Chapter 482 - Forced Odyssey

The success rate of gaining an Amalgamation with Random Evolution was extremely low, around one in ten thousand, but Han Wu wasn’t going to give up just because of that. He needed to get as many as possible to successfully incorporate the Desolate Civilization’s law into his divine realm.

A year passed in the blink of an eye.

Their ships floated high in the skies of the Desolate Civilization, the barren land beneath stretching seemingly endlessly. They had been flying in a straight line for a whole year and still had yet to find the border.

In the past year, Han Wu had merged countless successful Amalgamations. He was exceedingly careful when evolving them, in case they had gained some special Skills.

When they did, he would immediately ask the Origin of Mutation to sever Random Evolution from the Amalgamation using a special method so it couldn’t evolve again.

From then on, the Amalgamation would become stronger in an orderly manner, with Random Evolution no longer affecting its form and Skills.

Han Wu had effectively turned some of his locusts into “Divine Beasts” and gradually amassed many powerful units in his army. Regardless of the mighty units supporting him, however, they were still stuck in a long odyssey through the Desolate Civilization.

Since they were already here, they would take the opportunity to plunder the Desolate Civilization wherever possible. Fortunately, the condition of both his and Jing Jing’s divine realms meant this invasion would be insignificant to the Desolate Civilization and wouldn’t attract the attention of its Will.

Han Wu and the rest slowly became accustomed to this life, exploring as they traveled, when his ship detected a powerful beast that had evolved thirty-five times.

It was a huge Flame Giant.

After being here for so long, Han Wu had roughly figured out the logic of the Desolate Civilization. Unless the beasts had an exceedingly rare or special Skill, the strength of most could be evaluated by the number of times they had evolved.

Their Life Energy doubled every time they evolved. In other words, this Flame Giant had doubled their Life Energy thirty-five times since birth.

While Life Energy wasn’t an indicator of their combat prowess, it was still a good measure of their overall strength.

The Flame Giant towered ten thousand meters tall and possessed energy similar to a miniature sun. Heat seared Han Wu’s skin even from afar. If not for his Divine Points protecting him, he would’ve already been roasted into jerky.

Jing Jing and Jiang Ming approached him, casting wary looks at the huge Flame Giant.

“God, are we really going to fight it?” asked Jing Jing.

Jiang Ming was similarly hesitant. “This Desolate Beast is powerful, likely far stronger than even an Earthsunder life form. It’ll be exceedingly difficult to take down.”

Han Wu was adamant. “There’s no point in killing the weaker beasts. We’ve already been here for an entire year, and our army has recovered. Some have even become stronger. It’s time for them to experience war again.”

Jiang Ming could say nothing in the face of Han Wu’s resolution. Having sworn allegiance to him, there was nothing to be done but to support him all the way.

“I shall follow the path of my God,” Jing Jing acquiesced.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

The three discussed their strategy. The Origin of Mutation was too lazy to join the meeting and instead continued conducting its experiments. However, it did request that Han Wu collect as much blood as possible, as it would be beneficial for its experiments.

Han Wu nodded. The Origin of Mutation’s experiments were significantly beneficial to his units. He typically agreed to its requests as long as they were not too outlandish.

The trio had already worked together hundreds of times by this point, and it didn’t take long for them to reach a consensus on their plans.

Jing Jing would remain on her skull ship and use all her strength to summon a Titan Osteomancer.

The Titan Osteomancer would tank as many hits from the Flame Giant as possible. Meanwhile, the skull ship and Swordwind ship would fire off long-range attacks intermittently. The sharp teeth and wind blades would not only drain the Flame Giant’s energy but also distract it.

Earthsunder Dark Locust would hide its presence and stay close to the Flame Giant, waiting for a perfect opportunity to Self Detonate and deal a lethal blow.

If the Flame Giant didn’t die from Dark Locust’s Self Detonate, Han Wu still had another plan up his sleeve. First, he would order Steely to use Steelcutter. He would then order the revived Great Dragons to use their combined breath attack to stop it. If all else failed, the Origin of Mutation could also use Cognitive Alteration to secure victory.

The hunt started as soon as Jing Jing summoned a twelve-thousand-meter-tall Titan Osteomancer.

At the same time, Han Wu ordered his strongest defensive unit, Golden Catch, to use Shield Form and attach itself to the Titan Osteomancer’s left arm to guard against the Flame Giant’s attacks.

The Titan Osteomancer was also equipped with Han Wu’s strongest weapon, the 7-Star Black King Sword. It had the passive effect of eroding its enemy with Dark Energy.

Darkness would erode at any wound the sword inflicted. If the victim didn’t take preventative action in time, it would spread from the wound to the rest of their body, eroding it all away.

Once equipped with the weapon and shield, the Titan Osteomancer didn’t hesitate to attack the Flame Giant. It swung the Black King Sword downwards, but failed to cut skin.

A solid wall of fire had blocked its path.

This was the Flame Giant’s Skill: Fire Coat, which enabled it to give fire a solid form. After thirty-five evolutions, its Life Energy reserve was enormous, making its Fire Coat remarkably durable.

Jing Jing wasn’t about to give up so easily. The Titan Osteomancer attacked two more times under her command, but to no avail.

Seeing this, Han Wu initiated the next step and commanded the two Giant-class ships to fire.

Sharp teeth shot at the Flame Giant’s Fire Coat, only to be burned to ashes.

The attack wasn’t strong enough to pierce through its defenses.