Chapter 75: The Taotie Has Been Pushed to the Backline! The Real Trump Card Has Switched!

Revealing two divine pets, Lu Zheng had long had a plan.

But displaying the Taotie was a decision he only made recently.

Through his efforts over this period, Lu Zheng's summoned beasts saw a significant overall level increase.

The fastest to improve among them is Qiongqi!

It turns out that among all his summoned beasts, the Taotie was the quickest to level up, after all its skill that devours everything into experience is overwhelmingly dominant.

It only needs to gorge itself, devouring everything, to keep leveling up.

Moreover, the Taotie's own combat power is absurdly high, and it actively kills at a swift pace.

But now, the highest‑level pet under Lu Zheng is Qiongqi.

The Taotie's level can only rank third; it isn't even second.

First, the top.

Qiongqi's current level is 143.

Its level can be so high not only because its own combat power is top‑tier, but also thanks to its two enslaving skills.

【Skill: Ferocious Spirit Puppet】

【Effect: Consumes 10,000 mana to create a ferocious spirit; it possesses a target whose mental power is less than four‑fifths of its own, and upon success gains a Ferocious Spirit Puppet; it does not die, persists permanently and can continue to grow, and experience gained from killing monsters is fed back to itself at 100%】

This skill directly gives Qiongqi a multitude of subordinates, and as they accumulate, its experience‑gaining efficiency grows ever faster.

Lu Zheng can obtain at most ten summoned beasts per day, but for Qiongqi, as long as mana persists, it can continuously create ferocious spirits and train them to fight monsters and level up.

And that's not all.

【Skill: Eight Desolate Demon Lord (Passive)】

【Effect: Within a certain radius, it controls all demons whose level is lower than its own; demons with higher level but lower mental power are subjugated with a 50% chance, otherwise they are mocked】

The active skill 'Ferocious Spirit Puppet' still requires mana to control each one individually.

But this passive skill 'Eight Desolate Demon Lord' is the famed 'Regal Overlord Aura'; any demon of lower level is directly controlled, and higher‑level demons whose mental power does not exceed its own have a fifty‑percent chance of being controlled.

Lu Zheng possesses a divine‑grade blessed ring; with a 'Lucky Halo' applied, it doubles the probability, turning fifty percent into one hundred percent! As a five‑star divine pet, Qiongqi already has a very high mental power value.

It also has a skill that directly raises mental power; almost the entire field becomes its subordinates!

【Skill: Malice Devour】

【Effect: Consumes at least 10,000 spell power to create a Qiongqi manifestation, devours souls bearing malice, and permanently increases mental power】

This skill is ineffective against a pure‑hearted person, because only targets whose souls contain malice can be devoured.

But where did Lu Zheng previously level up?!

It was the Abyss Demon Lair.

Specifically, the eighth underground floor teeming with Abyss demons.

All Abyss demons are saturated with malice; the more malice they hold, the weaker their resistance to this spell, causing Qiongqi's mental power to surge dramatically in a short time.

Far surpassing other divine pets of the same tier, nearly reaching double.

However, later, as levels rose, the Abyss demons that supply malice did not increase in level overall, so the boost was a bit smaller.

Nevertheless, that absolutely exceeds the total mental value of ordinary overlord‑grade holy‑level BOSSes.

With such formidable mental power, under the passive 'Eight Desolate Demon Lord' and active 'Ferocious Spirit Puppet', it practically controls half of the Abyss Demon Lair instance. Consequently, its kill‑to‑level efficiency is extraordinarily high! As for the second‑ranked, it is Baize.

This fellow appears to be a control‑removal auxiliary divine pet, yet within an Abyss Demon Lair instance its damage output outstrips any other divine pet.

Not to mention the 'Judgment Power' that wipes out the remaining ten percent of HP in one go; even its other skills are a heaven‑kill against Abyss demons.

【Skill: Sacred Light】

【Effect: Consumes at least 10,000 mana to deal 50,000 spell damage to a single target, and an additional 50,000 sacred force damage to demons, monsters, and evil spirits】

Against demons, 100,000 mana yields one million damage; with Judgment Power it becomes 1.1 million, and with Lu Zheng's 'Critical Hit Halo' and 'Lucky Halo' applied, 100,000 mana can inflict 3.3 million damage!

【Skill: Evil‑Banishment Light Wave】

【Effect: Consumes at least 10,000 mana, centered on self, releases a circular light wave; within a certain radius it deals 50,000 sacred spell damage to demons, monsters, and evil spirits】

This skill seems a bit weaker, dealing less damage, and only works on demons, monsters, and evil spirits.

But it is a massive‑area skill; 100,000 mana released cleanses everything within a twenty‑li radius! 【Skill: Demon‑Swinging Spirit Ring】

【Effect: Consumes at least 10,000 mana to cast a spirit ring on a single target; the ring inflicts 10,000 sacred spell damage per second, and when the soul hits the target it deals 50,000 sacred spell damage plus 20,000 explosive impact damage in a single strike】

This skill is interesting; it can serve as a continuous damage skill or as a single‑target attack.

It remains highly targeted, effective only against evil demons.

The most domineering are still the two passive skills.

【Skill: All Evil Repel (Passive)】

【Effect: Centered on self within a certain radius, all demonic and negative‑energy beings have all attributes reduced by 5%–50%; they are immune to negative‑energy spell damage and effects】

【Skill: Purification Field (Passive)】

【Effect: Centered on self within a certain radius, all demonic and evil beings continuously receive purification, losing HP each second equal to 5% of its own mana; targets in the field are unaffected by negative spell damage or effects】

The first passive skill forcibly weakens demons upon approach and also grants immunity to their spell damage and status effects such as curses.

Purification Field, however, forces HP loss.

Now, Baize's level is just below Qiongqi's 143, at 140; its mana reaches 450,000, causing surrounding demonic and evil entities to lose 22,500 HP per second, which totals 1,350,000 HP per minute.

The strongest Abyss demons on the eighth floor are level 300, fully five‑star, not yet six‑star, with at most forty‑to‑fifty thousand HP; if they cannot quickly recover HP, they'll be purified within four to five minutes!

Combined with other stacked skills, Baize's single kill wipes out a large area, far faster than the Taotie's devour.

After all, the Taotie's devour affects a limited range, and attracting monsters takes time.

Baize only needs to slip around; wherever it goes is cleansed.

Together, it and Qiongqi cover almost half the monsters in this instance, killing at a breakneck pace, so they level up quickly.

Of course, as their own levels rise, the experience gain ratio from killing the same monsters gradually declines; unless they venture into higher‑level monster zones, the speed will inevitably slow.

But there is no doubt that, at present, Qiongqi and Baize are Lu Zheng's true killing weapons; the rest are what can be exposed.

The Nine-Headed Immortal Phoenix and Taotie, having already been seen by the public, are the most suitable to be displayed.

The six great divine beasts: Qiongqi level 143, Baize level 140, Taotie level 139, Nine-Headed Immortal Phoenix level 137, Kui Ox level 135, Xiangliu level 133.

Taotie and the Nine-Headed Immortal Phoenix are the middle tier of high-end combat power.

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