The People's God: Sacrificing Trillions to Ascend-Chapter 408 - Third Divine Power: Merge

Ten days later, Han Wu finally collected a total of ten Divine Essence and decided to ascend his clone into a Demigod in the Middle Realm. After making the necessary preparations, he contacted the Will of the Divine Civilization.

Since the Will of the Middle Realm had deteriorated with the collapse of its civilization, the Will of the Divine Civilization descended without resistance and bestowed its blessing upon Han Wu’s clone.

Empowered by sanction of the Will of the Divine Realm, the clone ascended into a Demigod. His strength rose once more, and every one of his stats reached 1,000 points. He could also unlock his third Divine Power.

His first Divine Power, the Thirty-Six Martial Castes, granted him exceptional versatility, allowing him to overcome numerous difficulties with ease. The second, the True Demon King Transformation, served as a powerful offensive ability.

Han Wu studied the two Exclusive-ranked Divine Powers available for his third option. They were Merge and Replicate. Both offered advantages suited to his current situation, but after weighing his options, he chose to unlock Merge.

[Merge (Exclusive): Can merge objects or living beings. Targets with similar properties will be upgraded after merging. Targets with different properties may produce an unpredictable result. Three times a day.] 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

While Merge seemed fairly restrictive since it could only be used three times a day, its effects remained exceptionally powerful.

Han Wu wanted to test its limits in the Middle Realm. He lined up the thousands of lesser golems that he had manufactured over several days. The sheer sight of such an army was horrifying.

With just several thousand lesser golems, Han Wu was confident that he could easily topple a kingdom of millions. Yet the lesser golems’ individual strength was lacking. Although they could crush ordinary soldiers with ease, they were nothing more than slow, clanking targets against skilled experts with powerful weapons.

Han Wu decided to merge them into a powerful lesser golem. He activated his Divine Power and slowly expanded his range of selection.

Ten, twenty, thirty... When he reached the 340th lesser golem, he felt his Willpower strain to its limit. Even so, merging 340 lesser golems at once would be more than enough. Under his Divine Power, all 340 five-meter-tall lesser golems merged into one colossal golem, rising to a towering thirty meters in height.

The increase in size came with a dramatic boost in overall capability. Previously, a single lesser golem could withstand the might of a Heroic life form, but this merged version could withstand blows from a High Lord.

Its firepower had also increased. Where a regular lesser golem carried only one Magic Cannon, the merged lesser golem possessed eight, capable of firing in continuous succession for extended periods. The barrage from eight Magic Cannons could level an entire mountain into a crater.

Although Han Wu was eager to test his creation's destructive might and delighted with the results of a single Merge, he refrained from merging the rest of the lesser golems. Instead, he turned to the vast collection of God equipment stored in his inventory.

As his faction expanded, he amassed more than 300 pieces of God equipment. Most were 1- or 2-Star, now useless to him. Rather than distributing them among his believers, he intended to experiment and see whether merging them could produce a powerful God weapon.

Han Wu drew out an assortment of lower-ranking God weapons such as swords, short swords, maces, lances, and even whips. The variety was staggering. Activating Merge, he succeeded in selecting them all, and under its powerful effects, the hundreds of weapons began to fuse together.

The process was far from smooth. Unlike the simple merging of the lesser golems, this fusion dragged on for more than three hours before it finally concluded.

Han Wu observed the orb-shaped result, then reached for it. As the sphere flowed up his arm like liquid metal, he read the newly created God equipment’s data.

[6-Star God Equipment: Everchange – Forged by merging hundreds of God weapons. It can assume any form used in its creation, and the holder can freely set its attribute.]

Han Wu focused, and Everchange turned into a sabre. Concentrating further, he watched the blade glow bright red as waves of heat rippled from its edge. With another thought, the crimson hue faded to blue, emitting waves of frost instead.

While it wasn’t as powerful as a genuine 6-Star God weapon, its versatility compensated for that. The ability to change form and attributes made it superior to most 5-Star God equipment.

Satisfied, Han Wu admired his work before glancing at the pile of remaining God equipment scattered around him. He still had one Merge left for the day and intended to use it. The leftover pieces of God equipment were all defensive, and he planned to turn them into something powerful.

Under the effects of Merge, the hundreds of pieces of God equipment fused together. Instead of forming the armor that Han Wu had hoped for, the process produced a massive shield that could not alter its shape. The shield stood three meters tall and two meters wide, large enough to completely conceal Han Wu.

The resulting 6-Star God shield was called Iron Wall and had no special effects; its sole feature was unmatched durability. Physical, magical, and elemental attacks alike were all nullified upon contact.

After a rough calculation, Han Wu determined that Iron Wall could withstand a Sage life form’s assault for several minutes. Its defensive strength alone made it sufficient for him to use throughout the entire Middle Realm.

Han Wu was pleased with the day’s outcome, having obtained three powerful items through Merge. He was about to rest when a slave entered with a report. The skeleton scouts had sighted a group of powerful humans slowly approaching the mine, and their movements suggested that they weren’t just passing through.

Han Wu frowned. The mine’s reputation and strength should have been known across the land. What kind of fool would send an elite team to provoke him now?

Determined to find out, he set off to confront the intruders himself.