Han Wu hadn’t expected the War Angel’s skill to carry such devastating power. The Sloth Petrified Mountain Giant’s defense dropped alongside its petrification.
Seeing this, Han Wu quickly rallied all his Digital Sprites to prepare for battle. Explosions soon filled the sky, and blood was spraying everywhere.
Stinger, Thunder Halberd, and Yinglong took advantage of their ability to fly, carving countless gashes across the Sloth Petrified Mountain Giant’s body with ease. Massive streams of blood flowed down its frame like crimson waterfalls. The Pseudo-Machinedrasprite switched to unlimited bombardment mode and started firing one Infinity Cannon blast after another.
The War Angel unleashed Seven Heavens multiple times, embedding several orbs of relentless heat into the Sloth Petrified Mountain Giant’s body. No matter how hard it tried, the giant couldn’t pry them off.
The Sloth Petrified Mountain Giant fought back, its enormous body moving slowly as it swung its palm with incomparable force. Han Wu’s Digital Sprites dodged every strike with ease. Despite its tremendous strength, the Sloth Petrified Mountain Giant couldn’t land a single hit. It was truly pitiful.
The Vampsprite stepped forward to absorb the blood that fell from the giant’s body, using it to boost its own strength while providing cover for the other Digital Sprites.
Han Wu carefully observed the fight.
After three grueling hours, the Sloth Petrified Mountain Giant finally collapsed from severe injuries and massive blood loss. The earth shook as it fell, and an avalanche of rubble rained down from above. Thankfully, Han Wu managed to jump onto Yinglong’s back in time to avoid being crushed.
With that, the Sloth Petrified Mountain Giant dissolved into data. Han Wu received a massive amount of energy points and evolution points along with two extremely rare treasures.
The first was the perfect tier Sloth Sin, which allowed a compatible user to undergo Sin Evolution and enter Sloth Mode.
The second was the Giant Crest. This could be applied to an entire race, and could help any ultimate tier giants or related species to go beyond and reach the super ultimate evolution!
Han Wu stared at the two treasures in amazement.
The Sloth Sin was perfect, stronger than the three Sins he had obtained before. That alone was a pleasant surprise. Even so, it was nothing more than an appetizer when compared to the Giant Crest.
The Giant Crest involved an evolution beyond the ultimate tier. Moreover, this wasn’t limited to one individual, but an entire race!
Han Wu had already built several evolution paths and had since gained a solid understanding of ultimate-tier power. An ultimate Digital Sprite’s strength was at least Sage rank, with the stronger ones reaching Earthsunder or Heavenrender. A Digital Sprite like the Pseudo-Machinedrasprite that could reach Microcosm rank as an ultimate was a rare sight.
Each normal evolution typically boosted a unit by one to three life ranks. Han Wu estimated that having one more super ultimate evolution would result in Microcosm rank at minimum, possibly even Subcosm rank.
The thought that his units could reach Subcosm rank through natural growth alone made his heart pound. If he locked in the giant-attribute evolution path, he wouldn’t even need to train in foreign civilizations. He could focus on raising units in his divine realm and reach Mesocosm-rank strength easily!
“I have to figure out the giant-attribute evolution path, no matter how many evolution points or energy points it costs!” Han Wu declared to himself.
Meanwhile, the major families monitoring Han Wu’s progress had also spotted the Giant Crest, and every single one of them let out a sharp gasp. They had just laid eyes on a shortcut to becoming the strongest in the Divine Civilization!
All they needed was the Giant Crest, then invest Divine Essence to obtain the Evolution Blueprint and integrate it into their divine realms. Powerful units would follow effortlessly!
Ambitions stirred as the Giant Crest’s existence became public knowledge.
“Hurry, contact that Han Wu kid and buy the Giant Crest! I don’t care if you have to threaten him or bribe him, just do whatever it takes to get it!”
“Reach out to Gift God King Shaura. He has to hand the Evolution Blueprint over to us, the Destruction Clan. This is our clan’s hope for rising to power.”
“Mobilize every family member stationed across the Sprite Civilization. Gather them in the Kingdom of Sin and take the Giant Crest from Han Wu by force.”
These families hadn’t grown powerful by being naive. They were all cunning foxes. Nothing was set in stone yet. Whoever seized the Giant Crest first rightfully earned it.
It didn’t even matter if this meant bearing a bad reputation for a while. Once one had the Giant Crest, they could simply vanish for a hundred years and return as the undisputed ruler. When that day came, might made right. Strength was the law!
Han Wu had just stored the Giant Crest in his material inventory when a flood of donation messages arrived.
[Contestant Han Wu, you have received a donation from the viewer “Sell the Giant Crest to our Raptor Clan. 5 million Divine Essence, non-negotiable. The Raptor Clan will help you become a God King.” Total: 1 Divine Essence.]
[Contestant Han Wu, you have received a donation from the viewer “Hand the Giant Crest over to the Destruction Clan, or we’ll kill you.” Total: 1 Divine Essence.]
[Contestant Han Wu, you have received a donation from the viewer “As expected of the student that little Saliya picked. The Lade family needs a fine son-in-law like you.” Total: 1,000 Divine Essence.]
[Contestant Han Wu, you have received a donation from the event organizer “Shaura.” Total: 500,000 Divine Essence.]
[Attached message: Kid, you really gave me a huge surprise. Rest easy. The rules won’t change because of any family’s threats. The Divine Civilization’s power structure has been set in stone for a long time, and I look forward to watching a powerful new God rise up and break the mold. Ura!]
***
Seeing the threats and bribes from the various families had made Han Wu uneasy, fearing the organizers would cave to pressure and force him to hand over the Giant Crest. Seeing the Gift God King Shaura’s message, however, erased every concern.
As long as the rules held, Han Wu had nothing to fear. This time, he was going to leave every last family in his dust and come out on top!
With his mind made up, Han Wu tested his new Sloth Sin on each of his Digital Sprites. The first one he tried it on turned out to be compatible. It was the Pseudo-Machinedrasprite.
Han Wu immediately handed the Sloth Sin over for fusion. Before long, the Pseudo-Machinedrasprite completed its Sin Evolution. Its post-evolution form was completely different from Stinger’s transformation.
Its legs had fully regressed. Its claws, heads, and shoulder cannons, on the other hand, had quadrupled in number. The Pseudo-Machinedrasprite had gone from a mobile firepower platform to a fixed, massive gun emplacement. It had sacrificed mobility for vastly superior firepower.
Han Wu checked its post-evolution stats.
[Sloth Machinedrasprite Fortress, Sin Lord of Sloth (Microcosm rank). Skills: Multi Infinity Cannon, Extreme Turbo Claw, Super Infinity Arm, Dragon Ray.]
Although the Sloth Machinedrasprite Fortress remained at Microcosm rank after its Sin Evolution, Han Wu could sense that it had reached the peak. It was only a step away from the Subcosm rank.
Han Wu looked forward to the day it could break through. That would require a fortuitous encounter, though, and couldn’t be rushed. As Han Wu finished reviewing the Sloth Machinedrasprite Fortress’s stats, another flash of evolution light appeared before his eyes.