Chapter 65: Divine Equipment: Ring of Blessing! In Success, Benefit All Under Heaven!

The Daxia Alliance had only one demigod, its sole legend-class professional, the true guardian deity of the empire above level 400 — the Divine Thunder Spear God, Xuanyuan Wuji! His class was the legend-class "Divine Thunder Mage," commanding the Divine Thunder of Heaven; even at level one, he could strike down first-tier monsters with a bolt.

This was the terror of a true legend-class profession.

But this man, born into a military family and trained in his family's hereditary spear technique since childhood, would not resign himself to being a rear-line battle mage. So he developed in his own way, becoming a melee mage — the Divine Thunder Spear God.

His sudden rise proved that a professional's class did not entirely lock in a person's path of growth.

Some said he was like a thunderclap in the darkness, bringing hope to the human race!

And now, this legendary figure from the textbooks was right in front of him.

Damn! He was actually a real handsome guy!

Lu Zheng had assumed that a legend-class powerhouse of his age would be a white-haired old man, or at the very least a rugged-faced middle-aged man. He never expected the man to look only in his twenties — a handsome young fellow radiating both heroic spirit and commanding presence.

He suddenly recalled something: apparently, after becoming a saint-class professional, one could slow down aging. So returning to youth and staying forever young after becoming a demigod seemed perfectly reasonable.

"What's wrong? Disappointed that I'm more handsome than you?"

Xuanyuan Wuji asked with a smile.

Lu Zheng gave an awkward smile — he'd actually been guessed right. But he certainly wasn't going to admit the other man was more handsome than him.

"Seeing that you, Senior, are still in your prime, I'm even more full of hope for Daxia's future — how could I be disappointed! Senior, what did you need to see me about?"

"Haha, you kid really know how to talk. Have a seat, no need to be formal. I'm not that serious a person. I just came to meet you. I've been rushing about day after day, from south to north, east to west. This time I heard a legend-class Summoner had appeared, so I came back specially to take a look."

If I'm not mistaken, you should be an ordinary professional. Did you awaken a hidden talent?"

Xuanyuan Wuji asked.

Lu Zheng nodded, taking that as his answer.

"Good, good. Looks like an extraordinary Summoner talent. I watched the battle of your Nine-Headed Bird — a very powerful divine pet. It can revive after death, and doubles in strength upon rebirth. But that probably doesn't come without a cost, right?"

Xuanyuan Wuji's conversational tone was very relaxed, and since the man looked about the same age as himself, Lu Zheng felt no pressure and said casually:

"The Nine-Headed Undying Phoenix is actually very hard to kill. As long as all nine heads aren't taken out, it can recover infinitely. Rebirth after death does have a cost — the doubled-stats state lasts only one hour. After one hour, its level drops to one, and the increased stats are reset to zero."

"Oh? Then doesn't that essentially cripple a top-tier combat asset? You definitely have more than one divine pet, kid. Tell me, how many do you actually have?"

Xuanyuan Wuji looked into Lu Zheng's eyes and asked.

Lu Zheng thought for a moment. An existence at this level wouldn't harm him, and deception was meaningless. He nodded and said:

"Currently, only three."

Xuanyuan Wuji suddenly burst into laughter.

"Good, truly excellent! Three is already enough. As long as they grow up — no, as long as you grow up — look at all these surrounding nations and alien races, and see which one would still dare covet our territory!"

Saying that, he then revealed an expression of regret.

"But I still need to go to the border, so I won't be able to watch you grow. You can't slack off. Being the only one — I'm honestly getting a bit tired."

As he spoke, Xuanyuan Wuji showed a trace of exhaustion.

Lu Zheng didn't know much about the border, the alien races, or the affairs of other nations, but seeing him like this, he understood what kind of burden it was for one person to bear pressure from so many directions.

He couldn't help but feel a measure of admiration.

"Senior, I will work hard to grow stronger!"

Xuanyuan Wuji laughed:

"No need to be so sentimental. I can still hold on for now, but the future will definitely depend on you all. I'm not even married yet — I'm still thinking about finding a young, pretty wife and living the good life after I retire. Remember to grow up quickly and take over my post!"

Good lord! That's so you!

If he remembered correctly, the old man was already over eighty, and still liked them young and pretty — truly a man of consistent taste.

"Rest assured, Senior. I'll urge my summoned beasts to grow up as quickly as possible and let them take over your post. After all, I also like them young and pretty."

"Hahaha! You kid. Here, take this. I'm off — let's meet again when we have the chance."

Xuanyuan Wuji tossed something to Lu Zheng and got up and left right away.

It was clear that he was indeed very busy.

Yanxia had a tradition called "In success, benefit all under heaven." All powerful people would voluntarily shoulder the responsibility of the entire Yanxia's development, taking the world upon themselves.

Devotion to family and nation always flowed through the blood! Lu Zheng watched Xuanyuan Wuji's retreating figure disappear, then checked the item this demigod powerhouse had given him. 【Equipment: Ring of Blessing】

【Quality: Purple Luminescence Five-Star】

【Equipment Requirement: Mental Power value greater than 1000】

【Spirit +1000】

【Constitution +1000】

【Mana Recovery Speed +200%】

【Life Recovery Speed +200%】

【Skills: Fortune Aura, Blessing Aura】

【Durability: Permanent】

Damn! It came with two aura skills built in, and one of them was Fortune Aura — this was simply a supreme treasure!

To date, the only item he had obtained that could boost luck-related abilities was a single "Ancient Summoning Fortune Bracelet," and that only applied to summoning arts.

And Fortune Aura was clearly far more powerful!

【Skill: Fortune Aura】

【Effect: Consumes 10,000 mana to release a Fortune Aura on a single target. Under the fortune state, probabilities double; maintaining it consumes 1,000 mana per second.】

A description of just four words, yet it was already a near-invincible thing!

Probabilities double.

Anything related to probability would double.

Consider this: under the strongest effect of Critical Strike Aura, there was a fifty percent chance to trigger a critical strike effect. If this Fortune Aura were added on top, that would become a one hundred percent chance to trigger a critical strike effect!

One hundred percent critical strikes — what a terrifying thing that would be!

Moreover, if you double your luck while using a summoning technique, the chance of obtaining high‑quality summons will be greatly increased again.

This thing is incredibly effective for Lu Zheng; it makes him want to shout excitedly.

Now look at another skill.

【Skill: Blessed Aura】

【Effect: Consumes 10,000 mana to release a Blessed Aura on a single target; while blessed, the target is immune to all negative statuses and unaffected by corrosive damage.】

What the heck!

This skill is also god‑defying.

Immunity to all negative statuses means that control effects like paralysis or freeze have no effect on the wearer, and damage such as fire, Power of Death corrosive damage, or Dark Prison corrosive damage also does not affect the wearer.

This is almost over the limit; damage‑over‑time skills are heavily weakened, and as soon as the Blessed Aura is active, one is practically invincible!

Truly a demigod elite—his first move is a god‑defying treasure! Lu Zheng happily puts the ring on his hand, then follows the person in charge outside to claim his skill‑book reward. —Recommended new novel "After Divorce, Celestial Dao‑Companions Come Chasing" link below! Blurb: Just divorced, then kissed forcefully by Dao‑companions from the heavens! New book: "After Divorce, Celestial Dao‑Companions Come Chasing"

Synopsis: After three years of marriage, the wife is dissatisfied with her current life, believes she deserves better, and, urged by a close friend, files for divorce.

Facing his wife's scornful sarcasm, Lu Zheng feels disheartened and can only agree.

Unexpectedly, just after receiving the divorce certificate, he is immediately seized by a white‑robed female swordswoman in ancient attire.

Soon after, women of various identities appear one after another: the cold‑beauty Empress, the demonic sect Saint, the Daoist sect Fairy, the cute‑naïve Dragon Maiden, and so on.

They all repeatedly claim to be Lu Zheng's sole Dao‑Companion!

They even fight fiercely for Lu Zheng, scrambling to give him various precious pills and magical artifacts.

It turns out that three days later, the 'World Pearl' Lu Zheng picked up a year ago will be activated, launching his inter‑heavenly traversal journey.

He subsequently experiences wuxia, xuanhuan, xianxia and other realms, a total of 108 worlds, and in each world he has a Dao‑Companion.

These Dao‑Companions, with his help, become top‑tier elites of their respective worlds! In a great war ten hundred thousand years later, time is chaotic, multiversal worlds merge, and the celestial worlds begin to overlap with Lu Zheng's original source world.

Lu Zheng dies, his Dao vanishes.

Each of his Dao‑Companions receives a fragment of the World Pearl, guided by the fragment to seek him! As the celestial worlds merge with reality, everyone is on edge, yet Lu Zheng, aided by his companions, gradually ascends again to the pinnacle, commanding the Nine Heavens, stepping across myriad realms.

(End of chapter)