A Courtroom Confrontation

 At this point, Xu Luo had to consider the progress of the intruder. Unless he didn't advance his insect species, consumption was unavoidable. Since his Divine Realm had no resources, the only way to collect evolution points was by consuming the land, which would gradually reduce the Divine Realm's area and make it unsustainable.

Moreover, due to the scarcity of resources, the collection speed was very slow.

If he were as wealthy as Xiangyang, he wouldn't have to worry. He could simply buy various resource cards to build his Divine Realm. However, he came from an ordinary family with no extra money to buy resource cards. The only way was to plunder!

Since he hadn't carried out any plundering yet, Xu Luo temporarily didn't advance his species. He would do so when necessary. For now, he focused on storing evolution points.

The next day, Xu Luo woke up, ate some barely palatable toothpaste-like nutritional paste, and checked the development of his Divine Realm. Seeing the relentless efforts of the mayflies, he had accumulated some evolution points. With continued accumulation, he would grow stronger.

After checking the changes in his Divine Realm, Xu Luo boarded the city rail train to school.

As usual, the homeroom teacher, Zhang Jianming, was explaining the development methods of the Divine Realm to the students.

These were valuable experiences passed down from generations of human predecessors. Alien civilizations would not share such information.

How to harvest faith, how to cultivate one's follower species more efficiently, and how to enrich the species in the Divine Realm—all these were subjects of study, not something that could be developed haphazardly.

Xu Luo listened intently. Although the insect species didn't require diverse species and other creatures would only become their food, learning how to build the Divine Realm efficiently was still very useful to him.

However, midway through the lesson, a tall, thin middle-aged man appeared at the classroom door.

"Teacher Zhang, can you come out for a moment?"

The middle-aged man had a blank expression, showing no emotion.

Although Zhang Jianming was puzzled, he told the class to read their books before stepping out.

A while later, Zhang Jianming returned with an unpleasant expression.

"Xu Luo, come out with me."

Xu Luo's expression changed, but he followed.

At that moment, the classmates were all talking among themselves. Although they didn't know what had happened, judging by the homeroom teacher's expression, it wasn't anything good.

Outside the classroom, Zhang Jianming couldn't help but glance at Xu Luo.

"I heard you invaded Xiangyang's Divine Realm and killed his goblins?"

When Zhang Jianming heard this news, he thought he was dreaming!

"Teacher Zhang, to clarify, he invaded my Divine Realm first, and I only fought back."

"Hiss! So it's true!"

Zhang Jianming still couldn't believe it. Wasn't Xu Luo's initial species the weakest, the crawlers? Although goblins weren't the strongest, compared to crawlers, the difference was significant!

In the classroom, a student sitting by the door overheard their conversation.

"What? Xu Luo killed Xiangyang's goblins? No way!"

"Is it true? Xu Luo's species is just crawlers, right? How could he kill Xiangyang's goblins?"

The classmates were just as incredulous as Zhang Jianming, unable to believe it.

"Come with me to the Dean's office first!"

Zhang Jianming sighed. He was just an ordinary teacher, but fortunately, he had already sent a message to the principal, hoping it wasn't too late.

 Dean's Office

"You are Xu Luo?"

The tall, thin middle-aged man who had called Zhang Jianming out earlier was the dean, Zhao Yiming. He was also Xiangyang's uncle by marriage.

"Outrageous! Don't you know that students are not allowed to invade each other's Divine Realms?"

Not allowed to invade each other's realms?

Xu Luo sneered. Knowing Zhao Yiming was Xiangyang's uncle, he found his words laughable.

No matter how righteous his words sounded, they couldn't hide his bias.

"Xiangyang invaded my Divine Realm first. I only fought back out of necessity."

Xu Luo responded calmly.

Knowing the dean's relationship with Xiangyang, Xu Luo knew what to expect. The other party came looking for trouble with him.

"Is that so?"

Hearing Xu Luo's words, Zhang Jianming's expression changed as he looked at Xiangyang.

"Xiangyang, is this true?"

"Huh?"

Xiangyang, who was hoping to see Xu Luo punished, was suddenly put on the spot by Zhang Jianming and was momentarily speechless.

"Alright, you don't need to say anything."

Seeing his reaction, Zhang Jianming knew Xu Luo was telling the truth.

"Dean Zhao, according to school rules, Xu Luo was forced to defend himself. Even if he destroyed Xiangyang's Divine Realm, it would be considered self-defense. I think we should end this here, or Xiangyang could be punished for invading a classmate's Divine Realm!"

"Are you teaching me how to do my job?"

Zhao Yiming frowned, looking at Zhang Jianming with displeasure.

As a member of the Xiang family, his career had been smooth sailing, and no one had ever dared to defy him.

"If Dean Zhao wants to use his position to suppress people, then let's take this to the principal. But when the punishment comes down…"

Seeing the two at odds, Xu Luo felt a warmth in his heart. His homeroom teacher was quite responsible, knowing the influence of the Xiang family in this city.

"Fine!"

Zhao Yiming sneered. He couldn't believe the principal would ignore the Xiang family's influence.

Thus, Zhao Yiming led the way, followed by Zhang Jianming, Xu Luo, and Xiangyang, heading to the principal's office.

"Come in!"

Before Zhao Yiming could knock, the principal's voice came from inside.

Zhao Yiming opened the door, and the others followed. Inside was a burly middle-aged man, exuding authority even while seated, reading a document.

He was Zhong Tianyue, the principal of Tianhai City's Sixth High School, a former Divine Fighter, and a person of considerable influence among the human gods on the Continent of Gods.

"Principal, this Xu Luo ignored school rules and invaded a classmate's Divine Realm right after establishing his own. If we don't handle such a lawless student properly, who will respect the rules?"

Zhao Yiming immediately shifted the blame to Xu Luo.

"Oh?"

Although Zhong Tianyue knew about the invasion, he didn't know the details.

"Principal, it was Xiangyang who invaded first. Xu Luo only fought back out of necessity!"

Zhang Jianming quickly explained.

"Since both parties are here, let's hear from them. Who invaded first?"

Ignoring Zhao Yiming and Zhang Jianming, Zhong Tianyue looked directly at Xu Luo and Xiangyang.

Xiangyang opened his mouth but hesitated. He had only wanted his uncle to teach Xu Luo a lesson, not expecting it to reach the principal.

"Principal, Xiangyang invaded my Divine Realm first. He threatened to make me sell it to him, and when I refused, he launched the invasion. I have the emails he sent and the invasion records!"

Facing Zhong Tianyue's gaze, Xu Luo spoke confidently.