raising style of deity.

"Let's go."
He patted Xu Kun's shoulder and walked toward a deity not far away. Xu Kun's deity had already been decided upon—it was the "Blazing Poet".
Not far away.
An extremely special divine statue stood. Its material differed from that of the "Mirror Master", being a humanoid silhouette twisted from tens of thousands of explosion wrecks, fragments, and metal limbs.
It stood silently in place.
Its head drooped, its features blurred, leaving only a melted metal mouth, with both arms pressed against its sides.
...
He was an atheist.
At least before coming into contact with the Pantheon Paradise, he had been a staunch materialist.
But at this moment—
Xu Kun's breathing grew gradually rapid. With every step he took, the surrounding players decreased by ten percent, until he walked right up to the statue, leaving only himself and the divine statue standing tall in this different dimension.
He felt as though the statue had come alive.
It felt as though it were raising its head to look at him.
Soon.
A panel surfaced before him once again.

[You have chosen 'Blazing Poet' as your deity of faith.]
[The deity's basic authority grants believers explosion-related skill books that exceed the 'Perfect' grade with a higher tier, and upon death, they will trigger a massive explosion whose destructive power increases with the believer's level.]

[Player 404 is currently a Level 1 Believer.]
[Advancing to a Level 2 Believer requires 100 faith points.]
[Every increase in believer level will enhance the basic authority's effects, and each advancement will grant additional authority.]
[Advancing to a Level 2 Believer unlocks the 'Faith Shop'. Items and skill books in the Faith Shop can only be purchased and used by believers of this deity.]

...
The faiths of Xu Kun and Dumb Snake had both been selected.
Next was his turn.
Chen Jiang slowly walked up to a divine statue that appeared completely shattered to pieces.
There were 13 deities in the Pantheon Paradise, but one of them had already perished—and that deity was the one before his eyes.
As he gradually approached this deity.
The surrounding players slowly faded away, leaving only this divine statue and himself in the entire divine church, allowing him to clearly see the deity's appearance.
Its entire body was composed of countless shattered playing cards, and it sat on a chair with handsome features, staring at him with a half-smile, existing somewhere between life and death.
A carpet made of spades and hearts playing cards extended from beneath the chair, spreading flat right up to his feet.
The motion of its hands was frozen in the act of toying with a Joker card.
Only this deity was covered in cracks—this was a dead deity.

[Divinity Title]: Fate Gambler.
[True Name]: Lazro the Wild Dice.
[Basic Authority]: None.
[Advancement Method]:
1: The deity is dead; faith points cannot be acquired through any means.
2: However, progress on the "Path to Divinity" can be advanced by "collecting divinity". Upon reaching max level, one can replace this deity and become the 13th divinity of Pantheon Paradise.

"Confirmed."
Chen Jiang did not hesitate in the slightest, choosing this deity as his faith.
Immediately after.
A panel materialized before him once again.

[אתה בחרת ב-"מהמר הגורל" כנתיב האלוהות שלך.]
[You have chosen the 'Fate Gambler' Path to Divinity.]
[You possess no basic authority, nor will you gain any authority hereafter, but there will be special compensation.]
[Player A7 is currently a Level 1 Believer.]
[Advancing to a Level 2 Believer requires 1,000 wisps of divinity.]
[Advancing to a Level 2 Believer unlocks the 'Faith Shop'. Items and skill books in the Faith Shop can only be purchased and used by players who have chosen this Path to Divinity.]