Chapter 540 - Right-Hand Men

Han Wu sneezed himself awake from his deep slumber. Groggily sitting up, he mumbled, “Who’s thinking about me at this time of night...”

He had slept for an entire day and night after returning from the Angel Civilization. Now that his strength had fully recovered, he felt compelled to check on the Merge Avatar.

Pinpointing the coordinates of the avatar, he appeared in his divine realm. Thousands of crystals were piled up high beside the Merge Avatar.

Han Wu was in awe. These crystals were truly an easy source of Divine Essence! He could sell it all to Aisha for a hefty sum of Divine Essence. It wouldn’t be far-fetched for him to become an oligarch with that amount of money.

Plans to further increase his wealth were already forming in his head. He decided to prepare crystals from other attribute stones as well, hoping to sell them to other civilizations for great profit.

Han Wu was daydreaming about the money in his future when two powerful beings suddenly appeared in his divine realm. He frowned, then realized it was Bart and Akanzor. Rushing over to the feathered eggs, he noticed cracks webbing across the shells.

These cracks allowed him to catch a glimpse of the pair inside the eggs. They similarly caught sight of him and eagerly tried to hatch faster. In just three minutes, they stood before Han Wu.

𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

The two were no longer humans but a mutated form of angel. They each sported twelve pairs of wings—something akin to an abomination. Even the strongest beings in the Angel Civilization, the Seraphim, only had six wings total. Bart and Akanzor had four times that! Unfortunately, despite their freakish number of wings, their overall might was still weaker than a Seraphim.

Han Wu nodded with satisfaction when he sensed the changes in their bodies. Turning into angels had allowed them to absorb half of the powers within their wings, boosting their strength.

They were now intermediate Earthsunder life forms. Once they managed to completely harness the remaining energy in their wings, their strength would undoubtedly rise to late-stage Earthsunder life forms.

At that point, Han Wu could grant them some resources for cultivation. It wouldn’t be impossible for them to become Heavenrender life forms within the next five years.

The two weren’t Heavenrender life forms yet, but Han Wu knew they would almost certainly become his future right-hand men.

As he was mulling over their changes, the growl of a stomach filled the air. Akanzor and Bart grinned sheepishly.

“Are you guys hungry?” Han Wu asked in bewilderment.

Earthsunder life forms, especially those in the intermediate stages, didn’t typically suffer from hunger. As they could absorb the water and energy in the air to sustain themselves, there was no need for them to eat.

The two shook their heads.

“I need some Divine Essence to refine my Divine Aspect,” Akanzor explained. “I have a feeling that my Divine Aspect will be incredibly powerful.”

Bart nodded in silent agreement. He also needed some Divine Essence to get his own Divine Aspect.

Han Wu wasn’t one to let his units suffer and immediately retrieved 100 Divine Essence for them. Nurturing his underlings was of utmost importance as their strength was also his. Moreover, he had recently sold several shipments of the crystals to Aisha and was thus much richer than before. He could afford to let his units upgrade themselves.

The two received the Divine Essence with gratitude. After bowing to Han Wu as thanks, the two started the refining process.

Akanzor’s Divine Aspect formed after absorbing 35 Divine Essence—Greatsword. As the name implied, it allowed him to manifest a powerful greatsword in battle. Akanzor’s proficiency with greatswords made this Divine Aspect a huge boon for him.

Bart’s Divine Aspect, on the other hand, was called Longbow and allowed him to fire powerful arrows.

Having obtained their respective Divine Aspects, the pair could no longer be considered regular units but instead Gods residing in Han Wu’s Divine Realm.

Han Wu granted Akanzor the title of Sword God and Bart the title of Bow God. In celebration of their ascension, Han Wu decided to bestow them an additional 500 Divine Essence each.

This was enough to last them for quite some time.

The two immediately started absorbing and refining the bestowed Divine Essence to solidify their new Divine Aspects.

While they did so, Han Wu pondered over alternative ways of making money. He decided to check in on his other avatars. As expected, the ones with the greatest gains were those invading the Dream Demon Civilization.

Han Wu’s units were valiant in their advances as they struck down the defending armies. They had already taken over three-quarters of the Dream Demon Civilization, causing it to be officially recognized as a fallen civilization.

Regular Spirit Demons surrendered the moment Han Wu’s units appeared, but Han Wu didn’t trust them and killed them regardless. As a result, his avatars received many negative titles within the Dream Demon Civilization, like demon or executioner.

The infamy didn’t bother Han Wu at all. Insults from a dying civilization hardly mattered to him. After reviewing the progress of the invasion, Han Wu moved on to the other avatars as well.

All his avatars were working hard to improve themselves.

Among them, the Life Avatar and the Death Avatar stood out. They realized that invading civilizations was a slow method of increasing their strength. So, they instead disguised themselves and joined the Holy War between the factions of Life and Death, respectively.

Their Divine Aspects complemented their respective factions, allowing them to become highly regarded in the war. Both avatars thus received an abundance of resources from the higher-ups and had since become Earthsunder life forms.

Although the other avatars weren’t growing as quickly as those two, they also weren’t doing badly. Han Wu did some rough calculations and realized merging his avatars would allow him to reach the Heavenrender rank.

As a Heavenrender life form, he would be in the top 1% in terms of strength. That meant he wouldn’t have to worry about being attacked anymore. At that point, he could finally ask Xu Hai to tell him about the Chaotic Starfield.

Finding his lost parents was a goal that had shackled the previous host. Han Wu wanted to fulfill the previous host's desire—and his grandfather's dying wish—to find his parents