Chapter 542 - 527: Ascension of the Land of Fertility
When Li Cunxu awoke, the old president and the Fertile Divine Deer were nowhere to be seen, and his perspective had become somewhat strange.
He suddenly found himself with an extra pair of eyes, through which everything appeared pitch black.
"No, it's not just an extra pair of eyes, but an additional body, which seems trapped within a narrow space."
Li Cunxu's original body suddenly looked at the Desolate Egg. What had felt incredibly dangerous before now seemed like it was part of his own body.
Floating in front of him was the Old President's Life-saving Jade, glowing with a bright white light.
From the jade came the old president's recorded voice, explaining how to handle the servant-master contract and offering some advice.
"The pet beast 'Desolate Deer' within the egg has Evil Divine King-level potential, but don't let it grow too quickly, or the will of the evil god within the body will affect you."
"Moreover, let go of all your worries and accelerate your growth at any cost; time is running out for you!"
Li Cunxu hadn't witnessed the old president's transformation into an evil god and didn't quite understand what he meant by "time is running out," but since the old president had said so, there must be a reason, causing a sense of urgency to rise within him.
The life-saving jade flickered and transformed into a token in the blink of an eye.
Upon receiving the token, Li Cunxu felt quite pleased because it gave him the confidence, granted by the old president, to cast aside his worries and accelerate his growth.
Yet, this token could only be passively activated and wouldn't allow Li Cunxu to intentionally provoke emperors.
Despite his joy, the urgency in Li Cunxu grew stronger; what kind of danger was it that prompted the old president to take out this token to accelerate his growth?
Accepting the token, he carefully sensed the Desolate Deer's manifestation.
Li Cunxu discovered an awkward situation.
The Desolate Egg would likely not hatch in the short term.
The reason being, without a god-level soul to support it, the special eggshell of the Desolate Egg couldn't be broken through.
Fortunately, even while still in the egg, the Desolate Deer could continue to grow.
However, it couldn't move.
Li Cunxu's eyes fell upon another floating object, a Fertility Divine Crystal.
This was what the Fertile Divine Deer had left him to please the old president, as it had noticed the old president also valued the young Li Cunxu greatly.
In the hands of others, this Fertility Divine Crystal was merely a useless decoration, but for Li Cunxu, it was a treasure that could elevate his innate Fertile Land.
Li Cunxu crushed the Fertility Divine Crystal, and a tiny fragment of Authority of Fertility drilled into his forehead.
Li Cunxu felt the piece of Authority of Fertility and was very astonished.
Yes, astonished.
What kind of persuasive tactics did the old president use on the Fertile Divine Deer? Not only did the deer give up its rebirth but also shared some of its precious Authority of Fertility?
For a god to become a Divine King, their primary authority must be complete and unblemished, and the Fertile Divine Deer's act of sharing its authority essentially meant severing its path to becoming a Divine King.
The tiny fragment of Authority of Fertility plunged into the depths of Li Cunxu's soul's innate origin, and suddenly everything went black. Then, Li Cunxu's perspective shifted.
He saw the full view of Fertile Island from above.
Once a place where grasses grew tall, trees flourished, and life thrived, Fertile Island was now polluted with the corpses of the blood god's followers by the Evil Blood Divine Son, turning into an exceedingly scarlet Blood Island.
The pet beasts living there were all contaminated into bizarre blood god followers.
For instance, the slimes on the island had all been polluted and assimilated into Evil Blood Slimes.
Only the Foggy Slime managed to escape contamination, as it could shroud Fertile Blood Island in concealing mist, hiding the situation within the island.
The arrival of the Evil Blood Divine Son, however, wasn't entirely detrimental. It also had its benefits, as Fertile Blood Island expanded five hundredfold, becoming over ten times larger than Tongdu, the great city.
"The Fertile Blood Island, wrapped in concealing mist, is so large, occupying a vast sea area, yet the alliance remains oblivious. This suggests that there are traitors within the alliance providing cover; things do not bode well for the alliance either," Li Cunxu murmured.
Fertile Blood Island began to shake as if experiencing an earthquake.
As the shaking intensified, it drew the attention of the Evil Blood Divine Son.
The Evil Blood Divine Son unleashed an overwhelming surge of Spiritual Power to investigate the cause of the tremor within the island, only to find that the Epicenter was Fertile Blood Island itself, seemingly resonating with something.
Crumble~
A massive noise erupted from underground.
Like a snapped rope, the Fertile Island, serving as land for the Land of Fertility, astonishingly ascended in broad daylight.
The Evil Blood Divine Son used its power to suppress the Fertile Blood Island to prevent its ascension, but as time passed, the pulling force from the heavens seemed to grow stronger, to the point where even the Empirical Fourth-level strength of the Evil Blood Divine Son could no longer suppress it.
If it were someone else's innate fertile land ascending to a Fertile Divine Kingdom and being suppressed by the Evil Blood Divine Son, they would indeed be contained. But Li Cunxu was different.
Li Cunxu was granted a piece of the Authority of Fertility, small though it was; it was a divine-level power beyond the suppression of the Evil Blood Divine Son.
The gap between Monarch and Emperor was akin to the Yellow River, while the gap between Emperor and God was an ocean.
To a god, all below divine are but ants.
Seeing that he couldn't stop it, the Evil Blood Divine Son's gaze turned icy. Though confused about what had occurred, it knew that if Fertile Blood Island ascended, its plantation base would be lost.
Adhering to the notion that if he couldn't have it, no one else could,
The Evil Blood Divine Son soared into the sky, raising a blood-red energy ball that sent fear across the sea, causing fish to collectively faint, and even strong individuals on the coast sensed it.
With this ball, Fertile Blood Island would be obliterated in an instant.
Li Cunxu did not worry, murmuring softly, "I hadn't expected to use the token this soon; however, the token must hold back a bit, as the Evil Blood Divine Son is the Demon Lotus Slave grandpa wishes to transform; destroying it would make all these years of effort in vain."
Unexpectedly, the situation took a new turn.
The Evil Blood Divine Son's scarlet eyes turned into a sinister, bewitching black Demon Lotus, blinking a few times before reverting to blood eyes, and then quickly blinking again to become akin to Li Shiji's Demon Lotus Eyes.
The Evil Blood Divine Son struggled, letting out a roar akin to a raging inferno.
"Damn ant, you dare to enslave this divine son, how audacious of you!"
From within the Evil Blood Divine Son's body came Li Shiji's somewhat teasing voice.
"You're very angry because you've realized you're truly about to be enslaved, haven't you?"
The Evil Blood Divine Son retorted venomously, "Dream on if you think you can enslave this divine son!"
The tone was fierce, but it was mere bravado.
Because the Evil Blood Divine Son discovered it truly had no power to resist.
However, it still had its ultimate fallback—calling for its father.
"Father God, save me!"
The Evil Blood Divine Son reluctantly summoned the will of the Crimson Blood God.
Its reluctance stemmed from the shame of almost being enslaved by a Venerable King-level Beast Master, an utter humiliation for a Divine Son, which, if known by its Father God, would surely lead to disappointment.
However, there was no choice; if it didn't call upon the Father God's will, it truly would be enslaved by the Venerable King Beastmaster, and if that happened, it wouldn't just be a matter of its Father God's disappointment—it would be about losing its qualification as a Divine Son.