Gods: Civilization Cultivation, Infinite War

Chapter 137: Subjugating the King of the Near Sea
With the blessing of this great power, Eric's aura surged and directly reached another higher level.

The King of the Near Sea in the distance looked at Eric's sudden surge in momentum, and a hint of doubt appeared in his eyes.

It didn't understand how the guy who disturbed its sleep could suddenly become so much stronger. Even its own kingly power could no longer have any effect on him.

In the King of Beasts' cognition, this means that the other party is on the same level as himself.

Soon, the King of the Sea's eyes changed from anger to caution.

In its view, since Eric belongs to the same level as itself, his purpose of coming here is very obvious.

In this world, the number of giant beast kings is far greater than the number of these special terrains.

Therefore, among the group of giant beast kings, fighting for these special terrains is inevitable.

Only the winner is qualified to occupy this special terrain and increase his chances of becoming a forbidden life.

The loser will naturally lose everything, but if he is lucky he can still save his life and have a chance to make a comeback.

If you are unlucky, you might be killed directly and become food for the opponent's growth.

After all, as kings of giant beasts, their bodies can provide each other with extremely huge energy, which is even better than absorbing the energy of special terrains.

As the party occupying the special terrain, the King of the Near Sea certainly does not want to provoke any more conflicts, as that would bring certain risks to it.

At this moment, the King of the Near Sea roared a few more times, and the celestial phenomena within dozens of kilometers around were directly changed and transformed into its home ground.

With the support of this special field, the strength of the King of the Sea can be increased by at least 30%.

This can also be considered a kind of home advantage. The king of behemoths occupying special terrain can also obtain some of the blessings of these special terrains.

After completing his arrangements, the King of the Near Sea did not rush to take action.

He just roared at Eric a few more times, and the huge power of the king descended again, trying to make him retreat.

Of course Eric understood what the other party meant, but he just wanted him to give up, which was impossible.

More than a hundred years had passed, and Eric's awakened power had long since risen to level three.

From the beginning, you can only draw on various experiences from the 'future' to improve your 'present' self.

The third level of 'advance payment' can even directly draw on the real power of existence from the 'future' to provide blessings for the 'present' self.

Although this power blessing is only temporary and not permanent, the effect is very exaggerated.

With Eric's current strength, coupled with the blessing of the third-level power, his strength can immediately break through the limitations of the ninth-order transcendent and approach the true legendary transcendent.

Before using the 'advance payment', his strength was not as good as those extraordinary people in the Glory Expeditionary Corps who had embarked on the road to legend, as well as those high-level divine weapon users who had completed some super-level upgrades.

But after using the 'advance payment', his strength immediately surpassed everyone else, making him the strongest fighter within the Glory Expeditionary Corps.

Otherwise, he would not be able to stand on equal footing with those extraordinary people who have embarked on the road to legend with his identity as a ninth-level Templar.

Before the airborne commander-in-chief showed up, he was recognized within the Glory Expeditionary Corps as the one with the greatest potential to become a leader.

As long as he embarks on the legendary path, coupled with the blessing of 'advance payment', his explosive power will be able to reach the level of a true legendary transcendent.

In other words, based on his own strength, he is on par with the title-level legions in the Holy Angel Legion, which is enough to be awarded the rank of general.

In everyone's opinion, with his talent and strength, it was only a matter of time before he embarked on the road to becoming a legend.

Unfortunately, plans cannot keep up with changes. Before he can truly embark on his legendary journey, the airborne commander-in-chief has already appeared.

Even if there is a breakthrough afterwards, he can only become the second-in-command of the Glory Expeditionary Corps at most, and there is no hope of becoming the first-in-command.

But Eric didn't care about these things. As a Templar, if he was so easily influenced by fame and fortune, he would not have reached the heights he is today.

"Let's fight quickly."

Looking at the King of the Sea who was staring at him hungrily from a distance but didn't want to take any risks, Eric muttered to himself.

The power blessing brought by 'advance' is time-limited.

And this is different from drawing experience from the "future", which requires a certain price to pay.

Every time you advance your strength, it will put a huge burden on your mind and body, and it will take a certain amount of time to recover before you can advance your strength again.

However, there is no problem in using this time to deal with a king of the near sea.

With a flash of his body, Eric instantly appeared above the King of the Sea, and was about to throw a punch directly at the opponent's head.

But before his fist landed, the King of the Sea had already reacted.

A water curtain formed by special energy formed between Eric and the King of the Sea, trying to block Eric's sudden attack.

With a loud splash, the water curtain broke directly and split into countless water droplets.

This water curtain was enough to block the full-strength attack of the average giant beast king, but it was completely unable to stop Eric's attack.

However, this also bought time for the King of the Near Sea to counterattack. When the water curtain broke, a thick snake tail carrying unparalleled power rushed directly towards Eric.

The aftermath of the collision between the two caused the sea area below to sink significantly, forming countless waves that swept towards the surroundings.

After just one encounter, Eric had already gained a clear upper hand.

Even though the power was reduced by the water curtain, his fist still shattered many of the scales on the opponent's tail after colliding with the tail of the King of the Sea.

In addition, a large amount of blood flowed down the tail of the Sea King and fell into the sea below.

The old man who saw this scene from a distance felt a little jealous. Even if it was just ordinary blood that could regenerate, if the quantity was sufficient, he could also draw some blood power from it.

The eyes that he had previously displayed that could unleash the power of a king and the horny crown that could attract heavenly thunder all came from the bloodline power of some kind of giant beast king.

If the blood shed by the King of the Sea could be collected, it would be enough to form one or two corresponding bloodline powers.

However, he only dared to think about it. If he really ran to collect the scattered blood, he would be seeking death.

The aftermath of a fight with a being of the same level as the King of Behemoths was simply not something he could endure.

At this moment, the King of the Near Sea also felt the difficulty of this invader. Even though he had used all his strength, he still fell into a clear disadvantage.

Judging from its experience of surviving the brink of death countless times, if it insists on defending its territory, the final outcome will most likely not be good.

But this special terrain is so rare, and I only discovered this newly formed special terrain by chance a few hundred years ago.

Even now, this special terrain is still very stable and can continue to exist for at least a thousand years.

If it can continue to occupy this special terrain, there is a high probability that it will be directly promoted to a forbidden life.

This is an unimaginable temptation for the king of giant beasts like the King of the Near Sea.

Therefore, even though he felt his life was threatened, the King of the Sea was still unwilling to give up this special terrain and chose to escape.

"The wages of avarice is death."

Eric also felt the determination of the King of the Sea and shook his head with some emotion.

Even intelligent beings who are good at weighing the pros and cons can easily lose themselves and fail to make the best judgment when faced with certain huge temptations.

Not to mention this giant beast with low intelligence. Even the king among the giant beasts, after all, still acts completely according to his own instincts.

At this moment, the King of the Sea clearly had the instinct to become a forbidden life form, which outweighed his own instinct for survival.

That's why he still wanted to fight Eric to the death even though he knew he was no match for him.

Without wasting any time, Eric punched one after another. Under the suppression of absolute strength, the injuries of the King of the Sea became more and more serious.

The vast sea area below has been completely dyed red by the blood of the King of the Sea.

Influenced by the blood of the giant beast king, the nutrition in this sea area will reach an extremely astonishing level.

If giant beasts could live here, it would be easy to give birth to a large number of wild beasts comparable to high-level transcendents.

"Even a giant beast king like the King of the Near Sea is powerless in front of him?"

The old man who was watching the battle from a distance looked shocked.

He knew that Eric must have hidden some of his strength, otherwise he wouldn't have dared to say he could defeat the King of the Near Sea. But he never expected that the other party would hide so deeply.

The strength he showed when fighting with me just now was probably not even one-tenth of his real combat power.

Even within the Hunter Association, there are some powerful hunters who are comparable to the King of Behemoths.

But the old man was almost certain that no hunter he had ever seen could compare to Eric in the distance.

I originally thought that what Eric said about solving the problem of the King of the Near Sea was unlikely to be achieved. Even if it could be achieved, the most he could do was to expel him.

Just like the Hunter Association, in order to expand the living space of intelligent life, sometimes it also needs to expel some giant beast kings on the expansion route.

The purpose of the Hunter Association in this area is to monitor the movements of the King of the Sea and prepare for future expansion.

But judging from the current situation, their work should no longer need to continue.

In a moment, the King of the Sea would probably die under Eric's fists.

With a loud bang, the King of the Sea, who was no longer able to resist, was knocked to the land at the edge of the sea by Eric's punch.

Even the old man who had been watching the battle from a distance felt the obvious tremor.

Feeling his vitality slipping away, the King of the Sea let out a long howl of despair, as if he was reviewing his past.

"Want to live?"

At this moment, Eric came to the King of the Sea again and spoke slowly.

"Woo..."

The King of the Near Sea was a little puzzled.

"Haha, it's very simple. Accept this soul contract and I will spare your life."

In the Kingdom of Dawn today, Beastmaster is considered a relatively common extraordinary profession.

They can sign contracts with various magical beasts and even giant beasts to make them serve them.

There are many beastmasters, including within the Glory Expeditionary Corps.

Eric is not a beastmaster, but as a Templar, he can actually choose some kind of magical beast or behemoth to be his fighting partner.

The Templars within the Holy Angel Legion have absolutely no such need. They are natural hexagonal warriors and do not need any combat partners to supplement them.

Eric had thought about finding a fighting partner at the beginning, but he could never find a suitable one.

His strength increased too quickly, and ordinary combat partners simply could not keep up with his speed, so there was no point in finding them.

As time went on, he gave up the idea of ​​finding a fighting partner.

It was not until he saw this king of the sea that he had some ideas.

His current strength has reached a bottleneck, and there will not be much improvement before he embarks on the road to becoming a legend.

After all, advance payment of forces requires a certain price, and it is difficult to use it as a regular means.

In this case, if a giant beast king who is comparable to a transcendent who has embarked on the road to legend is willing to become his fighting partner, he can also bring him a lot of help.

Even if he embarks on his own legendary journey in the future and possesses legendary combat power.

The King of the Sea can also continue to grow. As long as he is promoted to a forbidden life, he will be comparable to a legendary transcendent.

In other words, for a long time in the future, the King of the Near Sea will be able to keep up with the speed of his own strength improvement and will be the most suitable choice of combat partner.

Moreover, the appearance of the King of the Sea is also very good, which is more in line with Eric's own aesthetic.

It is only about 100 meters in size and does not look bloated at all.

Due to various factors, Eric came up with the idea of ​​conquering the other party.

Of course, if the other party is unwilling, Eric will not really do anything to it. At most, he will just expel it from this sea area.

As a Templar, not killing innocent people is one of the commandments he needs to strictly abide by.

Although it was just a wild giant beast and not an intelligent life form, in Eric's cognition, it was also an object that should not be killed indiscriminately.

In this respect, he is different from the winged people in the cradle of life. In the eyes of those winged people, the giant beasts are not innocent objects.

However, the King of the Sea did not know the twists and turns involved. After knowing that he could survive, he immediately agreed.

"In that case, don't even think of resisting. It will be over soon."

As he spoke, Eric implanted the soul contract into the other person's mind.

The King of the Near Sea really had no intention of resisting and quickly accepted the contract. Eric also immediately felt the connection between the two souls.

After removing the many seals he had placed on the other party, Eric cast a powerful healing spell to help the King of the Sea recover from his injuries.

Feeling that his vitality was recovering rapidly, the eyes of the King of the Sea were filled with joy.

At this moment, it also felt the connection between the souls of both parties and developed an instinctive closeness to Eric.

The King of the Sea raised his head, which was as big as an ordinary house, and rubbed it against Eric affectionately.

"Okay, go back first. I'll call you back if there's anything else."

Eric touched the head of the King of the Sea and said with a smile.

In that special terrain, the King of the Sea can recover from his injuries more quickly and maintain his momentum of growth.

"Woo..."

The King of the Sea nodded reluctantly, then returned to the ocean.

"You didn't kill the King of the Near Sea, nor did you drive him away?"

At this moment, the old man came to Eric again and asked with some confusion.

"It is now my fighting partner and will no longer pose any threat to you.

If you want to expand your living space in the future, just avoid this area. It won't attack you."

"It turned out to be like this..."

The old man didn't think Eric was lying to him, he just found it a little unbelievable.

The Hunter Association has also tried to tame the giant beasts for their own use, but most of them ended in failure.

Even those giant beasts that have been raised since childhood are difficult for them to use, let alone the king of giant beasts like the King of the Near Sea.

"There's a communication barrier between you and the behemoth. There's nothing we can do about it."

Eric shook his head. He was able to subdue the King of the Coast because he could communicate with him accurately through soul communication.

Only with the influence of the soul contract can you become a fighting partner with the other party.

Hunters have no means of accurate communication with the behemoths, nor do they have means like soul contracts. Even if they spend days together, they cannot develop any feelings.

"With your strength, do you really need our support?"

If Eric had shown the strength he did at the beginning, the Hunter Association in their area might have been able to provide some help to the other party.

But judging from the current situation, the old man really couldn't figure out what the significance of his support was.

What's more, even the king of giant beasts is not his opponent. Can those ordinary giant beasts really pose any threat to his army?

"Don't underestimate yourself. You have mastered many tricks on how to survive in this world better, which is exactly what we lack.

And our goal is to make both parties familiar with each other more quickly through cooperation, this is the key, isn't it? "

Hearing this, the old man thought for a moment and finally nodded: "Okay, I agree to cooperate with you."

"In that case, I wish us a pleasant cooperation in advance, Mr. Hawke."

(End of this chapter)