Chapter 429 - Sacrifice’s Reward: Revival Stone

A huge group of units was stranded in a desolate wasteland. Their gods had cast them into this divine realm, leaving them confused and uncertain of their fate.

Han Wu and the Origin of Mutation hovered above the horde, surveying the scene. Through his senses, Han Wu detected nearly 60 billion units below, most of them being Unique life forms. Their bodies brimmed with Life Energy, far greater than that of the Unique locusts.

Han Wu was already eager for the next wave of units to arrive in his divine realm, but he chose to use Sacrifice first. A huge array appeared beneath the units and enveloped them. They tried to flee, but the array expanded faster than they could move.

“Sacrifice!” Han Wu shouted, and the ritual started.

In an instant, every unit’s life force surged toward the array. Within a single minute, all 60 billion units had died.

Even the Origin of Mutation recoiled in horror. It had always seen itself as a cruel bastard that could mutate countless life forms, but compared to Han Wu’s cruelty and his Sacrifice, its powers seemed trivial.

With one sweep of his arm, Han Wu wiped out 60 billion units.

The Origin of Mutation swallowed hard, realizing just how terrifying Han Wu truly was. It silently vowed never to cross him. Otherwise, it would meet a gruesome end as well.

Han Wu paid it no mind. His focus was fixed on the rewards of Sacrifice.

[Option 1: Revival Stone – Engraves the target’s soul onto the stone. If the target dies, they can be revived at the stone. Only a fragment of their soul returns, with partial memory loss, and all attributes reset to 10% of their original value. Considerable energy is required to restore their former strength. Current slots: 100,000]

[Option 2: 9-Star God Equipment: Star Disk – Allows the user to bypass all spatial restrictions and teleport to any previously visited location. Each use consumes 100 Divine Essence.]

[Option 3: Ghost God Kazan – A God from another civilization, equal in power to a Sage life form. Commands part of the Ghost Aspect and possesses Divine Essence on par with a high-ranking Demigod.]

Han Wu eyed the three options greedily, wanting to claim all of them.

The first option allowed him to revive fallen subordinates. With it, powerful units like Steely could place a fragment of their souls into the Revival Stone and become effectively immortal. Even though they would lose 90% of their power upon revival, they could regain it with enough energy. Han Wu had various methods of converting flesh into energy, so supplying what a Sage life form needed to recover would be simple.

The second option, the 9-Star Star Disk, was equally tempting. It could cut through all spatial restrictions to teleport the user to any location they had previously visited. With it, Han Wu could essentially appear inside secret caches or treasure vaults belonging to huge factions and plunder them freely. The catch was the cost. Each use required 100 Divine Essence. That was equivalent to 10 billion Divine Points or 100 quadrillion Faith Points.

No ordinary God could afford to use it. Even Han Wu would have to be prudent; it was an enormous expense for a single teleport. Although he had obtained considerable wealth from the compensations, his reserves totaled only about 6,000 Divine Essence, much of which he had already spent. He couldn’t use it as he wished.

The third option was the most straightforward: a powerful God who could aid him in battle. It would bolster his combat power, but it offered little to improve his divine realm.

Han Wu hesitated for three minutes before choosing the Revival Stone. Ever since his divine realm had been invaded, he had come to understand how precious life was, especially the lives of his powerful units. Losing any of them would cause him real pain.

Upon selecting the Revival Stone, it materialized in his palm. It was a gleaming blue gemstone the size of his fist, capable of holding more than 100,000 souls.

Han Wu summoned his most powerful units and gathered them around it. He engraved the souls of the Origin of Mutation, Steely, Dark Locust, Alpheus, Erebard, Smog, Leng Ning, Hu Chi, Hu Yong, Osteomancer, Skeleton Reanimator, and every other powerful unit that he could remember.

𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

With their souls bound to the stone, they had, in essence, become immortals. He carefully placed it within his maze and felt a rare moment of relief.

Still, one Revival Stone couldn’t erase his hatred for the invaders. He asked Xu Hai to help him uncover who had spread the news while he conducted his own investigation.

Naturally, his first suspect was Huang Shengjun. The two shared an old and bitter grudge, and he suspected that Huang Shengjun had spread the information after Han Wu hung up on him.

In reality, he was right. Huang Shengjun was the reason that hundreds of Gods had invaded his divine realm. Unfortunately, he had no evidence. He temporarily set the matter aside and turned to the second problem.

During the invasion, while the Origin of Mutation had managed to intimidate the invaders, someone had summoned that powerful heron clad in sacred light, throwing everything into chaos. He had slain it in the end, but the fight had been far from easy.

To Han Wu, the heron’s owner was no different from the rest of the invaders—an enemy. But who were they? He tried to recall any information about the strange heron but nothing came to mind.

“Who could it be? Huang Shengjun? But his core race is the goblins. I doubt that he’s any good at nurturing birds. That heron was clearly of the light attribute. Could it be Elina?” He muttered half-formed guesses, but he was very close.

“No, it can’t be her. She might be the God King of Light’s daughter, but she probably doesn't have the resources to nurture that kind of monster. Wait...” Han Wu shot up in disbelief. “Could it be the God King of Light himself?”

He had never imagined that Light would try to kill him. The idea was absurd! Han Wu grumbled at that thought.