Chapter 243

After inquiring about the news of god-level powerhouses, Xiao Feng thought of another relatively important problem.

He asked: "Master, how much longer do you need to guard this earth-core lake? Guarding here day and night must be quite unpleasant, right?"

La Luo Na Er has guarded the earth-core lake for over 200 years; such a long time, even if merely existing as a "game background", is quite lamentable.

Humans are not demon gods; their lifespans are far shorter than those of abyssal creatures, and even a demigod powerhouse living three or four hundred years is the limit.

If one must stay here unable to leave and eventually die of old age, just thinking about it is truly tragic.

La Luo Na Er wore a pleased expression.

Xiao Feng's concern made him very happy.

He explained: "This is my mission, and also a foundation I prepare for my own ascension to godhood; there's nothing particularly unpleasant about it."

""Foundation? What do you mean by that?" Xiao Feng was a bit puzzled.

La Luo Na Er said: "Guarding the earth-core lake and protecting civilians from the violent earth-vein forces is a great deed. As long as I stay for three hundred years, I will have made a great contribution to humanity, earning the Human God King's recognition and inheriting an ancestral secret art."

""Human God King? Ancestral secret art? What are those?" Xiao Feng grew more confused the more he listened.

""You can't access this yet, but if you're interested, I can tell you about it." La Luo Na Er said.

Xiao Feng certainly wouldn't refuse and quickly said he wanted to hear.

La Luo Na Er smiled slightly and began to narrate.

This starts from the background story of the Myriad Heavens world.

In the Myriad Heavens, countless worlds and civilizations are distributed.

Humans are merely one of the relatively prosperous races among them, and together with some other intelligent primate species, they are called 'primate civilizations'.

The Myriad Heavens are vast; major civilizations constantly struggle, each wanting to become the strongest and unify the Myriad Heavens.

Humans, as a major race, are naturally no exception.

However, humans are innately frail in physique, not as tough as 'rock life', 'mechanical life', or 'plant life'.

Natural disasters are humanity's most feared calamity; once they occur, each instance is nearly an extinction-level catastrophe.

To ensure humanity has sufficient confidence in the Myriad Heavens' hegemony struggle, a huge population base naturally becomes an extremely important factor.

Thus, the leader of humanity—the God King—established a rule.

Anyone who makes a great contribution to humanity, protects many people's safety, or averts a major natural disaster can receive the God King's reward and inherit an 'ancestral secret art'.

The ancestral secret art is extremely powerful, tens to hundreds of times stronger than the divine punishment skill!

It is a true top-tier power in the Myriad Heavens universe; just one of them can overturn heaven and earth, even making the main god envious!

La Luo Na Er guards the earth-core lake; this earth vein concerns the geological safety of the entire Blaze City's several-thousand-kilometer jurisdiction, with over ten million lives tied to it.

Once control is lost, a terrifyingly massive earthquake will occur, triggering a chain reaction that shatters the entire earth vein, destroying thousands of kilometers of land in an instant.

Guarding such an important place naturally earns the God King's recognition and the inheritance of an ancestral secret art.

And after the task is completed, the God King, sensing the hidden danger here, will remotely bestow boundless power to reshape this world, alleviating worries for humanity's safety.

After listening, Xiao Feng had three questions pop into his mind.

What level of combat power does the God King have?

What quality of skill is the ancestral secret art?

Why hasn't anyone come to kill La Luo Na Er and seize this Merit?

He voiced these questions.

La Luo Na Er laughed: "The God King's strength far surpasses that of the main god; by your standards, he is at least level 1000 or above. He is the leader of humanity on the Myriad Heavens Battlefield, his divine power spans the Myriad Heavens, almost omnipotent."

Xiao Feng nodded silently.

If it's level 1000 or above, then it's definitely stronger than the main god. It seems the late-game world of this game is still quite vast, worth continuing to explore!

""And the ancestral secret art?" Xiao Feng asked again.

La Luo Na Er said: "The ancestral secret art is an ancient legacy left by some great ancestor deities of humanity. Although I have learned some things through the guidance of the Blaze Main God, I have not yet witnessed this ability. I only heard from the Blaze Main God that…… the 24 main gods worshipped on our continent are not all versed in the ancestral secret art."

""That's so rare!" Xiao Feng couldn't help but be moved.

A skill that even the main god may not be able to learn is surely formidable!

Having received guidance from the Blaze Main God, La Luo Na Er understands how to seize this opportunity, which is quite a fortunate circumstance.

If things go smoothly, La Luo Na Er, who will have learned the ancestral secret art, upon going to Shen Jie, should also become a very formidable figure!

The last question, Xiao Feng basically already guessed the answer.

The reason no one has seized this Merit is first because they cannot defeat La Luo Na Er.

Another reason…… without a big shot like the Blaze Main God imparting knowledge, ordinary people couldn't possibly know of the 'God King's existence.

Even if someone from another temple communicated with the main god and learned of these, due to incompatible elemental attributes they still couldn't seize it.

After all, no one can stay in the earth-core lake; not being burned to death is already a relief, let alone talking about guarding it.

Everything is purely a matter of chance and coincidence!

La Luo Na Er having this good opportunity is both his Luck and the karmic reward destined from his kindness.

""Master, according to this, you'll probably go to Shen Jie later than I will." Xiao Feng sighed.

La Luo Na Er laughed: "You go first to scout the path; after you break into a new realm, I will then come enjoy your shade, which also counts as not having taught you in vain."

""Hahaha, sure thing. Once I become a big shot in Shen Jie, you old man can come up anytime to be the big boss!

Xiao Feng adheres to the principle of 'repaying a drop of water with a spring'; La Luo Na Er has been helping and guiding him since his second class change.

Although this is just a game, doing well in it is also a part of life; he will still repay this teaching kindness with the utmost sincerity.

""Then I can rest easy, haha~"

La Luo Na Er also burst into laughter, his face full of a relieved expression.

Soon after, he said: "Alright, kid, go attend to your affairs. After breaking through the Holy Realm, the next stage is demigod. The demigod tribulation is not easy; you must make full preparations."

""Eh, there's nothing to do going back now; let's chat a while longer. You said that demigod tribulation—I still don't really understand it." Xiao Feng's level currently can't rise temporarily, and his willpower is lacking quite a bit for the next stage, so he no longer rushes to improve himself.

La Luo Na Er heard the words and replied: "After your willpower and level meet the standard, the demigod tribulation will come soon. It mostly tests you with destructive blows from external forces; if you pass, you can become a demigod and condense a divine embryo. But there are also some special situations where hallucinations, sleep, etc., appear as special trials. In short, each person's trial differs; you must be fully prepared, otherwise it will be very dangerous."

Demigods are not easily broken through; the number of demigods on Zhu Shen Da Lu, when added together, does not exceed 40.

As for Holy Domain experts, at least several hundred people.

From this we can see, the evolution from Holy Domain to demigod is how difficult an evolution!