Chapter 112: I Think It

The Storm Sea isn't very large; if you rush at full speed, you can cross it in an hour.

But Lu Zheng fully assisted Wu Tuohai in completing a tempering, spending more than a day and directly raising his Thunder affinity to 81%.

After reaching eighty points, further increase becomes very difficult.

Lu Zheng decided to first look at the other five assessment items, since the three conditions have no required order of completion.

When the two crossed the Storm Sea, a prompt appeared before them.

【Second assessment: Eliminate Thunder‑Fire Demon Spirits!】

【Description: The Prison of Punishment for Thunder imprisons evil demons; demonic energy leaks, and the lingering demon souls together with thunder give birth to frenzied, murderous Thunder‑Fire Demon Spirits. Eradicating all Thunder‑Fire Demon Spirits completes the assessment】

Lu Zheng looked at a Thunder‑Fire Demon Spirit drifting nearby, level 327!

He rose into the air and gazed into the distance.

At least fifty Thunder‑Fire Demon Spirits surrounded them; even the weakest is above level three hundred.

That means the lowest are at Saint rank, with many at Demigod rank.

This is indeed a very dangerous trial; without Lu Zheng's help, Wu Tuohai would hardly survive here.

But for Lu Zheng, these Thunder‑Fire Demon Spirits are a feast of experience points!

Kui Niu, after two days of Storm Sea baptism, successfully advanced to level 257; if these Thunder‑Fire Demon Spirits provide more experience, it might reach Saint rank before leaving this Punishment Thunder Prison instance.

For Lu Zheng, this dungeon run counts as an extra gain.

The purpose of this trip was merely to help Wu Tuohai inherit the divine seat, but now he can also let his own divine pet ascend to Saint rank—a huge surprise.

Without delay, Lu Zheng didn't hesitate and sent Kui Niu charging forward.

The opponent's thunder attacks won't harm Kui Niu, and in such a thunder‑rich environment, Kui Niu's attack skills surge in power.

Combined with the Critical Hit Aura and Luck Aura Lu Zheng bestowed, it turned Kui Niu into a high‑energy cannon.

A Saint‑rank Thunder‑Fire Demon Spirit can be instantly slain with a single Thunder Explosion Technique, and even a Demigod‑rank one cannot survive a second hit under the Five Thunderbolts Strike effect.

The Five Thunderbolts Strike skill deals explosive single‑target damage, and under the Critical Hit Aura its power is further amplified; with sufficient mana it can produce a one‑hit kill.

Killing a Demigod allows Kui Niu to level up.

It not only restores all consumed mana but also raises the mana cap.

There are a total of 167 Thunder‑Fire Demon Spirits, of which 23 are Demigod rank.

Eradicating them all grants a 37‑level surge, skyrocketing to level 294! It's said that the step to Saint rank, shoulder‑to‑shoulder with deities, is just one step away.

When Wu Tuohai saw Kui Niu wield Thunder Sweep to cleave all the Thunder‑Fire Demon Spirits, he sighed:

"I think it's more suitable than I am to inherit this divine seat!"

Lu Zheng chuckled at the remark: "It's just a minor upper‑god seat; Kui Niu is a five‑star legendary divine pet, it must match a Main God's seat!"

"Ha ha! Letting it be my superior also fits well."

Wu Tuohai replied.

Lu Zheng waved his hand and continued: "No kidding, let's hurry and see what the third assessment is."

The area where the Thunder‑Fire Demon Spirits dwell is a black sandfield; stepping out reveals a massive pool constantly absorbing the thunder power falling from the sky.

【Third assessment: Consolidate the Thunder Prison Dragon Armor!】

【Description: The Thunder Pool contains many thunder dragon souls; sealing them with Thunder Chains to forge the Thunder Prison Dragon Armor. Obtaining the armor completes the assessment.】

Lu Zheng had long thought the Thunder Chain skill was not simple and could be key to inheriting the divine seat. Now the clue is emerging.

Capturing and sealing dragon souls with Thunder Chains is already extremely hard, let alone forging the Thunder Prison Dragon Armor, which is even harder.

This greatly tests a practitioner's mastery of energy, no longer limited to a single fixed skill.

Much like Lu Zheng's secondary development of the Cloud‑Riding Crane skill 【Soaring Through Clouds and Mist】, it requires grasping the core essence of its existence.

For Lu Zheng, this matter isn't really difficult.

Because he possesses the Realm of Thunder Marsh skill, his command of thunder has reached an ultimate level.

Hovering over the Thunder Pool, Lu Zheng looked inside and indeed saw dragon souls present.

Seemingly noticing someone spying from outside, a dragon soul surged upward in an instant, reaching above the Thunder Pool and snarling ferociously.

But that was all.

The Thunder Pool is bound by some formation that tightly traps the dragon souls, preventing them from escaping directly.

Lu Zheng released a Thunder Prison Chain, thrust it into the Thunder Pool, and instantly bound the most lively dragon soul.

It began to struggle desperately, but the Thunder Chain tightened further.

Lu Zheng contemplated how to fuse this thunder dragon soul into the so‑called Thunder Prison Dragon Armor, and suddenly thought of a direction.

The Thunder Chains began shrinking continuously until they were roughly the size of the dragon soul's scales.

Each chain bound and tightened the dragon soul, constantly absorbing its internal thunder power.

Under the immense pressure, the dragon soul fused.

Simultaneously, Lu Zheng created more chains, each Thunder Chain as fine as a hair, quickly weaving them together.

In the blink of an eye, a set of armor formed, accompanied by a dragon's roar, and the Thunder Prison Dragon Armor flew out of the Thunder Pool.

Wu Tuohai watched Lu Zheng, who had formed the Thunder Prison Dragon Armor in less than fifteen minutes, and wore a face of existential doubt.

"I now feel you should inherit the divine seat!"

An accompanying companion, yet every task outshines the main protagonist's own performance.

Even knowing Lu Zheng's excellence, Wu Tuohai still felt quite struck.

Lu Zheng laughed: "Don't joke! If I wanted to inherit a divine seat, I still have a God‑King's seat to choose from; a mere upper‑god seat is beneath me."

Wu Tuohai, hearing that, felt even more struck! "That youngster! Excellent!"

With successful experience, Lu Zheng began teaching Wu Tuohai how to consolidate the Thunder Prison Dragon Armor.

During the process, Wu Tuohai's Thunder affinity rose to 89%, a respectable increase.

But at the step of merging the dragon soul, it got stuck.

Wu Tuokai's power is insufficient; he cannot directly subdue any Thunder Dragon Soul.

These Thunder Dragon Souls each have an energy tier at the demigod level; they are not monsters, cannot display a rank, but Lu Zheng can still sense their energy content.

In short, Wu Tuokai mastering them is unlikely.

Lu Zheng directly sent Kui Niu to the sky above the Thunder Pool to absorb thunder power! One by one the Thunder Dragon Souls were devoured by Kui Niu; the massive thunder energy caused Kui Niu's experience to surge again, and when Kui Niu's level skyrocketed to 300, only one dragon soul remained in the Thunder Pool.

At this moment, it hid at the bottom of the Thunder Pool, trembling!

(End of Chapter)