All Gods: Starting with Two Families

Chapter 24 Fishing in Troubled Waters”Fools.”

Zhou Zheng’s Divine Thought gave a cold evaluation from within the Void Realm. Charging in like that did nothing but exhaust themselves; it was essentially delivering a free meal to the Nian Beasts. His gaze locked onto the stone platform, his lips curling into a cold arc.

He transmitted a Divine Thought command, ”Snake Talismanic Incantation, cover the squad at maximum range, invisibility. Target: the stone platform’s Talismanic Incantation.”

”Understood!” The Serpent-person Leader tightly gripped the dark green snake talisman in his hand. Cold energy instantly diffused, enveloping him and all the Serpent-man Warriors behind him.

Their figures rippled like water, rapidly fading until they completely vanished into the scorching air, even their auras perfectly suppressed.

While Zhou Zheng’s [All-Knowing Eye] was on cooldown, he could only rely on the snake talisman’s inherent invisibility and the serpent-men’s natural stealth techniques.

The squad moved like a breeze blending into the heat waves, staying close to the scalding ground as they cautiously bypassed the boiling areas at the edge of the lava lake, avoiding those Nian Beasts with limited sensory ranges.

Like the most cunning ghosts, they quietly traversed the edge of the chaotic battlefield where the Dragon God’s vassals were locked in a life-and-death struggle with the Nian Beasts.

The scalding ground seared the scales on their bellies, and violent turbulent energy whistled past them. However, the Serpent-man Warriors were well-trained and possessed incredible endurance. Led by Lin Ya, they silently approached the center of the lava lake.

Finally, they stepped onto the last narrow stone bridge leading to the platform. On both sides of the bridge was churning lava, the heat waves distorting their vision.

The stone platform was within reach! Atop it, the cyan-gold dragon-patterned Talismanic Incantation emitted an alluring glow.

The Serpent-person Leader held his breath, his movements as gentle as a falling feather. He reached out, his fingers touching the floating Talismanic Incantation—it felt warm and smooth, carrying a hint of overbearing aura.

Success!

Without hesitation, he snatched the Talismanic Incantation into his hand!

The very instant the Talismanic Incantation left its position—

”ROAR—!!!!!!”

Every Nian Beast in the entire Chen Dragon region rioted simultaneously, their earth-shaking roars merging into a wave of destructive sound!

Their crimson beastial pupils locked onto the direction of the stone platform! That aura of hatred instantly surged tenfold! They had gone completely berserk!

Strangely, however, the stone platform that had lost its Talismanic Incantation seemed to have also lost its greatest attraction in the eyes of the Nian Beasts.

The berserk Nian Beast pack did not immediately pounce on the platform; instead, they began to tear even more frantically at the charging Dragon-merman who were emitting a faint Dragon Might!

”Useless! A bunch of useless trash! Hold the line! Charge! The Talismanic Incantation is right there!” The Dragon-man deity’s roar echoed through the sky. He clearly hadn’t noticed the Talismanic Incantation had disappeared, assuming the Nian Beasts had simply gone mad to block his vassals.

He summoned the Dragon-merman even more frantically, ordering them to push through the Nian Beasts’ berserk assault and continue charging toward the now-empty stone platform!

Zhou Zheng’s Divine Thought ”watched” this chaotic and comical scene, nearly laughing out loud. What a perfect scapegoat!

”Withdraw!” he ordered decisively.

The invisible serpent-man squad took advantage of the chaos where the Nian Beasts were distracted by the Dragon God’s vassals, silently retreating along their original path. They left the lava Hell of the Chen Dragon region and returned to the relatively safe border zone.

Opening his hand, two Talismanic Incantations lay quietly in the Serpent-person Leader’s palm. The dark green snake talisman and the cyan-gold dragon talisman. The aura emitted by the latter was even more overbearing.

After a bit of experimentation, he immediately understood that the dragon talisman’s effect was to spray high-temperature flames.

”This was even easier than getting the snake talisman.” Zhou Zheng’s Divine Thought carried a hint of satisfaction. Diverting the trouble and fishing in troubled waters had yielded excellent results.

A significant amount of time had passed. On the illusory sundial in the distorted sky, the needle had quietly slid across a considerable arc. The situation in other regions was unknown—which Talismanic Incantations had been taken, and which regions might have already become dead zones?

Zhou Zheng’s gaze swept across the twelve regions demarcated by the sundial. si snake and Chen Dragon were finished. The next target... his thoughts landed on his other initial race—the Eagle People.

Among the twelve zodiac signs, the one most closely associated with the ”Eagle” was undoubtedly the ”You Chicken”!

”Let’s go, to the You Chicken region!” Zhou Zheng made his decision. The You Chicken region was on the other side of the sundial projection, far from the currently chaotic Chen Dragon and the relatively calm si snake region.