Yes, I became a god just by exercising.

Chapter 17 New Plans and Responses!
Sunlight streamed through the bay window, spilling onto the long, brown floorboards and warming the entire room.

On the sofa, Xia Fa rubbed his sleepy eyes and slowly got up.

Upon waking up, his first feeling was that all the soreness in his body had completely disappeared!
Not only that, but his whole body was full of energy.

He even felt like he could run several laps around Rum City!
But immediately, the surrounding world changed, and extreme low temperatures enveloped him.

Xia Fa gave a wry smile and stood up completely from the sofa.

Compared to yesterday, the heavy snowfall had disappeared; to be precise, it had been churned into tiny grains of salt by the howling wind and pelted his face and hands.

The ice shards were gone, and what was falling from the sky were hailstones the size of fists.

Xia Fa tried to take a step, only to find that the ground beneath his feet had turned into solid ice.

Beneath the solid ice, one could even vaguely see a huge black shadow, seemingly some terrifying behemoth lurking underwater, ready to break through the ice and devour him at any moment.

At this moment, Xia Fa finally understood why people entangled by snow demons often died of fright before they were frozen into ice sculptures.

Even though they knew the colossal object beneath their feet was an illusion, under normal circumstances, who could withstand it?
Fortunately, miraculously, he no longer felt cold. Although he didn't get to enjoy the warmth of spring, at least he got a good night's sleep.

Xia Fa felt that all of this was thanks to his persistent physical training, the two extraordinary substances he had consumed the previous night, and the dinner at the noble family's house.

His body was clearly beginning to transcend the realm of ordinary people.

"This is truly an extraordinary banquet befitting a nobleman. Let me think, which nobleman's house should I go to for dinner today..."

Thinking of yesterday's delicious food, Xia Fa still felt a little unsatisfied.

And incredibly, the first thing that popped into his mind that he really wanted to eat was that giant's transparent strip of meat.

Yesterday I found it a bit hard to accept, but now that I think about it, it seems quite delicious.

More importantly, the gentle, extraordinary power contained within those translucent strips of meat was the highest of all the food he had seen last night!

Composing himself, Xia Fala pulled himself back from his reverie, immediately took out Benedict's training notes from his pocket, and quickly turned to the second page.

Then, he froze.

Because, although the second page appears to have more than a dozen lines of text, at first glance, it seems as if there are none.

This is because these texts are basically all about:

[Benise had a flash of inspiration and found a way to break the ritual magic circle!]

[The cracking failed, and Benedict scratched her head in frustration again...]

[Benise's inspiration struck; she found a way to absolutely break the ritual magic circle!]

The attempt to crack the code failed as expected, and Benedict Cumberbatch was scratching her head in frustration again...

Beneath suddenly stood up, clenching her small fists, more determined than ever to break this wretched ritual array than ever before!

The attempt to crack the code failed almost instantly, and Benedict was scratching her head in frustration again...

At this point, Xia Fa could hardly bear to continue reading.

And why do I suddenly feel a little sorry for this girl...?

"Hmm... Besides smoked dried anchovies, I'd better use my ability to randomly freeload meals tonight to find some other flavored dried anchovies, and they must be dried by supernatural creatures..."

Xia Fa made up his mind and nodded slightly. He wiped the snow off his face and eyebrows as if he were washing his face, and then went to the washroom to rinse his mouth briefly.

Then, he pushed open the door of his two-story attic and began to stride toward the St. Vivian Church of the Silver Church.

It's 8 a.m. right now, and the Mithril Holy Symbol definitely won't be delivered so soon, but since he has nothing else to do, he plans to wait for it.

Actually, at this point, Xia Fa doesn't care too much about whether the church's mithril emblem can be delivered.

Firstly, Benedict will definitely bring him back a new mithril emblem this afternoon.

Secondly, if the church's mithril emblem wasn't delivered in the morning, and Benedict failed to bring it back in the afternoon, then...

Xia Fa decided to stay home all day tomorrow!
Whenever the Snow Demon arrives, he sits down at the dining table, activates his ability to randomly freeload a meal, and instantly teleports!
He refused to believe it. Could the snow demon possibly track him down from a thousand miles away?
Even if the snow demon could follow, what if she teleported to the restaurant of some member of royalty...?

You must understand, this world is ruled by superhumans.

Putting everything else aside, in Rum City alone, among the five strongest superhumans, besides Archbishop Chestnut of the Silver Church and Archbishop Glenn of the Natural Church,
The other three were the governor of Rum City, the tax collector, and the chief judge!

All three of them have backgrounds in royalty, nobility, or even local nobility.

"No matter how powerful this snow demon is, it's probably only at the level of an elephant-level to a whale-level superhuman. Could it possibly be comparable to the royal family in Augustus City?"

Fungi, insects, eagles, wolves, elephants, whales—I've heard that Major General Ellis, the governor of Rum City, is an elephant-level superhuman.

Within the royal family, even whale-level superhumans are probably nothing special.

A cold glint flashed in Xia Fa's eyes. He still vividly remembered the three days the snow demon tormented him. If he could kill the snow demon, he would be more than happy to do so.

Walking leisurely along Daniel Street in the early morning, seeing shops opening one by one and people from the street leaning out of their windows to greet their neighbors in the sunlight, Xia Fa soon arrived at the entrance of St. Vivian Cathedral.

Before he even entered, he saw Archbishop Chestnut, dressed in a pure white robe, sitting on a bench outside the church, holding a newspaper that had just been delivered, staring intently at it, his large, dark eyes almost unblinking.

Before he could even say hello, Chestnut seemed to sense something and looked up.

A faint smile appeared on her gentle and lovely face, her fluffy round ears twitched, and she waved at him.

"Xia Fa, come quick, there's big news!"

"What's the big news?"

Xia Fa responded while curiously walking over.

Chestnut casually pulled him to sit down on the lacquered wooden bench, right next to her.

But she didn't seem to care at all whether this was a bit too intimate; her fair finger pointed to the headline on the front page of the newspaper.

Xia Fa's nose lingered on the faint scent of iris emanating from her, and his gaze followed her pointing finger.

Then, he froze.

Because the front page headline of the newspaper, "Rumtown Morning Post," prominently featured:

A new entity has emerged! The royal family has named it "Glutton."

The following is the subtitle.

"The Bald family of Augustus, the Srimus royal family of Ryan, and the Titan remnants of the Abyss Ridge all witnessed it firsthand! They confirmed the Glutton's power and terror!"

(End of this chapter)