As Han Wu initiated the Life Sacrifice, a massive blood-red magic circle appeared above the Divine Realm.

Han Wu retained only 10 million adult locusts to ensure the continuation of the species.

The remaining 2.49 billion locusts were all sacrificed.

In an instant, countless streams of tiny life energy merged into the magic circle, transforming into tokens for Han Wu to exchange for goods.

When the ritual concluded, three options appeared before Han Wu for him to choose from.

These were the products obtained from sacrificing 2.49 billion locusts.

Option one: 10,000 Goblin Warriors, elite life forms.

Option two: Spring of Life, capable of continuously producing life-giving water to nourish life and improve the surrounding environment.

Option three: Level 1 Sacred Artifact: Heart of Detonation, which, when integrated into the Divine Core, has a certain chance to birth Core Followers imbued with explosive power.

Gazing at these three options, Han Wu pondered for five seconds before decisively choosing option three.

The 10,000 Goblin Warriors from option one could indeed resolve the current crisis. However, they were merely disposable items, used once and gone. After overcoming this crisis, how would he handle the next one?

He couldn't possibly risk partial collapse of the Divine Realm to massively spawn and sacrifice troops again.

The current ecological situation of the Divine Realm couldn't support another mass spawning by Han Wu.

Option two, the Spring of Life, was a long-term investment and also a current necessity for Han Wu. But it couldn't help him face the bullying tomorrow, so he had to regretfully abandon it.

As for option three, it was an investment in the Core Followers, with a sustainable effect on them. Whether it could help Han Wu overcome tomorrow's challenge was uncertain.

He could only take a gamble.

After exchanging for the Heart of Detonation, Han Wu directly integrated it into the core.

Instantly, a surge of explosive power spread across all Core Followers.

Han Wu observed that among the remaining 10 million locusts, one in a thousand, or 10,000 locusts, underwent changes on their surface, developing fiery red patterns and doubling in size to ten centimeters long.

He quickly checked the attributes of the transformed locusts.

Follower Name: Self-Detonating Locust.

Follower Level: Elite Creature.

Follower Talent: Self-Detonation.

Faith Level: Fanatic (locusts lack intelligence and obey all commands of the deity).

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Faith Power: 1/10 days.

Reproductive Ability: 30 per cycle.

Life Cycle: 180 days.

Han Wu grabbed a Self-Detonating Locust and ordered it to self-destruct.

With a boom, the Self-Detonating Locust exploded.

The power was roughly equivalent to a large firecracker.

Such power certainly couldn't kill an ordinary dwarf.

But if the numbers were increased, it might work.

Checking the time, it was already 12:03 AM, less than eight hours before school started, which translated to less than four months in Divine Realm time.

Han Wu once again activated the Growth Acceleration ability to promote the reproduction of the Self-Detonating Locusts.

In the blink of an eye, four months passed in the Divine Realm.

As the school bell rang, Han Wu was directly transported to his seat in the classroom.

Looking around, there were 60 classmates in the room, chatting and laughing about the state of their Divine Realms.

At this moment, Han Wu noticed a striking figure walking towards him.

The girl was named Qin Shuang.

She walked up to Han Wu's desk, hands on her hips, with an indescribably arrogant demeanor: "Han Wu, have you thought it over? Become my slave, and I guarantee that no one will dare to bully you until we graduate high school."

Her posture and tone made it seem as if being her slave was a matter of great honor.

Han Wu frowned, "I refuse."

"What!" Qin Shuang's voice was sharp and incredulous.

"Do you know what you're saying? Without my protection, you'll be exploited to death by that group."

Han Wu refused again, "Perhaps the situation is as you say, but I still choose to refuse."

"I, Han Wu, though without power or influence, have my own dignity. I appreciate your offer of protection, but if there's nothing else, please leave."

Qin Shuang snorted angrily, "Han Wu, you'll regret this!"

With that, Qin Shuang stormed back to her seat.

Not long after Qin Shuang left, three boys entered the classroom.

Leading them was Zhang Bin, the school bully who often tormented Han Wu.

Zhang Bin walked straight to Han Wu's desk, "Han Wu, did you bring the 100 Divine Power I asked for?"

The two lackeys following Zhang Bin chimed in, "Hurry up and hand it over, don't make us use force!"

"Hand it over, or we'll smash your Divine Core and you'll never rise again!"

The classmates in the room, instead of stepping in to help, watched the scene with interest.

Han Wu couldn't help but sigh inwardly; the original owner really had poor social connections.

He looked up at Zhang Bin and his cronies, "You want Divine Power? I have none. I have one life, do you want that?"

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