From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 61: Divine Attribute, Obtaining Divine Source Material Skill

After discussing with the Iron Arm Leader, Lu Heng decided to destroy the Evil God's finger.

The best way to destroy a segment of the Evil God's finger was, naturally, to burn it in a furnace.

So, the two of them returned to the Quenching Furnace and tossed the withered finger into it.

Flames devoured the Evil God's finger, burning out billowing black smoke, and emitting an unpleasant odor of charred flesh.

During the burning process, a layer of semi-translucent substance rose up.

Lu Heng recognized at a glance that the rising semi-translucent substance was Source Material, but it was not ordinary Source Material.

"Absorb Source Material, Source Quality Fusion gets enhancement."

"Source Quality Fusion: 52%"

"Absorb Divine Source Material, Source Material Ability gains Divine Effect."

"Shadow Traversal (Divine): Escape into the Shadow Crack, exempting all physical collisions, duration 7 seconds. Divine Effect: Gain Shadow Vision, after escaping into the shadow, vision can penetrate material barriers."

Lu Heng's eyes lit up at the effects of the now divine Source Material Ability.

Originally, in the Shadow Travel State, one couldn't see the outside once inside a material.

This was also the main reason the Abyss Fire Stealer, even when hiding inside rock walls, couldn't evade capture.

If it could have seen the outside situation while hiding inside the rock walls, it could have chosen the best escape route, making it impossible to catch.

Now the Divine Effect of "Shadow Traversal" added the ability of Shadow Vision, which was a qualitative improvement.

Moreover, when used, Shadow Vision was not just an accompanying effect of Shadow Traversal; in certain scenarios, it had a lot of potential.

For instance, if one needed to clearly see the inside of a sealed space, one could choose to escape into shadow and gain the Shadow Vision ability.

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Under the burning of the furnace, all the Divine Source Material in the withered finger was extracted and then slowly burned to ash.

Lu Heng had been worried that the Quenching Furnace wouldn't be able to burn the finger, because if it were a True God, it would have had an undying body, impervious to fire and blade.

This also indicated that Evil God Barton was not a True God but rather a Demigod.

In fact, Lu Heng had already sensed this when he obtained Barton's Ring.

Because the level of Barton's Ring was only A, not as high as he had anticipated.

This also pointed out that Evil God Barton was actually only a Demigod.

Of course, a Demigod was still a god, and in the presence of mortals, a Demigod was still a being of omnipotence.

The Iron Arm Leader watched as the Evil God's finger turned to ashes and finally let out a long sigh, "I'll go back and check on Mia, the kid lacks experience, she didn't even know she was bewitched by the Evil God."

"It's not entirely her fault, I almost lost my sanity too."

Lu Heng watched as the Iron Arm Leader left the forging room and then picked up a shovel, scooped up the furnace ash, and dumped it as fertilizer into the backyard garden of Stone Hammer Castle.

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After the weapons of the Bansel Tribe's elite soldiers went through Weapon Quenching, they were significantly improved, with the Quenching Level generally reaching 3.

This raised the Bansel Tribe's combat power to another level.

The next day.

Iron Arm formulated the battle strategy and started a large-scale interception of the Source Essence Sacrifices transported by the Evil God's Servants.

Lu Heng and his group also participated in the battle, greatly enhancing the team's combat power.

On the road north of Blade Stone Forest.

A demonic convoy transporting Source Essence Sacrifices was moving along the road toward Barton Temple.

The scale of this demonic convoy was relatively large, formed by the combination of three transport teams.

Due to the increasing number of demon teams being ambushed these past few days, the Demon Commander made adjustments, allowing multiple demon teams to merge and act together.

As a result, the number of teams needing protection decreased, and the Demon Commander could manage them more easily.

Within the Blade Stone Forest.

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Su Muyu stood atop a rocky peak, her hair fluttered by the strong winds. She took out a hairband, tied her hair into a ponytail, and then closed her eyes, controlling a scouting eagle to survey the surrounding area.

"There are six prison carts in the demon team to the north of the Stone Forest, with over fifty Demon Servants, including six Winged Demon Wizards. Besides that, I also saw Winged Demon Commander Sagers following about five kilometers away."

"Five kilometers away? Is it a trap? As soon as we take action, he would immediately come to ambush us," Lin Zeyu's first reaction was to sense the danger.

"It doesn't seem like it. Sagers's Winged Demon Air Force isn't hiding; they are flying in plain sight five kilometers away, easily spotted with just a bit of scouting," Su Muyu shook her head, feeling that it wasn't a trap.

"Expand the scouting area with Sagers at the center."

Lu Heng arranged for Su Muyu to continue scouting and then took out a Skill Crystal Core, inspecting it in the palm of his hand.

This Skill Crystal Core was "Thunder Spear," which condensed Thunder Energy onto a spear and hurled it to cause Thunder Damage.

The skill was powerful, and the damage coefficient was quite impressive.

Moreover, when actually used, the Thunder Damage it caused was area damage, just that the area was relatively small.

Lu Heng's Skill Slot was full, but he happened to have a skill that was from the same series as "Thunder Spear"—they were both Thunder Skills, suitable for fusion.

He had melted down Barton's Ring yesterday, gaining 1200 points of Divine Energy, which would come in handy now.

However, "Thunder Weapon" was a D-level skill, while "Thunder Spear" was a C-level skill. Fusing skills of different levels could result in either a C-level or a D-level skill.

If the fusion resulted in a D-level skill, then it would mean both the Divine Energy and the C-level Skill Crystal Core were wasted.

Therefore, fusing skills of different levels was a more risky method of fusion.

After some consideration, Lu Heng made a decision, used his Talent ability to unlock the Skill Lock of "Thunder Weapon," and began to absorb the energy from the "Thunder Spear" Skill Crystal Core.

The energy of "Thunder Spear" flowed into the first Skill Slot, mixing with the energy of "Thunder Weapon."

The two energies collided, causing a repulsive reaction, as if the energy was about to boil over.

The energy of "Thunder Spear" was slightly stronger, suppressing the energy of "Thunder Weapon."

After all, the former was a C-level skill, while the latter was D-level.

If no measures were taken to calm the two energies, allowing them to continue this way would cause the Skill Slot to explode.

Lu Heng waited until the collision of the two energies reached the most intense stage, seized the optimum moment, and introduced 600 points of Divine Energy.

Once Divine Energy entered the Skill Slot, the two berserk energies began to fuse with the Divine Energy, ultimately forming a strange equilibrium and returning to a stable state.

Lu Heng saw that the energy fusion was complete, immediately closed the Skill Lock.

[Skill Fusion complete, evolved into "Thunderous Strike."]

[Thunderous Strike: Channels Thunder Energy into the weapon, launching a powerful attack. Upon hitting the target, detonates the Thunder Energy, causing area thunderstorm damage. Thunderstorm range = 3 meters; Damage coefficient = 2×Spiritual Attribute. Skill Consumption: 30 Source Energy. Skill Level: C-level.]

Seeing the effects of the fused skill, a hint of joy appeared in Lu Heng's eyes.

Upon upgrading from "Thunder Weapon" to "Thunderous Strike," the damage was doubled, and it shifted from single-target to area damage.

The damage coefficient was quite high, reaching 2×Spiritual Attribute.

Lu Heng's spiritual power was now at 24 points, meaning that the unleashed thunderstorm damage could reach 48 points.

Furthermore, if the Aurora Blade were used to execute "Thunderous Strike," it could carry the weapon's "Spirit Slash" effect.

This meant that the range of the thunderstorm damage would carry an additional 8 points of Spiritual Damage from "Spirit Slash," and weaken all targets by 8 Spiritual Attributes.

The two damages combined would be 56 points.

Lower-level cannon fodder, just getting grazed by this area damage, would be instantly eliminated.

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