LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 10: Post-Battle Gains
Regardless of whether Moka believed it or not, the fact was clear - the Divine Protection it had placed so much hope in was shattered by the Acid Zerg's self-destruction. Moreover, the Acid Zerg's explosion left behind corrosive acid, turning the ground into a charred, black mess.
The lizardmen, faced with the splashing acid, suffered heavy losses. Many were corroded to death, their armor pitted and eaten away.
"How... could this..."
Moka hadn't expected such an outcome. Not only was Divine Protection destroyed, but most of its followers were also dead or severely injured. With the situation so dire, there was no time for hesitation. For those who died, nothing could be done, but for the severely injured, it quickly poured faith power into healing them.
Although this consumption was enormous, it was better than having its divine realm conquered.
"A futile struggle!" Xu Luo shook his head.
With the defense line broken, using faith power to accelerate the lizardmen's recovery was in vain. At most, it would only temporarily slow the Zerg's advance.
The outcome wouldn't change.
Under the Frenzy enhancement, the lizardmen charged fearlessly, but under the Acid Zerg's suicide attacks, their losses mounted.
When the Frenzy duration ended, they finally collapsed, scattering in all directions, ignoring Moka's furious commands to attack.
This was a common problem faced by deities; many followers' faith was often superficial, only reaching the level of shallow believers, then devout believers, fanatics, and finally holy spirits.
Only at the fanatic level would followers willingly give their lives for their deity.
Devout believers, though sincere in their faith, would waver when facing life-threatening danger.
This was the drawback of deities.
Xu Luo was fortunate; the Zerg's faith was constant, always at the fanatic level, willing to die for him.
With the opponent's formation scattered, the Mantis Zerg no longer hid behind the Beetle Zerg. They pursued and killed the fleeing lizardmen warriors, eliminating the enemy's fighting force.
Moka closed its eyes in pain.
It knew it was finished.
Losing early development in the World of Gods and its divine realm, even though its family had influence and could let it start over, it would lag far behind others in development time. Its future was now uncertain.
With the lizardmen warriors gone, the remaining lizardmen had little resistance against the fierce Zerg.
Soon, the Zerg reached the center of the divine realm, arriving at the realm's core.
Moka had lost control of the realm and could only watch helplessly as everything unfolded.
"Destroy it!" Xu Luo directly used his connection with his followers, ordering the Zerg to destroy the realm core. This would completely conquer the realm and strip Moka of its deity qualification.
The unprotected realm core stood no chance against the Zerg's attack. In less than a minute, it was completely shattered.
[You have destroyed a divine realm core, achieving the Realm Destroyer title!]
[Destroying the divine realm core, you've gained the "Tail Shedding Survival" talent!]
[Destroying the divine realm core, you've condensed a "Forest" terrain card!]
[Destroying the divine realm core, you've condensed a "Hill" terrain card!]
[Destroying the divine realm core, you've condensed a "Plains" terrain card!]
[Destroying the divine realm core, you've conquered the current realm and gained a Broken Divine Realm!]
Three terrain cards, one talent, one title, and a broken divine realm! These were the fruits of Xu Luo's invasion; although he had paid a huge price, it was all worth it.
Just the three terrain cards alone, if bought from regular shops, would cost 20,000 to 30,000 each. If resource-rich or large in area, they'd be even more expensive!
The three were worth at least 60,000.
The broken divine realm could be merged into his own, which was perfect as his original realm had shrunk considerably due to the mayflies' collection.
Although he didn't get new genes, he obtained a talent that could be fused with the queen, giving all future Zerg this ability.
Choosing to merge the broken realm, his original realm, which started at a thousand miles in radius but had shrunk to about 800, suddenly expanded to about 2,000 miles. Moka's realm had been heavily invested in and was much larger than Xu Luo's.
"This should be enough to last for quite a while."
Xu Luo sighed in relief, fearing the mayflies might consume his entire realm.
The original realm was resource-poor. Now expanded, it still looked like a vast desert except for the acid pool.
After all, mineral deposits were underground.
Using the three newly acquired terrain cards, forest, hills, and plains appeared, finally giving the realm some vitality. However, without a complete ecosystem, these resources had no regenerative ability and would deplete over time.
Looking at the current realm, although most areas were still barren, it looked much better than before, making Xu Luo feel relieved.
This invasion had depleted all of Moka's remaining faith power, but the gains satisfied Xu Luo.
The mayflies decomposing lizardmen corpses and collecting in the realm provided a large number of evolution points, greatly alleviating the pressure of the Zerg's growing appetite. However, Xu Luo's losses were not small this time.
He lost over 1,200 Beetle Zerg, 600 Mantis Zerg, and 3,600 Acid Zerg!
The consequence was that his previous investment was wasted, and he would receive much less faith power for some time. Of course, gaining a divine realm was still profitable no matter how you calculated it.
Using faith power alone to expand a realm would cost an astronomical figure; moreover, he gained a title.
This title would reduce realm suppression by 10% in future invasions.
Fighting in others' realms usually incurs suppression from the opponent's realm.
After counting the losses, he fused the talent skill with the queen, giving the Zerg their first innate ability.
Limb Regeneration!
This evolved from the "Tail Shedding Survival" talent.
They could regenerate limbs like a lizard shedding its tail, as long as the injury wasn't fatal, though it would consume evolution points.
This invasion also showed Xu Luo the true strength of his forces.
They were strong, overwhelming the enemy in numbers. However, they weren't as powerful as he had imagined.
The Zerg couldn't use equipment, and despite their high tier, they struggled against fully armed lizardmen of much lower tiers. This highlighted how troublesome their individual combat power was.
This was the Zerg's weakness. They had high tiers but lacked skills and talents.
'Next, I should focus on collecting talents and skills!' Xu Luo thought to himself.
