Chapter 84: Thunder Hell? This Is Clearly a Heavenly Thunder Bath! (Please follow and read!)

In the Bathing Fire Nether Phoenix state, all flames and death energy were devoured and converted into experience points.

The volcanic eruption was violent, but the flame energy was not wasted; the ejected dust and rocks cooled rapidly, and the flame energy was all gathered back.

The Nine-Headed Undying Phoenix's experience points began to rise rapidly.

At this rate, gaining one or two levels a day was no problem at all, so he could just leave it here to train on autopilot.

Once the speed slowed too much and couldn't compare to grinding monsters for levels, he would recall it.

Suddenly, Lu Zheng noticed Sun Tianwei outside.

"Brother, do you need something?"

Seeing Lu Zheng suddenly appear before him, Sun Tianwei cried out in alarm.

"Holy crap! God Lu, in the flesh!"

Lu Zheng was speechless. He removed his mask and looked at him.

Sun Tianwei gave an awkward laugh. Nearly thirty years old, he now looked like a child at a loss for what to do.

"Sorry, I'm too excited. You're my fan—no, I'm your idol! That's not right either—"

"Alright, I get it, no need to say more. Do you want me to give you an autograph?"

Having a fan made Lu Zheng quite happy.

He knew he actually had quite a lot of fans. After all, a professional like himself, so prodigiously talented, was one of a kind and deserved to be sought after and worshipped.

"Ah! Really? But I didn't bring pen and paper—wait, use this!"

Overjoyed, Sun Tianwei fumbled about, then produced a dagger and a suit of armor. Clearly, he wanted Lu Zheng to engrave it onto the armor.

Lu Zheng took out his own short sword, Dragon's Breath, and said with a smile, "Mine works better."

Saying so, he casually engraved a few characters.

"Protect our Yanxia! Never forget your original heart!"

His status was different now, and considering his future status might be even higher, he needed to watch his words so as not to be mocked.

Seeing these eight characters, Sun Tianwei immediately treasured them like precious gems.

"Rest assured, I will engrave them in my heart. This will be my family heirloom!"

Lu Zheng nodded, then looked toward the volcanic crater and said:

"My divine pet, the Nine-Headed Undying Phoenix, will be training inside here for a while. Don't worry—all the flame energy will be under its control and won't affect the dungeon outside. Until we meet again!"

Before his words had finished, Lu Zheng had already vanished from sight.

Holding the armor, Sun Tianwei took another look at the silhouette of the Nine-Headed Undying Phoenix within the volcanic crater, confirming that he had not been dreaming.

Delighted, he immediately went down below and began showing off to his many teammates.

Lu Zheng did not linger long in Flame Emperor City, but instead headed toward his next destination.

If one were to name the divine pet with the strongest single-target attack power, it was not Taotie or Qiongqi, but the Kui Ox, this divine beast that commanded thunder and lightning.

It was just that while its spells were powerful, their cost was even greater, and in previous battles against enemies there had been no need to deploy it.

Now that he had the Bridge of Magic Power, it still lacked somewhat in flexibility.

But undeniably, as a heavy weapon, it was well worth cultivating.

As long as its level rose, all those concerns would cease to be concerns.

And to let it rapidly increase its strength, he only needed to find a place with uninterrupted thunder and lightning, because the power of thunder could not only be converted into experience points but also into magic power—there, the problem of consumption did not exist.

Such places were not nonexistent, and there were even several. But without exception, they were all dungeons of extremely high danger.

Dungeon levels were divided according to professional levels, from low to high: Low-level Dungeon, Mid-level Dungeon, High-level Dungeon, Master-level Dungeon, Grandmaster-level Dungeon, Great Grandmaster-level Dungeon, and Holy-level Dungeon.

Holy-level Dungeons were the top-tier dungeons, but they further included two types: ordinary Holy-level Dungeons and Holy-level Plane Dungeons.

The latter was the kind of dungeon, like the ninth floor of the Abyss Demon Lair, that led to another plane world.

Such dungeons required credentials to enter! The dungeon Lu Zheng chose this time was also a Holy-level Dungeon, named Thunder Hell. Its core area contained a place called the Cave of Thunderstorms, which was the entrance to the Holy-level Plane Dungeon, Sin-Punishing Thunder Prison.

Based on the deduction from some information-feedback items that professionals had previously obtained from the Thunder Hell dungeon, the Sin-Punishing Thunder Prison most likely belonged to a greater god named 'Somo'.

In short, that place was very dangerous, and no one had yet obtained the credential to enter the Sin-Punishing Thunder Prison! The Thunder Hell dungeon was located beside 'Moli City' in the west. This city was not a main city but a second-tier combat-readiness city, so there was no direct teleportation array and he needed to transfer a few times.

Fortunately, even if Lu Zheng never slept, he would not feel mentally fatigued now.

As his low-level summoned beasts continued to level up, his mental stat would increase from time to time, so not only would he not feel mentally fatigued, he would actually feel more and more energized.

As long as he had no desire to sleep, he had absolutely no need in that regard.

Sleeping, for the current Lu Zheng, was a purely enjoyable process rather than a bodily necessity.

By the time he arrived inside the Thunder Hell dungeon, it was a little past nine in the evening.

Even at this hour, there were still some professionals of High-level and above inside the dungeon, hard at work grinding monsters for levels.

Many monsters would be wandering at night. Although the combat-readiness city was within a safe zone, this area was close to the defensive border, so the appearance of wild monsters was normal.

If not for the fact that each level-up required a massive amount of experience points, people would not be grinding so hard.

As a slave driver who had over a thousand summoned beasts working for him to earn experience points, Lu Zheng was certainly in no position to criticize others.

He headed straight toward the depths of the dungeon.

The entire Thunder Hell dungeon appeared very gloomy, but there was no demonic energy or other negative energy within; it was simply shrouded in thick thunderclouds, making it dark and sunless.

Moreover, the entire land had been bombed by thunder and lightning, reducing it to a scorched wasteland.

Lightning fell from the sky at every moment, and from pits in the ground, monsters wreathed in lightning emerged, looking quite ferocious.

Throughout the entire Thunder Hell, monsters spawned randomly in any location—even possibly right beneath your feet—so one needed to remain vigilant at all times.

These monsters, collectively called 'Thunder Beasts,' all looked different—some like tigers and leopards, others like birds and fish.

But they shared two common traits: one was that they were vicious and hot-tempered, and the other was that their attack power was extremely formidable!

Thunder and lightning was inherently the most powerful of all attributes in terms of attack.

All professionals here were extremely cautious, keeping their defenses active at all times.

Not only must he guard against the sudden attack of the thunder beast, but he must also prevent being caught in the sudden fall of heavenly thunder.

But Lu Zheng had no defense at all!

He used no skills, relying solely on the two passive abilities Mana Annihilation and Thunder Marsh Domain, and was already invincible.

The former's effect is that as long as magical damage does not exceed his current mana limit of 1,100,000 points, it will not harm him.

The latter's effect is that any thunder power attack not only causes no damage, but can also be converted into his own mana, even into experience points.

When the heavenly thunder fell, it caused no harm at all; instead, it made him stronger and stronger! Is this called Thunder Hell? This is clearly a heavenly thunder bath!

Just one word: exhilarating!

Finally, he arrived at the outskirts of the Thunderstorm Cave, which is the core area of Thunder Hell.

(End of chapter)