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Chapter 596: Settlement Completed, Kratos' Trial Begins! (596K Chapter)

A black light flashed before his eyes, symbolizing the Black Death and representing the color of death.

"The darkest night covers the sun, the darkness swallows the light. Your heart is ripped out and your soul is taken away, the dead are back to serve you!"

The black light transformed into the appearance of a plague wizard, who stood in front of Mo Hao and waved the Grim Reaper's scythe in his hand.

"Flesh and blood, Mo Hao of the Earth, wake up!"

As the words fell, the intertwined black and green light turned into a death scythe, slashing towards Mo Hao.

The power of plague and death slowly but resolutely merged into the body, blending into the primordial fire and becoming a piece of firewood.

As Mo Hao opened his eyes, a strange seal appeared behind him.

That is the seal that symbolizes the [Final Judgment].

At this time, he has gathered the power of [War], [Plague], and [Death]. When the power of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is all gathered in one body, the seven seals will be released and the final judgment will come.

Next is a random equipment draw.

1. [Pale Justice: "Justice is pale and humble, but it is by no means powerless." The purpose of forging this sword is only one: to destroy evil. - From: Baldur's Gate]

2. [The True Demon Sword Apophis: An evil giant sword in the Wailing Cave. It is very likely a weapon that was transferred from the Demon Realm along with Hellux. It was eventually dug out by the Evil Buffalo excavator, who resurrected various dead characters in the cave and eventually ended up in the hands of Skeleton Cain. ——From: Dungeon Fighter]

3. [Fei Gong: The art of mechanical devices of the Mohist school, which is only recorded in the classics, and no one has ever seen its true appearance. According to legend, a jade miner named Wuming accidentally found a fragment, which was inscribed with a "Fei Gong" crossbow, with an exquisite mechanism and extraordinary power. So he searched for beautiful jade, polished it diligently, and finally found a rare masterpiece in the world. ——From: Fantasy Westward Journey]

Three weapons, two swords and a bow.

Without much hesitation, Mo Hao made his choice.

Select [True Demon Sword: Apophis].

This magic sword, whose name is closely related to ancient Egyptian mythology, was named after the enemy of the sun god Ra.

At the same time, she is the white moonlight in Mo Hao's heart. In the former dungeons and warriors, holding a magic sword Apophis in her hand can really arouse the envy of others.

Unfortunately, until the update, Mo Hao never got such a piece of equipment.

Pale Justice has been replaced by Ashbringer, and to be honest, Mo Hao feels that he has too many holy swords.

Whether it's the holy sword from the ruins or the holy sword used to cut off Frostmourne, if he adds a paladin's weapon, he might have to consider changing his job to a paladin.

As for non-attack, this is a bow and arrow. Mo Hao is not very good at weapons like bows and arrows, so it is reasonable for him to give up.

A random set is drawn once.

This time, the draw did not involve choosing one out of three, but instead a dazzling light burst out directly. Even Mo Hao could not help but shield his eyes with his hands under this light.

At the same time, he began to hear fierce war roars, and a cold wind blew from somewhere, carrying the smell of steel and blood.

[Immortal King Set: Equipment of the second Immortal King of the Barbarians, Vothruk. Vothruk was as mighty as a god and good at fighting. He unified the Barbarian tribes that were fighting each other and became famous. He once again won the highest title of the Barbarians, "Immortal King". Unfortunately, he died in a war later, and the Barbarian tribe fell apart again. ——From: Diablo 2]

[The Immortal King Set consists of six items, namely "The Immortal King's Soul Crusher", "The Immortal King's Soul Prison", "The Immortal King's Trivia", "The Immortal King's Furnace", "The Immortal King's Pillar", and "The Immortal King's Will". ]

Immortal King Set, the ultimate set for the Barbarian.

He stared silently at the equipment in front of him, and could even hear the roar of the Immortal King Vosruk during the battle.

At the same time, the fragments of the Soul Stone in the Heavenly Book World emitted a little light, and the Immortal King Set seemed to sense something, and turned into a stream of light and merged into Mo Hao's right hand, entering the Heavenly Book World.

Before the Immortal King suit entered, Mo Hao could sense that this suit seemed to recognize him.

This is a suit of extremely powerful equipment, even though its attributes in Diablo 2 are not considered good, and it is even difficult to use in Hell difficulty.

But Mo Hao could feel that this equipment had a power that was not shown in the game. It was related to the Nephalem and the Immortal King.

There is one last one, special type of prop extraction.

Mo Hao was not in the mood to pray to the gods, nor did he have the time to burn incense and bathe for three days, so he clicked the [Withdraw] button very decisively.

Then, this time, two options appeared before his eyes.

[Dragon Soul: Obtain the Dragon Soul Blessing of the Infernal Dragon, Alchemical Dragon, Hextech Dragon, Cloud Dragon, Mountain Dragon, and Ocean Dragon. You can increase the power of the Dragon Soul Blessing to the limit and obtain the "Dragon's Face" state, which lasts for three minutes and has a cooldown of three days. ——From: League of Legends]

(The dragon's face:

Burn Damage: 3-75 true damage in 225 seconds
Execute: Damaging an enemy below 20% health will cause them to become an Ancient Tribute, which dies after 0.5 seconds (no cooldown). The Ancient Tribute effect cannot execute enemies that have invincibility effects such as Zhonya's Hourglass or undeath effects like Kindred's R - Lamb's Rebirth.

Effect duration: 150 seconds; disappears after the hero dies.)
[Storm Awakening: A blessing obtained after killing the Storm Dragon King. Once triggered, you can gain the ability to deal real damage, obtain a powerful shield, strengthen your own members, and cause huge damage to buildings. Duration: three minutes, cooldown time: three days. ——From: King of Glory]

(Storm Awakens:
1. Lightning strike:

Every 0.5 seconds, all enemy units (including monsters and minions) within a 800-range area will be struck by lightning. Each lightning strike will cause 4% of the enemy's maximum health as true damage. The same unit will only be struck once every 1 second.

2. Shield:

After leaving the battle, you will gain a shield of 30% of your maximum health. The shield will not be removed immediately after the buff duration ends!
The duration of these two effects is 90 seconds each, and they will be cleared immediately upon death. Similar to the dragon species mentioned in lol, if four of the five are killed, only one dragon species will remain.

In addition, the original "Domination Vanguard" will be replaced with the more powerful "Storm Vanguard.")
[Note: Both options can be shared with teammates through contracts with team-building characteristics such as "Guild Application Form", "KOF Contract", and "Peach Garden Oath of Brotherhood". ]

Both of them are BUFF-type blessings, which made Mo Hao frown and think for a while.

[Dragon Soul] can obtain the blessings of the six elemental dragons, which are six different dragon souls. This ability is a passive effect and is continuously activated.

It can also be actively triggered to turn the dragon soul into a BUFF obtained after killing an ancient dragon.

True damage, and also a killing effect.

However, compared with [Storm Awakening], [Dragon Soul] is far inferior to the other in terms of damage and defense.

It will be triggered every one second, dealing 4% of its maximum health as true damage.

And after leaving the battle, you will gain a shield equal to 30% of your maximum health.

The former effect means that theoretically no one can stand in front of the BUFF holder for 25 seconds, and the latter effect greatly improves the survivability of the BUFF holder. These are not available in [Dragon Soul].

But then again, [Dragon Soul] has a permanent passive effect, while [Storm Awakening] is only effective when it is actively activated. More importantly, this effect can only be triggered once every three days, and each time only lasts three minutes.

Should you choose [Storm Awakening] which represents extreme damage?
Or should you choose the [Dragon Soul] with permanent passive effect?
Mo Hao thought for a long time this time and finally made a choice.

Select [Dragon Soul].

If it had not been stated later that these effects could be bestowed upon members by the guild, perhaps Mo Hao would have chosen the ultimate damage [Storm Awakening].

But both of these blessings can be shared with teammates, so as a responsible captain, he should choose [Dragon Soul].

Mo Hao has enough skills to maximize damage, but his teammates lack enhancements that can quickly improve their own strength.

[Protection Contract] always has inevitable side effects, so Mo Hao still thinks it is better to avoid using it if possible.

When he explained the situation to Murong Haitang in the abyss before, he didn’t know if it was a side effect of the [Protection Contract], but Murong Haitang looked at him with a strange look in her eyes.

Even in the following few days, Mo Hao had the feeling that the other party was avoiding him.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

Only six different dragon roars were heard above his head, and then six elemental dragons rushed into Mo Hao's body. At the same time, the skill [Dragon Arrival] was also beginning to echo with the six dragon souls. The skills and blessings from the same source now had some mysterious connection.

Under this kind of connection, some unknown changes seemed to have taken place on both sides.

With the six blessings bestowed upon him, Mo Hao felt that his strength had increased again.

Considering his current strength, any improvement he can feel in terms of numerical value is absolutely huge.

After all the rewards were drawn, the settlement space flashed red light again, urging Mo Hao to leave.

Although he wanted to stay here and see what would happen if he didn't leave when the time came, Mo Hao had a lot of things to deal with at the moment, so he could only put this idea aside.

As his figure disappeared, the settlement space also completely disappeared at the same time.

……

Mo Hao once again destroyed a Taixu Realm, and it was a Taixu Realm with a very special channel type. This Taixu Realm was special because it led to a world of interstellar war.

After submitting this report to the board of directors, Mo Hao didn't bother to pay attention to anyone and went straight back to his room.

As for the matter of destroying the entire Taixu Realm again and the Explorer Guild having to assess Mo Hao's explorer level again, he had no intention of paying attention to it at all.

Because he had enough things to do and was busy enough at that moment.

Murong Haitang was currently refining something to activate the Nine Cauldrons. With the medicinal ingredients and the ancient artifact Shennong Cauldron, she told Mo Hao that she would be able to produce the finished product in three days.

But these three days do not mean that Mo Hao can rest. The matters of the Doomsday Society need to be dealt with. In the Doomsday Society of Infinite City, there are still a few people who have slipped through the net and have not been brainwashed by him.

Moreover, even if all the members of the Doomsday Society in the Infinite City have been brainwashed by him, Tianmo Ji Le, he still has to contact the higher-level members of the Doomsday Society to continue brainwashing.

He planned to brainwash all the members of the Doomsday Society one by one, all the way until he reached the head of the President of the Doomsday Society.

From a certain perspective, the president of the Doomsday Society and Mo Hao have an irreconcilable feud.

Although things like brainwashing by Tianmo Ji Le may harm the harmony of heaven, it is enough as long as it does not harm the harmony of culture.

In the face of revenge for one's parents, this method is not even considered to be against the will of heaven. Even if others knew about it, they would only say that the method was a little too harsh.

In addition to the matters concerning the Doomsday Meeting, Mo Hao also has a trial on hand.

The Trial of Kratos!

Kratos, the god of war, the god of hope, a man among men, slaughtered the entire Greek pantheon and turned the Greek region into a magic-free land, becoming the Greece known in history.

Later, he fled to Northern Europe and killed the God of Light, Bard, and the King of Gods, Odin.

To the gods, Kratos is like Conan of the gods. Wherever he goes, people die. Most of the time, it is this man who does the work himself.

Mo Hao would definitely not treat this test given by a man among men as a game of house.

Even in extreme cases, it is not impossible that the God of War would come down and fight with him.

Can I defeat Kratos?

Mo Hao himself couldn't answer this question. Although he had the strength to face a god at this moment, he was not afraid even if it was a god who had broken through the realm.

But facing a guy like Kratos who slaughtered the entire pantheon and fought from the future to the past and then to the future, Mo Hao really didn't dare to say that he would win for sure.

Even the probability of winning is not that high.

after one day.

Mo Hao opened his eyes from his sleep and looked at the symbol of the God of War. He used his power to stimulate it, and then he disappeared into the void.

There is no guarantee of victory, but there is no need to feel any pressure about this trial.

The reason why I didn't go for the trial before was simply because I had a lot of things to do, and the matter of the medicine was more important and urgent.

Now that there is time to deal with it, Mo Hao naturally will not drag it on any longer.

With a flash of light and shadow, Mo Hao stood in front of a throne.

The throne is not worth caring about. What is worth caring about is the person sitting on it.

A bald man with a big beard and a man with red tattoos on his body.

A god, a godslayer, a son of Zeus, a Spartan.

God of War, Kratos!!!

(End of this chapter)