Chapter 128: Nirvana Rebirth After Nine Deaths

Although making himself die once seemed extremely difficult, the assessment condition was right there, and Lu Zheng had to complete it.

It was just that, regarding the method of death, he felt he should choose one without pain.

Lu Zheng immediately thought of the Candle Dragon's skill.

【Skill: Reverse Black and White】

【Effect: Minimum cost of 10,000 mana points, bestows the 'Reverse Black and White' effect on a single target. Within this state's space-time: damage values dealt to the target convert to healing values, and healing values convert to damage values; buff skill effects convert to debuff skill effects, and vice versa.】

This way, he would first bestow the 'Reverse Black and White' state on himself, then let Baize use Holy Light to heal him.

The healing value would become damage value, absolutely allowing him to die painlessly! Thinking of this, Lu Zheng first summoned his numerous divine pets.

Fortunately, this Death God Temple appeared to be merely a palace, but upon entering, it was a vast and empty space.

So he could summon all the massive beasts.

Using the Bridge of Magic Power to link these beasts' mana together, he then had Baize cast Holy Light on him.

Very comfortable! The effect of Holy Light on individuals of non-evil alignment was simply healing.

But at this moment, under the effect of 'Reverse Black and White,' it all converted into damage values.

With eight billion mana points poured in, the critical strike aura effect doubled, bringing the healing value directly dealt to two hundred and forty billion.

Exactly enough to instantly deplete one full bar of Lu Zheng's health!

The instant his health emptied, Lu Zheng revived at full health.

He had not truly died.

He had not comprehended the true essence of death at all, and the Death God Temple clearly did not recognize this death either, giving no prompt indicating the assessment content was completed.

So, continue! Second life, third life, all the way until the ninth life was consumed.

In an instant, Lu Zheng's body was enveloped by a mass of black flames. Netherflame, rebirth from fire! 【Skill: Nirvana Rebirth (Passive)】

【Effect: Upon death, immediately rebirth within netherflame. After rebirth, all attributes double for a duration of one hour. A second death within this time results in true death. After one hour, level drops to Level 1, all attribute bonuses gained from leveling are stripped, the passive effect recovers, and can be triggered again.】

This time was a true death.

In that instant, Lu Zheng seemed to feel endless solitude and absolute calm.

Death represented an ending.

Becoming an undead creature was not death; it was merely living in another form.

True death was an ending — this world, from then on, had nothing to do with you! In an instant, Lu Zheng returned reborn from the netherflame.

【Ding! You have completed the first assessment content of the Death God King's divine throne inheritance assessment: Face true death!】

【Congratulations on obtaining the reward: Death Affinity +5%; Divine Skill: Hand of Death】

【Current Death Affinity: 95%】

Lu Zheng's own Death Affinity was already very high, because he had mastered 'Nine-Headed Immortality' and 'Nirvana Rebirth,' two skills that could be called the ultimate profound mysteries of death.

Passive skills greatly boosted affinity.

For instance, the 'Domain of Lei Ze' skill directly brought Lu Zheng's thunder affinity to one hundred percent! Now, with a five percent increase in affinity, he was only one step away from reaching one hundred percent affinity.

Lu Zheng focused his attention on that skill.

【Skill: Hand of Death】

【Effect: Minimum cost of 1,000,000 mana points, condenses the Power of Death to attack a target; deals a minimum of 10,000,000 Power of Death erosion damage, and the Power of Death that invades the target's body deals continuous damage. Damage values are converted into life force, extracted, and can be given to any target. Different targets have different absorption amounts.】

A Divine Skill!

Truly worthy of being a Divine Skill mastered by the Death God King.

Not only could it deal massive damage, but it could also directly extract a target's life force and transfer it to another target.

This was even more overbearing than 'Life Channel.' Because this skill had no level restriction; as long as there was enough mana, even a God King could have a handful of life force extracted.

Whereas 'Life Channel' could only passively wait for life force to flow through, and might not necessarily succeed in establishing the channel.

The reward for the first assessment made Lu Zheng quite satisfied.

He looked at his attribute panel and found that the passive skill 'Nine-Headed Immortality' had refreshed, granting him nine lives once more.

This made Lu Zheng involuntarily break into a smile.

To Xiang Liu, once nine lives were used up, it was completely over.

But Lu Zheng still had the passive 'Nirvana Rebirth,' which allowed him to revive once after a true death.

And after reviving, the only consequence was his level dropping to Level 1, with all attribute bonuses gained from leveling stripped — nothing more.

Skills were unaffected, and accumulated experience points were unaffected.

So he once again possessed nine lives.

Taking advantage of the all-attributes-doubled effect within one hour of rebirth, Lu Zheng decided to seize the time to complete the second assessment.

【Second Assessment Content: Defeat! Bone Calamity!】

【Description: A deity who commands death fears no bones! Bone undead rise — slaughter them all to pass the assessment!】

【Reward: Death Affinity +10%; Divine Skill: Undead Calamity】

The ground began to shake. In the distance, surging bones rolled forth like a flood toward this side.

White Bone Swordsmen, Dread Knights, Necromancers, Bone Dragons, and so on — all kinds of bone undead seemed endless.

Converging from all directions toward this side.

Facing such a terrifying scene, Lu Zheng not only showed no fear, but was actually somewhat excited.

After one hour, his level would drop to only Level 1, but immediately after, the experience points he had accumulated would be enough to restore him to Level 300 again.

After all, this did not require that many experience points.

But it was still a considerable consumption.

Now he could earn a big profit directly and accumulate even more — why not?

Lu Zheng directly created a Bridge of Magic Power, linking the divine pets' mana with his own, bestowing Divine Power Blessing, Critical Strike Aura, Lucky Aura, Inspiring Aura, Power of Judgment, Power of Geng Metal, and Earth Blessing!

The divine power blessing, metal power, and judgment power can all increase extra damage.

Inspire Aura and Earth Blessing can increase mana recovery speed.

Critical Strike Aura and Luck Aura together, making damage triple! Next, it's time to witness the miracle.

Thunder Prison Chains!

In an instant, eight huge chains fell from the black clouds in the sky, rolling thunder, becoming even more ferocious under the effect of the Thunder Marsh Realm dungeon.

The huge chains swept in all directions; whether low-level undead below level 100 or saint-level undead above level 300, none could withstand a single strike.

They turned directly into bone fragments.

But these were all too weak, merely an appetizer.

Lu Zheng saw that behind them, there were many demigods, even true god-level undead!

If they were truly just a level 300 assessment participant, they would have already been frightened into fleeing the Death God Temple by now.

But as a terrifying entity capable of handling a Mid God, even all attributes have been doubled now.

Lu Zheng not only did not retreat, but felt that these undead behind were too slow, so he actively teleported over and massacred them frenetically!!

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