Upon learning of the changes on the battlefield over these three days, Su Ming was somewhat exasperated.
The Abyss side was far too timid.
An Abyssal Sage King with such a personality was actually not conducive to his own development.
Even if it minimized losses for Douluo Star, for Su Ming, it was difficult to find an opportunity to completely take down the Abyss.
Especially since Su Ming had a vague feeling that things wouldn't be so simple.
No matter how cautious the Abyssal Sage King was, he shouldn't be this patient.
Even the reason for his caution was only due to the authority of the God Realm, not because he was powerless against Douluo Star.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Su Ming did not strike at the Abyss again because of the deaths of those Titled Douluos.
Since this was war, one had to be prepared for death.
Su Ming certainly wouldn't claim to be some kind of savior, that he had brought the Abyss here to gain benefits for Douluo Star.
He had known from the very beginning that he had brought the Abyss here for his own cultivation, using Douluo Star and the God Realm to accomplish all this.
Fourth Peak.
The Fourth Peak was now packed with people.
This time, as many as twenty Titled Douluos had applied for the title of War God.
After preliminary screening, of course, only the top figures of the era remained.
Xu Tianran also had the authority to screen. Unless a Spirit Master was exceptionally outstanding, those under his command would refuse their appointment as War God. So even if they went through normal voting channels, these people wouldn't become War Gods.
In the end, only seven slots remained. The Body Sect claimed three: Du Busi, Lei Zhen, and the Eight-Arms Elder. Du Busi was undoubtedly a Limit Douluo. Both Lei Zhen and the Eight-Arms Elder possessed Three-Word Battle Armor forged by Su Ming personally. Their strength was the greatest below the Limit Douluo level; they could be considered the two strongest in the Spirit Master world below Su Ming, Du Busi, and Kong Deming.
Kong Deming's strength should have reached the Limit level. Su Ming knew that with Spirit Metal available, his cultivation of his signature Spirit Tool would only go more smoothly. Moreover, the improvement in materials meant the Limit of Spirit Tools he could fabricate was also expanded. Apart from Su Ming, Kong Deming was definitely at the forefront.
However, since the war began, Kong Deming had yet to truly go all out.
Three slots went to the Body Sect. One came from the Sun Moon Imperial Family: Kong Deming. Next was Jing Hongchen of Mingde Hall. Next was Yan Shaozhe of Shrek Academy. The last slot was given to Tianyang Douluo, who had been an imperial enshrinement of the former Spirit Empire among the three Douluo empires.
The seven turns took being voted on.
The three from the Body Sect all passed. This was an indisputable fact. In terms of strength, if these three were not selected, no other Spirit Master present would be qualified. In terms of Contribution Points, the three were also consistently the highest apart from Su Ming—except for the Battle Armor Association.
There was no helping it. The Battle Armor Association was simply too lucrative. Research-oriented Spirit Engineers like Xuan Ziwen, designing and crafting Battle Armor for others, earned Contribution Points faster than Du Busi.
Of course, that was because Du Busi had never encountered opponents matching his strength.
With a steady supply of Super Douluo-level enemies, his Contribution Point acquisition speed couldn't be slower than Xuan Ziwen's.
Among the remaining, Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen were not approved. Yan Shaozhe and Tianyang Douluo barely passed.
As for the criteria, it was naturally contributions on the front line.
This was also the basis on which the War God Hall was originally established.
Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen had too low a presence on the front line, so they were eliminated. Tianyang Douluo and Yan Shaozhe, conversely, passed.
With five new War Gods added, the War God Hall's prominence instantly surpassed that of the Spirit Transmission Pagoda established by the Spirit Beast clan.
The Body Sect was undoubtedly the number one great sect of the present era. And now, the four strongest members of this sect were all registered War Gods in the War God Hall!
Now, the War God Hall had a total of six War Gods.
Su Ming's objective was thus achieved.
It was at this point that he truly came to this War God Hall.
He stood before Dai Mubai's statue, quietly observing.
Around him, Yan Shaozhe and the other Shrek elders were on edge.
Xu Tianran also rushed over in his wheelchair, watching from a distance, worried that Su Ming might rashly act to destroy the statue.
After all, it was a deity's statue. Destroying it would be offending that deity.
Especially since this Dai Mubai was the War God, coincidentally fitting the War God Hall's name so perfectly.
If the War God were angry, Su Ming might be fine,but his War God Hall might not survive.
In the God Realm, Dai Mubai was also extremely nervous.
Logically, as a Second-Class God, he shouldn't be worried about Su Ming.
But the fact was that Su Ming's strength was probably not inferior to him.
As Lord of the Plane within Douluo Star, his strength could indeed reach the level of a Second-Class God.
As for the notion that having an additional divine seat should make him somewhat stronger, Dai Mubai directly ignored it. He lacked that confidence.
There were always some people in the world capable of cross-level fighting.
Outside the War God Hall.
Su Ming gazed at the War God statue for a long time, then asked the Shrek Academy members who had built it, "Is he also considered a War God? What rank would he be?"
This question left Yan Shaozhe baffled.
His mind couldn't process it for a moment.
It wasn't just Yan Shaozhe. Xu Tianran, Tianyang Douluo, and even Du Busi and the other Body Sect members were equally confused.
The scene was silent for a long time before some gradually understood Su Ming's meaning.
He wanted to count Dai Mubai among the War Gods of the War God Hall.
You call yourself War God? Fine, I'll give you face and let you join the War God Hall.
Uh...
It made sense.
The corner of Xu Tianran's mouth twitched. He looked at Yan Shaozhe, waiting to see how he would respond.
After some thought, Yan Shaozhe said, "Naturally, he should be the First War God. Are you going to fight the War God to decide who is the First War God?"
Su Ming smiled.
This Yan Shaozhe was still too low-level. He had no idea of the consequences of his words.
In the God Realm, Dai Mubai's expression drastically changed.
Tang San, who was also watching, had his expression darken.
Damn it, how could he casually say something like that?
If the War God was also considered a member of the War God Hall, then who would the War God Hall's faith belong to?
Since when did a deity belong to an organization under his command? Ten thousand years ago, the Angel God had always been above the Spirit Hall; he didn't belong to it. Rather, the Spirit Hall belonged to him. The same was true for Sea God Island.
However, these words had been spoken by Yan Shaozhe. Once uttered, Su Ming seized on the flaw.
"The First War God, is it? I can give up that position. But he must make due contributions. After all, the War God Hall's evaluation standard has always been contribution to this war."
A flash of anger crossed Yan Shaozhe's face.
"You know full well the God Realm publicly declared it would not participate in this war!"
Meaning, as a deity, the War God simply could not participate in the war.
Su Ming said calmly, "Let the deity grant divine trials, then. Not asking him to give up his divine seat, but at least every War God in our War God Hall should get a Black-Level Five Trial, right? The rewards of a Black-Level Five Trial, at the very least, would increase each Spirit Ring by ten thousand years. That would count as contribution to the war."
It was at this moment that Yan Shaozhe finally saw Su Ming's fangs.
Little did he know, this was just the prelude.
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