Home in the Mine

Within the divine realm, Han Wu cautiously watched the vast number of skeleton soldiers before him.

He was rather troubled.

The invading race for the ranking assessment was skeleton soldiers—a result he both loved and hated.

He loved it because skeleton soldiers were weak. Even Explosive Locusts could defeat them with ease.

But he hated it because skeleton soldiers did not have even two taels of flesh on them—not enough to fill the gaps between one's teeth.

In Han Wu's divine realm, more than a billion ravenous locusts were waiting for food to undergo a Life Leap.

"Sigh, I can only fight." Han Wu sighed and issued a Divine Decree, ordering the more than a billion starving locusts to launch an attack.

Though ordinary locusts were weak, when more than a billion gathered together, their Destructive Power rose exponentially.

Over a billion locusts became a black cloud and collided with the skeleton soldiers invading the divine realm.

Countless skeleton soldiers were swept high into the air, then smashed heavily to the ground, shattering into piles of bones.

Countless locusts were also crushed apart by the skeleton soldiers, turning into bloody pulp.

The scene could be summed up as: rookies pecking at each other. The damage was not great, but the spectacle was immense.

Two hours later, the battle ended.

The ground was covered in locust corpses and shattered bones.

The locusts affected by the sacred artifact, the Law of Gluttony, were starving so badly that they could only devour their companions' corpses on the ground to soothe their hunger.

Before long, only vast stretches of withered yellow bones remained on the ground.

The sight was truly an eyesore.

Han Wu had no desire to let shattered bones pollute his divine realm, so he issued another Divine Decree, ordering the locusts to clean up all the bones and throw them into the great furnace built by the Ember Dwarves to be burned.

He had plenty of locusts under his command. If every ten locusts picked up one bone, they could clean the entire area spotless.

Before Han Wu could rest, the second wave of skeleton soldiers arrived.

There were still one hundred thousand of them, but this group contained quite a few Iron Bone Skeleton Soldiers, Elite Lifeforms.

With Iron Bone Skeleton Soldiers present, Han Wu could no longer send ordinary locusts to their deaths.

The combination of Explosive Locusts and Bursting Locusts showed its might once again.

The Explosive Locusts were responsible for pinning them down, while the Bursting Locusts used Lava Self-Destruct, dealing massive damage while leaving behind a blazing field of lava that continuously scorched any surviving skeleton soldiers with high temperatures.

Even Iron Bone Skeleton Soldiers found it difficult to survive in lava for long.

Soon, the second wave was also crushed by Han Wu.

After noticing how lethal the lava field was to skeleton soldiers, Han Wu had a new idea.

He simply kept the lava on the ground, occasionally having Bursting Locusts spray fresh lava over it to maintain the temperature.

He also had the Ember Dwarves smelt large quantities of ore in the great furnace, heat it until it became scorching molten slurry, and pour it onto the lava field.

With this arrangement, a vast area outside the portal became a forbidden zone of death.

The temperature was so high that it could instantly evaporate and vaporize flesh.

The skeleton soldiers sent through the portal were killed by the high heat before they could even begin their invasion, a truly pitiful fate.

Han Wu calmly stood guard outside and had Iron Cutting Sword Wind keep watch for any fish that slipped through the net.

The third wave, the fourth wave, the fifth wave...

No matter how many skeleton soldiers came, they were all easily dealt with.

His score climbed higher and higher, and he effortlessly broke into the top thirty of the grade.

Within the golden ring of light, the Homeroom Teachers in charge of supervision watched Han Wu's methods and exclaimed, "Holy crap, this young man's ideas are really unique!"

Others fought skeleton soldiers by competing with their followers and relying on equipment.

Han Wu fought skeleton soldiers by building a volcano.

This idea was streets ahead of the other students.

And it worked quickly—immediate results, outrageously efficient.

"What's so great about that? Didn't he just hold out until the seventh wave? Liu Mo from our class has reached the seventh wave too." Liu Letian said unwillingly.

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The many Homeroom Teachers turned their attention to Liu Mo's divine realm.

There, shattered bones littered the ground.

Nearly every goblin follower under Liu Mo's command wielded a large bone club as a weapon.

Some Homeroom Teachers noticed that Liu Mo's goblins had already established a Life Leap path from Normal Lifeform to Elite Lifeform.

After training and meeting the requirements, ordinary goblins could advance into Elite Lifeforms: Big Goblins.

Big Goblins were powerfully built, with Thick Skin and Flesh, and their overall rating surpassed that of Flesh Puppets.

Moreover, the Homeroom Teachers noticed that Liu Mo's divine realm contained many buildings.

13 Level 1 Arrow Towers, 9 Level 1 Lightning Towers, 12 Level 1 Fireball Towers...

The total value of these buildings alone was no less than ten million divine power.

The Homeroom Teachers all exclaimed, "Does this kid have a mine at home or something?"

Seeing the stunned expressions of the many Homeroom Teachers, Liu Letian felt immensely pleased with himself.

Liu Mo's Divine Realm had reached its current scale entirely thanks to him, his uncle.

More than half of the buildings had been acquired by him.

He had also helped perfect the Life Leap.

All for the sake of competing for the rewards of the unified examination as much as possible.

If Liu Mo could shine brilliantly in this unified examination and take first place, then all those investments would have been worth it.

But before Liu Letian could be happy for even three seconds, the many Homeroom Teachers were drawn to the battle unfolding in another student's Divine Realm.

Within Qin Shuang's Divine Realm stood one hundred Level 1 Lightning Towers, while her naturally Elite Lifeform Thunder Sparrows numbered as many as three hundred thousand.

Beyond that, Qin Shuang also had one hundred Extraordinary Lifeforms—Ancient Tree Giants—as ordinary kin to assist in battle.

Moreover, among Qin Shuang's Core Kin, the Thunder Sparrows, a Heroic Lifeform had already been born: the Golden Crown Thunder Sparrow.

No matter their level, the skeletons invading her Divine Realm could not last even five seconds before being swallowed by countless bolts of raging lightning and blasted into shattered bones across the ground.

It was a complete one-sided slaughter.

"As expected of the Qin Family's young lady. She's truly powerful."

"No comparison, no comparison. Other people have mines at home, but Classmate Qin Shuang has a home inside the mine."

"Filthy rich beyond reason. Even I, a demigod, don't have as many trump cards as she does."

"I used to hear that Classmate Qin Shuang was among the top three in the grade. Looking at this now, even first place in the grade is nothing special, right?"

Listening to the other Homeroom Teachers' repeated praise, Liu Letian felt as though his heart were bleeding.

Qin Shuang had originally been a student in his class.

Her achievements should have counted toward his performance record.

Yet Tian Wen had snatched her away.

It was all Han Wu's fault. This was all Han Wu's fault. I'll make him pay the price!

Liu Letian's resentment toward Han Wu had reached its limit and risen into outright hatred.

None of the Homeroom Teachers noticed Liu Letian's mood. Their gazes settled on the remaining screens as they picked out other students with outstanding performances.

Zhang Xiaolong, Xu Sun, Huang Fei...

These were all exceptional students with a chance of competing for the grade's top ten.

As the ranking assessment continued, the tenth wave of invasion came to an end.

Eighteen students were still holding on.

Han Wu was among them.

"The eleventh wave of invasion is about to begin. The difficulty will rise substantially. All students, please prepare yourselves mentally." A mechanical voice devoid of emotion issued a warning to the eighteen students still standing.

The eighteen students immediately became alert, their eyes fixed on the portal.

A figure slowly emerged from the portal.

The Homeroom Teachers collectively blurted out, "Holy shit!"

Because the invader in this wave was a Heroic Lifeform!