The Era of Gods

Lin Xiao led fifteen Black Scale Naga away from the Temporary Tribe and dived into the sea, not far from the coast, swimming toward the south.

In this world, there were no humans, and the seawater was incredibly clear. The Naga had a thin film over their eyes that could prevent water from entering, allowing them to see clearly underwater for about a hundred meters. Beyond that, the view became a bit blurry, but they could still vaguely make out shapes.

The Black Scale Naga moved faster in water than on land, their large snake tails undulating powerfully, propelling their bodies through the water like arrows released from a bow, their sixteen four-meter-long, somewhat stout, snake-like figures cutting through the water.

As a group of unknown small fish passed by, he casually grabbed one and stuffed it into his mouth, savoring the faint fishy sweetness.

Although his original form was human, after descending, his senses were exactly like those of a Naga, and his sense of taste had also changed; what once would have been overly fishy raw fish flesh was now delicious to him.

Of course, while his taste had changed, his mind had not. At most, he could bring himself to eat some raw fish flesh, but not the innards. He didn’t dare to eat the sea insects either.

Previously, when the Fish people were clearing that chaotic reef, they caught many of the sea cockroaches hiding in the crevices and stuffed them into their mouths. The burst of insect sauce when chewed was nauseating to him, and this was one kind of food he absolutely refused to eat.

After swimming for about a kilometer, he suddenly saw dozens of Fishmen gathering kelp among the seagrass on the seabed ahead.

He immediately raised his hand to halt and looked around. With a wave of his hand, the Naga flanked from the left and right and swept over.

About twenty meters away from them, a Fishman spotted the Naga with ill intentions. After a brief pause, it began to scream wildly, pointing at the oncoming Naga. The dozens of Fishmen made a panicked mess and turned to run.

But they couldn’t outrun the Naga in the water and were quickly caught up to. A Naga raised its spear and impaled a Fishman clean through; blood gushed out, staining a large swath of the sea red. As the Fishman tried to counterattack with a bone fork in its dying breath, it failed to even penetrate the scales.

In less than a minute, all the twenty-some Fishmen were killed, not a single one spared. Lin Xiao didn’t lift a finger, merely observing with narrowed eyes from behind.

The actual combat showed that these Fishmen were no different from the Grey Mist Fish People in his own Divine Realm; the only slight difference was in the color of their scales. Their combat power was equally lousy.

With this, he could rest assured. He didn’t clean up the battlefield but simply instructed the Naga to quickly cut and take away the nearby kelp, feigning the appearance of an external species raiding for food.

The Fishmen corpses were of no use to him; even if he collected a million of them and processed them through the Creation Magic Cube, he couldn’t extract anything beyond the Fishmen bloodline, so there was no point.

However, the kelp and seagrass could be collected and allowed to reproduce in the seas within his Divine Realm.

Kelp could be used as food by humans, and certainly by the Fishmen, and the fish bred in the sea of the Divine Realm could be used as food as well.

The players’ Divine Realms were located in Subspace, and the things from the Main World had to be created in the form of cards to be placed into the Divine Realm. However, things from the Outland did not have this restriction; as long as one got hold of them and had the strength to bring them, they could be placed directly into the Divine Realm.

He didn’t know why, but he guessed it was most likely because the Main World was of a higher tier.

After all, one day in the Main World equates to a year passing in any world in the Outland, which is evident from the difference in the flow of time.

Of course, although there was no restriction on bringing things from the Outland to the Divine Realm, this was contingent on one’s Divine Realm being able to contain them, as well as there being energy level restrictions. For example, a student like Lin Xiao, who wasn’t even a Demigod, couldn’t handle items beyond the Fifth Level card tier.

For example, if one found a group of a hundred wild bulls in an Outland plane, they could be brought into the Divine Realm, but not ten thousand bulls, because the Divine Realm was too small to accommodate them.

For instance, if you found a young wild beast with the bloodline of a dragon in an Outland plane, you could place it into the Divine Realm, but if you encountered an adult dragon beast or even a dragon, even if it were willing to follow you, you couldn’t bring it inside.

The creature’s strength would be too great, and the Divine Realm too small to sustain it.

Forcing it to enter would result in the Divine Realm bursting apart.

The sea within Lin Xiao’s God’s realm was still quite monotonous, with hardly any seagrass besides the various fish species he had placed there, and a relatively weak biological chain.

This final exam was an opportunity to gather some extra resources for his Divine Realm to enrich the marine life and plant life within it.

They then swam a distance further and began to encounter Fishman groups out searching for food. To avoid being detected and raising alarm, Lin Xiao did not approach but simply observed from a distance and then left.

He spent nearly half a month circumventing this Large Fishman Tribe, even daring to approach the coral reef where the Fishman Big Tribe’s lair was located, and observed the general situation of the tribe from a distance.

This was a super large Fishman Tribe with over twenty thousand Fishmen living in a coral reef area that spanned several kilometers, with its main core area being a coral island a few hundred meters in length and width.

Lin Xiao glanced from afar, feeling a strong threat from a distance.

He looked away after just a glance, not daring to look any longer for fear of being discovered.

It wasn’t any formidable creature but rather an altar dedicated to the Sea God.

The ocean realm of this plane was ruled by a vast Empire known as the Merfolk Empire, and this Large Fishman Tribe was part of its dominion. As the most powerful Demigod of the seas, the Sea God had a very broad base of believers, with followers present in many Sea Clan tribes.

Of course, being only a Demigod and not a True God, it was just the lowest level altar offering Holy Proof, not even a Temple. The will of the Sea God could extend here, but Divine Power could not reach.

The threat he felt was not from the Sea God, but from the Holy Proof.

As a Deity from the Main World, Lin Xiao knew full well the wonder of a Holy Proof. Wherever a Holy Proof is present, it can form a faith Aura with a vast coverage area. Any being with hostile intent that enters this zone would be detected, thus serving as a warning.

To an ordinary person, his saintly incarnate form would be imperceptible, but a High-Level Demigod would surely see through it.

Just think about it, if a Saint suddenly appeared sneaking around the area where his believers were, anyone with a bit of sense would know something was off.

After observing the interior of the Fishman tribe, Lin Xiao returned.

Back at the Temporary Tribe, he was surprised to find that the tribe had expanded under the diligent work of the Fish people, the altar at the center of the tribe was now taller and larger, and even he, the Leader, had his own independent stone house.

That evening, Lin Xiao sat on a huge rock next to the altar, his long snake tail coiled around the stone as he gazed into the distance.

Seemingly lost in thought, he was actually contemplating his next move to conquer this Fishman Tribe..