Yes, I became a god just by exercising.

Chapter 110 Desert, Desert!
Chaphat stood in the center of the ancient Roman-style arena.

The circular stands were packed with people from all directions.

Humans, giants, blademen… The shouts of the audience echoed from afar, mingling with the scents of women's perfume, the aroma of popcorn, and even the metallic smell of spittle flying everywhere.

Beside him stood the petite and quiet Princess Victoria, along with other human warriors of different ranks whom he had seen before.

In two directions not far from him, giants over three meters tall and blade-wielding beings with long, narrow blades on their hands and feet also formed their own teams, waiting for the start of the "God's Land in the Desert" carnival.

Xia Fa noticed that although most of the giants were three meters tall, there was one that was five meters tall.

The same goes for the Blade People. Among the many Blade People, there is one whose long, narrow blade, which replaces his hands and feet, is actually engraved with golden mandala patterns, exuding a dangerous aura.

He guessed that the five-meter-tall giant and the blade-wielding man with golden patterns were, like Princess Victoria, outside helpers they had brought in.

The other giants and blademen, like the humans who went to war, came from small parts of their respective planets.

The moment the three groups of people stood in line, a thick, almost viscous fog instantly spread out, completely covering the entire circular gravel field.

But almost immediately, the fog dissipated.

The next moment, many spectators in the circular stands, who were ordinary people and ordinary demi-humans, widened their eyes as if they had witnessed a miracle.

What appeared to be in the center of the Roman-style arena was no longer the circular gravel field, but a... miniature world!

Indeed, it was as if divine power had created a small world and brought it to life. The edges of the small world had obvious ripples, like water, which separated it from the real world.

This little world is extremely large and vast, containing an endless, scorching desert.

A scorching sun hung over the desert, as if it wanted to bake all the creatures in the desert dry.

Viewers clearly noticed that the desert was divided into seven areas, which were pieced together like a honeycomb, with each area separated by a transparent barrier that stretched across the sky.

Even so, each individual area still gives the impression of being so vast that it seems to have no boundaries.

The view was filled with yellow sand and a few scattered cacti. Spiders with yellow and black patterns crawled across the cacti, and occasionally an iguana carrying a small insect would dart by near the base of the cactus.

Within each desert region, there is a randomly located "land of the gods" with an area of ​​only one acre.

The seven regions correspond to the seven divine lands.

Fungus, insect, eagle, wolf, elephant, whale, demigod, correspond to lake, oil field, mine, orchard, potato field, wheat field, and hunting ground, respectively.

Each desert region covers an area of ​​nearly one million square meters, while a single mu (approximately 0.16 acres) of sacred land is only about 670 square meters, which shows how difficult it is to find sacred land.

But the more this happens, the more excited, tense, and thrilled the audience becomes.

Whether it's because of the impending battle, or because the warriors will soon be able to bring back the divine land, which can be expanded ten million times, for their respective planets and peoples.

……

Xia Fa took a step, his foot landing on the scorching sand, and a shiny black scorpion scurried past his feet.

Even though he was wearing brown buffalo leather boots, he could still feel the scorching heat of the sand through the soles of his shoes.

"I am fighting on behalf of humanity's insect-level superhumans, and the insect-level region corresponds to... an oil field."

In this world, Xia Fa is unclear about the situation of demi-humans, but at least humanity has shown a trend towards large-scale industrialization.

The internal combustion engine in a car is the best example.

If we could find that one acre of oil field and turn it into ten million acres of oil field, and bring it to the Kingdom of Augu... at first glance, it seems useless, after all, the Kingdom of Augu is not short of oil right now.

But upon closer reflection, it is a matter that will last for thousands of generations.

Of course, as the saying goes, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, and full-scale industrialization is still too far away. Therefore, Xiafa's main target is the four sacred lands: orchards, potato fields, wheat fields, and hunting grounds.

The hunting grounds involve a struggle between demigods, and Xia Fa understands that he most likely cannot get involved.

However, depending on the time, you must manage to secure at least one of the orchards, potato fields, or wheat fields.

Therefore, his plan was very clear.

First, take control of the God's Land in your own insect-level region as quickly as possible, which is that one acre of oil field. Then, immediately go and support the humans in other rank regions!
Anyway, I can easily crush anyone below the demigod level, whether they are giants or blademen. In this situation, I must at least reclaim a piece of divine land for humanity to solve the famine.

Ten million mu... even if it's just orchards, that could temporarily alleviate the immediate crisis, and if it's potato fields and wheat fields, it could potentially solve this famine completely!
With that in mind, Xia Fa immediately began to determine the direction.

This is, after all, the Fog Carnival. The purpose is to celebrate. Nobody wants to see any hardship in the wilderness. The Fog People hold the Fog Carnival not to torment the humans and demi-humans who participate in the festival.

Therefore, Xia Fa clearly sensed that as soon as he arrived in this desert, his spiritual intuition became particularly strong, and he was guided in some way, pointing him in a certain direction.

Without a doubt, that is the location of the God's Land in the Insect-level region!
He wiped his body with one palm, and a light blue breeze swept over him, making him feel much lighter.

Not wanting to waste any time, Xia Fa immediately started running towards the northwest of the desert.

Fortunately, he signed the Ether Source Pact, so he was not afraid of dehydration due to the desert heat and could replenish his own water at any time.

In fact, tiny droplets of water were constantly forming in his mouth, moistening his throat.

The desert was extremely hot; even the air was distorted by the heatwave. All that could be seen was fine yellow sand and undulating dunes.

You can even see the skeleton of some unknown super-large creature, buried deep in the yellow sand, its white ribs bent like a long bone cage.

An unidentified flying insect, about the size of a palm, flew by in the air. It resembled a dragonfly but had a sharp tail.

Xia Fa resolutely ran to make his way, and fortunately, he could sense that he was not too far from the God's Land in the Insect-level region.

……

The human section of the circular grandstand.

"It truly lives up to its name as the Fog Carnival."

Ethan, sporting a short military haircut, was intently focused on the small world at the center of the arena.

Within his field of vision, there were seven areas in total. As long as he focused on a particular area, that area would magnify before his eyes like a movie, becoming clearly visible.

He could even clearly see the situation of the three fighters in that area.

For example, right now, in the insect-level region, Shafa is heading towards the oil field and is about to encounter a giant.

"Is Xia Fa in danger? He shouldn't be, he's very strong."

Fensne was also focused. She had put on makeup today, with white wavy hair and a beige trench coat, just to attend the Fog Carnival and cheer on her colleague, Xia Fa.

Unfortunately, it wasn't until the Fog Carnival began, and she was participating for the first time, that she realized the fighters in the small world couldn't hear the discussions of the audience outside.

Chestnut was sitting not far behind the two of them, with her grandfather.

Grandpa is next to Axo, and Axo is next to Glenn.

Chestnut actually wanted to sit with Fensny, but she knew that as the archbishop, the clergy of St. Vivian's Church were generally quite reserved in her presence.

So, on this day of revelry, she chose not to disturb them. Axo's gaze was fixed on the insect-level area, specifically on Shafa's figure, as if afraid something might happen to him. She then smiled and said:

"In my opinion, given Xia Fa's personality, after he finishes the battle in the Insect-level region, if he has the spare capacity, he will definitely go to support his compatriots in the Eagle-level region. That's how our Augustus family is. Although we are not combative, we will always step forward in critical moments."

Tyrene sighed:
"It's a pity that he used up the remaining power of the Baal Blade in that underground cave last time, and the interval between his last use was too short. Otherwise, he could have even tried to support the whale-level area. Now, I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to even fight an eagle-level demi-human."

The scene where Xia Fa fought with all his might to kill the king of the whale-level giant jaw beast in the cave is still fresh in the minds of both the demigods and his colleagues.

But everyone knew, especially the demigods, that the attack was mostly due to the power remaining in his descendant's body from the Baal Blade.

The Baal Beast was a being close to godhood. Even if only a tiny bit of its power remained in its descendants, it would be enough to kill a whale-level monster.

But now, the remaining power is gone.

According to the demigods' speculation, Xia Fa, who has signed two high-level secret contracts and possesses the rare talent of elemental expansion, should be able to barely defeat an eagle-level demi-human one rank higher than him, but he won't be able to defeat anyone higher.

After all, the Titans and Blademen who went into battle this time were all the best of their respective races. Even though they were subject to regional selection restrictions like humans, they were by no means weak.

Moreover, the secret agreements they signed were very likely high-level secret agreements, or perhaps only one or two were ordinary secret agreements.

Upon hearing Tyrene's words, Axel chuckled and said:
"What more do you want? Xia Fa, as an Insect-level being, can already fight Eagle-level beings. When we were young, we might not have been able to do that—"

His voice was suddenly interrupted, and he looked in astonishment at one of the areas in the desert miniature world.

That was a bacterial-level area, and now, an extremely fierce battle was taking place!

The shouts and cheers from the circular stands suddenly intensified, especially from the direction of the Giants' section.

Originally, the divine land corresponding to the fungal-level region was a lake, and neither the Augu Kingdom nor Iron Star, where the Blade Man was located, was short of water, so neither side paid much attention to it.

However, the planet Dark, where the giants live, is extremely short of water.

The reason is simple: water resources are scarce on Planet Dark, and the giants, due to their enormous size, need to drink far too much water every day...

Of course, the main problem is that the common people in Titans are short of water, while the superhumans are not.

At this moment, in the midst of the Jun-level desert, beside a small lake.

A cool breeze, accompanied by refreshing moisture, eased the desert heat.

Beside the damp mud of the small lake lay a Blademan, whose blades on his hands and feet had been broken, and who had fallen unconscious.

Apart from the giants who paid special attention to this fungal-level area from the beginning, the vast majority of humans and blademen were unaware of how this fungal-level blademan had lost.

Further away, giants and humans, both at the fungal level, are determining the final victor.

It was a giant standing three and a half meters tall, violently swinging his steel-pillar-like arm, trying to hit a figure that seemed rather small to him.

His opponent was a middle-aged human cowboy with a face covered in scars, his expression resolute and weathered.

The middle-aged cowboy was incredibly fast, nimbly maneuvering across the sand to constantly evade the giant's attacks.

Strange flame-colored patterns lit up on the giant's body, flickering like breathing, clearly indicating some kind of secret contract effect, and most likely a high-level secret contract.

This amplified his already enormous strength as a giant many times over; every punch he threw caused the air to vibrate and produce a muffled whooshing sound.

The human audience, including some from Riverwind City, immediately recognized the middle-aged cowboy.

This is a bounty hunter who is quite famous among the people. He signed the high-level secret contract "Swift Wind and Chaotic Shadows".

This gives him unparalleled speed and the ability to create several lifelike illusions at crucial moments, launching attacks identical to his main body.

This bounty hunter seemed unable to fully comprehend the advanced secret contract of Gale Shadow after decades, and his faith was in the deity [Supreme Law], so he did not join the church in the Kingdom of Augu.

His targets were not superhumans, but mostly criminals among ordinary people.

Because they were doing something righteous and beneficial to society, neither the officials of Riverwind City nor the two major churches turned a blind eye to it.

This time, it's this bounty hunter dressed as a cowboy who's representing humanity as a fungal-level superhuman in the battle!
Suddenly, the bounty hunter's figure blurred, creating five identical phantoms that simultaneously distanced themselves from him.

Immediately, they all raised their large-caliber muskets.

boom!
His main body and the five phantoms fired almost simultaneously. Amidst the deafening sound, six round, black lead bullets, carrying enormous kinetic energy, struck the giant's throat, eyes, heart, and other parts of his body.

The giant reacted quite quickly, immediately raising his thick arm to block in front of him.

Puff puff puff!
The lead bullets all pierced his arm, causing it to bleed profusely, but in doing so, he escaped a potentially fatal blow.

"Roar!!!"

The giant roared, the blood seeming to ignite his fighting spirit. The flames on his body suddenly shone brightly, as bright as the blazing sun. Then, he took a leap of more than ten meters and threw a punch.

boom--!
This punch actually identified the bounty hunter's true form with incredible accuracy, its force as powerful as a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing.

At the critical moment, the bounty hunter suddenly pushed off with both legs and leaped backward.

The giant's full-force punch slammed into the sand.

Seeing his explosive punch miss, the bounty hunter raised his large-caliber musket again in mid-air, and his five afterimages made the exact same move.

But at that moment, the immense force contained within the sand exploded, and the fine sand, like countless tiny bullets, sprayed out in a fan-shaped area!

Unable to dodge again in mid-air, the bounty hunter could only raise his arms to shield his face from the high-speed spray of sand.

But as soon as he raised his arms, he seemed to realize something, and his expression suddenly changed.

boom!
The enormous figure crashed through the sand and dust, slamming into him.

The bounty hunter was sent flying like a cannonball, spitting blood in mid-air, and was unconscious when he landed.

……

Insect-level region, in the vast desert.

Xia Fa's running figure suddenly stopped, halting his steps, and he looked incredulously at the horizon.

A grand and majestic voice rang out at this moment; it was the voice of the Mist King that had been heard before.

"The battle in the bacterial level area has been decided. The winner can choose to go to a higher-level area."

Immediately afterwards, the sky spread out as if paint had been applied, revealing a scene within that area.

That was the planet Dark, where the giants lived. Xia Fa even had a strange sense of familiarity because he had been there before when he randomly ate at a restaurant.

At this moment, the image is frozen on a barren wasteland where the land is parched and cracked.

Due to severe water scarcity, even weeds have disappeared from this wilderness, leaving only the skeletons of various animals and giants; it is truly a desolate place.

But then, something miraculous happened on this wasteland!
(End of this chapter)