Chapter 306 - A Sliver of Will

Waves of Divine Authority crashed into Han Wu, and he felt the attack bypass his powerful physical defenses to directly attack his soul. Fortunately, Han Wu’s soul had been tempered, making it significantly more resilient and powerful than a regular soul.

The Divine Authority had completely failed to inflict any injury upon Han Wu’s soul. Not only that, but Han Wu even managed to retaliate by unleashing Smite on the Will of the Hell Civilization—an attack designed to directly assault the soul, much like the Divine Authority itself. However, the Will of the Hell Civilization proved equally formidable, too strong to be harmed by a mere trait like Smite. Feeling nothing from the strike, it effortlessly shrugged off the feeble attack.

Having used his Examine ability on the Will of the Hell Civilization, Han Wu understood that it would be impossible to defeat it on his own. Knowing he had to find another way, he decided to exercise his right as an inhabitant of the Divine Civilization to contact its Will. His Core accepted his request without hesitation and swiftly transmitted it to the Will.

The Will of the Divine Civilization replied almost immediately, stating that it would arrive in just 30 seconds. Han Wu groaned internally—30 seconds right now would feel as long as a year. After all, even though it was just a small sliver, he was still up against the Will of the Hell Civilization.

Knowing it could not stay for long, the Will of the Hell Civilization quickly acclimatized to Han Wen’s body and activated the Merged Divine Skill Han Wu had made for Han Wen, the True Martial Tiger God. In an instant, Han Wen transformed into a thousand-meter-tall giant cloaked in a tiger-shaped avatar of pure Divine Authority, with each movement radiating an intense and palpable bloodlust.

In response, Han Wu quickly assumed his strongest battle form to endure the upcoming battle.

“Dragonification! Dragon King Transformation! True Black Dragon King Transformation! Exoskeleton! Bone Prison! Almighty Devour!”

He rapidly activated almost every trait he possessed that could empower his physical body. However, despite his efforts, a single, powerful blow from the Will of the Hell Civilization was enough to greatly injure him, damaging both his exoskeleton and his dragon scales. Fortunately, however, his Immortal Cells kicked in, healing his wounds at a rapid pace.

The Will of the Hell Civilization attacked once more, this time using Han Wen’s Martial God Kick. Han Wu’s battle instincts instantly took over, and he swiftly countered with his Tiger Step. The two blows collided with a deafening sound like cracking glass, and the resulting shockwave was so powerful it ripped open the very fabric of space around them.

Han Wu felt his legs scream in protest as he collided with Han Wen’s Martial God Kick—he could practically feel his Immortal Cells frantically working overtime to repair the damage. It was quite unfortunate; as a mere Demigod in the Divine Civilization, he could barely last a few breaths against the Martial God Kick before it completely overwhelmed him.

The Will of the Hell Civilization unleashed the Martial God Flash, determined to finish Han Wu off once and for all. Han Wu tried to evade, but his legs had given out, having taken more damage than his Immortal Cells could instantly heal. With no other option, he could only raise his Swordwind Arms and Dragon Claws in a desperate attempt to block the attack.

Just as the attack was about to land, a thin, almost transparent barrier shimmered into existence, blocking the fist. The Epistians had used their Epistian Towers as a conduit to amplify their magic, charging up a massive barrier that spared Han Wu from the hit. With this perfectly-timed move, they had managed to protect him.

Though stunned for a brief moment, the Will of the Hell Civilization swiftly resumed the offensive. This time, however, a sudden gust of wind blew past Han Wen, leaving numerous cuts all over his True Martial Tiger God avatar. Steely had arrived just in time, armed with his four God greatswords!

Right behind him was Alpheus who, accompanied with a group of Great Lightning Dragons, had been silently charging up a breath attack. The combined darkness and lightning breath attack from all ten Great Dragons surged forward, successfully interrupting the Will of the Hell Civilization’s imminent attacks.

The dragon breath attack was powerful enough to send the Will of the Hell Civilization barreling backwards. As it struggled to rise, two new figures, Han Wu’s Tigerman Saints, Hu Chi and Hu Yong, descended from above. They landed directly on two of Han Wen’s six massive arms with devastating force, channeling the impact of their landing to completely shatter the limbs.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

The assault from Han Wu’s army was far from over—his locusts had just arrived. The huge swarm covered the skies and ground like a dark, living tsunami. On the order from Dark Locust, the entire swarm charged at the Will of the Hell Civilization. Over a hundred billion of them sacrificed themselves, instantly self-detonating to create a massive explosion and buy Han Wu valuable time.

However, the sacrifice of a hundred billion locusts unfortunately did nothing more than graze the Will of the Hell Civilization. With a dismissive wave of its arm, it obliterated the locusts obstructing its vision, instantly clearing the air half a kilometer ahead. It was at that moment that it finally realized Han Wu had disappeared.

Where has the brat gone?

The answer came in the form of a single, powerful punch. A towering bone giant form—an Osteomancer’s creation formed from hundreds of millions of skeletons and twice Han Wen’s current height—swung its massive fist, smashing it right into Han Wen’s face with such overbearing power that even in his powerful True Martial Tiger God form, Han Wen lost a few teeth.

“Unforgivable! Utterly unforgivable!”

It was an outright disgrace for the Will of a Civilization to be bested by a mere group of skeletons!

In a furious rage, the Will of the Hell Civilization infused even more of its Divine Authority into Han Wen’s body, causing a powerful surge of energy to slowly build and radiate outwards. The Will was now determined to wipe out everything within the divine realm!

Just then, a beam of iridescent light descended upon Han Wu’s divine realm, streaking towards the Will of the Hell Civilization. The Will of the Divine Civilization had finally arrived!

The powerful light easily forced the Will of the Hell Civilization down onto the ground, swiftly immobilizing it. The Will of the Hell Civilization was completely outmatched—a mere sliver of its power was nothing against the full force of the Will of the Divine Civilization.

A boundlessly powerful and emotionless voice resounded within Han Wu’s divine realm.

“Smite

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”

With a final snarl and hiss, the Will of the Hell Civilization was completely obliterated, leaving nothing but Han Wen’s soulless body on the ground. Han Wu let out a breath he didn’t even realize he was holding—the Will of the Hell Civilization was finally gone. He looked towards his units that had come to his aid in his moment of crisis, his eyes filled with warmth and gratitude, like a father watching his children all grown up.

The brilliant iridescent light disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, marking the departure of the Will of the Divine Civilization. Han Wu soon spotted a faint strand of translucent light lying on Han Wen’s body. Using Examine, he learned that the strand of light was the previous sliver of the Will of the Hell Civilization. The Will of the Divine Civilization had destroyed its consciousness, leaving behind only a blank will.

By incorporating a sliver of his own soul into the blank will, Han Wu could turn it into a Will that represented him. When his divine realm finally evolved into a civilization, that little strand could become its Will!

Han Wu clutched the blank will excitedly. This was a treasure that so coveted that even Major Gods would want it, not to mention regular Gods! and he decided it was a secret he would keep strictly to himself.