Chapter 363: Advancing to Diamond-tier

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“Yes, Master. Don’t worry. I’ll do it in a moment.”

After giving the order to Elven, Watson turned his head and looked around. Everyone who saw him felt a chill run down their spines. Watson had fused all the members of the Severed Fingers Gang, including their leader, in an instant. They had become one person, and that person seemed to be under Watson’s control. He was respectful to him. That scene was too terrifying.

The Severed Fingers Gang had tens of thousands of people, and the way those people disappeared in an instant was very frightening. Watson said that he wanted them to submit willingly, and he even wanted them to see that scene. They had not understood Watson’s thoughts, but they did after that.

Tens of thousands of people with severed fingers could be destroyed by Watson in an instant. The sea tribe or the Ptolemy family did not have much more than the gang. If Watson wanted to, he could also turn them into puppets. That kind of ending was even scarier than death.

“The matter with the Severed Fingers Gang has been settled. Next is the matter of the sea tribe and the Ptolemy family. I don’t know if you two—”

Watson turned his head and looked around. His gaze was on the leader of the sea folks and Daniel. However, before he could finish his words, Owen and Poseidon, the sea folks’ leaders, fell to their knees with a plop.

“Watson, the sea folks are willing to submit to you. From now on, the sea folks are your property! ”

Watson nodded. He turned his head again and looked in the direction of Daniel.

“Retreat, quickly fish the boats out of the waterway. What a bunch of idiots. Can’t you see that there’s no water in those waterways? You don’t even know how to fish the boats out. What if the boats are damaged?”

It seemed that they were not there to fight but to sightsee. Daniel berated his men for fis.h.i.+ng out the boats one by one. He no longer considered the sea folks to be anything.

What a joke! If Watson continued to bite down on them, the Ptolemy family would probably be the next to disappear from the city. Perhaps that floating city would change its name and become Watson City.

….

Outside the floating city…

Not far from the sh.o.r.e of Lake Priest, a small boat floated by; a man in black was on it. He was watching with a complicated gaze as the floating city was destroyed by a water-elemental giant that was thousands of meters tall. The water-elemental giant gradually turned into a surging stream of water and disappeared into the floating city and lake.

The water-elemental giant that was thousands of meters tall had disappeared too quickly as a dark cloud appeared in the sky; it did not disperse. The drizzle fell with the mist, wetting the man’s clothes.

“Elven… she must have prepared a good wine for me. I think she would have gotten along with me. What a pity.”

He took out a bottle of red wine from the trunk at the stern, opened the bottle cap, and drank two mouthfuls. The man leisurely left in the direction of the royal city. “That Watson is really a monster. Even though I did not tell Elven the complete information, he transformed into a thousands-of-meter-tall giant and uprooted an entire city. Can an ordinary platinum-tier elite do such a thing? After returning to the royal city, I hope that His Majesty will not a.s.sign me any tasks relating to Watson. I want to live for a while longer.”

The faint sigh dissipated in the air. The man and the small boat left the gate and gradually disappeared into the city.

Not long after the man left, another group of people walked out of the floating city. Owen and Poseidon led those people. They surrounded a young man, who was a member of the sea folks.

“Young Master Watson, the sea folks are willing to become your property. I wonder when we can sign the contract?”

Owen approached Watson carefully. He did not dare to be careless because he was afraid that Watson would merge him into someone else’s body if he angered Watson, making him no longer himself. At the same time, Owen secretly rejoiced in his heart. He was glad that Watson had a good temper. Previously, when he went against Watson, Watson did not merge him.

“When we go to the bottom of the sea, and you gather all the sea folks, we will sign the contract then.”

Watson glanced at Owen. On the surface, he looked serious, but on the inside, he thought it was funny.

Owen, who had previously ridiculed him, had turned cowardly. Master Antonio was right. As long as one had the power to say something, they would become powerful and be able to convince others to follow it.

Watson understood the benefits of power, but he did not intend to make it his only power. The bond between the shackles of power was frail, and it might snap one day.

After making up his mind, a huge teleportation array appeared under Watson’s feet and brought him and many other sea folks into the sea folks’ territory. Watson stayed there for an entire week.

During that week, Watson helped the sea folks to make adjustments between Atlantis and the surrounding waters. Atlantis was a hundred times larger than before, and the original underwater city had become an existence similar to the central city. The surroundings were scattered with different palaces, led by the twelve golden palaces, scattered in an orderly manner.

In addition to the expansion, the armor worn by the sea folks had also been upgraded. Those were originally polished from the ores at the bottom of the sea, and some did not wear armor at all. They wore undergarments that were simply polished seash.e.l.ls to cover their essential parts.

After all, the sea folks’ living environment meant that they did not know how to make a fire. They also did not know how to use fire for forging. However, with Watson’s help, all of those had changed. Watson first used the system fusion to upgrade a portion of the sea folks’ armor to gold-tier. Then, he summoned the World Transformation Mirror and opened the pa.s.sage to Mount Creation. A bunch of useless platinum-tier armor and weapons were transported from there.

When those weapons and armor were first transported over, the entire sea crew was in an uproar. When the sea folks learned that those weapons were all produced by Watson, and those weapons were considered ordinary on Mount Creation, their feelings toward Watson also changed.

Watson had helped them a lot, and they were grateful for that. Later, because of Watson’s fusion ability, they were in awe. Their feelings toward Watson had turned into respect, just like their respect for their sea G.o.d. If a person were the same strength as them, they might have many other opinions of that man. However, if that person’s strength surpa.s.sed theirs by too much, they would not dare to have any other emotions other than respect toward that person.

That day, on the seventh day of Watson’s arrival at the bottom of the sea, the sea folks were holding a grand event.

“The direction of the sculpture is a little off. Go back a little more.”

“Use more strength. That is Young Master Watson’s sculpture. Any collision would be disrespectful to him.”

The original altar in the huge abyss had been removed and replaced by a platinum-colored sculpture that was thousands of meters tall. Tens of thousands of sea folks pulled it with ropes and other things, and it was slowly moved into the abyss.

Soon, the sculpture was set up in the abyss. The huge sculpture filled up the abyss and turned into a tower that was taller than the entire kingdom. That sculpture could be seen by anyone who lives near the sea.

“Young Master Watson, I wonder if you are satisfied with the placement of that sculpture?”

Owen did not help to place the sculpture. Instead, he was floating in the ocean with Watson on top of a palace in the distance, asking with a flattering expression.

Owen’s att.i.tude had changed from the one he adopted a few days ago. He was wearing a set of platinum-tier armor; that armor was specially designed for mermaids. Even though the fishtail was covered with a layer of platinum-tier scales, the weapon in Owen’s hand had also become a platinum-tier harpoon.

Seven days ago, they had only agreed to become Watson’s subordinate out of fear, but they had pledged loyalty toward Watson from the bottom of their hearts.

If they were to submit to Watson, they would receive free platinum-tier items. Even their living environment would be brand new. Furthermore, they could use the tunnel constructed by the World Transformation Mirror to go to Mount Creation at any time to purchase goods produced by the humans. That was a heavenly kingdom for Owen. After all, his biggest dream was to destroy the floating city and capture a group of human craftsmen to work for him.

However, how could the craftsmen from the floating city compare to those from Mount Creation?

“Not bad, but isn’t the abyss a sacred place that you usually use to wors.h.i.+p the Sea G.o.d? Isn’t placing my sculpture there disrespectful to the Sea G.o.d? ”

“It doesn’t matter. That place is a sacred place for wors.h.i.+p because the abyss once stored the Sea G.o.d’s Trident. However, that weapon was lost a long time ago! We’ve sent people to inquire about it and found out that it was fake. Perhaps it was because we lost the weapon that the Sea Go stopped protecting us long ago. Otherwise, we would not have been captured by so many humans.”

Seeing Watson’s worry, Owen waved his hand and said indifferently.

The Sea G.o.d no longer protected them. Even if the Sea G.o.d protected them, it would also delay their faith in Watson. After all, Watson could give them a rich life and powerful platinum-tier resources. Even a G.o.d might not be able to do that.

“Young Master Watson, your sculpture has been built. Next is your coronation ceremony. Please, come on stage.”

Poseidon, who was in a silk dress, walked over slowly and made a gesture of invitation toward Watson. Poseidon’s long dress kept fluttering under the water; she looked very beautiful. Obviously, that long dress was created by a human.

Watson nodded and followed behind Poseidon and came to the sky above the newly built statue. As he stood on the head of the statue, he looked down and saw that most of the sea folks were gathered in front of him, looking at him with keen eyes.

“Next, we will hold the coronation ceremony for Young Master Watson. He has requested that the sea folks become his subordinates and listen to his orders. However, Young Master Watson is not satisfied with the traditional way of signing a slave contract! Therefore, after discussing it, we have decided to turn Young Master Watson into the object of our faith and let him become the second G.o.d to protect our race on par with the Sea G.o.d.”

Poseidon’s voice was transmitted via magic so that all the sea folks could hear her clearly.

“In the past, the sea folks were bullied because we weren’t strong enough. Now, we have weapons that can protect us! In the past, we stayed in the sea because we were lost. Now, our G.o.d has pointed the direction for us. We are willing to offer our faith to Young Master Watson, just like how we used to believe in the Sea G.o.d.”

“We are willing to offer our faith to Young Master Watson.”

Tens of thousands of sea folks knelt and wors.h.i.+pped him. They looked at him with sparkling eyes and shouted in unison.

It might sound incredible to ask the sea tribe that hated humans to wors.h.i.+p a human and treat him as the object of their faith. However, to the sea tribe, that was very normal. Why would they have to ask that?

Then, a huge mirror appeared. Rings of light rippled around the mirror, and before it opened, a large number of s.h.i.+ny feathers floated down, turning the sea into a sacred kingdom. As the feathers floated downward, the low moans of the G.o.ds gradually sounded in the air. Angels with white wings on their backs and halos above their heads instantly descended into the water.

At the forefront of those angels was an army of 100,000 people dressed in black armor. Every one of them emitted a platinum-tier aura. Behind those 100,000 angels were millions of ordinary angels that could not pa.s.s through the World Transformation Mirror. They could only wors.h.i.+p Watson from Mount Creation.

“Praise Young Master Watson, just as you would praise the sun. ”

The 100,000 angels above their heads shouted in thunderous voices. Many of the sea folks immediately felt immense pressure, and at the same time, a trace of pride appeared on their faces.

If the sea folks were the kings of the sea, then the angels were the overlords of the sky. As a mysterious and powerful ancient race, they all recognized Watson as their master. As for the sea folks, they were no more than angels. Those days, when Watson was helping to transform Atlantis, he also mentioned Mount Creation and the Tower of Babel that he had created. He was planning to build a third miracle in Atlantis.

It would be called the Dragon Palace.

The Dragon Palace would be based on Atlantis and spread throughout the entire ocean. As long as there was seawater, there would be traces of the Dragon Palace. It was a huge project to control the resources at the bottom of the sea. Watson worked for a full seven days before he came up with a framework. He decided to complete the rest of the work when he cooperated with the sea folks.

Accepting the sea folks as an affiliated race was not only because of the trial that Antonio mentioned but also because Watson needed their help to plant the seeds to overthrow the kingdom’s monarch in the future. What he needed was the first step of his plan.

Watson’s aura suddenly thickened under the wors.h.i.+p of millions of angels and tens of thousands of sea folks. That power of faith was so powerful that it was like a sun appearing in the sea, enveloping Watson within it. It illuminated all directions.

At the same time, after absorbing that power of faith, the source of chaotic-elemental magic in Watson’s soul suddenly increased in size. He broke through from the diamond tier into an unknown domain—it was the domain of the G.o.ds.

Watson felt his mind explode. The source of chaotic-elemental magic changed from the shape of a fountain to the shape of a kingdom. Many figures appeared in the kingdom. Those figures included the sea folks and the residents of Mount Creation. The soul projections of those who had dedicated their faith to Watson appeared there. Their bodies were bathed in the violent aura of chaos.

The kingdom that the source of chaotic-elemental magic had turned into was not an ordinary mortal kingdom but a divine kingdom. At that moment, the capacity of the source of chaotic-elemental magic had officially changed to the starlight tier. Its capacity had expanded by hundreds or thousands of times, and the people there felt it.

“I feel as if a brand new energy has been injected into my body. What kind of power is that?”

A sea folk kneeling on the ground suddenly raised his right hand, and a ball of chaotic color appeared in his hand. The seawater covered by the chaotic color instantly dissipated as if it had been eliminated from that world.

“This power can be divided into six different elements. It’s really amazing!”

The other mermaid did not show any chaotic colors on her body. Instead, there were six different elements—light, darkness, fire, water, and wind. The six colors made her look like a fairy.

“That strange energy must have been given to us by Young Master Watson!”

Soon, the sea folks who sensed the chaotic elements raised their heads and looked at Watson, who was surrounded by the power of faith. Their eyes could not penetrate the dense power of faith, and they could only vaguely see Watson’s figure. They looked grateful.

They did not expect that they would receive such great benefits from their faith in Watson. Just the power from the chaotic elements had increased their strength by more than ten times, not to mention that a large amount of knowledge had been transferred into their minds, allowing their strength to multiply. After feeling the benefits, they became more pious.

Initially, most of their faith in Watson was due to the benefits that Watson had given them. After that, they had really regarded Watson as a G.o.d.

More concentrated power of faith entered Watson’s body, allowing the magical source that had just attained the starlight tier to expand once again and stabilize that level. Meanwhile, Watson, who had been stuck at peak platinum-tier all, had also progressed. The tremendous power of faith helped him to cross the boundary between platinum and diamond-tier, and thus allowing him to enter the diamond tier.

Boom!

The moment he entered the diamond tier, a phantom image that spanned thousands of meters appeared behind Watson. The image connected the sky and the earth, causing dark clouds to cover the sky. Thunder rumbled, and whirlpools appeared in the seawater, creating 100-meter waves.

The aura that filled the sky spread, and the pressure from higher-tier beings caused the sea tribe and the angels to kneel respectfully.

The world in Watson’s eyes had changed at that moment. Initially, the world was bright, but after advancing to the diamond tier, the world became abstract in his eyes, like countless huge threads entangled together by lines. Those lines were the rules, and different rules interweaved to become things.

Those in the diamond tier could grasp the rules. Anyone else would only see the world on the surface, but after reaching that tier, they would see the world’s essence.

Watson had initially grasped dozens of rules, but after advancing to the diamond tier, those rules had spontaneously fused, causing the number to increase dramatically, becoming hundreds.

Hundreds of rules twisted as if they wanted to form the shadow of a kingdom in his mind.

Then, Watson extended his right hand to control the rules in the seawater, to extract the,. On the other hand, there was a rule called the Water Element. A rule called the Transformation was extracted from there. The seawater contained hundreds of thousands of rules, and Watson only knew some of them.

Those rules twisted and entwined in front of Watson, vaguely turning into a huge palace made of seawater. It was obviously made of seawater, but the walls of the palace had a crystal l.u.s.ter, and at the same time, it emitted a sacred aura. Everyone who saw that was shocked.

“A divine kingdom! Is that the legendary divine kingdom?”