Explosive Locusts

As Han Wu activated Life Sacrifice, a massive blood-red magic circle appeared above the divine realm.

Han Wu retained only 10 million Adult Insects to sustain the race's continuation.

The remaining 2.49 billion Locusts were all sacrificed.

In an instant, countless tiny streams of Life Energy flowed into the magic circle, becoming the bargaining chips for Han Wu's exchange.

When the ritual ended, three options appeared before Han Wu for him to choose from.

These were the rewards exchanged for the sacrifice of 2.49 billion Locusts.

Option one: 10,000 Goblin Warriors, Elite Lifeforms.

Option two: Spring of Life, capable of continuously producing Spring Water to nourish life and improve the surrounding environment.

Option three: Level 1 sacred artifact: Heart of Explosion. After being loaded into the Divine Realm Core, it had a certain chance of producing Core Kin containing the Power of Explosion.

Looking at the three options, Han Wu pondered for five seconds before decisively choosing option three.

The 10,000 Goblin Warriors from option one could certainly resolve the current crisis. But they were only disposable tools—once used, they would be gone. He might get through this crisis, but what about the next one?

He could not possibly risk the partial collapse of his divine realm again just to mass-produce troops for sacrifice.

Given the current state of the divine realm's ecosystem, it simply could not support Han Wu's next round of mass troop production.

Option two, the Spring of Life, was a long-term investment and something Han Wu urgently needed. But it could not help him deal with tomorrow's bullying, so he could only regretfully give it up.

As for option three, it was an investment in Core Kin that could continuously benefit them. As for whether it could help Han Wu survive tomorrow's challenge, even he had no idea.

He could only gamble.

After exchanging for the Heart of Explosion, Han Wu directly loaded it into the core.

In an instant, the Power of Explosion spread through all Core Kin.

Han Wu saw that among the remaining 10 million Locusts, one-thousandth of them—10,000 Locusts—underwent changes on their bodies. Fiery red patterns emerged across their exteriors, and their size doubled, reaching ten centimeters in length.

He hurriedly checked the attributes of the transformed Locusts.

Kin name: Explosive Locusts.

Kin level: Elite Creature.

Kin Talent: Self-Destruction.

Faith level: Fanatical Believer (Locusts possess no intelligence and obey every command of their god).

Faith Power: 1/10 days.

Reproduction Ability: 30 per breeding cycle.

Life cycle: 180 days.

Han Wu grabbed an Explosive Locust and ordered it to self-destruct.

With a BOOM, the Explosive Locust exploded.

Its power was roughly equivalent to a large firecracker.

That level of power definitely could not kill an ordinary dwarf.

But if he piled up the numbers, it might work.

Checking the time, it was already 12:03 a.m. There were less than eight hours until school, which translated to less than four months in divine realm time.

Han Wu activated Growth Acceleration again to promote the reproduction of the Explosive Locusts.

In the blink of an eye, nearly four months passed within the divine realm.

As the class bell rang, Han Wu was directly transported to his seat in the classroom.

Looking around, there were sixty students in the classroom, all chatting and laughing as they discussed the state of their divine realms.

At that moment, Han Wu noticed a beautiful figure walking toward him.

The girl was named Qin Shuang.

She stopped in front of Han Wu's desk, hands on her hips, her demeanor indescribably haughty. "Han Wu, have you thought it over? Become my slave, and I guarantee that no one will dare bully you until you graduate from senior year."

That posture, that tone—it was as though becoming her slave were some immensely glorious honor.

Han Wu frowned. "I refuse."

"What?!" Qin Shuang's voice turned shrill, filled with utter disbelief.

"Do you know what you're saying? Without my protection, you'll be exploited to death by that group."

Han Wu refused again. "Perhaps things really are as you say, but I still choose to refuse."

"I, Han Wu, may have neither power nor influence, but I have my own dignity. I appreciate your kind offer of protection. If there's nothing else, please go back."

Qin Shuang let out an angry snort. "Han Wu, you'll regret this!"

With that, Qin Shuang stormed back to her seat.

Not long after Qin Shuang left, three boys entered the classroom.

The one leading them was Zhang Bin, the school bully who often picked on Han Wu.

Zhang Bin walked straight up to Han Wu's desk. "Han Wu, did you bring the 100 divine power I told you to prepare?"

The two lackeys following Zhang Bin immediately chimed in, "Hand it over already! Don't force us to do this!"

"Hand it over, or we'll smash your Divine Realm Core and make sure you never rise again!"

Seeing this, not only did no one in the class step forward to help, they watched the show with great interest instead.

Han Wu could not help but sigh inwardly. The original owner's popularity really was terrible.

He raised his head and looked at Zhang Bin and the other two. "You want divine power? Not a single bit. I've got one life—do you want it?"