Chương 55: Sudden Incident

While the sea was quite turbulent, Richard and his group had already arrived in the New World via Fishman Island.

They could have crossed the Red Earth to get here, but everyone wanted to see the beautiful mermaid.

So I took a stroll around Fishman Island first.

When they arrived, the island wasn't very famous yet, and newspapers hadn't been published there. In addition, Fishman Island was ecologically isolated, and news was scarce.

So the mermaids and fishmen on Fishman Island didn't know them at all, which allowed them to have a great time.

She even went to have her fortune told by Ms. Xia Li at the coffee shop.

I did experience a long-lost moment of relaxation.

The group stayed there for two days before setting off for the New World.

Shortly after entering the New World, an unexpected event forced Richard to interrupt his pirate journey.

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In the vast and boundless ocean of Panlong World, in a certain sea area, a gigantic black divine tree soared into the sky, rising several kilometers above the water.

Beneath the water's surface lie tree trunks tens of kilometers high; what's above the water is merely the tip of the iceberg.

This is the divine tree that Richard brought back from the Naruto world. After decades of cultivation, it has grown to this size.

At this time, the divine tree had borne fruit again, but this fruit was not yet ripe and its quality was far inferior to the one Richard had eaten before, so there was no rush to pick it.

Richard's water-elemental deity avatar resides here, draining the seawater from the divine tree while simultaneously supplying it with divine power.

It can be said that this is a gift from Hongmeng to all living beings in this world.

All beings that become gods can draw endless divine power from the ocean of divine power.

Unlike Richard in other worlds, who had to find ways to absorb energy from the world and convert it into divine power to recover after his divine power was depleted.

The recovery speed was incredibly slow, especially when there was no special energy in the world.

In the Panlong world, there is a readily available ocean of endless divine power. The amount of divine power that can be extracted is only affected by the level of understanding of the laws. The daily extraction limit is at least enough to replenish one's divine power to full once it is depleted.

Unfortunately, each deity can only store a limited amount of divine power within their body; it cannot be stored indefinitely.

Moreover, divine power is formless and intangible, and cannot be stored, so it cannot be given to others for use.

It doesn't seem to be the power of a supreme god. The power of a supreme god is of much higher quality than divine power, and it has already liquefied.

Therefore, the power of the main god can be extracted, preserved, and given to god-level powerhouses below the main god level.

But the Divine Tree doesn't have this problem. It accepts all energy as it comes and directly absorbs and converts it into chakra.

Therefore, Richard does not need to extract and preserve the divine power; his divine clone can simply transmit the divine power to the divine tree.

The problem now is that the divine power is of too high quality, making it difficult for the divine tree to digest. Its absorption efficiency is not as high as when it absorbs the magic crystal ore below.

This is also why Richard brought the Divine Tree here to absorb the magic crystal ore.

Nowadays, the Divine Tree mainly absorbs the energy of the Magic Crystal Mine, and Richard only occasionally provides some divine power.

As for this magic crystal mine, it was discovered by chance when I went out to sea last time to find a place to break through to godhood.

It was of little use to him before, and the mining was extremely difficult at a depth of tens of thousands of meters underwater.

Unless he is willing to come and work as a miner himself, no one else can mine the land.

Now that we have the sacred tree, there's no need to mine anymore; we can simply let the sacred tree take root in the mineral vein and absorb energy.

After absorbing it for decades, it has already absorbed most of it. It is estimated that it will be completely absorbed in another ten or twenty years.

Once the magic crystal ore is depleted, it can only supply divine power.

The entire Tara plane is not without other large or even super-giant magic crystal mines, but they are all within the control of forces with intermediate gods.

If Richard were to touch these mines, it would cause too much of a commotion. He didn't want to make a big splash until he had the power to sweep across the entire plane.

Absorbing divine power only slows down the growth of the divine tree; it's not unacceptable.

But at that moment, a strange lower-level god was approaching. He discovered Richard, and Richard also discovered him.

Most importantly, the other party has already discovered an extraordinary divine tree. Something that a god-level expert would guard must not be an ordinary thing.

Normally, since Richard is already here, if the other party has no malicious intent, you should greet them and then simply leave.

But the other party didn't dodge; instead, it flew directly towards them.

This is clearly a hostile move, Richard thought helplessly. He clearly had no intention of causing trouble in the Panlong world.

Wouldn't it be better to just let me peacefully survive until I become invincible in the material plane?

His water-elemental divine avatar is definitely not weak among lower-level gods, after all, Richard has already comprehended four of the six profound mysteries of the water-elemental laws: the mysteries of water element, water body technique, mist illusion, and the sharpness of ice.

Although he had only fully comprehended the mysteries of the water element, the other mysteries could still provide a certain boost.

Moreover, although the water-elemental divine avatar cannot use other conventional laws and rules of the Panlong World, such as the wind-elemental laws and life rules he has comprehended.

However, it can use spacetime laws that are not within the scope of conventional laws and rules.

Although the laws of spacetime are concealed in the Panlong World, concealment does not mean non-existence. They can still be used, but cannot be comprehended in the conventional way.

Since joining the chat group, Richard has never stopped studying the laws of spacetime. It can be said that the strength of his divine clone can no longer be calculated using the conventional divine power levels of this world.

Although his divine clone does not possess the Rinne Sharingan and its control over space and time is not as refined as his original body, it is still quite formidable and not something to be underestimated.

With the laws of spacetime in place, even if he can't defeat a mid-level god, he can still retreat with ease, right? And it has to be a very powerful mid-level god, otherwise an ordinary mid-level god might not be enough for him to defeat.

Even if this isn't his strongest wind-elemental divine clone, it's still the same.

As for the higher gods, the gap is still quite large. Once a higher god's divine domain is unleashed, his divine avatar probably won't be able to move.

But the other side must have something to rely on if they dare to come. Just in case, the wind god clone rushed over from the small continent where it was stationed.

Originally, there was no plan to send the main body back from the One Piece world. After all, having the wind-elemental god clone come was already a safe bet.

But soon the unfamiliar lower-level god arrived.

Richard recognized the guy immediately. No wonder he was so arrogant; it was him.

Because I was searching for medicine to heal my soul damage, I felt isolated and lacked connections. As a result, I was unaware of some common information that was known to everyone in high-level circles.

Therefore, Richard's divine clone, who remained in the territory, was not always in seclusion; sometimes he would participate in exchanges with the imperial god-level powerhouses.

He maintained superficial relationships with the lower-ranking gods of the empire. Some of the god-level powerhouses would also share common knowledge with him, including information about other powerful figures.

The god-level powerhouse flying towards them was quite famous throughout the entire Tara plane; his name was Remer. At least within the god-level circle, everyone had heard of him.

He is a reclusive, extremely powerful individual, a mid-level water-elemental god, with a lower-level god avatar. He has no faction. He enjoys wandering around using his lower-level god avatar.

The one flying over now should be Remer's lower-level god clone.

Richard resigned himself to his bad luck that he could run into this.

The main body can only return from the pirate world first, and then get here as quickly as possible.