Unified Exam Begins

In the morning, the sun shone brilliantly.

Han Wu entered the new classroom and made his way to his seat.

Qin Shuang had been waiting for quite some time. Seeing Han Wu arrive, she stood and walked over.

"Have you decided whether you'll be my slave?" Qin Shuang demanded irritably the moment she approached.

Han Wu was utterly speechless.

Just how deep was Qin Shuang's obsession with making him her slave?

"Qin Shuang, I'm not weak now either. I'm capable of protecting myself. Let's not bring up this slave business again," Han Wu refused.

Yet Qin Shuang was still unwilling to give up. "The fact that you think this way shows that you're still not mature enough."

"Let me ask you: do you have backing? Do you have resources? You have neither, yet you think you can stand out among the children of so many demigods just by relying on your locusts? How naive."

"Your locusts have indeed been raised well, but they're still far too weak in the end. Your skill at taming dwarves is impressive, but they aren't your Core Kin after all..."

Qin Shuang went on and on, but to Han Wu's ears, it was all nonsense.

"I appreciate the thought, but whether I can make it or not, we'll find out after the exam." With that, Han Wu climbed into the Divine Realm Lander and quietly waited for the unified exam to begin.

Qin Shuang felt as though her warm face had been pressed against a cold backside. Furious, she left in a huff.

Seeing the Qin Shuang he regarded as a goddess suffer a setback before Han Wu, Zhang Xiaolong felt a blazing fire ignite in his heart.

"Han Wu, one day, I'll make you disappear from Qin Shuang's sight for good!"

Before long, Homeroom Teacher Tian Wen arrived in the classroom.

His demigod projection appeared on every student's interface.

"This unified exam organized by the school concerns the share of future resource allocations for our class. It is extremely important. I hope all of you will give it your all in this exam for the sake of your futures."

"Of course, I won't be stingy with students who achieve outstanding results. Sacred artifacts, Divine Realm Territory, core fragments, kin armies, and more—every kind of reward resource is in my hands. As long as you have the ability, take whatever you can."

Those few simple words set the hearts of all sixty-two students in the class surging.

"Next, I'll distribute the rules for the unified exam. Please check and receive them."

The rules were sent to every student's interface.

Han Wu spent several minutes going through the information, gaining a general understanding of it.

Like previous years, this year's unified exam was divided into two stages. The first was an elimination stage, and the second was a ranking stage.

During the elimination stage, all students would undergo an assessment of the same difficulty. Those who passed would gain 1 Class Point, while those who failed would be directly eliminated and expelled.

The school's unified exam system was harsh for good reason. For Divine Realm Civilization to continue developing, it relied on survival of the fittest. Only the outstanding were qualified to obtain more and better resources.

For those at the bottom, leaving sooner was the best choice.

After passing the elimination-stage test, students would earn the qualification to remain and continue studying. Based on the remaining strength of their kin, they could choose either to withdraw from the assessment or continue challenging it.

Those who withdrew would have no chance of making the rankings.

Only those who continued the challenge and successfully passed would qualify to enter the school rankings.

This concerned the second stage of the unified exam: the ranking stage.

During the ranking stage, the assessment used an unlimited challenge system. Invaders would be teleported in wave after wave.

With each wave cleared, one's individual ranking would rise, and the class would gain 1 Class Point.

In the end, the slots for the three advanced classes would be determined by their points.

Meanwhile, students would receive school rewards corresponding to their position on the rankings.

Han Wu's gaze swept to the end of the rules. Seeing the rewards available to students on the rankings, his heart began to itch.

Ranking members: one random Basic Resource Card.

Top 100: Divine Realm Territory worth 100 divine power, type of choice.

Top 50: one Level 1 sacred artifact.

Top 30: one Reproduction Card. A Reproduction Card could increase a kin's breeding speed fivefold for ten years.

Top 20: Level 1 building: Temple. Within a hundred-meter radius of the Temple, it granted a Level 1 Basic Sacred Aura that could accelerate recovery from kin injuries.

Top 10: one Divine Power Weapon worth up to 100,000 divine power, style of choice.

Top 5: one Extraordinary Seed, capable of accelerating an Elite Lifeform's comprehension of extraordinary power and allowing it to step into the extraordinary realm.

Top 3: Divine Realm Core level +1.

First place: 1 point of divinity.

In other words, whoever obtained first place would become rich in one fell swoop from the school's rewards alone.

Not to mention that Homeroom Teacher's rewards had yet to be listed.

For the rewards, I'm going all out! Han Wu roared inwardly.

Ten minutes later, the unified exam entered its preparation stage.

Han Wu poured his consciousness into the Divine Realm Lander and saw himself transform into a streak of light, flying toward the void.

The other students were the same, streaks of light in the void transforming into young men and women.

At the center of the more than seven hundred boys and girls was a slowly rotating golden halo.

Han Wu could sense the aura of Tian Wen, his Homeroom Teacher, within it, as well as that of Xu Mei, the Director of Studies.

Presumably, the Homeroom Teachers of every class were inside.

They were not only responsible for ensuring the unified examination proceeded normally, but also for monitoring the students to prevent cheating.

Before long, all the students had arrived.

An emotionless mechanical voice rang out from within the golden halo.

"The first-round elimination assessment of this unified examination is about to begin. All candidates, please prepare yourselves."

The expressions of the many students turned tense. This concerned whether they could remain at school and continue studying; even the top ten students could not help feeling a flicker of panic.

"Countdown: 3, 2, 1, 0!"

As the timer hit zero, Han Wu returned to his Divine Realm.

He saw an enormous one-way portal appear at the edge of his Divine Realm.

Waves of ominous aura billowed from the portal.

Tensely, he summoned all his followers and ordered them to stay alert for the incoming enemy.

At last, movement came from within the portal.

The sound of rushing footsteps drew nearer and nearer before finally bursting out of the portal.

A huge mass of fat Demonic Beasts wrapped in demonic energy poured from the portal in one flood.

Han Wu took a closer look, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

This was only an elimination round—did they have to go this hard?

Han Wu had seen this kind of Demonic Beast in textbooks before. They came from the Abyssal Civilization and were called Flesh Puppets.

Though they were Normal Lifeforms, they possessed combat strength comparable to ordinary Elite Lifeforms. Moreover, they had Thick Skin and Flesh, making them extremely hard to kill.

They were highly cost-effective cannon fodder.

Fortunately, they had one fatal weakness: they moved slowly.

Han Wu was absolutely confident he could wipe them out.

He issued a decree through his Divine Realm, ordering 50,000 Bursting Locusts to attack and carry out Lava Self-Destruct.

In an instant, the area occupied by the Flesh Puppets was flooded with searing magma.

With every step the ten thousand Flesh Puppets took, they suffered continuous damage from the blazing heat.

Yet they could not run fast, and large numbers of Explosive Locusts harassed them from high in the air.

Countless Flesh Puppets died atop the magma.

Their flesh was roasted by the scorching magma, and waves of meaty fragrance actually rose from it.

Noticing this, Han Wu dispatched Ember Dwarves to drag back some of the dead Flesh Puppets and fed their corpses to the ordinary locusts.

Unexpectedly, the locusts could digest them after eating them, and the corpses were rich in nutrients and brimming with energy.

This gave Han Wu a new idea.

He hurriedly swapped the Level 2 sacred artifact loaded on the insect nest—Law of Gluttony (Incomplete)—with the two Level 1 sacred artifacts loaded on the Divine Realm Core.

In an instant, every locust flying within the Divine Realm was affected by the Divine Realm Core and felt incomparably hungry.

The flowers, grass, and trees within the Divine Realm all became their food, including the corpses of the Flesh Puppets.

As the locusts fed frantically, their bodies swelled, and one after another, they leaped from Normal Lifeforms into Elite Lifeforms.

Han Wu watched, ecstasy surging through his heart.

With ten thousand Flesh Puppets serving as food, in less than five hours, he had gained more than five million Gluttonous Locusts at the Elite Lifeform level.

"What kind of exam is this? They're practically serving up food on a platter. If the later exams are all like this, then let the exams come even fiercer!" Han Wu said excitedly as he used Growth Acceleration to rapidly expand his forces.