Chapter 638 - Unfailing Battle Tactic

Thousands of comments and curses flooded the stream. No one had expected Commerce to have such a defining moment in the match after flying under the radar for so long.

“I knew it! Those with white hair are all secretly powerful!”

“I will forever praise the Commerce God King from now on!”

“A real man only steps in when the situation is at its worst.”

Even the two announcers hadn’t expected this turn of events, with Commerce displaying his explosive might.

“I suppose no one can predict everything, huh?” Qiu Yun blurted out.

“That’s true,” Yu Meng replied succinctly.

The Divine Civilization representative sighed in relief. That counterattack was nothing short of amazing. Not only did it neutralize the threat, but it also forced their opposition to suffer a heavy loss, with Oracle permanently losing his sight.

The Divine River Civilization representative was beyond stressed. Their plans had failed one after another, and now the Deathsworn had come knocking. Would they truly be able to kill the Origin of Mutation? Doubt festered in his heart, and he was quickly losing confidence.

Back in the match, both Han Wu and the Origin of Mutation had just been saved from the life-threatening attack.

After thanking Commerce for saving them, they all silently pondered over the Divine River Civilization’s immense strength. If they had used that one-hit kill technique at the start of the match, they would’ve lost.

As if fearing a second Obsidrum Judgement, they immediately got to work.

“We need to improve our strength as quickly as possible!” Han Wu said.

The others nodded in fervent agreement.

At that moment, Jia Gui arrived back at the plaza. “There’s a lot of undead outside. They’re going to attack us!”

Everybody glanced at the Origin of Mutation, recalling its mention of the Nether Realm earlier.

“I connected the Nether Realm,” the Origin of Mutation explained with a nod. “I want to kill those bastards from the Divine River Civilization.”

Commerce was well-traveled due to the nature of his trade, so he had a vast knowledge of many life forms. Frowning, he said, “The Deathsworn of the Nether Realm are extremely hard to kill. While not intelligent, they can switch their status between life and death. It’s similar to a lower-level undead. They only know how to kill. They’re going to be a headache for us too.”

The Origin of Mutation nodded, acknowledging the truth of his words.

“Since it’s unlikely that we can kill them, we should focus on defense instead,” Xu Hai proposed. “Let’s turn this into a battle of attrition and see which side can endure the attacks from the Deathsworn longer.”

“That sounds like a plan. Let’s prepare for defense,” Han Wu agreed.

Xu Hai nodded, erecting a barrier, which he continuously improved with his powers.

Outside the barrier, rows of Deathsworn had stumbled into view. Han Wu could tell that they were fundamentally different from the undead in that they were actual living life forms. Their undead-like presence lay in their ability to switch their status from life to death.

Once they sustained enough damage, they would die. However, at that moment of death, the lingering remnants of their consciousness would forcefully switch their status back to life, resurrecting themselves.

While this wasn’t regeneration or true resurrection, it was arguably even more annoying to deal with. Worse still, those that they killed would turn into one of them as well, making them more dangerous than the skeletons in a sense.

Han Wu peered at the legion of Deathsworn and noted the growing number of beasts in their ranks, which came from the farmable nests.

“Can we really not kill them?” Han Wu asked, his headache growing.

Xu Hai answered, “We could, but they’re notoriously difficult to take down.”

“There are two ways to kill them,” Commerce explained. “First, we could dissipate their consciousness. This is difficult because Karl has blessed them all, making their consciousness extremely durable. Alternatively, we could destroy their body completely. Not even a single cell can remain. The only issue is the black slime on their bodies. It’s highly resistant to elemental damage, meaning regular elemental attacks won’t destroy their body completely.”

“There’s a third method, and that’s sealing them. But none of us here are well-versed in the art of sealing,” added the Origin of Mutation.

Han Wu had an idea. “They’ll die permanently as long as they don’t have their bodies anymore, right?”

Commerce and Xu Hai nodded.

“In that case, I have a plan, but I need to level up to carry it out.”

With that, Han Wu grabbed his swords and stepped out of the barrier. As all the beast nests had already been overtaken, he decided to kill the Deathsworn instead.

He swung his blade and killed a huge number of Deathsworn in one blow. They all died, only to suddenly revive, regrowing their limbs to attack.

This was even harder to deal with compared to Han Wu’s typical skeleton warfare, but his attacks made him notice something that the others couldn’t. After reaching level 10, he had unlocked his Death Aspect, allowing him to see the death aura permeating the air.

Dense death aura cloaked the Deathsworn, and when he killed them, that death aura was abruptly stripped from their bodies. Upon switching their status, however, that death aura would return to their bodies.

The next time he killed a Deathsworn, he attempted to absorb the stripped death aura before it could return and succeeded. His Death Aspect slowly upgraded itself.

His Death Aspect soon hit 1000/1000, and he reached level 13. This time, Han Wu didn’t choose to upgrade anything, instead continuing to absorb the death aura from the slain Deathsworn.

After some time, his Death Aspect filled up again, and he reached level 14. Having found an efficient method of farming, he forged onward. During his onslaught, he discovered another method to permanently kill the Deathsworn.

Absorbing the death aura of the fallen Deathsworn prevented them from converting their status, effectively forcing them into true death. Unfortunately, this wasn’t too useful as no one else could apply this method but Han Wu.

He continued to attack the swarm of Deathsworn and soon reached level 20, granting him three special rewards to choose from.

[1: Unlock Strength 10%]

[2: Unlock a Divine Aspect]

[3: Obtain Special Equipment: Crown of Life]

At the same time, he also unlocked another ability slot—something he had needed desperately. Once unlocked, he chose to equip his Divine Power, Famine. Under his command, the locusts all flew out from the barrier at the plaza.

Famine had made the locusts ravenous, and they devoured everything in sight, including the Deathsworn. The swarm of locusts consumed tens of thousands of Deathsworn until not even bones remained.

In the process, they also absorbed the Deathsworn’s death aura, which pushed them to evolve.