Chapter 27: Results of the Grand Competition

The greatest influence in a Divine Kingdom War is the formation; when high-ranking gods launch such a war, they may have billions or even tens of billions of believers forming a massive array.

The difficulty of arrays far exceeds that of cultivation techniques or martial skills. At least for now, no one else in the entire third year of high school has practiced the Myriad Spirits Return to Origin Array to the Minor Accomplishment stage.

Li Yuan, an elder of the Li Family, lightly tapped the arm of his seat and turned to ask, "Teacher Li Qingying, this is a student from your class, right?"

A Myriad Spirits Return to Origin Array at the Minor Accomplishment stage was already enough to catch the attention of the two great families.

Li Qingying was no less shocked than anyone else, but at this moment, she still maintained an air of nonchalance as if it were to be expected.

"Yang Fan is indeed a promising seed. It is within reason that he could comprehend the Myriad Spirits Return to Origin Array to the Minor Accomplishment stage."

Seeing the puzzled looks on everyone's faces, Li Qingying continued to explain, "Two months ago, I organized a prosperity assessment. His rating was 22.4. You must know this child comes from an ordinary family background; his largest source of funding was a 5 million Faith Point loan from the Federal Fund."

Hearing this, everyone came to a sudden realization.

"The Actuary talent!"

"So that's it. Actuaries are generally people with transcendent comprehension. This boy must have relied on his own efforts to grasp the essence of the Myriad Spirits Return to Origin Array and then taught it to his believers." A strange light flickered in Luo Chengfeng's eyes.

With such comprehension and the Actuary talent, if he could receive investment, the probability of him becoming a low-rank god would not be low.

Even for great families like the Luo Family and the Li Family, a god is an extremely important foundation.

Looking at the expressions of Li Yuan and Luo Chengfeng, the faces of everyone else showed a hint of regret.

Wan Sanqian was already optimistic about Yang Fan, but now the boy's performance was too good. If the two great families stepped in, his Zhongyuan Mansion would have no part in it.

"Once the competition is over, I'll still try my best to fight for him," Wan Sanqian sighed inwardly.

As Yang Fan's teacher, the corner of Li Qingying's mouth couldn't help but curl into a smile. "I misjudged you. Although your Divine Kingdom talent is average, I didn't expect you yourself to have such comprehension."

Yang Fan, who was currently commanding the encirclement of the demonic beasts, had no idea he had been scouted by big shots. At this moment, looking at the beast corpses covering the ground, he could only marvel, "These Faith Points are far too easy to earn."

As the Azure Dragon Army and the White Tiger Army closed the encirclement, the victory was achieved at the cost of only five hundred soldiers.

Three thousand Rank 1 demonic beasts; once the assessment ended, they could be exchanged for an additional 300,000 Faith Points.

As for the losses, they were essentially negligible. Intense training was currently underway within his Divine Kingdom. With a thought, Yang Fan mobilized another five hundred adult males to replenish the ranks.

"Next, the five armies will converge and push deeper," Yang Fan issued a divine oracle.

If he had an army of fifty thousand just now, he could have easily annihilated that small beast pack.

The deeper they went, the stronger the quantity and quality of the demonic beasts encountered became; there was absolutely no need for a wide-area search.

The assessment time was already half over; he had to speed up his progress.

As expected of a Divine Kingdom qualified to be conquered by a god, the area was ridiculously large. All the students from the entire third year were in this Divine Kingdom, yet after so long, not a single trace of another human had been found.

During this period, Yang Fan's army experienced over a hundred battles with beast packs of various sizes. The most brutal encounter was with eight thousand Gale Wolves, led by a Rank 2 Gale Wolf King.

In that battle, nearly fifteen thousand of Yang Fan's believers died, and even a general who was a Rank 1 being perished.

Yang Fan had long since become numb to this. Although these people were his believers, watching them reproduce generation after generation made it impossible for him to truly regard them as humans like himself.

A merciful god cannot walk the path of a War Divine Kingdom. If one truly cannot bear the death of believers, it would be better to just farm like Zhang Pang.

Fortunately, Yang Fan's Divine Kingdom had a tenfold time acceleration. Even if the army suffered such heavy losses, the troops could be replenished in time, and the overall strength did not drop significantly.

Three more days passed in real-world time. Within the Divine Kingdom, Yang Fan's army of fifty thousand now had only twenty thousand remaining, and every one of them was wounded and weary.

As they pushed into the heartland, the demonic beasts Yang Fan encountered became stronger, and the size of the packs increased geometrically. Even the packs they met were often led by two or three Rank 2 demonic beasts.

Under the massive gap in basic strength, even with the support of the Myriad Spirits Return to Origin Array, the army's casualties grew larger and larger—so large that the replenishment of soldiers within Yang Fan's Divine Kingdom began to fall short.

Facing such a situation, Yang Fan had no choice but to stop his advance and withdraw his troops a thousand miles outward.

His strength was insufficient; continuing deeper would only accelerate the loss of believers. After a few more battles, he would have to end his competition early.

In that case, it was better to find areas with lower demonic beast density for steady hunting. Only then could he obtain more points.

The assessment time flew by, and the third-year students still participating in the battle simultaneously heard Principal Hong Bing's voice.

"The assessment is over. Come out."

Yang Fan felt a repulsive force. The remaining twenty to thirty thousand believers were instantly teleported back to his Divine Kingdom, while his consciousness returned to his physical body at the same time.

"1st Place: Luo Bing, 434,000,000 points.

2nd Place: Li Tianheng, 97,000,000 points.

…"

"43rd Place: Li Shuhao, 45,000,000 points.

…"

"64th Place: Yang Fan, 38,000,000 points.

…"

"463rd Place: Wang Zhen宇, 2,070,000 points.

…"

Climbing out of the nutrient pod, Yang Fan looked at the leaderboard in the center of the playground with a somewhat surprised expression.

"64th place. This result is actually beyond my expectations. It seems those children from great families aren't as strong as I imagined. As expected of an SSS-rank Talent." The corner of Yang Fan's mouth curled into a smile.

Being able to enter the top one hundred, even in Class 1 of the third year, was considered being among the best. Yang Fan was naturally satisfied with such a result.

Yang Fan could feel that many eyes were currently fixed on him. Aside from the surrounding classmates, many big shots on the high platform were also scrutinizing him.

"Not bad. I didn't expect this kid's Divine Kingdom to have such a foundation. Adding it all up, the total number of troops he deployed for this assessment must have exceeded 200,000." Wan Sanqian took a deep breath.

"Based on this estimation, the total population of his Divine Kingdom is at least 500,000 to 1,000,000."

For a god, this population was nothing. However, Yang Fan's Divine Kingdom had only been awakened for three months, making this result quite eye-catching.

"However, his tactical arrangements were still too poor. If he had deployed all 200,000 troops from the start, he could have pushed forward at least another two thousand kilometers."

"He is a young man after all, and it's his first time participating in a Divine Kingdom War. It's normal for him not to dare to risk everything on a single throw."

"With this kid's comprehension and the development speed of his Divine Kingdom, if he's willing to join my Zhongyuan Mansion, I'm willing to give him a Vice President position once he breaks through to become a god."

Many big shots on the high platform chatted casually, but their gazes drifted toward Li Yuan and Luo Chengfeng from time to time.

Compared to great families like the Luo and Li families, the companies they represented were far inferior.

Every year, when investing in students of Yang County No. 1 Middle School, the Luo and Li families would pick away the most potential-filled geniuses, while other forces could only have the leftovers.

"This boy Yang Fan, my Li family will fight for him," Li Yuan stated plainly.

"My Luo Family will do the same. We'll see who has the better offer when the time comes," Luo Chengfeng echoed.

Recruiting geniuses was not a matter of forced buying or selling. Under the protection of Federal Law, even powers as strong as the Luo and Li families had to rely on excellent contracts to make geniuses willingly accept their recruitment.