The cracks in the sky, and the massive falling world fragments, drastically altered the environment of the “Land of Eternity” that had formed in the first stage!
Except for the areas covered by the human race's "shield,"
the rest of the places were constantly changing.
The earth cracked, and mountains and rivers shifted!
For example, the river not far from Xia Tian's territory was originally only ten meters wide, but when the sky above cracked open, a gash appeared.
A large amount of river water, enveloped in white light, poured down, and the originally ten-meter-wide surface rapidly expanded at an astonishing speed.
Along with the water, various aquatic creatures also fell into it.
Among them were some ferocious aquatic beasts, some with terrifying forms and bodies over ten meters long.
However, what was most striking were the hundreds of "mermen" clad in silver scales, wielding short knives, long forks, and other weapons, with blue or red fins, and four limbs with webbed fingers and toes!
"Land of Eternity..."
One of these "mermen," wearing a jeweled crown and with golden-red fins,
after perceiving the information that appeared in his mind, did not panic like the other mermen but instead showed a thoughtful expression!
"Excellent, this stretch of water will serve as the territory for my 'Merman' race."
Then, he spoke to some fish creatures in the original river.
"From today onwards, you are our servants... But why is the number of aquatic creatures in this water sparse?"
He seemed able to communicate with ordinary fish, even directly reading their thoughts and memories.
"Hmm, were they hunted by some humans nearby?"
"Ridiculous, mere humans, daring to extensively hunt my aquatic creatures. They truly don't know their place."
The crowned merman's gaze instantly darkened as he looked up at the human territory, now close at hand after the water surface widened... "Humans? You said there are humans nearby!"
On the other side of the territory, at the former site of Qingfeng Village, hundreds of gnolls had also gathered.
"Human flesh, they say, is incredibly delicious. No wonder you couldn't resist attacking this human village!"
"Unfortunately, in our world, humans have long been eaten up by our ancestors."
A werewolf, over two meters tall, with fiery red fur all over his body, and a red ring with flame patterns on his arm,
surrounded by dozens of red-furred werewolves, who were more robust and taller than ordinary gnolls, inspected the battle traces left by "Qingfeng Village."
"Pity your original leader was so incompetent, actually killed by a weak human."
Upon hearing the whimpers of the gnolls, the Flame Ring Werewolf's face showed an interested expression.
"Where did those humans relocate?"
"Take me to deal with them. After avenging your leader, you will surrender to me and become the forces of my Sacred Fire Werewolf clan to conquer this 'Land of Eternity.'"
...And a little further away.
From a huge crack in the sky, a vast, dark mass of enormous creatures fell like rain.
Roar, roar... growl, growl... After landing, dragon roars and beast growls echoed endlessly.
Because this large group of creatures were, in fact, over a thousand "dragon beasts."
"Dragon beasts" refer to creatures that possess dragon bloodline but, due to extremely mixed blood, exhibit strong bestial tendencies and lack sufficient intelligence, mostly being very dull-witted.
But even if they are extremely dull-witted, these "dragon beasts" are still not to be underestimated.
Because most of the dragon beasts in this area had reached levels eight or nine, and some even reached the Transcendent level.
This massive number, combined with the powerful physique of dragon-blooded creatures, would undoubtedly be impossible for any single Earth human territory to withstand at the current stage!
"Strange, where did that idiot Fafnir go? Why hasn't he come to greet us yet?"
Amidst the continuous beast roars,
several creatures, whose appearances and body shapes differed but all displayed some characteristics of the Golden Dragon race, showed confusion.
"He's not dead, is he? I can no longer feel his life aura. According to the rules of this new 'Land of Eternity,' we have a blood connection with him, so we should have descended not far from his location!"
Several golden dragon-blooded creatures of different forms looked at each other with some doubt.
"Originally, Father King wanted us to gather together and establish a territory belonging to the dragon race, awaiting the glorious arrival of the 'Dragon Kingdom' in the future."
"But that idiot might already be dead, so there's no need for us to act together. Let's each rely on our own abilities to develop our forces in this 'Land of Eternity' and determine who is stronger!"
The golden dragon-blooded creatures waited for a while, but still did not see the golden wyvern named "Fafnir."
Their faces immediately showed some impatience.
Then, they prepared to divide these thousand "dragon beasts" and go their separate ways.
"Arthur! Your mother was merely a lowly human, no nobler than that lizard-blooded idiot 'Fafnir.'"
"You can only have ten of these dragon beasts; it's our extra grace. Take your share and get out!"
Suddenly, several golden dragon-blooded creatures spoke in unison, looking coldly at a dragon-blooded creature with human features, a full head of golden hair, and fine dragon scales on his skin!
"You..."
The latter clenched his fists, his human-shaped round pupils filled with rage.
In the end, he said nothing, took only ten dragon beasts, and turned to leave.
"Humans are lowly creatures despised even by the gods. I truly don't know why Father King allowed humans to defile my noble Golden Dragon bloodline."
... "Impossible, how could humans master such advanced swordsmanship?"
Meanwhile, in another area at the same time,
a humanoid creature with pointed ears, resembling the elves of legend but with entirely black skin, widened her eyes and let out a piercing scream.
This was because around her, eight companions of the same form had already fallen to the ground.
A small amount of fresh red blood emerged from the center of each of their foreheads, but due to the low temperature of the surrounding ice and snow, it quickly crystallized, adorning their foreheads and looking incredibly beautiful, like petals falling from tens of thousands of blooming winter plum trees in the surrounding snow!
The culprit behind all this was a human, considered lowly and foolish in the eyes of many alien races.
A human man dressed in white, even his shoes were white, and his expression was as cold as snow. Only his hair and the long, narrow sword sheath hanging at his waist were as black as ink.
Yes, a sword sheath.
Because the opponent's sword, three feet and seven inches long, was being withdrawn from the forehead of her ninth companion, bringing with it fresh blood.
"By the Spider Queen, the potential and wisdom of the human race have clearly been... by the gods. Why can such a master of swordsmanship appear? Is it because the laws of the 'Land of Eternity' are incomplete, so... they are failing...?"
The black-skinned elf's tone was filled with panic.
As a "Drow" skilled in assassination, she was extremely confident in her skills, her artistry already at a master level.
Moreover, it was only the beginning of the "Second Integration," and the laws of heaven and earth were not yet perfect.
Even if high-ranking beings from worlds with gods descended in person, they would be forcibly suppressed to the early Transcendent stage, meaning there would be no absolute level difference between the opponent and them.
"In this situation, how could a human who was once... be able to fight ten against one...?"
The black-skinned Drow screamed in her heart.
At this moment, she saw the opponent had already sheathed his sword into the long, narrow, dark scabbard.
Why did he sheath his sword when there was still herself left... "So, I've already been killed? So fast, such a cold sword!"
The last "Drow" dropped the black dagger in her hand and fell into the snow like her companions, a "winter plum" quickly appearing on her forehead as well.
"Are these the so-called alien races?"
And the white-clad man, cold as ice, chilling as snow,
gently blew off the warm fresh blood clinging to the sword's edge before sheathing it.
The blood solidified into ice in the air, falling like winter plum petals onto the corpses of the alien races scattered on the ground.
"Land of Eternity? Perhaps it can help me break through the limits of swordsmanship!"
Then, he slowly turned and walked through the snow into a building that stood proudly amidst the plum blossoms, with classical characters hanging above, reading "Myriad Plum Villa."