Chapter 498

Total discrimination!

So here's the question!

Beautiful Country's demigods...

... are not accepted and were "shut out" precisely because of this reason?

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In the Purple Phantom Wasteland.

After Luo Chenyu killed a skeleton, he quickly headed toward a distant sand dune.

He sensed a huge monster there.

At the very least... a demigod-level being. Once he killed that monster, he could initially gather ten Corrupted (dada) puppets.

With that.

His initial goal would be accomplished.

A few minutes later.

Luo Chenyu finally arrived atop the sand dune.

Sure enough.

Far below, a black skeleton was wandering aimlessly at the base of the sand dune, a blood-colored greatsword in its hand radiating a cold gleam.

Luo Chenyu gave a faint smile.

With a wave of his hand, a terrifying bolt of lightning descended from the sky, striking the demigod black skeleton head-on, instantly shaving off 5% of its HP and even paralyzing it.

The true Lightning Archon!

All of this was thanks to the reward from the Forbidden Scenario quest — 【Eternal Divine Lightning Essence】!

A Purple-Gold Forbidden Divine Item.

Absorbed by 【Eternal Lightning Barrier】, it instantly evolved his lightning-control ability.

Moreover...

All lightning abilities were converted into Daoist Zixu Divine Lightning.

In fact, this ability was not an active spell.

It was a passive ability.

Whenever he cast a skill, there was a 50% chance of releasing a bolt of Daoist Zixu Divine Lightning that struck the highest-priority target within range, dealing terrifying damage and guaranteed paralyzing it.

It was even god-tier paralysis — ordinary deities couldn't resist it.

And Luo Chenyu's earlier wave of the hand had been casting 【Steel Shield】.

"Lightning abilities really are handy!"

Luo Chenyu laughed.

【Steel Shield】 transformed into a giant hammer, mingled with Daoist Zixu Divine Lightning, and slammed straight down onto the demigod black skeleton's head.

As Lei Guang flashed, massive damage numbers kept popping up.

Smacking people with 【Steel Shield】 had already been honed to perfection by him.

He'd even evolved all sorts of tricks from it.

But, to be fair.

He still preferred the straightforward approach.

Melee combat — that's the real romance!

Immediately after.

His figure vanished on the spot, reappearing behind the demigod black skeleton.

The giant hammer came crashing down.

Critical hit, true damage -723.52 billion!

Critical hit, Daoist Zixu Divine Lightning -352.22 billion!

……

Terrifying damage numbers popped up.

The third trait of the god-tier treasure 【Shadow Ten Blades】 — back-attack damage increased by 500%!

Combined with the second-stage 【Savage Charge】.

That explosive damage was simply unmatched.

"Die!"

Luo Chenyu gave a faint smile, unleashing Sky Splitter Dance with abandon.

As the battle began, in just half a minute he had battered the demigod black skeleton into a near-death state.

Moreover, under the counterattack of 【Evil God Soul-Devouring Chain】.

It barely dealt any damage before it kicked the bucket.

Prompt messages appeared.

"Ding, you have killed demigod 【Purple Phantom Heavenly Army · Ling Yue】, you gain 2.52 billion experience points."

"Ding, your pet 【Phantom Heart (Little Red)】..."

"Ding, your Divine Battlefield points +1000. When points reach 10 million, a special challenge can be activated. Current Divine Battlefield points: 8.92 million!"

"Ding, you have successfully triggered the 【Killing Domain】 effect, gaining +3500 to all attributes!"

"Ding, you have triggered the special title 【God-Slayer】 effect, gaining +1000 Agility!"

"Ding, you have triggered the 【Killing Domain】 Corrupted effect. Do you wish to convert the level-152 demigod 【Purple Phantom Heavenly Army · Ling Yue】 into a Corrupted Puppet?"

"Ding,..."

Luo Chenyu did not hesitate in the slightest; the tenth Demigod Corrupted Puppet had finally been gathered.

What a pity.

This was only the beginning.

Among Demigods, the disparity between strong and weak was extremely obvious.

For instance, the attributes of 【Purple Phantom Heavenly Army · Zero Peak】 were far stronger than the first Demigod Corrupted Puppet.

Especially the HP — it even exceeded it by nearly ten times.

There might be a class factor involved, but one had to admit…

The Demigods in the Purple Spirit Domain ruins were far from as powerful as those in the Purple Phantom Wasteland.

Along with the auto-pickup succeeding.

Luo Chenyu's eyes suddenly lit up.

His consciousness instantly sank into the spatial backpack.

A virtual panel of Dropped Items appeared in his line of sight.

【Purple Phantom Divine Palace Teleportation Token】

Quality: SSS+ Grade

Requirement: Level 100 (Fourth Advancement)

Effect: After activation, can teleport to 【Purple Phantom Divine Palace】 to participate in the final BOSS contest.

Hidden Info: Master, just charge in!!

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Luo Chenyu: "……"

【Eye of Insight】 was getting more and more mischievous.

Usually it kept a low profile in his mind, but in the hidden info it was all sorts of mischief.

Simply unrivaled.

However, just as 【Eye of Insight】 said — just charge in!

Activate!!

Immediately, Luo Chenyu's figure vanished within the Purple Phantom Wasteland.

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