Chapter 478: Study Well, the Power of Laws
Lin Moyu had already determined that the Burial Thunder Valley was an absolute dead end. It was impossible to get through to the end.
Even for himself, it would be very difficult.
But now that he had agreed to the deal with Antares, he couldn’t just give up without trying.
Lin Moyu never gives up. If he decides to do something, he will do it to the best of his ability.
"Maybe there will be some changes later on, it might not be as bad as it seems."
He comforted himself and continued forward.
As before, after walking about a thousand meters, three stars fell from the sky, transforming into a lightning beast.
An 82-level lightning beast, an ordinary BOSS.
Apart from the increased attributes, its skills and traits had no changes, nothing new.
For Lin Moyu, killing them wasn’t difficult; the challenge was how to minimize casualties during their final self-destruction.
Lin Moyu thought of a way to separate them and stagger their death times.
He believed this idea was feasible.
Lin Moyu immediately began to implement it.
He deliberately separated the three lightning beasts by over a thousand meters, based on their previous self-destruction range.
Then he focused on killing one first.
In just half a minute, the lightning beast under full attack was on the verge of death.
As it began to glow and self-destruct, Lin Moyu realized his idea was not only useless but also made things worse. When one lightning beast started to glow and self-destruct, the other two also began to glow.
They were also about to self-destruct.
Lin Moyu clearly sensed that the three lightning beasts seemed to be connected.
Then, a dazzling light illuminated the entire valley.
The three lightning beasts, though separated by a thousand meters, had their self-destruction ranges connected. The entire 3,000-meter range was within their self-destruction area.
Almost all the skeletons were hit by the self-destruction.
The skeleton berserkers closest to them were all blown away.
Their bones cracked and began to disintegrate.
But under the effect of the Undying Aura, they began to recover.
Fortunately, there was the Undying Aura; otherwise, Lin Moyu would have faced a near wipeout.
"Separating them only made the self-destruction range larger."
"And the power didn’t decrease at all."
"Moreover, killing one triggers the simultaneous self-destruction of the other two."
Lin Moyu was speechless, but fortunately, the distance was far enough that each skeleton only endured the self-destruction of the lightning beast in front of them.
In other words, the skeletons were killed but only suffered one fatal attack.
The Undying Aura took effect, bringing them back to life.
But the Undying Aura couldn’t be used again for the next 24 hours.
Lin Moyu felt a headache.
"The difficulty lies in having to wait 24 hours after each path."
"Think again, there must be another way."
Lin Moyu reached the fourth fork, this time with five paths to choose from.
He didn’t enter but stopped in front of the paths.
With the Undying Aura on cooldown, he had to wait.
Otherwise, if it happened again, the undead army would be wiped out.
So far, the Burial Thunder Valley didn’t feel like a leveling place.
It felt more like a place of trials.
Just like the divine secret realms.
It felt like he was clearing stages, one after another, to reach the end and get the reward. This feeling became clearer the more he thought about it.
This also strengthened Lin Moyu’s determination to continue.
His mind began to race, thinking of various methods.
In the Abyss, green flames burned year-round.
The destruction of the Black Sky King’s city had already spread.
Half of the vast city was now shrouded in poison.
All the buildings in the poisoned half had collapsed, and the ground had melted.
Nothing could grow there, turning it into a dead zone.
All the demons in the city knew that this poison was deadly.
Even demons over level 80 couldn’t withstand it.
When the poison spread, tens of thousands of demons died.
The remaining demons fled the Black Sky King’s city.
The Black Sky Demon King looked at his ruined city, his face extremely grim.
He asked a nearby demon king, "Rotten Demon King, can you neutralize this poison?"
Among the many demon kings in the Abyss, the Rotten Demon King specialized in manipulating poison elements.
He was already level 93, with elite bloodline.
Although not as powerful as the Black Sky Demon King, the Black Sky Demon King still treated him with respect.
The Black Sky Demon King knew how troublesome the Rotten Demon King could be. Once, a demon king had a conflict with him.
The Rotten Demon King poisoned the demon king’s palace and fought him in the poison.
He killed the elite demon king.
The Rotten Demon King, slightly hunched, said, "Let me try."
With a sinister laugh, he flew over but didn’t enter the poison.
Instead, he took out a black magic stone and threw it in. The stone floated in the air, absorbing some poison before flying back to the Rotten Demon King’s hand.
He held the stone, carefully sensing it.
Moments later, his expression changed, and he threw the stone away.
Then he shouted, and his entire arm broke off.
The arm fell to the ground, sizzling and smoking.
His body was already poisonous, and combined with the city’s poison, it was even more toxic, unbearable for the ground.
The Rotten Demon King stepped back and shouted again, growing a new arm.
Regrowing limbs was as easy as eating and drinking for him.
The Black Sky Demon King asked, "How is it?"
The Rotten Demon King shook his head, "Too toxic, even more than me."
"I need to study it carefully; it can’t be solved quickly."
The Black Sky Demon King knew there was little hope of neutralizing it. The Rotten Demon King was likely saying this to save face. The Black Sky Demon King hated Lin Moyu to the core, "Lin Moyu, I will kill you."
The Rotten Demon King laughed, "Don’t think I’m saying this to save face."
"I really want to study this poison."
"To be honest, this poison contains a trace of the power of laws. If I understand it, I can not only level up but also have a chance to evolve my bloodline."
The Black Sky Demon King’s expression changed, "You said this poison contains the power of laws?"
The Rotten Demon King laughed, "Yes, it does. Although weak, it’s there."
"And that human, Lin Moyu, if we can bring him to the Abyss, I want to have a good talk with him. He must have similar treasures."
The Black Sky Demon King said, "If possible, I will."
Talk? More like kill.
If given the chance, the Black Sky Demon King would kill Lin Moyu without hesitation.
This time, he had lost too much. Not only did his avatar die, but his city was also destroyed, and he lost face.
The Black Sky Demon King hated Lin Moyu and would kill him without delay.
In the Succubus King’s palace, Mina had reported everything to the Succubus King.
The Succubus King sighed, "The Black Sky Demon King is really unlucky. Even his demon king avatar died. Who knows how long it will take to create another one."
"Lin Moyu is becoming more and more monstrous. I feel there might be no chance to kill him."
"Give up. Don’t bother him anymore."
Mina knelt, "What about the Demon Emperor?"
The Succubus King said, "Just make a show of it. Spread the word that Lin Moyu is in the lower space. Many will want to take credit in front of the Demon Emperor."
"Understood!"
The Succubus King laughed, her eyes gleaming with amusement.
Although she lost face, she didn’t suffer much, unlike the Black Sky Demon King, who lost his avatar.
So, the Succubus King decided to stop being enemies with Lin Moyu.
Such a person, if not killed, might end up killing her.
She even thought about finding a chance to mend her relationship with Lin Moyu.
Though the possibility was slim.
A day later, Lin Moyu stood up.
He headed towards the fourth passage again.