In the lane, Lin Xiao was very active in harassing his opponents and denying creeps.
Since these opponents managed to get matched with his father-in-law, it was clear their level wasn’t much to speak of. Even though he often played support, he was at least at a Sixth Level caliber; his last-hitting wasn’t as good as his peers at the same level, but it definitely crushed those at the Central Army level. He easily denied one minion after another, preventing the opponents from getting full experience, and he even used his skills to harass them from time to time, leading to the deaths of their characters three times, all kills which he let his father-in-law have. When the opposition played coy, he casually took two waves of jungle creeps.
This comprehensive suppression soon drew question marks from the opposing team, as well as inquiries to his father-in-law about whether he had hired a booster?
By this time, his father-in-law, who was two levels ahead and had a great economy, confidently said,
"You don’t need to protect here anymore, go jungle or roam."
"Got it!"
Leaving the lane, he farmed two sets of double jungle camps. A bird flew over and carried two fake eyes, ten true eyes, two fog-of-war removers, and two powders. He activated the fog-of-war remover and headed straight for the mid lane, signaling as he detoured through the opposing side’s large jungle area and casually placed two true eyes to seal off their jungle.
The mid laner got the hint and began to trade blows with the opponent. When they were both left with low health, he suddenly emerged from below the tower, breaking through the fog, and used his first and second skills in succession to leave the opponent Karl at low health.
At the limit, Karl turned invisible, but a dust of appearance was thrown, revealing him, and he was then finished off with a standard attack from a teammate.
Leaving the mid lane to head for the top lane, he walked straight through the opposing jungle area, sealing off all their camps on the way.
Upon reaching the top, the opponents were laning normally when he showed up with a hammer and stunned the opposing Troll Warlord, the number one position of the Night Stalkers, in place. His laning partner followed up with a set of skills, leaving the enemy severely wounded. The opposing two-headed dragon support also bravely moved to intercept with ice and fire abilities and stepped up to block the path allowing their leader to escape—an incredibly touching gesture.
Unfortunately for them, Lin Xiao had already reached level six after the previous kill on the mid laner. Using his ultimate to switch positions, he teleported the Troll Warlord who had reached the safety of the tower back into the fray and hammered him to death with a fierce assault.
After that, he returned to his own jungle to farm double camps, assisting with kills in the mid or top lane when done, before coming back to continue the cycle.
At the fifteenth minute, his father-in-law, with a combo blade and crazed mask, came to their jungle and was jubilant upon seeing the dense packs of monsters at the two jungle points:
"Damn, a gold mine!"
Activating his ultimate, he charged in and cleared the two waves of monsters that had accumulated over a dozen waves each. He then pulled out an Aghanim’s Scepter.
There wasn’t much more to say after that. At just seventeen minutes, with the crazed mask, combo blade, and Aghanim’s Scepter in hand, Sven and the team grouped up to push the lanes, forcing the opponents to initiate a fight, sweeping through in a dominant push to the high ground.
Triple kill!
Quadra kill in a frenzy of carnage!
Penta kill rampage!
A godlike spree of destruction!
After the battle, his father-in-law was in a great mood and, slapping his shoulder affectionately, said,
"You’re capable, lad. I’ll send you a game client later. When you’re free, let’s duo queue. Come on, let’s play another round."
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Half a day later, after eleven consecutive wins, his father-in-law was still not ready to let him go, not mentioning a word about his matter with his daughter. But Lin Xiao knew things were looking good.
As for the game, he could just assign an incarnation at will later on.
After leaving his father-in-law’s place, General Luan Wanqing called him over for a meeting, the topic of which was about the combat plan against the Insect Tribe Divine Realm civilization’s forces.
Both sides had amassed their armies here, and a big battle was inevitable. But exactly how to fight and the scale of the war needed careful study and consideration.
Although both sides have now amassed heavy troops here, with the presence of great divine powers and Dominators to oversee, it has not yet been decided how the battle will be fought. The Insect Tribe has also not considered a full-scale war.
A full-scale war between two superpowers affiliated with the same civilization isn’t a matter of just wanting to fight; should the stalemate of the war escalate, it could easily spiral out of control. Once it becomes uncontrollable, as both are superpowers with allies, it can quickly become a super battle between two Divine Realm civilizations once they call in their friends.
This was something both sides were cautious about, hence the presence of great divine powers and Dominators was to prevent the war from spiraling out of control.
In addition to him and General Wu Dongye, who arrived before him, the rest of the attendees were all generals of the Third Expeditionary Army, all wielding powerful divine power.
Throughout the meeting, Lin Xiao sat and listened without expressing much opinion. This world was discovered by the Third Expeditionary Army, which has now gone all out with a massive deployment of personnel and resources, seemingly determined to win. Apart from visiting his father-in-law, his main purpose in coming was to gain some experience dealing with other races.
Of course, he had also transferred two battle regiments from the Huge God Regiment, representing a not insignificant force. Should they capture this world, he expected a share of the spoils.
He might not get the "meat," but he could still get a taste of the "soup," and in doing so, General Luan Wanqing of the Third Expeditionary Army would owe him a favor.
It was up to General Luan Wanqing to decide how to vie for the world, and Lin Xiao was assigned to guard the right flank of the main camp during the meeting. What followed was a wait on how the Third Expeditionary Army would negotiate with the Insect Tribe forces, to decide how to seize this world.
Returning to the Truth Temple, Lin Xiao delegated tasks to the Huge God Regiment and then, on his own, left the fleet to fly towards the Tidal Crystal Wall System.
He had mentioned his previous sensation of resonance to General Luan Wanqing, and since the battle hadn’t started, he took the opportunity to enter the Tidal Crystal Wall System to investigate on-site.
There was an Outpost Base on the edge of the Tidal Crystal Wall System, but it was just a shell of a base, with only essential maintenance personnel and hardly any stationed military personnel. With the tense situation at hand, the troops had all been withdrawn to the Third Expeditionary Army.
Using the Outpost Base’s Teleportation Array, Lin Xiao transformed into a streak of light and entered the Tidal Crystal Wall System.
Upon entering the Void of this world, Lin Xiao immediately felt a strong pulse like a tide surging out from the depths of the world, rippling wave after wave towards the distant Void.
Clearly, the name Tidal Crystal Wall System had nothing to do with water or tides but referred to these waves of pulsations like a tide.
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This pulse seemed to have a peculiar energy, but it was indistinct at first, just a feeling.
Lin Xiao looked up with some emotion into the depths of the void. After entering the Tidal Crystal Wall, the strange feeling of resonance became clearer and clearer. Now he could basically affirm that there was definitely something within this Crystal Wall that was vastly compatible with his own power system. However, what it was exactly, he did not know, nor did he know where it was, as this resonance came from the entire world, and he couldn’t determine the direction, much less identify the exact nature of it.
The only thing to do at this time, naturally, was an on-site investigation.
The Third Expeditionary Army had already deployed a large number of subordinates to this world, and a godhood with powerful divine power had been born, forming a formidable divine system.
Lin Xiao flew forward according to the coordinates provided by General Luan Wanqing. A month later, he appeared in front of a massive plane.
It was a very large primary material plane, slighter smaller than the primary material plane of the Giant God Crystal Wall System but possessing a somewhat higher energy intensity.
Even from a great distance, he could sense the many god kingdoms’ semi-planes clinging to the Crystal Walls outside the primary material plane. This too was a world following the True God path, and its energy level was stronger than that of the Giant God Crystal Wall System.
However, there were fewer true gods within the Tidal Crystal Wall than in the original Giant God Crystal Wall, and he didn’t see the legendary Hall of All Gods.
The Hall of All Gods typically only appears when the True God System is the main power system of the entire world. But that doesn’t mean that every world that follows the True God System will have one. Whether it appears depends crucially on how developed the True God System is because this isn’t an artificially crafted divine artifact, but a naturally occurring one, akin to an innate divine artifact that only materializes under certain conditions.
The average strength of the gods in this world was slightly stronger than those in the Giant God Crystal Wall System, but no Hall of All Gods had been born here.
However, just because it hasn’t been born now doesn’t mean it can never materialize in the future. At least, if the true world of this place successfully ascends, a Hall of All Gods will certainly be born.
In other circumstances, it is uncertain, but the emergence of great divine power in the world will definitely lead to the appearance of the Hall of All Gods.
The Tidal Crystal Wall System is currently in the midst of ascending to a higher dimension.
Upon entering the primary material plane, in the sky above a city within a kingdom dominated by snake people, he looked down to see a city filled with the exotic architecture of snake people, tall and short, with the radiant temple of the serpent god towering at the city’s center.
Unlike the Giant God Crystal Wall where humans are the dominant species, in the Tidal Crystal Wall, humans are just one of the stronger races, not the absolute leaders. Within the primary material plane, there are several races that are no less powerful than humans.
In addition to the common elves, beastmen, dwarves, etc., there were snake people, Goblin Kingdoms, Dragonman Empires, and three major maritime empires that occupied the Endless Ocean, namely the Naga Empire, the Fishmen Empire, and the most powerful Sea Demon Empire.
The so-called sea demons are, in fact, merfolk, naturally water-based magicians. Individual merfolk’s combat ability might not be as good as the Naga’s, but they play a huge role in large-scale wars, making them the strongest overall among the three maritime empires.
These other races and kingdoms all possessed their own guardian deities, each exceedingly powerful.
The number of true gods in the Tidal Crystal Wall System was far fewer than in the Giant God Crystal Wall, but their strength was significantly greater. With fewer true gods to divide the divine authority and power, they were naturally stronger.
Of course, that was referring to the former state of the Giant God Crystal Wall System. The current Giant God Crystal Wall System has started taking the elite route; there are fewer than a thousand true gods in the entire world, and the average strength has increased by an unknown multiple compared to before.
The Insect Race, because of the nature of their species, did not follow the route of direct invasion, but instead established godhood through the conventional method of arrival in the Tidal Crystal Wall System and then slowly eroded it. After tens of thousands of years of accumulation, two beings with powerful divine powers have already been born in this world, while the entire Crystal Wall System could, at most, only bear six beings with powerful divine powers.
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If it hadn’t been for the sudden intervention of the Third Expeditionary Army, the complete conquest of this world would have been just a matter of time.
Even if the Lord of the Tidal Crystal Wall succeeded in ascending to great divine power with the world’s ascension, it wouldn’t stop them. Which Divine Realm civilization doesn’t have a mighty figure of great divine power level? If a new great divine power truly emerged, it would attract a hoard of covetous powerhouses.
For instance, right now, is General Lan Wanqing leading the Third Expeditionary Army out of their stronghold merely to conquer this world?
Of course not, the Tidal Crystal Wall alone isn’t worth such a risk for him. Keep in mind that their own strength and the strength of their subordinates are key factors supporting their say within the faction. Take Lin Xiao, for example, who had just ascended to powerful divine power and was merely a division commander. Why did General Lan Wanqing value him so much, even meeting with him personally?
The reason is that he commands a formidable force. With six supreme divine powers under his control, plus his own seven, and with the addition of the Truth Temple and a Void Fortress, his high-level martial power is already on par with the Third Expeditionary Army.
Not to mention, each of his three girlfriends comes from an extraordinary background — one is a direct descendant of his immediate superior, another is the daughter of the first great divine power among humans. Although Jin Sisi is currently in decline, as long as her father’s demise is not confirmed, no one will underestimate her.
But coming back to the point, the main reason General Lan Wanqing risked everything on this venture was that treasure, and to see if he could seize that extremely slim chance.
It’s a foregone conclusion that the Tidal Crystal Wall will ascend, and a world master with great divine power will certainly be born. But it’s not set in stone who the world master will be — it could be a native, a mighty figure from the Insect Tribe, or even Lan Wanqing himself.
Well, accurately speaking, with Lan Wanqing’s current strength and accumulation, even if he were to replace the Lord of the Tidal Crystal Wall, he couldn’t leverage it to make that leap. His god level is only at Level 18, not even reaching Level 19. It’s impossible to advance two steps at once, unlike in the Toriel Multiverse, where the Origin of the Crystal Wall System is immensely robust, able to thrust you up in one push.
The Tidal Crystal Wall won’t work for that, but advancing his god level to Level 19 is within reach, at least before the final hurdle on the path to ascending to greatness.
So, for Lan Wanqing, the struggle for this Crystal Wall System is of the utmost importance.
Long before making the decision in the fifth war zone, he had already dispatched subordinates to descend into this world and make preparations in advance.
The development was difficult under the strong oppression of the Son of the Insect Tribe Divine Realm, but they still managed to stake out a territory and establish an outpost.
Lin Xiao knew the location of the outpost, but he didn’t go there. Instead, he roamed throughout the primary material plane, searching for whatever it was that resonated with him.
Once he entered the Tidal Crystal Wall, the resonance became incredibly intense. But this strong resonance came from all directions, as though it emanated from the entire world. He had no idea where to begin his search.
At first, he suspected it might be a resonance with the Crystal Wall System itself, but the idea seemed totally illogical. Not to mention, he had never heard of such a form of resonance, and if it was indeed the Crystal Wall itself resonating with him, he would have noticed something abnormal as soon as he entered.
But in reality, all he felt was that the resonance grew stronger upon entering the world, with no sense of related abnormalities.
Clearly, the resonance had nothing to do with the Crystal Wall System itself.
Wandering aimlessly, he traveled from one kingdom to another. The temples and true gods of the major kingdoms were his main subjects of observation, yet despite a vast search, he found nothing of value.
After nearly half a year covering most of the kingdoms of various races on the primary material plane without any findings, Lin Xiao began to wonder if his initial idea had been wrong from the start.
Perhaps that so-called resonance wasn’t in the primary material plane at all, nor was it related to the true gods, but instead something else?