Chapter 129: So, I'm Already This Strong

Lu Zheng had basically been lying back and letting his summons do the work, and he hadn't exercised his muscles in a long time.

This time he'll just go violent! Equip the Dark Mask and the Dragon Emperor Demon Armor.

From the Giant Dragon Treasury, Lu Zheng also obtained a piece of equipment suited to him.

【Equipment: Blade of the Angry Dragon】

【Quality: Divine·Purple Star Five-Star】

【Equipment Requirement: Mental Power value greater than 100,000 and Constitution value greater than 100,000】

【Strength +100,000】

【Skill: Dragon God's Fury】

【Durability: Permanent】

【Skill: Dragon God's Fury】

【Effect: Consumes 100,000 mana to double the Dragon God's power damage for the next attack】

This skill essentially means that once activated, it deals double damage.

Definitely a Divine Skill.

After all, skills like a critical hit aura have a chance of success.

Without the aid of a Luck Aura, the critical hit aura's success rate is very low.

In battle, having a clear grasp of the damage of each of one's attacks lets one control the combat rhythm and more easily achieve final victory.

For Lu Zheng, who already has both a critical hit aura and a luck aura, that means an additional double damage!

Originally the critical hit aura could raise damage to three times; adding another double makes it four times.

Triple clone, critical damage.

Lu Zheng instantly arrives next to a Lower True God-level Undead, holds a knife with both hands, and cuts it down with a single slash.

Boom!

Raging energy rages; this True God-level Undead is left only with its hardest divine essence on the spot, while the rest of its bones are shattered into bone fragments by the slash.

One slash, slay the god!

'So, I'm already this strong?'

Lu Zheng muttered that, then continued his slaughter.

The experience gained from killing a Lower God is enough for him to level up from rank 1 to Saint rank in one go.

That single slash already paid back the cost.

This opened a new line of thought for Lu Zheng.

Anyway, the base attributes from level‑up bonuses are few, not even comparable to the base attributes from a celestial item's feedback.

Even at just level 1, Lu Zheng can still slay a god with one slash.

After Death Nirvana, all attributes double, allowing him to unleash even stronger combat power.

It amounts to hardly any loss.

For professions that rely on self‑leveling, having one's level reset and losing the enhanced attributes from leveling is equivalent to losing all combat power.

But for Lu Zheng, this has virtually no impact.

Compared to the base attribute bonuses that summons feed back to him, the base attributes he gains from leveling are merely a drop in the bucket.

This idea can be tested later; for now, he should finish the second assessment as soon as possible.

The title Undead Calamity is no boast; the total number of undead generated exceeds ten billion, with over a hundred half‑god‑level undead, eight lower True God‑level, and none at the Mid God tier.

That makes sense when you think about it.

After all, the participants' level is only about 500; being able to wield True God‑level power is already a huge fortune.

For a special case like Lu Zheng, even the Death God King wouldn't have expected such a practitioner to appear.

Finally, the last undead is crushed.

Prompt appears: 【Ding! You have completed the Death God King throne inheritance assessment's second task: Victory! Skeleton Calamity!】

Congratulations, you receive reward: Death Affinity +10%; Divine Skill: Undead Calamity.

Current Death Affinity: 105%.

The affinity exceeding one hundred percent surprised Lu Zheng.

He thought that once it hit one hundred percent it would stop growing, but it can exceed, and he doesn't even know what exactly a hundred percent looks like.

Exceeding a hundred percent—could there be something special? Suddenly, Lu Zheng realized what the over‑hundred‑percent affinity manifests as.

The surrounding Power of Death is slowly being absorbed by his body, converting into experience! Goodness, so exceeding a hundred percent affinity is like gaining a passive constitution; in certain environments, he can level up while lying down.

And it seems that as affinity continues to rise, the efficiency of this experience conversion can also improve.

Lu Zheng feels even more motivated.

Now he looks at the newly obtained Divine Skill.

【Skill: Undead Calamity】

【Effect: Consumes at least 10 million mana to activate a projecting formation; within the marked Undead Plane, choose an area, and all undead whose level does not exceed yours will obey your summons】

Lu Zheng thought briefly and immediately grasped what this entails.

This is a spatial skill combined with the divine rule's authority effect.

Undead under forced level suppression obey! Yet to achieve sufficient effect, he must find a place with both high undead quality and quantity; otherwise only a few undead are summoned, wasting energy.

It seems to have little use for him.

After all, he can fully rely on his summons for battle; a mere Undead Calamity, limited by his own level, is of little use.

Nevertheless, it is still a skill of the Death God.

Dislike it, but respect it! Lu Zheng looks toward the next assessment content.

【Third test content: Cross! Sea of Dead Souls!】

【Description: To reach the true core area of the Death God Temple, one must traverse the ring-shaped Sea of Dead Souls region formed of resentful spirits and wandering souls; passing through the Sea of Dead Souls counts as completing the test.】

【Reward: Death Affinity +10%; Divine Skill: Soul Scourge.】

The spatial range of this Death God Temple appears even larger than Lu Zheng imagined.

Inside, there actually is a ring called the so-called Sea of Dead Souls terrain.

Lu Zheng quickly flew toward the direction indicated by the Death God Test Order; not long after, he indeed saw a huge canyon.

The Sea of Dead Souls is a ring of a great canyon, with a huge fissure formed on the ground.

Inside and above the canyon swirl seemingly endless resentful spirits and wandering souls, emitting sharp howls.

Even just outside, hearing these sounds that pierce the soul also causes an inner trembling of pain.

Looking around, these resentful spirits and wandering souls all have levels and health bars.

Lu Zheng immediately had no reservations.

Even if some of them sensed to have true god-level energy, he felt no fear at all.

They all have their health bars shown!

Just get it done.

He doesn't worry about how strong the enemy is; he's afraid of killing something that gives no experience.

The test requires crossing the Sea of Dead Souls, but seeing how many monsters fill it, all packed with experience points, Lu Zheng can't bear to let them go!

The mana of many divine pets instantly converged; Lu Zheng raised his hand and cast a spell, and tens of thousands of lightning chains fell from the sky.

Instantly, under the effect of the passive skill Thunder Marsh Domain, the surroundings turned into a sea of lightning! The lightning struck down, and not a single wandering soul or resentful spirit could survive within a hundred li radius centered on Lu Zheng.

Wandering souls and the Power of Death have no inherent resistance to lightning; on the contrary, they are extremely prone to critical damage!

The entire Sea of Dead Souls echoed with wails.

Thanks for the support! (End of chapter)