33: Chapter 33 Ultimate Temptation: SS-Rank Divine Kingdom Building Card

During the four days he had been idling and farming monsters in his divine kingdom, the daily Hextech refreshes in the real world had not stopped.

However, perhaps because he had used up too much of his luck on the previous "Level Up! II", the Hextech refreshes over the past few days had been quite lackluster, all of them Silver-rank.

Fang Chuan's divine kingdom had also gained two new unit types: Warlocks and Shamans.

They were pulled from [Warlock Nest] and [Shaman Nest], both of which had popped out from Hextech.

Of course, because they were Silver-rank Hextech, the quality of both the Goblin Warlock and the Goblin Shaman was not high.

Each divine kingdom day generated two Warlocks and two Shamans, and the believers' talent level was only two stars. They were merely General Believers, each providing 0.01 points of Faith Value daily.

Ever since he drew these two unit types, Fang Chuan had been raising them; after all, they were two quite decent professions.

Goblin Warlock: Two-star talent, a hybrid casting unit that could hurl shadow energy to deal damage to enemies and could also cast "Bloodlust" on allies, slightly increasing attack speed.

Goblin Shaman: Two-star talent, a pure support unit capable of channeling the power of nature to restore health to allies, commonly known as a "healer."

Having two more professions meant he could synthesize five-star talent Warlocks and Shamans—these were two five-star units!

Although they were only two-star talent, the appearance of these two new unit types greatly enriched the composition of his legion.

Warlocks could attack and support, effectively acting as a low-end version of a mage.

Shamans, as pure healing units, filled the gap in his legion's long-standing lack of sustained recovery capability. Previously, he had relied on spending Faith Value to buy healing potions, but now with Shamans, the cost of fighting a war of attrition would be greatly reduced in the future.

"It's just that the production rate is a bit pathetic." Fang Chuan looked at the Hextech description, feeling somewhat helpless.

Not only was the generation speed slow, but the reproduction speed was also terrifyingly slow; a pair of Warlock (or Shaman) couples only produced two offspring per real-world day!

It wasn't as good as his Sharpshooters, whose population was now approaching sixty thousand.

Anyway, the thing he lacked the least right now was Faith Value; raising a few thousand low-level believers was a piece of cake.

After dealing with these trivial matters, Fang Chuan's attention returned to his divine kingdom panel.

When he saw the number in the believer count column, he was completely stunned.

[Total Believers: 503,421]

"Holy crap! Five hundred thousand already?!"

He couldn't help but curse, springing up from his bed and pacing back and forth in his small apartment, the expression on his face a mix of shock and ecstasy.

How many days had it been?

It was only 190,000 four days ago, and he had synthesized quite a few. At this growth rate, in another three days—when the divine kingdom simulation battlefield began—he should have nearly one million believers.

"The reproductive capacity of goblins... is fucking terrifying!"

Fang Chuan took a deep breath and opened the detailed panel of his believer composition.

[Saints: 1,358]

[Fanatics: 3,122]

[Pious Believers: 14,398]

[True Believers: 24,890]

[General Believers: 251,051]

[Non-believers: 223,000 (Provide no Faith Value)]

Looking at this string of numbers, Fang Chuan's brain began to run at high speed.

The number of Saints and Fanatics had grown significantly due to his several large-scale syntheses and equipment upgrades previously. Especially those eight hundred-plus Saint-level Goblin Tyrants and Arrow Kings equipped with gold sets; they were the benchmarks of faith, influencing the surrounding believers every day.

The number of True Believers had also exceeded twenty thousand, which was a very healthy core force.

But what was truly terrifying was the number of General Believers.

Combined, they exceeded four hundred and seventy thousand!

This massive base was the result of the goblins crazily "making babies" after the divine kingdom expanded and food became abundant.

"The food crisis is solved, the land is sufficient, so these guys have nothing left to do but one thing." Fang Chuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

However, after laughing, he also felt immense pressure.

With such a large population, just eating, drinking, and excreting every day was an astronomical figure. Fortunately, he had had the foresight to buy fifty large food bases and one intermediate transcendent food processing center at once, otherwise, his divine kingdom would have already collapsed due to famine.

But a bigger problem lay in faith.

The more than two hundred and fifty thousand General Believers provided negligible Faith Value, and it was extremely unstable; they might wake up one day and become Non-believers.

And those over two hundred and twenty thousand Non-believers were purely resource consumers, producing no value at all.

"No, I must convert this population into combat power and a source of faith!" Fang Chuan's eyes narrowed.

If it were any other god, they might have a splitting headache facing this situation, having to slowly preach and convert them bit by bit.

But he had a system!

"Non-believers... just right to be used as synthesis materials!"

Two hundred and twenty thousand Non-believers sounded like a lot, but if used to synthesize four-star or five-star units, it might not even be enough.

"As for those General Believers, I need to find a way to raise their faith."

He thought of the S-rank building card he had previously drawn—[war academy].

"When the academy is built, I'll throw all these General Believers in for training. With combat experience bonuses and the ability to comprehend skills, once their strength improves and their self-confidence rises, their worship of me will naturally deepen." Fang Chuan quickly had a plan.

He looked at his divine kingdom panel again, his gaze falling on the Faith Value.

[Current Faith Value: 792 million points]

During the few days of idling in the divine kingdom, the crazy slaughter by the Expeditionary Army not only brought massive experience but also converted it into solid Faith Value through the "Fortune" bond.

Coupled with the basic faith provided daily by the five hundred thousand believers, his daily Faith Value income had now stabilized at an extremely terrifying number.

"The daily income of Faith Value is about 180 million..."

Even if he did nothing every day, the interest from the hedge fund was nearly 80 million!

What kind of concept was this?

Even that SSS-rank genius Lu Hai, who was worshipped by the whole school like a deity, only got a mere 60,000 points a day.

His current daily income was three thousand times that of the so-called top genius!

He thought of Yan Lili.

If it weren't for her 100 million Faith Value, he wouldn't have developed so quickly.

"A one-year agreement, huh?"

The starting point is even harder than the Battle Emperor.

He took a deep breath, suppressing his surging emotions.

Now was not the time to think about these things; the top priority was the upcoming three-school joint exam.

He also wanted to use this joint exam to fight for more resources and attention for himself.

Thinking of this, Fang Chuan's consciousness returned to reality, and he picked up his phone, preparing to go to school.

Today, it seemed like the head teacher had something important to announce.

When Fang Chuan arrived at the classroom, it was already full of people.

Unlike usual, the atmosphere in the classroom today felt somewhat heavy and excited; students were gathered in twos and threes, discussing something in low voices, with a hint of anticipation on their faces.

Zhang Chao had already arrived, and seeing him come in, he immediately waved at him vigorously.

"Old Fang, over here!"

Fang Chuan walked over and sat down, nudging him with his elbow: "What's wrong? You guys look like you've been injected with stimulants."

"You don't know?" Zhang Chao widened his eyes, leaning over mysteriously and saying, "Something big happened! Regarding this three-school joint exam!"

"Oh?" Fang Chuan raised an eyebrow.

"Let me tell you, I have inside information!" Zhang Chao lowered his voice, "It is said that the final champion reward for this joint exam has been increased! And it's a super increase!"

Just then, the classroom door was pushed open, and Head Teacher Chen Xingyue walked in, her heels clicking.

She was wearing a capable professional suit today, her expression serious. As soon as she entered the classroom, the previously noisy discussions disappeared without a trace.

"Students, quiet."

Her voice was not loud, but it was very penetrating, and the whole classroom fell silent.

"I believe everyone has heard some news about this divine realm practical assessment through various channels."

Head Teacher Chen Xingyue spoke, cutting straight to the point.

"That's right, the news you heard is true. After joint consultation by the Municipal Education Bureau, the military, and the three major high schools, in order to motivate the most outstanding students of this year, it has been decided to upgrade the rewards for this joint exam."

As soon as her voice fell, a noisy sound erupted in the class.

Everyone held their breath, waiting for what was next.

Head Teacher Chen Xingyue paused, picked up the file, and announced in a tone of unprecedented solemnity:

"For this three-school joint exam, the student who ranks first in total individual points will receive the ultimate reward provided jointly by the military and Qinghe City—"

She took a deep breath and said word by word:

"An SS-Rank Random Divine Kingdom Building Card!"