Chapter 140

Chapter 140: This Low-End God Looks Quite Handsome

“Hahaha—!”

“It slipped in!”

An etheric worm was overjoyed. It used its agile body to squeeze through the cracks of the "Primal Mud" and entered the net path.

This fellow swayed its tail fin and swam rapidly.

“Haha, now things were going to get lively!”

“Let’s charge into the Bubble World! Time to bully those mortals!”

“Couldn’t wait to see their expressions!”

Truth be told, for a deity—even a quasi-deity—saying such things about “anticipating mortals’ fear” wasn’t forbidden, but it was downright shameful.

To most deities, mortals weren’t remotely comparable beings.

While higher-tier deities might view low-tier ones as “inferior creatures,” at least they shared the category of “living beings.” Yet nearly all deities saw mortals as…

Objects. Weak as dust.

If someone yelled at a hissing cat, “Taste my wrath!”

They might be called “childlike at heart”—if reasonably presentable.

But shouting at sand and stones, “Your doom is nigh!”?

Bystanders would deem them unhinged.

Yet the etheric worm cared nothing for such judgments, devoid of pride.

They were self-indulgent, stagnant Ether Dragons. Unlike ambitious etheric serpents seizing every chance to ascend, they wallowed contentedly in Primal Mud.

Among Ether Dragons, the unambitious gained no chance to “grow,” forever trapped in their newborn forms.

These eternal “infants” formed the Ether Dragons’ vast foundational “divine population.”

Power-wise, a single etheric serpent could eradicate a whole nest (around five) of etheric worms.

But aimlessly burrowing in etheric mud, “eating dirt,” left them indifferent to strength—merely bored.

Picking fights with etheric serpents or other Sea of Ether Outer Gods? Impossible. So they preyed on weaker targets.

And the only beings weaker…

Were mortals!

Lacking all dignity, they delighted in sneaking into Bubble Worlds to assault mortals, raze cities, slaughter armies, and topple kingdoms.

When Order deities arrived, they simply turned tail and fled.

Escape beyond the Bubble World meant safety—Order deities wouldn’t pursue them into peril.

After all, to Order deities, mortals were mere crops.

Heavy losses pained them, but venturing beyond the safe Bubble World into the treacherous Primal Swamp or Sea of Ether for mortal “vengeance” or “justice”?

Utterly pointless!

“Besides, I heard this world is special!”

"There were no Order Gods here!"

"Only mortals who survived the disaster!"

"How strong could mortals be after enduring such a catastrophe?"

"Aren’t they just waiting to be trampled and slaughtered by me!?"

"So…"

"Oh, mortals!"

"Fear me! Tremble before me!"

"Hahahaha!"

The etheric worm laughed wildly, swimming joyfully through the sea.

He swiftly approached the shore.

"Splash—!"

His enormous dorsal fin broke the surface, flaunting his "greatness" and "pride"!

"Boom!"

His massive head emerged again, his Double Eyes reflecting the frantic mortals scurrying and wailing on the shore.

"Yes!"

"Just like that!"

"Fear! Flee! Tremble!"

"Because soon, you’ll all die tragically at this lord’s feet!"

"Hahahaha…"

"Oh!?"

Amid his maniacal laughter, the etheric worm spotted a "mortal’s creation"!

"Oh?"

"On that bare Large Stone, there seemed to be a strange spider-like construct!?"

"Was that the work of mortals here?"

"Hah!"

"Truly unusual. Quite intriguing!"

"But alas!"

"You’ll be my first prey!"

"Ah—oooh—!"

He surged past the Large Stone, giant jaws gaping, and bit down hard on the spider-like mech.

"Crush!"

"Humanity’s fragile creation!"

“Hahahaha!”

But…

“Eh!?”

“Thud!”

The sound that met the etheric worm wasn’t the construct breaking.

It was a dull thud.

As if a god’s teeth had bitten onto iron.

“Damn it! Mortals can make shields like this!?”

“How the hell didn’t I know that!”

Whether the etheric worm knew or not didn’t matter; it found itself helpless against this “little bug’s mortal creation.”

This hurt its pride badly!

“Damn it!”

“If word gets out, how can I survive!”

“Die! Break! Shatter!”

“Hey—!”

“Ouch—!”

It gnawed wildly with its not-so-sharp teeth, grinding away, but after a long while, the strange “shield” didn’t react at all.

Then, the little spider-like creature moved instead!

“Buzz—!”

Golden light burst from her!

—-

“Hmm, this fellow is pretty small.”

“Using myself as a reference, it’s probably… 30 centimeters!?”

“That’s even bigger than my Trilobite young lady.”

“Ah, but after I made the spiny fish young lady grow larger, she should be almost as big as this fellow.”

“So this creature should be…”

Trilobite sized up the long, slim fish biting the “jumping spider young lady.”

It had continuous dorsal fins, a dull gray body, and four fins; at first glance, it looked a bit like an eel, but it was much longer.

“Uh, little Fire Juice looks quite nice. Is it a multi-finned fish?”

Speaking of multi-finned fish, many might not know that name, but this fellow has another cool name—Dino King Fish!

These fish have long bodies, strong pectoral and pelvic fins, and a row of spiny dorsal fins on their backs, so they got that name.

Honestly, they seem a bit like dragons.

They come from Africa and are well-known, common ornamental fish.

But few know these fish are ancient ray-finned fish that might have lived since the Devonian period, making them living fossils; they’re far older than pandas, which are also living fossils!

“Alright.”

“Sorry, Mr. Multi-Finned Fish.”

“Though you look sturdy, you seem tasty.”

“And I need you to practice on for the new ‘young lady’ I ‘brought back’!”

“Because I plan to give her the skill to win big with small size!”

“Anyway, those scraps of Chaos Energy can’t buy much.”

“So why not…”

“I spend riches to raise the paper young lady, and she gives me Chaos Energy—keep spending!”

【You purchased the “Spider Venom Sac and Fangs Sharpening Set” for 1000 Chaos Energy.】

【You also purchased the “Spider Silk Glands” for 500 Chaos Energy.】

“Keep on spending!”