Chapter 79: The True Abyss! Declaring War on the Gods! The Power of a Demigod!

Lu Zheng looked at the equipment and marveled:

"This is also the highest-quality piece of equipment I've ever seen!"

【Equipment: Divine Forbidden Demon Ring】

【Quality: Divine · Purple Star Five-Star】

【Equipment Requirement: Mental Power value greater than 10000】

【Skills: Forbidden God Domain, Forbidden Demon Domain】

【Durability: Permanent】

This piece of equipment had no attribute bonuses or any enhancements to base attributes whatsoever.

It was simple to the point of having only two skills.

But that was enough.

【Skill: Forbidden God Domain】

【Effect: Within the domain's range, the target's skill divine power damage is reduced by 50%】

【Skill: Forbidden Demon Domain】

【Effect: Within the domain's range, evil demon mental and physical attributes are reduced by 50%】

No prerequisites at all, no need for level suppression or mental power restrictions — direct reduction!

Divine power damage halved, evil demon mental and physical attributes halved, indirectly weakening the attack capability of heavenly gods and Evil Gods by half.

The method of using this equipment was very simple — just activate it with mental power and unfold the domain. There would be no mana consumption at all; it was purely the treasure's own mighty power! Ju Chengfang saw the satisfied expression on Lu Zheng's face and said with a smile, "This is my first time forging a divine artifact, but I don't think it will be the last. If you can obtain more divine fragment shards, you're very welcome to come find me again. You know I won't charge you any fees."

You won't charge me any fees, but you're taking other Forge Master's materials! Lu Zheng didn't expose her either. With the ability to forge divine artifacts and still making things for him, it was fine for her to take some advantage.

Anyway, it wasn't coming out of his own pocket! "Good! If I can obtain divine fragment shards, I'll definitely come bother you again. Thank you!"

After obtaining the divine artifact, Lu Zheng couldn't wait to enter the Abyss Demon Lair to test it out.

Sure enough, within the range of the 'Forbidden Demon Domain,' all abyssal demons' mental and physical attributes were directly reduced by half! Mental attributes affected mana recovery speed, casting speed, reaction speed, and other aspects; physical attributes affected life recovery speed, physical defense, stamina, and other aspects.

It seemed like there was no direct impact, but once battle commenced, the weakening effect could be clearly seen.

Monster-killing efficiency increased by at least thirty percent!

In reality, the stronger the monsters, the more pronounced this weakening effect became.

Because at higher levels, minute differences were the key to victory or defeat — a miss by a hair, an error by a thousand miles.

After directly halving attributes, the reduction in combat power could far exceed simply half.

With the Divine Forbidden Demon Ring's assistance, the other summoned beasts' monster-killing efficiency increased once again, which meant Baize's mana reserves grew even larger, giving more confidence for the upcoming battle.

Although the mission time limit was over twenty-four days, Lu Zheng couldn't really wait until the very last day to fight.

After all, once something unexpected happened, there would be no reaction time left for others, and he had to be responsible for that.

Lu Zheng still had his own principles for handling matters.

He didn't like trouble, nor would he bring trouble to others.

Finally, the time came to the twenty-first day. Looking at Baize, already raised to level 166, and Qiongqi at level 154, as well as Taotie at level 151, the Nine-Headed Undying Phoenix, the Kui Bull, and Xiang Liu, Lu Zheng felt it was time.

Having reached the Fourth-Turn level, further improvement would raise at most one level in two days, which wouldn't have much impact on combat power, and might instead invite unexpected developments.

Now that all six divine beasts had been raised to the Fourth-Turn level, their mana had increased substantially, and the other summoned beasts had also basically entered a new stage, with overall strength entering a period of slow growth.

This was his strongest state within a certain timeframe, unless he could pull out a few more divine pets.

Evil God, here I come!

On the eighth floor of the Abyss Demon Lair, Lu Zheng took out an item.

The Abyss Demon Pass — this was dropped when he slew the Flame Demon King back then. With it, one could enter the ninth floor of the Abyss Demon Lair, which meant entering the true Abyssal Plane.

'Plane dungeons' were a very special category of dungeons, possessing pioneering nature.

If one's strength was sufficient, clearing the dungeon would allow entry to other locations within that plane through this dungeon — that is, entering a certain plane.

Therefore, this kind of dungeon was not one that everyone could enter; it often required some special credential.

For example, this Abyss Demon Pass and the Undead Plane Pass that Lu Zheng had obtained before.

Song Shiyu felt at ease letting Lu Zheng run wild in the Abyss Demon Lair by himself precisely because he knew that plane dungeons were not something just anyone could enter, and assumed Lu Zheng couldn't get in.

In reality, Lu Zheng was qualified to enter; he just hadn't wanted to venture into the Abyssal Plane.

But now he had to go in! Before entering, he had to prepare everything — swap out his equipment, and also change his title.

The title he currently bore above his head was 'Abyss Conqueror,' obtained a few days ago for killing over 10 million abyssal monsters of level LV. 30 and above.

【Title: Abyss Conqueror】 Purple-Gold 【Effect: Deals an extra 5% spell damage to monsters; Mental +1000, Strength +1000】

As a purple-gold title of the same tier, Lu Zheng's 'Demon Nemesis' dealt extra damage not only to monsters but also to fiends, and not just spell damage.

But 'Abyss Conqueror' had more base attribute bonuses.

So each had its own merits, depending on one's needs — anyway, he had both.

Lu Zheng was quite looking forward to what effect a black-gold title for killing a hundred million monsters would have.

At this moment, he was going to swap out this purple-gold title and equip the black-gold title — Godslayer! Two thousand points of mental attribute bonus, two thousand points of physical attribute bonus, and an extra five percent output damage against gods.

Setting everything else aside, the fact that it could deal extra damage to gods alone made it worthy of the black-gold rating! Holding the 'Abyss Demon Pass,' Lu Zheng entered the ninth floor of the Abyss Demon Lair.

Passing through that cave entrance flickering with black light, what met his eyes was a vast expanse of desolate wasteland. There was no starlight in the sky, let alone a moon.

The only source of light came from fireflies drifting in midair.

But Lu Zheng had no time to sigh over any of this, because all around him were various abyssal demons and abyssal monsters, and at the very front, a colossal creature over two hundred meters tall was wielding a fork, striking forcefully at a golden-light-flickering cave entrance in the void.

Lu Zheng saw at a glance that the thing was the very cave entrance he had just come out of — the passage connecting the ninth and eighth floors of the Abyss Demon Lair.

And the monster before him, with a pair of enormous goat horns on its head, covered in beast-hide scale armor, and a pair of bat wings on its back, was clearly that so-called Evil God, Jacob!

【Evil God: Jacob】

【Race: Goat-Horned Demon】

【Quality: Overlord-class】

【Level: LV. 405 (Demigod)】

【HP: 105,000,000/105,000,000】

【Mana: 10,000,000/10,000,000】

【Strength: 200,000】

【Agility: 150,000】

【Spirit: 150,000】

【Constitution: 200,000】

【Skills: Demonic Roar, Nether Slaughter, Meteor Strike Ice Seal, Death Fury Strike, Demonic Touch Entanglement, Evil God Super Armor (Passive)】

Lu Zheng raised his head and looked straight at this colossal deity. The oppressive pressure from the soul level even stirred a trace of fear in him, but then the passive effect of the True Eye activated, immediately nullifying the mental oppression.

Evil God, accept my judgment!

(End of this chapter)