The Era of Gods

Lin Xiao sat on the viewing platform of Lightning Tower, holding a bottle of juice wine in his hand, and he couldn’t help but feel a little sentimental as he watched the occasional lightning strikes in the distance.

It had been ten years since he arrived in this world, and at last, Outland had opened up.

Over his ten-year leveling journey, he had visited most parts of this world, especially after reaching level 60 and learning the teleport spell. Not only did he go to the Eastern Continent to meet up with his girlfriend, but he also took the time to visit other places in this plane and gained a fair understanding of its state.

This plane was extremely similar to the legendary Azeroth, and he seriously suspected that the big shot had once visited the Titan Crystal Wall System where Azeroth was located.

However, it was only extremely similar, just an imitation. This plane had significant differences from Azeroth.

First and foremost, there wasn’t an Azeroth Star Soul inside the planet, nor was there an Eternal Well, nor ancient gods, but there were rumors about the Titans.

Star Soul Crystal Wall System!

Lin Xiao speculated that this Crystal Wall System might have the conditions to birth a Star Soul, and perhaps the Titans of Creation were those two big shots from the legends.

In recent years, while leveling up, he had tried to trace the ancient Titan remnants. In certain legendary places, he indeed found traces of their past, but the relics had long faded with time, and he hadn’t found anything valuable.

Eventually, he confirmed that this plane was just a rough imitation of Azeroth. It seemed quite similar on the surface, but many secrets were completely absent.

Only after traveling nearly the entire world, did Lin Xiao finally give up and focus on leveling up.

Being level 68 in this plane was considered extremely strong. A true Dragon with pure bloodline was only around level 80, which spoke volumes of how high his level was.

Of course, even though Dragons were not much higher in level than him, they had a Lord Template, the so-called BOSS. Even if he managed to reach level 80, he wouldn’t stand a chance unless he could also upgrade his template.

Yes, players could upgrade their templates too, from the initial common template, ascending to an Elite Template, and finally, a Hero Template.

However, these template upgrades hadn’t been unlocked yet. They would only become available after the Gate of Other World opened, leading to Outland, and would require extremely harsh conditions.

Unfortunately, in the later stages, this plane had no areas with a large number of level 60-70 monsters for him to grind indefinitely. Even the several powerful instances had cooldown periods, preventing infinite runs, otherwise, he would definitely grind up to the level 70 species-level cap.

Speaking of which, those players who chose non-mainstream and strange races were probably crying by now. The ones who chose Kobolds, Goblins, Hyenamen, and even Fishman, these Low-grade Races had level caps mostly between 40 and 50. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t level up and catch up with the other mainstream players.

But nothing is absolute. Most of the non-mainstream players were in a terrible state, yet some managed to change their destiny relying on their Race’s innate Talents and characteristics. The Talents of those low-level, non-mainstream Races had magical effects in certain aspects.

For instance, the Fishman Race naturally had a neutral reputation with Fish people in the wild, wouldn’t be attacked by wild Fish people proactively, and could even take on quests from larger Fish people tribes to increase reputation and gain some benefits.

The most famous was a Fishman player named “Fish Life With You”, who found a super large-scale Fish people settlement in the Sea of Mist and spent several years grinding reputation like crazy, finally reaching Revered reputation.

As a result, as the first player to reach Revered reputation with such a minor Race, he reaped a huge benefit.

A set of Epic gear exclusive to Fish people with Revered reputation, with attributes on par with T2-level gear.

Exclusive Fishman Priest and Magician classes, though with fewer Skills, were very powerful. The key was that they didn’t conflict with existing classes, allowing dual-classing, which was very impressive.

Some extremely rare treasures. It’s said that player is now working hard for an Orange Legend Divine Artifact revered by the Fish people tribe, it’s unclear when it will be obtained.

The ability to hire a small squadron of ten level 45 elite Fishmen to fight and level up for oneself, and the hired Fishmen could also be trained and upgraded, assigned to turn into warriors, Mages, or Priests, and could be equipped with NPC-exclusive gear to enhance their potency, and so on.

Imagine how thrilling it is for a player to level up and fight with ten elite level 45 pets that can level up since this world, although it has game-like data, is not a real game after all. The control of pets or subordinates is done by direct verbal commands rather than rigid few commands, which is much more flexible than the games of the ancient times.

Thus, this first Fishman player to eat the crab is now over level 51, surpassing the level cap of 45 for Fishmen.

After several elite Fishman pets died, there are still seven left, all of which have reached level 50 and are each equipped with a set of fine-quality NPC-exclusive gear, which is extremely awesome and places him as the cream of the crop among Fishmen.

This has made many other players extremely envious, with many non-mainstream Race players emulating the action;, for example, Kobolds running to Kobold tribes and Goblins grinding Goblin reputation, truly distinguishing themselves differently.

Among them, what impressed Lin Xiao the most were the two Pandarens who separately opened the reputation of the Throat Bearmen and Deadwood Bearmen – two powerful rival Bear Monster tribes. Those tribes were very strong, with levels at least above 55.

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The reputation should’ve been quite difficult to grind, but the two of them decided to collaborate by feverishly sacrificing themselves to the enemy, dying countless times to raise their reputation. Although they have not yet reached ‘Revered’ status, they are well into ‘Honored’ and have already reaped substantial benefits.

After all, the Pandaren are much stronger than the Fishman Race and possess more potential value for growth.

All of this made Lin Xiao green with envy, but his chosen race was the Star Spirit, a unique presence in this world, and he could find nowhere to grind racial reputation.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Fortunately, the Gate of the Other World was about to open, or rather, it was already opening.

Players did not need to participate; when ten years passed, there were NPCs who discovered an Alien World. Many players who were doing reputation quests for the great powers noticed this, and a small number of elite players even got involved.

Although Lin Xiao had reached ‘Honored’ reputation across the entire Human Camp, he did not participate. He simply waited silently, waiting for the Gate of the Other World to open.

A lengthy wait ensued, until one day, all players suddenly saw a screen pop up in front of them. A huge, ancient door slowly opened, and an endless stream of Demon Beings poured out from within. He naturally knew that the Gate of the Other World had opened.

“Warriors, the Gate of the Other World has opened. It is time to establish your glory.”

After the routine proclamation came the highlight of this descent:

“The Gate of the Other World is now officially open. All Descenders above Level 50 must enter the Outland.”

“Gaia Main World reputation system activated!”

“Native prestige system for Outland activated!”

“The Legion Fortress System activated!”

“Earn honor by killing the Children of Nightmare!”

“For more details, please proceed to Outland to explore on your own!”

A barrage of prompts almost swamped the screen. Lin Xiao calmed down and slowly went through these messages to ensure he understood everything without missing a beat.

The Gate to Outland was located in the Land of Curse, which originally served as a leveling area for around Level 50. The place was filled with Undead Beings Level 50 and above. When Lin Xiao and all members of his girlfriend’s guild who were Level 50 or higher arrived at the Land of Curse, they saw that most of the land had become a huge fortress, teeming with elite soldiers from the races of Humans, Orcs, Elves, and others, all Level 55 or higher, congregating to exterminate the Demon Beings pouring out of the Gate of the Other World.

He gazed into the distance, where a vast pillar of green light soared into the sky, spreading layer upon layer into the heavens. The sunlight was blocked, and the world was plunged into gloom.

This Gate of the Other World was situated in a vast basin with a diameter of over ten kilometers, surrounded by six gigantic towers each two to three hundred meters tall. At the top of each tower, a colossal beam of light shot down into the basin, forming an enormous net of light that enveloped the entire area. It prevented the flying demonic creatures from escaping the Outland’s Gate.

At this time, they could not yet enter the gate. They had to wait for the NPCs to clear out these creatures before sending powerful individuals in to establish an Outpost Base.

They collected several enemy-killing quests from the overall quartermaster and formed a large team to enter the basin.

The warriors lined up with shields, and behind them, a dozen mages cast Blizzard and Rain of Fire. Blizzard was a range spell specializing in Ice Magic, and Rain of Fire specialized in Fire Laws, similar to Lin Xiao’s Thundercloud.

However, their damage was far less than his, and their casting range and spell coverage were both a lot smaller. He summoned a massive thundercloud far among the Demon Beings, and instantly hundreds of lightning bolts crashed down, with damage numbers skyrocketing.

The Demon Beings were at least Level 55 or above, with HP around three to four thousand, and among them, there were numerous elites with eleven to twelve thousand HP.

Benefiting from various equipped gear and Talents, plus an additional two hundred percent, a fifteen-second duration of his thundercloud could deal over ten thousand total damage to each target. Coupled with his high Level 68, which was more than ten levels above those around Level 55, he could kill all the ordinary Demon Beings in the area in one go, leaving the elite Demons either severely wounded or barely alive.

It’s a pity that the lightning spells were best at high-damage bursts, lacking any slowing effects, and there was no slow in his professional Talents. If he had the slowing effect of Ice Magic, none of these Demons would escape.

The ordinary monsters at Level 55 didn’t yield any experience, only the elite ones provided a few dozen points, but for the team members with an average level above 50, this experience was quite enjoyable.

It took a whole month and a half to open the gate. During that time, NPCs organized multiple efforts for strong fighters and a large number of elite soldiers to enter the gate, and several times they were forced to retreat, resulting in the loss of soldiers and generals, including several well-known Overlord Level Big Bosses over Level 70 who perished.

In such narrative missions, death meant true death – they would never respawn again.

During this period, Lin Xiao had one opportunity to follow the group into the gate. As soon as he stepped through, he felt the raging energies of the Void. What entered his eyes was a vibrant aurora traversing the Void, with green lava flowing across the desolate land. The gate to the Alien World they had opened stood upon this desolate terrain, with countless Demons nearby annihilated, but more were swarming from afar.

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