My talent is 1.

Seven coral horns, each tipped with translucent jellyfish-like tentacles that sway slightly. Lantern-shaped vertical pupils flash with a string of blue runes when they contract, and slime drips from between its fangs…

Disgusting, absolutely disgusting... snakes even drool...

Grantos, the giant sea serpent

Dark Gold BOSS

Egil the sea god's pet

grade:???

Grantos is still surrounded by a light shield, so we can't fight him yet.

Immediately afterwards, Grantos' enormous head, dragging its long body, coiled around the hall as if being pulled outwards.

Zhong Wuyai and Kayla retreated one after the other until the tail appeared, at which point Zhong Wuyai immediately launched an attack.

Chain lightning!

I don't know how much health this guy has, but it can't possibly exceed that of Sacrian Nicholas.

Chain Lightning! Fireball! Fire Rain! Chain Lightning! Fire Rain!

Chain Lightning could control the situation for 3.5 seconds, but Zhong Wuyai dared not gamble on it. Anyone with a question mark on their name was a mystery; who knew what skills they might have? If one skill killed him instantly, he would be in serious trouble.

Fireball deals the most damage, but the combined damage from Fire Rain is also considerable.

While we were typing, two announcements came out...

[Server-wide Announcement: Congratulations to player Kervil Charlie for unlocking the dungeon! Rewards: 5000 Reputation, 1 Golden Treasure Chest]

[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Xiahou Shen for unlocking the Valley of the Dead dungeon! Rewards: 5000 Reputation, 10 Resentful Bone Obsidian]

Damn it, two dungeons opened at once.

Zhong Wuyai paused for only a second before launching an attack; now was not the time to think.

Meanwhile, Shen Mengli, far away in the Bloodthirsty Desert, seemed somewhat anxious.

"How did Xiahou Shen unlock the Valley of the Dead so quickly? And why is the reward just Obsidian?... I still have one more quest to complete!"

Shen Mengli was anxiously dealing with the monsters in front of her.

Although Zhong Wuyai was stopped by himself, what about Xiahou Shen? He would definitely go to the Divine Furnace in the capital of the Yanlong Empire to check the properties of the obsidian.

After Shen Mengli dealt with the monster, she immediately sent a message in the world chat...

"Zhong Wuyai, where are you now? Hurry to the capital, I'm almost at the final link!"...

Zhong Wuyai, who was inside the instance, couldn't see the message at all, which made Shen Mengli even more anxious.

"Zhong Wuyai! Where the hell have you been?"...

"Aaaaaah~...Say something!"

Meanwhile, Xiahou Shen arrived in the capital of the Yanlong Empire.

Seeing the "Refinement and Tempering" features on the Divine Furnace page, I became incredibly excited.

Zhong Wuyai must be so powerful because of his equipment refinement; otherwise, even with SSS-level talent, he wouldn't be any worse, so why is there such a big difference?

Now, I'm about to close the gap.

After putting my favorite equipment into the Divine Furnace Refinement page...

[Ding, refining failed. Your equipment cannot be refined.]

Wornema~……

After trying several times, Xiahou Shen had no choice but to leave...

"How exactly did Zhong Wuyai manage to do that?"

Xiahou Shen was somewhat puzzled.

Meanwhile, Zhong Wuyai was going through the plot...

Grantos's health bar froze at 100 and didn't move...

My skills had absolutely no effect when I used them.

"Master, that's enough. You have gained Grantos's approval!"

Approval? What does that mean?

"Human, you have earned my approval. Go inside; there you will find what you've been dreaming of!"

After Grantos finished speaking, he stepped aside, and the door behind him emitted a blue light.

[Ding! Defeat the deep-sea giant serpent Grantos, gain 1024000 experience points]

This time, the prompt only indicates "defeat," not "kill."

This damn plot... even with a 5x experience bonus, I only get a little over a million experience points. A level 70 legendary boss gives less than a regular monster.

The fourth level is set up like this: defeat the BOSS to enter the next level. If you fail, you will not die. Grantos' final blow will force you to retain 1 point of health, teleport you out of the instance, and declare the challenge a failure.

Zhong Wuyai was about to enter the gate when he suddenly remembered something and unleashed Annihilation on Grantos...

Suddenly, countless items were scattered throughout the hall like flower petals falling from the sky...

Well, another bitter tea seed has been exposed...

[Ding! You have defeated the deep-sea giant serpent Grantos, gaining 4608000 experience points. An additional 32256000 experience points are gained from defeating a monster of a higher level.]

That's more like it... Otherwise, would it live up to the title of Dark Gold BOSS?

[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Zhong Wuyai for achieving the first kill of the level 75 Dark Gold BOSS, Deep Sea Serpent Grantos. Reward: 6000 Reputation, 3 Skill Points]

Yeah, you get exactly what you need; skill points are so great...

Zhong Wuyai began picking up the fallen items, while Kayla stood there, stunned...

"Master, run! You killed the Sea God's mount; the Sea God's Temple will not let you get away with this!"

"It's alright, it's nothing. Kayla, do you have any storage bags or anything? You have too many of these things."

Kayla didn't say anything, but simply picked it up.

Zhong Wuyai opened Kara's panel and finally saw the pet package on the side.

The pet pack only has 20 slots, and Kayla quickly filled it up.

Zhong Wuyai discarded the useless items and kept only the useful ones.

One of the items that Grantos dropped surprised Zhong Wuyai.

【Laws Scroll - Chaos】

Law Items

Number of uses: 1/1

The Interference Rule allows you to learn any skill or wear any piece of equipment without restriction after using it.

Does this mean I can learn Shen Mengli's summoner skills too? Or rather, equip the shield warrior's shield...?

Or, learn some healing skills, so you can heal yourself when you're injured...

It's a pity they're all capitalized "1," otherwise, if it were the number 1, that would mean 11 skills or 11 pieces of equipment...

As for the Temple of Poseidon, it's a complete trap. We'll have to deal with it sooner or later, it doesn't matter if it's sooner or later.

After seeing the server-wide announcement, Shen Mengli quieted down and stopped sending messages.

Zhong Wuyai clearly entered the Sea God's Ruins, and on Hell difficulty at that.

Wait... wait a minute, isn't Grantos invincible after reaching 100 HP? ...How did you kill him?

This is completely out of sync with the timeline! I'm the one who was reborn! I'm the butterfly that flapped its wings! How come it's all Zhong Wuyai doing all this?

Does he already have a high-intensity skill that ignores invincibility? Shouldn't this kind of skill or equipment only appear at level 99?

There is no absolute invincibility in the world; everything is relative. For example, low-level invincibility is useful against monsters below level 50, but some legendary bosses above level 50 and certain epic bosses have the ability to directly kill players.

Similarly, some players have equipment or skills that ignore invincibility and super armor, so they can still control those who need to be controlled and kill those who need to be killed.

But now that everyone's level 50, how do you break through invincibility...?

Zhong Wuyai is currently in the Sea God's Ruins... Isn't this blatantly ruining the plot?

Kayla looked at Zhong Wuyai with a worried expression, while Carrie, who was sitting beneath her, was trembling slightly...

"What's wrong, Carrie?"

"Master, it's...very dangerous inside!"

"Don't be afraid, let's go inside!"

The fifth level was a vast ocean, and Zhong Wuyai thought he had left the instance.

Surrounded only by rocks and coral reefs, but devoid of fish or shrimp, a colossal building came into view...

The gates are tightly closed; this must be the Temple of Poseidon.

Zhong Wuyai had no idea that the gate was a teleportation array, and he arrived directly at the entrance of the Sea God Temple.

It's like a giant underwater bubble; you're clearly underwater, but it doesn't affect breathing or...

Temple Elite Guards

grade:???

There was no explanation, and it wasn't strange.

"Master, they are too strong!"

Ten tall, elite temple guards stood at the temple entrance, about four meters tall, like Gundam warriors...

In the center of the front gate stood a figure nearly ten meters tall.

【Jeraf (Sealed)】

Epic BOSS

Poseidon God Envoy

Level? ??? (Sealed)

Yelav stared intently at Zhong Wuyai. He could easily swat the ant in front of him, but due to the constraints of the laws of the Divine Fantasy World, he could not make a move and could only attack when Zhong Wuyai was within 100 units of him.

If it weren't for the word "sealed," Zhong Wuyai would have turned and run away immediately.

What a joke! Even a level 99 player might not be able to beat him. How could a level 44 player possibly win even with cheats? He's completely uncontrollable.

"Kayla, what level are these elite temple guards?"

"Level 80, Master, give up! Leave now, or the Divine Messenger Yelav will kill us!"

"Don't rush, how much do you know about Yelav?"

"I don't know either. This is the first time I've seen a divine messenger. The high priest said that divine messengers are invincible in the lower realm because of their divine power. Almost no one can harm them. After all, only demigods are qualified to be called divine messengers."

Invincible? That can't be right. This is supposed to be Hell difficulty, how could it be an unbeatable dungeon...?

Putting a demigod in a hellish difficulty dungeon... is that even acceptable?

No, the divine messenger is a demigod, but now he's an epic boss, which must be due to the seal.

"Kayla, the sealed messenger of the god, I'm asking you, if you can't use divine power, or if you have no divine power at all, are you still invincible?"

"A divine messenger without divine power? Is that still a divine messenger?"

"Never mind that. I'm just asking you, can you control a divine messenger without divine power?"

Zhong Wuyai had made up his mind. If he could control it, he would destroy the Tidal Vortex skill at worst, but he would still increase the duration of the vortex to 51 seconds.

"Without divine power, my skills can be controlled, but the effect will be reduced by at least half!"

"Take care of the temple's elite guards first. Keep an eye on them; if any guards get close, immediately unleash the Tidal Vortex!"

"Yes, Master!"

After adjusting his angle and position, Zhong Wuyai cast a magic shield on himself.

Even if an elite monster at level 80 has an absurdly high attack, it won't kill you instantly.

A chain lightning bolt was unleashed at a guard wielding a bow and arrow...

Suddenly, lightning bolts danced wildly on the two guards...

But all the guards moved, and Zhong Wuyai was at a loss.

The guards were very fast; even riding Carrie, I couldn't outrun them...

However, the surrounding space was vast, and by the time the two guards tried to catch up, they were already far from the main gate of the temple.

Zhong Wuyai leaped to the side of the guard behind him, taking a solid hit... and casually unleashed a chain lightning bolt!

"Bang!"... The elemental shield protecting him shattered instantly, and he lost more than half of his mana. At the same time, all the guards around him were paralyzed.

Zhong Wuyai dared not be careless and continued to unleash a chain of lightning strikes.

Two guards with bows and one guard with a staff were kept under control...

Once remote control was established, the rest was much easier. All the approaching guards were paralyzed without exception, and the chain lightning they had previously cast was still bouncing around...

The damage is almost entirely negligible, but the elemental damage and true damage are still quite good.

Zhong Wuyai also gave up on Fireball and Frost Spear. With so many guards, single-target attack skills were obviously not very useful and were prone to mistakes.

The chain of lightning and fire rain is released back and forth, and the damage increases rapidly.

As for mana regeneration, Zhong Wuyai didn't even consider it. Riding Jiali, he regenerated over 800 mana per second, and his mana bar was always full.

[Ding! You have defeated an elite temple guard, gaining 716800 experience points. An additional 10752000 experience points are gained for defeating a monster of a higher level.]

There were still more than twenty minutes left in the beginner experience scroll, so Zhong Wuyai had plenty of time.

After eliminating all the guards, Zhong Wuyai's experience bar rose to 20%.

Kayla's experience bar has also increased somewhat. Although she has accumulated over 100 million experience points, Kayla needs 500 million experience points to level up, so she is still far from reaching that goal.

Zhong Wuyai also experienced for the first time how difficult it was to upgrade.

With so many experience bonuses, even Kayla's leveling is so slow. As for myself, experience becomes increasingly difficult to obtain as the game progresses, and my leveling speed will become slower and slower.

You need to stock up on experience reels.

As for the envoy from the Temple of the Sea God, since he is sealed away, even if he gets hit, he might not be able to kill him instantly.

A blast of flames!

"Kayla, hurry up and unleash Tidal Vortex!"

"R-really? Is it really okay?" Kayla hesitated, but as a pet, she couldn't disobey her master's orders and had no choice but to bite the bullet and attack!

Zhong Wuyai unleashed a burst of fiery energy as he rode Jiali forward...

The raging flames and shockwaves continued relentlessly, and Zhong Wuyai dared not stop. They were not yet within the range of the chain lightning, but if this guy went out of control, he would definitely be in deep trouble.

Fortunately, due to the dungeon, the divine messengers who should have been flying in the sky could only stand on the ground.

Similarly, within the Sea God's Ruins instance, no other players or pets/mounts can fly.

The Blazing Wave is a semi-control skill, but because of its knock-up effect, it effectively extends the control duration.

Yelav, who had just landed, was blasted away by the blast wave, shooting upwards along the temple gate, then falling back down, then shooting upwards again...

From a distance, Yelav was pressed against the temple gate, looking like a giant mop being scrubbed up and down on it...

Yelav was furious. As a divine messenger of the temple, he had never suffered such humiliation.

However, the seal of laws and the rules of the dungeon prevented him from unleashing his full power...

Tidal vortex!

Kayla finally unleashed her Tidal Vortex, and Zhong Wuyai wasn't far away either. He leaped up and unleashed a Chain Lightning at Yelav...

Fire Rain! Chain Lightning! Fireball! ...Chain Lightning! Fire Rain! ...

Zhong Wuyai used his three skills in turn to maximize the damage output.

The Five Elements attack proved invaluable this time. Against monsters with high damage reduction, the Five Elements attack remained unaffected, dealing the same damage as always. ...

Shen Mengli waited for Zhong Wuyai in the royal city, while within the Yanlong Empire, a great battle had already begun...

On the villain list, Xiahou Shen's kill count had exceeded one thousand, ranking fifth. In just two minutes, he surpassed Yang Yimu to rank fourth, closing in on Chen Wenyu...

"Has this Xiahou Shen gone mad?"

No one in the world chat knew how to describe it.

"What happened in the Flame Dragon Empire? Has Xiahou Shen started a major war just like Zhong Wuyai?"

"Don't even mention it! The Valley of the Dead dungeon just opened, and Xiahou Shen and his Tianjiao guild have taken over the entire dungeon. They won't even let us into the NPC villages in the Valley of the Dead, and there's a chaotic brawl between seven or eight guilds!"

"The copy belongs to everyone, so why should Xiahou Shen monopolize it?"

"Exactly! Zhong Wuyai didn't even dominate any dungeons, so what's with Xiahou Shen acting so arrogantly!"

"It's easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering. Go and face Xiahou Shen offline. The Yanlong Empire's Dai Le Di guild has been crippled and has withdrawn from the battle for the Valley of the Dead!"

"Those from the Flame Dragon Empire, tell me, how far have things progressed?"

"The Heavenly Pride Guild is leading two guilds against five guilds—no, it's four now! The Dale Guild is finished; over a dozen members have permanently died, and over a hundred others have run out of death points!"

"Holy crap, is it that powerful?"

"Xiahou Shen is too monstrous. He single-handedly fought against more than twenty top-tier players without being at a disadvantage, and he became stronger and stronger as the fight went on. In the end, he just instantly killed them. Everyone thought Xiahou Shen was going to die, but he made a full recovery. When the Dai Ledi Guild saw that there was no hope, they ran away, triggering a chain reaction. Now, the Yanlong Empire will soon be dominated by the Dragon Kingdom!"

"666~ From now on, you must address him as General Xiahou!"

"Hey, what do you mean by that? Where does that put the great Wuya?"

"You said it yourself, you're already a master, why would you care about such a title?"...

Zhong Wuyai was unaware of what was happening outside; Yelav's health bar had already dropped to half.

A few minutes later... Yelav's health bar remained fixed at 100 points.

"Humanity, you've won!"

"Master, we won! We won! ...Master, are you a divine being? You actually defeated the divine messenger!"

[Ding! Defeat Epic Boss Yelav, gain experience...]

[Ding! Your pet Kayla's intimacy level +100]

Good heavens, this is incredible... 100% tightness... I can't even imagine...

Zhong Wuyai didn't stop at this moment, but instead unleashed Annihilation...

[Ding! Epic BOSS Yelav defeated, gaining 48960000 experience points. An additional 734400000 experience points were gained for defeating a monster of a higher level.]

With over 700 million experience points, Zhong Wuyai successfully leveled up to level 45, while Kayla also leveled up to level 51.

[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Zhong Wuyai for achieving the first kill of the level 80 epic boss Yelav! Reward: 8000 reputation points, 1 epic gift box]

"Ah~! Master, how could you do this?... You actually killed the divine messenger?"

"What's wrong? Is it not okay?... Or are you going to betray your master?"

"No, no... Divine messenger... Divine messengers can't die, how did you kill him?"

"Kayla, don't take these things too seriously. From now on, you'll be able to trample not only divine messengers, but even the highest gods under your feet!"

"Master, please don't say that! That's blasphemy!"...

Shen Mengli wasn't surprised when she saw the announcement.

"As expected, this freak has to be killed. I wonder if the Temple of Sea God will offer sacrifices ahead of schedule to awaken the Sea God!"

Zhong Wuyai didn't think about that much; instead, he looked at his own package.

Great, now I have the Epic Gift Box, and I now have 10 Guild Resource Chests, one Black Iron Chest, one Bronze Chest, and one Gold Chest.

Two bronze gift boxes, three silver gift boxes, two gold gift boxes, one epic gift box, and one legendary gift box.

"Let it sit for a while longer, and once it reaches level 50, we'll start the calculation."

With talent, I'm not lacking in anything else.

"Exit the instance!"

[Ding, dungeon settlement in progress...]

In the end, Zhong Wuyai not only received several thousand gold coins, but also three deep-sea obsidian stones, a reward that made him eager to try again.

Shen Mengli, isn't she supposed to be doing the Divine Furnace quest? There hasn't been a server-wide announcement yet about opening the Divine Furnace. What kind of trouble is she causing...?

Zhong Wuyai opened the message bar and found that Shen Mengli had sent a long string of messages...

Without further ado, Zhong Wuyai teleported directly to the capital and found Shen Mengli...

"I'm not trying to be mean, but if you can't handle it yourself, why didn't you give me the task!"

"Hmph... I gave you the SSS-rank mission, you even got the statue of Lady Luck, and you're still thinking about this little thing..."

Zhong Wuyai then realized what was happening and opened the package...

Statue of the Goddess of Fortune

Special items

Sealed (3/10)

???

Perhaps due to the divine messenger, the unsealing progress was increased by 3 points.

"Let me ask you something, what's the use of intimacy level?"

"You can get closer to them, especially NPCs; 100 affinity points allows you to advance further!"

"Going a step further?"

Why are you asking this?... You wouldn't be thinking of...

"What do you mean by 'I want to' or 'I don't want to'? What do you mean by 'taking it a step further'?"

Shen Mengli's face immediately turned bright red...

"It's...it's exactly what you think~..."

"What am I thinking?"

"How can you be so shameless? Stop pretending! It's just...it's just...oh, it's so embarrassing, I'm not talking to you anymore!"

Wornema…something’s not right. Could this woman be saying…?

Zhong Wuyai glanced at Kayla beside him… a two-meter-tall figure, practically perfect except for her height…

The fish's body, tail, and fins are a bit... well, they're a bit... fantastical... which makes them even more exciting...

"Kayla, can you walk like a human? Doesn't it hurt when your fish scales rub against the ground like this?"

"Master, no... Oh, right!"

A burst of blue light emanated from Kayla, and she transformed into a stunningly sexy woman before Zhong Wuyai's eyes.

Wow~... Zhong Wuyai was stunned, his eyes fixed on Kayla...

"Master, so you like me this way. I thought you liked Kayla like that before!"

"Zhong Wuyai, you pervert! This is the street, what do you think you're doing?"

Shen Mengli started cursing, attracting a crowd of players to watch... After seeing Kayla's appearance, many people couldn't help but drool...

"Wuya, you're really something! You can even treat people like pets!"

"Are you stupid? That's a mermaid!"...