Chapter 470 I Am the General Trend!

The surface of the Mingsi Sea.

The originally calm sea surface suddenly began to spin, churning up huge whirlpools.

There were seven whirlpools in total. Six of them were roughly the same size, but even the smallest whirlpool was over ten thousand meters in diameter. The super-giant whirlpool located in the center of the Mingsi Sea could directly swallow an island. Its central vortex point even caused the water flow to tilt at almost ninety degrees.

Upon noticing this, the pirate fleet immediately exclaimed in alarm. Everyone activated their engines with all their might, manipulating the water flow, scattering and fleeing to avoid being dragged into the sea by these whirlpools.

And at the moment the whirlpools formed, countless cyan-blue water vapors rose from the sea due to the sudden change in the celestial phenomenon. In just a few minutes, the entire Mingsi Sea was covered in dark clouds, and狂风狂风 raged within the lightning.

Then, the six slightly smaller whirlpools gradually converged into the larger whirlpool in the center amidst the storm.

Instantly, circular, invisible vibrations spread in all directions from the deep sea. A deep blue beam of light burst from the deepest part of the seabed, piercing straight into the sky, breaking through the clouds, and creating a circular vacuum area.

Dark clouds flickered with lightning, and a sacred aura spread. The beam of light stood erect in the sky.

"Success!"

"The captain and the others succeeded!"

After reaching the safe area, the expressions of all the pirates were extremely excited, unusually excited, and with a hint of fear hidden deep in their hearts.

They knew very well that all of this was clear proof of the plan's success—their captain had come into contact with the Source Water Soul and was undergoing the final apotheosis! In the future, they would no longer be pirates wandering in the sea, but 'Sea Holy Order' traversing the Seven Seas, who could proudly proclaim themselves to be knights and priests!

For pirates who had been drifting in the sea, repeating killing and looting, this was such a celebratory event!

However, with their captain's personality, if he became a god…

"Celestial phenomenon…very good."

In the distance, on an invisible small ship, the Ant Lich watched all of this.

At the bow of the ship, Ansen Te's soul fire, which had been flickering due to excitement, slowly returned to calmness. He put down his hand that had been maintaining the observation spell and couldn't help but laugh heartily: "Very smooth!"

"Six Overlords, six experimental materials. This time, the apotheosis mission is completed, and that means two Class A development permissions—it's a pity that Yaboi is dead, but it's not a big problem."

The Lich held a book in his hand. This book was his magic device. Ansen Te opened the magic book and rapidly recorded a large amount of first-hand apotheosis data that was being transmitted to him. He was extremely excited in his heart: "This proves that my thinking is correct—breaking through the Overlord level in this way is completely feasible. With these six Water Gods as references, my path to becoming an Overlord will definitely be more perfect than theirs!"

"Hmm, mythological template embedding can also be used as a standard configuration for my summoned creatures in the future. Even if they can't reach the strength of these Sea Kings and Sea Emperors, they'll still be decent combat power!"

As a social phobic, Ansen Te could only rely on summoned creatures to compete with other exploration teams. Now, the technique of mythological template embedding had been confirmed to be reliable through practice. Although it required natural treasures and originally very good hosts as a foundation, the fact that even the Overlord level could be achieved was enough to prove that this was a path to the heavens!

Ansen Te, who had been secretly supporting the Kings of the Seven Seas, providing them with rituals, plans, and secretly providing important materials, was naturally not a charity. He didn't want to become a Water God, but he sought something even greater.

As the original Archmage of elements, after Ansen Te was bombarded and killed by Shenmu Buyi and forced to transform into a Lich, the circulation of elements in his body was inevitably contaminated with undead aura. Although this didn't affect his strength, it affected his future development.

In order to avoid being unable to reach the peak of immortality in the future, the Ant Lich decided to use the 'Soul of Elements' from his hometown to carry out elemental spiritization and eliminate the side effects of becoming a Lich.

However, the pure Water Soul was not all the elements, not the path he was pursuing.

Ansen Te's ultimate goal was to seize the foundation of the current era, the 'Heart of the Four Elements,' when the Water Gods shattered the elemental cycle and reopened the Deep Sea Era at the end of the current epoch!

At that time, he, who had advanced to the Overlord level with the Heart of the Four Elements and the 'Path of Law,' would have a leap in strength and suppress the existence of all the gods, including those in his home world!

Only in this way could he obtain the exclusive permissions of his home world, the world of Tartadis!

At this moment, the celestial phenomena changed and began to intensify.

Boom! The Mingsi Sea, which had not had any waves for hundreds of years, stirred up towering waves with the disturbance of the deep blue beam of light—tens of meters high tides collided with each other, shattering and exploding into a sky full of water, and a violent storm carrying thunderstorms swept towards other regions of the ocean.

A single strand moves the whole body in the Seven Seas.

Immediately, the Worry Sea and the Confused Sea, which were closest to the Mingsi Sea, also began to experience abnormal weather—whether it was an Arctic blizzard or the engulfing of islands by the already turbulent waves, these were just the most basic phenomena. The fact that the infinite water element interfered with the balance of the elements, making it impossible to use spells other than the water element, was the true horror!

This series of chain transformations was also the prototype of the Overlord-level elemental array, 'Imbalance Doomsday,' that Ansen Te had been secretly designing!

By various means, inducing the energy cycle of a world to become unbalanced, leading to self-destruction…Ansen Te also successfully collected data for this world-destroying trump card in this plan.

In this way, he would not fear any major power when he went to other worlds in the future. As long as he set up this magic array, even if he faced an entire civilization, he would have the confidence to negotiate!

Thinking of this, the Ant Lich couldn't help but smile even more wantonly: "Lord of Fire, Lord of Wind, Lord of Judgment, and these newly born Water Gods…I really want to thank you for providing me with experimental materials!"

"A great harvest, a great harvest!"

——To advance is to explore. To explore is to turn the unknown into the known.

However, most explorers would not think about or care about the destruction of the world or the harm to ordinary people…

After all, so what?

What does it have to do with me?

This is what the explorers under the Pioneer are like.

As long as they can move forward, they will never care about what is behind them or under their feet.

But in this multiverse, there are always people who care.

At this time, the eastern coast of the Holy Flame Continent.

Xiguang City.

The originally prosperous Far East seaport city had fallen into an extremely harsh state of food shortage.

The abnormal climate around 307 years had caused all the cities in the central part of the eastern coast to lose their original source of self-cultivated grain. This alone would not have had a major impact, because Xiguang City could import grain through fishing and trade. It would only be a little more expensive, but it wouldn't affect life.

However, in recent days, the increasingly turbulent waves had made it increasingly difficult for fishing boats to go out to sea, and the storms that seemed to be able to fall at any time had made some merchant ships afraid to set sail at will.

As a result, they had lost their biggest source of food, fishing, and their merchant ship trade. In addition, the recent drought had been very serious, and the entire Holy Flame Continent was experiencing crop failures. For a time, Xiguang City had lost all its sources of food.

In less than three days, the accumulated small amount of grain and dried fish was already running out. The speed of land transportation was too slow, and the huge Xiguang City was about to fall into the most terrible state of food shortage.

In order to solve this problem, even the original Xiguang City High Priest Ge Luo, who had been detained for colluding with pirates, had been released. This old priest, for the sake of the city that he and his teacher had fought for for decades, and in order to atone for his sins, went out to sea with all his strength, relying on his superhuman ability to ignore the wind and waves to fish.

Amidst the surging waves, a fishing boat was sailing in the dim storm, its lights swaying. The gray-haired priest looked worried, but his eyes were sharp, listening to the faint vibrations coming from the ocean.

He was listening to the voice of the whale—the voice of the Sea Demon Whale.

The Sea Demon Whale was the most powerful and common large transcendent creature in the Seven Seas. It was generally over thirty meters long, and its pure power could not be matched even by some Chosen Ones. The Sea Demon Whale King had terrifying brute force that only God-blessed and Sea Emperors could suppress.

The Sea Demon Whale liked to appear in storms, absorbing the strong wind and water elements between heaven and earth. Its voice was like the call of a demon to fishermen, a harbinger of death, so it was named Sea Demon.

However, although extremely dangerous, if a large Sea Demon Whale could be hunted…then the food crisis in Xiguang City could at least be partially resolved, and they wouldn't have to worry for a day.

"It's right there!"

The old man, who had been watching the sea for many years, quickly heard the faint whale song in the distance. Although Ge Luo was still a criminal, most of the people in Xiguang City were still willing to trust him. The sailors on the boat obeyed his orders and immediately raised their sails, urging their spells to speed up and head in the direction Ge Luo was pointing.

Soon, in the raging waves, they saw a huge beast, even larger than their entire fishing boat, spouting towering water columns in the storm and letting out a leisurely long call.

The Sea Demon Whale did not notice the fishing boat not far away, because the water element in the world had suddenly become thick. At this time, it was extremely excited, constantly singing and chanting.

"Get ready to attack! When the time comes, you will restrict it, and I will deliver the fatal blow!"

Holding a fishing spear, Ge Luo, who had taken off his upper body clothes, revealing his still strong body, looked solemn. As the high priest of a coastal city, he often went out to sea, and hunting whales was not the first time, but no whale hunt had ever made him more nervous than this one… After all, this was about the food of the entire city, and this responsibility was far more important than so-called glory.

However, just as High Priest Ge Luo was about to attack, they heard a voice.

[Whale meat isn't very tasty, and besides, they're somewhat intelligent.]

[Thank you for your hard work, everyone, but let the people of Xiguang City eat some ordinary fish.]

A sacred and dignified voice came from the sky.

"This, this is?!"

Noticing the source of this voice, Ge Luo opened his eyes wide and looked up, completely unaware that a huge wave was coming, hitting him in an extremely embarrassing manner.

Then, he saw a crack in the dark clouds at the top of the sky. Then, within a few kilometers, the wind disappeared and the clouds cleared, and tranquility returned.

A force fell from the sky out of nowhere.

Instantly, a mountain peak composed of seawater rose in the tumbling waves—Ge Luo could see that in this hundreds of meters high giant water mountain, there were countless schools of fish swimming, and they were moving in the seawater that had left the sea surface and turned into a water polo suspended in mid-air, unaware of their future fate.

Even the huge gray-black Sea Demon Whale was captured by that force in a daze and floated in mid-air, constantly wagging its tail and struggling…but with a mumble that said 'this guy seems to have accompanied me to besiege Yaboi, can't eat it,' it was released and returned to the sea.

But for some reason, the released Sea Demon Whale did not have any fear at all. After returning to the sea, it even continued to rise out of the sea surface, making joyful songs.

The huge water polo only appeared for a few seconds. With the appearance of a space crack, the huge amount of seawater and the fish in it were absorbed into it.

Ge Luo, who was still on the fishing boat, stared blankly at the sky. He could only see a flash of a purple-green figure—and then, in the distance, water poloes and fish schools rose up again and were absorbed into the space cracks.

Only faint voices remained.

[Go back, there are more important things waiting for you.]

“…Yes, Lord.”

When Ge Luo and the others returned to Xiguang City, they smelled an extremely strong fish soup aroma.

Above the central square of Xiguang City, an incredibly amazing spectacle appeared—a rectangular water block, one hundred and twenty meters long, seventy meters wide, and fifty meters high, was suspended in mid-air, containing a large amount of fish meat and fish bones that had been removed of their internal organs and filth, as well as various miscellaneous seafood floating within.

Around the water block were aggregations of fire elements like small stars, constantly heating the water block, and the water flow inside the water block was surging, constantly circulating the internal water flow to ensure that it could be heated by the fire element at all times for stewing.

Water vapor was steaming, tons of spices and salt were put into it and evenly distributed, and the rich aroma spread out, causing tens of thousands or even more people waiting in the square to swallow their saliva and reveal their anticipation.

"My Lord, at this time, we should increase the heat and simmer it until the fish bone soup turns white, and then add ham and mushroom dices, as well as salt and seasonings. Finally, add the fish meat and seafood, so that the taste is authentic…"

"No, no, no, My Lord, at this time, we should first add seaweed and shrimp…"

"Bullshit, why put seaweed in fish soup? Adding sauerkraut is the right thing to do!"

"It's chili peppers! I added chili peppers!"

It could be seen that there were more than a dozen old local famous fish soup shop owners who were eagerly offering their opinions to the black-haired youth in the center of the square who was patiently listening to their opinions. Although they could not see the other person's face clearly, they seemed to be able to feel infinite majesty and sacredness from this figure.

No, they could be more confident and remove the 'seems'… because the other person was indeed the God-descended body of the Lord of Judgment!

"Hmm, good suggestions, we can have them all."

Su Zhou casually rubbed this 420,000-ton water mass, just like moving his fingers—in fact, this was nothing. Back in the Commander level, he could unleash a million-ton heavy punch. Now that he had advanced to the Overlord level, even a water mass a hundred times heavier could be easily lifted, just like lifting a glass of water.

Just like when he was catching fish in the sea just now, he could easily lift tens of millions of tons of seawater out of the sea and put it in his personal space to select fish schools.

At this time, Su Zhou's mind moved, and immediately different areas were separated from the water cube that had turned into white soup. With the enthusiastic suggestions of many fish soup shop owners, he was simultaneously stewing a dozen different fish soups.

This was really a piece of cake. If it weren't for the fact that everyone in Xiguang City couldn't finish all this fish soup, he could easily increase the output a hundred times… Overlord is Overlord, even if he is a chef, he is the Overlord God among chefs!

Whether they were priests or ordinary people, they all looked up in awe at the huge soup block filled with aroma… A miracle, isn't this a miracle? Could it be that only artifacts are considered miracles when they emit light, and five fishes and two loaves are considered miracles, but tens of thousands of tons of fish soup are not?

All the fish soup stewed in the entire Xiguang City since its creation is probably not as much as this one now!

At this moment, the owner of the 'Shark Whirlwind' shop had realized that the 'Lord of Judgment' in front of him was the same person who had gone to their shop to drink soup more than ten days ago… The memory from that time should have been blurred, but at this moment, the image in his heart emerged, making him unable to contain his excitement.

"My Lord once came here to drink fish soup!"

At this time, in addition to excitement, there were also various marketing slogans in the owner's heart: "How should I promote it?"

"My Lord tours Jiangnan…When My Lord descended into the world, he often went to the Shark Whirlwind fish soup shop in Xiguang City. Although this fish soup looks like a hodgepodge, it actually has a unique mystery. It is made with three fresh ingredients from the sea, simmered with fish bones to make a rich soup as a base, and also contains fresh mushrooms and ham. After the soup is served, a little refined salt and spices are sprinkled on it. It is fresh, fragrant, tender, and nourishing. One spoon in the mouth leaves a fragrant aftertaste. After the Lord of Judgment ate it, he immediately applauded and named it… This is the origin of Xiguang City's traditional famous soup, Judgment Fish Soup!"

Okay, that's how I'll promote it! The owner made up his mind immediately.

Su Zhou, who could hear the thoughts, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "It seems that the restaurant owners in the entire multiverse are almost the same… This copywriting is too familiar."

[Teacher, I don't quite understand… why do you carry so many seasonings with you?]

In private, unknown to the public, Elias, who had been brought over by Su Zhou and was heating the fish soup with the power of fire elements, asked Su Zhou in a daze: [This is too much…]

Originally, when Su Zhou wanted to solve the food problem in Xiguang City, Elias was still thinking that there weren't enough seasonings and that the fish soup would definitely taste bad and could only barely fill their stomachs… but the young god did not expect that Su Zhou would casually take out tons of various spices from his personal space.

"Speaking of which, you may not believe it, but this is my original method of making holy water… In fact, that pot of fish soup is holy water, and it's good for your health after drinking it."

Su Zhou said with a serious face, and there was no falsehood in his tone.

——Fish soup is holy water!

This concept undoubtedly shocked Elias's spirit. He opened his eyes wide and stared at the milky white soup.

The young man couldn't help but murmured: [Indeed… this is indeed holy water, I sensed the sacred aura…]

[I see, I understand!]

Although he didn't know what Elias understood, with the combined efforts of the two gods, it was naturally very easy to make the mere fish soup.

The residents of Xiguang City, who were in a famine, watched the fish soup descend from the sky and couldn't help but call out the names of the two revered gods with emotion.

This was just a small episode in Su Zhou and others leading a team to expedition to the Mingsi Sea to wipe out the pirates of the Seven Seas.

"My Lord, are you… going to wipe out those pirates?"

At the port of Xiguang City, Ge Luo and his party, who had just returned to the dock, encountered Su Zhou and Elias who were preparing to go to sea. In the distance, large ships that were not afraid of the waves were splitting the waves and coming, those were the exploration giants belonging to the Wind God's believers.

"Please let me follow you so that I can atone for my sins!"

The gray-haired old man wanted to kneel on the ground. He had already learned of Yaboi's death sentence. More than sadness, there was self-blame, regret, and a complex emotion in this father's heart… He didn't mind that his identity as a high priest was revoked, nor did he mind that he would still be detained and tried afterwards.

Now, he just wanted to follow God and make a final break with the pirates who had been entangled with him for decades.

Or rather, he wanted to die in the sea.

In this way, he would complete his guilt and all atonement for Yaboi.

[Get up.]

However, Su Zhou did not let him kneel down.

Standing in front of him, the young man said calmly: [Your sin is the sin of God. The evil of the world is the evil of God.]

[You created your own pirate team for the peace of Xiguang City. Yaboi's fate was born because of you. This is your fault, but wasn't your fate born because of me, because of Elias? Isn't this our fault?]

[So, don't plead with me… If you want to keep up, then keep up.]

[This is not atonement, it is just correcting mistakes.]

"But…"

Hearing this, the former high priest trembled, then raised his head. Ge Luo's lips were trembling. He stared at the tall young god in front of him, then turned his head and looked at the young god on the other side. The old man couldn't help but murmured: "But, I am indeed guilty… This is the covenant, this is the law…"

[The covenant?]

Hearing this, Su Zhou and Elias looked at each other. They smiled, but with a hint of sigh: [Indeed, that is the Old Testament from more than three hundred years ago.]

Then, the two turned their heads together.

The two gods said in unison to the more than 10,000 elite priests who followed behind them, the tens of thousands of people who followed behind the team, and nearly a million residents of the entire Xiguang City, and calmly announced:

[My people, in the past, the Three Gods made a covenant and law with all the people, vowing to continue happiness and peace forever and ever.]

[But now, I tell you that the old covenant should be exhausted, because it has mistakes and sins, so it should be innovated and corrected.]

[After the mistakes are corrected, We will make a new covenant with you.]

The voice of God resounded through the heavens and the earth. Neither the sound of the wind, the sound of the rain, nor the thunder could block it. Everyone could clearly hear the extremely calm announcement, as if it was ringing in their ears.

[I will lead you to a new era.]

After speaking, Su Zhou took the lead to turn around and walk towards the sea.

At this time, countless sea beasts were quietly waiting at the harbor. All the giant whales, giant sharks, winding sea snakes and giant octopuses, and more dense schools of fish formed a flat sea area that was almost like land.

They stared at their king, their god, coming to the sea, and then issued continuous cheers and cries.

In the distance, the exploration giant ships had arrived. Elias led the knights to fly to the bow of the ship. In the roar of the element engines turning, the propellers turned, and the warships began to drive towards the northwest, breaking through the waves.

"Is this what those pirates have been preparing all along?"

Walking in the sea, countless sea beasts followed behind him, and huge offshore giant ships followed behind him. Walking at the forefront of the expedition team, Su Zhou raised his head and could see a deep blue beam of light piercing into the sky at the end of the distant horizon.

A sacred aura was spreading between heaven and earth.

"We can't lose momentum."

Squinting his eyes, Su Zhou smiled like this, raised his hand, and the vast spiritual power gathered in his palm.

Then, he gently raised his hand and supported it.

Instantly, a cyan-purple spiritual power beam of light lit up at the forefront of the expedition team.

It pierced straight into the sky and pierced into the long sky. The light tore apart the flowing clouds, and the aftermath shook the clouds in half of the sky with layers of ripples, rippling continuous concentric circles.

Instantly, at both ends of the world, in the Sea of Joy and the Mingsi Sea, two towering rays of light each occupied one end…

Then, they began to approach each other!

"What is that?! Divine power?"

At this moment, at the edge of the Mingsi Sea, the seven whirlpools had completely merged into one. The Ant Lich Ansen Te was excitedly recording the data transmitted from the magic array—but the sudden strong force fluctuations in the distance interfered with his work.

The invisible spiritual power induced the energy vibrations of half the world, causing the distant Water God's power to resonate.

As a space explorer of the Pioneer Space who had experienced many battles, Ansen Te would not be frightened by this sudden situation, but under the distant echo of the Source Water Soul and the distant divine power, the magic power he used to record the data suddenly collapsed, turning a page of the magic book into a mess of code.

In addition to surprise and heartache, Ansen Te quickly stabilized his magic power and re-cleaned the magic book.

Then, he looked at the eastern coast of the Holy Flame Continent in the northwest direction of the Mingsi Sea. The Lich cautiously felt the strong aura coming from the distance and quickly identified who the comer was.

"The Lord of Judgment and the Lord of Fire…They have descended and are taking action!"

Ansen Te was, after all, an explorer who grew up in a reincarnation world. After sensing these two auras, he subconsciously flinched—but soon, he broke free from this instinct that came from his soul.

Staring at the beam of light, the explorer murmured: "But I am not who I used to be…I have already been outside the world and witnessed the vastness and vastness of the endless world. I have witnessed the existence of power that is difficult to imagine taking action, subverting the cause and effect of the world, and realizing wishes…"

"What's more."

Saying this to himself, Ansen Te's soul light became sharp again. He confidently put away the magic book, then looked at the huge whirlpool behind him that had begun to gradually subside.

It could be seen that under the turbulent sea surface of the Mingsi Sea, six huge shadows were slowly emerging.

Each shadow contained an incomparably powerful aura that was not inferior to that of a god… The completely unbalanced power of the water element roared, stirring up dense, layered thunder in the sky. For a time, tens of thousands of lightning bolts occupied every corner of the sky above the Mingsi Sea, illuminating the entire sky.

Boom! In the deep sea, an incomparably powerful force erupted. Instantly, six towering mountains of seawater rose above the surface of the Mingsi Sea, and then, these rising water mountains exploded, and six figures that could cover the sky stood between heaven and earth!

Among them, there was a giant whale with a blue body and golden patterns, with huge pectoral fins on both sides like wings, flying in mid-air; there was a black giant lizard that walked upright and was as strong as a mountain; there was a giant sea serpent with nine heads, stirring the sea; there was a terrifying giant octopus with a face full of tentacles and bat-like wings; and there was a water element giant god who was half-human and half-horse and stood tall.

Then, five extremely excited auras echoed between heaven and earth:

[Hahahaha, is this the power of God?!]

[I feel like I am omnipotent!]

[Strong, powerful!]

[That's right, I must go back and drown that damned high priest and his entire family in icy water!]

[Great, I gradually understand everything…]

After these five auras, there was another aura that stood quietly in place, as thick as the embodiment of the sea.

It was a giant dragon with six wings, covering the sky and the sun when unfolded. The incomparably strong black and gold scales were like refined gold, indestructible.

He did not laugh wildly like his five companions.

[Freedom… is this it?]

This most immense aura whispered in the sea, its thoughts unknown whether it was calm or sighing.

"My Lord! My Lord!"

"Celebrate! The birth of the Sea God!"

"Praise the Water God!"

At the same time, the pirates cheered, celebrating the birth of their captain, their 'God' and 'Lord'.

"That's right!"

Staring at this scene, the Ant Lich hiding behind the scenes showed a fanatical smile: "My plan has been realized!"

"Six gods have already ascended to the throne… Not to mention that there are only the God of Fire and the Lord of Judgment, even if the God of Wind awakens, it is absolutely impossible to reverse the situation!"

"The general trend is with me!"

In the distance.

[Teacher, I sensed it…]

"Hmm, I know."

Su Zhou, who was already standing in the clouds, responded to Elias's words and looked into the distance.

Su Zhou sensed six suddenly appearing, powerful and vast auras. He stood in the high sky, and his eyes could penetrate the long clouds and mist, overlooking the figures of the six Overlord-level creatures.

Even the necromancer who thought he was concealed and hiding in the waves did not escape his eyes.

Staring at all of this, there was no fear or uneasiness in the young man's eyes.

In the soul space, the brand new supernatural power that was almost completed, the brand new form of the true body, was blooming with a blazing light, waiting for the return of the gods to use it.

Six Water Gods… compared to back then, it was nothing more than a six-fold increase in number. It does not affect the situation.

——Whether it is innovation or correction, or even admitting one's mistakes, it is the privilege of the strong.

The foundation of the so-called strong is the power to allow reality and the general trend to fulfill one's will.

"I am innovation."

"I am the general trend."