After the Wood Elves had plundered the resources and made a calm retreat from Li Boyang's Divine Realm, they passed through the Divine War Space. There, they even met Elf Queen An Nobel.
Previously, when Elf Queen An Nobel saw the Wood Elves light the victory signal, she knew they had won. As they had arranged, she then took the initiative to lead the remaining Wood Elves to the Divine War Space to clean up the battlefield.
When Elf Queen An Nobel arrived on the battlefield with her contingent of Wood Elves, she found that the first group had already departed. Knowing time was short, she didn't dwell on it. Instead, she had her Wood Elves begin collecting the spoils of war and search for anything their great Elf God might want.
Since Legion Commander Feiyana had led most of the Wood Elves and Natural Elves to participate in the Divine War, the remaining Wood Elves were few in number and slow to clean up the battlefield. Just as this last group finished cleaning and prepared to return to the Divine Realm, they happened to run into the main Wood Elf army on its way back. The two groups joined forces and returned to the Divine Realm together.
After ten hours had passed in the Divine War Space, the Divine War was over.
According to the rules, not only did Zhang Yi receive the two Divine Domain Cards he and Li Boyang had wagered, but he also took a considerable amount of valuable resources from Li Boyang's Divine Realm. Of course, the most precious prize of all was the Well of Life.
Zhang Yi's and Li Boyang's consciousnesses returned to their school, the location of the Subspace. After exiting their Divine Realms, they reappeared simultaneously in the school's multimedia hall.
From the audience below the stage, waves of cheers erupted, but they were mixed with sounds of mockery. Hearing the jeers, Li Boyang's already grim expression became even darker.
The most humiliating part was that he had to hand over the two Divine Domain Cards to Zhang Yi in front of so many students and teachers. He could refuse, but the binding from the Blue Star Will was still locked firmly onto his Divine Soul. If he truly defied the agreement established by the Blue Star Will, spending the rest of his life as a vegetable would be considered a light punishment.
Li Boyang stood on the stage, listening to the mixture of cheers for Zhang Yi and jeers for himself. He shuffled reluctantly over to Zhang Yi and held out the two Divine Domain Cards.
Zhang Yi took them without ceremony. After confirming that the two cards in his hand were indeed the Four-star Divine Domain Card, Bloodline Evolution Pool, and the two-star Divine Domain Card, Precise Javelin, he said nothing more and prepared to leave the stage.
But at that moment, the principal and his entourage, who had been sitting in the front row, suddenly stood up.
"You must be Zhang Yi," Principal Tang Weihua began. "After watching that Divine War, it's clear to us that our Golden City No.1 Middle School truly produces a wealth of talent! Seeing your performance today reminds me of myself back in the day!"
The principal paused for a moment before continuing, "Keep up the good work! Prepare for the end-of-term True Divine Realm assessment! I have high hopes for you!"
With that, the principal left, taking the various grade-level deans with him. The other teachers who had remained seated in the multimedia hall also stood up and followed the principal out.
"Holy shit!" Sima Yuan exclaimed as he rushed up to Zhang Yi. "You were absolutely insane today!
"Not only did you wipe out Li Boyang's Clan in one fell swoop, but you also openly plundered the Five-Star Well of Life from his Divine Realm!
"You have no idea, when the broadcast showed Li Boyang playing the victim, I almost thought you were going to get canceled by the online mob! Luckily, your homeroom teacher, Guo Aiqing, cleared things up for you just in time, which calmed public opinion! Otherwise, even though you won the Divine War today, your reputation throughout the school would've been ruined. Not like now, where you've gained both fame and fortune!"
The principal, the deans, and their homeroom teacher had all left. Sima Yuan, who had been bursting with things to say in the audience, finally had his chance and started chattering away. Zhang Yi listened to his friend's rambling but didn't find it annoying. He just felt that this was the purest form of friendship from their school days.
However, when Zhang Yi learned from Sima Yuan that Li Boyang had actually tried to win sympathy by playing the victim, he found it truly laughable. Back then, all Zhang Yi had seen was Li Boyang's loathsome expression.
Didn't the people who sympathized with him know that a pitiful person always has a detestable side?!
Zhang Yi shook his head. His wariness toward Li Boyang only grew.
To be honest, not pulling out the weeds by the roots wasn't the outcome I wanted. But I couldn't just openly issue an Oracle in front of the entire school and order my Clan to destroy the heart of Li Boyang's Divine Realm!
The heart of a Divine Realm is its most precious component. Once the heart is destroyed, the Divine Realm born within the Subspace will immediately shatter.
When students like Zhang Yi, and all other eligible citizens of the Blue Star Federation, first awakened their Subspace Divine Realms, the Federation provided their initial Divine Realm heart for free. If the heart of a Divine Realm is destroyed by an enemy in a Divine War, the defeated party will lose their Divine Realm. In an age where everyone is a Divine Being, losing one's Divine Realm is undoubtedly a far worse fate than being blinded or disfigured.
If they want to rebuild their Divine Realm, they can only do so by purchasing a new heart from the Blue Star Federation. And the heart of a Divine Realm is, without a doubt, a controlled item. As far as Zhang Yi knew, the only place to officially obtain one was from the Blue Star Federation's military. Whether there were other places to get one, he didn't know.
But after thinking it all through, Zhang Yi concluded that he would simply have to be more careful around Li Boyang.
If I get the chance, I won't hesitate to be ruthless!
"Let's go," Zhang Yi said. "We've finished watching the Divine Realm broadcast, and the whole morning is gone. We just have two more classes this afternoon before school lets out."
"Instead of focusing on me, you should worry about your own Divine Realm. The end-of-month assessment is coming up, after all! It's only a little over half a month away!"
Watching Sima Yuan chatter on and on, Zhang Yi suddenly felt that this, too, was a kind of Talent.
"You have a point!" Sima Yuan said with a serious expression. "After seeing how your Clan performed in your Divine Realm today, I bet a lot of the students who came to the multimedia hall just looking for some entertainment are now feeling the pressure! They'll definitely go home and focus on cultivating their Clans over the next few days. I can't fall behind!
"Right? After all, we have to get into the advanced class together!"
Sima Yuan pumped his fist, his face full of confidence.
His good mood was infectious, and the negative feelings from the battle with Li Boyang were swept away. Instead, Zhang Yi began to think.
The time to load a new Divine Domain Card this month is almost here. Which one should I choose to load this month?