The People's God: Sacrificing Trillions to Ascend

[Runic Lexicon: Stormbringer (Special) When used on self, increases thunder and lightning attribute skills by 500%. Grants user a new skill: Storm Domain.]

Qin Shuang had grown noticeably stronger, and Han Wu could sense she was nearing the rank of High Lord. Now a Demigod, Qin Shuang had no further desires. She continued to accompany Han Wu in their search for resources until Lina sent a notification ordering them to return.

Following her instructions, Han Wu and the others left the Rune Civilization and returned to the Divine Civilization. Six had set out, but only five came back.

News of Xu Tie’s death quickly reached his family. His parents burst into Imperial College, grief-stricken and demanding harsh punishment for their son’s killer. Han Wu did not hide the truth and recounted everything that had happened.

The college then questioned Qian Lili and Qin Shuang, verifying Han Wu’s testimony and confirming its accuracy. Although Xu Tie had initially attempted to assassinate Han Wu, he was the one who ultimately died. After reviewing the case, the college decided to punish Han Wu by suspending him from classes until the exams were over.

Han Wu was visibly surprised by how light the punishment turned out to be. He had expected something harsher, like banishment to the Black Prison to mine coal. Suspension was technically severe, but it held little weight for the current Han Wu.

He had already become a Demigod in a foreign civilization and had hoped for time alone to focus on absorbing the remaining Divine Essence. Once he had 10 Divine Essence, or 20 in total, he could finally ascend into a perfect Demigod of the Divine Civilization. Being suspended from class gave him exactly the time he needed to concentrate on this goal.

During the suspension, Han Wu devoted himself to absorbing the Divine Essence and succeeded on the fifteenth day. Without hesitation, he ascended into a perfect Demigod.

The Will of the Divine Civilization approved and bathed him in divine light, its world-bending energy purifying his body and drawing out even more of his potential.

After three full days under that light, Han Wu finally emerged as a perfect Demigod. The first thing he noticed was his newfound strength. Even without using Dark Dragonification, he now matched the power of a High Lord life form. He also sensed a change in his vision. In addition to the physical world, he could now see soul energy drifting through the air.

What’s going on? he wondered, quickly checking his data to see if something had gone wrong.

[Name: Han Wu-Origin of Mutation]

[Rank: Demigod / Rank 2 Supergene Soldier]

[Divine Talent: Chosen One (Exclusive), Defiance]

[Divine Powers: Sacrifice (Exclusive), Controlled Mutation, Gene Lock, Famine, Life Infusion, Merge (Exclusive)]

[Skills: Mighty Cleave, Enchant Darkness, Dragon Slash, Dark Dragonification, Flash Kick, Plant Fusion Technique, King’s Dominance...]

[Divine Essence: 10 (Perfect Demigod)]

[Divine Aspect: Defiance (Rank 5 Divine Aspect. Awakened Divine Skill: Souleater Gaze]

[Divine Points: 89.43 million (Personal) / 567.74 million (Foreign)]

[Faith Points: 11.09 million]

[Core Level: Level 10 (Maximum Level: 20. Rank 4 Sacred Object Law of Gluttony (Sealed), Rank 2 Sacred Object Revelation Stone, Rank 2 Sacred Object Shadow Nail, Rank 1 Sacred Object Poison Gland, Rank 1 Sacred Object Elf Shortbow)]

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Because of his Exclusive Divine Talent: Chosen One, Han Wu gained an extra Exclusive Skill each time he ranked up, thus acquiring two new Divine Powers after becoming a Demigod.

[Life Infusion: Blesses a unit’s lifespan. Increases lifespan in proportion to Divine Points used.]

[Merge (Exclusive): Uses Divine Points to combine objects with a certain degree of compatibility.]

After becoming a Demigod, Han Wu also discovered a new Defiance Aspect. He was certain it stemmed from his Divine Talent of the same name and had unlocked a new Divine Skill called Souleater Gaze, which likely explained the change in his eyes.

[Souleater Gaze: It allows the user to see the soul energy floating around without using any Divine Points.]

Han Wu experimented by infusing Souleater Gaze with Divine Points. He realized his eyes could draw in and refine soul energy, then channel it into his own soul.

He spent 1 million Divine Points to use it and clearly felt his soul grow stronger after absorbing the ambient soul energy. Since he remained within his divine realm, the surrounding soul energy was scarce, limiting the effect. Still, he was confident that using Souleater Gaze in an area rich with soul energy would rapidly strengthen his soul.

With a clear understanding of Souleater Gaze, he turned his attention to the new Exclusive Divine Skill he had gained. True to its name, Merge allowed him to combine two or more items into one.

However, the items needed a certain degree of compatibility. The greater the compatibility, the easier the merge and the fewer Divine Points required. Conversely, lower compatibility meant a more difficult fusion and a higher Divine Point cost.

To test it, he reviewed the Skills he had already mastered. After attending many classes in foreign civilizations, he had accumulated a lot of Skills. Each Skill held unique strengths, but his repertoire had become difficult to manage. He decided to merge similar Skills to streamline his arsenal, making it simpler and more efficient.

He turned his attention first to Mighty Cleave and Dragon Slash. Both were slashing-type Skills, so he wasn’t surprised to find that their compatibility was extremely high. He spent 100 Divine Points to merge them and gained a new Skill called Great Dragon Cleave.

Excited, he decided to merge more Skills. This time, he picked Enchant Darkness, Dark Dragonification, Plant Fusion Technique, and King’s Dominance and spent 3 million Divine Points. At last, they merged into a single, powerful Skill called the Black Dragon King Transformation.

After using the Skill, he transformed into a three-meter-tall Black Dragon King with staggering stats. His physical strength, endurance, and magic resistance soared, while his attacks gained automatic enchantments from the dark attribute, King’s Dominance, and a deadly aura. He also gained the ability to fly at high speeds and could use Spectral Dash at will.

In this form, Han Wu grew at least five times stronger, and his Great Dragon Cleave increased tenfold in power. Ecstatic to have acquired two such potent Skills, he then considered his own race, wondering if he could use Merge on living beings.