“Undying Flame? That’s an artifact of The Immortals. Where did you get it?” The Undead Lord was stunned and looked at Tony curiously.
Tony shook his head, offering no explanation.
John frowned slightly. He suspected that The Immortals didn’t give him the Undying Flame merely to intimidate the gods. It was probably also intended to break the seal on the Ancient Battlefield Ruins.
Seeing that Tony wasn’t willing to say more, the Undead Lord turned to John and asked, “Before we proceed, can you help me break through to the demigod level first?”
To break through to the demigod level, one needed to kill a demigod-level or higher warrior.
With his current strength, the Undead Lord couldn’t achieve that on his own, so he had no choice but to ask John for help.
“Of course. But there’s no demigod-level being around. Let’s just go with killing a lower-tier god instead.” John recalled that he still had the bodies of two lower-tier gods in his storage.
With the Tree of Life here and his mastery of the Law of Life, he could easily resurrect those two beings at any time.
“Lower-tier gods?” The Undead Lord gulped, saying, “Kid, don’t mess around. A demigod is more than enough.”
John ignored him. With a thought, he took out Thunder’s corpse.
Compared to the Death Demon General, Thunder would be easier to handle. But before that, John planned to first upgrade his Soul Technique.
After killing two lower-tier gods and plundering the resources from two ninth-tier Dark Humans’ cities, he had amassed over two million skill stones-enough to boost his Soul Technique to 100,000 points.
He was curious to see what changes would occur when his Soul Technique reached 100,000 points.
“Is this the body of Thunder, the Dark Human?” The Undead Lord stared at the corpse on the ground, his face filled with shock.
“Kid, you didn’t actually kill this guy, did you?” He looked at John with disbelief.
Elsa glanced at him and replied coldly, “What, are you doubting Master?”
“Doubt? Seriously? You try killing a lower-tier god!” he snapped back at Elsa.
Having been resurrected recently, the Undead Lord hadn’t spent much time with John and was unaware of how powerful he had become.
From his perspective, even a demigod like Elsa seemed stronger than John.
John couldn’t be bothered to explain, so he directly refined all the skill stones he had, accumulating a total of 2.11 million skill points.
[You consumed 1,000 skill points. Soul Technique increased to Level 8,810. Soul Technique +1.]
…
[You consumed 1,000 skill points. Soul Technique increased to Level 10,000. Soul Technique +1.]
[Soul level increased to Earth Soul. You have comprehended the skills Nightmare and Soul Perception.]
[Nightmare: A soul skill that invades the target’s soul, creating terrifying illusions to torment them. Effective only against targets with a Soul Technique level lower than yours. Consumes 1,000 soul power.]
[Soul Perception: A support skill that releases powerful soul energy to sense the presence of any living being. Consumes 10 soul power per second.]
John quickly advanced his Soul Technique to Level 10,000, reaching the Earth Soul level, and comprehended two powerful new soul skills.
The Soul Technique is divided into five levels: Life Soul, True Soul, Earth Soul, Heaven Soul, and the most powerful, Divine Soul.
Only by practicing soul-based cultivation methods can one raise their Soul Technique.
The Soul Technique he practiced was originally given to him by the Undead Lord. He hadn’t thought much of it at first, but now it was clear that it was indeed a formidable technique. He reviewed the two new skills he had just comprehended.
One was an offensive skill, and the other was a support skill.
Nightmare was especially noteworthy. When combined with Memory Extraction, it could be used to clearly identify an opponent’s weaknesses and inflict endless torment.
As for the other skill, Soul Perception, it was a detection-type skill. As long as there was any soul fluctuation, John could easily sense it.
He checked his remaining skill points-919,000 in total.
After reaching Level 10,000, each additional level of Soul Technique would require 10,000
skill points.
He decided not to continue leveling it up for now.
His Soul Technique had already reached a power level of 20,000, enough to easily crush demigod-level warriors and surpass most lower-tier gods.
There was no need to keep increasing it further. Breaking through to the lower-tier god level only required his cultivation technique to reach Level 10,000.
Besides his Soul Technique, he had three high-tier cultivation techniques that also needed to be upgraded, which would require a staggering amount of skill points. He couldn’t afford to waste any unnecessarily.
“Let’s see if I can awaken Thunder’s soul,” he thought, and with a slight surge of his soul power, he easily invaded Thunder’s soul.
“Human!” Thunder’s terrified voice rang out in John’s mind. “W-what do you want?”
He could clearly sense the immense power of John’s soul. He was already dead, and if his soul were to suffer any further damage, it would mean complete annihilation.
John said calmly, “Don’t be nervous. I’m going to resurrect you.”
“What?” Thunder’s voice was filled with surprise and caution. He didn’t believe John could be so kind-hearted.
Buzz!
The next moment, a powerful surge of life energy flowed into his body, and his soul was
awakened.
Thunder immediately scrambled up from the ground and retreated, his expression wary. He asked coldly, “Human, what are you planning?”
John responded nonchalantly, “Obviously, to kill you again.”
“What?” Thunder was stunned, and before he could react, a wave of dizziness overtook him
as a surge of powerful soul energy invaded his consciousness.
It was Memory Extraction.
John easily accessed Thunder’s memories. What Thunder feared most was a mid-tier god-
Mantra.
It was Mantra who had assigned him the task of killing John.
“Interesting.” John smiled playfully, then activated his Nightmare skill, manipulating Thunder’s consciousness. In Thunder’s mind, John transformed into the form of Mantra.
“L-Lord Mantra…” Thunder’s face was filled with terror, and he dropped to his knees before
John with a loud thud.
This scene left everyone around them stunned.
The Undead Lord looked at Thunder, then back at John, and asked in confusion, “Did this guy
just submit?”
Elsa frowned deeply, sensing something was off about Thunder.
His eyes were vacant, clearly indicating he was under some form of control.
At that moment, John spoke slowly, “Hmph, useless trash. Why is that Godslayer still alive?”
Thunder swallowed nervously and quickly explained, “My lord, that human is very strange and extremely powerful. I’m no match for him.”
John continued, “In that case, why are you still alive?”
Thunder’s heart skipped a beat, and cold sweat streamed down his face as he repeatedly kowtowed, begging for mercy, “Please, my lord, give me another chance. This time, I promise
I’ll kill that human!”
The Undead Lord watched this unfold, the flames in his eye sockets flickering as he asked, “Has the Godslayer gone mad, or has this Thunder gone insane?”
Elsa shot him an angry look and snapped, “Idiot, can’t you see? Thunder is being controlled!”
“Soul manipulation? I see…” The Undead Lord finally understood and nodded in realization. John toyed with Thunder for a while longer but eventually grew bored and withdrew his soul
energy.
“How dull.” He looked disappointed. Other than Thunder’s cowardice and fear of death, there was nothing particularly scandalous about him.
“Huh?” At that moment, Thunder snapped back to his senses. Realizing he was kneeling in front of John, he sprang up and jumped back in a flash.
“You bastard! What did you do to me?” he yelled in fury, his face flushed with a mix of shame and anger. If he wasn’t wary of John’s strength, he would have attacked him on the spot.
Buzz!
Another surge of soul power rippled out as John activated the Intimidation skill. Thunder froze in place, standing motionless.
John moved swiftly. With a flick of his hand, immense waves of darkness and light energies erupted. An endless barrage of skills rained down, enveloping Thunder completely.
Boom! Boom!
A series of explosions echoed as Thunder’s health points plummeted rapidly.
“Huh, his power actually decreased?” John noticed that after Thunder’s resurrection, his strength had significantly weakened.
It seemed that even god-level warriors experienced a severe reduction in power each time
they were killed. Their strength would decline significantly, far inferior to John’s Undying and
Immortal talent.
In no time, Thunder’s health dropped to just over 10 million.
John stopped his attacks and glanced at the stunned Undead Lord nearby, reminding him,
“What are you standing there for? It’s your turn.”
“Huh? Oh…” The Undead Lord snapped back to his senses, raised his skeletal arm, then lowered it again helplessly. “Godslayer, I can’t break through his defenses.”
John sighed, “Use true damage. Didn’t you merge with a divine treasure and comprehend the
Law of Light?”
The Undead Lord scratched his bony head awkwardly and said, “But I don’t know any light
magic.”
John was completely speechless. This guy was an undead, yet he chose to merge with a divine treasure that countered his very nature.
And now, he hadn’t even learned a single light-based spell.
Given his current strength, he could only deal minimal damage.
With Thunder still having over 10 million health points left, it would take forever to kill him.
John didn’t dare to continue attacking either-any random spell from him could potentially
kill Thunder instantly.
“Here’s a skill book for you.” Elsa, unable to bear it any longer, tossed him a skill book
casually.
It was an intermediate-level light magic spell, Holy Light Strike.
“Thanks.” The Undead Lord expressed his gratitude and immediately learned the spell
without complaint.
“Kid, watch me!” He said confidently and cast Holy Light Strike on Thunder.
Boom!
-2,304,000
The spell only dealt a little over 2 million true damage.
“Why is it so low?” He was stunned, realizing how far his damage output was from John’s.
It was only now that he truly grasped the terrifying extent of John’s power. Fortunately, Thunder only had just over 10 million health left and was immobilized by the
Intimidation skill, unable to fight back.
Boom!
Finally, after the sixth Holy Light Strike hit Thunder, he was successfully killed.
Buzz!
At that moment, a radiant Holy Light enveloped the Undead Lord. Bathing in the light, his
skeletal body turned pure and pristine, exuding a sacred aura that clashed starkly with the usual undead presence.
Under the cleansing of the Holy Light, he successfully ascended to a demigod-level warrior!
“Whew!” As the Holy Light dissipated, he let out a long breath and looked at John. The flames in his eye sockets flickered as he said gratefully, “Godslayer, thank you for helping me reach this level. If you need anything in the future, just give the word.”
“Enough.” John waved dismissively. This guy had already signed a soul contract with him and was bound to follow his orders regardless.
He then turned his attention back to Thunder’s corpse, sending his soul power into it once
more.
“Human, what exactly do you want?” Thunder’s terrified voice echoed in John’s mind.
John replied calmly, “Sign a soul contract with me and obey my orders from now on.”
“Dream on!” Thunder refused without hesitation.
“In that case, I’ll just kill you again!” John sneered. He was curious if he killed Thunder once
more, would he still gain experience points and trigger the Plunder talent?
If so, he might have just found a way to farm unlimited experience.