Chapter 271 - Seniors’ Repayment
Soon, Han Wu returned with the others to Imperial College. Without delay, he rushed into his divine realm to inspect the rewards he had earned. As he checked the storage space within the divine mark, his eyes widened in disbelief. The God King of Death was incredibly generous.
Inside, he found the solitary Plague Spear Locust King Tower, the 100 Epistian Towers, and several others like the Minotaur and Swordwind Towers. These were the towers he had constructed before the final victory.
That wasn’t all, though. He also spotted his Dark Locustman High Lord Tower and the other towers that Huang Shengjun’s Poem of Light and Life had destroyed. These towers, infused with the attributes of death and darkness, were all of exceptional quality. If they had survived, they would have dominated the entire wargame.
Han Wu continued sorting through his rewards. He pulled out all the towers and then turned his attention to the Sacred Objects. Once outside the wargame, the rules of the Divine Civilization transformed these into Sacred Objects that he could equip to his Core. Each item was of high quality, with the most powerful reaching Rank 8. Though he could not equip them to his Core yet, he could still attach them to his towers.
When he reached the bottom of the pile, he found a peculiar scroll. Curious, he unrolled it and discovered that it contained a domain: Death’s Protection. It was something he could set up within his divine realm.
Han Wu recognized just how generous Death truly was and concluded that he was an excellent leader. The rewards he received were not only substantial but also immensely powerful. The towers, fortified with Sacred Objects and Death’s Protection, would enable him to repel any invaders below the King rank. Thanks to these additions, his divine realm was now secure.
Yet the rewards didn’t end there. He reached into his mark and pulled out another item, the Rank 5 Death Aspect. He continued digging through the pile and soon spotted the Rank 5 Darkness Aspect.
He swallowed hard, a wave of tension rising in his chest. Both Divine Aspects ranked among the finest, each powerful enough to serve as a primary Divine Aspect. Now, he held two of them. On top of that, he already possessed Defiance, Destruction, and War. All five of his Divine Aspects stood among the finest, each brimming with potential and unmatched in quality.
Absorbing them would prove a long and grueling process. He needed sufficient Divine Essence and had to grasp the essence of death and darkness.
For now, Han Wu chose to focus on reinforcing his defenses. He would complete the construction of the towers before attempting to assimilate the new Divine Aspects.
As he placed more towers throughout his divine realm, he noticed an unexpected phenomenon. After constructing the Plague Spear Locust King Tower, he observed many Heavenly Demon Insects releasing poison mist from their bodies. The tower had influenced them and triggered an evolution that aligned their traits with its own. This was a process that would’ve required several distinct Evolution Paths.
The Dark Locustman High Lord Tower had a similar effect, drawing in large numbers of Dark Cursed Bugs and triggering their evolution. Shortly after he completed the Giant Death Aura Bug Tower, he saw that some of the newly hatched locusts had transformed into Death Aura Bugs.
These new developments expanded the variety of locust species in his divine realm more than ever before.
Han Wu also constructed all 100 Epistian Towers inside the Epistians’ city. They had requested this to learn more advanced magic directly from the towers. Simultaneously, the towers served as conduits, allowing them to recharge their magic through them.
The towers’ influence even reached the half-dragons and skeletons. With their respective towers completed, both races gained unique benefits.
Some races, like the minotaurs and Tigermen, saw little effect from their towers. To compensate, Han Wu gave the minotaurs a Death Attendant Tower so they could study the power and essence of death itself. On the other hand, the Tigermen received several pieces of God equipment and 10 Divine Essence. Both races expressed deep gratitude for Han Wu’s generosity.
After allocating resources and finishing the towers, Han Wu finally found time to seclude himself and absorb the two new Divine Aspects.
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While Han Wu quietly refined the Divine Aspects in seclusion, Imperial College plunged into turmoil.
Many seniors who had lost the wargame searched for answers and soon discovered that Han Wu was the key reason Death’s faction ultimately won. Most had sided with the God King of Life from the start and gained nothing after their defeat. Instead of reflecting on their own failures, they blamed Han Wu. If he had not interfered, they believed, victory would have been theirs.
That shared conviction fueled their desire to punish Han Wu for wasting their resources. Knowing the college would not grant them justice, they secretly sought out Huang Shengjun to lead their retaliation.
Huang Shengjun received their plea but refused to act. He muttered only one word to the disgruntled seniors: “Trash.” Although he resented losing to Han Wu, Huang Shengjun adhered to his own code. He hated settling scores through underhanded means outside the system.
Undeterred by Huang Shengjun’s refusal, the seniors searched for another way to unleash their fury. They eventually bought an Invasion Card from the black market.
[Invasion Card: Secretly opens a gate in the target’s divine realm to attack them. Requires a part of the target’s body, such as nails or hair, as a catalyst.]
Using such a card was considered an act of assassination. Due to its lethal nature, the Divine Civilization had long since outlawed its use. Few remained in circulation, and those could only be found on the black market.
Even so, most students at Imperial College came from powerful families and could obtain one without much trouble. They had already decided how to invade Han Wu’s divine realm and destroy his Core, ensuring he stayed a Demigod forever, with it.
Once a Demigod lost their divine realm, Imperial College would no longer offer protection. After that, they could do anything they wanted to Han Wu.
With their preparations complete, they chose the divine realm of a third-year student, Li Zhe, as their base of operations.
Li Zhe activated the Invasion Card, opened a gate that linked his realm to Han Wu’s, and said, “Quickly, everyone go and spectate the battle. We need to find where his Core is and destroy it.”
The other seniors switched to spectator mode to help. Li Zhe then led the allied army, hundreds of millions strong, through the gate and into Han Wu’s divine realm.