The Era of Gods - Chapter 63

Chapter 63: 5 Years Later

Translator: 549690339

But students are generally unable to accurately assess the impact period, so in order to standardize, it was stipulated that the rules should be based on a one-month influence period for a Five Star Card.

The reason why the number of Card fusions can accumulate involves a term called “stability.” If a Divine Realm does not fuse cards for a long period of time, it will become increasingly stable, allowing for multiple cards to be fused at once, up until the limit of stability is reached.

However, there will be slight changes after sophomore year in high school; by that time, students’ Divine Realms usually have developed, and cards can be fused more rapidly, meaning that an even greater number of cards can be fused.

That is to say, in the first year of opening the Divine Realm, only one card can be fused per month.

In the second year, two cards can be fused per month.

By senior year, three cards can be fused per month.

After senior year, if one becomes a Demigod, the limit will be even higher; but if one still cannot become a Demigod, the monthly card fusion limit remains the same as in the third year and will not increase further.

Because of the special nature of the three years of high school, these years are also known as the “Golden Three Years,” which are crucial for laying a solid foundation. If one cannot become a Demigod in these three years, the chances of coalescing Godhood will decrease year by year, and the likelihood of becoming a Demigod afterwards will grow increasingly slim.

Of course, this rule only applies to students of formal schools. Those students who have dropped out can use cards to enhance their Divine Realms without restrictions.

But the consequence is that the stability of the Divine Realm will decrease, affecting its foundation, not only making it difficult to coalesce Godhood to become a Demigod, but also nearly impossible to ignite the Divine Fire and become an immortal True God.

Therefore, any student aspiring to become a True God will strictly adhere to this rule, daring not to covet immediate success with the psychology of taking a chance.

Even Lin Xiao, who has the Golden Finger, wouldn’t dare to do so. For now, he can only store the cards and collect the Giant Sea Serpent corpse into the Creation Rubik’s Cube instead of his Divine Realm, fearing that the toxins and malice of the Giant Sea Serpent might pollute his Divine Realm.

Such an extremely powerful and vast Sea Beast’s aura of Death is not easy to dissipate, and placing it in the confined space of a Divine Realm would affect the realm.

As for the Naga that died in battle, they were almost unable to find intact corpses, so they simply let them sink int the sea, to either be eaten by sea creatures or to rot under the influence of the Sea Serpent’s poison.

Returning to the original place, he found the Fish people who had stayed behind. After resting for a while, they set off again, and half an hour later, a huge coral reef appeared in front of them. A small group of local Fish people were collecting kelp. When they saw the approaching massive group of Fish people, they were stunned for a moment, then dropped everything and turned to run, scurrying away while shouting in panic.

“These little creatures are quite hostile!”

They were a far cry from the Fish people tribe that had already been conquered, and Lin Xiao’s senses soured.

The team stopped here, and Lin Xiao called together all the Fishman Naga who had participated in the battle while the other Fish people who hadn’t fought gathered in a circle. He gave another routine stirring speech to rally his subordinates, then he opened the Clan panel that only he could see, and with a thought:

“Promote!”

In an instant, over seven million Faith values were consumed, transforming into nearly two thousand rays of gold light of varying sizes that descended from the heavens and entered ninety percent of his Followers.

Luckily, he had harvested a wave of Faith values after annihilating the Fish people and Lobstermen Tribes; otherwise, the Faith values he had accumulated would not have been enough for his subordinates’ promotion.

The number of promotions this time was quite substantial, coincidentally right after he had yet to upgrade from the previous extermination of the Frogman Tribe.

Although these wild fish people couldn’t enjoy such treatment, Lin Xiao didn’t mention it, and they weren’t aware of it themselves. They truly believed it was the God of the Fish People showing miracles. After the promotion ended, the degree of faith surged.

After this round of promotions, Lin Xiao had a total of 101 Level 3 Naga warriors, 356 Level 2 Naga warriors, and the remaining unpromoted ones were mostly pregnant Naga who were unable to participate in battle.

There have been even greater changes among the Fishman Followers. Out of more than two thousand Grey Mist Fish People, there are now seven hundred and forty-four Level 2 Fishman warriors, and one thousand three hundred and eighty First Level Fishman warriors, with less than a hundred remaining unpromoted.

Add to this a heap of Cannon Fodder Fishmen, and the total strength of Lin Xiao’s forces had surged once more.

Unfortunately, no Level 4 Naga were born, except for Lin Xiao himself.

After slaying the Giant Sea Serpent, he finally accumulated enough experience to be promoted to a Level 4 Naga Shark Hunting Warrior.

This rank meant that a single Naga possessed the strength to hunt down a large shark on their own.

Once promoted, Lin Xiao pointed towards the east, where several leagues away there was a coral island, and a large group of Fish People were vehemently charging over from there.

Without needing his command, the many newly promoted Followers and Fishmen who had witnessed the Followers’ promotions were even more eager than him, enthusiastically taking up arms to meet the incoming forces.

Then, there was no ‘then’.

They overwhelmed the enemy in a wave, the Naga flanked and encircled from behind, and within less than ten minutes, the group of fish people surrendered.

An hour later, they captured the Coral Island Fish People Tribe, taking over their territory in a swift dove-over-sparrow occupation.

The defeated Fish People naturally became slaves and were ordered to expand the tribe.

Lin Xiao checked the Fish People Tribe and found that basically, there wasn’t much of value, except for the altar. Unfortunately, the tribe was too small and hadn’t accumulated much faith value, not even reaching a million in total.

In the following days, Lin Xiao obtained information about the surrounding seas from the conquered Fish People tribes. After settling down, he led his forces out to specifically conquer the nearby Fish People tribes.

Traveling hundreds of kilometers to the north, and after nearly a year, they conquered several small and large Fish People tribes, nine in total, including the small one they encountered at the southern river mouth. They also encountered Fish People tribes with populations of ten to twenty thousand, and in total, nearly sixty thousand Fish People were gathered near the immense coral reef, forming a super Large Fishman Tribe.

But Lin Xiao was still not satisfied; these seventy thousand Fish People were not enough to fulfill his plans.

Next, they headed south, crossing Yuyuan City and Black Water Swamp all the way to the southernmost tip of the continent. Relying on tens of thousands of Fish People’s Army and elite Naga, they swept over more than twenty Fish People tribes and Other Races tribes in a little over two years.

By the fifth year since Lin Xiao entered this realm, the first batch of Fish People had given birth for the third time, and the first-born youths had come of age, establishing a huge Fishman Tribe with a population of one hundred and forty thousand Fish People.

At this point, the Fish People Tribe had expanded into a colossal entity, the third largest power in the region aside from Yuyuan City and Black Water Swamp.

Or rather, if it weren’t for the backing of Demigods in these two major powers, the Fish People Tribe would have surpassed them in terms of conventional strength already.

After all, one hundred and forty thousand Fish People was no small number, not to mention that he commanded a force of Naga Shark Hunting Warriors, each of whom was at Level 4.