164: Chapter 163 Dawn

"Boom!"

With a muffled sound.

A subtle crack appeared on the surface of the core.

Shortly after, the cracks spread rapidly like a spiderweb,

and at this moment, the entire Divine Kingdom let out an unbearable wail.

As the core cracked, the movements of the surrounding hundred Level 9 Kuanglan, who were just about to go on a killing spree, suddenly froze.

Their bodies began to flicker violently, and then they turned into countless blue light spots, instantly disappearing into the seawater.

Song Ren covered his head with a pained expression and crawled up from the ground, his entire face distorted to the extreme.

"Ah! I want you to die!"

He roared and pounced towards Gu Han, who was preparing to throw his second punch.

But before he could get close,

Wild King's remaining body had already crashed over, tightly holding Song Ren's waist and dragging him in the opposite direction.

"Get lost! Get away from me!"

With his eyes splitting open and acting like a madman, Song Ren frantically shoved his hands into Wild King's wounds, tearing off large chunks of flesh.

But Wild King refused to let go even in death.

The entire Divine Kingdom began to collapse, and space underwent extremely distorted folding with Song Ren as the center.

Large swathes of seawater were sucked into nothingness, and the rocks at the bottom of the sea began to turn into fine powder.

"Old Ancestor!"

The dozen nearest Ant-Fist Titans turned red-eyed, desperately wanting to pounce over and save Wild King.

Wild King tightly choked Song Ren, his face covered in blood, and turned his head to look in Gu Han's direction, shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Divine Lord, I beg you to quickly take the children away!"

Gu Han's fists tightened.

He could feel that the invisible repulsive force was growing rapidly; there was no time to hesitate!

Gu Han quickly pulled out the marching card, aiming at all the Ant-Fist Titans and Green-Skinned Mushroom-Men, and even wanted to put away Wild King not far away.

Light flickered, and all the troops were instantly recalled into the card.

The next second after recalling the troops, an irresistible huge force fiercely crashed against Gu Han's consciousness.

Darkness fell before his eyes.

A huge sense of weightlessness washed over him.

Gu Han opened his eyes abruptly, panting heavily.

He was repelled out of the Kuanglan Divine Kingdom and returned to his own Divine Kingdom.

Gu Han opened the smart assistant's log panel at the first moment.

[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Level 9 Kuanglan constantly split runes, giving birth to new life.]

[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Level 9 Kuanglan died of exhausted runes.]

Song Ren probably sensed the continuous death of his believers and might have been waiting for this timing all along, or perhaps doing so was extremely painful; otherwise, under such torture, he should have long accelerated the split to escape.

Although this battle was won, and the spoils of war could definitely be considered bountiful, Gu Han couldn't feel happy at all.

He casually destroyed the Divine Kingdom Cores of the other three demigods to avoid any further changes, and all the Divine Kingdom passages in mid-air completely closed and disappeared.

The surroundings were very quiet, and Gu Han raised his head.

It was densely surrounded by figures.

Qu Nimade stood at the very front with a hopeful expression, Changsheng poked its head out on Ier's shoulders, and behind them were large batches of injured Ant-Fist Shrimp-Men.

On their tired faces, obvious joy and hope leaked through. They were waiting for the Divine Lord to announce the ultimate victory of this tragic war.

Gu Han released all the believers in the marching card, and thousands of remnant soldiers appeared in the open space. The wounded soldiers supported each other to stand firm, and the healing-proficient Elf Race immediately stepped forward to administer aid.

Gu Han's gaze swept quickly through the crowd.

Not seen, still didn't see the unique believer mark.

Unwilling to even trust his own perception, he flew up into the air, his gaze piercing through those tall Ant-Fist Titans and Green-skinned Titans, looking towards the crowd further away.

The only one missing was that figure.

The spatial turbulence at the very last moment was too strong; Wild King tightly hugged Song Ren, and his entire body had been completely distorted by the turbulence.

The collection range and judgment of the marching card simply could not pull back a target that had been completely locked down by space.

Gu Han forced a smile to announce the victory, and asked Changsheng to arrange the post-war matters of the Divine Kingdom.

He then tiredly logged out of the Divine Kingdom; this war was too thrilling and even made people feel lingering fear.

If it weren't for Wild King descending like a surprise reinforcement at the last moment, Song Ren might have really escaped, and his own consciousness body might have been captured alive.

He couldn't figure it out.

The retreat order had clearly been given, and Wild King had also returned to the Divine Kingdom with the troops, so how could he suddenly appear?

Gu Han sat up, lowered his head to tap the handheld device's smart assistant, and brought up Wild King's log records.

The log panel expanded, and Gu Han slowly flipped down.

[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Wild King led the troops to retreat from the passage and returned to the Divine Kingdom; Qu Nimade informed him that the Level 9 Kuanglan was dead.]

[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Fearing changes in the situation, Wild King disregarded everyone's dissuasion and returned to the Divine Kingdom passage with a fatal determination.]

[Divine Calendar Year xxx: After entering the Divine Kingdom passage, Wild King discovered an abnormality and fled into the deep sea silt to rapidly approach the Divine Lord.]

[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Wild King struck with a heavy punch, stunning the enemy Divine Lord and buying time for the Divine Lord.]

[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Wild King activated "Sacrificial Burning" to completely burn his Origin, triggering the water element shield. Wild King broke through to Level 4 Transcendent in the middle of battle and engaged the Level 9 Kuanglan, suffering heavy injuries.]

[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Wild King held back the enemy Divine Lord and got dragged into the spatial turbulence. Target lost! Unable to continue monitoring!]

The records were only a few short lines. Until now, Gu Han knew roughly what had happened. Wild King was as reliable as ever, possessing wisdom far surpassing ordinary Ant-men.

Wild King was also well aware that if he had returned to the Divine Kingdom passage at that time, he might have been crushed to death by the shrinking Divine Kingdom area. Because Gu Han had instructed that when absorbing the divine source, not a single person could be left behind there.

Yet Wild King still came; he knew how to provide a safety net for matters, unwilling to let a single flaw appear. Even if he might sacrifice himself in vain, he marched on without hesitation.

With an extremely unsettled mood, Gu Han scrolled forward through Wild King's previous logs, watching him strive in secret and catch up in private.

...

[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Ant-Fist Shrimp-Man "Dawn" returned from the Cataclysm Realm and was bestowed the name "Wild King" by the Divine Lord due to bringing back a large amount of fungus strains.]

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[Divine Calendar Year xxx: The entire race had transcended, contemporaries had all died in battle, and the Queen who bore him died of old age. Wild King, who had always failed to transcend, felt melancholy in his heart. Unwilling to become a queen, he left the race alone.]

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[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Wild King walked into the Titan Mountains, discovered the giant Titans, deeply felt his own insignificance, and felt envious in his heart.]

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[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Wild King swallowed ten transcendent crystals, finally achieving a Breakthrough to Level 1 Transcendent, Awakening the Ant-man Race's transcendent trait: Dissatisfied with Status Quo, and he was ecstatic in his heart.]

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[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Wild King discovered a nuclear fire crystal while inspecting the karst cave.]

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[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Wild King felt it strenuous when killing enemies, and watching younger generations continuously die in battle, he deeply felt his own inadequacy.]

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[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Deeply feeling his own inadequacy, Wild King learned "Sacrificial Burning" together with his good friend Qu Nimade.]

[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Deeply feeling his own inadequacy, Wild King learned magic together with the newcomer Archmage Ier.]

...

[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Watching yet another huge change in the new generation of the Ant-man Race, Wild King felt deeply gratified and envious in his heart.]

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[Divine Calendar Year xxx: Seeing that his descendants had all turned into giants, he unreservedly trained the Ant-Fist Titans.]

...

This was just a Divine Kingdom believer, yet he truly and genuinely had his own thoughts.

Gu Han let out a long breath, closed the log, and felt a bit stuffy in his chest.

But one must always look forward, and he could no longer take such risks in the future; at least he needed to raise his strength.

Wild King's efforts allowed him to see even greater possibilities. Having constantly been on campaigns recently, it was time to develop properly and make the Ant-man Race even more powerful.