Chapter 441 — Machinery Too May Attain Divinity (Thanks to the Silver League patron 'Zhai Cai'!)

"My Flame of Living Beings, Xuanming's Seed of the Abyss,

little deer's Nine-Colored Divine Light inheritance crystal..."

The Holy Divine Deer: ?:

"Oh?" "One person?"

The earth-attribute divine tiger Lie Shijin, the dark giant dragon Demon King Long Nai,

and even the God of Battle who strikes first, the Golden Ox God, all looked toward Can Baobao's beast

tamer, Donghuang.

So it seemed this was the human who had obtained the inheritance of three

deities?

So it seemed this was the human who had obtained the inheritance of three

deities?

The World Tree roused them and asked them to help with the trials.

to train the human race a little; and among these several deities, they had indeed

all already decided on their own methods of testing.

They could be certain that each of their selection methods

was different.

The Boar God, Xuanming, the Holy Divine Deer—their systems for passing down power

were utterly distinct.

And yet, under such circumstances, it was the very same person

who had passed all their trials??

Their gazes rested on Donghuang for a moment—could

this be the "Child of the Era" of this age??13

Even in the Mythic Age, in some particular span of time,

there would always arise a super-genius who crushed his contemporaries,

hailed as the one most likely to assail Emberfrost Peak; so in later ages,

it was hardly strange that in some span of time a genius should appear whose talent

crushed his contemporaries.

This human, to have been able to use "that kind of method" to rouse

them—he did indeed have some ability.

"Since you have all awakened ahead of time..."

By now, the World Tree's avatar had already vaguely sensed

just what Donghuang's talent was about.

That feeling from before had absolutely not been mistaken.

Donghuang must have eaten a World Tree Fruit—one of those the World Tree

had bestowed upon the Nine Luminaries Alliance—and his psychic talent had been

developed through the World Tree Fruit.

A genius, truly.

Though he had the aid of a fruit imbued with the power of world rules,

it still counted as an astonishing talent.

Next, the World Tree intended to give Donghuang some extra attention. Having

obtained three legacies in succession, eaten a World Tree Fruit and an Undying

Fruit, and become the Child of the Stars, Donghuang, in the eyes of the World Tree's

avatar, was already the human most suited to receive the World Tree's blessing.

Of course, if in the future a human even more monstrous than Donghuang

should appear, the World Tree's avatar would be glad to favor him as well—geniuses,

after all, were never too many. But the precondition was that they be like Lin Feng

or Donghuang, geniuses capable of crushing their contemporaries.

The likes of the Flame Dragon King could never catch the eye of the World

Tree's avatar.

"Then let us quicken the pace of the trials," said the World Tree's avatar.

It was also well aware that these deities were in an exceedingly weakened

state; awakening for a long span of time would leave them exhausted.

Since that was so, best to shorten the intervals between trials.

"One, two, three... which is to say, the next turn

falls to me, doesn't it." At that moment, that tiger-kin who resembled a Mountain Lord

—it was now his turn.

The divine spirit's eyes burned with supreme divine majesty; merely gazing straight at it

made the blood of many living beings churn.

"This divine spirit's intimidation..." The Fallen Angel drew a deep

breath, feeling it was even more terrifying than the intimidation

he had sensed from Donghuang.

"Indeed." The World Tree clone nodded. "Lord Lie

Shijin, have you decided on the content of the trial?"

"Let me think."

"That fellow the Boar God has probably gone looking for the strongest

fire-attribute lifeform of later ages, while Xuanming's fellow is searching

for a lifeform capable of inheriting the power of the abyss. As for little deer, it

seems he's deciding his inheritor based on a comparison of the human race's beast-taming talents?"

Holy Divine Deer: ?

Gem Cat: ? No speaking ill of little deer! Show some respect

!

Lie Shijin made his judgment, and then his stone-peak-like tiger

whiskers swayed as he bared his fangs.

"I've thought it over. Originally I intended to select an earth

attribute lifeform, but hearing you say that because of the human race, an entirely

new form of life has been born—mechanical life, is it called?—I

have suddenly grown rather curious about it."

"Hey, among you, does anyone have a mechanical-type

lifeform under contract? Summon it and let me see."

"Is that human powerhouse who created the mechanical type here?"

"I intend to pick a mechanical-type lifeform

that catches my eye and grant it the inheritance."

BOOM!!

The moment this tiger-type divine spirit finished speaking, the faces of the Totem Kingdom's

beast tamers instantly fell.

"What the hell???"

You're an earth-attribute divine spirit, a tiger

clansman—what are you curious about the mechanical type for???

They say cats are curious—since when are tigers!

The tiger clan and earth-attribute lifeforms of the Totem Kingdom could be said

to have plunged from heaven to hell in an instant.

At this very moment, the many contestants finally understood

just how bizarre these divine spirits' ideas were.

Apart from the Boar God, who was a bit more normal, the rest... none of them

played by the rules!

"Damn it!"

"This is blatant favoritism toward the Seven Nations!"

Within the alternate space, one Totem demigod after another wore

grim expressions.

The mechanical type—that was plainly the mainstream of the Seven Nations, especially

in Shanjun Dao; nearly every one of their contestants was proficient in mech—

The Mechanical Element!

Every totem demigod, every totem alien present felt it plainly:

this was nothing less than handing an inheritance straight to the Mountain Lord Dao.

Mountain Lord Dao... was, one could safely say, the human nation these totem folk hated most.

They loathed it above all others.

After all, if not for Mountain Lord Dao's Mechanical Legend Z—

the first ever to research the Mechanical Element—

the human race could never have won the Totem War so swiftly.

The monstrous reserves of talent and resources held by the Seven Nations had always been a source of envy for the Totem Kingdom.

They had always coveted it.

"This deity—I am here." At that moment, Shenfeng's

Mechanical Legend Z stepped out from his alternate space.

Seeing the pride of their own nation, their strongest Legend, appear before them,

the contestants of Mountain Lord Dao were overcome with excitement.

Their nation's Legend... had drawn the particular attention of a mythological lifeform!

Extraordinary attention, at that!

"If it is the Mechanical Element you wish to see, then the contestants of my Mountain Lord Dao all hold contracts, and the beasts bound to those contracts are likewise formidable,

possessed of no ordinary potential," said the Shenfeng Legend Z.

"Indeed?"

"Is it true, as I have heard, that the Mechanical Element can effortlessly annihilate demigods?"

"And that you have even remodeled a demigod-level mechanical divine eagle approaching the domain of the gods?"

Lie Shijin wore an expression of keen interest.

In the Mythic Age, apart from those races blessed by heaven from birth,

other living beings found it exceedingly difficult to ascend to mythic status.

They had to endure countless evolutions

before they could even gain the potential to step into the divine domain.

In its eyes, this human powerhouse had taken a newborn life race—

in an era where the rules themselves were incomplete—

and shaped it to quasi-divine potential. That alone was already remarkable beyond measure.

No wonder the World Tree said the human race possessed extraordinary potential; such means

in the Mythic Age were ordinarily found only among those mythic races.

Only among them.