Chapter 41: Another Divine Pet! Cleared the

After two days of monster grinding, Lu Zheng's level has reached 94, and among his summons, Taotie is level 95, Nine-Head Immortal Phoenix 90, Three-Tailed Spirit Fox 89, Cave-Deep Azure Snake and Howling Moon Azure Wolf both 88.

In the past two days he summoned two rare beast pets, "Holy Light White Deer" and "Diamond Gorilla", each granting Lu Zheng a new skill.

Now, on the 71st day after Awakening Day, Lu Zheng possesses 7 rare beast pets with an average level of 80, and 400 elite beast pets averaging level 60.

After he changed jobs to Advanced Summoner, his Summoning Art upgraded to Advanced Summoning Art, greatly increasing the chance to summon elite beast pets; in two days yesterday he refreshed nearly 40 elite beast pets at once, and at this rate one day even his lowest‑quality pets could reach elite quality.

After all, Lu Zheng will not let ordinary‑quality beast pets stay alive.

This Summoner dungeon is a great place to refresh summon slots; monsters are dense, low‑level pets tend to die, and Lu Zheng can keep doing ten‑pulls or hundred‑pulls.

【You have entered the timed dungeon "Ancient Summoning" Advanced Summoner Challenge; countdown starts, 30 seconds later monsters will stream in continuously for one hour; timer starts, 29, 28, 27…】

Lu Zheng looks through the light screen and sees that the surrounding monsters average level 90, and they all seem to be dinosaur‑type creatures.

"Iron-Head Triceratops", "Steel-Claw Velociraptor", "Black-Armor Tyrannosaur", and so on.

So the things summoned from ancient times are exactly these.

Lu Zheng releases all summons except Taotie; regarding his total output he isn't worried at all—just the Nine-Head Immortal Phoenix's Immortal Fire Sea skill can clean this place completely.

He mainly wants to use this spot to refresh his summon slots, so he didn't lock onto damage output immediately.

Under high‑density slaughter, low‑level summons die quickly—ten, a hundred, two hundred.

Lu Zheng immerses himself in the joy of drawing cards; thanks to the base attribute bonuses from his summons he now has a full 150,000 mana, comparable to a saint‑rank profession, and with extremely high spirit attribute his mana regeneration is also saint‑rank.

Advanced Summoning Art consumes 100 mana per cast, so there's no need to worry about consumption.

Unconsciously, after tens of thousands of summons, a dazzling name suddenly appears before his eyes.

【Consume 100 spell points, successfully activate skill Advanced Summoning Art, congratulations you obtained a five‑star legendary divine pet "Kui Niu"】×1【Summoned Beast: Unnamed】

【Species: Kui Niu】

【Quality: Five‑Star Legendary Divine Pet】

【Level: LV. 1 (0.00%)】

【HP: 8000/8000】

【Mana: 1500/1500】

【Strength: 150】

【Agility: 100】

【Spirit: 200】

【Constitution: 200】

【Skills: Thunderfield Domain (Passive), Thunderbolt Ten Thousand, Thunder Explosion Technique, Thunder Core Shield, Thunder Net, Five Thunderbolts Strike】

【Trigger hidden talent "Summon the Gods" passive effect two, you gain skill "Thunderfield Domain (Passive)"】

【Skill: Thunderfield Domain (Passive)】

【Effect: Forms a spherical area centered on you; spell damage does not exceed your mana cap, damage is blocked by thunder power, granting immunity to spell damage; immune to all thunder‑type spells; any thunder power entering the domain with spell damage not exceeding your mana cap will be devoured, usable to restore mana or convert to experience】

Divine Skill, truly a Divine Skill! Immune to spell damage, and it can also absorb thunder power to restore mana and gain experience—so strong.

If you find a dungeon that constantly rains lightning, you can just lie inside and level up! This overlaps with Taotie's passive "Mana Annihilation", but no one will reject the extra power of this domain.

Gaining another legendary divine pet instantly brightened Lu Zheng's mood; the gloom of days without high‑quality summons vanished, and he even felt the world still had love!

The monsters here are numerous and dense, perfect for letting the divine pet level up first.

Divine pets are the key to completing the Job Change Quest; the more divine pets, the more confident Lu Zheng is about the quest.

This requires intensive cultivation.

First release a skill to see its power.

【Skill: Thunderbolt Ten Thousand】

【Effect: Consumes at least 1000 mana, within a certain range triggers the power of heavenly thunder, unleashing a large‑area attack that deals a minimum of 2000 base spell damage per second to each hit target】

This skill doesn't look very strong, but since Kui Niu is low‑level with little mana, Thunderbolt Ten Thousand's invocation of heavenly thunder is no ordinary force; with divine might it attacks continuously! In an instant, a massive black cloud rose over the sky within three li, followed by countless thunderbolts as thick as arms descending.

The 1000‑mana Thunderbolt Ten Thousand is weak and can't pierce the defense of these level‑90 dinosaurs, but some that were already near death from Lu Zheng's other summons died instantly from the thunder strike.

By scavenging, Kui Niu killed several level‑90 dinosaurs, gaining massive experience and instantly soaring in level, then immediately released Thunderbolt Ten Thousand again.

This time it consumed 10,000 mana, dealing 20,000 damage per second, successfully breaking dinosaur defenses and wiping out many more.

Such a wide‑area attack, still relying on heavenly thunder, is practically a leveling weapon in this sealed, monster‑dense dungeon.

After a quarter of an hour, Kui Niu's level jumped to 75; by the time the dungeon quest ended, it had reached 84.

To prevent insufficient output, Lu Zheng finally let Kui Niu spend 200,000 mana to cast Thunderbolt Ten Thousand once; in an instant the entire dungeon was shrouded in thunder, and when he left the dungeon was empty, all monsters cleared before they could even respawn.

Outside the dungeon cave, Wang Jun returned to check the leaderboard, found he was still first on the Junior Summoner Leaderboard, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he saw Lu Zheng's name still on the Intermediate Summoner Damage Leaderboard, his total output unrivaled; recalling Lu Zheng's fall in the Fire God Island dungeon, he felt a pang of melancholy.

Suddenly, he noticed the Advanced Summoner ranking shift and instinctively looked over.

【Rank 1: Lu Zheng; Level: LV. 94; Total Damage Output: 134,284,333】

One hundred thirty‑four million! Nine digits! Wait, Lu Zheng!?

Wang Jun abruptly turned toward the "Ancient Summoning" dungeon entrance and saw a familiar figure there.

He rushed forward, slid to a kneel beside Lu Zheng, and immediately grabbed the latter's thigh.

"Boss! You're still alive! Great! I knew you didn't die!"

Lu Zheng was startled by the leaping meatball; if he hadn't just gotten a divine pet and been in a good mood, he would have kicked it away then.

At that moment, Lu Zheng remembered that the guy had said he would wait at the dungeon entrance for him, but Lu Zheng had used a return‑city scroll to go back to the main city to rest, essentially standing him up.

He said awkwardly, "Ahem, that day I was seriously injured, so I returned to the city to rest and didn't exit through the entrance. Anyway, let go of me, I promise I won't do it again, okay?"

(End of Chapter)