After dealing with the Heroic Lifeform Bone Controller, Han Wu waited quite a while before the twelfth wave of invasion finally arrived.
Leading the charge was still a Heroic Lifeform Bone Controller, followed by ten Extraordinary Lifeform Skeleton Knights.
Han Wu sent Sword Wind Iron Cutter and twenty Explosive Locusts into battle, easily resolving this wave of invasion.
But the other students did not have it nearly so easy.
During the eleventh wave, they had struggled to kill one Bone Controller and had not even had time to clear away the bones scattered across the ground. Then, when the twelfth wave came, another Bone Controller appeared, along with ten Skeleton Knights.
The psychological shadow cast over these young geniuses was anything but small.
They were probably cursing inwardly: Why is there another one? Is this never going to end?
Unable to bear the immense pressure brought by the Bone Controllers, another three students cursed as they withdrew from the examination.
The top three had emerged: Han Wu, Qin Shuang, and Huang Fei.
As for who ranked first, they still had to wait a little longer.
During the fourteenth wave, Huang Fei's Core Kin suffered severe casualties, so he chose to withdraw and happily secured third place on the rankings.
During the sixteenth wave, Qin Shuang's Core Kin Thunder Sparrows were collectively exhausted, more than half of her Level 1 Lightning Towers had been damaged, and six Ancient Tree Giants had fallen in battle. Knowing she could not withstand the next wave, she voluntarily withdrew from the examination.
Han Wu automatically became first on the rankings.
But wholly focused on the examination, he had no idea of the result and continued onward.
As the examination reached the twentieth wave.
The first to emerge from the portal was still a Heroic Lifeform Bone Controller.
Only, the number of Extraordinary Lifeform Skeleton Knights following behind it had reached a full five thousand.
But before the Explosive Locusts.
The massive numbers did not become an advantage.
Instead, they became a drawback.
Explosions rang out, and the densely packed army of Skeleton Knights suffered a tremendous impact. It was not merely the explosions themselves; there was also the collateral damage from their blasted-away companions.
After several consecutive waves of bombardment, the five thousand Skeleton Knights were blown to pieces, their combat strength greatly reduced.
The Bone Controller wanted to gather the shattered bones and counterattack, but the moment it stepped out of the portal, it was targeted by Iron Cutting Sword Wind, also a Heroic Lifeform.
One strike of the Iron Cutting Style sent the Bone Controller to the western sky.
The remaining Skeleton Knights were picked off one by one under the harassment of Sword Wind Iron Cutter and the Ember Dwarves.
As the twentieth wave of invasion was cleared, every homeroom teacher turned to stare at the sole remaining screen.
That emotionless voice rang out again. "The twenty-first wave of invasion is about to begin. The difficulty will increase significantly. Students, please prepare yourselves mentally."
The notice was delivered. The portal expanded violently, stopping only after growing four times larger.
A dense aura of death spread from the portal, and the surrounding temperature visibly dropped by several degrees.
A magnificent Bone Throne emerged from the portal.
Upon the Bone Throne sat a Skeleton Lord with jade-white bones, radiating overwhelming dominance.
At its side, two Bone Controllers stood respectfully as attendants.
Beneath the Bone Throne stood ten thousand Skeleton Knights.
Though they were Extraordinary Lifeforms, their current duty was merely to carry the Skeleton Lord's sedan chair.
"A Skeleton Lord!" the watching homeroom teachers cried out in alarm.
It was only the twenty-first wave, yet a Lord Lifeform had appeared.
One had to know that even the demigods present might not possess an existence at the level of a Lord Lifeform.
Within his Divine Realm, Han Wu knew at first sight of the Skeleton Lord that his challenge had reached its end.
A Lord Lifeform was absolutely not something he could fight in his current state.
Even with the advantage of terrain and some clever tricks, it would not work.
He decisively chose to abandon the examination.
The instant Han Wu announced his withdrawal, a massive suction force erupted from the portal.
That suction force dragged the Skeleton Lord backward.
The Bone Controllers and Skeleton Knights could not hold on for even a second under the powerful pull before being sucked back into their original plane.
Only the Skeleton Lord held out for five seconds.
During those five seconds, the Skeleton Lord did not attack. Instead, it brutally snapped off one of its own ribs and hurled it with all its strength.
That rib transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the other end of Han Wu's Divine Realm, escaping the suction's range.
Only after confirming that the rib had landed safely did the Skeleton Lord give up resisting, teleporting back to its original plane along with the Bone Throne beneath it.
Han Wu watched with his heart in his throat. He was truly afraid that the Skeleton Lord would seize the chance to launch an attack.
With the might of a Lord Lifeform, it could easily kill any Heroic Lifeform.
If Iron Cutting Sword Wind had been killed, Han Wu would truly have suffered devastating losses.
Fortunately, it was all over.
Han Wu was teleported back into the void.
Looking up, he saw a massive ranking board rise upon the golden halo.
Every student who had participated in the ranking examination was listed upon it.
And at the very top of the board, in the position of first place, Han Wu's name shone brilliantly.
"I'm first?" Han Wu was both shocked and delighted.
He had expected to achieve good results, but he had not expected them to be this good.
Then another ranking board emerged from the golden halo.
Listed on it were the combined scores of the twelve classes.
Han Wu only paid attention to the scores of two classes.
One was Tian Wen's class, which had earned a total of 252 points and ranked first, twenty points ahead of second place, advancing to become the foremost of the three elite classes.
The other was Liu Letian's class, which had earned a total of 192 points and ranked eighth.
Liu Letian, who also saw the rankings, was so furious he wanted to smash his head into a wall.
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If Han Wu and the other two had not changed classes and had remained in his class, the title of top elite class would have gone to his class!
Liu Letian was filled with regret and hatred, yet there was nothing he could do.
This time, not only had he failed to obtain the honor of being the top elite class, he had also lost five points of divinity in the wager. It was truly like losing the wife and the soldiers as well, a loss all the way to his grandmother's house.
In contrast, Tian Wen was immersed in immense joy.
His class had become the top elite class, and he had even gained five points of divinity for free.
How could a single word like satisfying possibly describe it?
After the results were announced, some students were forcibly removed.
These were the students who had failed to complete the elimination examination. What awaited them was expulsion.
Losing their student status would not damage their Divine Realms.
But without the school's resource support, their future path to godhood would certainly be incomparably rough.
Their chances of successfully ascending to godhood would also become exceedingly slim.
Among the students who remained, some rejoiced while others grieved.
The faces of the 130 students who had voluntarily abandoned the ranking examination were filled with regret.
Had they known the first few waves of the ranking examination would be so easy, they would never have withdrawn.
But there was no medicine for regret in this world.
They could only watch helplessly as the other students received their rewards.
The award ceremony began.
First, every student who had entered the rankings would randomly receive a Basic Resource Card.
With a turn of the golden halo, Basic Resource Cards were distributed into the hands of every student who had entered the rankings.
Han Wu smacked his lips as he looked at the one-unit Iron Ore Card he had received.
This Iron Ore resource card was worth at most two points of divine power.
Sure enough, a reward handed out to everyone was not worth much.
Next came the rewards for the top hundred: Divine Realm Territory worth one hundred points of divine power.
After careful consideration, Han Wu chose Dense Forest Terrain, which had the highest unit price at five points of divinity per square kilometer, receiving a total of twenty square kilometers.
He chose Dense Forest Terrain because it could produce timber, which would help the Ember Dwarves with forging. Moreover, taller vegetation grew more leaves, providing more food for the locusts.
Taken together, Dense Forest Terrain offered Han Wu better value.
Next were the rewards for the top fifty.
One Level 1 sacred relic.
Before the top fifty students, a list of Level 1 sacred relics appeared, listing every Level 1 sacred relic stored by the school.
Han Wu looked at the long list until his eyes nearly blurred.
Only then did he realize just how wealthy the school was. The number of Level 1 sacred relics was counted in the tens of thousands.
Just as Han Wu did not know which Level 1 sacred relic to choose, his homeroom teacher Tian Wen transmitted his voice to him. "Student Han Wu, if I were you, I would choose the Level 1 sacred relic Poison Mist Orb."
That was practically handing him the answer outright. How could Han Wu fail to understand?
He immediately selected the Level 1 sacred relic Poison Mist Orb from the list as his reward.
For the top thirty, one Reproduction Card.
For the top twenty, one Level 1 temple.
At last came the more valuable stage: the rewards for the top ten.
One Divine Power Weapon, with a value below one hundred thousand points of divine power.
Han Wu considered the situation in his Divine Realm.
Sword Wind Iron Cutter had four Storm Greatswords and currently did not need new weapons.
Even if its weapons were to be replaced, all four would need to be replaced at once. Replacing just one would be worse than not replacing any.
The locusts, his Core Kin, had no use for weapons and needed no consideration.
With both excluded, this Divine Power Weapon would go to the Ember Dwarves.
Taking the Ember Dwarves' attributes and racial traits into account, Han Wu entered conditions such as Fire Attribute and hammer-type weapons.
Suitable options quickly appeared on the search interface.
Han Wu's gaze fell upon the Divine Power War Hammer with the highest value.
War Hammer: Purgatory. Value: 99,999 points of divine power. Forged from the core of the Lord Lifeform Purgatory Hydra, it contained immense fire energy. Minimum requirement for use: Fire-element Heroic Lifeform.
Looking at the information for the Purgatory War Hammer, Han Wu fell into deep thought.
This war hammer perfectly met every one of his conditions, but the final usage requirement made his balls ache.
A fire-element Heroic Lifeform—he did not have one!
But if he lowered his standards and looked for a Divine Power Weapon that an Elite Lifeform Ember Dwarf could use, Han Wu was unwilling to do so.
Only an idiot would pass up a chance to fleece the school for free!
After thinking it over again and again, Han Wu still claimed the Purgatory War Hammer.
If he could not use it now, he would store it in his warehouse.
Whenever an Ember Dwarf produced a Heroic Lifeform, it could pick it up and use it directly.
For the top five, he received an Extraordinary Seed.
For the top three, he received a Divine Realm Core level increase of one.
Finally, beneath the gaze of countless students.
Director of Studies Xu Mei personally handed Han Wu a card containing one point of divinity.
At that moment, even Qin Shuang, whose family owned mines, had her gaze drawn to that Divinity Card.
Though her family was wealthy, what Divine Being would ever complain of having too much divinity?
Han Wu stored the Divinity Card within his Divine Realm.
Only then did the unified exam award ceremony officially conclude.
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