I Have a God Simulator

Before taking action, Luh Yao repeatedly questioned Selena, thoroughly assessing the Curse Insect's Combat Power.

Selena said, "That Curse Insect is called the Overwriting Insect. It's not good at direct combat, but its abilities are very tricky."

"It can create a copy of me, and that copy has abilities comparable to my own. Its only weakness is that it doesn't last long."

"The Curse Insect is tough and durable, excelling at wars of attrition. I can't finish it quickly, and if I get dragged into a stalemate, I'll be at a disadvantage."

"Furthermore, it has another ability. It can merge its body with its surroundings. It's just like the Abyss First Layer, which has actually been completely covered by its body. It can perceive every single move made within it."

"Finally, there's the innate trait of Curse Insects: they have strong resistance to the damage or effects of the Fire of Faith, usually only taking half the effect."

Luh Yao silently committed this to memory.

The Curse Insect's three abilities: halving Faith damage, copying, and merging.

Against such an opponent, Selena's advantages of high burst damage and high movement speed were countered. The Curse Insect would drag her into a protracted war of attrition, putting her at a disadvantage.

Having clarified the enemy's basic situation, Luh Yao mobilized the dungeon team and officially set out.

The units participating in this attempt to clear the first layer's Curse Insect were: the Blood Knight, Selena, Isabel, and the Snowman.

The White God had gone to Canopy City, Philos was holding down the fort in Saniluo, and the Deep Sea Lord continued its maritime patrol. People were needed to keep watch and maintain order on the outside as well.

Luh Yao opened a Teleportation Gate, and the dungeon team entered the Abyss.

Some Ghouls had spawned in the Abyss First Layer. Though not numerous, the team annihilated them along the way.

Soon, they arrived at the location of the seal.

Isabel cast the [Forest Sword] status on each person in turn.

Luh Yao moved his mouse and began to undo the seal.

Wisps of Fire of Faith fell from the chains, turning into Faith Value in the upper-right corner.

By the time all the flames vanished, Luh Yao had gained 31,000 new Faith.

At that moment, the golden chains shattered piece by piece.

The black vortex behind them suddenly swelled, and a pure white monster bulged out from within.

The monster was covered in thick, white fur, resembling a large grub or some kind of reptile. The white fur concealed its entire body, hiding its feet.

It had no ears or horns and wore a red mask on its head. The mask's forehead was lined with black stripes, below which were two large, angry eyes and a wide, snarling mouth.

Above its head, [Curse Insect LV92] was displayed.

Luh Yao immediately brought up [True Sight Curse] to inspect it.

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[Curse Insect LV92] Overwriting Insect

Life Value: 58375/58375

Mana Value: 14102/14102

Damage: 197

Defense: 181

Speed: 18

[Moving Spellcasting]

Casts magic during mobile combat at the cost of slow speed.

[Multi-Casting]

Can use Magic Abilities more quickly and effectively.

[Life Mystery LV50]

Innately possesses extremely high Life Value. Has seen through the mysteries of life, allowing it to construct an additional life form with magic. If lost, it can be restored slowly over time or through magic and artifacts.

[Curse Insect]

The Fire of Faith only has 50% effect against it. Possesses the ability to manipulate and store the Fire of Faith.

[Covering Mystery LV10]

Achieves control by gradually merging with an individual or environment. The effect of the covering is related to this ability's level.

[Rewriting Mystery LV10]

Creates an identical copy of an individual and gives it commands. The duration and fidelity of the rewrite are related to this ability's level.

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[Divine Format]: None.

[Divinity]: Faltering (0).

[Divine Body]: Gods Tier.

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The moment the Curse Insect appeared, Tyrant Selena led the charge, rushing forward with her Bone Sword.

She transformed into a Moonlight Blade, weaving through the air to continuously slash at the Curse Insect's body, while not forgetting to remind the others.

"Don't give it any room to cast! We have to suppress it completely, or this will get very troublesome!"

Facing the Curse Insect, Selena showed a focus and caution she had never displayed before.

Without a word, the Blood Knight drew his sword and followed, displaying perfect synergy with Selena despite it being their first time fighting together. The two were always able to supplement each other's attacks, giving the Curse Insect no opportunity to create distance.

The Curse Insect's basic attack was a ram. It looked like an angry white bull, charging back and forth between the Blood Knight and Selena.

Red damage numbers continuously popped up above the heads of all three.

With the [Forest Sword] buff, the Blood Knight's damage increased to 195, allowing each attack to deal 14 damage to the Curse Insect.

Selena's damage was even higher at 347, letting one strike drain 166 of the Curse Insect's Life Value.

Compared to these two extremely fast melee Apostles, the Curse Insect was at a great disadvantage in speed. Not only was its movement slow, but its attack speed was also sluggish.

However, relying on its powerful stats, it was still able to continuously chip away at Selena's and the Blood Knight's health.

Luh Yao was more focused on the Curse Insect's abilities.

After a few moments of fierce fighting, two figures appeared around the Curse Insect.

These two were perfect replicas of the Blood Knight and the Tyrant. In combat, their movements were not the least bit slow, not much weaker than the two original Apostles.

Luh Yao clicked on one of the white copies.

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[Rewrite Body LV83] Blood Knight · Necied

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Their stats were about 80% of the originals, but they couldn't replicate the originals' special abilities, like the Blood Knight's [Enchantment]. However, relying on their tough bodies, the Rewrite Bodies were enough to tie up the two Apostles.

Luh Yao noticed that the two castings of [Rewriting Mystery] had consumed about 2,000 of the Curse Insect's Mana Value. It could still use this ability multiple times, proving it was indeed skilled at wars of attrition.

While trying to shake off her Rewrite Body, Selena warned the Blood Knight, "Don't get tied up with these things; they'll disappear after a while. Fighting them is pointless. We have to attack the Curse Insect's main body."

With the Tyrant's reminder, the Blood Knight changed his strategy.

He held back both Rewrite Bodies by himself, allowing the Tyrant to unleash her burst damage and continuously harm the Curse Insect.

Before long, the Rewrite Bodies indeed vanished.

Luh Yao timed it. The [Rewrite] ability lasted for about a minute and a half.

At this point, Isabel, holding the [Natural Secret Language] in midair, said, "My lord, [Magic Guessing] is unable to guess and reproduce the Curse Insect's abilities. Inference is not possible."

Luh Yao felt a slight sense of regret.

'I was thinking of having Isabel use the Magic Book to steal one of its abilities.'

'Both [Rewrite] and [Covering] are very useful skills.'

'Since it's not possible, I won't dwell on it.'

'I'll just kill the Curse Insect directly.'

Luh Yao wasn't in a hurry.

At first, he had been a little nervous. After all, according to Tyrant Selena, the Curse Insect was a top-tier monster that fed on Gods, and it wasn't afraid of a bombardment of Miracles.

But one look at its stats showed it was just 50% damage reduction, not immunity.

Luh Yao tested it out.

A single bolt of lightning happened to knock off exactly 20 of the Curse Insect's Life Value.

If he wanted to, he could blast this Curse Insect to smithereens at any time.

He could afford the cost of just under 60,000 Faith Value now.

Considering the 30,000 Faith gained from undoing the seal, the net cost would only be around 30,000.

Since victory against the Curse Insect was assured, he decided not to use Isabel's [Unstable Hat Trick]. If it backfired and buffed the enemy, the loss would outweigh the gain.

Luh Yao just didn't want to waste too much Power of Faith. He hoped his Apostles would work harder to whittle down the Curse Insect's health as much as possible. No one knew if killing the Curse Insect would even be profitable.

This was a long-term investment, a preparation for opening the Abyss Second Layer.

While Luh Yao was contemplating, the Blood Knight had already killed the second batch of two Rewrite Bodies.

Meanwhile, Selena's Moonlight Blade continuously circled the Curse Insect. Old enemies meeting again, their eyes burned with hate; she hacked away relentlessly, and the red damage numbers above the Curse Insect's head never stopped appearing.

The Overwriting Insect's Life Value had already dropped to around 37,000.

Luh Yao yawned.

'Alright, you guys can play around a bit more. If you can't handle it, I'll step in.'

'I'll just treat this as a training session.'

You couldn't find an LV92 monster on the outside for his two powerful Apostles to practice on, after all.

A few seconds later, Luh Yao realized something was wrong.

The [Chaos] status appeared above the Blood Knight Necied's head.

He was still locked in a meat-grinder battle with the third batch of Rewrite Bodies.

But Luh Yao clearly saw a new line of description in Necied's stat panel.

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[Covering in Progress]

Overwriting Insect (6417/12544)

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Fuck!

'So you're trying to steal my Apostle right in front of me, huh!'

'Since you're not going to play by the rules, then the game's over for everyone.'

Luh Yao warned the Tyrant to disengage, then clicked his mouse, selecting the target.

[Lightning] ×1900!

'Die for me!'