Chapter 116: The Devouring Taotie! Demigod Maxed Out, Hit a Wall?

Right now, there were still six Lower God-level demons and one Mid God-level demon in the Divine Thunder Punishment Prison.

Lu Zheng felt that even if he killed all of them, it probably would not provide the experience points needed for Wu Tuohai to advance to Mid God or reach the max level of Lower God.

Compared to that, Lu Zheng felt that what Wu Tuohai needed was not experience points, but a divine spark.

Obtaining that Mid God's divine spark should allow him to smoothly inherit the divine throne of the God of Thunder Punishment.

Therefore, the remaining ones could not be wasted by letting Wu Tuohai kill them.

Lu Zheng thought for a moment and did not send out the Kui Ox.

After stepping into the demigod level, the experience points needed to level up were too many, and at the same demigod level, the Kui Ox's level-up gains were not significant.

On the contrary, if he gained another holy-level or even demigod-level divine pet—

—that would be an enormous boost to overall combat power.

In fact, Lu Zheng felt that if he had one more demigod-level divine pet, he could completely start the next Job Change Quest! After comprehensive consideration, Lu Zheng decided to level up Taotie.

As the former top combat force, Lu Zheng was most familiar with Taotie's fighting style.

Moreover, Lu Zheng had an idea that he needed to try after raising Taotie's level to the holy level—perhaps he could directly make Taotie the highest-level divine pet on hand.

Currently, Taotie's level was only 212.

Killing one Lower True God yielded a massive amount of experience points, directly letting Taotie level up 27 times in a row, surging to level 239.

After all six Lower True Gods were killed by Taotie, it successfully advanced to level 330.

Stepping into the holy-level divine pet tier.

Lu Zheng could now test his earlier idea.

Taotie could devour everything and convert it into mana and experience points, and the bodies of demigods and true gods, divine spark fragments, and even divine sparks all contained abundant energy.

But previously, when Lu Zheng had Taotie devour a demigod's corpse, it gained rich experience points, though some of the divine power within would affect digestion.

Absorbing that divine power required a great deal of effort.

But now, Taotie had advanced to the holy level, and from its base attributes, it already rivaled a Lower True God.

With such strength, devouring divine bodies should no longer cause any indigestion.

Lu Zheng directly gave Taotie a divine spark fragment to devour.

It was absorbed instantly, converting a full tenth of the experience bar—this made Lu Zheng's eyes light up.

One demigod could produce five divine spark fragments; two demigods could let Taotie level up again!

They had just killed a total of one hundred and seventy-six demigods, so Lu Zheng directly pulled out a large handful of divine spark fragments for Taotie to devour.

Soon, Taotie reached level 400! Holy level maxed out—the next step was breaking through to the demigod tier.

The experience points needed for this breakthrough were extremely high, but Lu Zheng still had a large number of divine spark fragments on hand, and he gave all the remaining fragments to Taotie to devour.

Taotie's level reached 405.

After entering the demigod tier, the effect of divine spark fragments weakened considerably.

Next, Lu Zheng had Taotie eat all the true gods' corpses.

After a true god's death, its corpse did not get directly refreshed by the world's will like wild monsters—perhaps it eventually would be, but it would persist for a much longer time.

But none of that mattered; once it entered Taotie's stomach, it became its own energy! A single true god's corpse contained far more energy than a divine spark fragment—one corpse could let a level-four-hundred-plus Taotie gain two levels.

After devouring sixteen corpses, Taotie advanced to level 437! Whether divine spark fragments or true god corpses, they were merely appetizers—the real main course was a true god's divine spark.

Lu Zheng directly took out the divine spark of the Flame Demon Evil God and had Taotie devour it.

This time, it was not digested in an instant; instead, it began steadily digesting and absorbing, and its experience bar continued to advance.

A full half hour passed before one divine spark was fully digested, and Taotie advanced to level 450.

One divine spark had raised it thirteen levels.

What was there to hesitate about? Keep feeding it! Each divine spark contained different amounts of energy, but after another four Lower Gods' divine sparks were fully absorbed, Taotie's level reached the demigod max tier—level 500. Just as it seemed Taotie was about to truly advance to the god level, Lu Zheng received feedback.

It could not level up anymore! For a divine pet to advance to the true god level, the summoner must first advance to the true god level; otherwise, the divine pet would break free of the summoner's control.

Because the gap in life tiers was too great! Lu Zheng was dumbfounded—this was the first time he had encountered a level restriction from a summon beast's level-up.

In the end, he could only let out a helpless sigh.

He had thought he could directly possess a true god-level divine pet to roam unhindered, but unexpectedly, the grand leveling endeavor could only come to an abrupt halt!

However, after he saw Taotie's current attributes, he revealed a satisfied smile.

It must be said—a level-500 Taotie was already incredibly powerful!

【Summon Beast: Unnamed】

【Race: Taotie】

【Quality: Five-Star Legendary Divine Pet】

【Level: LV. 500 (0.00%)】

【HP: 8 Billion/8 Billion】

【Mana: 800 Million/800 Million】

【Strength: 2.5 Million】

【Agility: 2 Million】

【Spirit: 2.5 Million】

【Constitution: 3 Million】

【Skills: Black Hole Devour, Dharma Avatar Heaven and Earth, Dark Divine Claw, Tyrannical Mist, Fierce God's Might (Passive), Mana Annihilation (Passive)】

These were merely the attributes of a maxed-out demigod.

And based on Lu Zheng's estimation of the gods' attributes, this was already enough to thoroughly crush most Mid Gods! Coupled with powerful skills, beating down a Mid God would not be difficult at all.

He was merely a Fourth-Turn Summoning Grandmaster, yet he already possessed a divine pet that could thrash Mid Gods—what was there to be dissatisfied about? Well, there was still something to be dissatisfied about.

The quantity was too small—one was not enough, nine would not do either; he needed at least a hundred or so! Lately, his card pulls had been completely dry, and thinking of this, it was truly a bit frustrating.

Lu Zheng's mood adjusted quickly; soon he cheered up again.

We must continue to improve our other summoned beasts.

Nowadays, the only divine pet in my possession with the same devouring ability is the Kunpeng!

It can transform into a primordial giant kun.

This primordial giant kun also has the same devouring ability as the Taotie, and what it devours can be turned into experience points, but it needs to swallow an equal mass of water together to complete the final digestion and absorption.

The Lower God's divinity still has a few left; estimated it could raise several tens of levels, but using it to let the Kunpeng reach demigod level is a bit insufficient.

But there is still a Mid God! The experience from killing a Mid God should be a lot, right? Lu Zheng looked at Wu Tuo Hai and said:

"Are you ready? After killing the last one, you should inherit the god position—that will definitely be a very difficult process!"

"These many trials have all been gotten through with your help. If I can't even get through this final inheritance, then this god position shouldn't be mine!"

"Are you ready?"

"That is a Mid God; although I have now become a Lower God, I have no power to resist it!"

"I still have to rely on you!"

Lu Zheng released the Kunpeng transformed into a Golden-winged Great Peng, letting the Taotie take the front.

"Alright! Release it!"

(End of chapter)