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Chapter 61: Divine Essence, Unlocking Divine Source Skills
Chapter 61: Divine Essence, Unlocking Divine Source Skills
After discussing with Ti Yuzhi, Lu Heng decided to destroy the severed Daemon Finger.
The best way to destroy the finger was, of course, to incinerate it in the Tempering Furnace.
The two returned to the furnace and threw the withered finger into the blazing fire.
The flames engulfed the Daemon Finger, burning it and emitting a thick black smoke with the foul stench of charred flesh.
As the finger burned, a semi-transparent, peculiar substance rose from it.
Lu Heng immediately recognized the substance as Essence, but it was not an ordinary one.
[Absorbing Essence, increasing Source Essence Fusion Rate.]
[Source Essence Fusion Rate: 52%]
[Absorbing Divine Essence, unlocking Divine Source Skills.]
[Shadow Traverse (Divine): Immerse into shadow fissures, becoming immune to all physical collisions for 7 seconds. Divine Effect: Gain Shadow Vision, allowing sight to penetrate through physical barriers while in the shadows.]
Lu Heng's eyes lit up as he witnessed the enhanced effect of the Source Skill after its divine transformation.
Initially, while in the Shadow Traverse state, one could not see outside once inside a physical object.
This was the primary reason why the Abyssal Fire Thief couldn't escape after hiding inside the rock wall.
If it could see the outside situation while inside the rock, it could choose the best escape route, making it impossible to capture.
Now, the divine transformation of Shadow Traverse has enhanced its Shadow Vision ability, a qualitative improvement.
Moreover, when using this skill, Shadow Vision is not just a side effect of Shadow Traverse; in specific scenarios, it has significant potential.
For instance, when needing to see inside a sealed space clearly, one can choose to enter the shadows to gain Shadow Vision.
...
Under the intense flames, the Divine Essence from the withered finger was completely extracted and slowly burned to ashes.
Lu Heng had initially worried that the Tempering Furnace might not be able to burn the finger, as true gods possess an immortal body, impervious to fire or blades.
This also indicated that Evil God Barton was not a true god but a demi-god.
In fact, Lu Heng had already suspected this when he obtained Barton's Skull Ring.
The ring was only A-grade, lower than expected.
This also suggested that Evil God Barton was indeed a demi-god.
Of course, demi-gods are still gods, and to mortals, they remain all-powerful beings.
Ti Yuzhi watched as the Daemon Finger turned to ashes, finally letting out a long sigh of relief, "I'll go check on Mia. This child lacks experience; she didn't even realize she was bewitched by the evil god."
"We can't blame her entirely; even I almost lost my sanity."
Lu Heng watched Ti Yuzhi leave the forge and then picked up a shovel. He scooped up the furnace ash and used it as fertilizer in the flower garden behind Hammerstone Castle.
...
After the weapon tempering, the elite warriors of the Berserker Tribe experienced a significant boost in their weaponry, with most reaching Tempering Level 3.
This elevated the tribe's combat strength to a whole new level.
The next day.
Ti Yuzhi devised a battle plan and began a large-scale interception of the Evil God's Servants transporting Source Essence Sacrifices.
Lu Heng and his group joined the battle, greatly enhancing the team's fighting power.
On the road north of Blade Ridge Stone Forest.
A large demon squad transporting Source Essence Sacrifices marched towards Barton Temple.
This squad was formed by merging three smaller transport teams.
Due to the increasing number of demon squads being ambushed in recent days, the demon overlord had adjusted their strategy, merging multiple squads to move together.
This reduced the number of teams requiring protection, allowing the overlord to manage them more effectively.
Inside Blade Ridge Stone Forest.
Su Muyu stood atop a stone peak, her hair blowing in the wind. She tied her hair into a ponytail and closed her eyes, controlling the Recon Eagle to scout the surrounding area.
"There are six transport carts and over fifty demon minions in the demon squad north of Stone Ridge, including six Winged Demon Sorcerers. Additionally, I spotted Winged Demon Overlord Sagas five kilometers away, following us."
"Five kilometers away? Is it a trap? As soon as we make a move, he'll launch a surprise attack." Lin Zeyu's first instinct was to sense the danger.
"It doesn't seem like a trap. Sagas' Winged Demon air force is not hiding; they're flying five kilometers away, easily visible with a simple reconnaissance." Su Muyu shook his head, not convinced it was a trap.
"Expand the reconnaissance range with Sagas at the center."
Lu Heng instructed Su Muyu to continue scouting and then took out a Skill Crystal Core, holding it in his palm for inspection.
This Skill Crystal Core was [Thunder Lance], which concentrated lightning energy on a spear, causing lightning damage when thrown.
The skill was powerful, with an impressive damage coefficient.
Moreover, when used in practice, the lightning damage had an area of effect, albeit a small one.
Lu Heng's skill slot was full, but he had another skill from the same category as [Thunder Lance], both belonging to the Thunder class. They could be merged.
After melting Barton's Skull Ring yesterday, he had obtained 1,200 Divine Energy points, which could now be put to good use.
However, [Thunder Weapon] was a D-rank skill, while [Thunder Lance] was C-rank. Merging skills of different ranks could result in either a C-rank or D-rank skill.
If it turned out to be a D-rank skill, it would be like wasting both the Divine Energy and the C-rank Skill Crystal Core.
Therefore, merging skills of different ranks was a risky approach.
After a brief moment of consideration, Lu Heng made his decision. He used his innate talent to unlock the Skill Lock of [Thunder Weapon] and began absorbing the energy from the [Thunder Lance] Crystal Core.
The energy from [Thunder Lance] flowed into the first skill slot, mixing with the energy of [Thunder Weapon].
The two energies collided, creating a repulsive reaction, as if they were about to boil.
The energy from [Thunder Lance] was slightly stronger, suppressing the energy of [Thunder Weapon].
After all, the former was a C-rank skill, while the latter was D-rank.
If he didn't find a way to calm the two energies, continuing like this would cause the skill slot to explode.
Lu Heng waited until the collision of the two energies reached its most intense phase, then seized the perfect opportunity to introduce 600 Divine Energy points.
The Divine Energy entered the skill slot, and the two raging energies began to merge with the Divine Energy, ultimately forming a peculiar balance among the three energies, stabilizing into a steady-state energy.
Upon seeing the completion of the energy fusion, Lu Heng immediately locked the skill.
[Skill Fusion Complete, Evolved into 'Thunder Strike'.]
[Thunder Strike: Infuse lightning energy into a weapon to launch a powerful attack. Upon hitting a target, the lightning energy explodes, causing area-of-effect thunderstorm damage. Thunderstorm Range = 3 meters; Damage Coefficient = 2 x Mental Attribute. Skill Cost: 30 Source Energy. Skill Rank: C-rank.]
Seeing the effect of the merged skill, Lu Heng couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
After upgrading [Thunder Weapon] to [Thunder Strike], the damage doubled, and it changed from single-target to area-of-effect damage.
The damage coefficient was quite high, reaching 2 x Mental Attribute.
Lu Heng's current Mental Attribute was 24 points, which meant the thunderstorm damage from the strike could reach 48 points.
Moreover, using Aurora Blade to execute [Thunder Strike] would also activate the weapon's [Soul Sever] effect.
This meant that the thunderstorm's area-of-effect damage would include the 8 points of mental damage from [Soul Sever], and it would weaken all targets' Mental Attributes by 8 points.
The combined damage reached 56 points.
Low-level mobs would be instantly defeated by this area-of-effect damage.
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(End of Chapter)
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