Divine Realm: Starting with the Broken Bone Dragon

"This orc might be able to hold its own against my good-level gargoyle. Hmm—it should be able to withstand five claws, since my gargoyles know the five-claw combo taught by Lin Fan."

Jiang Mengyao stroked her chin, her senses returning.

While the skeleton army was traveling, Jiang Mengyao observed several more human demigods' familiars. To her surprise, even after observing so many demigods, she didn't see many of their familiars break through to the elite level.

"It seems that many demigods are stuck at the stage of comprehending their own path, and have never seen an elite-level familiar."

Jiang Mengyao felt a mix of emotions, including some regret.

To find a suitable direction for their clan's development, the clan must research it themselves. Even though there are many cultivation methods for sale on the market, even within the same clan, a small difference can weaken the effectiveness of the purchased cultivation method, or even make it impossible to cultivate at all.

Once the cultivation methods purchased are spread throughout the divine realm, it becomes almost impossible for the clans to find their own path. Influenced by these cultivation methods, the clans, no matter how innovative they are, will always remain based on these methods and will never be able to form a truly unique system of their own.

This is also the main reason why so many demigods' relatives are stuck at the extraordinary level in terms of strength.

"If they truly can't find their own path, they can buy other people's extraordinary systems on the market. But where am I, a skeleton-type god, supposed to buy skeleton cultivation methods?!"

Jiang Mengyao pursed her lips sullenly, feeling somewhat envious of other people's clans, but she quickly banished the thought from her mind.

If she had awakened another kindred spirit, she would never have encountered the bone dragon that absorbed her divine death energy, and she would not have such great strength now.

Well—it's mainly because Lin Fan is amazing. He helped her create troops and wiped out demigods. He's practically her god of war.

For a moment, stars lit up in Jiang Mengyao's eyes.

While she was lost in thought above the divine realm, the skeleton army had already approached the massive structure.

"These enormous structures (compared to those of humans) are actually... houses?"

Lin Fan perched atop the gargoyle's head, glanced around briefly, and confirmed that the buildings in the distance were indeed houses.

Before he could continue observing, a creature that was 3 meters tall and had a large body appeared before him.

This creature is covered in deep red to brown rhomboid scales with a dark golden sheen at the edges. The scales are thicker in the shoulder and chest areas, forming a natural hard protective layer.

He has four thick lower limbs with prominent leg muscles, sharp scales at the joints, and black claws on his feet. His upper body is in the form of a demon's familiar, with broad shoulders, a thick back, bulging arm muscles, and sharp black claws on his hands.

Two long horns extend forward from its neck, giving it a fierce appearance. It has a short tail covered with sharp spikes.

"Hellish beasts..."

Seeing the hellish beasts that had already spotted the skeleton army in the distance, Lin Fan didn't take it to heart. Although skeletons are light, an army of over ten million skeletons would naturally cause quite a commotion. However, he didn't intend to hide.

Before he could even call out to Jiang Mengyao, a divine decree had already been issued before him.

The gargoyles in formations 2 and 3 soared into the sky, spreading out to the left and right respectively, flying at an extremely fast speed toward the edge of the village.

On the front, the gargoyles in squad 1, led by Stone 1, launched a strong attack.

Since it was time to fight, Shi 1 naturally took the lead, his heavy fist, covered in hard rock, slammed into the face of the hellish beast, causing it to bleed profusely.

These hellish beasts are generally at the extraordinary level, but their strength is far inferior to that of gargoyles. They can't even defeat a good extraordinary gargoyle, let alone an excellent one.

These hellish beasts, despite possessing outstanding fighting talent and immense strength, also generate sparks and extremely high temperatures with each attack.

But when faced with gargoyles with dragon-scale skin, Lin Fan could only say that these hellish beasts had really bitten off more than they could chew.

In terms of strength, gargoyles possess the power of the earth and the strength of a python, and their inherent strength is not weak, allowing even ordinary gargoyles of the extraordinary level to go toe-to-toe with hellish beasts. Although they will definitely not win in the end, they can still fight to a 30/70 split.

The flames of the hellish beasts were perfectly countered by the dragon scales, causing the gargoyles no damage whatsoever.

"Hellish Beasts, yet another race that becomes extraordinary upon reaching adulthood."

The burning speed of the soul fire in Lin Fan's eyes increased slightly.

"A small village on the edge of a secret realm, with hundreds of extraordinary-level beings and a hellish beast about to enter the elite level—I truly don't believe there aren't any boss-level beings in this secret realm!"

Lin Fan raised his head and gazed into the distance—but he could see nothing.

"There are almost elite-level enemies at the edge of the secret realm. Can we really conquer this secret realm?"

Jiang Mengyao's questioning voice rang out in Lin Fan's mind, and the two began to communicate through a mental connection, even though they were separated by an unknown distance.

"I don't know, but with our strength alone, we definitely can't deal with the hellish beasts in this secret realm. Let's gather our forces and advance eastward to reunite with the other human demigods. I believe that if the other human demigods knew about the situation in this secret realm, they would make the same choice."

"Then I'll go and talk to a few of the human demigods nearby."

Jiang Mengyao ended the conversation, and at this moment, the gargoyles she had just left among the other human demigods came in handy.

"Zhou Junyu".

A gargoyle among the many goblin wolf riders suddenly spoke, startling the surrounding goblins who immediately turned around.

After realizing that it was the rock and soil blocks that were speaking, they all turned their attention away.

One of the wolf riders suddenly turned around and spoke.

"What happened?"

"No, I've found the familiar in this secret realm. They're hellish beasts. The specific information is..."

After briefly informing Zhou Junyu of the information, Jiang Mengyao spoke again.

"This secret realm is definitely too much for one or two people to handle, not to mention the other alien races that are eyeing us covetously. As you move forward, try to head east, where there are still demigods of our human race."

Zhou Junyu nodded without refuting.

He had tested how strong the defense of this clan was, and that it could fly and fight while wearing such heavy rock armor. Its strength must be terrifying. Even a demigod of this strength was not prepared to fight alone. How could he possibly go alone?

Okay, good that you know.

Jiang Mengyao regained consciousness and possessed other gargoyles that could contact the demigods, conveying this simple information.

"We've conveyed this message to five demigods, hoping that the other powerful demigods will understand our predicament in this secret realm!"

Jiang Mengyao sighed softly and directed the skeleton army to move in a diagonal line, gradually approaching the east.

This secret realm is so vast that as long as you head east, you're bound to encounter other human demigods.