Divine Realm: Starting with the Broken Bone Dragon

"I will be waiting for you in the abyss!"

"What are you babbling about?"

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Mengyao crushed his divine core and absorbed it with a surge of pale white light from her body.

Skillfully taking away the opponent's divine domain, Jiang Mengyao and Lin Fan huddled together to examine their newly acquired talent.

Combat Skills: You are extremely skilled in combat.

"Judging from this name, their clan must be War Demons, but the attributes of this rune are a bit abstract."

"Whatever, here's one for you!"

With a wave of her hand, Jiang Mengyao imprinted the new runes into Lin Fan's body.

"How do you feel?"

"No?"

Lin Fan asked, somewhat puzzled.

"It might only trigger during combat."

"Judging from the description of this rune, it should be it."

Just as the man and the dragon were about to continue their conversation, a familiar figure appeared before them, tossing a coin.

"Didn't they say the emergency call failed?"

Jiang Mengyao and Lin Fan looked at each other in bewilderment.

"I don't know either?"

Xie Zhi's hand froze as he tossed the coin, nearly causing it to fall to the ground.

Is it inappropriate to whisper in front of me?

"Uh, no, no, what's wrong, teacher?"

"I just sensed a familiar movement, so I came to check. Have you encountered any other divine realms? Where are they? Just point me in the direction."

Xie Zhi frowned and said somewhat anxiously.

"Some teachers, yes."

Jiang Mengyao nodded hurriedly and pointed to the ground.

"Huh? I was talking about other divine realms, not yours?"

Xie Zhi was somewhat helpless. Why couldn't this little girl understand what he was saying?

"It's this direction, teacher. Before I killed him, he said something about waiting for me in the abyss, I think."

Jiang Mengyao pointed to the ground and said with a serious expression.

"Really?"

Xie Zhi shifted his gaze from Jiang Mengyao and stared intently at Lin Fan.

"Really, he also summoned a succubus-like thing, which I killed."

Under Xie Zhi's watchful gaze, Lin Fan could only speak through the mental connection:

"Impressive. Although I knew you should be in charge of this divine realm, I didn't expect you to be this strong. The succubi summoned by these Abyss Society members are generally projections of the seventh rank. You were able to defeat them. You are truly strong."

After Xie Zhi finished speaking, he secretly used his divine sense to record the shocked expressions on the two people's faces.

Surprisingly, the man and the dragon remained unfazed, showing no shock whatsoever. He couldn't even bear to recall the expression on his face when he first learned about this group.

"We know that, teacher."

Although she was very upset that Xie Zhi ignored her behavior, Jiang Mengyao still explained a few words in a low voice.

"It seems your bone dragon is quite formidable."

Xie Zhi's eyes showed some surprise. Although many geniuses in history had received help from leaders or even lords during their demigod stage, he had never seen anything as peculiar as this bone dragon before.

"By the way, what exactly is the Abyss, teacher?"

Hearing Lin Fan's instructions in her mind, Jiang Mengyao spoke up crisply.

"The Abyss Society is something that should be told to you only after you graduate, but since you've encountered it ahead of time, it won't hurt to tell you."

After considering for a moment, Xie Zhi spoke:

"No one knows how the Abyss Society was established, or even what their goals are. Although we have been trying to plant spies in the Abyss Society for years, we have never succeeded."

"The way to identify the Abyss Society is by their Families. If a Familie is of the Demon race, there is a very high probability that they are members of the Abyss Society."

"Moreover, the Abyss has a very special talent: as long as you willingly offer up your divine core, they can merge your divine core into their own divine core, and replace you to control your kin."

"Doesn't that mean each of them could control dozens or even hundreds of core clans?"

Jiang Mengyao was somewhat surprised, and the image of dozens of races charging together sent chills down her spine.

"No, not really. The strongest known Abyss Society member controls seven types of core Familias, and they are all lower-level gods. Their Familias are quite powerful."

"By the way, how many types of core members did this Abyss Guild member you killed have? Three? Or two?"

Seeing that neither of them spoke, Xie Zhi asked with some confusion.

"It couldn't be just one, could it? You guys are lucky; you solved it easily. Unlike me, I faced four back then..."

"They are five core clan teachers: War Demon, Frost Serpent, Goblin, Fire Elemental, and Earth Giant."

As she spoke, Jiang Mengyao took out a biocard and a terrain card from her bosom and asked Xie Zhi to confirm them.

Five kinds?!

Xie Zhi exclaimed in surprise, his divine sense frantically scanning the terrain cards and creature cards. After confirming that the creatures in these creature cards were indeed compatible with the terrain cards, he suddenly fell silent.

"Huh? What's wrong, Teacher Xie?"

Jiang Mengyao clung to Lin Fan and asked curiously.

Xie Zhi's lips twitched slightly, but he quickly regained his composure.

"Yes, it's nothing."

Nothing's wrong my foot!

At this stage, members of the Abyss Guild, who possess five core Familias, can utilize the guild's special divine arts to create five elite-level Familias.

Add to that a demon at the boss level (number of familiars -1), and it's not so easy to deal with!

I really wish I could have a bone dragon when I was a demigod!

Thinking about how he had worked himself to the bone for so long, yet only had a few leader-level members in the Divine Realm, Xie Zhi's envious tears dripped from the corners of his mouth.

"Since a demigod from the Abyss Society has appeared in this public exploration area, they definitely won't let you continue exploring. Hurry up and head towards the human settlement; we'll conduct a unified assessment there."

Xie Zhi's eyes were complicated. After saying those words, his figure disappeared, but the huge void around him suddenly began to tremble.

"Um, I think what I said is fine, right?"

Jiang Mengyao stretched out her left hand and stroked her chin, frowning as she pondered.

I don't think so.

Lin Fan raised his dragon head triumphantly: "This demon, it should be a succubus, and to be frank, it's trash."

Jiang Mengyao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what she meant.

"Then aren't the gargoyles in the divine realm even worse than trash? I can't beat a succubus either, so I'm not even as good as trash~"

"I'm so sad~"

Jiang Mengyao buried her head in her arms and sobbed.

"No, no, that's not what I meant!"

Lin Fan shook his head and paws, hurriedly explaining.

"I don't want to hear it, I ... nyah nyah nyah~"

"You stinky Lin Fan!"

Lin Fan said, "I just want to act cool, why is it so hard!"