Chapter 310 - Intense Battle
The locusts continued their battle against the goblins. The clash raged for more than three hours, leaving casualties that numbered in the hundreds of billions on both sides.
Han Wu capitalized on his massive swarm and seized the initiative before he successfully invaded Huang Shengjun’s divine realm.
Han Wu’s battle intensified when he invaded Huang Shengjun’s divine realm. The other was a year older and had amassed far more resources. His realm was filled with numerous structures, including the Flame Tower, Frost Tower, Lightning Tower, Goblin Archer Tower, and Goblin Cannon. These towers struck the invading locusts simultaneously and inflicted massive casualties across the swarm.
Han Wu acted swiftly. He commanded the heavily armored Abyss Bugs to take the lead, shielding the swarm while the locusts in the rear struck at the towers. With this maneuver, he managed to preserve the advantage gained at the start of the war.
The war entered its middle stage, and both sides revealed their true strength. They used their respective Divine Skills to reinforce their units.
Huang Shengjun’s master was the Butcher, so most of his Divine Skill revolved around war. He had the Rank 5 Legion Aspect, War Aspect, Slaughter Aspect, and Invasion Aspect, along with the Rank 4 Earth Aspect. Though none of them had yet reached their peak, their combined synergy was impressive. He activated numerous Divine Skills, and his goblins grew stronger. They even started repelling locusts.
Han Wu refused to yield. His Divine Aspects matched Huang Shengjun’s in strength, and he immediately unleashed his most devastating weapon: the Destruction Aspect. Its Divine Skills were brutally efficient, intricately bonded with the Skull Guillotine.
All four Major Gods observing the battle rose in shock when the Skull Guillotine appeared. Each could sense the merciless force of annihilation radiating from it.
The Butcher’s eyes gleamed with approval as he looked at Han Wu, then narrowed at Xu Hai. “That brat is exceptionally talented. It’s such a shame he’s following you.”
Xu Hai bristled at the comment. He was a respected professor with countless God students who held him in high regard.
Meanwhile, Han Wu did not hold back. He burned an enormous amount of Divine Points and set the Skull Guillotine’s range to encompass Huang Shengjun’s entire divine realm. With a single command, the guillotine fell and annihilated a quarter of Huang Shengjun’s forces.
Before such overwhelming destruction, all enemy life forms were equalized, regardless of strength. Only those equipped with extraordinary treasures or skills capable of surviving one-hit kills could survive this, and such exceptions were nearly nonexistent. Huang Shengjun’s army suffered a 25% loss, and all progress he had made against the locusts instantly vanished.
The attack seemed effortless, but it had cost Han Wu ten Divine Essence. The Skull Guillotine also entered a twenty-four-hour cooldown. Still, the price was worth it.
With so many goblins destroyed, Han Wu activated Souleater Gaze and devoured the souls scattered across the battlefield. Half belonged to his locusts, the other half to Huang Shengjun’s goblins.
With each soul absorbed, Han Wu’s Defiant Sword unlocked a new form called Soul Beater. He spent Divine Points and summoned a wooden club the length of his forearm.
Han Wu smiled bitterly. What can a simple stick do at this stage?
His doubt vanished when he examined Soul Beater’s special properties. It was actually powerful. Its primary status effect was Stun, and the chance of stunning an opponent increased with the strength of the swing. The wooden club also grew in size proportionally to the number of souls it consumed.
Han Wu channeled a lot of the goblin souls into Soul Beater and extended it to a meter long. With even more souls, the weapon could grow far larger.
“Interesting,” Han Wu muttered, eager to test his new weapon.
Huang Shengjun had lost the initial clash of Divine Skills, but he was far from defeated. He had lost a quarter of his goblins, yet 300 billion remained within his divine realm. Beyond that, he had countless goblins scattered outside.
As a second-year student, Huang Shengjun had already invaded multiple civilizations through his classes. His core race, the goblins, adapted effortlessly to diverse environments. He had left some goblins behind in every civilization he conquered, allowing him to accumulate resources and strengthen his forces independently of his divine realm. Now, it was time to recall them.
He channeled his Divine Points into the summoning circle he had prepared beforehand and activated it. Streams of energy from various civilizations converged, and a massive army of goblins appeared.
Due to the differing elements and laws of the civilizations, Huang Shengjun’s goblins appeared in a variety of forms. Some bore runes or titles, others had mutated bodies reminiscent of demons from the Hell Civilization, and some even piloted mechs.
Every goblin answered to Huang Shengjun, and their presence lifted the morale of his army. They charged into battle and drove the locusts out of Huang Shengjun’s divine realm and into Han Wu’s.
Han Wu knew that the goblins would devastate his divine realm if left unchecked, so he deployed his second strongest race, the skeletons. He also ignored the cost to his Divine Points and used his Darkness Divine Skills, which complemented the skeletons perfectly.
[Darkness Divine Skill: Eternal Night – Shrouds the designated area in darkness, affecting only enemies.]
[Darkness Divine Skill: Dark Corrosion – Passively erodes the targets’ defenses.]
[Darkness Divine Skill: Dark Pocket – Creates small voids of darkness that devour corpses and convert them into energy for the user.]
[Darkness Divine Skill: Chaos – Inflicts the Confused status on targets, causing them to sometimes attack their own allies.]
[Darkness Divine Skill: Dark Domain – Transforms corpses consumed by Dark Pocket into Dark Beings that serve as fodder, while amplifying the power of all four other Darkness Divine Skills.]
The skeletons fell under the domain of darkness, and under the influence of the Darkness Divine Skills, their power multiplied, surpassing even that of goblins of the same rank. The battlefield swarmed with so many skeletons and Dark Beings that the goblin army found itself steadily pushed back.
The four Major Gods watched the clash with quiet contemplation. They had expected a war between Demigods to conclude in an instant, yet this battle had dragged on far longer than anticipated. Even among Gods, they had never witnessed combat of such relentless intensity.
Feng finally acknowledged his error in underestimating Han Wu. Although he was only a year younger than Huang Shengjun, his talent justified allocating additional resources to him. Perhaps, with proper support, Han Wu could uphold the college’s reputation in the future.
On the other hand, Su Lan observed Han Wu with amusement and interest. “It’s such a delight to see a youngster with the Darkness Aspect.”