Chapter 472 - Giant Protector

Han Wu’s swarm of locusts invaded the Supreme Merchant Group’s Giant-class ship and killed everything that moved, including Jiang Ming’s, Yin Ming’s, and Xi Jie’s core races.

The trio panicked when they felt the threads of faith severing.

Despite this, Jiang Ming ordered his core race not to engage in battle. After all, while he viewed Han Wu’s actions as borderline absurd and likely premeditated, Yin Ming and Xi Jie had still been the first to break the rules of the merchants.

As the fault ultimately lay with the pair, it was only fair for Han Wu to fight back and take over the entire Giant-class ship.

Yin Ming and Xi Jie didn’t share the same thoughts. Their hearts ached as they felt their painstakingly nurtured units dying en masse.

How could locusts be so strong? If this continued, they would lose too many of their units for their family backgrounds to compensate for, and ultimately fall behind their peers.

The two desperately continued to use their Divine Authority to push back against Han Wu, all the while requesting Jiang Ming to help them.

“Supervisor Jiang—no, Master Jiang, please help us! We’re still your students!”

“Supervisor Jiang, if you don’t help us, my uncle Yin De will punish you once we get back to the group. Call your units to help us if you don’t want to get punished!”

The pair were playing good cop, bad cop in an attempt to persuade Jiang Ming to help them defeat Han Wu. With his Divine Jurisdiction, it would be fairly simple for him to defeat a mere God like Han Wu.

𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

However, Jiang Ming only shook his head in response, sitting on the ground and splaying his arms wide in a gesture of intended inaction. “You two were the ones to break the rules of the merchant group. I will not be doing anything to help you.”

“Jiang Ming, how could you be so stupid? If anything happens to us while under your guidance, the group will punish you!”

“Master Jiang, I beg you, please help us! If you defeat him, we’ll confer the merits of finding the 100% pure Abyssal Netherstone to you!”

Their incessant pleas fell on deaf ears. Jiang Ming stood firm on his decision, watching from the sidelines as Han Wu increased the output of his Divine Authority and sent the two Gods flying.

The pair were left injured, with their units all but massacred. The mass collateral of the intense battle finally caught the attention of the Giant Protector stationed on the Giant-class ship.

An Earthsunder Giant Protector had been stationed on every Giant-class ship under the banner of the Supreme Merchant Group as the final line of defense.

The merciless killing and plundering of Han Wu’s locusts had roused the Giant Protector from its slumber, which in turn relit the spark of hope within the injured Yin Ming and Xi Jie.

“All shall perish under the might of an Earthsunder life form! Who cares if your Divine Authority or units are stronger than ours!” Yin Ming proclaimed as he slowly stood up.

The Giant Protector swung its fist, punching a shockwave that rippled through the air for a thousand miles.

Millions of locusts died with that single strike. Although a few million locusts were a mere fraction of Han Wu’s hundred billion locusts, he was still pissed at their deaths.

Deciding to show the two Gods the true taste of despair, he finally brought out the big guns.

Steely leaped out from the Giant-class ship. The aura of his Hecatoncheiras form was powerful enough to suppress even the Giant Protector. Never one to fight empty-handed, Steely tightened his grip on his hundred God greatswords, each humming with power.

Han Wu had focused most of his efforts on nurturing Steely, and all one hundred of his greatswords had been upgraded to 3-Star God weapons.

Moreover, all the greatswords had the same attributes, making it easier for Steely to fuse their energy. Armed with those greatswords, Steely’s presence easily overpowered the Giant Protector.

Sensing Steely’s overbearing presence, the Giant Protector did not hesitate to unleash its Skill. It channeled all of its power to form an impenetrable barrier that covered the entire Giant-class ship, even forming two energy palms to drag Yin Ming and Xi Jie into the safety of the barrier.

It had wanted to pull Jiang Ming into the barrier as well, but was rejected. Jiang Ming wanted to convey his intent to never work together with Yin Ming and Xi Jie again through his actions.

After being saved, Yin Ming and Xi Jie noticed that Steely wasn’t attacking them. Assuming that their Giant Protector was far stronger than Steely, their confidence quickly returned.

“Yin Ming, you control the weapon system of the ship and bombard the entire area below. Don’t let even a single locust go.”

“What about you?”

“I’ll control the Giant Protector and take down the Hecatoncheiras. Don’t you think our ship is a bit bare with only a single Earthsunder life form?”

Yin Ming was dissatisfied. Why did he have to do the dirty work while Xi Jie controlled the Giant Protector to fight the Hecatoncheiras?

Seeing the dissatisfaction on Yin Ming’s face, Xi Jie coaxed, “Aren’t we best friends? Do we really need to be so calculative? Why don’t we switch? You can control the Giant Protector while I carpet bomb the entire area down below using the weapon system?”

The earnestness on Xi Jie’s face convinced Yin Ming. “It’s fine. I’ll teach those trash-like units down there a lesson they will never forget.”

“That’s right.” Xi Jie chuckled. “We’re friends. Why do we need to be so calculative?”

In contrast to his words, Xi Jie was actually thinking about his contributions. Taking down the Earthsunder Hecatoncheiras would likely net him a better reward. On the other hand, if he were to kill the weaker units down below, his contribution would be smaller, and his rewards would likely reflect that as well.

Meanwhile, Han Wu had already grown tired of the battle.

“Kill them,” he ordered Steely. “Leave no one alive.”

Steely combined all one hundred 3-Star God greatswords into a single hundred-meter-long hurricane greatsword. The strong winds enveloping the greatsword tore the surrounding space apart.

Using Steelcutter, he swung his powerful greatsword. Everything along its path was cleaved in half. The barrier protecting the Giant-class ship lasted only two seconds before it shattered.

Silence followed in the wake of his attack.

The Giant Protector had half of its head sliced off, its blood soaking Xi Jie as he exclaimed in shock, “How could this be? How can the Hecatoncheires be that strong?”