9: Chapter 9 The Li Family's Civilization Belongs to Me

"Your trump cards are all gone. Now, isn't it time I paid a visit to your home base?"

Jiang Xun's voice was calm and indifferent, yet it felt like a red-hot iron pincer branding the hearts of everyone in the examination arena. His figure didn't pause for a second as he stepped into the spatial tunnel that still radiated an ominous aura, connecting the two Divine Kingdoms, under the gaze of countless shocked, terrified, and incredulous eyes.

Offense and defense had completely swapped places.

When Jiang Xun and his ten newly promoted Body Cultivators, their bodies wreathed in brilliant silver light, descended upon Li Ang's Undead Civilization like Heavenly Gods, a crushing total war officially began.

"Roar!"

Greeting them were over a thousand Skeleton Soldiers surging frantically from burial mounds. Ghostly green Soul fires burned within their hollow eye sockets as they brandished rusted bone blades, forming a white tide intended to drown these living beings who dared to step into the domain of death.

Li Ang's eyes were bloodshot. Like a gambler who had lost all his chips, he frantically poured his last remaining Divine Power into this sea of skeletons.

"Kill! Kill them for me! Tear them to pieces!"

He roared hysterically, attempting to use numerical superiority to delay his inevitable defeat and death.

However, what he faced was a dual suppression of Bloodline and Law.

"A bunch of useless bones."

The leading Silver Rank Body Cultivator let out a disdainful sneer. He didn't use any combat techniques at all, simply releasing the majestic power within him—a Fusion of the Silver Law and the Human Race's blood-qi—without reservation.

Boom!

A masculine blood-qi, as blazing as a grand sun, erupted from him as the center, forming a visible golden shockwave that swept out in all directions!

To undead creatures, that power was the most lethal poison.

Sizzle—

The hundreds of Skeleton Soldiers charging at the front didn't even have time to scream before they rapidly dissolved like ice and snow exposed to a scorching sun within the golden tide of blood-qi, turning into a floor of dust.

Their bones, their Soul fires, and the deathly aura they carried were all incredibly fragile before this pure, ultimate life force.

In just a single encounter, a startlingly large empty space was cleared within that seemingly endless sea of skeletons.

"No! No!"

Li Ang watched this scene unfold and let out a wail of despair.

"Toxic miasma! Curses! Corrode them!"

His last hope rested on the negative Laws that the Undead Civilization was most proud of. From beneath the black scorched earth, a thick toxic miasma capable of corroding steel gushed out. In the sky, countless spiteful eyes condensed, casting down curses of slowness and weakness.

"Trifling tricks."

Jiang Xun stood at the rear of his army with his hands in his pockets, the eyes behind his lenses flashing with a cold light that saw through everything.

He didn't need to issue any commands at all.

A layer of heavy armor composed of the Law of Rock automatically surfaced on the bodies of the Body Cultivators, easily isolating them from the corrosion of the toxic miasma. Meanwhile, the vigorous blood-qi within them, burning like a furnace, incinerated any approaching curse power into nothingness.

A perfect counter!

This was civilization suppression!

On the rostrum, the Principal's face, which had remained calm throughout, finally changed color completely. He stood up abruptly, a massive pressure of Divine Power ready to strike as he attempted to forcibly sever the connection between the two Divine Kingdoms.

"Principal! You mustn't!"

The Director grabbed him, shouting with a pale face, "Divine Kingdom battles are protected by the Supreme Rules. If you interfere forcibly, your own Divine Kingdom will suffer a backlash! For one Li Ang, it's not worth it!"

The Principal's outstretched hand trembled slightly in mid-air before he finally lowered it dejectedly.

He knew it was all over.

He watched helplessly on the light screen as Jiang Xun's thirty fierce warriors advanced irresistibly, crushing everything in their path.

Necromancer Tower? Smashed with one punch.

Bone Burial Ground? Trampled flat.

Abominations stitched from corpses? Torn into flying pieces of meat by the combined strength of two Silver Rank warriors.

In less than ten minutes.

Jiang Xun's army had reached the city gates, arriving before Li Ang's Undead Altar—a structure built from countless skulls that represented the Origin of his Divine Kingdom.

"I admit defeat! I surrender!"

Li Ang finally broke down. Tears and snot streaming down his face, he knelt before his console like a stray dog, frantically mashing the surrender button.

However, the only response he received was Jiang Xun's cold and heartless voice.

"Too late."

Boom!

The ten Silver Rank warriors threw their punches simultaneously.

Ten pillars of blazing golden light converged into a world-destroying torrent, slamming violently into the Undead Altar.

Crack!

The altar shattered upon impact.

At that very moment, the long-awaited heavenly sound rang out in Jiang Xun's mind.

[Detected that the enemy's Divine Kingdom Core has collapsed!]

[SSS-rank Talent — Civilization Plunder, fully activated!]

[Plunder Ratio: 100%!]

Buzz—

The entire examination arena trembled.

On the light screen, a black vortex so massive it blotted out the sky appeared above Jiang Xun's Divine Kingdom.

An irresistible, terrifying devouring force erupted from the vortex, directly enveloping Li Ang's already shattered Undead Divine Kingdom.

"No—!!"

Li Ang let out a shrill, inhuman scream.

He could clearly feel everything within his Divine Kingdom being frantically stripped away by that overbearing power!

The Law fragments that represented his A-rank Talent Origin!

Silver-grade undead building blueprints!

The massive amount of Power Of Faith accumulated over several years!

Even the Soul memories imprinted deep within his Divine Kingdom Core were stripped away without a trace, turning into streaks of light to be completely swallowed by that terrifying vortex!

During the process of devouring, a hidden image flashed through Jiang Xun's mind.

It was in a secret room where Li Ang's father, the head of the Jiangcheng Deity Administration Bureau, Director Li Jianguo, was bowing and scraping as he reported something to a mysterious person wearing a black robe and a hideous Asura Mask...

Jiang Xun calmly committed this image to memory.

Meanwhile, Li Ang's Divine Kingdom sandbox turned grey and withered at a visible speed; mountains collapsed, the earth cracked, and it eventually turned into a silent void of death.

In contrast, the light orb of Jiang Xun's Divine Kingdom expanded frantically several times over, like a balloon being blown up.

A brilliant, physical halo symbolizing the Silver Rank even condensed around its outer edge!

[Plunder complete!]

[Congratulations to the Host! Your Divine Kingdom civilization has successfully promoted to Silver Rank!]

Pfft!

In the real world, Li Ang was struck as if by lightning. He violently spat out a large mouthful of black blood and slumped to the ground like a pile of mud, his eyes vacant and hollow, having completely lost all luster.

His talent had regressed to F-rank.

His Divine Kingdom had been reduced to ruins.

He had gone from a Prodigy to a cripple worse off than an ordinary person.

With a flash of light, Jiang Xun's figure reappeared before everyone.

Several medical personnel rushed forward in a flurry, dragging the unconscious Li Ang off the field like a dead dog.

The entire examination arena was deathly silent.

All the children of prestigious families who had been acting superior just moments ago now lowered their heads, their eyes filled only with deep wariness and fear as they looked at Jiang Xun.

The cold mechanical voice of the System broke this oppressive silence.

"Semi-finals: Jiang Xun, wins!"

"Finals are about to begin!"

On the light screen, the final name slowly lit up.

It was the second-place student of the Key Class, a young female Prodigy who also possessed an A-rank talent.

Jiang Xun cracked his neck and glanced at the girl who was shivering in a corner, her face pale.

He didn't even bother to walk over.

He simply spoke calmly, his voice clearly reaching everyone in the arena.

"To save everyone time."

"I suggest you admit defeat on your own."