Once upon a time there was a greedy snake

Just like now, regardless of whether the evil giant serpent agreed or not, Casaloron has already charged over—after all, he has already issued a challenge, declared it a contest, a duel, so it doesn't matter how it ends.

Of course, the only requirement is that he cannot be killed; this is also a restriction imposed on him by the god of courage.

The reason is that this serpent is currently the leader of this region, which has only recently been unified. If they, as the chosen ones of the God of Courage, were to kill this ancient serpent, it would make things extremely troublesome. Simply put, the God of Courage wants to fill the people here with courage, not to create a group of enemies who would turn to worship the God of Mystery.

Of course, for the God of Courage, having more enemies is no big deal, but losing a group of warriors with great potential would be a huge loss for him.

"This is also a huge loss for your compatriots."

The oracle of the god of courage resounded once again in Casaloron's heart.

"So we must not kill this snake, at least not now."

"understood."

Casaloron could understand the God of Courage's meaning, but even without killing it, he had plenty of ways to make this evil serpent suffer.

After all, he learned a lot during his countless battles in the Star Sea.

"Then let me show you... hmm?"

Just as Casaloron was about to draw the spear from his back, he suddenly froze.

Casalon almost burst out laughing.

It was only because the ancient snake's movements not far ahead were so comical. Just looking at the way its body was lying on the ground and twisting and turning was simply too funny.

Although he could tell that the evil serpent seemed to be doing something like sit-ups, it was clear that none of these movements were successful—which was the main reason for Casaloran's sneer, simply because the evil serpent was so incredibly stupid.

"Did you decide to train your body only after hearing the challenge? Or did you only think of becoming stronger after confronting the God of Destruction?"

Whatever the reason, it only reveals the folly of this evil ancient serpent. After all, becoming stronger isn't something that can be achieved by simply twisting a few times—even Casaloron himself had to go through countless battles before embarking on the path of a warrior and acquiring his current formidable power.

Yes, although Casaloran had called himself a warrior before he left this planet, he only realized how far he was from being a true warrior after he actually ventured into the starry sky.

This is not a matter of strength or weakness, but a matter of choosing a direction.

Although many races in the Star Sea possess various strange abilities, they can generally be divided into three basic categories: the way of the warrior, which excels in the body; the way of the mage, which excels in the mind; and the way of the wizard, which excels in the soul.

Of course, this is not a fixed path. The three paths intertwine, resulting in a variety of abilities, but ultimately, they still cannot be separated from these three paths themselves.

Casaloron, on the other hand, chose the ultimate path of a warrior amidst the stars.

This is also the path chosen by most of the God of Courage. Although they are often all-rounders and develop in a balanced way, compared to those mages who distort consciousness and use all kinds of incredible abilities, or wizards who manipulate souls and kill people invisibly, they still prefer to be warriors who wield greatswords and enjoy the joy of flying flesh and blood.

However, compared to other warriors, Casaloron is even more extreme.

Just like it is now.

"The evil serpent! Here I come!"

With a loud roar, Casaloron drew the javelin from his back.

The murderous intent overflowing in his soul provided a surge of power for his consciousness. His incomparably powerful consciousness drove his body, concentrating all his strength on the spear—without a doubt, this was a fatal blow. Even the terrifying behemoths scattered across the planets in the starry sea could not withstand such a ferocious attack.

Of course, in order to obey the oracle of the god of courage, Casaloron did not choose to aim for vital points.

However, for Casaloron, who is known as the "Beast Hunter" and the "God Slayer," it is actually more dangerous when he doesn't aim for vital organs.

Simply because that meant he didn't want the battle to end so quickly.

He will spread even more pain.

"Feel! My power!"

One spear after another was hurled by Casaloron, each carrying the terrifying power to split mountains and shatter rocks—this is not an exaggeration, but a true description that could pierce through mountains.

It was as if one huge hole after another had been blasted into the mountaintop not far away, and even the ground had been blasted into a large crater filled with smoke and dust.

However, the giant snake was still writhing on the ground, and even the huge craters blasted out by the spears had been smoothed out.

Clearly, these deadly attacks failed to achieve any effect.

"how is this possible?"

Casaloron's brow furrowed instantly.

Impossible, absolutely impossible. His spears have never missed, especially since he threw so many... How could this be? How did the giant snake dodge them?

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Taking a deep breath, Casaloran drew his spear once more.

This time, it wasn't the previous fierce storm; Casaloran had even closed his eyes, and his breathing had become barely perceptible.

Immediately afterwards, a beam of light arrived.

In an instant, the light struck the giant serpent. This was the fastest speed Kassalon could throw. At this moment, he was almost ignoring the warning from the God of Courage and only wanted to pin the evil giant serpent to the ground with a single spear thrust!

But at that very moment, the thick snake tail rose up.

The thick serpent's tail rose, and its massive form brushed past the light that descended from the sky—and then, Casaloron sensed something even faster returning.

"That is……"

Casalon glanced at his chest instinctively.

The familiar spear had already plunged straight into the handle.

"Varied……"

Casalon's body immediately fell from mid-air, his fate unknown.

This also made him the first senior general to be seriously wounded in this battle.

Chapter 257: The soldiers and horses have not moved, but the food and grass go first

Du Yi continued his training, and the long-awaited exercise even caused his brain to become somewhat congested with blood.

It wasn't until the training session, which had left him exhausted, ended that Du Yi received news from Elias that the fight was over—and he, the person involved, didn't even know when the fight had started.

"So, what exactly was this competition about?"

Du Yi was a little confused, after all, he really hadn't done anything. He had only been doing sit-ups all day, and he hadn't even done that simple sit-up well.

"But... this kind of thing is normal, isn't it?"

After thinking it over, Du Yi wasn't discouraged by this setback—it was just that he couldn't do sit-ups, which wasn't a big deal. Besides, for a snake, doing sit-ups would be difficult.

He shouldn't have used the training methods he remembered from the beginning to get stronger; he should have developed a way to train using a snake's body.

However, the real problem right now is not the practice.

Instead, it's about eating.

The long-awaited exercise finally made Du Yi feel the long-lost hunger, so at least for this day, Du Yi wanted to try to have a hearty meal.

"Even beef or mutton is fine, even noodles are fine, as long as it's edible, just bring it to me."

That's what Du Yi originally said.

But when he saw truckloads of supplies being brought to him, Du Yi ultimately decided to just eat a little something.

There was no other way. Just those two bites had already consumed half of Tatunbto's food reserves. If he were to eat freely, everyone within a hundred miles would starve to death after he had one meal. In order to ensure that his spaceship could still be built, Du Yi had no choice but to suppress his appetite for the time being.

But this can't go on, especially when we need fighting power. We can't fight on an empty stomach, how can we fight like that?

So Du Yi summoned the four priests and asked them to think of a way to increase food production.

"This……"

The four priests looked at each other, unsure of what to do.

If it's just increasing production in the usual sense, they can understand it. It's nothing more than optimizing farm tools, breeding superior breeds, distributing draft cattle, or simply replacing draft cattle with something else—which is what they've been doing recently. After all, construct golems are obviously easier to use than draft cattle.

Finally, add a necessary blessing of favorable weather.

This is probably what they mean by increased production.

However, it was clear that their serpent god needed more than that. To put it another way, this so-called increase in production should at least be enough to feed the serpent god. It was at this moment that the four priests realized from their daze that they had never truly fed the serpent god.

After all, the amount of food required to satisfy the serpent god's hunger would be far too enormous.

"This... let's think of a way, let's think of a way."

This was not something the four priests could come up with in a short time. They could only go back and discuss it, and even gather all the immortals together to discuss it before they could come up with any ideas.

Fortunately, when the four priests returned to the city, the immortals from all walks of life were already gathered together—the reason being, of course, to deal with the attack of the God of Life. After all, they had all experienced the previous plague firsthand, and this unprecedented method of attack was truly terrifying.

Therefore, this was less about discussing solutions and more about encouraging each other. They were still somewhat afraid of going to war with the gods in the starry sea, especially with such a mysterious and unpredictable god of life.

"That's a god from the starry sea, not some bird-headed sun god... That's the starry sea, can we really defeat him?"

Faced with the fear of the unknown, everyone had such thoughts in their hearts, so they talked back and forth, mostly about trivial family matters.

As for the war itself, it was not discussed at all.

After all, when it comes to war, they didn't really know what to say. The enemy was unknown, the enemy's methods were unknown, and even their survival was unknown—after all, the Star Sea was far too distant for them; they had never even been there.

But the one who was about to come and take their lives had been roaming the starry sea for who knows how long.

Is such an enemy really something they can defeat?

Can they really handle such a terrifying opponent?

Why would such a terrifying enemy inexplicably target them?

What exactly did they do wrong?

"You guys... sigh."

Seeing the somber atmosphere among the crowd, the four priests also sighed.

"Then let's put aside the war for now and discuss other issues... We need to increase our food production, and the Serpent God needs to be well-fed. Do you have any ideas?"

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"Why don't we talk about the war instead?"

After a moment of silence, the second-generation carpenter, Beskey, was the first to speak.

"I suddenly feel that this so-called God of Life isn't so difficult to defeat after all. At least we have ways to prevent and control plagues... What do you guys think?"

Upon hearing this, everyone else nodded in agreement, and the previously subdued meeting room instantly became lively, with everyone offering suggestions and advice.

As for the matter of increasing food production, no one mentioned it at all.

Clearly, feeding the snake god has become a more troublesome matter than war for these top performers from all walks of life—at least war has a concrete solution.

As for feeding the snake god...

"Is this something we can do?"

Just thinking about the serpent god's enormous body, which was as big as Tatunbutu, or even possibly twice as big, made them break out in a cold sweat.

With such a massive body, it's not even necessary to calculate how much food it consumes in a month. Just one meal would probably cause the entire Tatunbhuto to run out of food.

"I can't do it, I really can't."

After the four priests inquired again, they finally received this answer.

This made the four priests even more uneasy, after all, they couldn't do such a thing either. To satisfy the serpent god's appetite sounded like an impossible task...

"and many more?"

It was at this moment that the four priests suddenly thought of something.

Yes, filling the snake god's belly is something that none of the four of them, or the immortals under their command, could do.

But what if we replace them with those unknown entities in the starry sky?

Chapter 258 Who is the Supply?

The unknown existence above the stars is something the Tatunbuto people have been pondering recently.

An unknown god of courage bestowed upon them levels and experience, allowing them to clearly see their current progress in cultivation and thus maintain their unwavering belief in moving forward.

The unseen god of wisdom brought them hidden knowledge. Although learning that knowledge often led people to madness, these secret methods were still extremely reliable as long as they were used for the right purpose.

The God of Pleasure, whom we have never met... Let's not talk about him. He is one of the few gods who has never done anything good, and the Blood Chapter still hates him to this day.