163: Chapter 162 Surprise Attack

The closest Ant-Fist Titan lunged forward abruptly, taking the blow head-on with its broad back.

A dull impact sounded, and a huge tear was ripped into the back of the Ant-Fist Titan.

Without even turning his head, Wild King caused a layer of magical shield to suddenly light up on the Ant-Fist Titan, blocking the second strike under the stacked status of the Kuanglan.

Water elements faintly flowed across that previous shield, which was clearly magic cast by Wild King.

"Child, this Old Ancestor still doesn't need you to worry!"

Wild King backhanded and manipulated the water current to push the injured Ant-Fist Titan into the distance, "Just protect yourself well!"

Wild King usually wasn't idle; he had proactively learned quite a few simple spells from Ier and had even moved past being a Tier 1 magic apprentice.

This Divine Kingdom war completely entered a white-hot stage.

Ier's mana was severely overdrawn, and he could only rest with the support of the Elf Race.

He still stared fixedly at the battlefield, continuously instructing the elves to rescue the wounded.

The Kuanglan Race was simply too hard to kill; on the surface, there were only 130,000 people, but with the continuous resurrection mechanism, it was actually no less than several hundred thousand people.

In the center of the battlefield, a Level 9 Kuanglan was pinned into the seabed silt by five Ant-Fist Titans, and huge fists smashed down in turns, forcibly shattering the runes on its head.

Yet that headless body only twitched a few times before the runes on its chest flashed wildly, rapidly wriggling and reorganizing once again.

Grinding a Level 9 to death a few times turned it into Level 8, and wearing down a Level 8 turned it into Level 7. The entire Kuanglan Race was like a bottomless pit, frantically devouring Gu Han's troops.

Gu Han kept staring at the battle damage data on the System panel until all the Kuanglan inside the Divine Kingdom were killed off.

The 30,000 Leviathan Ant-men had already been completely wiped out. To pin down the high-Rank Kuanglan, they squeezed the electrical energy within their bodies to the limit, and in the end, all sacrificed themselves in hand-to-hand combat.

Of the 100,000 Ant-Fist Titans, only over 30,000 remained in the end.

The Ant-Fist Shrimp-Men fell down in droves even more; after fighting until now, the 10,000,000-strong army barely had 3,000,000 remaining.

The only exception was the Green-Skinned Mushroom-Men. These guys split apart whenever they were shattered, and green figures were everywhere on the battlefield, their numbers actually multiplying several times over.

"Dad, Ier, you guys withdraw first." Gu Han issued the command without even turning his head.

The Divine Kingdom war had already been fought, and what remained was scavenging the spoils of war.

"Son, be careful yourself." Gu Yanxiao followed Ier and the exhausted Elf Race back into the Divine Kingdom passage.

Gu Han immediately ordered all Ant-men to contract their formations and quickly clear the field.

He had the surviving Ant-Fist Shrimp-Men begin frantically hauling away the spoils of war inside the Divine Kingdom—stone carvings related to runes, divine plants, divine buildings, and so on, taking everything back without leaving a single piece behind.

After confirming that the supplies had been moved out, Gu Han took a deep breath and put away the Ant-Fist Titans and Green-skinned Titans.

Gu Han came before the Divine Kingdom Core and began absorbing the divine source, causing the entire Kuanglan Divine Kingdom to begin trembling violently.

The surrounding seawater and rocks on the seabed all converged toward the center under the pulling force of an invisible power. All things were squeezed to the limit.

Gu Han carefully felt the area of his own Divine Kingdom expanding, but his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

Something was wrong.

This Kuanglan Divine Kingdom had at least over 100,000 square kilometers, yet by the time the absorption reached the end, the area of his own Divine Kingdom had actually only grown by a little over 80,000 square kilometers!

Why couldn't the remaining divine source be absorbed anymore?

The moment doubts arose in his heart, that force squeezing all things suddenly vanished.

The Void Realm that had just collapsed suddenly rippled with a circle of waves.

In the blink of an eye, the previously squeezed Divine Kingdom and the entire world restored its previous appearance of an ocean.

"What a truly good method!"

An extremely furious voice pierced through the seawater, stabbing straight into Gu Han's eardrums.

"The tortures I have suffered, I will definitely make you pay back tenfold in reality!"

Gu Han abruptly raised his head.

In the seawater ahead, a figure entirely shrouded in blue light slowly emerged.

Song Ren.

That demigod consciousness possessing the Level 9 Kuanglan had actually broken free!

What made Gu Han even more vigilant was that the Aura on Song Ren hadn't decayed at all.

How was he still a Level 9 Divine Master?!

Floating in the sea, Song Ren looked pale and distorted, laughing wantonly out loud.

"Do you think that killing all my believers wraps things up?"

"I see you completely don't understand what exclusive believers are worth."

Song Ren waved his hand abruptly.

The surrounding seawater instantly ran wild, transforming into a huge wall of water that forcibly pushed Gu Han away from the location of the Divine Kingdom Core.

Immediately after, Song Ren flashed and arrived before the Divine Kingdom Core, his chest bursting with dazzling blue rune light.

The light fell into the sea, causing the seawater to boil violently.

One, ten, fifty...

A full one hundred Level 9 Kuanglan warriors condensed and took form out of thin air from the seawater!

Gu Han instantly had a sudden realization; no wonder those 20,000-plus square kilometers of divine source couldn't be absorbed.

This was backed by exclusive believer skills as a safety net.

Presumably as long as he was still alive, as his exclusive believers, the Kuanglan Race within his Divine Kingdom would not go extinct.

This mechanism was truly sickening enough.

Without any nonsense, Gu Han directly pulled out a marching card and used it.

As the light flashed, the 30,000 Ant-Fist Titans and groups of Green-skinned Titans previously stored inside the card all appeared.

Gu Han was riding on an Ant-Fist Titan.

Understanding Gu Han's intent while the two armies fought into a chaotic mass, this Ant-Fist Titan kicked its thick legs fiercely against the seabed rocks, and using the recoil force, pushed aside the seawater and swam straight toward the Divine Kingdom Core.

Whether restoring the Divine Kingdom or summoning a large batch of believers, Song Ren probably wasn't as relaxed as he appeared; otherwise, given his strength as a Level 9 Divine Master, it was unlikely that Gu Han would still have the chance to struggle.

Now, as long as they took advantage of Song Ren being all-show and hollow inside to go over and smash the Core, no matter how awesome he was, he would have to die.

Song Ren let out a cold snort, his figure flashing to directly block in front of the Core.

Beside him also followed a Level 9 Kuanglan.

"Want to touch the Core?" Song Ren's gaze was venomous, "I am going to capture you alive, then take down your Divine Kingdom, swallow everything of yours, and then torture you properly!"

That Level 9 Kuanglan let out a roar, its arms crossed, and a water blade several meters long formed in the seawater, heading straight toward Gu Han.

Gu Han's heart sank.

Relying solely on one Ant-Fist Titan was not enough to contend with them, and instead there was the risk of being captured alive; he absolutely could not fall into Song Ren's hands.

At this moment, he could only retreat and could not force it.

Just as Gu Han was about to order a turn, a familiar Aura was approaching.

"Stop being so carried away over there!"

A furious roar suddenly exploded from the seabed silt below, and a figure covered in mud shot out like a cannonball.

It was Wild King!

Since when?! Wasn't he following the main army to transport the spoils of war back?

Wild King punched out, his fist smashing solidly onto Song Ren's chin.

Song Ren didn't even have time to let out a hum before his entire person was directly struck by this immense force, tumbling dozens of circles in the seawater and heavily collapsing face-down onto the seabed, unable to get up for a long time.

With the Divine Master attacked, that Level 9 Kuanglan immediately abandoned attacking Gu Han and abruptly turned around to charge at Wild King.

Gu Han also immediately ordered the Ant-Fist Titan to turn around and kill its way toward the Core once more.

At this moment, the Aura on Wild King was climbing at a terrifying speed.

He did not dodge the pounce and kill of the Level 9 Kuanglan; instead, he charged straight toward the opponent.

The Origin inside Wild King's body was burning frantically, and he even condensed a layer of water element shield in front of him, his body instantly glowing with golden light.

The prompt tone of the smart assistant rang in Gu Han's mind.

[Your marked believer, Ant-Fist Shrimp-Man (Wild King), has broken through to Tier 4 Transcendence]

Facing the Level 9 Kuanglan, Wild King let out a heart-rending roar.

"Divine Master! Take advantage of now!"

The Ant-Fist Titan beneath Gu Han's feet let out a heaven-shaking roar, its arms exerting force abruptly to push Gu Han's entire person out.

Taking advantage of this thrust, Gu Han completed a high-speed leap in the seawater, instantly closing in on that sapphire Core exuding a dim light.

On the other side, Wild King and the Level 9 Kuanglan crashed heavily together.

Tier 4 against Level 9—this was a collision without any suspense.

The water element shield on Wild King shattered instantly, and a small half of his body was directly smashed to pieces by the Kuanglan, fresh blood turning the seawater blue.

Wild King's battered body rotated by inertia in the seawater, transforming into a cannonball that heavily smashed not far from the Core.

"Old Ancestor!"

Seeing this scene, the surrounding Ant-Fist Titans let out a sorrowful and indignant roar.

Gu Han did not turn back.

He knew what Wild King was doing, and he also knew what he should do.

He concentrated the full power of his body onto his right fist, aiming straight at the close-at-hand Divine Kingdom Core, and smashed it down fiercely.