Chapter 459 - Extraordinary Income

Before long, summer break arrived. Han Wu and Jing Jing met up and used their tickets to head to the Abyssal Mine. At the same time, their divine realms were transported there as well. The mine spanned several billion square kilometers, and their divine realms looked like tiny ships on a huge ocean.

Han Wu was still surveying the area when something unexpected happened. A small ship that could ferry 300 people approached the edge of his divine realm and forced its way inside.

Han Wu immediately sensed the invading presence. The intruders belonged to a foreign race called Yesmola. They were technologically advanced, born with thick skin, and had sturdy bodies. Each one carried several high-powered guns that looked deadly. However, they had no chance of taking over Han Wu’s divine realm with just a small ship and 100 or so of them. They had underestimated him.

Han Wu ordered his units to attack the Yesmola. The Epistians responded at once, gathering several hundred of them in front of the Epistian Tower in their city. They activated the tower’s power, charged up a huge fireball, and shot it at the intruders. All the Yesmola saw in their final moment was a blazing sun before they burned to ash.

Han Wu scolded the Epistians when he sensed what they had done. He told them that they should have charged a smaller fireball and killed the Yesmola by exploding their heads. That approach would have preserved the Yesmola’s tech and equipment.

Nothing remained now. The Yesmola had turned to dust, including their high tech guns. Han Wu only managed to salvage their small ship. It was worth one to two Divine Essence at most and couldn’t sustain his daily expenses at all.

The Epistians apologized and explained that they hadn’t fought in a long time and accidentally used their strongest attack. They promised to handle things with more care.

Han Wu forgave them and surveyed the area to find his next target. He soon found an enormous ship that remained motionless. It spanned several million square kilometers and dwarfed Han Wu’s own divine realm by a factor of ten.

The sight stunned him. He had never imagined that something this enormous could exist in this world. He quickly informed Jing Jing to prepare for an invasion. She followed his orders, and they invaded the ship by connecting their divine realms with it.

The ship sensed the connection at once. Its radar scanned the two divine realms and identified their units. According to the readout, Jing Jing’s divine realm had a billion skeletons, and the strongest was only of the Sage rank.

The ship’s inhabitants weren't afraid and readied several powerful Cleansing Halos to surround the vessel. That way, the skeletons would die the instant they boarded the ship.

Then the radar scanned Han Wu’s divine realm, and sirens echoed through the ship. According to the readout, Han Wu housed two Earthsunder life forms. Even Major Gods struggled to nurture one, and Earthsunder life forms were powerful enough to pose a threat wherever they appeared.

The ship didn’t want to fight them and tried to flee by detaching itself with Han Wu’s divine realm. Sadly, their attempt failed as Han Wu sent Dark Locust and the locust swarm to board the vessel.

Dark Locust’s Earthsunder aura forced the captain into the open. He surrendered and agreed to parley in exchange for leaving the ship alone.

They chose the border between Han Wu’s divine realm and the ship as the meeting point. Han Wu would lose nothing by avoiding a fight since the captain had already agreed to parley. The terms favored him, and he could save time and earn money without a battle, which added profit without extra risk. He accepted the arrangement.

As Han Wu and the captain sat down to negotiate, Han Wu sensed that the captain was also an Earthsunder life form, though his aura was weaker than Dark Locust’s. He could tell that the captain had relied on drugs to bolster his strength to the Earthsunder rank.

Usually, those that used drugs to ascend only appeared strong, and their true strength lagged behind that of a genuine Earthsunder life form.

Han Wu had guessed correctly. The captain had taken drugs to reach the Earthsunder rank, and his actual strength was still of the Sage rank. That was why he surrendered the moment the radar detected two Earthsunder units in Han Wu’s divine realm.

In the end, under Han Wu’s pressure, they quickly discussed payment terms. The captain first offered three kilograms of Abyssal Netherstone at 60% purity in exchange for safe passage.

𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Han Wu calculated the value. The Abyssal Netherstones at 60% purity weren't as valuable as the ones at 90% and above, but they could still fetch 30,000 Divine Points per gram. Three kilograms came to roughly 90 million Divine Points, which equaled 0.9 Divine Essence.

It was a scam! Han Wu could earn seven to eight Divine Essence a day just by collecting the Faith Points from his units. He refused to accept such an insult, slammed the table, and decided to fight them. He would keep fighting until the ship crashed here.

Terrified, the captain quickly raised the offer. He would give them fifty kilograms of Abyssal Netherstones at 60% purity. He also blurted out that he was nowhere near as rich as Han Wu had assumed. His ancestor had passed down the enormous ship and lacked the luxury Han Wu had expected.

Han Wu calculated that fifty kilograms of Abyssal Netherstones at 60% purity were worth around fifteen Divine Essence. The amount doubled what Han Wu could earn in a day. He accepted it with reluctance and nodded. Although he wouldn’t destroy the ship, he insisted that Jing Jing should receive the same rate. With that demand, he doubled the total payout.

The captain broke down on the spot, but Han Wu didn’t care. In the end, the captain paid the exorbitant price to keep his ship safe. After all, he was weaker than Dark Locust and Locust and had no way to resist. He handed over 100 kilograms of Abyssal Netherstones before Han Wu and Jing Jing left.

Later, Han Wu summoned Jing Jing to his divine realm to test the Fabricator’s capabilities. He planned to produce Abyssal Netherstones at 100% purity.