Chapter 477 - Jing Jing’s Might

The special magnetic field within the Abyssal Mine required a special method to send a message out of the area. It took Hu Lan five whole minutes to receive a report from the Supreme Merchant Group outside.

They had managed to dig up some information on Han Wu, and Hu Lan forwarded the report into the public channel for everyone to read.

Han Wu’s basic background information left them all stunned.

“He’s a student of the Imperial College, and is even the first-year valedictorian!” Yin De exclaimed in astonishment.

“Wait, that’s not all,” Xi Wa said. “It says here that he has a Magic Ring and even defeated the second-year valedictorian before.”

Hu Lan skimmed the report and soon noticed that Han Wu’s supervisor and master was Xu Hai. Frowning, he felt his world spin at the familiar name.

Xu Hai was one of the most talented Major Gods and had the potential to grow into a God King.

Hu Lan’s breath quickened at the realization that he was fighting the student of a future God King. Although he himself was a Major God, not all of them were equal. The difference between him and Xu Hai was akin to the gap between a regular student in a common school and Han Wu, the first-year valedictorian of the Imperial College.

One flew up high in the heavens, while the other walked the earth.

“I think we should stop this battle,” Hu Lan quietly suggested.

He no longer wanted to fight after learning Han Wu’s background. If their attack on Han Wu offended Xu Hai, the fallout would affect not only him but also the entire Supreme Merchant Group. Death would become all but a certainty for them.

However, Yin De and Xi Wa didn’t want to give up this opportunity. The destruction of one of their Giant-class ships and the promise of 100% pure Abyssal Netherstones were more than enough motivation for them to continue the battle.

“This fight has already gone too far. We can’t stop now. We either kill him or die. There’s no third outcome,” Yin De argued.

“Hu Lan, why are you becoming more of a coward as you become older?” asked Xi Wa.

“You need to look at the big picture,” Yin De said. “Don’t be afraid of offending another Major God just like us. We can’t just let this opportunity go. He’s strong, but there’s no way he can defeat the three of us combined.”

Hu Lan was not at all convinced. “Have you two gone senile from being directors for so many years? Xu Hai is an infamous Major God, one likely to become a God King. Do you think you can live a good life after offending him?”

“Hu Lan, you’re overthinking this. Nobody can pin the blame on us if we successfully kill Han Wu. This place is filled with life forms from other civilizations. It wouldn’t be unusual for him to be killed here,” Yin De coaxed.

“Yin De is right,” Xi Wa agreed. “No one besides us will know if we kill Han Wu.”

Despite their persuasions, Hu Lan refused to give in, and in the end, the two directors forced an official vote to strong-arm Hu Lan into continuing the battle.

The two sides clashed intensely on the battlefield. Many of Han Wu’s locusts were killed, with less than a hundred billion of them remaining. It was a significant loss.

Meanwhile, the army from the Supreme Merchant Group held strong. Most of their units were fodder obtained from invading other civilizations anyway.

Disregarding the elite-ranking units, the Supreme Merchant Group could still achieve victory as long as they decimated Han Wu’s army. That was why Yin De and Xi Wa were certain that victory was theirs.

In their eyes, it was impossible for Han Wu, a mere God, to fend off the combined might of their Divine Jurisdiction. The two were already savoring the outcome of their flawless plan when a figure appeared.

It was Jing Jing!

The appearance of her beautiful figure on the battlefield attracted the attention of every other life form like a beacon. This was the effect of her Latent Seductive Bones, obtained after becoming an Earthsunder life form.

Everyone watched as she raised her arm and showered the area around her with her Divine Authority.

The corpses on the ground shook.

Skeletons tore their way out of their fleshy cocoons and scrambled to get close to Jing Jing. Stopping just a hundred meters away, they kneeled and submitted themselves to her. There was a veritable army of them from the ten billion units that had already perished from the ongoing battle.

𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Jing Jing’s Divine Authority had turned the ten billion corpses into undead to aid in Han Wu’s war. The Supreme Merchant Group’s advantage in numbers with lower-ranking units was overturned in the blink of an eye.

The skeletons attacked the fodder of the Supreme Merchant Group with astounding results. Unfortunately, this triumph didn’t last long.

As the skeletons were just showing their prowess, countless sacred light beams shot out from the Supreme Merchant Group’s fleet. The sacred energy contained within the light easily dispelled the darkness inhabiting the skeletons, and they peacefully returned to the earth.

Their bones lay scattered across the ground.

Not to be outdone, Jing Jing waved her arm seductively, gathering the bones into a thousand-meter-tall Sage Titan Osteomancer.

Then another, and another, for a total of ten Titan Osteomancers.

Their combined power easily destroyed the Supreme Merchant Group’s ships as they attacked the fleet.

Sirens blared, a sign that they were losing at least a ship per second.

The Supreme Merchant Group unleashed the Sacred Light they used to purify the undead, but it was ineffective on the Titan Osteomancers.

A layer of bone fragments covered the Titan Osteomancers, shielding them from the Sacred Light.

The three directors could hardly bear to watch as the Titan Osteomancers destroyed several ships in a short span of time.

“The Supreme Merchant Group will lose everything.”

“We need to leave now. Gather all units and escape.”

“We have to avoid Han Wu from now on.”

The three directors decided to swallow their losses and retreat.