Chapter 246: The God of Cancer, the God of the Anchor

“Since our estimate was wrong, let’s change the distribution plan. First, we should obtain the divine fragment suitable for each person to strengthen our overall strength as much as possible, and then distribute the rest using the previous method, how about that?” Donald said, looking at the other three. He didn’t mention the remaining soul of the God of Birds after its divinity was taken away, as it was merely a byproduct of extracting the most valuable divine fragment. Even if given to them, it would be useless and would just dissipate uselessly.
It was better to keep it for himself. The quality of such a divine soul far exceeded that of ordinary beings, and this time alone it had added thousands of units of spiritual power to him.
As for materials like Divine Blood and Divine Bones that might appear next time, they probably wouldn’t be of much use to Carlisle and the others. He could simply refine something himself and share it with them later.
The Female Sword Saint, after hearing Donald’s proposal, said softly, “I agree!” This distribution method was also highly beneficial to her, as she was the weakest among the five present, aside from Uther. If they followed the previous method, she would likely receive the least benefits.
“I agree too!” Carlisle hesitated for a moment before nodding. Helping others meant helping oneself—after all, the next divine fragment might be suitable for him.
Seeing Carlisle and Abel both support the plan, Vincent smiled gratefully at them and nodded, then took the divine fragment from Donald’s hands, holding it close to his chest as if it were a rare treasure.
Donald, somewhat worried, gave Vincent a few instructions regarding the precautions for refining divine fragments based on what he had learned from the Book of Truth, then sent him alone to the corner to merge it.
Qi Hua Ren focused on guarding and waiting in the secret room, while Donald, taking advantage of the convenience of teleportation, went alone to investigate the next target.
The sea area near Fish Island was close to the continental coast, and there were three large islands inhabited by humans: Fish Island, Cancer Island, and Anchor Island.
Among them, Fish Island was the largest and had three deities, making it the strongest of the three islands.
Cancer Island and Anchor Island were roughly equal in strength, each with a human tribe that worshipped the God of Cancer and the God of the Anchor.
On their own, the God of Cancer, the God of the Anchor, and the God of Fish were all similar in strength—none of them were totem deities that had surpassed the Golden Boundary.

But the Blackfish God had a Bluefish God as an assistant and advisor, along with the former Thornbird God as a enforcer, making their strength at the peak. As a result, the other two islands could only form simple alliances. Usually, the islanders from these islands would gather in the same area when going out to fish to avoid conflicts with those from Blackfish Island.

Donald resorted to his old tactics, obtaining the information he wanted from the fishermen from Crab Island and Iron Bell Island, then giving them a basket of fresh fish as payment. Their target was only those totem gods, not the ordinary people who relied on these gods for rule. They tried to avoid killing as much as possible.

As for those totem gods, most were not human, and they had all risen to godhood through violence, so Donald and his companions felt no moral burden killing them. Such a brutal law of the jungle existed in every world.

It’s interesting that the weaker humans tend to worship stronger species. Thus, in this world, over 70% of the totem guardians of various tribes were in animal form, with only a few being humans who obtained godhood by killing the original beings.

However, human intelligence, potential, and flexibility far surpassed those natural spirits and totem gods who became gods through magical beasts. Therefore, among the powerful gods above demi-god level on the Totem Continent, humans accounted for at least 80%. Although there were fewer lower-tier gods, they held dominant power at the higher levels, achieving a balance between human and non-human gods on the Totem Continent.

Of course, this referred to gods on land; in the vast oceans, it was still the powerful ocean lords who held absolute dominance.

The Crab God, like the Thornbird God they had successfully hunted before, was a non-human god. As for the Iron Bell God, it was said that he had risen to godhood over a decade ago by reshaping the non-human gods on the island and changing his name to Iron Bell.

By the time Donald returned to his hidden island, three days had passed.

Vincent had already incorporated the fragments of divine essence into his body, waiting only to further integrate them to gain even greater power.

These fragments of divine essence appeared like fragile crystal but were actually far harder than the toughest metals and gems in the main world. Even legendary weapons could hardly damage them. Yet, if the right method was used, these crystal fragments could become an energy-like entity, capable of merging with any suitable creature.

Under normal circumstances, the physical and spiritual strength of ordinary gold-rank warriors allows them to merge at most a small fragment of a demi-god-level divinity, while legendary warriors can merge anywhere from a dozen to several hundred such fragments. When fragments containing identical or similar rules come together, a relatively complete divinity can be obtained, allowing those on the path to demi-godhood to progress far more smoothly than others. Generally, a gold-rank warrior who has merged two or more demi-god divinity fragments is essentially at the level of a legendary warrior. This process involves injecting the knowledge and power from the divinity fragments directly into the warrior’s mind and body, similar to the benefits Donald gained when merging divinity, saving them a great deal of time spent on learning and accumulation. Swordsmen require far less knowledge accumulation than mages, focusing more on physical strength and self-cultivation; due to their robust constitutions, the merging process also proceeds more quickly. According to the divinity hierarchy in the world where the Book of Truth exists, demi-gods, having not formed a complete divine office, are classified at a certain level. Newly formed gods range from level 1 to 5; levels 6 to 10 are lower gods, levels 11 to 15 are intermediate gods, and levels 16 to 20 are powerful higher gods. Above level 20 lie the supreme supreme gods. The classification of true gods in this world is somewhat vague, but it still follows these five major tiers plus the supreme supreme god. Since the Book of Truth prefers to quantify everything, it still uses the divinity hierarchy. However, a totem that has barely reached the gold rank contains incomplete laws, resulting in only one fragment—a lowest-tier demi-god fragment. Yet even this fragment is far superior to ordinary human warriors. Vincent, who had initially merged the divinity fragment, felt his strength had increased by at least 30%, and his mastery of sword techniques, which involved rules, seemed as if he had studied them for decades. Carlisle even joked, “Who knows? Before long, you, the Storm Sword Saint, might be renamed the Legendary Storm Sword Saint, or even the Storm Sword God!” “There’s no need to envy them. This time we took the initiative and moved ahead of the Godly Church and various nations. We must return with a full harvest to justify taking such a great risk to come to this world. We’ll start hunting our next target tonight!” Hearing Donald’s words, everyone was overjoyed.

Donald recounted the information he had gathered. After discussing it for a while, they decided to start with the Crab God, who was an easier target to deal with. The Iron Bell God, being a human god, was likely to be more cunning and harder to handle. Therefore, the three Sword Saints felt it would be safer to have another person with divine fragment powers to boost the team’s strength before taking action. As for the two totem gods on Turtle Island, they would be dealt with after dealing with the Crab God and the Iron Bell God.