The People's God: Sacrificing Trillions to Ascend-Chapter 570 - Clamorous

Under the intense pressure, Han Wu’s entire body compressed, sweat pouring from his taut muscles. His consciousness wavered, and he could faint at any moment under the strain on his soul. Still, he endured. His instincts told him that something good would happen if he persisted.

He stood motionless for ten entire minutes before sensing a gradual improvement. He was slowly adapting to the new environment, and his soul was much brighter now. A pool of sweat had already formed beneath him. A bitter smile touched his lips, as this was the first time he had been reduced to such a disheveled state since becoming a God.

Han Wu slowly raised his arm and used one of Life’s Skills to release some power to soothe his muscles. His physical fatigue vanished at once, but the weariness of his spirit remained. Thankfully, his spirit was strong, especially after he absorbed the World Shadow Demon’s core. Even if it were forced out of his body, it would be as strong as an Earthsunder life form.

Once movement became possible, he started doing certain exercises to accelerate his acclimation. He slowly lifted his leg centimeter by centimeter and found that even this simple motion demanded a great deal of time and energy. Even so, he endured.

After three hours, he could finally walk at a crawl, slower than an eighty-year-old man. After ten hours, his steps regained a normal pace. Two days later, he could run without difficulty, completing a series of acrobatic movements. By the fifth day, he had fully adapted to the new environment.

Despite the constant pressure, he could now fight normally. When he achieved this, another portal appeared in front of him. Han Wu understood that the Heaven Stair was asking him to go to the next platform. However, he ignored it and headed deeper into the forest.

For the trees to grow even under such intense pressure, they had to be unique. He rapped his knuckles against one of the trunks. Instead of the dull thud of wood, a crisp metallic ring echoed back.

Han Wu confirmed that the wood there was denser than most metals. If he used it to forge weapons, it would offer exceptional durability.

He started chopping down the trees with his hands and arms, then slowly chiseled the logs into the shape he desired. Soon, the huge forest was cleared, revealing a wooden hut at its center. The hut was dilapidated, and a rancid stench seeped from within.

Han Wu pinched his nose. He could tell that this was the two orcs’ dwelling. Leaving without taking anything would violate his principles. He endured the stench and searched around until he found a cracked axe and a pot filled with leftover food.

The axe was most likely the tool the orcs used to cut down the trees. Though damaged, it felt comfortable in his grip. At the same time, he realized that it had to be forged from a metal harder than the surrounding wood to have cut through those trunks.

What if he used it to cut down enemies instead? The cracks along the axe’s blade could tear through flesh even more easily than through logs. As for the pot, Han Wu was surprised to discover that it was fashioned from high-quality metal. It was definitely a rare material that would fetch a high price, yet the two orcs had wasted it by turning it into a pot.

It was outrageous, so Han Wu confiscated it to punish them.

After he finished collecting those items, there wasn’t much left inside the wooden hut, but he remained meticulous. Since he had taken everything inside, he started tearing down the hut to take the wood away. He chopped it apart with the axe and stored everything inside his divine realm, leaving only a pile of trash where the hut had once stood.

Once done, he entered the portal to the next floor. He had barely left when the two orcs climbed up from below. Upon entering their territory, they reverted to their five-meter forms, their appearances noticeably simpler now.

Exhausted from all the slaughter they had carried out, the two orcs only wanted to rest in their wooden hut. They were about to head back home when they realized the forest and their house were gone! All that remained was a pile of trash!

The two orcs erupted in furious howls that shook the air. Their horrible shrieks echoed across several floors.

At that moment, Han Wu stood on the fifty-second floor and caught the orcs’ cries carried upward by the wind below. “What a clamorous wind today.”

The fifty-second floor was special. Before him stretched a wall of water. He studied it with curiosity. Every level was different, and each one presented an unknown challenge.

Han Wu tentatively extended his arm and soon found what made this floor special. The moment his arm entered the water, a powerful sensation of drowning seized him. His strength drained away as though all the air in his body had been forcibly squeezed out. He couldn’t breathe at all. He had only immersed an arm, and it felt as if he were drowning. His nose and mouth were still outside! Would he actually die if he submerged his entire body?

Han Wu was worried, but he continued to inch forward carefully. When he was half-submerged, the sensation of drowning nearly caused him to lose consciousness. He had to control his organs to rapidly absorb oxygen to stay alive.

As with the fifty-first floor, he needed time to get used to this floor.

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Back in Han Wu’s divine realm, Xu Hai studied the Death Tower with focused attention, awe filling his expression. With his Eyes of Wisdom, he saw a new floor being added to the tower. At first, he assumed that it was a hallucination, but after counting it a few times, he confirmed that an additional level truly existed.

He sighed with relief. “Seems that Han Wu is doing well in there.”

Suddenly, he felt a strange presence locking onto him. The presence came from nowhere.

“Who’s there?” Xu Hai barked.

A small gate opened in the space, and a gift box tumbled out. The gate then closed.

Xu Hai was confused and wary as he used his Eyes of Wisdom to examine the box. To his surprise, it contained a complete Law and a note.

Laws were resources that God Kings and World life forms used to nurture their Microcosms. One usually only obtained a single Law by destroying a mid-sized civilization or greater.

After confirming that it was indeed a Law, Xu Hai read the note. “Esteemed World expert, your representative performed well during the Heaven Stair Challenge. We present this gift to encourage them to strive even harder.”

Xu Hai quickly searched for more information about the Heaven Stair Challenge. After reading through the available records, he realized that Han Wu had somehow entered the Heaven Stair Challenge, and it was most likely his mistake.

“I never thought I would still be receiving something thanks to my student,” he muttered.