Chapter 651: Discovery of the Divine Avatar, Giant Octopus Monster Assault

The Divine Avatar of the Holy Sound God radiates dazzling light.

A Divine Avatar is the essence of a deity, possessing immense power.

This monster has clearly absorbed the Divine Avatar's power, becoming exceedingly strong.

Just as the venomous python of that time grew powerful after absorbing the Venom God's power.

But no matter how strong, Jiang Chen sees it as nothing more than that.

In the Lower Space, aside from a few special beings, even the strongest have limits.

At least the monster before us is not a special being.

Through soul perception, it is a gigantic octopus.

Each tentacle exceeds a kilometer, bearing massive suction cups.

A translucent body contains dark fluid flowing within; Jiang Chen guesses it is venom.

Octopus‑type monsters eject ink, so this one likely does as well.

Jiang Chen does not take it lightly; it seems to sense the threat, its crimson eyes fixed on Jiang Chen.

Eight tentacles encircle the Divine Avatar, yet it dares not touch it.

Surrounding the Divine Avatar is a binding of law power, as if protecting it from external contact.

Jiang Chen suddenly recalls the Untainted One in the Tian Shan Divine Palace.

It should not be the work of the Great God of Tian Shan; it must be the Holy Sound God.

The fastidious Holy Sound God even forbids any impurity from touching the Divine Avatar she left behind.

The Holy Sound Bell in Jiang Chen's hand emits a soft chime, resonating with the Divine Avatar.

The Holy Sound Bell seems to have met a long‑lost old friend, calling out repeatedly.

The Divine Avatar does the same, continuously breathing the Holy Sound Bell.

Jiang Chen senses longing, urgency, yearning, and other emotions between the two.

Their activity grows, erupting in a dazzling light.

The Holy Sound Wind Bell vibrates incessantly, trying to break free from Jiang Chen's grasp and fly toward the Divine Avatar.

"Don't worry, I'll take you back."

He spoke the words with his Soul Voice, and the Holy Sound Bell and the Divine Avatar suddenly fell silent.

A multitude of monsters have arrived, encircling Jiang Chen.

These monsters seem to know Jiang Chen, aware of his terror, yet they came compelled by the octopus's summons.

Jiang Chen launches a Detection Technique onto the octopus.

"Let me see, after absorbing a sliver of the Divine Avatar's power, how far you can grow."

The Divine Avatar's power is hard to absorb; it belongs to a deity, and harnessing it is extremely difficult.

Especially the Holy Sound God's Divine Avatar, which bears law and is a high‑tier Divine Avatar.

"Deep Sea Giant (World-Class Boss)"

"Level: 88"

"Power: 2,800,000"

"Agility: 1,500,000"

"Spirit: 1,000,000"

"Constitution: 2,700,000"

"Skills: Death Entangle, Venomous Ink, Deadly Suction Cups"

"Traits: Water Element Immunity, Poison Element Damage Reduced 50%, Physical Damage Reduced 50%, Limb Severance Substitution"

Total attributes total eight million, marking it as a top‑tier World-Class Boss.

Below Divine Level, it is virtually invincible.

Its stats are somewhat higher than other level‑88 Bosses, roughly an extra 800,000.

It seems this is the result of absorbing the Divine Avatar's power.

The Divine Avatar's power is too hard to wield; even after years of absorption, it only added this little to its stats.

The Deep Sea Giant's eight tentacles whip wildly, like a signal, prompting all monsters to strike Jiang Chen simultaneously.

Jiang Chen's heart stirs, and the skill activates.

Skill: Summon Ku Lou Wang!

Skill: Gather Power!

This is the first use after acquiring the power‑drawing skill.

The Undead Legion hovers overhead, tens of thousands of meters away.

The water pressure here is too great, unsuitable for the Undead Legion to fight.

However, before using Gather Power, Jiang Chen summoned Ku Lou Wang.

It's not to deploy Ku Lou Wang in battle; Jiang Chen wants to test whether he can inherit the Skeleton King's skills and attributes.

The Skeleton King's attributes stem from skeletons; if one can further inherit those attributes, that would be double inheritance.

If it truly works, it would be a cheat‑like skill.

A startling aura erupts from Jiang Chen, a rolling Divine Level aura.

"Gather Power (Fusion Rate 99%): Consumes Soul Power, converges the power of the Summoned Entity, inherits all its skills; attributes after using the skill are limited only by the user's own Soul Tier. While in Gather Power state, killing enemies harvests their souls, replenishing one's own soul consumption and raising one's Soul Tier."

Gather Power is a source skill, with a fusion rate as high as 99%.

It can ignore law restrictions, being limited only by Jiang Chen's Soul Tier.

It also has no cooldown, consuming only Soul Power.

As long as the soul power is sufficient, this state can be maintained year‑round.

"Soul power is draining so fast!"

This is still the first time using the Source Skill, and the rate at which it consumes soul power is astonishing.

My own soul power can only last up to ten seconds.

However, this skill can replenish my soul consumption by killing enemies, and even raise my soul tier.

How much can be replenished or increased, it is unknown.

After using the Gathering Skill, Jiang Chen checked his attributes.

"Strength: 3,000,000 + 500,000"

"Agility: 3,000,000 + 500,000"

"Spirit: 3,000,000 + 500,000"

"Constitution: 3,000,000 + 500,000"

"Skills: Godslayer, Elemental Riot, Absolute Defense, Rage Power, Soul Shot, Legion Enhancement, Legion Healing, Purge, Charge, Group Defense"

All Attributes 12,000,000 – this is the attribute of a level‑92 Divine-level Strongman.

Limited by his soul tier, 12,000,000 is Jiang Chen's current attribute limit, though it is not the limit of his skills.

As Jiang Chen's soul tier rises, this skill will only become stronger.

What surprised Jiang Chen most is that the Monarch Scepter is still usable; its bonus attributes remain unaffected.

Thus, Jiang Chen's attributes break through the level‑92 limit and even surpass the level‑93 tier.

Attributes of 14,000,000 already fall within the level‑94 range.

The Monarch Scepter still being usable is unexpected, while the inheritance of Ku Lou Wang's skill is expected.

He retrieved a Platinum Tier Greatsword from his storage.

To Jiang Chen, the sword's tier doesn't matter; any sword will do.

Skill: Elemental Riot!

No lock‑on attack is needed; Jiang Chen detonates the skill over the largest area, striking everything.

The calm seabed of the Azure Dragon Sea instantly erupted.

The Sea Trench Canyon thundered open, and most of the Azure Dragon Sea boiled.

Countless monsters were instantly killed, their souls turning into soul power that surged in.

It was as if a giant hand seized all the dead monsters' souls and snatched them away.

Experience increased, and the skill's duration lengthened; the soul power spent by the Gathering Skill was instantly refilled, even leaving a surplus.

Jiang Chen also felt his soul tier rise—a trivial but welcome increment.

If he continues to use the Gathering Skill to kill enemies, over time it will greatly benefit his soul.

It is a marvelous skill; the Source Skill is far more wondrous than he imagined.

With a single strike, tens of thousands of monsters were instantly killed.

The remaining monsters fled in terror, screaming.

The Deep Sea Giant was also wounded in the explosion; Jiang Chen's attack was too strong, and even without lock‑on it could not endure.

Ink from its body seeped out of the wound, turning the seawater black.

It was terrified, unable to comprehend how this guy could be so powerful.

It need not understand; a bright blade flash already streaked across Jiang Chen's sword.

Skill: Godslayer!

The Deep Sea Giant sensed the threat of death, let out a scream and turned to flee.

At this point, any Divine Rank is irrelevant; even with a divine rank, one's life cannot be saved.

Blade light ignited on the Deep Sea Giant, its body sliced into fragments like tofu.

But the next second, its body rewound like time, restoring to its original form.

Only, one of its eight Tentacles was missing.

Deep Sea Giant's trait: Limb Sacrifice.

Jiang Chen smiled, "Eight Tentacles can sacrifice eight times— a decent skill."

He clenched his fist, and a long‑unused skill activated.

Skill: Skeleton Prison!

This skill hasn't been used in ages; since his combat power grew, its usefulness has dwindled.

But now, Jiang Chen employed it again.

The fleeing Deep Sea Giant was momentarily halted; the level‑76 Skeleton Prison could trap it for only about half a second.

Half a second is long enough to be fatal!

Jiang Chen triggered the Charge skill, instantly covering thousands of meters to catch up with the Deep Sea Giant.

His greatsword swung, slashing out countless blade lights.

With level‑94 attributes, he easily defeated the Deep Sea Giant.

Even without using skills, each strike carries massive destructive power.

The Deep Sea Giant was enveloped by blade light, screaming incessantly, powerless to escape or retaliate.

Tentacles snapped one by one, each break representing a death.

In less than ten seconds, the blade light faded, and the Deep Sea Giant was completely slashed into fragments.

All nine Limb Sacrifices were exhausted, utterly dead.