The Era of Gods - Chapter 60

Chapter 60: On the Way to Moving

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There’s a saying that one mountain cannot contain two tigers, and the sea already has a Sea God. From the very title of Sea God, one can discern their ambition; they would never tolerate the existence of a Serpent god to compete for faith in the ocean. These two demigods are inherently adversaries.

By drawing the army from Yuyuan City to attack the Black Water Swamp, Lin Xiao intended to set these two forces against each other, stoking the flames from the sidelines until the opportunity arose to break through the defenses of both the Frog People and the Snake Tribe, shifting the Snake People Demigod’s rage onto Yuyuan City and making his escape.

The plan was sound and feasible, but whether it could be successfully executed would depend on real-time maneuvering.

Moreover, before embarking on this mad scheme, he needed to complete another task of slaying a Sea Beast first and secure the reward.

After all, he was not sure if his mad idea would succeed. Generally speaking, the likelihood of kneeling was greater than that of success. It was prudent to secure the rewards first in case it failed and he was left with nothing.

Early the next morning, Lin Xiao led more than two thousand Fishmen and three hundred Naga out. According to the map, he entered the depths of the ocean.

After swimming approximately more than twenty kilometers to the northeast of the Black Water Swamp, they arrived near a massive coral reef ecosystem.

According to the map’s markings, the area where the Sea Beast often roamed was right here.

The coral reefs attracted a diversity of microorganisms and plankton, which in turn drew a plethora of fish. The richness of fish life had lured a shallow water Fish people tribe to settle here. Large numbers of fish plus Fishmen had attracted numerous predators, and the Sea Beast they were tasked with hunting was one of these predators.

Thanks to the transparent seawater near the coral reefs, one could clearly see the colorful corals swaying with the current, colorful fish darting in and out of the reefs, and occasionally, small octopi or lobsters hiding under the crevices.

A slender sea fish as thick as an arm swam over the vibrant corals, nibbling on the algae. Suddenly, a tentacle emerged from the shadows beneath a pile of rocks at the edge of the seaweed, coiled around the fish in a flash, and pulled it into the dark. A cloud of silt rose up, leaving no further movement.

After a while, an almost two-meter-long electric eel happened to swim by. The tentacle shot out fiercely, coiling around the sleek, slippery electric eel. With no flashing of electric light, the tentacle stiffened, and as the electric eel struggled fiercely, it pulled out the creature it belonged to—a desk-sized octopus hidden underneath the rock pile.

The dazed octopus was utterly paralyzed and could only watch helplessly as the electric eel started to feed on its body.

“Bang!”

A Short Spear pierced through the water, trailing a long trajectory and striking the electric eel with force, nailing it to the ocean floor’s muddy sand. The electric eel, not yet dead, struggled madly, stirring up clouds of silt and muddying the nearby water.

But the spear was thrown with such strength that it lodged deep into the mud beneath the sandy ocean floor, and the thick-bodied electric eel could not immediately break free.

Seconds later, a dark swarm of Fishman Naga converged on the scene. A towering Supreme Naga leader watched the struggling electric eel from afar and, feeling the tingling sensation from nearly ten meters away, couldn’t help clicking his tongue:

“Damn, that’s powerful!”

With a gesture, he took another Short Spear from his subordinate and hurled it toward the target, piercing the electric eel’s head and leaving it skewered.

After a while, the electric eel ceased its struggles, and its entire body discharged electricity. Only then did Lin Xiao approach, pulling out the Short Spear and collecting the electric eel’s corpse.

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The value of this creature to Lin Xiao was higher than ten thousand Frog People. Frog People couldn’t be refined into anything worthwhile, but the electric eel’s ability to discharge electricity was quite valuable, not to sell but for personal use.

He planned to see if he could incorporate this ability to discharge electricity into the Naga during their next evolution, making it one of the innate talents of the evolved Naga.

Just think, if the Naga possessed the same electrical discharge ability as the electric eel, enemies would experience the sensation of being electrified with every encounter in battle—it was an incredibly thrilling prospect.

This coral reef area was extremely vast, probably spanning over ten to twenty kilometers, with several coral islands and numerous hidden rocks within. While searching for that Sea Beast, Lin Xiao discovered a Large Fishman Tribe gathered near one of the coral islands. The tribe was somewhat smaller than Lin Xiao’s, with seven to eight thousand Fish People.

This group of Fish People was quite aggressive. They launched an attack at their first encounter, even against their own Fishman kind.

Lin Xiao didn’t take this to heart; after all, the attacking Fish People were dispatched by his subordinates immediately. Instead, he stroked his chin with interest at the coral reefs.

If he were to implement that crazy plan, the tribe’s location couldn’t remain next to the Black Water Swamp. Otherwise, they would be caught in the midst of the battle between Yuyuan City and the Black Water Swamp. This coral reef, located twenty kilometers from the sea to the northeast of Black Water Swamp and to the northwest of Yuyuan City, seemed to be a pretty good spot. It was far enough from both Yuyuan City and the Swamp, yet not too remote, and it wasn’t situated directly between the two.

After circling a few coral reefs without finding the required Sea Beast, he immediately returned to mobilize the tribe for relocation.

Since the tribe’s structures had not been completed, he instructed the Fish People to hoist the timber into the water, bind it into a huge raft, and pile all the stored food onto it, pushing it toward their designated new home.

On their way to the coral reef, the scent of the abundant food on the raft attracted a large number of predators, but the greater numbers of Fish People and Naga scared off most of them. Only a few brainless ones dared to attack the procession, naturally becoming part of the tribe’s food reserves.

However, as they neared the coral reefs, their group encountered a large Shark group that likely had twenty to thirty individuals.

Drawn by the smell of food and cautious of the large group of Fish People, the sharks did not turn away in fear. Instead, they scattered and continually circled the procession, constantly probing and intimidating the edge of the Fish People group, seeking opportunities to strike.

Meanwhile, the presence of this group of sharks gradually attracted more marine predators—large, sharp-toothed carnivores that were clearly meat-eaters.

As more and more predators converged, the Shark group began to grow restless, and their probing actions became increasingly bold.

Lin Xiao, situated in the center of the tribe, furrowed his brows.

“We can’t go on like this; the number of predators will only increase,” he muttered.

Every creature has a herd mentality. As the number of predators grew, not only would their boldness increase, but it would also draw in even more predators from afar. In just a short time, two more small Shark groups arrived, and the number of sharks neared fifty, forming a significant Shark group capable of easily hunting down a smaller Fish People tribe.

He made a decisive decision to strike first.

After discussing with a few Naga leaders, they spread out and gathered several groups of Naga, each led by one Level 3 Naga with several Level 2 Naga as the backbone and a large number of ordinary Fish People as cannon fodder.