Chapter 127: God King Trial Begins! I Really Am Hard to Kill! (Please Follow and Read)
The Undead Plane was the same as the Abyss Demon Realm.
Both were worlds where low-level monsters and gods coexisted.
This meant enormous danger and uncertainty.
A single casual strike from a god could cause countless low-level monsters to struggle in vain for decades.
Beneath the gods, one was nothing but an ant.
To initiate the divine throne trial of the Death God King, one first needed to find the Death God Temple.
Fortunately, the Reaper Trial Token had a guiding function that allowed Lu Zheng to accurately locate the Death God Temple.
The entrance into the Undead Plane was chosen within the Throne of Bones dungeon.
That way, even if a powerful entity were provoked, this dungeon space would serve as a buffer zone.
The undead Evil God, the Bone Demon Lord Morthus of upper god rank, slumbered within the Throne of Bones dungeon.
This time, entering the Undead Plane, Lu Zheng would incidentally search for whatever other contingencies Morthus had left behind.
Right now, his strength was not yet sufficient to slay an upper god, so he needed to be cautious.
Morthus must not be allowed to awaken!
The Undead Plane contained an abundance of death aura; after the Nine-Headed Undying Phoenix entered its 'Bathed-in-Fire Nether Phoenix' state, it could strengthen itself by absorbing the surrounding death energy.
During this process of inheriting the Death divine throne, Lu Zheng planned to raise the Nine-Headed Undying Phoenix's level.
Lu Zheng now had twelve legendary divine pets in his possession; only Baize, Qiongqi, the Nine-Headed Undying Phoenix, and the Flame Demon Palu had not yet reached level five hundred.
Qiongqi and the Flame Demon Palu were currently still placed by Lu Zheng in the Abyss Demon Realm to fight alongside the others, and had already stepped past level four hundred; they should not be far from reaching level five hundred.
Lu Zheng was very reassured about those two.
The Abyss Demon Realm was like returning home for them, and their levels rose steadily and swiftly.
Only the Nine-Headed Undying Phoenix and Baize needed Lu Zheng's help to advance a bit.
Lu Zheng had originally intended to let the Nine-Headed Undying Phoenix obtain sufficient flame energy during the divine trial of the 'God of Starlight Flame,' raising its level along the way just like the Kui Ox.
But plans could not keep up with changes.
Since he had decided to do the Job Change Quest first and had arrived at the Undead Plane, he had to seize this opportunity to raise these two summon beasts' levels first.
This was not difficult.
With Lu Zheng's current strength, having the demigod-level Stealing Rat help find targets, after half a day, he had taken down over thirty demigod-level undead monsters and two lower true god-level undead Evil Gods, and both divine pets reached the level five hundred tier.
Thus, the number of level five hundred divine pets in Lu Zheng's possession reached ten! Right after the tenth divine pet, Baize, reached level five hundred, Lu Zheng arrived at the location of the Death God Temple.
The location of the Death God Temple was very conspicuous.
This was a plateau built from white bones, rising over four thousand meters above the surrounding land.
The plateau's area was roughly ten million square kilometers.
This was a very large area.
Accumulating this many white bones was absolutely not something that could be accomplished overnight.
It was very likely the accumulation of tens of thousands of years.
The Death God Temple also covered over seven thousand mu, extremely massive, towering and majestic.
It emanated a powerful pressure; life forms below demigod rank could not approach at all.
Although Lu Zheng was only level three hundred, his life essence had already reached the Mid God tier, so he could withstand this pressure.
He stood in the void, looking toward the outside of the temple.
There were two bone dragons there, both of lower true god rank.
The God King Throne was indeed not something just anyone could undergo a trial for; before the inheritance trial had even truly begun, these two undead bone dragons at the entrance were enough to block individuals of low strength from entering.
Lu Zheng could tell at a glance that these two bone dragons were a type of fixed-spawn monster.
Earlier, from very far away, he had not seen these two. After he entered a certain range of the Death God Temple, these two bone dragons appeared.
Most likely, they emerged upon sensing the appearance of the 'Reaper Trial Token.'
If it were before, Lu Zheng would definitely have had his summon beasts take action and kill these two.
But now his main combat summon beasts had all reached level five hundred and could no longer accumulate experience points.
He himself, however, could still continue accumulating; it seemed he would have to personally take action! First, he buffed himself with several auras—Lucky Aura, Critical Strike Aura, Inspiring Aura, Vampiric Aura!
Then a Divine Power Blessing and Power of Judgment.
Immediately after, he raised a hand and summoned.
With one billion mana points poured in, a Thunder Prison Chain resembling a thunder dragon formed in the sky and swept directly across the two bone dragons.
Critical damage, divine power damage, judgment damage!
Two true god-rank bone dragons were instantly beaten into a pile of shattered bone fragments by this enormous chain.
Killing two lower true gods, he obtained two more divine sparks.
Lu Zheng had already mastered divine power, had sufficient experience points, and had even accumulated quite a few divine sparks.
As long as he completed this Job Change Quest, he could break through to demigod rank in one go, and then advance to the lower true god tier.
Condensing a divine spark through his own power to achieve godhood!
Rather than inheriting a divine throne.
Stepping into the Death God Temple, the moment he entered, a prompt appeared before his eyes.
【Ding! You have entered the 'Death God Temple' divine kingdom dungeon. Divine Trial now initiated: Death God King! To inherit the divine throne, you must meet the following three conditions】
【Condition One: Death Affinity reaches 100%】
【Condition Two: Complete nine trial contents】
【Condition Three: Condense a divine spark】
【First Trial Content: Face—true death!】
【Description: Only after truly dying can one have the most profound understanding of death; please die once first. Dying within the temple's range has a chance to resurrect on the spot.】
【Reward: Death Affinity +5%; Divine Skill: Hand of Death】
Looking at the prompt before him, Lu Zheng felt a bit dazed.
This is similar to the trial of the 'God of Thunderbolt Punishment' he experienced before; both have three conditions.
The difference lies in that the content of the second condition changed from six paths to nine paths.
Moreover, completing this trial directly gives a reward.
Previously, neither Xue Feihua's trial nor Wu Tuohai's trial gave any reward.
However, the content of this trial is a bit hard to accept at once.
Die first? Listen, is that even human talk!?
And there's a chance to resurrect on the spot; that is to say, there's also a chance you won't resurrect on the spot, right?
Despite the complaining, Lu Zheng actually had nothing to fear.
Simply put, because Lu Zheng possesses two passive skills that allow him to die and be revived.
One is 'Phoenix Rebirth', the other is 'Nine Heads Immortality'.
I just don't know whether the second skill, Nine Heads Immortality, counts as dying once, since it merely empties his HP and isn't true death.
If the second skill doesn't count, then making himself die once is still quite troublesome; he must continuously deplete his nine life bars! Right now, he's not easy to kill.
Thanks to the base attribute feedback from ten 500-level divine pets, plus the base attribute feedback from other summoned beasts, his total HP has reached a terrifying 220 billion! Thicker than that of a Mid God.
Nine life bars, that requires clearing a full 200 billion HP! I really, it's so hard to kill me! Thanks for the support! (End of chapter)
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