Chapter 31 - Icarus Wings

Han Wu faced an unprecedented difficulty, his spiritual flames dancing wildly in his eye sockets. He had no idea on how to solve the crisis in front of him.

He could clearly hear the sound of his skeletons being crushed and could feel their spiritual flames being extinguished one by one. He was undoubtedly losing.

The very notion that two Divine Beings could challenge a Demigod was ridiculous.

Nevertheless, Han Wu refused to lose. He refused to give up.

As if sensing his mood, the skies in his divine realm clouded over. Steely and the Scorching Dwarves gathered in the temple, praying earnestly. The sounds of his worshippers traveled and reached his mind.

Oh divine and glorious God, through your blessings, we have been able to prosper. We are willing to sacrifice ourselves to cut down your enemies. We wish to fight for our Glorious God!

Steely wishes to battle!

The Scorching Dwarves wish to battle!

The billions of locusts buzzed incessantly. Despite lacking intelligence, they were willing to do anything to help their god, even if it meant sacrificing their own lives.

Coincidentally, midnight had just passed and it was the start of a new day.

Han Wu summoned Steely and the entirety of the Scorching Dwarves. Steely joined the battle with all four of his Hurricane Greatswords while Divine Hammer held onto Hellforge and led the Scorching Dwarves to battle, and though his arms burned red from wielding Hellforge, he refused to give up. The massive Unique Heavenly Demon Insects, following the Scorching Dwarves, charged past the gate and took to the skies, ready for battle. This continued until all 100 units had been summoned.

However, Han Wu didn’t just stop there. Within his divine realm, the billions of locusts, brimming with life force but lacking independent thought, acted as a single entity and collectively focused their prayers on him, their pure, unified voices ringing in his mind.

Sacrifice us!

The familiar array appeared in the skies above his divine realm and billions of locusts were sacrificed. This time, however, rather than three options, there was only one. Han Wu was stunned by the reward he had received from Sacrifice.

[Icarus Wings. Special Item. Dispels darkness and grants immunity to negative status. Affects all the user’s races. (A special item gifted to you. The sacred wings will bring a miracle.)]

As Han Wu retrieved the item, a sacred light appeared which enveloped all his units, including the undead skeletons and the demonic minotaurs, and immediately dispelled the darkness around the entire area as well as the negative status afflicting his units.

Upon seeing the light, the Demigod Dark Frogman shrieked, “Impossible! How can a mere Divine Being dispel my darkness? This cannot be!”

Han Wu did not respond. He held onto the Icarus Wings and diverted the light onto the Dark Frogmen, affecting even the Mountain Eater, which ensured that the Frogmen could no longer use the darkness to their advantage.

Han Wu noticed sparks of electricity arcing out from the Mountain Eater, immediately realizing that Qin Shuang had been eaten.

“Kill that Mountain Eater!” He roared.

“Yes!”

“We heed your call!”

Steely and Divine Hammer responded, running towards the enormous Mountain Eater.

Steely’s incredible sword skills and the powerful heat from Divine Hammer’s Hellforge eventually tore open a wound on the Mountain Eater’s stomach, allowing the Golden-Crown Thunder Sparrow to escape.

Right after her escape, Qin Shuang ascended into the sky and charged a powerful black lightning ball, hurling it with intense fury towards the Mountain Eater and scorching it to a crisp. The Thunder Sparrows’ morale surged after witnessing the safe return of their god, and they immediately fought valiantly against the Dark Frogmen.

The Unique Poison Heavenly Demon Insects targeted the Heroic Dark Frogmen and unhesitatingly exploded, killing them in the process. Without the Heroic Dark Frogmen restraining the bone giant, it was free to destroy the Dark Frogman territory. Numerous Dark Frogmen were stomped to death as it advanced.

The battle once again shifted in Han Wu’s favor. Recognizing its impending defeat, the Demigod Dark Frogman desperately sought to make its escape.

However, there was nowhere to hide beneath the light of the Icarus Wings. Noticing that it was trying to flee, Qin Shuang swiftly unleashed several thunderbolts upon the Demigod Dark Frogman.

Though it was a Demigod, its actual strength was actually very mediocre, especially after using so many Divine Skills consecutively, making it completely incapable of resisting her powerful attack.

Qin Shuang delivered numerous blows to it until it finally collapsed. She paused and motioned towards Han Wu. “It’s your turn. As per our agreement, I only want its corpse. The rest is yours.”

She faithfully upheld her end of the bargain, since she knew that she would’ve died without Han Wu’s intervention.

Han Wu slowly approached the Demigod Dark Frogman. It pleaded weakly, “Please, let me go. I will give you everything I have in exchange.”

Han Wu, however, turned a deaf ear to its pleas and ordered Steely to cut off its head. He didn’t need anything from it, since all its treasures would be his even upon its death. With its head lopped off, the Demigod Dark Frogman had finally fallen.

Upon witnessing the demise of their Demigod, the Dark Frogmen immediately ceased all combat. The skeletons made quick work of the remaining Dark Frogmen and turned them into skeletons.

They proceeded to scour the area for all the Dark Frogmen’s treasures, which were so many that they piled up into a small mountain, though most were worthless.

Han Wu discovered only five decent items from the pile. He displayed all five to Qin Shuang and asked, “Are you sure you don’t want any?”

Qin Shuang spotted one Sacred Object that resembled a necklace. Though she wanted it, her pride wouldn’t allow her to take it. With a straight face, she replied, “We had an agreement. Everything else but the corpse is yours.”

Naturally, Han Wu knew that she wanted the necklace, so he picked it up and wore it on her neck. “Consider this my payment of 150 Divine Points, plus the interest,” he explained.

Qin Shuang was perplexed. The Sacred Object was worth at least 10,000 Divine Points, yet Han Wu considered it as payment for a mere 150 Divine Points.

Do I look like someone who charges that much just for interest?

Even the legendary investor Warren Buffett would worship her if she could actually pull off charging that much. Still, since Han Wu gifted it to her, Qin Shuang had no reason to reject it. Though she displayed no emotions, she was actually overjoyed inside.

The mission was completed and the exam was finally over.

Just as Han Wu was about to seal his skeletons into a card to bring back to his divine realm, Tian Wen sent him an encrypted message.

“Han Wu, good job. The school’s management and some of the recruiters from the top ranking colleges wish to meet you.”

“What about my units?” Han Wu asked, worried he wouldn’t be able to bring back his skeletons. After fighting numerous battles, he had already accumulated 30 million skeletons.

Tian Wen smiled in amusement. “I will make sure you can take them back later. The school won’t mistreat you.”

Han Wu nodded, and he was transported back to his classroom with Qin Shuang.

Tian Wen quickly led them to the principal’s office, smiling very happily.