9: Chapter 9 Destroy the Core, Seize the Divine Source

Zhou Yanlie jogged over to Chen Jianfeng and the others. Before he could even speak, the ground trembled violently. Fortunately, his lower body was steady, preventing him from falling.

Everyone looked in the direction of the vibration. The scene that followed was something they would never forget.

Above that hazy and mysterious Divine Domain stood a massive, crudely styled stone pillar. From the stone carvings upon it, it wasn't hard to see that it was a creation of the Troll race.

And atop that stone pillar, an Immortal Lord dressed in a simple white robe was currently gripping a large head, using it to rapidly smash the stone pillar.

Soon, the topmost capital of the stone pillar was shattered, causing the entire Divine Domain space to tremble violently.

But the Immortal Lord seemed to pay no heed to this, continuing to use the monster's head to frantically strike the broken stone pillar.

With every strike from the Immortal Lord, a massive wave of energy rippled out from the pillar, shaking the entire Divine Domain until it was fragmented.

"The Great Immortal has unleashed his power! He's started beating up a god directly!"

"As expected of a human Ascendant. This spirit... I've decided, this is how I'll kill people from now on."

"Beating a god with his bare hands, Immortal Lord is a real man."

...

The Cultivators quickly noticed the abnormalities in the Divine Domain space. Looking at Immortal Lord Yang Bai's frantic attacks in the sky, they all marveled in amazement.

Chen Jianfeng watched the blood-pumping scene, his palm gently brushing over the broken gengjin sword as he said excitedly:

"Is this the world above the universe? I originally thought the Cloud Sea Kingdom was already vast, but now it seems I was too shallow."

"gengjin sword, I will definitely beg the Immortal Lord to repair you."

After more than a minute of battering, Liu Tong's Divine True Body and the Divine Realm Core were both smashed to pieces.

Yang Bai tossed Liu Tong's Divine True Body aside and approached the Divine Realm Core, thrusting his palm directly into it to frantically absorb Liu Tong's divine source matter.

Under Yang Bai's absorption, Liu Tong's Divine Domain rapidly dimmed and collapsed, and all the Cultivators were teleported back to the White Jade Capital.

[Prompt: Congratulations, you have successfully defeated Divine Lord -- Liu Tong.]

[Prompt: Your Divine Lord level has increased.]

[Prompt: Congratulations, you have obtained a low-rank resource card -- Red Bull Herd.]

[The Divine Domain War has ended. Simulated combat cabin link disconnected...]

At the same time, in Computer Room No. 3 of No. 4 Middle School.

Ten minutes had passed. Aside from the people from Class 9 who were still in the simulated combat cabins, the students from Class 8 and Class 10 who arrived early had already finished their battles.

They disconnected their links and stepped out of the simulated combat cabins, excitedly discussing their previous battles.

The homeroom teachers of the other two classes, after giving their students some guidance, came over to Wu Youfang's side to chat about casual matters.

The content of their exchange was nothing more than envying Wu Youfang's students for being successful enough to secure recommended admission spots for Jinghai University; hearing that Principal Wu was going to take a position at the Provincial Education Bureau next year; congratulating Wu Youfang on his upcoming qualification for promotion to a Rank 3 God, and so on.

Meanwhile, in the Divine Domain space, when Yang Bai shattered Liu Tong's spiked mace and slammed his head against the Pillar of Faith in a brutal beating...

Liu Tong, lying in the simulated combat cabin, spat out a mouthful of blood, and the green indicator light above his head turned red.

[Warning! Warning! Warning!!]

[Real Divine Domain attack detected. Please troubleshoot the issue immediately!!]

Wu Youfang glanced at the control panel in his hand and gave a sly smile.

'Liu Tong has finally started. Yang Bai, you brat, you dare to take my things? See if I don't play you to death,' Wu Youfang thought to himself.

Afterward, Wu Youfang pretended not to see anything. After closing the control panel, he continued chatting with the other two homeroom teachers.

What he didn't know was that Liu Tong had indeed made his move, but the one being beaten wasn't Yang Bai, but rather himself, the Divine Domain invader.

Just like that, five minutes passed.

It wasn't until a trace of blood seeped out of Liu Tong's simulated combat cabin and was noticed by the Class 10 homeroom teacher that things changed.

Wan Pengcheng pointed at the bleeding simulated combat cabin and said in horror, "Old Wu, this is bad! There's a problem with Cabin No. 2. Quickly disconnect the cabin's Divine Domain link!"

"Director Wan, you're overthinking it. What kind of problem could a simulated combat cabin have?"

Wu Youfang leisurely opened the combat cabin's control panel. When he saw the cabin number flashing red, his eyes widened in surprise.

"What's going on? Why is it Cabin No. 2 that's having trouble? This is bad, Liu Tong's divine source matter has dropped to zero..."

A layer of fine cold sweat broke out on Wu Youfang's forehead. As a Rank 2 God, he knew very well what the words "divine source matter zeroed" meant.

Trembling, he pressed the emergency stop button for the combat cabin and simultaneously dialed the emergency call number for the No. 4 Middle School Law Enforcement Team.

The commotion on Wu Youfang's side caught the attention of the students from the other two classes. People around began to gather, wanting to see what exactly had happened.

When Wan Pengcheng opened Cabin No. 2, everyone present couldn't help but gasp in shock.

A body soaked in blood with a distorted and deformed face lay inside the simulated combat cabin. From the looks of it, he had likely entered a state of deep shock.

Wan Pengcheng and several students carefully moved Liu Tong out of the combat cabin, laid him flat on the ground, and then cleared the blood from his mouth and nose so he wouldn't choke on his own blood.

"Who is this? He got beaten so badly?!"

"It looks like Liu Tong from Class 9. From the looks of it, he's probably doomed."

"How cruel. They're in the same class, why was the hand so ruthless?"

"Looking like this, I bet even his mother wouldn't recognize him."

...

As students continued to gather, Liu Tong's tragic state was photographed by them and posted to the campus groups.

In just a few minutes, the information on Liu Tong's opponent was also dug up.

To everyone's surprise, the one who beat Liu Tong into this miserable state was actually the Class 9 monitor—Yang Bai.

The Law Enforcement Team arrived at Computer Room No. 3. The leader, a Rank 3 God, briefly examined Liu Tong's mental sea.

The team leader's face darkened. He shook his head and said helplessly, "It's no use. This kid is ruined. Not only has he lost his status as a Divine Lord, but he'll likely be a vegetable for several years."

The Divine Realm Core shattered, divine source matter emptied, and the mental sea severely devastated—what a terrifying and brutal act.

The captain could not imagine that such a thing had actually happened in a high school.

"Creak~"

Accompanied by a mechanical sound, Cabin No. 1, which was linked to Cabin No. 2, opened, and Yang Bai sat up from within.

Looking at the layers of law enforcement personnel in front of him and Liu Tong lying on the ground like a corpse, Yang Bai was not surprised.

"Yang Bai, look at what you've done?! That's your classmate! How could you lay such a vicious hand on him!"

"He's only 18 years old, what did he do wrong!!!"

"You really deserve to die!!"

Wu Youfang pushed through the crowd, his face contorted as he rushed over, seemingly wanting to tear Yang Bai to pieces.

The Law Enforcement Team leader stopped Wu Youfang, walked up to Yang Bai, and said coldly, "Did you do this?"

Yang Bai raised his hands and held them out to the leader, saying calmly, "I won't say a single word until my lawyer arrives."

"Cuff him!"

The leader said in a low, angry voice.