A New Species with Limitless Potential

But Lin Xiao was not all that pleased. This was only temporary. Next, he had to put more thought into how to make the two races coexist peacefully.

This was also a problem every newcomer had to face. Whenever a new species was added, or a Species Card was used to summon more of an existing species, they would initially be hostile toward one another. It was not as though they could live together peacefully the moment they were summoned. That was impossible. Even members of the same species were like this. For example, when Lin Xiao had previously summoned four hundred Gray Mist Fishmen, if he had not intervened, conflicts would still have arisen in the end, perhaps even leading to mutual slaughter.

Even members of the same species were like that, let alone different species. Without his intervention, they would definitely have started fighting by now.

The solution was simple as well. He issued a Divine Revelation, having the Murlocs and Blackscale Nagas each send representatives to negotiate. The first step was peaceful coexistence. As long as they did not fight, everything else would be easier.

Then, they would maintain this peaceful coexistence over time and allow the two races to gradually become familiar with each other.

Once they reached a certain point, the two races could live together.

Lin Xiao had an idea: have the two races live together and form a mixed tribe.

The inherently weaker Murlocs would handle internal affairs, building the tribe and catching fish for the Blackscale Nagas to eat—in other words, supporting them.

The inherently stronger Blackscale Nagas would handle external affairs, meaning combat. They would be specifically responsible for fighting for the Divine Domain and protecting the weaker Murlocs. One inside and one outside—it was practically a perfect match.

This idea was highly feasible. After all, the Blackscale Nagas had Murloc blood in their veins. Strictly speaking, they could be considered a mutated subspecies of Murlocs. They were amphibious as well, so living alongside the Murlocs was entirely possible.

For the following period, Lin Xiao remained within the Divine Domain. Every day, he had the Murloc Chieftain and the Blackscale Naga envoy he had appointed enter and leave together, train together, and go fishing together.

At first, it was only the two leaders. Then a few Blackscale Nagas and a few Murlocs were added. After another month or so, dozens of Blackscale Nagas and dozens of Murlocs were doing things together. Slowly, they became familiar with each other, built rapport and compatibility, and learned about one another.

Ahem, that sounded a little strange, but the results were indeed excellent. In only half a year, all the Murlocs and Blackscale Nagas had accepted their new neighbors in the Divine Domain.

Under Lin Xiao's deliberate guidance, the Murloc tribe and the Blackscale Naga tribe officially began living together one day after half a year. The Blackscale Nagas also moved out of their temporary camp on the Black Soil Land and into the Murloc tribe among the Coral Reef along the beach.

Blackscale Nagas were amphibious and could go ashore, but like the Murlocs, they preferred these shallow waters.

With the two species officially living together, Lin Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did he lift the restrictions and allow all the Blackscale Nagas to learn the Salted Fish Thrust skill.

He had not dared to let them learn it before. The Blackscale Nagas already overwhelmingly surpassed the Murlocs in strength. If they learned this skill as well, one careless mistake could turn into a tragedy of extinction.

With the Blackscale Nagas' current physique and strength, wielding Fine Iron Short Spears and using the Salted Fish Thrust's fivefold burst produced astonishing killing power. Every one of them possessed more terrifying destructive force than the Murloc Chieftain. Their combat power was absurdly strong.

At this point, the Murlocs could withdraw from the Divine Domain's combat roster. From now on, the Blackscale Nagas would become the main combat race of Lin Xiao's Divine Domain.

According to the standard classification of strength, any adult Blackscale Naga possessed combat power equivalent to a peak Level 1 unit. They were already no weaker than the Level 2 units of some weaker species. For example, when Murlocs advanced into Level 2 Murloc Warriors, neither their physiques nor strength exceeded those of Blackscale Nagas by much.

Once they advanced, they would directly become Level 2 Blackscale Naga Warriors.

Level 3 Blackscale Naga Braves.

Level 4 Blackscale Naga Shark Hunter.

In other words, this species could currently advance as high as Level 4 units.

That alone might not show just how impressive it was. Put it this way: humanity, a legendary high race, could only advance to Level 5 at most.

For now, they still could not compare with mainstream races such as humans, Elves, and Orcs. But he could not possibly encounter those mainstream high races yet. At the high school stage, he would almost never come across anyone stronger than him.

Leaving the Divine Domain, the Divine Domain Login Pod opened, and a faint blue mist spread out. Lin Xiao crawled out with a smug expression, feeling better than he could say.

"Next, it's time to cultivate the Blackscale Nagas."

He recalled the lessons on cultivating new species from his theory classes. The most crucial step had already been taken. The tasks ahead would be much easier.

Aside from the most important matter of spending time on reproduction, what Lin Xiao needed most was a Class Card.

They already had Bloodthirst and Salted Fish Thrust as skills, along with all kinds of talents and specialties. That was enough. All they lacked now was a combat-oriented Class Card. Even the most basic Warrior Class could greatly increase the Blackscale Nagas' combat power. With the support of a class and various talents and specialties, the Blackscale Nagas' exceptional innate foundation might even allow them to fight above their level.

It was worth mentioning that the Blackscale Nagas' reproductive ability was quite good. With the fusion of two five-star Propagation Cards and the high reproductive talent inherent in Murloc bloodlines, the Blackscale Nagas had not been affected by the rule that stronger innate creatures had lower reproductive ability. Though they could not compare to the Murloc Kinfolk in the Divine Domain, their reproduction rate was comparable to that of ordinary Murlocs.

Newborn Blackscale Nagas had an infancy period of only five or six months, a childhood of around two years, and an adolescence of around three years. They were considered adults in their sixth year.

The Blackscale Nagas' lifespans were slightly inferior to those of humans, with a maximum lifespan of around fifty years. Each advancement increased their lifespan by a certain amount. If they could continue advancing all the way to Level 4, they could live past eighty.

This already counted as an outstanding race. Both their strength and lifespan were excellent. They could be cultivated as a main race. Even if they could not be improved further, these traits alone were enough to secure them a place in the Divine Domain.

After all, they were a newly created species acknowledged by the unseen laws. They could support a Divine Profession of an entire race. As long as their numbers were great enough, that alone could sustain a True God.

If all five future enhancements succeeded and produced a legendary race, that would be incredible.

There was no need to describe just how incredible it would be. One only had to look at how the chief gods of mainstream races such as Elves, Dwarves, and Orcs all possessed Greater Divine Power to understand just how much potential this held.

After casually washing his face, Lin Xiao felt refreshed and full of energy. He paced back and forth around his room, then turned and lay down on his bed, closing his eyes.

But after a while, he opened them again. He could not sleep!

After creating such an incredible race, he felt restless without anyone to talk to about it.

He knew perfectly well that this was not something he should flaunt everywhere, but keeping it bottled up made him feel as though he were wearing fine clothes in the dark.

He considered telling his mother, but for the moment, he had not figured out how to explain where this thing had come from. He was only a first-year high school student who had not even become a demigod, yet he had cultivated such a powerful new race. That seemed a little too exaggerated.