3: Chapter 3: Civilizational Transformation, the Descent of Bronze!

"I'm taking your entire Undead Civilization."

Jiang Xun's voice wasn't loud, but it was like a heavy bomb, exploding in the dead silence of the examination hall.

Everyone looked like ducks with their necks being squeezed, mouths agape, unable to make a sound.

What did they just see?

A waste with an E-Rank Talent had wiped out a hundred Undead Vanguards of a Silver Rank civilization?

Not only that, but after the annihilation, he issued a declaration of plunder to the master of the Undead Civilization?

Crazy.

This world must have gone crazy.

"He... what did he just say?"

"He said... he wants Li Ang's entire Undead Civilization..."

"Hallucinations, I must be hallucinating. How could an E-Rank Talent counter-kill an A-rank Prodigy? This is cheating! It must be cheating!"

The crowd erupted.

Doubt, ridicule, jealousy—all sorts of gazes focused on Jiang Xun, as if they wanted to see right through him.

The Proctor, who had been bored all along, suddenly stood up straight, his eyes fixed on the mountain of crushed bones on the light screen, his cloudy eyes filled with shock.

In his thirty years of experience, he had never seen such a bizarre and strange scene.

As the focus of the entire venue, the blood had long since drained from Li Ang's face, leaving it deathly pale.

The composure and pride belonging to a favored son of heaven were shattered by Jiang Xun's light words.

Disgrace.

An unprecedented disgrace!

"Jiang Xun!"

Li Ang squeezed out those two words through gritted teeth, his fists clenching until they cracked, the malice in his eyes almost tangible.

"You dare destroy my Undead Vanguards! You dare provoke the majesty of my Li family! I'll kill you! I'll definitely kill you!"

He roared like a madman.

However, Jiang Xun merely pushed up his glasses calmly, the lenses reflecting a cold light.

He didn't even bother to glance at Li Ang again, turning to walk toward the rest area.

To him, everything that just happened was nothing more than an appetizer.

The real feast had only just begun.

Under the complex gazes of the crowd, Jiang Xun found a corner to sit down and closed his eyes.

His consciousness instantly sank into the Divine Kingdom that belonged to him.

The sky of the Divine Kingdom was still overcast and gray.

But unlike before, strands of pure and violent Death Energy, along with invisible fragments of Laws, floated in the air.

This was the loot from his Divine Battle.

Jiang Xun's consciousness body suspended in mid-air, and with a thought...

[SSS-rank Talent: Civilization Plunder, activated.]

[Analyzing target civilization: Elementary Undead Civilization.]

In an instant, a massive amount of information flooded into Jiang Xun's mind.

Those were the mysteries of the Laws belonging to the Undead Civilization.

From the most basic Bone Revival to the condensation of Soul Fire, and then to the runic inscriptions for Bone Hardening.

It was complex, chaotic, and filled with bloodiness and violence.

If it were any other ordinary god facing this mixed flood of information, their Divine Kingdom's core would be instantly overwhelmed, their consciousness polluted, turning them into a lunatic who only knew how to kill.

But Jiang Xun was different.

In his past life, he was a graduate student in history, and he knew the history of the rise and fall of the world's major civilizations like the back of his hand.

In his eyes, the so-called civilization Laws were nothing more than a set of low-level code composed of countless information runes.

And he was the top-tier programmer.

"Stripping the mind, corroding the body, burning life force in exchange for fleeting power... what crude and barbaric Laws."

Jiang Xun's brow furrowed slightly.

He like a most fastidious craftsman, picked and chose among the complex fragments of Laws.

Soon, he found the most core part of this Undead Cultivation Technique.

[Bone Hardening].

And, a secret hidden in the deepest part of this Cultivation Technique that even Li Ang himself might not know.

A runic mark flashing with an eerie red light.

[Enslavement Shackles].

"Interesting."

A cold smile curled at the corners of Jiang Xun's mouth.

"This kind of sophisticated backdoor method isn't something a guy like Li Ang could master. It seems something shady is hidden behind the Li family."

He didn't alert the enemy, merely noting the discovery and then decisively excising the [Enslavement Shackles] along with those negative Laws.

Leaving only the purest [Bone Hardening] Law.

Having done all that, he retrieved the [Basic Body Refining Art] Law belonging to the Human Race civilization from his Divine Kingdom.

One black and one white, two completely different Laws slowly spiraled in his consciousness.

"Begin Fusion."

Boom!

The moment the two Laws touched, a violent repulsive force erupted.

The entire Divine Kingdom began to tremble violently, and fine cracks appeared in the gray sky as if it would collapse at any moment.

The thirty Believers below let out painful wails as the life energy in their bodies clashed violently with the Death Aura they had just absorbed.

Civilization conflict!

This was a nightmare that all gods dreaded and avoided!

If not handled properly, it could lead to a downgrade of the Divine Kingdom at best, or the collapse of the civilization and the extinguishing of the Divine Fire at worst!

However, there wasn't a trace of panic on Jiang Xun's face.

"The extreme of death is life. The ancestors of the Human Race also had a funerary civilization of 'resting in peace,' viewing the end of the Physical Body as another beginning for the Soul."

"Your point of conflict lies in the clash of energies, not the opposition of Origins."

His voice carried a wisdom that saw through everything.

The knowledge from his past life transformed into the sharpest sword at this moment, slashing into the depths of the Laws.

Using his own Divine Power as a guide, he forcibly built a bridge for energy conversion between the two Laws.

The violent Death Energy, filtered through this bridge, shed all its brutality and coldness, transforming into the purest tempering power that flooded into the limbs and bones of the human Believers.

Meanwhile, the vigorous Blood Qi within the human Believers nourished the Law in reverse, making it gentler and more compatible.

Buzz—

A mysterious golden light blossomed in Jiang Xun's consciousness.

[Fusion successful!]

[Deduced a brand-new Human Race Cultivation Technique—"Immortal Jade Bone Art" (black iron rank)!]

It's done!

With a thought, Jiang Xun turned this brand-new Cultivation Technique into a rain of light, scattering it to every corner of the Divine Kingdom.

"My Believers, accept my gift!"

"Today, I shall lead you onto the path of transcendence!"

Rumble!

Above the Divine Kingdom, a massive pillar of warm golden light suddenly tore through the sky, dispelling all the grayness and darkness.

Thirty Believers bathed beneath the pillar of light.

Crackle!

The bones throughout their bodies emitted popping sounds like roasting beans.

Their shriveled muscles bulged at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Complex and ancient dark-golden runic glows gradually appeared on the surface of their sallow skin.

"Ah!"

"I feel it! Infinite power!"

One Believer let out a roar and threw a punch, causing a half-person-tall boulder beside him to shatter instantly!

[Your thirty Believers have all broken through the Mortal Rank and become black iron rank Body Cultivators!]

And this was not the end.

Among them, the ten strongest Believers who were the first to respond to the Divine Oracle saw their Aura rise once again!

A faint cyan halo even condensed on the surface of their bodies.

[Your ten Elite Believers have broken through the black iron rank and become Bronze Rank warriors!]

In an instant, Spiritual Qi rose throughout the entire Divine Kingdom.

The thirty reborn Believers, feeling the surging power within them, looked up at the towering figure in the sky with eyes filled with absolute fanaticism.

"Praise you! Great Lord of Immortality!"

"Your will is the direction of our progress!"

They knelt on both knees, kowtowing frantically, contributing a massive and pure amount of Power Of Faith.

Feeling the enormous faith pouring into his Divine Fire, the smile on Jiang Xun's lips deepened.

What he wanted was never a group of cannon fodder who only knew how to obey orders.

But a group of companions who could grow with him and battle across the heavens together.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Just then, in the real world, the cold and piercing preparatory bell for the practical combat examination suddenly rang.

Jiang Xun snapped his eyes open.

Not far away, Li Ang was surrounded by a group of lackeys. Noticing Jiang Xun's gaze, he extremely arrogantly made a thumbs-down gesture and then a crushing motion.

His mouth clearly formed the words...

"You're dead."

Jiang Xun gently pushed up the thin-framed glasses on the bridge of his nose.

Meeting Li Ang's malicious gaze, he stepped toward the examination's Teleportation Array.

The examination hasn't even started.

Li Ang.

Are you ready to face my counterattack?