Divine Realm: Starting with the Broken Bone Dragon

Advancement in an extraordinary system is naturally not something that can be achieved overnight. Even if Lin Fan's ideas are far ahead of their time and he has many cultivation methods in his mind, none of them are applicable in this divine realm.

It was Jiang Mengyao's innate runes that gave birth to the Gargoyle unit, and made the Skeleton Archers and Skeleton Mages even more powerful in combat.

The continuous battles over the past 20 years have also granted Jiang Mengyao two brand-new talent runes.

Python Force: The clan's power generation techniques are improved, and strength is increased (fixed).

Metal Affinity: Since the Skeleton race is countered by the Lightning attribute and cannot obtain Lightning Affinity, this rune attribute is randomly converted to: Metal, increasing Metal Affinity.

Despite already knowing the wonders of runes, Lin Fan couldn't help but be amazed when he looked at the golden energy in his claws.

In the memories left by the bone dragon, it was unknown how many rare and precious materials one would have to devour and how many dangerous places one would have to enter in order to increase elemental affinity. Unexpectedly, now a single rune can increase elemental affinity by 20%.

This also brought his affinity for the gold element to 170%, while the affinity for all elements of a normal dragon is 200%, and the affinity for all elements of a bone dragon born from the remains of a dragon has dropped significantly, to only 150%.

However, there are both advantages and disadvantages. At least the near-immortality of the bone dragon is a long-cherished wish that the giant dragon can never obtain.

"This 20% metal affinity has increased the effectiveness of my metal magic by more than one-eighth."

Lin Fan felt like crying. After more than 400 years, he finally had a magic-side rune. He thought he was really going to become a melee bone dragon!

Jiang Mengyao now possesses eight runes. Apart from the one that explodes upon contact, the rest of the runes have already been inscribed on Lin Fan's body.

However, Lin Fan can inscribe eight runes, while other extraordinary-level relatives can only inscribe five runes, so how to combine them has become a big problem.

"First, there are the gargoyles."

Jiang Mengyao sat on Lin Fan's lap, stroking her chin with her left hand. Her current runes are: Swiftness, Earth Power (Enhanced Version), Dragon Scale Skin, Combat Skills, Touch Explosion, Hard Bones, Python Strength, and Gold Element Affinity.

"First, let's rule out the possibility of it exploding by touch; this thing is simply not something a gargoyle could use."

"It also has an affinity for the metal element."

Lin Fan's voice came from the side.

"I just used magic to investigate. The gargoyle has 110% earth element affinity, but only 30% metal element affinity, which is clearly not suitable for the metal element affinity talent."

Jiang Mengyao nodded. The remaining runes still needed to be selected from five to four. After some discussion between Jiang Mengyao and Lin Fan, they finally decided to remove the combat skills rune.

In Lin Fan's words: What he wants is a monster with amazing stats!

Although Jiang Mengyao didn't understand what "numerical monster" meant, it didn't stop her from listening to Lin Fan.

Between them, Lin Fan always made the decisions on important matters, and he also made the decisions on minor matters!

The title of "Grand Steward of the Divine Realm" is well-deserved.

Ultimately, the runes on the gargoyle were determined to be: Earth Power, Swiftness, Dragon Scale Skin, Hard Bones, and Python Strength. Its strength and defense are terrifying, making it a true high-damage, high-defense warrior. It can even fly into the enemy camp and take down the carry, which is simply outrageous!

Lin Fan also tried out the power amplification provided by the Python Force. Somewhat unexpectedly, the power enhancement brought by the Python Force was a fixed attribute bonus. Its amplified power was about one-third of that of an Earth Giant, and it could also enjoy the bonus of the power of the earth!

Now, if we encounter the Earth Giant, hmph—

It's hard to say who the real giant of the earth is!

As for the runes suitable for Skeleton Archers, that's even simpler.

First, we need to arrange the runes that directly increase combat power: Earth Power, Hard Bones, and Combat Skills.

Then comes the inevitable touch explosion, and then speed.

As for why he brought Swiftness and Hard Bones, it was because Lin Fan tested it out. The bone arrows shot by the skeleton archer could withstand the bonuses from both Swiftness and Hard Bones at the same time. The flight speed of the arrows increased by 20% out of nowhere, making them even harder to defend against!

The spells cast by the Skeleton Mage also benefit from the Swiftness rune, which is why the Skeleton Mage's final rune setup is: Swiftness, Combat Skills, Blast on Touch, Gold Affinity, and Earth Power for survival.

These skeleton mages have only 50% affinity for all elements except lightning and light. A rune with affinity for gold can almost double the power of their gold magic!

—Although these skeleton mages haven't yet developed metal magic....

However, Lin Fan believed that with the intelligence of Law 1 and Law 2, it was only a matter of time before they developed metal magic.

"The inscription and replacement of runes are left to our divine being!"

"Okay~"

Jiang Mengyao responded weakly, and thinking about her workload, she couldn't help but feel her spirits darken.

Even if she worked tirelessly day and night to inscribe the runes, it would still take her at least a decade to properly adjust the runes of the Skeleton Army!

"Alright, go ahead. If all else fails, I can use my divine power to create a clone to help you imprint it?"

Seeing Jiang Mengyao's helpless appearance, Lin Fan chuckled and reached out to ruffle her hair.

"don't want!"

Jiang Mengyao called out, muttering to herself.

"Using divine power to create clones consumes a lot of divine power. I can't waste the more than 200 million units of divine power I've painstakingly accumulated here. Once I accumulate another 700 million units of divine power, I can become a lower-level god!"

Jiang Mengyao smiled smugly, her eyebrows dancing with delight.

"Alright, alright, then be careful. If you're tired, take a good rest. Anyway, we'll need at least 50 years to recover, so just let it take its time to imprint. There's no need to rush."

Lin Fan shook his head helplessly and didn't try to persuade him any further.

After spending so much time together, he understood that once Jiang Mengyao had made up her mind, no amount of persuasion would change anything.

"Okay, I got it~"

Jiang Mengyao nodded, her figure vanished, leaving behind only a pink cat doll made of divine power.

"This gift is for you! Work hard!"

Her voice echoed in the same spot, leaving Lin Fan somewhat stunned.

Lin Fan gently picked up the doll with his paw, stroked it for a moment, and then suddenly smiled.

"What cat has such bulging cheeks..."

Lin Fan wrapped the doll in magic and looked around, but there didn't seem to be any place to store anything.

Space magic that can store items starts at the sixth rank, and Lin Fan wasn't comfortable putting things in space magic—what if a spatial turbulence suddenly occurred?

After thinking for a moment, Lin Fan used magic to stuff the doll into his mouth, wedging it into his skull—the place where his brain was stored before he died.

"Absolutely perfect, just as I expected."

Lin Fan hummed a little tune and flew triumphantly toward the area where the skeleton mage was.