Law of Gluttony

The other Homeroom Teachers were so jealous their teeth itched.

Three top-ten students had all flocked into Tian Wen's class. Wouldn't his class's overall grades soar straight into the sky?

Yet there was nothing the Homeroom Teachers could do about it.

Which class to join was the students' decision.

As teachers, they could only tempt them with benefits, not interfere.

"Good, good, good! Come to my class, all of you." Tian Wen was overjoyed.

As he spoke, he reached into his pocket and took out three fairly high-quality cards.

"These are gifts from your teacher for joining the class."

Tian Wen handed the three cards to them.

Qin Shuang did not even look at hers before stowing it in her Divine Realm. Clearly, this girl with a gold mine for a family did not care about Tian Wen's reward.

Zhang Xiaolong, meanwhile, accepted the card and glanced at it, a hint of delight appearing on his face.

The card Tian Wen had given him was highly suited to the development of his Core Kin.

As for Han Wu, the card Tian Wen gave him set off towering waves in his heart.

Because the card Tian Wen had given him was practically tailor-made for his insect race.

Level 2 Building Card: Insect Nest. Covers an area of one square kilometer and can hatch one million insect creatures each year. Effect: Perfectly manifests the effects of sacred artifacts embedded in the Insect Nest.

To give a real-world example, after Han Wu built the Insect Nest in his Divine Realm, he could apply the two Level 1 sacred artifacts, Heart of Explosion and Molten Fire Crystal, to it.

The Insect Nest would perfectly apply their power to the insect eggs bred within it.

That way, Han Wu could obtain one million Bursting Locusts every year.

That was far faster than using his Growth Acceleration ability to cultivate them as he did now.

"Thank you, Teacher." Han Wu said gratefully.

"Don't thank me. Producing even better results will be the best repayment you can give me," Tian Wen replied.

Director of Studies Xu Mei looked at the outcome before her with satisfaction. She was sincerely happy that Han Wu had managed to transfer into a class he was satisfied with.

As for how far Han Wu could grow in the future, that would depend on his own fortune.

"Teachers, today's test was merely a small trial and not important. But the unified exam organized by the school seven days from now is of utmost importance. It concerns the future allocation of resources among the classes. I needn't say more about how much weight it carries, right?" Xu Mei's words made the many Homeroom Teachers present turn solemn.

"Director Xu, we will certainly educate our students well and live up to the school's expectations."

"Of the three elite-class slots, my class is reserving one first."

"I have faith in the students of my class."

The Homeroom Teachers all voiced their positions. The only exception was Liu Letian.

Because all the top students in his class had collectively defected to other classes.

After spending a day in his new class, Han Wu teleported home after school and immediately climbed into the Divine Realm Lander.

The class-transfer test had dealt a devastating blow to the kin in Han Wu's Divine Realm, and he had not yet had time to assess the situation.

After entering the Divine Realm, Han Wu immediately used his divine sense to scan the entire Divine Realm and obtained detailed information.

Kin numbers: 2.04 million locusts, 5,000 Explosive Locusts, 300 Bursting Locusts, 52 Ember Dwarves, Heroic Lifeform: Sword Wind Iron Cutter.

This was every last bit of kin remaining in Han Wu's Divine Realm.

One word described it perfectly: shabby.

If he entered the unified exam seven days from now with this level of strength, his results would likely rank at the bottom among all the students in the grade.

"I need to keep mass-producing troops. First, I'll cultivate the locusts," Han Wu muttered, his gaze falling on the new name, Ember Dwarves.

He was certain that the dwarves in his Divine Realm had merely been ordinary dwarves. How had their name changed after a single battle?

Puzzled, Han Wu sent his consciousness into the mining area, intending to see for himself.

The moment his consciousness avatar saw the dwarves, his first reaction was shock.

How had his dwarves become like this?!

Short, stout bodies, muscular limbs, and luxuriant hair—these three traits were standard for dwarves.

But Ember Dwarves needed two more: crimson skin and bloodlines like molten lava.

Han Wu could even see the bright streaks formed beneath their crimson skin as lava-like blood flowed through their veins.

Han Wu hurriedly checked the Ember Dwarves' information.

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Ordinary Kin: Ember Dwarves. (An elite race evolved from ordinary dwarves after enduring a desperate bloody battle.)

Kin Level: Elite Creature.

Kin Talents: Forging, Flame Blood.

Faith Level: True Believer.

Faith Power: 20,000/day.

Reproduction Ability: 1 litter/year.

Life Cycle: 80 years (Infancy: 5 years, Childhood: 10 years, Adulthood: 55 years, Old Age: 10 years).

Talent: Forging. Enhances the host's aptitude for forging.

Talent: Flame Blood. Greatly enhances the host's resistance to high temperatures, making it easier for the host to master Fire Attribute skills.

Han Wu was astonished. "It actually evolved into a naturally born Elite Lifeform. If only it were my Core Kin!"

From the racial information alone, Han Wu determined that the Ember Dwarves were an exceptionally powerful race. If properly cultivated, they could absolutely leave his peers far behind.

It was just that such an outstanding race was not his core race.

Han Wu could only sigh at how fate toyed with people.

Han Wu verbally encouraged the Ember Dwarves, urging them to work hard at forging iron—and while they were at it, to work hard at making babies and expanding their population.

Over the next few days, Han Wu attended classes during the day and frantically spawned troops at night.

With the help of Growth Acceleration, Han Wu took only four days to restore his Core Kin locusts to their previous numbers.

When the total number of locusts reached 7.3 billion, it had also reached the absolute limit that the Divine Realm's environment could sustain.

Han Wu waved his hand, activating Life Sacrifice.

7.2 billion ordinary locusts transformed into countless streams of Life Energy that surged into the sacrificial array in the sky.

Three options appeared before Han Wu once again.

Option One: Two-Star Holy Relic: Law of Gluttony (Damaged). After being loaded into the Divine Realm Core, the core race gains the Gluttony Ability. Once the total energy of the food consumed exceeds one thousand times its own energy, it can complete its evolution. (The Holy Relic's Main Body is damaged and only affects Normal Lifeforms.)

Option Two: Hero Template. Give it to an Extraordinary Lifeform to help it advance into a Heroic Lifeform.

Option Three: One point of divinity.

Each of the three options made Han Wu swallow hard.

Because every single one of them was incredibly powerful.

The Two-Star Holy Relic, Law of Gluttony (Damaged), could no longer be measured in mere numbers, because it could help kin complete a Life Leap.

Although it could only elevate Normal Lifeforms into Elite Lifeforms, that alone was enough to make people drool.

Take Han Wu, for example. If all of his ordinary locusts became Elite Lifeform locusts—

Then if he sacrificed them again... wow. The rewards then would definitely be ten times better than they were now.

Of course, Han Wu could only fantasize about something like that.

7.3 billion locusts with the Gluttony Ability would eat him into bankruptcy just through feeding alone. He simply could not afford to raise them.

Option Two, the Hero Template, could evolve an Extraordinary Lifeform into a Heroic Lifeform, and was equally valuable.

One only had to look at Sword Wind Iron Cutter's performance to judge how precious this item was.

If put up for auction, it would be enough to make demigods fight until their heads bled.

As for Option Three, one point of divinity, it was simple and brutal.

That was equivalent to ten quadrillion Faith Power—or one hundred million Divine Power.

Choosing it would make him a billionaire in an instant.

Faced with the three options, Han Wu racked his brains. After considering them again and again, he still chose Option One.

The Two-Star Holy Relic, Law of Gluttony (Damaged), was immensely useful to his Core Kin locusts.

In the long run, it far surpassed a Hero Template or one point of divinity.

It was just that with his current assets, he simply could not support too many Gluttonous Locusts.

Han Wu had no choice but to settle for the next best thing. He bestowed the Law of Gluttony upon the insect hive and would selectively cultivate one million Gluttonous Locusts each year.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

With the unified examination imminent, Han Wu entered his Divine Realm. Amid the billions of insects, the first thing he spotted was a group of enormous locusts measuring one meter long.

They were a new species, named Explosive Locusts by Han Wu.

They were Extraordinary Lifeforms!

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