John decided to enter the Abyss once again to slay Abyss demons and quickly level up to 500, preparing for his sixth career advancement.
“Tracy, hang in there a bit longer. I promise I’ll find a way to save you,” he reassured Tracy.
Tracy obediently nodded and said, “Don’t worry, old man. I don’t feel like I’m suffering here.”
Jean, who was standing nearby, added, “Big brother, I’ll stay here with Tracy the whole time.”
Out of all the women, Jean was the most relaxed.
She didn’t train much, yet her power had already risen to the fourth tier.
John suspected this had something to do with her identity as a Flower Fairy.
The Beast Clan also paid great attention to her, as it seemed her appearance was somehow linked to the prophesied savior-himself.
However, he wasn’t sure about the exact connection, and the members of the Beast Clan weren’t willing to explain.
Without lingering any longer, John bid the two women farewell and left Death Land.
Before departing, he reminded Armstrong and Ritchie to seek Anna’s help immediately if any danger arose.
Anna usually led the elves in strengthening their powers within the Eternal Forest. Ritchie’s Flame City had also become part of the elves’ territory, so they could lend support if needed.
Since the ninth-tier powerhouses from the Angel Race and Dark Humans couldn’t descend directly yet, with Sara, Bonnie, and Behemoth-three eighth-tier pinnacle powerhouses- they were invincible in the world of Gods.
Buzz!
With a wave of his hand, John easily tore open a space rift, opening a passage to the Abyss. He stepped inside.
That eerie dark force assaulted him once again, making him feel uncomfortable all over. “Let’s go check on Sini,” John thought, using Sword Flight to head towards the cliff where Tony and Ben were in seclusion.
The dark force was particularly strong there, and Sini was also meditating in seclusion.
Rumble…
With a loud rumble, the cliff automatically parted.
Ben flew out, glanced at John, and asked in confusion, “Kid, why are you here again? Worried we might hurt that girl?”
John felt speechless. Was he that paranoid?
“I’m here to level up and thought I’d stop by. Where are Sini and Senior Tony?” he asked.
He notices their absence and feeling puzzled.
“They’re in seclusion,” Ben sighed, then remarked, “That girl’s talent is simply astonishing. The old turtle’s been hit hard by it and has shut himself away to break through 100 points in Dark Element Affinity.”
Old turtle?
“You stinking monkey! I’m just in seclusion, not on a deathbed!” Tony’s angry voice echoed
from within the cliff.
Startled, Ben immediately shut his mouth.
Although both he and Tony were ninth-tier pinnacle powerhouses, he wasn’t a match for Tony. His talent lay not in combat but in prophecy.
“Monkey?” John asked, puzzled, turning to Ben. “Senior, is your true form a monkey?”
Ben angrily replied, “No, I’m a mythical beast-Gorilla.”
As he spoke, his appearance changed, transforming into an elderly white-furred monkey.
“Gorilla? Isn’t that still just a monkey?” John observed Ben, now in his true form, and indeed, he looked no different from a monkey.
“Ignorant!” Ben shot John a glare, not bothering to explain further.
Claiming to be a mythical beast, it was clear Ben wasn’t as simple as he appeared.
However, John had never heard of a creature called Gorilla.
Deciding not to dwell on it, John asked, “Senior, where can I find the most seventh-tier Abyss demons around here? I want to quickly level up to 500.”
“Seventh-tier Abyss demons, huh? There are plenty of them.” Ben thought for a moment before giving John more than a dozen coordinates, all locations where a large number of sixth and seventh-tier Abyss demons gathered.
There were even eighth-tier Abyss demons in some of those places.
With John’s current strength, dealing with regular eighth-tier Abyss demons was a breeze. Even if he encountered an epic-level eighth-tier Abyss demon, it wouldn’t pose a real threat. Most of the Abyss demons here relied on dark magic attacks. Without mastery over the power of darkness laws, they couldn’t truly endanger him.
Moreover, John had the powerful Undying and Immortal talent, and since the Abyss demons lacked any soul-based attack methods, he was practically invincible here.
If it weren’t for the fact that ninth-tier Abyss demons’ defenses were too hard to break through—forcing him to rely solely on true damage, which made the process inefficient-he would’ve already been hunting ninth-tier Abyss demons.
After bidding Ben farewell, John roamed the Abyss, slaughtering vast numbers of Abyss demons.
…
John spent over two months in the Abyss, returning to the world of Gods twice during that period. The demon race and Orc clans occasionally harassed Saint Martial City and Flame City, but aside from that, nothing unusual occurred.
[You’ve killed a level 2000 seventh-tier legendary Abyss demon. You gained 7.36 million
experience points.]
[Plunder talent activated. Dark Element Affinity +10, Spirit +100, Constitution +20.]
[You have reached level 500. Career advancement quest unlocked. After advancing, you can continue leveling up.]
[Mage of Wrath of the Gods sixth advancement quest: Kill 20 epic bosses above level 500.]
[Nightmare Assassin sixth advancement quest: Kill 20 epic bosses above level 500.]
[Sword Immortal sixth advancement quest: Kill 20 epic bosses above level 500.]
…
The notification flashed. John had slain countless Abyss demons, and his level finally reached 500, triggering his sixth career advancement quest.
Killing 20 epic bosses above level 500 wouldn’t be a problem for him at all.
Over the past two months, John’s greatest gain wasn’t just his level increase but the attributes he had Plundered through his talent.
His four basic attributes had increased by nearly 120,000 points, giving him a tremendous power boost, now allowing him to easily handle seventh-tier legendary Abyss demons. Additionally, he had Plundered a large amount of Dark Element Affinity. The higher the level of the Abyss demons, the more Dark Element Affinity he could Plunder.
His mastery over the dark power of laws had reached 15%. His dark magic skills now carried an additional 15% true damage.
On top of that, his accumulated skill points had reached 510,000!
Several of the skills he had mastered would only be able to advance further after reaching the
seventh tier.
John decided to first upgrade his Overwhelming Battle Energy and Soul Technique.
The Soul Technique had already reached level 1000, and upgrading it further would require
1000 skill points.
As for Overwhelming Battle Energy, it was at level 442, and each upgrade required 100 skill
points.
He chose to prioritize raising Overwhelming Battle Energy to level 1000.
[You spent 100 skill points. Overwhelming Battle Energy increased to level 443. Constitution
+1, Strength +2.]
…
[You spent 100 skill points. Overwhelming Battle Energy increased to level 1000. Constitution
+1, Strength +2.]
[Skill Drunken Moon has been enhanced.]
[You have comprehended the skill Demon Slayer Slash.]
As the notification flashed, John had successfully raised Overwhelming Battle Energy to level
1000 and, in the process, comprehended a new skill. Additionally, his Drunken Moon skill had
been strengthened.
[Drunken Moon: Passive skill, cannot be upgraded. Physical attacks and skills now deal an additional 15% true damage.]
[Note: True damage ignores all defenses.]
[Demon Slayer Slash: Physical attack skill. Inflicts continuous normal attacks on the target with a 1% + Luck* 0.1 chance to stun the target for 1 second. The number of attacks is unlimited, continuing until the target dies. Consumes 1000 mana, with a cooldown of 100
seconds.]
John was delighted. After increasing Overwhelming Battle Energy to level 1000, Drunken Moon had improved, now allowing his physical attacks to deal 15% true damage.
But the most exciting development was the new skill he had comprehended-Demon Slayer
Slash! This skill inflicted continuous attacks on the target and came with a stun effect. If the target was stunned, the attacks would continue until the target’s death. Moreover, the stun chance was influenced by his Luck attribute, calculated as Luck* 0.1.
John’s Luck had already reached 72 points, meaning Demon Slayer Slash had an 8.2% chance
to stun the target for 1 second.
Coupled with his terrifying attack speed bonus, using Demon Slayer Slash would almost
guarantee a stun on his target.
And this wasn’t even the limit. He could further increase his Luck through his Plunder talent.
If he could somehow raise it to 1000 points, even gods would be forced to stand still, helplessly cut down by him.
However, plundering enough Luck to reach 1000 points seemed incredibly difficult.
John checked his remaining skill points-he still had over 450,000 left.
After a moment of thought, he decided to start upgrading his Soul Technique.
Both Soul Technique and Overwhelming Battle Energy were now upgraded to level 1000. From this point onward, each level required 1000 skill points to advance.
[You spent 1000 skill points. Soul Technique increased to level 1001. Soul Technique +1.]
…
[You spent 1000 skill points. Soul Technique increased to level 1455. Soul Technique +1.]
The notifications continued to flash as John used up all his skill points, raising Soul Technique to level 1455. The technique had improved significantly.
But unfortunately, he hadn’t unlocked any new skills.
“Still not enough skill points,” John muttered, glancing at the levels of his Soul Technique
and Overwhelming Battle Energy.
These two top-tier techniques seemed to have no upper limit, and the skill points required
for each subsequent upgrade increased exponentially.
John couldn’t help but wonder what would happen if these two techniques reached their max potential. Would it really allow him to slay gods, as the Undead Lord had suggested?
“Killing 20 epic bosses above level 500 to complete the career advancement,” he closed the attribute panel, ready to tackle his career advancement quest.
The Abyss was filled with sixth-tier and higher Abyss demons, and epic bosses were plentiful.
For him, this was no longer a challenge.
Once he advanced to the sixth tier, he could finally leave the Abyss and explore that Death
Worm’s Nest Secret Area.
Over the past two months, the level rankings had shifted significantly. The number one spot,
Kent, had already surpassed level 700.
John guessed that Kent, along with Toby and others, were likely killing monsters beyond their
level, probably with the help of angels.
Otherwise, even with ten times the experience multiplier from the Secret Area, leveling up
this quickly seemed impossible.
He could only hope that the Death Worm’s Nest Secret Area and the City of Angels were
connected in some way, and that he could stop whatever was happening.
John continued roaming the Abyss, quickly slaying 20 epic-level sixth-tier Abyss demons,
completing his career advancement.
All three of his professions-Wrath of the Gods Mage, Nightmare Assassin, and Sword Immortal-had advanced to the sixth tier.
Whew…
Just as John was about to leave the Abyss, a sudden gust of wind surged in the distance,
accompanied by a massive fluctuation of dark elemental power.
This was the sign of someone comprehending the Power of Darkness Laws.
It was coming from the cliffside in the Abyss.
Could it be that Tony had raised his Dark Element Affinity to 100 and had finally mastered the
Power of Darkness Laws?
Curious, John flew towards the cliff to investigate.