NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 46: Attack from Below
"Remember, you're just ordinary hunters, players on the invasion path. You have no connection to the Xiang family," a stern young man casually instructed five men below the high platform in a resplendent golden hall.
"No matter the outcome of your mission, I'll compensate for any losses in your Divine Realms."
"Yes, Young Master!" The five men at the base of the platform were in awe, gazing at the Young Master seated on the divine throne, his face shrouded in golden light.
"We will certainly complete the mission!"
At this moment, regardless of their true thoughts, their faces naturally showed utmost loyalty!
As members of the Xiang family, their status was equivalent to house-born servants. From birth, their fates were not in their own hands.
Just like now, at the main family's word, they had to risk the Divine Realms they had painstakingly developed for years.
No matter how this mission turned out, they couldn't escape the Education Department's reckoning afterward.
On the surface, they had no connection to the Xiang family.
Xiang Wang watched impassively as the group left his Divine Realm, his expression unchanging.
They were just house-born servants; their loss was inconsequential.
If not for his family's order to stand up for his cousin and demonstrate the Xiang family's authority to other families, he wouldn't have given a mere first-year student a second thought.
Now, the most important thing for him was the upcoming global university league. If he could achieve excellent results in this competition, his life would change completely.
In Tianhai City, the Xiang family was a behemoth, but on a global scale, in the entire human federation, the Xiang family didn't count for much.
Initially, the Xiang family was a huge help to him, but now in university, while not entirely insignificant, their assistance was limited in many areas. If not for the family's dragon's blood incense tree, they would be of little help to him.
Now in his third year of university, Xiang Wang had only one last chance at the university league, so he needed to give it his all.
Xu Luo, just about to enter the Divine Realm capital, suddenly received an alert from his Divine Realm. Before he could respond, the sky of his Divine Realm was torn open, and the next moment, five battle formations appeared on his Divine Realm's land.
"Is this the kid who dared to bully Young Master Xiang Xun?" The lead youth among the five sneered.
"Nothing special. No unique terrain or rare resources in this Divine Realm. With just this, he dares to provoke someone he can't afford to offend?"
Although they were servants of the Xiang family, they had received the family's support and had much more insight than ordinary people.
In their view, without precious species, terrain, or resources, this Divine Realm had no potential to speak of.
Even with his Divine Realm breached, Xu Luo's expression didn't change much.
Having just evolved the Earth Dragon Zerg, this was a perfect opportunity to test their combat power.
Without alerting the intruders, under Xu Luo's command, Earth Dragon Zerg silently burrowed underground.
"Something's not right. We've entered, but there's still no reaction from him?"
All five had deployed their avatars, deciding direct on-site command was safer as a precaution.
But now they had invaded the opponent's Divine Realm without encountering any resistance, which was quite unexpected.
"Something's off. Everyone be careful!" The lead youth quickly warned the others, while also ordering his units into defensive positions.
"Understood!"
"Don't worry, boss!"
The others responded, though their expressions were actually nonchalant.
Their Divine Realms had developed for six years. Although they didn't have much resource support and had to contribute a certain amount of faith power to the main family after entering university, six years was still incomparable to a newcomer who had only established his Divine Realm a few months ago.
They might fear the direct descendants of other major families, but a commoner without resource support? How far could he have developed his Divine Realm?
Not to mention, the Divine Realm's perimeter had no defenses at all, easily breached by them. How could someone like this have any development?
What they didn't know was that underground, many figures were quietly approaching, silently surrounding them.
"Don't be careless. We need to do this job cleanly. Destroy this Divine Realm as quickly as possible, plunder some resources, and run."
The lead youth was still instructing.
They had been handling such dirty work for the younger generation of the Xiang family for a while and were experienced. He was just being cautious, not really taking the matter too seriously himself.
"They're quite confident indeed!" Xu Luo's consciousness could control the entire situation, with nothing in his Divine Realm escaping his perception.
Seeing the five not even sending scouts to reconnoiter, but instead closing in layer by layer, he couldn't help but sneer.
This was absolute confidence in themselves, not taking him seriously at all!
However, the more they acted like this, the better it was for him. It also indirectly demonstrated their strength.
Their confidence came from their power.
The five battle formations carried by the five people didn't have too many units, about 10,000 in total, with each person bringing about 2,000 elite units.
Their purpose was obvious.
Quick action, then immediate departure.
They were also afraid Xu Luo might notify the Education Department.
The Education Department took the protection of newcomers very seriously. If they knew about the invasion of a first-year student, their God qualifications would be revoked, and they'd be expelled from the Divine Realm University.
With each of the five having a Silver tier creature, they didn't believe they couldn't handle a newcomer.
This configuration could even deal with the direct descendants of opposing major families.
However, just as they were approaching the central core of the Divine Realm layer by layer with their units, suddenly, one of the youths stopped.
"Something's not right. There's movement."
He said, listening carefully to the surroundings.
At this moment, some of the units among the five began to stir restlessly, though they didn't know the source of this unease.
"There's movement, but I can't tell where it's coming from," the youth said disappointedly after a while.
"Underground! Scatter!" Suddenly, the lead youth shouted, hurriedly warning the others to disperse.
Unfortunately, it was too late!
