165: Chapter 164 The Cataclysmic Creator

In a smoky, luxurious private room in Jiangcheng, three men were playing mahjong with a young woman.

"Three Bamboos."

"Pon!"

The Mediterranean pushed his tiles forward, pulled the chips toward himself, and looked up at the big-bellied man across from him.

"Old Liu, what do you think of that student named Gu Han?"

The big-bellied man exhaled a puff of smoke, reached into the tile stack to draw one, and casually discarded it.

"This kid's ability is definitely more than F-rank, guaranteed S-rank and above. He has been hiding his true strength all along." The big-bellied man sneered.

"He became a Tier 2 Divine Lord as a freshman. I heard that during the competition, he relied on a single flower to make Lin Chuxue, a Tier 3 Divine Lord, voluntarily concede defeat. How could he possibly be F-rank? Back then, everyone's attention was completely captured by Chu Yue's skills, and no one bothered to scrutinize Gu Han's weird followers."

The Mediterranean heavily patted the table, rattling the mahjong tiles, "That's right! That kid's number of followers is terrifyingly huge, and surprisingly, they even follow the Immortal Cultivation system."

The big-bellied man drew another tile.

"But it's useless to target him now. Word is that this kid has already submitted to the Tang Family. In a few days, he's going to accompany that young master of the Tang Family to study at a vocational school in Jinghai."

"What do you mean by submitted?" The scarred-face man, who had been silent all along, bit down on his cigarette and scoffed, "That Gu Han was originally a member of a branch family of the Tang Family. Between family members, can you even call it submission?"

The Mediterranean was stunned, even forgetting to draw a tile.

"Your news is so well-informed?"

The scarred-face man leaned back in his chair smugly.

"Come on, I have connections on the inside. How could I not know about the internal affairs of the Tang Family?"

The Mediterranean smacked his lips with some regret.

"What a pity. If not for this background, we could've managed to snatch him back somehow and see what kind of stuff he's made of."

The big-bellied man rapped on the table, pulling the topic back.

"Alright, stop talking nonsense. Things have been tight lately. Do you guys have any good projects to make money fast?"

The Mediterranean's eyes rolled, and he lowered his voice as he leaned forward.

"I actually have an idea here. Have you guys heard of the order called the 'Jiangcheng Loan King'?"

The few of them exchanged glances.

The Mediterranean continued, "Fuxing Bank can't handle this order anymore either, and they're planning to auction it off at a 50% discount."

The big-bellied man frowned.

"A 50% discount? This bad debt only has a Divine Kingdom coordinate. Can this fucking thing even be taken over?"

The Mediterranean waved his hand.

"We can find someone to collect it! I know a ruthless character in Mianyin who specializes in debt collection."

The scarred-face man immediately chimed in.

"Are you talking about Cui Shi?"

The Mediterranean gave a thumbs up.

"Right! It's Cui Shi! This old fellow is a veteran deity. Having debuted for over a hundred years, there has never been a debt under his command that failed. As long as we partner up to buy the debt rights at auction and hand them over to Cui Shi, the money will be ours!"

The big-bellied man drew a sharp breath.

"Let's do it! I've never heard of having a Divine Kingdom coordinate and still failing to recover the debt. This business is definitely a surefire win without any losses!"

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When the sun was high in the sky, Gu Han was fast asleep in bed.

The handheld console by the bedside suddenly vibrated wildly.

Gu Han groggily grabbed the handheld console and pressed the answer button without even looking.

"Hello..."

The voice of his head teacher, Teacher Qin Lin, came from the other end of the phone.

"Gu Han, congratulations!"

Gu Han was baffled, his brain still unable to process it.

"Teacher Qin, what am I being congratulated for?"

Teacher Qin Lin's tone carried a hint of emotion.

"You're going to study at a vocational school in Jinghai, yet you kept it so quiet and hid it so well! If the principal hadn't specially called to tell me about it, I wouldn't even have known that you were transferring schools."

Gu Han froze in bed, scratching his messy hair.

Go to Jinghai to study at a vocational school?

A flash of the nonsense he chatted about with Tang Wuying a few days ago crossed his mind. At the time, it seemed he had indeed casually mentioned wanting to follow along and take a look in Jinghai, but he hadn't taken the matter to heart at all.

It was probably that kid Tang Wuying pulling strings behind the scenes.

"Ah... Right, there is indeed such a matter." Gu Han followed along with Teacher Qin Lin's words.

"You brat, you really don't suit this place anymore." Teacher Qin Lin said earnestly over the phone, "Work hard after going to Jinghai. If you become a deity in the future, I, Teacher Qin Lin, can be considered to have cultivated a deity. Haha!"

Gu Han awkwardly exchanged a few polite pleasantries with Teacher Qin Lin and hung up the phone.

All sleepiness was gone.

He directly dialed Tang Wuying's number.

The phone rang for a long time before it was answered. Tang Wuying spoke in a soft whisper on the other end, sounding as if he were hiding.

"Gu Han! Why are you calling me for no reason?"

Gu Han got straight to the point.

"What kind of arrangements did you make for me? Why am I suddenly getting transferred?"

"I just told my family that your skills are extremely useful and that I want to take you with me to Jinghai as a companion reader. Originally, I thought this matter would be quite difficult to handle, but I didn't expect that when President Du heard your name, he directly agreed! He even specially pulled strings to get you a proper degree. In the next few days, once you finish your transfer procedures, we'll fly straight to Jinghai!"

"Alright. Come over to work right now!" Gu Han acknowledged and hung up the phone.

He had originally been hesitating whether to leave Jiangcheng for a while. Now thinking about it, it was just the right legitimate reason to go out and lie low.

It was also time to bleed that old bastard of a principal dry. He had previously promised that as long as Gu Han won the championship, he would be responsible for all subsequent tuition expenses. At that time, Gu Han had even specially recorded a video, so he wasn't afraid of the principal reneging on the debt.

He didn't want to go to school now; he could have Old Gu run errands and get things settled.

Last night, he had calmed his mind to sort out his thoughts and pondered for an entire night.

Song Ren's situation was similar to that of the Cyst Demon demigod last time; their cores weren't completely shattered before they were repelled out of the Divine Kingdom.

Combined with the appearance of spatial turbulence, Gu Han had even specifically searched the weather around Yungang City, and it was all sunny turning to rainstorms.

There was also an emergency evacuation message issued: [Our country's coastal areas will be struck by the ghost-grade typhoon "Poseidon". Deities have already headed there at the first instance. Please pay attention to safety, fellow citizens, and try not to go out.]

Is this because of a cataclysm?

A Divine Lord's mental state collapses and drives them crazy, choosing to self-destruct and forcefully achieve Fusion with their Divine Kingdom. Such extreme behavior will cause the world rules of the Divine Kingdom to be completely disordered, affecting the real world—this is called a cataclysm.

Recalling the introduction he had seen earlier, Gu Han finally realized this problem.

If every time the consciousness body of another Divine Lord is captured, and their Divine Kingdom cannot be swallowed as soon as possible, over a long time, it is very likely to collapse into a cataclysm.

If Gu Han's strength is insufficient and he cannot quickly blast apart the opponent's core, then he will become a cataclysm creator in the future.

Fortunately, those three demigods were wiped out by Gu Han before they could collapse.

His Divine Kingdom was currently developing rapidly, and a series of situations came one after another; many things hadn't been arranged properly yet.

A night of thinking made his thoughts even clearer.

Gu Han sank his consciousness into the Divine Kingdom, found the Archmage Ier, and asked him about some details regarding wands.

Wands are indispensable Magical Artifacts for mages. They can straighten out swirling, messy magic power, reduce Spell backlash, amplify Spell power, and are even necessary mediums for casting high-level forbidden Spells.

The different crystals on them correspond to different magical attributes, assisting and adapting to the casting of Spells of various elements.

Without a wand, both the speed and power of spellcasting will be restricted.

Having witnessed Ier's full-strength strike, Gu Han truly understood the impact of magic in large-scale battles.

To prevent wands from being snapped by enemies and to avoid the situation of enemies cutting into the backline, Gu Han figured out a path that suited himself.

However, he had to ask for Ier's opinion; after all, this method required him to impart everything he knew.

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Sorry, something came up, the bonus chapter is late.

Why are the urge-updates getting fewer and fewer? Are you stockpiling chapters?

This won't do.

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