Chapter 500 - Swamp Ego

“Die in my swamp and become nutrients!” howled the ugly Swamp God.

It could already picture Han Wu and his units sinking into the swamp forever. Then shock hit when it saw what happened next. Han Wu’s units unfurled their wings and shot into the air. The swamp would never claim them.

Han Wu beat his translucent wings and pulled himself out of the mud. “Are you dumb? I can fly.”

The Swamp God seethed. It had never imagined that its prized Skill could be neutralized so easily. How could it stomach it? Since the ambush had failed, it could only attack head-on. Under its command, the mud turned into dragons that lunged at Han Wu.

The mud never even reached him as a frost Great Dragon used its breath and froze the mud torrent midair. Leng Ning appeared before Han Wu in her half-dragon form. Through Reincarnation, he had taken her soul and turned her into a Great Dragon who grew stronger day after day. She was now as strong as a Sage life form.

The Swamp God glared at them and howled, but there was nothing it could do. Its dominion over the swamp was strong, but many elements could bring it down and ice was one of them. Once frozen, the mud lost its pliability. It could no longer latch onto enemies or drag them under, which rendered it useless.

“Consider yourself lucky!” The Swamp God turned to leave in a storm of anger.

Han Wu scoffed. “Since when did I say you could leave?”

Leng Ning charged forward and used her strength to drive her powerful fist packed with Ice Energy into the Swamp God. The blow sent it 100 meters away and shattered half of its body.

Still, the Swamp God showed no concern. The shattered mud fragments thinned into water and flowed back to its form. It was unharmed.

“You can’t kill me. Staying here will waste time for both of us,” the Swamp God said.

“Is that so? I don’t believe it.” Leng Ning punched again and froze the Swamp God solid.

Han Wu then ordered his units to tear apart and devour the frozen mud. They finished the task quickly without leaving a single drop of mud behind.

Unexpectedly, the Swamp God’s voice rose from within their bodies. “You can’t kill me, but I can kill your units easily.”

A huge amount of mud burst from the units’ orifices along with fragmented pieces of their organs.

The Swamp God’s ugly face appeared once more. Han Wu had lost roughly 10,000 units, which pleased the Swamp God. It loved watching its enemies stand helpless before it.

Rage burned through Han Wu. Those units made up only a small part of his army, yet they were still his subjects. He had to avenge them.

“Everyone, do whatever you can to kill it!” he barked.

Steely and Karot stepped forth. The two hadn’t even attacked when a wave of Wind Energy and a surge of blazing Fire Energy rolled off them and sent fear through the Swamp God.

The two types of energy could easily counter its mud. It tried to flee, but it was too late. Steely summoned swirling winds to trap it while Karot spewed scorching fire at the cyclone. The fire ignited the cyclone and turned it into a burning vortex.

The intense heat baked the Swamp God until it lost all its moisture, and its solidified mud shell melted into lava.

Han Wu spotted a small orb amid the lava and retrieved it. He checked its data and learned that it was the Swamp God’s Divine Ego. It came from outside the Divine Civilization and functioned similarly to the Divine Aspects and Divine Authorities.

If he absorbed it, he could control the swamp’s power. It counted as good post-battle loot. Han Wu stored it in his vault and commanded, “Search the area and report the moment you find a shrine.”

His orders moved through the threads of faith to every unit, and they earnestly searched their surroundings.

Han Wu found a clean patch of ground and waited for their reports. They soon discovered something unusual to the northwest. His units were being killed. Through his units’ eyes, he saw several pitch-black humanoid figures. They were powerful and could hurl fifty-kilogram stones to crush their foes.

Han Wu wouldn’t let it continue, so he headed toward that area. As soon as he arrived, he formed invisible hands with his telekinesis, pulled his units out of danger, and pushed the enemies away.

After ordering his other units to heal the injured ones, he examined the pitch-black humanoids to identify them. Their information unfolded before him.

[Race: Black Ants (Humanoid form)]

[Rank: Unique]

[Talents: Superstrength, Black Carapace]

[Skills: Mighty Fist, Boulder Toss...]

𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Han Wu studied the data and noticed an uncanny resemblance to his Locustmen! What could his enemy have done to turn them into humanoids? He wanted answers, and he knew how to draw out the owner: kill enough units and the owner would definitely show up.

Han Wu executed his plan and commanded all his Unique life forms to attack at once. His units detonated themselves, easily breaking the Black Ants’ formation and injuring them in the process.

When enough Black Ants died, a powerful Divine Authority appeared before Han Wu.