The Era of Gods

Chapter 599: Chapter 599 Trading

Inside Snake Country, where Ten-Thousand Snakes dominated, a giant serpent thousands of kilometers long coiled in front of a massive stone pillar, facing another colossal creature a few hundred meters tall not far from the pillar, its immense voice thundering like rolling thunder.

This Descender known as White Snake had been living as an Ancient God incarnation for over ten thousand years. He had descended into this world and started to establish himself a very long time ago, and now he had two Ancient God incarnations under his control—one was the White Snake before him, and the other was at the other end of the world, a powerful Sequence Zero Ancient God.

Unlike Lin Xiao, who was just passing through this world, White Snake treated it as his main conquest world and had been laying out plans for his Divine Enthronement.

After learning the purpose of Lin Xiao’s visit, White Snake remained silent for a long time before speaking:

“Chaos Rules are the foundation of this incarnation of mine. Normally, I can’t possibly give them to you.”

Lin Xiao did not respond but merely waited in silence for White Snake’s next sentence.

Since it was not an outright refusal, that meant a trade was possible.

Normally he couldn’t give them up, but what about abnormal circumstances?

White Snake said:

“We’re both clever. There’s no need for beating around the bush. I have a plan that has been in the making for thousands of years. Would you like to hear it and perhaps join in?”

“Please, go on.”

“I have two incarnations that descended into this world: one is White Snake, and the other is stronger than White Snake. I’ve set my sights on the Fear Rule controlled by the Fury and Hatred God among the three main gods of Ley Kingdom. I need you to join my operation. If we can kill the Fury and Hatred God and seize the Rule he controls, not only will you obtain the Chaos Rules from me, but the Fury and Hatred God also possesses part of the Fear Rule. By gathering them together, your strength will definitely become even more formidable.”

“An assault directly inside the Divine Kingdom of the Fury and Hatred God?”

Lin Xiao was quite surprised by White Snake’s audacity and, without much thought, shook his head:

“Too risky. Any being in this world that can be called a god is at least comparable to Medium Divine Power and the stronger ones to Powerful Divine Power. Even if the Fury and Hatred God is the weakest, it would still possess Medium Divine Power. Just the two of us hunting down a Medium Divine Power within the enemy’s Divine Kingdom? Either you are insane or I am.”

White Snake said:

“Of course, it’s not just the three of our incarnations. This time, I will act with my True Body. I also have another incarnation and a being of Godhood, and I will open the Divine Realm Gate and use my Divine Realm to suppress the Divine Kingdom of the Fury and Hatred God, reducing his strength to the lowest.”

“Still no.”

With a puzzled expression, Lin Xiao couldn’t help but ask:

“If you’re willing to act with your True Body and Divine Realm, your strength should be sufficient without this incarnation of mine, right? Why wait for my arrival to implement a plan that’s been in preparation for thousands of years? Not to be rude, but this makes me doubt your intentions.”

Upon hearing this, a strange look crossed White Snake’s face before he suddenly burst into a great laughter:

“Brother, you must have entered this world not long ago, and probably not long since your Divine Enthronement. There might be things you don’t know.”

“I’m all ears!”

“I’m not just asking for the aid of this incarnation of yours. While powerful, your incarnation alone cannot change the outcome of a battle of this magnitude. I am inviting your True Body and all your strength.”

His brows furrowed, just as Lin Xiao was about to speak, White Snake continued:

“In this world, if our incarnations enter the Divine Kingdoms of the Starworld gods, due to some unknown Rules, our Divine Realms will be automatically connected and interfaced, forcing you to act with full strength whether you like it or not.”

“There’s such a thing?”

Lin Xiao half-believed and half-doubted, though he leaned more towards belief because such claims were easily verifiable and unlikely to deceive.

If that was the case, White Snake’s previous behavior could be explained.

“What do you think, are you willing to try? Both our True Bodies are True Gods, and with many incarnations, we have a great chance to kill the Fury and Hatred God.”

Lin Xiao didn’t answer, but his expression was peculiar.

In that instant, his thoughts wandered elsewhere.

If what White Snake said was true, that in this world entering the Divine Kingdoms of the Starworld gods would cause Divine Realms to automatically connect… then could he set up an ambush with a bunch of True God Level subordinates within his Divine Kingdom and, upon attacking the Divine Kingdoms of the Starworld gods, summon his subordinates out and combine full-force attack with the suppression of his Divine Realm to eliminate the gods within their Divine Kingdoms in one fell swoop?

This idea excited Lin Xiao; his thoughts raced uncontrollably.

“If so, wouldn’t it be possible to kill different Ancient gods using this method and plunder their Rules?”

Not just ordinary Ancient gods, even those existences comparable to Powerful Divine Power could be hunted.

After all, he knew quite a few powerful figures who owed him favors; using these connections to request their aid once wouldn’t be a problem.

Not many were needed; even killing one existence comparable to Powerful Divine Power would be immensely beneficial.

With this in mind, Lin Xiao’s breathing became rapid, the temptation immense.

“What’s it going to be, have you decided?”

White Snake looked at Lin Xiao with a smile, judging by his reaction, White Snake felt the deal was secure.

As expected, Lin Xiao nodded and said:

“We can cooperate once, but the distribution of spoils needs to change. If, as you say, I must also act with my True God and Divine Realm, I too would be taking a huge risk. But you would have already secured the greatest benefit, leaving me with little, which is clearly not equal.”

“The spoils of war can be discussed. I only want the Godhood of Fury and Hatred, as well as the Divine Kingdom. Everything else collected by the Fury and Hatred God, including all the Rules in his Divine Kingdom’s storehouses, are yours. How does that sound?”

“Don’t underestimate these things. The Fury and Hatred God has lived in this world for more than a million years and has collected countless treasures, killed who knows how many lower-rank Ancient ones, and holds no fewer than a hundred Rules, albeit incomplete ones. But with enough of them and the major kicker being you can integrate the Fury and Hatred God’s Divine Kingdom into your own Divine Realm, the value is not insignificant. Altogether, the total value won’t be lesser than the two Rules of Fury and Hatred that I would take.”

“Agreed!”

This was precisely what Lin Xiao wanted, with a vast Divine Kingdom to strengthen his Divine Realm, and possibly all the remaining Chaos Rules the Fury and Hatred God had.

“A wise choice. You’ll see this decision is the right one.”

“I hope so. By the way, when do we start the operation?”

“Within two years.”

“That long?”

“That’s for preparations. Moreover, recently, a dispute arose among the three Main Gods of the Ley Kingdom over uneven distribution of benefits. It seems that a God War might break out between the gods of Fear and Hatred and the Eternal Night God. When that happens, we might be able to stir the pot a bit and weaken Them.”

“Fine!”

Lin Xiao shrugged and said:

“I’ll leave that to you. I’ll take this chance to have a look around and see if I can hunt down a few more Ancients.”

“Hold on.”

White Snake said:

“Killing these weak Ancients won’t do much good. I have a private channel here, full of True God Level Sons of the Divine Realm who have descended into this world and intend to develop here. Everyone shares information in here, and you can come in to have a look and meet some people.”

“After all, following this operation, you will definitely have an Incarnation that stays in this world permanently. Whether or not you focus on this world, it’s always good to know more people.”

“Furthermore, many people have left their reserves and pawns in this world, including some Ancients who have already been subdued by them. Your indiscriminate killing could easily disrupt others’ plans, so it’s best to understand more to avoid making enemies for no reason.”

emmm…..

The ‘channel’ White Snake was talking about is a channel in the usual sense. Although the Strength of the Main World has reached here, since the military hasn’t strategized to take over this world and there’s no Outpost Base, normally they cannot communicate with each other in this world.

However, many Powerful Divine Powers have used their privileges to apply for a private channel. True Gods below the True God Level who descend into this world are aware of the channel but cannot join it.

White Snake shared the private channel, and after verification, Lin Xiao found a light screen pop up in front of him, entering a… somewhat deserted private channel.

An unfamiliar name entered the channel, and for a long time, nobody responded.

Lin Xiao watched the slightly over one hundred members of the channel for nearly ten minutes, before a person with the alias White Snake at-ed him to welcome him and left a message:

“It’s like this for everyone, they don’t pay attention here unless they need something. Just at everyone when you have something.”

Lin Xiao shrugged, indicating he understood.

After all, this channel has been running for perhaps tens of thousands of years. Even the most talkative people would tire of chatting for that long.

After pondering for a moment, he posted a message in the channel and then left.

Just after he exited, he sensed someone at-ing him in the channel. When he opened it again, someone by the name of Andes Eagle was at-ing him saying:

“My Incarnation is at Mt. Andes, south of the Ley Kingdom. Come over when you have time.”

Just as he was about to reply, another person at-ed him:

“I had a subordinate in the east of Ley Kingdom, lost contact with him recently—was that your doing?”

Ah…

“It can’t be such a coincidence, can it?”

He hurriedly asked: @@novelbin@@

“What’s the name of your subordinate, and what does he look like?”

“Humanoid form, body covered in black scales, head shaped like a horn, master of the Shadow Rule.”

Lin Xiao….

He didn’t reply for a long time, which quickly drew a follow-up question from the other side:

“Was it you?”

With a slight embarrassment, he replied:

“If I’m not mistaken, yes, I killed him. I was chasing after The Furious One and saw your subordinate there too. Since I didn’t know him, I thought I might as well take them all out in one go…”

“…”

At this point, White Snake said to him:

“It’s true, that was indeed his subordinate.”

Feeling quite awkward, Lin Xiao heard the man say:

“Ignorance is no sin. Return the Shadow Rule to me.”

Lin Xiao cleared his throat, still a bit awkward, and replied:

“I’ve used the Shadow Rule, but I have several other Rules on hand. Why don’t you pick two?”

After a good while, the person replied:

“Just send any two.”

“Where are you? I’ll bring them to you.”

“No need. You’re with White Snake, right? Give them to him; I’ll come get them.”

“Okay.”

Not sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that the person didn’t trust him.