Volume 16: Semi-Deity Ruins

Chapter 258: Attacking Wu Yu Island

“Master…”
Donald found it awkward for the God of Iron Clang to address him as master, so he waved his hand and said, “Just call me Lord!” Hearing this, the God of Iron Clang felt relieved and said soothingly, “Lord, the God of Wu Yu and the other one are tough opponents. They’re good at working together, making them very difficult to deal with…” Now that he had officially become Donald’s subordinate, the God of Iron Clang naturally shared some information about his own elves, what he knew about the nearby deities, and his previous dealings with the Undead Lich.

As for the grudge between him and the God of the Giant Spear, the God of Iron Clang only mentioned it vaguely.

But who was Donald? Having lived two lives, he had suffered much harassment from fans in forums in his past life. With just a quick thought, he understood what was going on, and his gaze toward the God of Iron Clang took on a strange expression.

Seeing his boss’s strange look and the way he kept glancing subtly at the back of his lower body, the God of Iron Clang’s face turned red, and he instinctively tried to move back.

Seeing this reaction, Donald had to hold back his laughter and changed the subject, asking him questions about the abilities related to the divine domains he possessed.

“I see there aren’t any large ships at your tribe’s port. Is it a lack of materials for building ships?” If it were a lack of materials, he had a stockpile of large timber from previous purchases, enough to build large ships. As for the missing keels, they could be crafted using alchemy.

“Lord, you don’t understand. It’s not that I don’t want to build ships. There are many powerful tribes along the western seas of the continent, and several of them control the profits from maritime trade. Even the weakest among them are legendary deities, while the lowest-ranked ones are totem deities like me. If we rashly get involved in shipping, we’ll surely be attacked by those tribes. So it’s better to hide our talent for shipbuilding until we’re strong enough to build a powerful fleet!” After hearing the God of Iron Clang’s explanation, Donald finally understood the reason.

The Tie Dan tribe did have ships. Although a few of their large ships were not half the size of magic ships, they were still far superior to the small wooden boats in the fishing villages on Wu Yu and Giant Crab islands. Even the boats accompanying their large ships were slightly bigger than those small boats.

It should be noted that the productivity and technological level of the Totem Continent are extremely backward, far incomparable to Earth in Donald’s previous life, and even lower than that of the main world. The creation of a large ship like a magic ship was done with the involvement of the gods of that tribe, but it was seized by a lich during its first trial voyage and eventually ended up in Donald’s hands.

Iron Bell God is a Totem God skilled in shipbuilding, but due to the presence of numerous coastal tribes, he has not built any particularly large ships. It’s not that he can’t build them, but he fears causing trouble!

Having become a god just over a decade ago, he has barely managed to raise his strength to a gold rank without relying on his divine position. Yet he still falls short of those golden Totem Gods who have been gods for decades or even centuries, let alone those powerful legendary Totem Gods!

Thus, over these past few years, he has operated cautiously, secretly accumulating divine power, hoping that one day he will be strong enough to no longer need to hide.

But before that day arrived, he swore an oath by the River of Fate and entered into a supreme contract, becoming Donald’s subordinate.

After learning more about the ins and outs among the Totem Gods, Donald became even more confident in his plan to seize power. Based on Iron Bell God’s guidance, he had already selected several remote and weak targets to take control of after dealing with Fish Island.

Now, all that’s left is to wait for Iron Bell God to be recognized by the natural will of this world, to accept the territory and people of Crab Island, and for his strength to stabilize. Then they can move on to Fish Island.

A few days later, Iron Bell God officially acquired a new territory, doubling the size of his divine domain.

It was quite easy for Iron Bell God, who was already a terrestrial deity, to gain recognition from the natural will. With Crab Island having no master, it was easily taken over.

It did take a few extra days to pacify the original inhabitants of Crab Island. Fortunately, Iron Bell Island was nearby, and these indigenous people had heard of Iron Bell God’s name, knowing him to be a god on par with the Crab God, so they weren’t too resistant.

After initially getting the thousands of people on Crab Island to accept his rule, feeling greatly strengthened, Iron Bell God couldn’t wait to challenge Donald.

The two gods of Fish Island had long dominated the area around the Three Fish Islands and had often oppressed Iron Bell God when he had just become a god. Thankfully, he was highly intelligent and knew how to endure, surviving those early years. Only after mastering the use of divine power did he gain the confidence to interact on equal terms with other golden Totem Gods!

Later, they managed to persuade the Crab God to form a loose alliance. Usually, they competed secretly, but at critical moments they united to confront the two gods of Fish Island, thus maintaining a balance among the three forces over the years.
Now, with powerful allies like Donald and his own greatly enhanced strength, the Iron Bell God had reached the peak of his power. Even if he left his territory, he could still wield strength at the mid-gold level to deal with the two Fish Island gods together. If the plan succeeded, there was at least an 80% chance of success.
By then, outsiders like Donald would have no intention of occupying Fish Island. If he turned it into his own territory as well, he could quickly reach the legendary realm!
At this thought, the unlucky Iron Bell God felt inexplicably excited. His initial dissatisfaction with Donald forcing him to sign a contract gradually dissipated, and now he even thought that becoming his subordinate might be his good fortune!
The time for action was still set after nightfall. Although it wasn’t much different from fighting during the day, as gods, they weren’t affected by the darkness of the night. Dim vision was a basic ability for them since becoming gods, especially within their own territory, which was like half a divine kingdom—creating any light or change was effortless.
Moreover, everyone on the island slept at night. As long as they acted quickly, they would hardly encounter resistance from the tribal residents.
On Totem Continent, few mortal warriors beyond the legendary realm were not gods. After all, no matter how strong a mortal warrior was, unless they reached the semi-divine level, they would ultimately end up as bones. Thus, the already small number of mortal warriors couldn’t resist the temptation to become gods and usually chose to challenge the gods to obtain divine status.
The Iron Bell God had told Donald that the gods of Totem Continent had jointly decreed that there should be no mortal warriors above the legendary level, so as not to threaten their status as gods. Therefore, whenever a human legendary warrior tried to forge their own path instead of challenging the Totem gods, powerful gods would be sent to erase them from existence once word reached them.
So, when Donald and his group acted at the gold level, not many gods would pay attention. But if they all reached the legendary realm and went out for a collective hunt, it would easily attract the attention of the gods.
Therefore, if they left the Three Acts of Fish Island to act in other areas, they had to be extremely careful—virtually no gods they encountered could be allowed to survive.

On the other hand, because Blackfish Island was isolated overseas, nearly a hundred miles away from the mainland coast, dealing with the Two Gods of Blackfish there posed almost no risk of being discovered. When the magic ship, propelled by the element of wind, carried Donald and his four companions along with Iron Bell God, a mechanical being, toward the shore of Blackfish Island, it did not draw anyone’s attention. The simple port to the north of Blackfish Island had no guards or patrols, which puzzled Donald and the others—such a situation was utterly impossible in the Main World; which noble domain would allow unrestricted access like this? Iron Bell God explained, “It’s not that the Two Gods of Blackfish and Greenfish neglect island security. It’s because this island, being neither too large nor too small, holds no value for powerful gods who could easily defeat them. As for those gods who might seek to seize it, their strength is roughly on par with theirs. Even if they attacked, the two of them combined could at least remain undefeated. Over time, they thus relaxed their defenses. Among the nearby three islands, I was the last to become a god, so the island still maintains night patrols!” “These earth deities aren’t exactly lax either. They only guard against their own kind. As for mortal warriors, magical beasts, or sea monsters, once they set foot on the island’s land, they, as earth deities, will immediately detect them, so there’s no need for surprise attacks—hence, there’s no point in wasting effort on patrols!” After Donald spoke, Vincent nodded and said, “This is actually a good thing for our mission. They have no idea you have a way to block divine sense detection; our surprise attack is bound to succeed!” Iron Bell God, listening from the side, thought to himself: This master’s strength is truly inscrutable! The magic ship remained hidden outside the port, and the five people and one god had disembarked, hiding within an invisible barrier as they infiltrated Blackfish Island. Unlike the Bird Stabbing God from before, the altars and totems of the Two Gods of Blackfish and Greenfish were located in the most strategic spot on the island—the island at the center of a small freshwater lake. Before becoming totem gods, these two had been aquatic creatures, and even after attaining divinity, they retained a fondness for water, so they placed their totems on the island in the lake. Usually, the two gods rested in the lake, occasionally swimming in the sea as well. This was the information about the Two Gods of Blackfish and Greenfish provided by Iron Bell God.

So their plan for this operation is for Donald to take the lead and deal with the totems of the two Totem Gods, while the others are responsible for blocking and covering for Donald’s actions. As long as they can temporarily sever the connection between the Fish God and the Totem Gods, preventing them from leveraging their territorial advantages, then with so many of them, dealing with just two characters of golden strength should not require much effort!