Xiao Ming anxiously spun in place.
It just happened to let Leaf Zhi see its current state clearly.
The light orb, which originally fit snugly in one hand, seemed to have grown a size.
Its arms and legs, still inconspicuous on its round body, had also gotten a bit longer.
Most noticeably,
A ring of frills had suddenly appeared on its body, right between its hands and feet.
It looked like a skirt.
Xiao Ming tugged at the frills in horror, trying to pull them off, only to hurt itself and howl in pain.
Leaf Zhi stopped it.
“Don’t pull. That should count as part of your body.”
Leaf Zhi also understood the source of the change.
Faith Power.
During the day, Leaf Zhi had heard three Players call Xiao Ming—
“Goddess Child Form.”
It was probably because of this.
The light orb was gradually transforming into the shape of a Goddess Statue.
After explaining the theory to Xiao Ming, Leaf Zhi couldn’t resist a jab.
“See? This is the Faith Power you so desperately wanted.”
In fact, it usually wasn’t this quick or obvious for a God to be affected by Faith Power.
But since there was so little Divine Power on the orb, most of its strength now came from Faith Power.
So it ended up like this.
Xiao Ming’s whole body trembled after hearing this.
“Then what do I do? I don’t want to change gender!”
“Strictly speaking, you only inherited Aurel’s memories. You’re a genderless divine entity. This doesn’t count as a gender change.”
“No! Impossible!”
All of Xiao Ming’s hair stood on end.
The light strands bristled, making it look like a hedgehog.
“Anyway, I don’t want to become a Goddess!”
Its voice choked up.
“You said as long as I served as the Game Mascot, you wouldn’t turn me into a Goddess Statue!”
“You promised all the settings were fake!”
Leaf Zhi looked at it with gentle affection.
“Although I’m glad you’re finally willing to admit you’re the Game Mascot,”
“you should know better than I do that the influence of Faith Power is almost impossible to change.”
Xiao Ming’s eyes widened.
“!!! You promised me!”
Leaf Zhi spread his hands.
“But I’m just an Undead. I don’t have the power to alter the effects of Faith Power.”
“And I’m also a Black Mage. As everyone knows…”
Black magic is a gathering place for all evil and vile things, naturally including dishonesty.
Xiao Ming floated backward in the air, swaying as if deeply wounded.
“You did it on purpose!”
It, was, tricked!
Leaf Zhi watched quietly as it cycled through:
Fear, anger, despair at realizing resistance was futile, anger again, more despair…
And finally, hopelessness.
Leaf Zhi was thoroughly entertained.
No wonder Black Mages love to build their happiness on the suffering of others.
Because it’s truly delightful!
After enjoying the show, Leaf Zhi finally let it go.
“Ahem, as everyone knows, I’m different from regular Black Mages, so of course I wouldn’t deceive you.”
Saying that, he opened the newly obtained [Game Console: Under the Gods].
The familiar Programming Interface made Leaf Zhi’s head ache.
He remembered the mental exhaustion from designing the Official Website these past days.
Fortunately, his online crash course had paid off.
Leaf Zhi successfully found the Game Icon settings.
After some fiddling, Xiao Ming returned to its original light orb form.
With a snot bubble still hanging from its face, Xiao Ming stared at its now shrunken body, almost failing to react.
“Huh??? I’m back!”
It spun joyfully in the air, unable to stop itself from excitement.
As expected, some things are only treasured after they’re lost.
Xiao Ming looked at the Undead, full of questions.
“How did you do that?”
What Leaf Zhi said earlier wasn’t wrong either.
If the effects of Faith Power were so easily fixed, there wouldn’t be so many Gods who perished in the Faith War!
Leaf Zhi gave a mysterious smile.
“Secret!”
“More importantly, you’d better remember today’s lesson and do your job properly. Otherwise, if there’s another problem, I can’t guarantee…”
Xiao Ming’s orb shuddered.
“Got it! Just asking, I’m not that desperate!”
To prove its point, it whooshed into the Church.
Its retreating back screamed ‘fleeing in defeat’.
Leaf Zhi watched for a moment, then returned to his stone seat, gazing at the sky at a forty-five degree angle.
In truth, he was looking at the Game Console floating above.
The solution to Xiao Ming’s transformation was simple.
Since Faith Power didn’t directly act on its body, it could be resolved.
It was just a Game Mascot.
Players could beautify its appearance.
But more Faith Power was firmly convinced that 《Beneath the Divine》 was a Game, which created today’s Game Console.
What the Game Icon looked like, Players could give suggestions.
But ultimately, the decision belonged to Leaf·Planner·Zhi!
Leaf Zhi tinkered with the console for a while.
He succeeded in making the page more convenient and user-friendly.
[Game Production:]
[Game Character Appearance Design: Consumes 1 Divine Power]
[Realistic Game Panel: Consumes 100 Divine Power]
[Realistic Game Panel Data — Name: Consumes 100 Divine Power]
[Realistic Game Panel Data – Race: Consumes 500 Divine Power]
[Realistic Game Panel Data — Level: Consumes 500 Divine Power]
[Realistic Game Panel Data — Experience Value: Consumes 500 Divine Power]
[Realistic Game Panel Data-
-san value: Consumes 10,000,000 Divine Power]
[Realistic Game Panel Data — Skills: Consumes 500 Divine Power]
[Realistic Game Panel Data — Inventory: Consumes 1,000 Divine Power]
[Realistic Game Panel Data — Customization: No Divine Power limit]
[ …… ]
After scanning row after row of functions, Leaf Zhi was secretly shocked.
“I finally broke 100 Divine Power Value, and yet I can only afford two or three features?”
Too tragic!
In the end.
Whether he had 1 point or 100 points of Divine Power, the only function with any real freedom was changing Xiao Ming’s outfit!
The row of realistic skills below were adjectives Leaf Zhi had translated for his own use.
The current Player Panel was just a shell he built based on divine characteristics.
All the data changes were made secretly by him, tweaking things behind the scenes.
He created the illusion that it could detect Player information.
Originally, he’d planned to let the side effects of Faith Power gradually make them real.
But as expected, Leaf Zhi had been too optimistic.
Side effects, by definition, mean their benefits can’t outweigh their drawbacks.
All these functions required Leaf Zhi to spend Divine Power to unlock manually!
Especially the features related to detecting Player physical status.
Unlocking them started at 500 Divine Power Value!
Though once unlocked, it was a one-time service.
Unlike when Leaf Zhi created the Player Panel, where he had to spend a point for every Player.
“Without money, you can’t move an inch!”
Leaf Zhi let out a long sigh.
After flipping through for ages, he couldn’t find a single skill he thought was worth it!
The most useless was the function to ‘realistically’ display Player names.
A function that simply copied a Player’s registered ID into the Game.
And it still cost him 100 Divine Power?!