7: Chapter 7 Divine Realm Simulation Battle

Over the next week, Su Ming completely immersed himself in the ocean of knowledge.

He listened to the teachers explain laws, how to spread faith, cultivate familiars, practice divine arts, and a series of other divine knowledge.

In fact, these topics had been taught before, but they only skimmed the surface.

Now that they had all condensed their divine domains and officially stepped through the doors of divinities, the teachings would delve deeper.

At the same time, Su Ming never stopped taking steps to hone himself.

After a week of accumulation, his divine power had risen to 138 points, and the area of his divine domain had grown by 10,000 square kilometers;

and the one hundred underworld soldiers under his command were not idle either.

Nourished by the nether aura of the divine domain and the faint feedback of Su Ming's divine power, all of them broke through to the Second Rank of Transcendent, with a small group of outstandingly talented ones already stepping into the Third Rank of Transcendent.

Today was the day of the divine domain simulation battle, and it was also the battle for the underworld soldiers to make a name for themselves.

Su Ming tidied up simply and hurried over to school.

Today, the school was exceptionally lively.

Even quite a few disciples from top aristocratic families had appeared.

On the very day these people condensed their divine domains, their families arranged exclusive True God mentors for them, and they rarely came to school for classes on regular days.

Their arrival today was obviously for today's divine domain simulation battle.

"Su Ming!"

A forceful palm suddenly patted Su Ming on the shoulder.

The impact was quite heavy, causing Su Ming's shoulder to go slightly numb.

Hearing this familiar yet somewhat swaggering voice, Su Ming didn't even need to turn around to guess the identity of the newcomer.

Gu Qingfeng, the other good friend besides him and Mo Beichen.

Su Ming came from a commoner background.

Although Mo Beichen was a member of the Mo Family, he was merely from a collateral branch and was not valued within the family;

compared to them, Gu Qingfeng was a true darling of heaven in every sense of the word.

Both of his parents were True Gods, and his father was even the current head of the Gu Family, wielding monstrous power.

True Gods possessed formidable strength, but because of this, conceiving offspring was extremely difficult.

Gu Qingfeng was the only child of his parents, so naturally, they doted on him immensely.

This also led to this person being arrogant and conceited, or rather, looking down upon everyone.

Two years ago, because Gu Qingfeng showed off his edge too much, he was ambushed with a sack over his head by a group of aristocratic disciples who were dissatisfied with him, and he almost suffered a major loss.

In the end, it happened that Su Ming and Mo Beichen were passing by and stepped in to save him.

After this incident, the three of them became good friends.

Su Ming rubbed his numb shoulder, turned around with an irritated expression, and glared at the youth in front of him: "Can't you be gentler? Do you want to smack me to pieces?"

As the offspring of True Gods and with the meticulous guidance of the Gu Family, Gu Qingfeng's divine power nowadays surely wasn't lower than 150 points, far surpassing his own, so the force of this slap naturally wasn't small.

Gu Qingfeng was dressed in a custom-made black martial outfit with a tall and upright posture, carrying a bit of innate arrogance between his brows.

Seeing Su Ming's gnashing-of-teeth expression, he grinned and waved his hand casually: "Haha, definitely next time, definitely next time."

As soon as Su Ming heard these words, he knew that the guy hadn't taken it to heart at all, and couldn't help complaining in his heart: "What kind of 'definitely next time'? I reckon it's 'I'll dare to do it again next time'."

"How is it that you, kid, are willing to come to school?"

Su Ming looked at Gu Qingfeng with a strange expression.

"Today is the divine domain simulation battle, of course I have to come and watch the fun."

Gu Qingfeng shrugged, his tone casual, though a hint of curiosity was hidden deep within his eyes.

"Do you still look down upon that little bit of rewards from the school?"

Su Ming became even more puzzled.

"With your identity as the heir of the Gu Family, those resources given by the school shouldn't be worth mentioning to you, right?"

Gu Qingfeng shook his head, his tone turning rare and serious: "The rewards really aren't much, but this simulation battle is a bit special. Not just me, almost everyone will participate."

Hearing Gu Qingfeng's words, Su Ming was slightly stunned: "How so?"

Gu Qingfeng glanced at his surroundings and then whispered into Su Ming's ear:

"The news hasn't been officially finalized yet, but what I can tell you is that today's simulation battle is actually a selection trial. If you have the strength, absolutely don't hide it."

Hearing Gu Qingfeng's words, Su Ming was taken aback.

He really hadn't expected that this simulation battle actually had other purposes.

At this moment, a slightly hurried figure rushed over—it was none other than Mo Beichen.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he complained loudly: "My mom was too naggy, making me almost late."

"Auntie is showing concern for you, yet you, kid, are acting all disgusted."

Hearing Gu Qingfeng's words, Mo Beichen smiled foolishly: "Old Gu, you punk came too. Perfect, my mom has been talking about you and Su Ming these past few days. How about coming over to my house for dinner after the simulation battle today?"

Hearing Mo Beichen's words, the eyes of Su Ming and Gu Qingfeng lit up.

"That's settled then, it's been a long time since I last saw Aunt Li."

Gu Qingfeng said, subconsciously licking his lips.

Su Ming also nodded in agreement.

Mo Beichen's mother, Li Qinghan, was a Demigod, but she did not take the path of a war deity. Instead, she chose to become a spirit chef, and her culinary skills directly conquered the stomachs of Su Ming and Gu Qingfeng.

Within her divine domain, she planted many spiritual plants, and even the combat power of her familiars wasn't high; most of them were recruited just to tend to these spiritual plants.

In this world, quite a few awakened deities, due to reasons like being naturally averse to war, disliking slaughter and strife, or having mediocre combat talent themselves, embarked on the path of auxiliary or lifestyle deities.

"Right, as soon as I came over just now, I saw you two whispering over there. Is there something going on?"

Thinking of the two people's actions just now, Mo Beichen couldn't help asking curiously.

Hearing his inquiry, Gu Qingfeng didn't hide anything and repeated what he had just told Su Ming.

After hearing it, Mo Beichen scratched his head: "I seem to have heard about this matter too, but this kind of thing has nothing to do with me anymore. It'll just have to depend on the two of you."

At this moment, a majestic and sacred voice spread across the entire campus, instantly suppressing all the hustle and bustle: "Will all students who have condensed their divine domains immediately proceed to the Divine Domain Connection Room to assemble? The divine domain simulation battle is about to begin!"

Hearing this, the three of Su Ming immediately stopped their conversation, exchanged glances, and walked towards the distant building filled with a high-tech texture.

The divine domain link capsule was a creation researched by technological-faction deities.

It could directly link to a deity's divine domain, accurately read the information of the familiars within the divine domain, and create illusory bodies of the familiars through virtual projection.

Rumor had it that the realism of this simulation almost reached one hundred percent, able to most intuitively display the strength level of the familiars.

In this way, it could test the students' true strength and also prevent the familiars meticulously cultivated by the students from suffering heavy losses due to the testing.

However, activating the divine domain link capsule required a massive amount of divine crystals, consuming an enormous amount of resources.

Therefore, even top-tier deity schools like Starlight rarely activated it.

As for commoner schools, they completely lacked this kind of welfare; they couldn't afford such a massive consumption at all, nor could they afford to buy a divine domain link capsule.

Teacher Yan Ruyu lowered his head to glance at the roster in his hand, confirming that all students in the class were fully present.

Without any extra nonsense, he raised a hand and activated the rows of simulation capsules behind him.

"Hisss——"

A low mechanical pneumatic hiss echoed through the hall, and dozens of divine domain simulation capsules opened their doors simultaneously.

The outer surfaces of the capsules shimmered with intertwined dark blue and silver-white flowing light patterns, while faint energy halos lingered inside.

Pipeline lines crisscrossed, and light and shadow alternated between bright and dark, everywhere exuding an ultimate sci-fi texture.

"Isn't this thing just a gaming capsule?"

Su Ming looked at the simulation capsule in front of him and thought to himself.

"What are you spacing out for? Get into the capsule!"

Mo Beichen reached out and patted Su Ming on the shoulder, interrupting his train of thought.

Su Ming shook his head, suppressed the doubts in his heart, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just my first time seeing this thing, so I'm a bit curious."

"What's so interesting about it? Hurry up and get in, Teacher Yan is about to urge us."

After saying that, Gu Qingfeng was the first to lie down into a nearby simulation capsule, and the door slowly closed.

Su Ming and Mo Beichen exchanged glances, then each walked toward a simulation capsule, bent down, and lay inside.

The moment all the students lay inside the simulation capsules and the doors fully closed, the instruments in the entire connection room started simultaneously.

Dark blue energy light filled the entire place, and the faint sounds of electric currents and mechanical operations intertwined.

Su Ming only felt the scene before his eyes instantly distort.

A gentle energy enveloped his divine soul, and the next second, a cold and mechanical voice rang directly in his mind:

[Su Ming, citizen of the Human Federation, welcome to the Pantheon Battlefield Simulation Space.]

[Logging into the Pantheon Battlefield for the first time. Your divine domain information will be read. Please do not resist to avoid damaging the origin of your divine domain. Note: According to the regulations of the Federal Supreme Law, the simulation capsule only reads information related to the familiars within the divine domain and will not pry into the core secrets of the divine domain.]

Hearing the voice by his ear, Su Ming then sensed a stream of energy wanting to enter his divine domain.

Su Ming did not choose to block it, and afterwards, he could feel that energy beginning to scan the underworld soldiers in the divine domain.

Divine wars in reality never had any rules; either you die or I perish, making them extremely cruel.

However, the purpose of the divine domain simulation battle held by the school was to test their cultivation of familiars.

The core of the competition was the strength of the familiars, and the deities themselves were strictly forbidden from intervening.

If deities could personally take action, with their current demigod strength, what would be contested was no longer the familiars, but their own divine power and comprehension of laws, and the simulation battle would lose its meaning.