Dreaming for 10,000 years

Chapter 410 Rescue and War

The carp stood still on the riverbank, its shadow stretched long by the towering flames on the opposite bank. The aftershocks of the divine battle shook the river, the sound of waves crashing against the shore mingling with distant shouts of battle.

That was a war of gods.

The war between gods.

The gods, high above, naturally have their own agendas. Just like the River God, who was initially just a minor general in the Water Palace, but later somehow became the River God.

That was the history of the River God, the secret buried in the River God's water palace, which was told to him by A-Quan.

Ah Quan...

The name suddenly surfaced from the depths of his memory. Carp unconsciously clenched his fists, his nails digging deep into his palms, blood dripping from between his fingers, but he was completely unaware.

He stood by the river for a long time, until the corpse floated ashore. With the River God weakened, the city of River God would naturally descend into chaos. This event is recorded in the River God Temple.

The corpses floated by on the river. He carefully examined them, and when he saw any that were still breathing, he threw out a hook made of tree branches to pull them over and then gave them basic first aid.

"...It's you..." It was an old man, whose cloudy eyes reflected the face of a carp: "You're still alive!"

"I'm still alive! Now I believe in the Cat God." The carp also recognized the old man, who was one of the priests in the River God Temple.

"Cat God? Isn't that a rebellious deity?" the old man said weakly.

“But the Cat God can keep people alive,” the carp said calmly.

"..." The old man paused for a moment, then looked at the carp and said, "Yes, you're still young, you can still live. I'm already..."

"Push me down!" he said to the carp.

Born in the River God Temple, and dying in its internal strife, he accepted his fate with equanimity. Since he wouldn't live much longer anyway, why bother worshipping any cat god?
"Hmm!" The carp did not try to stop him. He gently pushed the old man back into the river, watching the waves swallow the aged body, as if bidding farewell to his former self.

The carp wasn't in a hurry; he continued to wait.

Finally, he lured up another burly man. The man was on the verge of death, and the carp pressed on his chest until he spat out a mouthful of river water, at which point he came back to life.

“He Shan…” He recognized the carp and was about to call out its name when the carp raised its hand to interrupt him.

"My name is now Carp, and I am the Cat God's servant," Carp told him about his new identity.

"Cat God!" the burly man said, shaking his head. "Is there really a Cat God? Isn't he just a legend?"

"If you believe, it exists; if you don't believe, it doesn't," the carp said. "Are you willing to believe in the Cat God and become its messenger?"

"I..." The burly man wanted to shake his head, but then he thought of the terrible infighting at the River God Temple. His backer had died in that infighting, and people like them were all "exiled."

"Would the Cat God accept me?" the burly man asked hesitantly.

Few gods are willing to accept the defection of other gods' priests.

"The Cat God doesn't care." The carp shook its head.

"What do I need to do?!" the burly man nodded. He wanted to live. As long as he could live, what he believed in didn't matter.

“Give yourself a fish name,” the carp said. “The Cat God doesn’t care about anything, but he loves fish. Only those favored by the Cat God can walk the world with a fish name.”

“Don’t be a human, be a fish that the cat god likes,” he said. “Just like my name is carp.” “Then I…” the burly man said casually, “Then I’ll be a crucian carp.”

"Hmm!" said the carp. "Let's continue waiting here! Waiting for the fish to come ashore."

He helped his new companion up, and the two sat side by side on the riverbank, like two patient fishermen, waiting for more "fish" to come ashore.

On the battlefield of Chu Mountain, Yu Tian's bone sword drew a graceful arc in the air, forcing four mountain demons in bronze armor back several steps. These were the most elite guards under the Chu Mountain Lord, and their eyes beneath their bronze masks were now filled with anxiety.

"Get out of my way!" the leading mountain demon roared, sweeping his long spear horizontally, but was repelled by a gust of wind the instant it touched the hem of Yu Tian's clothes.

Yu Tian smiled slightly, lightly touched the ground with his toes, and moved like a fish among the three mountain spirits.

He deliberately controlled the pace, preventing the opponent from breaking through the defenses to support Lord Chu, while also refraining from truly killing him. Each strike of the bone sword was perfectly timed, leaving a shallow mark on the mountain demon's armor, but never striking a vital point.

"What's the rush?" Yu Tian dodged a heavy blow by the side and struck the mountain demon's wrist guard with the back of his blade. "Your master hasn't begged for mercy yet."

The mountain spirits before him were the most elite under Lord Chu's command, usually serving as his personal guards. The fact that Yu Tian was able to fight them on equal terms wasn't because they were strong, but because Yu Tian was slacking off.

Yes, I'm slacking off.

This is a divine war launched by Lord Mi against Lord Chu, a divine war in which Lord Mi will shine and avenge his previous humiliation. Yu Tian only needs to play the role of resisting the elite mountain demons; the rest will naturally be handled by Lord Mi.

Yu Tian also noticed that Lord Chu's troops were mostly mountain spirits, such as mountain demons, tree spirits, and earth spirits. Lord Mi's troops, on the other hand, were mostly mountain monsters, with bear monsters being the most numerous.

The bear-like monsters possessed immense strength and stood three zhang tall. They resembled neither bears nor demons, making them quite peculiar. They led the mountain monsters in their fight against the demons of Lord Chu.

Lord Mi transformed into a ten-zhang-tall giant bear, wielding his massive, rock-splitting paws as he charged towards Lord Chu's cloud chariot.

Loud bangs echoed through the mountains.

"Mi Heizi, are you really going to fight to the death?" A dozen black tiger-like shadows surrounded Chu Shanzhu, tearing at Mi Shanzhu, but they couldn't hurt his bear skin.

"You old man, without the River God backing you up, how can you do anything to me?" The roar of the Lord of Mi Mountain echoed through the mountains, and his huge mouth revealed a ferocious smile.

"Do you think I'm afraid of you?" Lord Chu flew out of the cloud chariot, turned his head 180 degrees, and revealed an old head from behind.

Its voice had grown old, and a dark dagger appeared in its hand. This was its true form!

No wonder people call him Old Chu.

"Who are you trying to scare? You dark cloud thorn! I've already tasted its power back then!" Lord Mi roared in fury, his huge bear paw carrying a strong wind as it slammed towards Lord Chu.

"Dark Cloud Thorn!"

Suddenly, the black short sword in Chu Shanzhu's hand swelled up dramatically, and the black smoke rising from the surrounding dozen or so mountain peaks converged on the sword's blade like rivers flowing into the sea. Wherever the sword tip pointed, even the air emitted a corrosive "sizzling" sound.

The giant palm of the Lord of Mi Mountain met it head-on!

"puff--"

The dark light pierced through the thick bear paw, bringing with it a spray of foul-smelling black blood. But instead of retreating, Lord Mi Shan went berserk, his injured giant paw slamming down with even greater ferocity!

(End of this chapter)