He pulled up the mission list. Of the five hundred missions, sixty were grayed out, indicating that they were unique and had already been completed.
Han Wu searched through the unfinished missions and quickly found a suitable target.
Mission 64: Exterminate the Fallen Demon tribe... Reward: 80 Assessment Points, Level 2 skill crystal: Chain Fireball.
Fallen Demons were native creatures of the Demon Abyss Plane. They were sinister and vicious, but their strength was mediocre.
They had once been ranked by Divine Realm Civilization as the eighth most common cannon-fodder race in the outer realms.
Yet such an inferior race had been assigned a reward of 80 Assessment Points.
After reading the mission details, Han Wu understood that this was not a misjudgment. It was because the tribe was enormous.
According to incomplete statistics, the tribe contained at least a million Fallen Demons.
Moreover, it possessed several complete Life Leap paths.
From the most ordinary Fallen Demon lackeys, to Elite Lifeform Fallen Demon warriors and Fallen Demon mages, then to Extraordinary Lifeform Fallen Demon Priests capable of resurrecting Fallen Demons.
Biting through this bone would be difficult.
But Han Wu did not care whether he completed the mission.
His true goal was to use the Fallen Demons to mass-produce Skeleton Soldiers.
Having chosen his target, Han Wu set off toward it.
In the blink of an eye, eighty days had passed since they descended upon the Demon Abyss Plane.
Nearly three hundred students from the entire grade had withdrawn from the assessment. Those who had not withdrawn had basically established their own forces and put down roots in the planes assigned to their respective classes.
The homeroom teachers monitoring the data backstage were highly concerned with who would take first place in this assessment.
"Huang Fei from our class has currently built a Demonized Goblin force numbering over one hundred thousand. His Assessment Points have reached 3,200, firmly securing the top spot. This point of divinity is his for the taking."
"Liu Mo is doing quite well too. He has 3,010 Assessment Points and is currently second in this assessment. He even found a Life Leap path for Demonized Goblins. With a little more effort, he might be able to contend for first place."
"Teacher Tian Wen, why have you gone quiet? Could it be that the students in your class have not performed very well and failed to live up to the name of the elite class?" A teacher teased. They had long coveted Tian Wen's class being called the "foremost among elite classes."
That title represented a larger share of resources the class could obtain from the school.
Tian Wen glanced at the homeroom teachers around him. "Does our class even need further explanation? Zhang Xiaolong has 2,890 Assessment Points, Xu Sun has 2,870, and Qin Shuang has 2,830. All of them are in the grade's top ten."
"What does the top ten matter? What we care about is first place in the grade. The ownership of divinity is the main event."
"Doesn't your class also have Han Wu, who ranked first in the unified exam? Why is he no longer cutting it this time?"
"Let me see. Han Wu currently has 140 Assessment Points, dead last. Hahaha, Teacher Tian Wen, this is the genius student of your class?"
"I heard he sold the one point of divinity he earned in the unified exam. How shortsighted. How could one sell such a scarce resource as divinity?"
"I told you long ago that Han Wu only took first place in the unified exam through tricks. Back when he was in our class, he was always at the bottom of the barrel. Yet some blind fool of a teacher treated him like treasure." Liu Letian mocked him openly. Though he did not name anyone, everyone knew he was cursing Tian Wen.
"When all is said and done, Locust Core Kin truly have no great competitive advantage. For Han Wu to have survived in the Demon Abyss for eighty days is already an astonishing miracle." Some homeroom teachers offered an objective evaluation.
"Winning is the only hard truth. Divine Realm Civilization has never valued the process, only the result. Han Wu is dead last now, with no chance whatsoever of turning things around. Staying in the Demon Abyss Plane is nothing more than struggling on his last breath. Perhaps he wants to cling to the benefits reserved for the top hundred." Liu Letian spoke with undisguised mockery.
With his student being slandered like this, Tian Wen could not pretend not to hear it.
"Teacher Liu, please mind your identity. As a teacher and a role model, at the very least, watch your tongue," Tian Wen shot back.
"Teacher Tian, am I wrong? Han Wu is a piece of trash. No matter how many resources you give him, he is still mud that cannot be plastered onto a wall!" Liu Letian argued.
He had lost far too much because of Han Wu, and his hatred had already hit full capacity. He would never let go of any opportunity to viciously berate Han Wu.
Tian Wen's expression turned even colder. "Then why don't we make another bet? I'll wager that the student who wins this time will still be Han Wu!"
The mockery on Liu Letian's face deepened. "Han Wu, first place? Teacher Tian, are you joking? What does Han Wu have that qualifies him for first place? Those pitiful 140 Assessment Points? Even the fraction of Huang Fei's points is higher than that."
Yet Tian Wen said with utmost seriousness, "Just tell me: do you dare or not?"
"Of course I dare. What is there not to dare? I'll bet you ten points of divinity. Do you dare?" Liu Letian simply could not find a reason not to gamble.
"Fine. But I have a question. I can produce ten points of divinity, but can you?" Tian Wen looked at Liu Letian with amusement.
Liu Letian was left speechless. Since losing five points of divinity last time, he no longer had any spare Divinity Cards on hand.
If he lost again, he could only hand over his own divinity.
As a demigod, Liu Letian currently possessed only fourteen points of divinity. If he gave up ten, he would fall from demigod status.
He absolutely could not allow that to happen.
But with such a fine chance to win back what he had lost, how could Liu Letian possibly be willing to let it pass?
"I don't have ten points of divinity, but I have a divine office. I'll wager my divine office against you!" Liu Letian's tone was nearly crazed as he spoke.
The surrounding teachers all stared at Liu Letian in shock.
They could not understand it. It was only a wager—was there any need to go this far?
A divine office was the foundation upon which a demigod stood, a resource even more precious than divinity.
Even the lowest Level 1 divine office could be sold for the price of two points of divinity.
The higher the divine office's level, the more its price would multiply.
"Don't try to fob me off with some low-grade Level 1 or Level 2 divine office. At minimum, it must be a Level 3 divine office to equal ten points of divinity," Tian Wen declared.
"Level 3 divine office: Healing. Does that meet your standards?" Liu Letian said resentfully.
Only then did Tian Wen nod. "Fine. In that case, the wager is established."
"This time, I will take back everything I lost, principal and interest!" Liu Letian said viciously.
Tian Wen merely sneered. "Teacher Liu, as a demigod, do not let the false scenery before your eyes blind you. I can tell you with full responsibility that my student is currently tackling a mission worth 80 Assessment Points, and he is about to succeed."
The moment those words fell, every homeroom teacher present was stunned.
They knew the pattern of this assessment best.
The allocation of Assessment Points reflected a mission's difficulty from the side.
A mission worth 80 Assessment Points was extraordinarily difficult for a high school student.
Once completed, it would certainly draw the attention of first-rate academies.
Even if one failed to achieve an outstanding final result, merely showing one's face before a first-rate academy would be worthwhile.
"So what if it is a mission worth 80 Assessment Points? What we are betting on is whether he can take first place!" Liu Letian replied sourly.
He wished that a student in his class could complete an 80-Assessment-Point mission as well.
Yet the most difficult mission Liu Mo had completed was worth only 60 Assessment Points.
"Do you think that if he can complete a mission worth 80 Assessment Points, missions worth less could still stump him?" Tian Wen countered.
For a moment, the homeroom teachers all revealed looks of realization.
They began to wonder what exactly Han Wu had done in the Demon Abyss Plane.
But considering the students' personal privacy, Tian Wen did not reveal Han Wu's assessment interface. He merely signaled for everyone to wait quietly for the assessment results.
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