Chapter 60: Anomaly! Fire God Strikes, Saint-level BOSS Flame Demon King!

The spectators outside the arena were completely fired up.

Although they had long known that Lu Zheng was extremely powerful, there had been no concrete display before, and only after all twelve summoned beasts made their debut did they realize his truly terrifying side.

For other summoners, possessing a rare-quality summoned beast before the third breakthrough is already very rare, but for Lu Zheng, rare quality is merely the baseline.

He has five celestial-quality spirit pets! Five celestials plus one divine makes an utterly unbeatable combo; having six rare beasts now even seems a bit excessive! Attentive observers noted that all these beasts are above level 100, and the divine pet even reached level 120, meaning Lu Zheng could have triggered the third breakthrough long ago; had he completed it before the college entrance exam, he would have been the first third‑breakthrough examinee in history.

In the viewing hall, hearing Xue Mingzhen's words, Lin Shuhua stared at the five celestial-quality spirit pets that had cleared a swath of monsters above level 100 and asked in astonishment, "All five celestials are on display, is there still something held back!?"

Xue Mingzhen nodded and said:

"I recall that among the reports of killing the Dark Demon Dragon and the Fire God Projection, there was a monster with a sheep's head that wasn't among these twelve; I suspect that's also a powerful divine pet.

Lu Zheng has two divine pets, and that one is his final trump card!"

Regarding Xue Mingzhen's analysis, Lin Shuhua had no doubts and exclaimed, "Two divine pets, once cultivated, are like two demigods! That would double the Daxia Alliance's top combat power; this student must be given ample attention!"

"We must certainly value him, but he already has Fu Cangli backing him; the authorities should stop making a fuss, lest his ego inflates—after all, he's still a young lad."

Xue Mingzhen chuckled.

"What Elder Xue means is that I'll compile the report; this kid is extremely important to us, and even if he can't overperform, he must show attitude, otherwise he'll inevitably harbor resentment—just as you said, he's still a youngster."

After finishing, Lin Shuhua left, and Xue Mingzhen continued watching Lu Zheng's battle.

Lu Zheng's combat can be summed up in two words.

'Horizontal Push'

Whether the monsters are over a hundred levels or two hundred, with Lu Zheng's twelve summoned beasts cooperating, there's no match; the Demon Realm was swept clean of over eighty percent of the area, the remaining twenty percent being where the other nineteen examinees stood, and he did not intervene.

Although the monsters' levels are high, their quality is low—not reaching commander rank, at best leader rank, and most are merely ordinary.

Thus, for Lu Zheng's group, whose lowest-quality beasts already match rare-level summons that target high‑lord rank, they can easily kill above their level, and with coordination, slaying foes dozens or even hundreds of levels higher is no trouble.

A massive amount of experience was absorbed by them, and several summoned beasts leveled up.

More than half an hour passed, and with another fifteen minutes the assessment would end.

Lu Zheng behaved obediently, not venturing into the true core to provoke the Saint-level dungeon BOSS; after all, this is an assessment, and he doesn't want to start a dangerous fight.

Now his plan is to quietly develop, letting his divine pets grow.

But when he entered a certain zone, a prompt suddenly sounded in his ears.

【Notice! Due to the curse of Fire God Laban, the dungeon BOSS LV. 330 Flame Demon Lord's base hatred toward you rises to 90%; the Flame Demon Lord, blessed by the Fire God, undergoes a mutation】

【Notice! Mutated BOSS LV. 350 Flame Demon King is about to assault!】

Damn! It's targeting me again!?

After the prompt, Lu Zheng instantly felt a fierce heat wave, and not far away a dark‑red silhouette was rapidly flying toward him.

It stood fifty meters tall, with a pair of bat wings sprouting from its back, a pair of black horns on its head, clad in leather armor, its visage grim and terrifying.

Seeing the creature, Hua Jing, the fifth‑breakthrough wind mage filming Lu Zheng, immediately shouted, "Bad, the Saint-level BOSS has mutated, let's run!"

Lu Zheng waved his hand at her and said:

"You run. This guy is charging at me; if I run out, it will follow and cause massive damage. Don't worry, I've already slain a god; it's just a demon, I can kill it too!" As he approached, the mutated BOSS's attributes displayed before him.

【Monster: Flame Demon King】

【Quality: Overlord‑grade】

【Level: LV. 350】

【HP: 20,000,000/20,000,000】

【MP: 4,000,000/4,000,000】

【Strength: 50,000】

【Agility: 50,000】

【Spirit: 80,000】

【Constitution: 80,000】

【Skills: Demon Whip, Demon Guard, Demon Bite, Dark Prison, Fiery Rain, Earth Demon Rage, Lava Summon】

The Overlord‑grade quality is a tier below the previous Fire God Projection; its spirit and constitution are weakened, but its strength is boosted, yet it still seems manageable.

Defeating the Fire God Projection last time was a shortcut, but now the Nine‑Headed Undying Bird has risen to level 121, entering the third breakthrough, its power greatly increased, and it has awakened a hidden skill 'Blazing Nether Phoenix', which can absorb flame and Power of Death.

Moreover, he has mastered two aura skills that qualify as Divine Skill, which will definitely double the Nine‑Headed Undying Bird's combat power again.

Lu Zheng thought there was no need to deploy other divine pets; a single Nine‑Headed Undying Bird might truly settle the matter!

During the earlier fight, the Undying Fire Sea devoured many monsters, spawning thousands of Undying Fire Spirits of over a hundred or two hundred levels.

These are the final keys to victory.

Before that, Lu Zheng must first break the Flame Demon King's defense, and before breaking it, he must first control the opponent, preventing it from launching attacks.

A Saint-level demon of Overlord quality releases immensely powerful mana; Lu Zheng still understands the principle of preemptive strike—during combat, the most important thing isn't dealing damage first but controlling the enemy, thereby mastering the battle's rhythm.

Thus, Lu Zheng immediately bestowed upon himself an Inspiration Aura and a Critical Aura, then instantly released two Xuan Ice Spirits toward the Flame Demon King.

Although the Xuan Ice Spirit is a skill provided by a rare-quality summoned beast, its effect is excellent.

On one hand, as a light‑type skill, its speed is extremely fast, almost impossible to dodge.

On the other hand, its freezing effect and damage can stack; continuous release yields a chained control effect!

Each of the two Xuan Ice Spirits consumed 50,000 mana to cast; firing both aimed to trigger a critical, but only the first landed a crit, the second did not.

Without a crit, the 50,000‑mana strike dealt 200,000 freezing damage in one hit, with the freeze lasting 20 seconds and dealing 20,000 freezing damage per second.

With a crit, a single hit reaches 600,000 damage, and it deals 60,000 freezing damage per second; crucially, the freeze duration extends to a full 60 seconds! As a demon, the monster's spell resistance is high, but freezing damage is its weakest point, instantly inflicting 700,000 true damage and draining 50,000 HP per second.

If it persists for 80 seconds, it would deal four million damage, enough to grievously wound even a Demon King with twenty million HP.

But that's only theoretical; the actual duration will never exceed half, so Lu Zheng must seize the time to damage it!

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