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Chapter 418 A Series of Successive Gains! So this mysterious forbidden zone is really this fun?
Chapter 418 A Series of Successive Gains! So this mysterious forbidden zone is really this fun?
"A monster approaching the pinnacle of godhood—"
Sensing the aura emanating from the giant whale behind him, Xia Fa made a rough assessment of its strength.
It truly lives up to its reputation as a mysterious forbidden zone; the deeper you go, the more dangerous it becomes.
In the real world, if the Emperor of Mystery were the most powerful among ordinary superhumans, daring to come to this Five Inch Zone would be tantamount to courting death. Fortunately, although I am only a god, I am already capable of fighting against the Celestial Venerable.
With that in mind, Xia Fagang prepared to make his move.
Just then, a "Hey!" was heard, and it was Veronica, the leader of the Ten Thousand Poisons, who suddenly stretched out the iron pincers in her hand.
She stood an astonishing five meters tall, a true giant beauty. The iron pincers in her hands were naturally much larger than Xia Fa's. With just a stretch, they caused the surrounding black acid to surge in torrents, their power quite astonishing.
The giant whale monster's jaws, filled with sharp, nail-like teeth, snapped down at that moment. Veronica hadn't turned around, yet the iron pincers had pierced its upper jaw perfectly, the timing was remarkably precise.
With a sudden burst of strength, she flung the colossal whale, which was tens of thousands of meters long, forward as if performing an over-the-shoulder throw, sending it flying far away.
A pale yellow glow shone in the black water, emanating from the giant whale monster.
Suddenly, the giant whale with brown skin and black spots began to struggle violently. Its massive body thrashed and writhed in the water, twisting and turning like a shrimp in boiling water, appearing to be in extreme pain.
Suddenly, a mournful cry rang out, and it stopped moving. The pale yellow glow on its body became more and more intense, turning into light bulb-like bubbles that floated up from its surface.
Xiafa immediately sensed that these bubbles contained an astonishingly potent poison, the kind that even ordinary Outer Gods couldn't withstand.
"Don't worry, anyone who has been infected with my bee eggs is immune to my poison. This is one of my rules."
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The Poisonous Patriarch Veronica chuckled, then flew over and, amidst the densely rising fluorescent bubbles, approached the giant whale.
She seemed to be searching for something, and suddenly, as if sensing something, she thrust her huge iron pincers directly into the back of the giant whale.
Just before the piercing, Xia Fa clearly saw a transparent sphere emerge from the end of the iron pincers. Immediately afterward, Veronica pulled the pincers out of the giant whale's body. Then, a pure white, light-seeking silver crystal the size of a lychee was attracted to the transparent sphere!
The appearance of the pure white, light-chasing crystal silver cube further illuminated the surrounding black water.
Xia Fa then realized that they were actually in a group of jagged rocks, with swaying aquatic plants on both sides. Occasionally, scarlet eyes would flash and disappear among the aquatic plants, and black fish-like shadows would quickly pass by.
Countless strange insects of all kinds—some resembling cockroaches, some maggots, and some leeches—climbed and clung to the rock face. Some crawled around, while others remained still, but all of them exuded an extremely dangerous aura.
"What kind of place is this?!"
Seeing such a bizarre environment, even Xia Fa felt a chill run down his spine.
In particular, the primary objective was to find the skin of the [Mortal Serpent] that could be swallowed, in order to see if some of the nine divine mutations of the Moon Mother Goddess could be obtained.
The secondary objective is to find the Star Spirit "Spider" at its peak speed and overclocking capability. It is a Star Spirit with the rank of Celestial Venerable. Once it can be subdued, it will greatly enhance my current strength!
Not to mention, the overclocked "Speed" can also give him an unparalleled speed boost, which is what makes Xia Fa extremely interested.
However, as he descended deeper into the [Mortal Serpent], he found it increasingly strange and dangerous, and he realized the difficulty of achieving his two goals.
However difficult it may be, he will definitely do it, especially after he knows the decisive factors in a person's strength after becoming a true god.
Without a doubt, if I could obtain the nine divine mutations of the Moon Mother Goddess, that is, gather all eighteen divine mutations and become a true god, I would definitely be much stronger than if I only had the nine divine mutations of the Sun God King to become a true god!
Not to mention, in addition to the eighteen kinds of god-level mutations, the hegemon-level secret contract he signed, the certificate of eternity he possessed, and even the secret star spirits he subdued—all of these can greatly enhance his strength after he becomes a true god!
Indeed, as the signatory of the "Celestial Spirit Lord", the Celestial Spirit is an important part of his own power. After he becomes a true god, the Celestial Spirit can naturally also have the status of a true god.
It is said that the [Nature Monarch], one of the nine great gods, once subdued a star spirit. After becoming a god, that star spirit also possessed a godhood, but just like the godhood avatar of the [Paradox Joker], it was not counted among the nine great gods.
In fact, many Protoss signatories, even those from other churches, secretly believe in the Nature Lord because the Nature Lord possesses a Protoss with the status of a true god.
The three brothers, "Iron-Blooded Conquerors Paul," could possess the same person if they could grant that person power approaching that of a true god—but that's only when they are merely at the Heavenly Venerable level. What if they could become true gods alongside me?
"Oh right, once I sign the Primal Stomach Contract, it seems I can also gain extraordinary talents by devouring supernatural creatures or bizarre beings—although it's far inferior to god-level mutations, it has the advantage of sheer numbers—"
Thinking this way, Xia Fa suddenly felt that it didn't matter how strange or dangerous the [Mortal Serpent] was. Anyway, whether it was the Moon Mother Goddess's skin that could be devoured or the Secret Star Spirit's overclocked speed "Speed," he was determined to wait for it!
Not to mention, by subduing the overclocked speedster "Speed," he can also advance the comprehensibility of the Celestial Mage to 100%, at which point he can sign the Primal Stomach and search everywhere for bizarre and supernatural creatures to devour.
"Here you go, you seem to have signed the Silver Throne, right? This pure white, light-traveling crystal silver is just right for you."
A delicate and melodious voice rang out; it was Veronica, the leader of the Ten Thousand Poisons. She had swum back at some point, holding up the huge iron pincers and extending them in front of Xia Fa.
Xia Fa was still thinking about how to trick this lychee-sized pure white light-chasing silver crystal into coming over, since according to the [First History], before becoming a true god, absorbing various sacred metals and extraordinary fruits can also improve one's strength after becoming a true god.
Unexpectedly, Veronica gave it to her directly!
"Well, I'm so sorry, haha, consider it a debt I owe you. By the way, what kind of sacred metal do you need?"
While laughing, Xia Fa took the silver with his iron tongs and, with a thought, placed the hard-won pure white light-chasing crystal into an empty black bag.
"I need abundant zinc fertilizer," mainly to cultivate various plants and flowers for my own honey production and to feed my poison bees.
"Fertile soil, abundant blessings, and rich zinc—" Xia Fa murmured, nodding. "Yes, I've got it."
Abundant Blessed Zinc is a rare sacred metal that does not correspond to any overlord-level secret contract. Moreover, its production is extremely rare, even rarer than the "Gathering of All Miracles" corresponding to the "Miracle Fantasy".
But its effects are also amazing. Just burying a small amount of Enriched Soil Zinc in the soil can cultivate almost any extraordinary plant!
Of course, the abundant zinc will also be consumed as a result, and the rate of consumption depends on the quality of the extraordinary plants being cultivated. If old fruits are planted, they will probably be consumed in one go.
Since he didn't really have much use for the Abundant Soil and Zinc, Xia Fa decided to help Veronica, the Poison Patriarch, find it.
"By the way, Nature's Bee, where did you get the information that 'Overclocked Speedster' was found inside this [World Serpent]?"
Xia Fa suddenly remembered this and asked his pet a question through his spiritual intuition.
The Bee of Nature immediately responded through its spiritual intuition: "Master, you may not believe it, but when I was shopping in the extraordinary market of the City of Gold Pounds, I bought a dried merman. That dried merman carried an aura similar to that of the Iron-Blooded Conqueror Paul. Then I did some divination and vaguely found this clue."
"Is that so?"
Xia Fa frowned slightly, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes, as if a lot had come to mind in an instant.
First of all, this dried murloc might have been killed by some extraordinary monarch in the Serpent's Mouth or Inch Zone of the World Serpent, dried, and then sold in the City of Gold Pounds.
Luckily, I was smart enough to have the Nature Bee smell the scent of the Ironblood Conqueror "Paul" beforehand, so that it would remember it; otherwise, it would have been really hard to find it.
But why is there a fish-man carrying the aura of the overclocked and extremely fast "Spider"?
He couldn't figure out the mystery for the time being because there were too few clues.
However, at least we now have a direction.
"If we encounter any fish-man monsters, we should secretly follow them; maybe we can find the location of 'Overclocked Speedster' —"
As Xia Fazheng was thinking this, he saw Veronica, the leader of the Ten Thousand Poisons, sway her tall and fiery body and swim to the rock wall on the left.
He was about to ask Veronica if she had discovered something when he saw her picking up plump, white maggots with the iron pliers as if she were picking peanuts in a field. A flash of light appeared at the end of the pliers, indicating that she was putting them into her black bag.
Xia Fa felt a chill run down his spine and couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing?"
The Poisonous Patriarch Veronica turned around and smiled charmingly: "My parasitic wasps need to lay their eggs in the larvae of other insects in order to hatch new parasitic wasps. I think these maggots are of good quality, so I collected them."
When Xia Fa heard about the purpose of the Poisonous Chieftain's visit, she knew that there were definitely more than just the Holy Poison Bee among her followers; she just liked to take the Holy Poison Bee on patrols.
So he nodded, indicating that he understood, and waited patiently.
Before long, Veronica had collected all the maggots on the entire rock face. For some reason, looking at the clean, black rock face, Xia Fa inexplicably felt refreshed.
"Alright, let's continue our deep dive."
Veronica had just arrived at the five-inch zone and had already made quite a few gains. Her mood improved significantly, and her tone became much more lively.
Xia Fa nodded slightly, just about to continue diving down along the rift-like underwater terrain.
Just then, Veronica, the Patriarch of Ten Thousand Poisons, seemed to remember something and reminded her, "Oh right, I forgot to tell you before, once you reach the Five Inch Zone, even Outer Gods can only activate various secret bond abilities or other means through these iron pincers. Don't activate your secret bond abilities directly like you did in the Snake Mouth Zone!"
Xia Fa asked, puzzled, "Why is that?"
Veronica shook her head: "I don't know, but the intelligence I gathered on my way here specifically emphasized this point, saying that it was proposed by the Celestial Venerable Suo Chu Wu Kong Jian."
Xia Fa thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, I understand."
As the saying goes, practice makes perfect, so he immediately gave it a try. He figured he was just taking a risk in the five-inch zone, and if things didn't work out, he could always surface and escape.
Outside his armor, a gingerbread man, no bigger than an atom in diameter, was quietly condensed. This was the secret ability of the "Fairy Tale World," the "Gingerbread Man Beam," which could turn anything hit by the beam into gingerbread.
Whether the transformation is complete or temporary depends on the strength and status of the target.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the gingerbread man appeared, he began to inexplicably melt away, and he couldn't even use the gingerbread beam!
In just a fraction of a second, the gingerbread man completely melted away.
This dissolving power did not originate from the highly corrosive black water, but rather seemed to be a strange power inherent in the [World Giant] itself.
Xia Fa refused to believe in superstition and directly conjured a gingerbread man the size of a palm. This time, however, it dissolved even faster, practically dissolving as it was being conjured.
His curiosity was piqued, so he raised the iron tongs and aimed them at the dense swarm of sea cockroaches crawling on the rock wall next to him, and activated the gingerbread man beam again.
This time, the situation was finally different. A gingerbread man materialized between the ends of the iron pincers. He opened his mouth and spat out a spiral of white light from his mouth and eyes, which struck the rock wall and spread out in a circular wave.
These thousands upon thousands of sea cockroaches were instantly and permanently turned into gingerbread, and they all fell to the ground.
Just then, countless fish monsters rushed out from the dense aquatic plants, frantically grabbing at the gingerbread and eating with great relish.
"this----"
Xia Fa was dumbfounded, not because of the food-grabbing situation, but because he couldn't understand why he could use the Iron Pincers to perform the Secret Contract ability, but that directly using the Secret Contract ability would result in it being dissolved.
At the same time, he once again realized that Suochuwu Kongjian was no ordinary Celestial Venerable; he could be called a master of mysticism in the extraordinary world!
One can imagine that when the [World Serpent] was first designated as a mysterious forbidden zone, the extraordinary individuals who ventured in must have encountered similar situations where their secret abilities would be dissolved, leading to attacks from various aquatic monsters and heavy losses.
Then, Suo Chuwu Kongjian creatively invented iron tongs made of pig iron mixed with shadow gold, which directly withstood this melting force. I really don't know how he came up with that—
What are you doing?
Seeing the sea cockroach that had turned into gingerbread, this time it was the Poison Chieftain's turn to be surprised.
"It's nothing, I just really hate cockroaches, haha."
Xia Fa chuckled and gave a vague answer, since he couldn't very well tell Veronica that he was experimenting on whether her claims were true or false.
"I didn't expect you to hate cockroaches. Hmm, I'll remember that. Don't worry, when we live together, I definitely won't let a single cockroach in the house."
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The Poisonous Patriarch Veronica was halfway through her joking remark when she suddenly flapped her wings and charged straight at the school of fish frantically devouring gingerbread.
The fish were startled and scattered, but Veronica's iron pincers had already reached out and accurately caught one of the mandarin fish.
Not only her, but Xia Fa also swam over, her iron pincers extending rapidly, like hundreds of spears thrusting out in an instant. When she stopped, the tip of the pincers had already pierced through a dozen or so lionfish.
The two exchanged a glance and smiled knowingly.
From the bodies of these dozen or so lionfish, which appeared to be covered in colorful bony spurs, pure white, light-seeking silver crystals, some the size of soybeans and others the size of mung beans, began to fall out.
As for the pufferfish that Veronica caught, after she cut it open, she found a piece of emerald metal about the size of half a soybean.
This emerald metal was extremely mystical. As soon as it was taken out of the fish-shaped raincoat, phantom images of flowers and plants appeared around it, as if a miniature garden or a small world full of plants had instantly formed.
It radiates a soft yet vibrant light, scattered like stars, noble and sacred, and countless bacteria and microorganisms immediately begin to multiply wildly in the water.
Veronica immediately and carefully put away the half-soybean-sized "Fengrang Enze Zinc", fearing that its efficacy would begin to dissipate.
Xia Fa was quite satisfied as he put about ten bean-sized pure white light-chasing silver crystals into the black bag he had just used, feeling even more that coming to the mysterious forbidden zone was the right decision.
Looking at it this way, this place is simply a treasure trove! A treasure trove that has never been developed!
He wasn't greedy; he just wanted to get a pure white, light-seeking silver crystal the size of a watermelon. If he could get it and consume it, his Silver Throne's various secret abilities would increase by at least several times!
This is the most advanced development ever!
Xia Fa guessed that before he became a god, when he lacked holy metal, the reason why the Paradox Clown didn't recommend him to come to this place was probably because he was afraid that he wasn't strong enough and might encounter all sorts of dangers.
In particular, since sacred metal can only be obtained in a place like the Five Inch Zone, where peak-level monsters can appear at any time, it's even less likely that [Paradox Joker] would recommend him to come.
When he became a god, he didn't lack sacred metals at the beginning, so although Lord Paradox Joker mentioned the nine mysterious forbidden zones, he overlooked this point.
As for now? Now that I'm moving towards becoming an Outer God, it goes without saying that I need to absorb as much sacred metal as possible to facilitate the condensation of an Outer God body!
Thinking this, and seeing that gingerbread could attract all kinds of fish monsters in the five-inch zone, Xia Fa immediately cast gingerbread man beams again and again, turning all kinds of insects on the surrounding rock walls into gingerbread.
However, this time he didn't let them fall, but instead put them into his bag, and then continued to dive with Veronica.
The further they went, the more open the underwater environment became, like a canyon. Along the way, Xia Fa caught a monster that looked like a mandarin fish several times, and each time he cut out a bean-sized piece of Fertile Soil Enze Zinc and gave it to Veronica.
Although Veronica didn't manage to get her hands on the lionfish-like monster, she accidentally killed an anglerfish covered in glowing white spots during her descent and managed to extract a Star Whisper Secret Titanium the size of half a lychee from it.
She seemed to be like a fanatical tomb raider, not signing any secret contracts, relying solely on her own extraordinary talent and the power of "rules," so she didn't need the Whispering Stars Secret Titanium and gave it directly to Xia Fa.
As for the Nature Bee, it was responsible for vigilance, always keeping its size small and perched on Xia Fa's shoulder, cautiously looking around to avoid unknown risks.
After diving for several minutes, at a pace that would have been enough for the two of them to run a lap around the planet Caligia, Shafa and Veronica finally felt a wide-open space before them, as if they had swum out of this underwater rift.
At the same time, the water changed from pure black to a black color with a hint of green.
It looks like the color of a stagnant pool filled with swill.
Moreover, the pure black water and the black water with green streaks are clearly distinct, as if they were artificially separated.
"Next should be the Six-Inch Zone—there will probably be Outer God-level monsters appearing. Shafa, just stay behind me, I'll handle everything."
Patriarch Veronica of the Poison Sect spoke cautiously, her tone becoming much more serious and earnest.
Xia Fa smiled, about to indicate that he could handle it, but just then, fish-man heads emerged from the black water with green threads.
These fish-men are extremely ugly. Their heads are not those of common sea fish, but those of deep-sea fish such as anglerfish, blobfish, and snapper. Just one look at them is enough to send chills down your spine.
But that's not the key point. The key point is that they all wielded spears or pitchforks, and their bodies were permeated with the aura of gods or other gods!
"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle!"
One of the fish-man monsters suddenly shouted at the three of them in an extremely hostile tone.
Xia Fa naturally couldn't understand it, nor could the Poison Patriarch Veronica.
After a slight pause, the Nature Bee spoke up: "Master, what they mean is—if you don't leave this place, you will be killed without mercy!"
"Gri-guri-ru! Gi-guri-ru!!"
Just then, the leading merman monster let out another strange cry, raising the spear in its hand, the tip of which condensed a dangerous, pulsating light.
"Master, they say they've already given us a chance, and since we won't leave, they're going to kill us now!"
The bee of nature once again acted as translator, but its tone was not anxious at all; instead, it carried a hint of anger.
These fish-man monsters are so unreasonable! They'll start a massacre at the slightest provocation!
Fortunately, it knew its owner's strength and understood that there was no danger.
Suddenly, in the surrounding black water, pairs of fish-man eyes opened, radiating a terrifying, ferocious light.
Hundreds of merfolk, who were of divine rank, had quietly infiltrated their surroundings, preparing to launch an attack!
Xia Fa's eyes flickered at that moment, as he keenly sensed something.
At this moment, as these fishmen got closer, he sensed that their aura was similar to that of the Ironblood Conqueror "Paul".
Without a doubt, this must be from the overclocked and high-speed "Speed"!
Before they could think further, the fish-man monsters launched their attack, thrusting out spears or harpoons that aimed directly at their fully enclosed armor.
They were extremely vicious, knowing that as long as the armor was destroyed, the two would be in complete danger and would be at their mercy!
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