Chapter 113: Advancement of the Life Soul Artifact

Lich King Domain is a Legendary-grade skill that Pantos spent hundreds of years meticulously developing.

Not only can it grant immunity to all damage for a short time, but it can also summon a chilling legion of undead from the Undead Realm; this has always been the key to his control over the battlefield.

Yet now, it has been destroyed so easily by a weak human, which leaves him feeling nothing but shock.

At this moment, having unleashed the Lich King Domain once, the skin on Pantos's body is constantly peeling away like dried, cracked tree bark.

That decaying flesh falls off him in pieces, revealing the pitch-black skeleton beneath, turning him into something resembling a charred skeleton.

Within his hollow eye sockets, two green orbs burn with the flames of rage, staring fixedly at Zhou Chu as if to swallow him whole.

"You lowly ant, to dare ruin the Lich King Domain I meticulously developed—your crimes are unforgivable!"

Pantos's hoarse voice becomes even more piercing with rage, echoing through the silent graveyard and making one's hair stand on end.

The next moment, he actually abandons that body on the verge of collapse, transforming into a beam of ghostly green light and shooting toward Zhou Chu.

That body immediately turns into a pile of shattered bones and scatters on the ground.

Now transformed into a beam of ghostly green light, Pantos moves with extreme speed, like a green bolt of lightning, reaching Zhou Chu in the blink of an eye.

A powerful aura of death rushes toward him; before Zhou Chu can even react, his body is struck by this light.

At the final moment, Pantos makes a desperate gamble, directly launching Soul Possession in an attempt to forcibly occupy Zhou Chu's body.

Zhou Chu feels a cold and evil force instantly invade his body, as if countless dark tentacles are tugging at his soul, trying to drag it out of its shell so that Pantos's soul can take over the nest.

"Human, your body belongs to this King from now on; obediently hand over your soul!" Pantos's triumphant and sinister voice rings out in Zhou Chu's mind.

But at this very moment, a powerful surge of Soul Power erupts from Zhou Chu's body.

Immediately following, a coffin manifested from Soul Power energy rises from his crown.

The coffin grows larger and larger, and with a 'Bang—', the lid is blown off; the coffin turns bottom-up, mouth-down, crazily absorbing everything in the surroundings.

This powerful suction then forms a massive vortex, causing the surrounding air to howl, as if the entire Lost Land is about to be absorbed along with it.

Pantos, who has invaded Zhou Chu's body, is also affected by the coffin's powerful suction, uncontrollably dragged toward the direction of the coffin.

"Th-this... what is this hellish thing?!"

Pantos's voice rings out in Zhou Chu's mind.

The Lich King no longer possesses his previous triumph, replaced instead by surprise and panic.

Zhou Chu's heart stirs as well; he looks up to see that it is his own Life Soul Artifact—Dead Man's Coffin.

Perhaps summoned by the power of the Lich King, the Life Soul Artifact's master-protection mechanism was triggered at the critical moment when Zhou Chu's body was about to be possessed, subsequently beginning its resistance against the possession.

The suction of the Life Soul Artifact grows increasingly powerful, continuously devouring everything around it.

Pantos's soul power begins to struggle violently in the face of this suction.

Without a vessel, he is now just a wisp of soul.

Pantos desperately tries to stabilize his soul, wanting to continue completing the possession of Zhou Chu's body, but the coffin is like a bottomless black hole, continuously pulling his soul power away bit by bit.

As the coffin's suction continues to act, Pantos's Soul Possession power is continuously weakened.

Pantos grows increasingly terrified, then exclaims in shock: "Th-this... is this actually the Dead Man's Divine Domain?"

"Who, who exactly are you? How could you possess this ancient Divine Artifact?!"

"No, I don't want to be trapped here forever! I beg you, I beg you to spare me!"

At this moment, Pantos begins to beg for mercy repeatedly, no longer retaining any of his kingly demeanor.

The once arrogant Lich King, who made the world tremble with fear, has long since vanished.

Zhou Chu is also stunned; his own Life Soul Artifact is being called "Dead Man's Divine Domain" by Pantos, and an ancient Divine Artifact at that.

However, he has no time to dwell on this, as the suction of the Life Soul Artifact continues to increase.

At the same time, its suction has reached an extreme.

Pantos's pleas for mercy are in vain; he falls into the abyss of despair, and finally, his entire soul is sucked into the coffin.

Could it be that this really is a so-called ancient Divine Artifact?

To actually be able to absorb the soul of a Lich King!

Zhou Chu is instantly shocked to his core.

However, the limit of his originally D-Grade Life Soul Artifact had already been raised to the Divine level; it was destined to reach the Divine level in the future.

Being called a Divine Artifact is quite reasonable!

At this moment, after the Life Soul Artifact finishes absorbing the Lich King's soul, the lid closes again, while light flickers continuously, as if it is digesting the soul of the Lich King it consumed.

Subsequently, the coffin slowly returns to its original size, settles back onto Zhou Chu's crown, and then slowly fades away.

Zhou Chu feels a sense of lightness in his body; the heaviness and oppression brought by Pantos's soul invasion have vanished without a trace.

Replaced by a feeling of refreshment, his entire body is filled with power.

【You have successfully killed "Lich King Pantos", gaining 2,000,000 EXP!】

【Obtained Soul Fragment *5】

【Your Strength +1】

【Your Attack Power +1.】

【Your level has increased to Level 20!】

【Your "Life Soul Artifact—Dead Man's Coffin (B-Grade)" has successfully upgraded to "A-Grade".】

【Your "Life Soul Artifact—Dead Man's Coffin (A-Grade)" has successfully upgraded to "S-Grade".】

【Your "Life Soul Artifact—Dead Man's Coffin (S-Grade)" can now be refined!】

【Dead Man's Coffin (S-Grade): Can automatically collect Contract Material of S-Grade quality and below; meanwhile, the Contract Pool can produce one S-Grade quality Contract Material available for contract every second. (Evolving to the next tier requires consuming 1,000,000 Soul Fragments or 1,000 Soul Crystals)】

【Soul Point: 0/1000 (Can be automatically refined once full)】

【Effect 1: Obedience—Immune to all backlash from mental and curse-type attacks; contracted undead creatures will never betray.】

【Effect 2: Soul Furnace—Can smelt collected materials of the same grade, transforming them into new materials and increasing their grade by one level. The current smeltable material grade is S-Grade; 10 materials are required for smelting!】

【Effect 3: Emperor Tomb—Can recall contracted servants of Emperor-level and below back into the Emperor Tomb, allowing them to heal wounds and recover their state faster! Inside the Emperor Tomb, each second increases a contracted servant's experience points by 1!】

【Effect 4: Death Secret Arts Research Institute—Command Lich King Pantos to research exclusive skills and all other related work; investment is variable, and research speed depends on the research progress of Pantos. (Current effect unavailable).】

【Effect 5: King of All Witches—Automatically gain the status blessing of "King of All Witches," exerting absolute deterrence over all undead creatures, which cannot be defied.】

【Effect 6: Undying Curse—Causes one's own attacks and those of contracted servants to carry the power of a curse; any target attacked will have their soul suffer painful torment, which cannot be removed through healing, purification, or dispelling spells. Triggerable curse types include pain, weakness, confusion... Currently obtained Soul Points: 0】