Rise of the Zerg in the World of Gods

"Xu Luo..." Xiang Xun gritted his teeth as he walked.

His face was contorted. This defeat made him feel awful, not just because he lost over a hundred million faith power, but more importantly, he felt that others were looking at him strangely.

Everyone seemed to be laughing at him.

Walking from the school to the playground, he felt that even the two people whispering nearby were discussing him behind his back, silently mocking him.

He had originally intended to defeat Xu Luo, damage his reputation, and tell everyone that he had beaten the New Student Champion, proving that he was the true number one.

But he never expected this defeat would plunge him into an even deeper abyss.

Even the Burrowing Drake, in which he had placed such high hopes, was killed by Xu Luo.

No one had imagined that someone from an ordinary family would have a Silver-tier Lord-level creature. He had hidden his strength too well.

Now, not only had Xiang Xun failed to achieve his goal, but he had become the laughingstock of everyone.

At this moment, he finally understood why Xiang Yang's goblins were wiped out in the early stages.

Even if Xu Luo's species weren't as numerous as now at the beginning, having a powerful Lord-level creature was enough to disregard most other species.

"You'll regret this, Xu Luo. You'll definitely regret this!" Xiang Xun said through gritted teeth as he hurriedly left the school.

He couldn't bear to stay any longer.

Moreover, the complete annihilation of his combat units was too big to conceal. He needed to go back and tell his father, not knowing how the family would punish him.

"It's actually..." In the principal's office, Zhong Tianyue was momentarily speechless.

He had originally chosen to watch because he received a notification about a combat mode battle, but he never expected to see a Silver Lord battle between two first-year high school students.

"I didn't expect you to hide your strength so deeply!" Zhong Tianyue knew Xu Luo had concealed his power. Initially, seeing him display two unit types with 10,000 each, 5,000 more than during the assessment, plus a new unit type, he thought that was the hidden strength. Having 25,000 troops at the novice stage, with fairly strong units, was already terrifying.

He never expected a Silver Lord to appear at the end.

"With this strength, getting a seed qualification might be a bit of a stretch, but his mutated species has great potential. Using this to persuade the school leadership would be quite convincing!"

At least when he proposed the seed qualification, others rejected it on the grounds of not knowing if his species could reach Silver tier.

But now that a Silver Lord had appeared, this argument no longer held water.

He had high hopes for Xu Luo as a student.

Although he seemed harmless, he had quietly taken the path of an invader, eliminating so many alien novices while still a beginner himself. This was extremely valuable.

How many alien Divine Realms would he destroy when he grew stronger?

In Zhong Tianyue's view, compared to those mediocre Gods built up purely by resources, who had never dealt with aliens, this little guy who had destroyed seventeen alien Divine Realms as a novice had contributed far more.

In today's human society, facing alien oppression, there were three schools of thought:

One was neutrality, self-development. If others didn't provoke them, they wouldn't provoke others, but if the other side went too far, they wouldn't be polite.

Another was appeasement, coexisting peacefully with aliens, maintaining good relations so they wouldn't maliciously invade.

The third was the war hawks. Rather than passively taking hits, they preferred to take the initiative, subduing any aliens who dared to show themselves nearby, so no one would dare provoke them.

Even if they couldn't win, they wanted the other side to know they had fighting spirit. If the enemy wanted to devour them, they'd have to consider whether they might lose a chunk of flesh in the process.

Among these, Zhong Tianyue was a war hawk.

He became principal here because he had destroyed many alien Divine Realms on the human frontlines in the World of Gods. His reputation became too big, so the higher-ups had to let him lie low for a while, both to recuperate and to let the aliens forget about him.

So instinctively, he admired Xu Luo, who, despite his ordinary background, dared to invade alien realms for resources.

Especially the fact that he actively avoided humans made Zhong Tianyue admire him more.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken such good care of him.

"Letting this kid be a seed candidate, he won't end up in the same situation as me, will he?" Zhong Tianyue suddenly hesitated. Given that kid's personality, it was quite possible!

Thinking of this, he laughed silently, really looking forward to seeing some people up there with headaches.

***

In the combat arena.

Although Xiang Xun had left, the arena was still silent. Everyone was stunned, watching Xu Luo clean up the battlefield, devouring all the Dragon Blood Warrior and Burrowing Drake corpses.

This was such an insane thing to do!

More importantly, the Burrowing Drake, worth tens of millions of faith power, had just appeared and was immediately killed by Xu Luo, with not even bones remaining.

They had just wanted to watch a good show.

Although Xu Luo had no grudge against them, the fact that someone from an ordinary background had surpassed all these second-generation rich kids made everyone unhappy, even if they didn't say it out loud.

They came to watch, not without hope of seeing Xiang Xun help them vent some frustration, maybe make Xu Luo lose face or something.

But what was this situation now?

A Silver Lord battle, Xiang Xun suffering a crushing defeat, and retreating with such heavy losses.

One Burrowing Drake, two thousand Dragon Blood Warrior regulars.

More importantly, two thousand sets of armor and weapons!

All of these were money!

And now they had all become Xu Luo's spoils of war.

When Xu Luo came out of the game pod, he didn't see Xiang Xun, but he didn't mind. This time, he had made a huge profit. Not seeing Xiang Xun was fine; he didn't have to see his sour face.

Just thinking about his gains made him feel delighted. After greeting the others, he directly left the combat arena, not caring about their discussions behind his back.

Although Xiang Xun came from a big family, Xu Luo wasn't worried at all about him using the Xiang family's power to directly act against him.

The Federation wasn't useless.

As a student, he was protected by the Education Department, one of the Federation's Big Six. The other side could at most cause trouble for him within the rules, putting some obstacles in his way. With his parents not around, he wasn't afraid of his relatives being pressured.

Xu Luo actually hoped the Xiang family would pressure his parents, so he could see how terrifying the Military Department's power was.

However, unless the Xiang family lost their minds, they naturally wouldn't do such a thing.

Now, at most, they might have people from the Xiang family or forces affiliated with them in the novice Divine Realm cause trouble for Xu Luo or attack him.

But he didn't care about this at all.

If they were weak, he could handle them himself. If they were strong, his Divine Realm's defenses weren't open, and it wouldn't be easy for them to break through forcefully. Moreover, if he reported it, was the Federation law prohibiting humans from invading each other just for show?

Although it was usually just for show, if someone actually reported it, it wouldn't be anymore.

It's just that usually, everyone tacitly ignored

it.