The People's God: Sacrificing Trillions to Ascend-Chapter 381 - Sixfold Artifact
After subduing the Will of the Monster Armor Civilization, he fused it with the replica of the Profound Armor Pillar he had created, forging the third law governed by the Will of his divine realm.
[Law 1: All life forms within the divine realm will receive the Assist System.]
[Law 2: All Skills will be quantified and upgraded through Assists.]
[Law 3: All life forms have a chance of awakening their Monster Armor, and it can be upgraded through Assists.]
Once these laws took root in his divine realm, every unit under his command fell under their influence. To awaken their Monster Armor, they needed only to touch the Profound Armor Pillar.
The first awakening came sooner than expected. It was not his core race, the locusts, nor the Tigermen, his second-largest race. Instead, it was a newly hatched ice Great Dragon named Leng Ning.
Through the power of Reincarnation, Leng Ning was reborn as the offspring of Erebard and a lightning Great Dragon. She retained all her past memories, and with the formidable bloodline of the Great Dragons, her strength and mastery advanced at remarkable speed. Han Wu, who commanded vast forces within his divine realm, provided her with abundant Assists that allowed her to grow exceptionally powerful in a single day.
After Leng Ning awakened her Monster Armor, Han Wu ordered every locust under his command to channel their Assists into her. With her Heaven Monster Armor, Leng Ning became a King life form. Coupled with her numerous powerful Skills, she had a strong potential to become a Sage life form in the future.
Soon afterward, the leaders of Han Wu’s units awakened their own Monster Armor. When Han Wu examined the data, he discovered that the forms of their Monster Armor were strongly shaped by the life forms they most admired.
Leng Ning had reincarnated as a Great Dragon, a being she revered deeply despite her origins as a human. That reverence shaped her own Monster Armor, which manifested as an ice Great Dragon. Once activated, her body expanded to ten times its normal size.
The other units also transformed into a variety of life forms. Dark Locust admired a giant insect called Heracle, so his Monster Armor naturally became the Heracle Monster Armor—a massive beetle renowned for its extraordinary defenses. Han Wu considered customizing Dark Locust’s evolution path and nurturing him as a vanguard or a tank.
He was most intrigued by Steely’s transformation. As the strongest unit in his divine realm, the humanoid Steely had developed a fascination with the Myriad Centipede, a creature renowned for its 10,000 legs.
To Steely, 10,000 legs meant 10,000 swords. As a member of the Swordwind race, the ability to wield and swing 10,000 swords was unprecedented—an entity like that could fell even Gods. Driven by this desire, Steely awakened the Myriad Locust Monster Armor. After transforming, he could wield all 10,000 swords simultaneously, unleashing a torrent of wind swords the likes of which had never been seen.
Han Wu was confident that no life form below the Sage rank could challenge Steely in his current state. He continued observing his other units as they awakened their Monster Armor, feeling a rare sense of relief.
Then he remembered he had yet to claim the reward Xu Hai had promised. He quickly reviewed the list of Sacred Objects and filtered out those he didn’t need. He soon selected a useful Rank 6 Sacred Object called the Sixfold Artifact. Its effect allowed his units to choose one of six weapons as their main armament, with the weapon’s strength tied to their potential and stats. The six options were sword, lance, shield, bow, hammer, and staff.
Han Wu equipped it to his Core and quickly noticed that every one of his locusts could now wield one of six weapons in combat. Naturally, a unit armed with a weapon outmatched those without. Still, he was eager to gauge exactly how formidable his locusts had become.
He decided to put them to the test at the Blood Coliseum. This time, he had no intention of facing another candidate. Instead, he sought a random God as an opponent. Moments later, he was transported to the arena, where half the seats were already filled with spectators.
Han Wu hadn’t been here in a long time, and his reputation as the Locust Plague had faded somewhat. The crowd assumed he had come to be an easy target.
His opponent was a well-known figure named Wild Slash, who had won sixteen consecutive matches against other Gods. Wild Slash had earned his moniker because his units cut down everything in their path, leaving enemies reduced to a bloody paste. His brutal, bloodthirsty tactics attracted fans who thrived on gore and violence, and they cheered wildly as he appeared.
Wild Slash glared at Han Wu and asked hurriedly, “Which unlucky units are going to be cut up today?”
Han Wu chuckled. “My locusts.”
The crowd erupted into chatter.
“Locusts? Are you kidding? How can locusts fight against Gods? Did you pull some strings to get in here?”
“Wait, locusts? Hey, isn’t that the Locust Plague? I think I’ve heard that name, but... why can’t I remember?”
“Are you stupid? I’ve never heard of a Locust Plague before.”
Han Wu heard their mockery loud and clear but paid it no mind. He would demonstrate his strength soon enough; there was no point in wasting energy arguing with them.
The two opened their gates. From Han Wu’s divine realm, a massive swarm of locusts surged into the arena. The sheer number was staggering.
Meanwhile, Wild Slash summoned a horde of Thri-kreens, a rare race on par with the Iron Skins. Small but lethal, they punished anyone who underestimated their size. Each Thri-kreen wielded two deadly forelimbs tipped with sharp sickles, capable of inflicting severe damage. By nature, they were relentlessly destructive.
The referee signaled the start of the match. Wild Slash immediately commanded his units to strike the locusts without mercy. In response, Han Wu ordered his swarm to summon protective shields.
In the next instant, countless shields materialized and stopped the Thri-kreens’ attacks.
