The rules of the Global League change every year, and the specific rules depend on the mood of our planet's Minister of Education. The rules will only be announced when the tournament begins. All you can do is continuously improve your strength."

  Hearing this, Lex showed an envious expression.

  After all, Elvia was one of the few planets with a True God overseeing it, and naturally, the Minister of Education was also a True God.

  "I understand. Once I return, I will make full use of the resources from the rewards and strive to achieve a good ranking in the Global League," William replied solemnly. After that, the group concluded their tournament journey and returned to their school station in the World of Gods.

  At this moment, there were very few divine realms docked at William’s class station. Most students had followed their teachers out for training, making the place seem unusually quiet.

  After stabilizing the docking of his divine realm, William grinned and reminded Lex about the school's 1 million divine power points reward before dashing into his own divine realm.

  Although the school’s divine power reward had not yet arrived, the 5 million divine power from the competition had already been deposited into William’s account. Now that he finally had some funds, he needed to carefully plan how to spend them.

  To prepare for the Global League, further improving his strength was essential, meaning that a portion of his divine power had to be spent on high-level bloodline cards.

  Currently, William's divine realm could no longer be fully self-sufficient, making it necessary to expand its area.

  Additionally, he wanted to acquire some high-end rare resources to enhance the Queen Ant, but such resources were extremely expensive.

  After considering all these factors, William suddenly realized that his divine power was still far from enough.

  At present, his divine realm contained 40 incubation nests. Given the annual increase of one nest in the World of Gods, by the time of the Global League in 10 years, his incubation nests would reach 50.

  Simply purchasing high-level extraordinary bloodline cards, even at the lowest price of 300,000 divine power per card, meant that even after receiving the school’s 1 million divine power, the total 6 million divine power would only be enough to enhance 20 incubation nests.

  Moreover, the success rate was not 100%. High-level extraordinary bloodline cards only had a success rate of about 70%, which meant that around 30% of the investment would inevitably be lost due to failures.

  Floating in midair within his divine realm, William found himself in deep contemplation, listing the various expenditures requiring divine power and prioritizing them accordingly.

  While William was suddenly overwhelmed with a large amount of divine power and struggling with how to allocate it, Lex was in a celebratory mood.

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  After settling the students, Lex eagerly took out a special communication card and sent a request to the school's Dean. As the card in his hand dissolved into light particles, their communication connected instantly.

  "Lex, what’s the matter?" The Dean’s voice was warm, completely different from his cold demeanor during meetings.

  "I have some good news for you! Our school has achieved another milestone. A student from my class, William, just won the championship in the Citywide League. Hehe..." Lex's excitement was evident from his tone.

  The school’s Dean, Zous, was an elder who had watched Lex grow up. Their families had maintained a close relationship over the years. Later, when Lex became a teacher at the school, Zous continued to look out for him, making their conversations in private much more casual.

  "That’s excellent! This is the first time in four years that our school has won the Citywide League. The education budget for next year can be increased again. We need to celebrate this!" Zous' joy was apparent from his voice.

  "Don’t get too excited yet—I have even better news! You know about William’s contracted creatures, right? He has now unlocked an extraordinary path for them, and his strength has improved significantly. I think our school might have a real shot at the Global League this year," Lex said, unable to hide his excitement.

  "Oh? That means his contracted creatures have gained a powerful extraordinary ability? Tell me more about it," Zous asked with great interest.

  "It’s hard to describe, so I’ll send you the match recordings. If it weren’t for this tournament, I wouldn’t have even known that he had unlocked the extraordinary path for his creatures. This kid has been keeping it well hidden."

  After delivering the good news, Lex turned to the matter of William’s school rewards.

  "Zous, there’s one more thing. Since William has won the Citywide High School League championship, could you confirm when the school rewards will be issued?"

  "No problem. I’ll verify William’s results shortly. As long as everything checks out, I’ll send him the redemption code right away," Zous assured him without hesitation.

  "Thanks! Also, I plan to apply for a specialized training session for William. With the rapid growth in his contracted creature count, this batch of resources will significantly boost his strength, and real combat is the fastest way to grow. I doubt he’ll be content staying at school for too long," Lex explained.

  Given what he knew about William, Lex was certain that he wouldn’t just sit idly at school.

  Therefore, Lex planned to take William to a low-tier battlefield for further training once he had absorbed his current batch of resources.

  "That sounds like a great idea. Submit an application later, and I’ll handle the approval process for you," Zous agreed without hesitation.

  Within the entire education system, strict audits were in place to prevent corruption regarding resource applications and distributions. However, when it came to talented students seeking real combat training, the system was always supportive and encouraging.

  While Lex was busy securing William’s school rewards, William had already decided how to allocate his divine power.

  "The Queen Ant can wait for now. Resources that can be used for her start at a price of at least a million divine power per unit. I simply don’t have enough for that at the moment."

  "Expanding my divine realm can also be put on hold for now. I’ll increase the area just enough to maintain balance in its current state. If necessary, I can recall some ordinary Zerglings to free up space for extraordinary units."

  "For now, I should focus all my resources on extraordinary bloodline cards. As long as my combat power increases, I can apply to the school for training. Expanding my divine realm should primarily be achieved through external conquests—that’s the proper way to do it."

  Interestingly, William’s thoughts aligned perfectly with Lex’s.

  With his decision made, William promptly teleported to the Gods’ Exchange Continent, ready to browse the major extraordinary bloodline card trading centers.