Chapter 491 - Valedictorian Once More

Han Wu’s Earthsunder life forms charged into Elina’s divine realm, destroyed all of her buildings, and killed 95% of her units before finally returning to Han Wu’s tiny divine realm.

𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Elina had lost 95% of her units and all her buildings in one day. Unable to stomach the overwhelming defeat, she simply fainted. Some seniors from the faction of Light feared that Han Wu would do something to the unconscious Elina and hastily carried her away.

Han Wu wanted to leave when Xia Tian stopped him. Magnifying his voice using Divine Points so everyone within the arena could hear him, Xia Tian declared, “Junior Han Wu will be defending his title. If no one can defeat him, he’ll maintain his position as the second-year valedictorian.”

The second-year students remained silent. Elina could defeat every one of them with her single Earthsunder life form. Han Wu had eight! Only an idiot would fight against such a force!

Nobody was willing to sacrifice their units’ lives fighting a losing battle. Han Wu waited fifteen minutes, but no one spoke up.

Xia Tian, taking on the mantle of the judge, thus announced that Han Wu had succeeded in his challenge and would continue to act as the second-year valedictorian. Only then did Han Wu walk out of the arena.

“Junior Han Wu, long time no see. You’ve become even stronger since we last met. I don’t think the three of us could defeat you even if we worked together,” Xia Tian praised.

Han Wu smiled humbly. Though he acted arrogantly to outsiders, he remained modest to his friends. “You overestimate me, senior.”

The trio smiled bitterly, knowing Xia Tian was right.

Xiang Meng, having worried about Han Wu the most, asked urgently, “Junior Han Wu, you’ve been gone for so long. Where have you been? You weren’t here when the semester started.”

“I got lost in the Desolate Civilization and couldn’t find the exit.” Han Wu smiled ruefully. “It took me a long time to escape that place.”

“The Desolate Civilization? That place is massive! Not to mention, their overall strength is on par with the Divine Civilization,” Ye Ling remarked.

Xiang Meng nodded. “I see. Is that why your divine realm is damaged?”

Han Wu had only two tiny pieces of land for his divine realm. The students who had seen his divine realm were actually mocking him. A God with a divine realm that small could only be described as being an irredeemably poor God.

Han Wu shook his head. “My divine realm was damaged because of a battle with a merchant group and its God King. The Desolate Civilization had nothing to do with it. In fact, I have to thank the Desolate Civilization.”

He recalled the treasures he had obtained in the Desolate Civilization. In exchange for exhausting all his Divine Essence, he had gained a huge number of powerful Desolate Beasts, even gathering plentiful materials from the slain.

However, as he alone couldn’t use all of them, he wanted to share some with the trio.

“I collected some excellent materials from the Desolate Civilization. I can sell them to you with a 20% discount.”

Elated, the trio asked for a list to peruse, which Han Wu soon produced for them.

Most items on the list were Rank 6 Sacred Objects and Earthsunder life form materials, though only 10% could be considered of truly higher quality. Jiang Ming never accepted anything less than a Rank 6 Sacred Object, deeming them too worthless to be placed into Han Wu’s vault.

Xia Tian and the others had assumed that Han Wu would mostly have rare but inexpensive resources, and their eyes almost rolled out of their sockets when they looked at the list.

All the resources listed were at least Rank 6. They could only be used by Major Gods and above.

The trio was still a long way from becoming Major Gods. Furthermore, the resources meant for Major Gods were costly. Even with a 20% discount, they still didn’t have enough money to purchase most items.

In the end, they only chose three Rank 6 materials. These could greatly enhance the power of their core race and were actually quite important for them.

Seeing that they had selected the lowest quality items on the list, Han Wu asked in confusion, “Seniors, are you really only going to buy this much?”

“I’m afraid there’s a limit to our funds.” Xia Tian smiled with polite embarrassment. “We’ll come and buy more once we collect more money.”

Han Wu chuckled. “Don’t worry about that. You’ve helped me so much in the past. Choose anything you want on the list. You can always pay me back in the future.”

With his encouragement, the trio decided to stop hesitating and selected several more items from the list. They looked forward to their units growing stronger after they refined the materials.

“Junior Han Wu, thank you for your generosity,” said Xiang Meng. “We’ll never forget it. If ever something troubles you, come and find us. We’ll do our best to assist you.”

“Senior Xiang Meng, I’ve already received a lot of aid from you. You’re like a brother to me. It was thanks to your recommendation that I could attend Imperial College. I should be thanking you instead,” Han Wu earnestly replied.

“Junior Han Wu, you’re too kind.” Xiang Meng chuckled. Then, patting his powerful chest, he vowed, “If you encounter any problems, we’ll come and help you. I swear on my name.”

Han Wu nodded. “Then I will have to trouble you in the future.”

With that, the trio departed, and Jing Jing, Qin Shuang, and Sun Qingnian approached. The two deputy judges had already run after seeing Han Wu knock the judge unconscious.

Han Wu was visibly excited when he saw his friends again. His experiences in the Abyssal Mine and the Desolate Civilization had taken their toll, but it was over now.

Collecting himself, he said, “Come with me to my room. I’ve prepared some gifts for all of you.”

Sun Qingnian gladly agreed. Qin Shuang, still visibly upset at the damage wrought on her divine realm, also followed.

Back in his room, Han Wu recounted his tale to Sun Qingnian and Qin Shuang. His experiences left them in shock. For Han Wu to escape the pursuit of a God King and even find a way to change his core race in the Desolate Civilization was unheard of!

The pair inwardly lamented the fact that Han Wu’s divine realm now only totaled two million sq km. Han Wu only talked about the good news and never once told them what he suffered.

Nevertheless, neither called him out on it, instead waiting patiently for him to bestow his gifts. Han Wu placed a huge box in front of Sun Qingnian and told him to open it.

Opening the box, Sun Qingnian found a complete set of five Rank 6 Sacred Objects. Each was an excellent Sacred Object on its own, but when equipped together, they activated three powerful effects that suited his Foxmen.

[Set Effect 1: Grants the core race the Skill: Giant Fox Transformation. Can be used in battle.]

[Set Effect 2: Materializes the core race’s strength into tails. The stronger they are, the more tails they materialize. Each tail can be consumed to survive a lethal blow.]

[Set Effect 3: Grants the inheritance of the Nine-Tailed Fox to the core race. There are 18 Skills that can be learned.]

"While I was exploring the Desolate Civilization, I encountered a powerful Desolate Beast in the form of a Nine-Tailed Fox that had evolved thirty-three times,” Han Wu explained. “We subdued and killed it before refining it into this set of Sacred Objects.”

Sun Qingnian held the gift preciously. It suited his core race extremely well. If he could equip the entire set to his Core, his core race would be able to turn from supports into fighters. This was extremely valuable to him.

He quietly swore that he would never swap it out, even if he became a Major God in the future. Han Wu was naturally ecstatic to know that Sun Qingnian loved the gift.

Then, taking out another box, Han Wu pushed it to Qin Shuang.

“This is for you,” he said softly.

“Hurry up and open it,” Sun Qingnian chimed in. “I want to see what he gave you.”

Qin Shuang opened the box to inspect the gift. When she saw it, her jaw dropped, and she was left speechless from shock.