Chapter 38: Nirvana Rebirth — Could the Boss Really Already Be Dead?

Unsurprisingly, the 800,000 points of damage dealt by the Nine-Headed Undying Bird's all-out powerful attack skill, Death Scythe, ultimately only consumed a mere 350,000 points of the Fire God Projection's mana, and reflected 350,000 points of fire spell damage in return.

These fire damage effects were useless against the Nine-Headed Undying Bird, but the Scepter of Judgment's attack was effective.

A single skill caused the Nine-Headed Undying Bird's entire body to burst apart, killing it on the spot! The level gap was too great. The Nine-Headed Undying Bird had no powerful amplification skills and could only rely on its own body to tank this attack. Though the fire damage was immune, the divine power damage overflowed directly, killing the Nine-Headed Undying Bird.

The passive skill 'Nirvana Rebirth' triggered. A mass of netherfire grew larger and larger, gradually becoming a giant fireball over twenty meters in diameter.

Suddenly, a cry rang out, and in the next moment, the Nine-Headed Undying Bird's form appeared from within it.

After rebirth, all attributes doubled and mana and other attributes were fully restored. The Nine-Headed Undying Bird once again released Death Scythe.

This time, it likewise consumed all its mana. A black scythe several times more powerful than the previous Death Scythe materialized in the air. After all attributes doubled, the increase in spiritual power meant that each point of mana consumed could mobilize more heaven-and-earth elements, so the skill's power was not merely doubled.

The Death Scythe slashed down, but was still blocked by Fire Resistance Ring.

But the Death Scythe's total damage reached 4,000,000. Even though 200,000 damage was offset, half of the remaining 3,800,000 damage was reflected as fire spell damage, which consumed a full 1,900,000 points of the Fire God Projection's mana!

The Fire God Projection only had 5,000,000 mana points in total, and now only half remained.

But the Nine-Headed Undying Bird's attack this time was not merely to consume its mana. More importantly, it was to neutralize the Fire God Projection's Fire Resistance Ring effect.

Through observation, Lu Zheng discovered that although this passive skill was theoretically an absolute defense with unlimited triggers, after it fully absorbed one attack—meaning after taking the full 200,000 points of damage—it needed to be reactivated.

And this was the opening.

In that very instant, Taotie, which had long since charged toward the Fire God Projection, directly unleashed its strongest single-target attack skill: Dark Divine Claw!

【Skill: Dark Divine Claw】

【Effect: Minimum cost of 10,000 mana. Forms an attack with dark divine power, dealing a minimum of 100,000 base physical damage and 200,000 base dark-type spell damage.】

Fire Resistance Ring failed. Like a giant claw reaching out from the abyss, it extended from the void and directly pierced through the Fire God Projection's body.

At Lu Zheng's request, Taotie consumed all 120,000 points of mana to unleash this attack, reaching a terrifying total damage output of 3,600,000! But the Fire God Projection's body resistance was very high and its defense was formidable. In the end, it only consumed 3,000,000 of the Fire God Projection's HP. Against its total HP of 25,000,000, this counted as a certain injury, but not a severe one.

And this attack made the Fire God Laban even more furious.

As a deity, to be harmed by a mortal life-form—this was a tremendous humiliation!

"Lowly ants, how dare you profane a god! Die!"

Its rage reached a peak. The Fire God Projection unleashed a powerful single-target attack skill: Divine Wrath Eruption.

The entire Fire God Domain seemed to boil over in an instant. A massive amount of fire energy continuously converged toward Taotie's location. The entire Fire God Domain was like a volcano that seemed ready to erupt at any moment.

In just the span of a single breath, a giant fire cloud layer formed above Taotie's head, and then, like a volcanic eruption, it surged downward, its target precisely Taotie. Lu Zheng had both divine pets exhaust their mana in succession, naturally for good reason.

The Nine-Headed Undying Bird had many life-saving skills and could immune fire damage, so that attack was only meant to dispel the Fire Resistance Ring's effect while drawing the Fire God Projection's attention.

Taotie was different. Lu Zheng dared to let it consume all its mana because the Devouring Black Hole had been functioning continuously—it was about to level up.

Right after unleashing Dark Divine Claw, it completed its level-up and its mana was restored! Then, when the volcano that had grown in the sky erupted downward, a black hole appeared above Taotie's head, and all the violently surging flames were devoured into it.

Not only that, with Taotie actively activating its Devour effect, the gravitational force pulled the converging fire cloud along with it into the black hole.

This fire cloud was an energy body formed by the combination of the Fire God Projection's Fire God Domain and Flame Eruption skill. It continuously absorbed the Fire God Projection's mana, converting it into fire energy for attack. Now, it was being frantically devoured by the black hole, and the Fire God Projection's mana was being consumed at an alarming rate! Taotie could devour all forms of energy and convert them into experience points to raise its own level. If this situation could be maintained, as one side weakened and the other grew, victory would certainly belong to Lu Zheng.

But the Fire God Projection was clearly no fool. Upon discovering that its mana was being consumed wildly, it decisively stopped maintaining the effects of those two skills.

The fire cloud dispersed, and the Fire God Domain was lifted.

The confinement over the entire Fire God Island disappeared, and the five people at the Fire God Island dungeon entrance naturally noticed immediately.

Song Yu was the first to rush toward the exit.

"Run! Those two monsters' levels are too low. They're clearly no match for that Fire God Projection. This place will probably be destroyed soon. We must get Lord Red Lotus Knight to come and suppress it!"

The others did not hesitate either, leaving one after another.

After exiting the dungeon, Wang Jiucheng directly grabbed Wang Jun, who was still hiding behind that rock, and without giving him a chance to speak, carried the person and flew toward the distance.

"Grandpa, what are you grabbing me for!? Put me down quickly. I told Big Brother I'd wait out here for him to come out!"

Wang Jiucheng shouted:

"There's no one left inside! Right now the monsters inside are in a great battle, and one of them is a Saint-level existence. What Big Brother? Unless they're a Saint-level expert, no one can survive!"

Hearing these words, Wang Jun was instantly stunned.

A Saint-level monster above level 300 had appeared in the Fire God Island dungeon, and some kind of monster war had broken out—this was too terrifying!

Could it be—could it be that the boss was really already dead!? Under the impact of such information, Wang Jun could not bring himself to believe that Lu Zheng, at only level 60 and not yet second-tier, could survive, even if his total output in one hour during the Summoner Dungeon Trial had crushed high-level summoners.

A high-level professional was still only a second-tier professional. Saint-level—that was a sixth-tier existence! My newly acknowledged boss, just gone like that!? Wang Jun could not help but feel a sense of sorrow. Lu Zheng had helped him complete his Job Change Quest, and he had already truly regarded Lu Zheng as his boss. At this moment, grief surged in his heart and he muttered to himself: "Boss, rest in peace. On this day every year, I'll burn paper money for you!"

Inside the Fire God Island dungeon, Lu Zheng inexplicably felt a bit uncomfortable. Then he immediately focused his mind. Looking at the Fire God Projection, which had less than two million mana remaining, he made a difficult decision.

Taotie, Nine-Headed Undying Bird, charge together! Melee combat! Please follow and read (End of this chapter)