Above the desolate Gobi Desert, a giant crocodile carrying a vast water pool in its maw battled two colossal integrated avatars.
With a flap of its divine wings, the divine bird unleashed forces of the ocean and vortex.
These two energies intertwined and surged towards the crocodile.
The giant crocodile roared, and the vast seawater in the sky rained down, as if to crush the earth.
This apocalyptic scene was awe-inspiring.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The two integrated avatars shouted and maneuvered their skills.
Instantly, the world was plunged into darkness.
RUMBLE!!!
The skills of the three collided, stirring up ten thousand layers of waves.
Seawater evaporated, mist rose, and the alternating heat and cold caused countless raindrops to patter down.
The parched earth of the Gobi greedily slurped up the rainwater.
The divine bird whispered, "Wind! Obey my command! Pillar of Heaven and Earth!"
The next moment.
Infinite wind, from an unknown source, began to blow.
As soon as these winds appeared, they dispersed the clouds and mist in the sky, and the rain scattered. It was as if the Gobi's grievances could be heard.
BOOM!
The winds coalesced, forming a colossal pillar that pierced the ground and reached towards the heavens.
"BOOM!"
With another thunderous sound, the giant vortex pillar underwent a new transformation.
The vortex began to spin rapidly, drawing down the seawater from the sky.
Innumerable streams of seawater, entwined with the vortex, spun rapidly. The seawater merged into it, becoming a pillar of the sea, standing majestically on the ground.
Zhu Rong also chanted, "Fire! Poison of Emotion! Seven Desires!"
"Go!"
Instantly!
Seven-colored flames, fanned by the wind, soared into the sky, targeting the giant crocodile in the heavenly sea.
Under the assault of two forces, the giant crocodile could no longer resist.
The heavenly sea that rained down vanished in an instant. It was also scorched by Zhu Rong's emotional flames, rolling on the ground in agony.
The divine bird and Zhu Rong exchanged a glance and nodded.
With a powerful whip of the divine dragon whip in his hand, Zhu Rong ensnared the giant crocodile.
The giant crocodile roared in fury and struggled desperately, but Zhu Rong's strength was no longer what it used to be.
No matter how it struggled, it was in vain.
The sky-reaching wings on the divine bird's back flapped gently.
The next moment, it appeared behind the giant crocodile.
One wing flashed with azure light, transforming into a colossal sharp blade that descended with a mighty blow.
BOOM!
It was too sharp!
Space itself seemed to tremble faintly.
With a *swish*, a massive crocodile head detached and fell onto the ground.
[Ding, you have killed Giant Crocodile (Demigod), Upgrade Points + 100000000!]
Another hundred million credited, making Lin Yu grin from ear to ear.
With a *plop*, the giant crocodile landed, its form coalescing into a divine crystal.
Lin Yu laughed heartily and ordered his avatars to transport everything back.
The spoils of war were quite generous, consisting of a divine crystal of unknown attribute, the corpse of the demigod crocodile, which could be used for Life Drain to enhance strength.
The last item was a demigod artifact, the water pool the giant crocodile had been carrying.
The items were too large, forcing Lin Yu to emerge from his protective cave.
"Strengthening my power is the priority!" he muttered, looking at the crocodile's corpse.
In this world fraught with peril, strength was paramount.
Therefore, he directly activated Life Drain and began to absorb the crocodile's power.
Instantly, the thought of gluttony assailed him, making him frown.
He placed his palm on the crocodile's corpse, and a surge of power flowed from it.
His strength began to steadily increase.
Five percent!
Seven percent.
When it reached seven percent, the crocodile's power was completely drained.
Now, an ordinary demigod provided much less power enhancement.
This was mainly due to his increased strength.
After all, he was sixty percent stronger than during the Abyss War, and his avatars were more than twice as strong.
Therefore, the effectiveness of demigod corpses was gradually diminishing.
"Let's look at the others!"
He turned his attention to the demigod artifact.
Extending his mental power, he discovered residual spiritual energy from the crocodile. However, with the owner dead, he easily dispelled this remnant and refined the demigod artifact.
Demigod Artifact: Oasis!
Effect: Can form an oasis and provide an inexhaustible water source.
"It's not an offensive demigod artifact after all. No wonder the crocodile didn't use it in battle."
"Then I'll turn a corner of this desert into an oasis!"
With a thought, Lin Yu sent the demigod artifact Oasis as a beam of light towards a distant spot. At his command, it landed on the ground.
RUMBLE!!!
What was once a water pool rapidly expanded upon hitting the ground, eventually forming an oasis.
The oasis had a diameter of a thousand meters, with flowers, grass, and trees, appearing like a true oasis.
"A truly magical demigod artifact, but its utility isn't very high!"
"I'll just leave it here!"
He was too lazy to retrieve it and left the oasis in a corner of the desert.
As soon as the oasis appeared, the eyes of the fierce beasts in other areas turned red, and they rushed forward, intending to claim the oasis as their own.
Lin Yu was delighted, "An unexpected bonus! Excellent!"
"Go kill them!" Lin Yu commanded.
The integrated avatars nodded and departed.
After waiting for a while, they had killed the monsters that had invaded the oasis. Then, a new wave of monsters appeared.
Only then did Lin Yu understand what an oasis in the desert meant to these fierce beasts.
It was a source of water and an excellent habitat.
Their instincts drove them. In this world where divine influence had corrupted their reason, fierce beasts acted solely on instinct.
Their instincts told them this was a good thing and must be possessed.
For Lin Yu, this was an unexpected joy; he didn't even need to search for fierce beasts; they would come to him to die.
Lin Yu smiled and looked at the last item.
The divine crystal!
"I wonder what attribute this divine crystal has?"
"What's the difference between a demigod's divine crystal and a ninth-tier fierce beast's divine crystal?"
"Let me see."
He picked up the divine crystal, placed it on his brow to sense it, and information flooded his mind.
'Water Element Divine Nature Crystal Fragment'
A water-element divine crystal fragment.
But how was this different from a ninth-tier divine crystal?
Lin Yu immediately projected his mental power into it.
His consciousness appeared in a vast ocean.
"Hmm, the rules of the water element in this demigod-level divine crystal are much clearer. For the ninth-tier fire-element divine crystal, I couldn't sense any secrets of the fire element at all. But within this crystal, I have a faint glimmer of understanding regarding the water element."
"Although this understanding is very weak, it's a good sign."
"Demigod-level divine crystals are easier to sense their power!" Lin Yu concluded.
Lin Yu understood that although they were all divine crystal fragments, the difficulty of comprehending them varied with their tiers.
Within the ninth-tier divine crystal, he could only see an endless sea of fire, unable to sense anything. However, within this demigod-level divine crystal, he felt a sense of clarity, and even his application of water power had slightly increased.
"Haha! It seems it's not my low comprehension, but that fire-element divine crystal was just too trashy."
"I'll let the avatars comprehend it. I need to continue enhancing my strength!"
With that, he spawned another avatar and placed the remains of the demigod crocodile into his spatial bracelet, preparing it for Blue Dragon to consume.
Then, he returned to the cave.
He sealed the entrance, and while his two avatars began to comprehend the water-element and fire-element divine crystals respectively, he took out a Flesh and Blood Pill and began to devour it using Life Drain.