Chapter 58: Divine Pet Revealed, the Dungeon Set Ablaze—Stop Right Now!

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, during such an important and solemn examination.

He lay down!

He actually lay down, not even glancing at the battle below.

And the Three-Tailed Spirit Fox below had already gone on a killing frenzy!

From the very start, Lu Zheng had cast two auras on Tushan Jiaojiao, costing twenty thousand mana points.

One Inspiring Aura: HP recovery rate +200%, mana recovery rate +200%; and one Critical Aura: 50% chance to trigger a critical effect, dealing an extra 200% damage! Tushan Jiaojiao was now level 110, a five-star Immortal-grade spirit pet, possessing crushing lethality against these ordinary monsters.

From the first level-41 monster to the level-150 monster, all were instantly killed by a single Tail Spirit Bomb from her!

The level-151 monster appeared—two Tail Spirit Bombs, killed.

Seeing this, Duanmu Lin in the waiting area asked a purple-haired girl beside him in a dazed tone: "He just… broke the record!?"

Ji Zirou stared intently at the fox on the screen and said slowly: "He is creating a record that may never be surpassed!"

In the Alliance Examination Viewing Hall, Lin Shuhua looked at the two summoned beasts Lu Zheng had summoned and shook his head: "These are not the summoned beasts that fought the Dark Demon Dragon that day, nor are they either of the two that battled the Fire God's projection. His legendary divine pet—he hasn't used it yet, or rather, there's simply no need to use it."

Sage-rank Guardian Xue Mingzhen said with a chuckle: "These two summoned beasts aren't simple either! According to the dungeon's automatic appraisal, that eagle-type summoned beast has reached level 108 at the third-tier advancement, a four-star rare-quality summoned beast. Just this one summoned beast's combat power alone is enough to rival those geniuses."

"And this three-tailed fox is even more extraordinary—level 110 at the third-tier advancement, a five-star Immortal-grade spirit pet. This alone is enough to crush all the other students."

"Moreover, although that kid Lu Zheng only released two skills at the start, the auxiliary effects of those two auras are far too powerful, nearly doubling the fox's combat power. With just this one fox, I'm afraid both dungeons will be cleared by this kid!"

An Immortal-grade spirit pet corresponds to the Epic-tier professional level; five-star Immortal-grade is the pinnacle of Epic-tier professional standards. And this fox had already reached level 110 at the third-tier advancement, whereas the strongest examinees were only at first-tier perfection at level 60, not even having reached second-tier.

The gap was enormous! In truth, this examination process was somewhat disadvantageous for Summoner-class professionals. After all, the dungeon could only guarantee the summoner's own HP was locked and mana was unlimited, but summoned beasts could still take damage and their mana would be consumed.

But from the looks of it, at least for a Summoner like Lu Zheng, this was no problem at all.

Below monster level 200, the Three-Tailed Spirit Fox was simply playing around—casually attacking twice, triggering a critical effect, and instantly killing the opponent.

Only after passing level 200 did it get slightly serious, but only slightly.

At level 250 and above, the monsters finally exerted some pressure on it. After all, it was only at the third-tier level, fighting fifth-tier monsters—even if they were ordinary quality, their defense and other base attributes were already no weaker than its own.

But it could still keep killing!

The two skills Triple Clone and Agile Hundred Claws allowed Tushan Jiaojiao to unleash hundreds of attacks in an instant, and under the Critical Aura's effect, half of those attacks triggered a triple critical effect, dealing explosive damage.

Thus it could still break through defenses and keep fighting.

275, 285, 295, 300!

When the level-300 monster appeared, Lu Zheng chose to have the Three-Tailed Spirit Fox delay the battle, no longer pursuing victory, and wait for the examination's time limit to end.

This result was already sufficient; there was no need to waste any more time here.

He had already taken a nap!

The Three-Tailed Spirit Fox's mana could no longer be replenished in time, and summoning other summoned beasts to assist would be meaningless.

So be it—the final result, level 299. Could anyone possibly surpass him? The results were announced: a new record was born. No one cheered; the students in the waiting area outside only felt a wave of bitterness.

Everyone could see that this was not Lu Zheng's limit. Relying on just one summoned beast, he was fully capable of displaying Sage-rank combat power, yet he had halted this process of continuing to set records.

Because there was simply no need!

He just lay there, and no one could challenge the new record he had casually created.

The original record was only level 150; he had raised it straight to level 299—one level short of being exactly double! Duanmu Lin looked bitterly at Ji Zirou beside him and asked: "Tell me, when he saw me trying so hard earlier, was it like watching a joke?"

Ji Zirou gave a light laugh and said:

"You're overthinking it. We were never in his eyes at all. Rumor has it he has a divine pet—this isn't it—but from this performance, a five-star Immortal-grade spirit pet is already considered demigod-level quality. He is far too strong!"

In the viewing hall on the other side, Xue Mingzhen clicked his tongue and shook his head:

"This fox summoned beast is already enough to clear the second examination. It seems there's no hope of seeing this kid use his divine pet today."

But Lin Shuhua suddenly exclaimed: "Elder Xue, look quickly! The divine pet has appeared!"

As for exposing his divine pet, Lu Zheng had long had a plan.

To obtain enough resources, you had to demonstrate your value. Though he now had a Sage-rank master, one person's resources were ultimately limited, and he was about to attend university—he needed to show a certain amount of capital in order to bring greater returns!

So he figured that no matter what, he had to reveal at least one divine pet.

It was true that his divine pet was his trump card, but it wasn't his only one—and in the future, he would have even more trump cards.

Thinking from the worst angle, what if he was targeted by bad actors?

When enemies set up countermeasures against the divine pet Lu Zheng had deliberately exposed, Lu Zheng would directly unleash a second, a third, or even a hundredth even more powerful divine pet, giving them a huge surprise!

Taking ten thousand steps back, with numerous skills stacked on him and countless attribute point bonuses, the greatest trump card was in fact Lu Zheng himself.

If summoned beasts could not satisfy your appetite, then the Summoner himself was also somewhat versed in martial arts! Therefore, exposing one trump card didn't faze Lu Zheng at all, because he still had countless trump cards.

Xue Mingzhen hurriedly looked at the screen upon hearing Lin Shuhua's words, and what met his eyes was a sea of fire.

Clearly, the dungeon had just finished refreshing, and Lu Zheng had directly set the entire dungeon ablaze!

Within that sea of fire, Lu Zheng stood atop a monstrous bird with a wingspan of over a hundred meters, nine heads, and a body wreathed in dark crimson flames. The dungeon's quality appraisal for this monstrous bird was plainly: four-star Legendary Divine Pet! The entire dungeon was covered in dark crimson flames. The first batch of monsters spawned and died instantly, then transformed into one hundred Undead Fire Spirits that attacked the newly appearing monsters.

The Undead Fire Sea's lethality was extremely powerful. Monsters at the initial level of only 31 would die the instant they appeared.

Within a few breaths, the monster level had already reached 100, surpassing the second examination's record of a limit of level 98 and a total kill count of 6,786.

The key point was not that, but rather those 7,000 Undead Fire Spirits—their existence placed enormous operational strain on the dungeon, and the entire dungeon was on the verge of being burned through!

After seeing the warning, Lin Shuhua's expression changed. Without time to discuss with the others, he immediately spoke up again to warn.

"Lu Zheng! Stop! The dungeon can't hold on!!"

(End of this chapter)