143: Chapter 143 The Power of the Undead Scourge is in Hand!

[ Ding! Talent [ Hand of Heaven Stealing ] activated successfully, you have stolen: [ Lich's Death Cloak ] (Special Equipment)! ]

[ Ding! Talent [ Hand of Heaven Stealing ] activated successfully, you have stolen: SS-Rank Talent [ Undead Power ]! ]

[ Ding! Talent [ Hand of Heaven Stealing ] activated successfully, you have stolen: Forbidden Spell-level Skill [ Calamity Rift ]! ]

Following seven consecutive high-intensity clashes of will, the notification boxes in front of Su Chen were almost flooding his screen.

Two pieces of demi-god level equipment, one rare special equipment, three core skills, plus an SS-Rank Talent—this haul would be enough to drive any faction in the outside world insane.

Even the Archlich's trump card kill moves and core talents had been forcibly stripped away by him.

Logically speaking, this luck was already Heaven-Defying to the extreme.

Yet looking at the [ Soul Domain ], still overcast and showing no signs of dissipating, Su Chen couldn't bring himself to smile at all.

The Divine-bestowed Authority had not yet been obtained!

And having lost [ Undead Power ], Rhys's HP cap instantly evaporated by 200%.

This was by no means a good thing for him—because it meant the BOSS had become too "squishy," and there was a high possibility of him accidentally killing it before the Authority could be stolen.

"No... My mana... My Origin is draining away!"

Rhys let out a shrill scream.

Back then, he had been willing to fall into the Evil Path and submit himself to the gods, all just to pursue ultimate power.

Now, watching helplessly as his Origin talent, which maintained his lifeblood, was forcibly dug out, this psychological collapse even surpassed the pain of his physical body.

"Vile ant! Give it back to me! Give it back to me!"

Having fallen into madness, Rhys completely lost the elegance of a demi-god level BOSS.

He frantically waved his skeleton staff, and regardless of whether they were locked onto a target or not, various high-tier Spells were unleashed indiscriminately into the surroundings like a rainstorm.

With his talent stolen, the BOSS's attributes suffered a devastating, epic-level weakening.

In Su Chen's eyes, the current Rhys no longer even had the qualifications to activate [ Ash Form ].

Su Chen calmly activated the ring's final gamble.

[ Super Refresh ]!

[ Hand of Heaven Stealing ]!

This was the last opportunity for an active theft.

He stared fixedly at that chaotic shadow and launched the surprise attack.

Unfortunately, fate seemed to be a bit mischievous.

[ Ding! Theft successful, you have obtained the skill: [ Lich Chain ]! ]

Still just a skill.

"It seems I have no choice but to use that move." Su Chen's brows furrowed tightly, and a ruthless glint appeared in his eyes.

He put away the heavy brick and gripped the hilt of the flame of joy again.

Immediately after, the ring's second ultimate affix erupted!

[ Infinite Firepower ]!

Within three seconds, all short-cooldown minor skills entered a zero-CD state.

The flame greatsword in Su Chen's hand seemed to produce illusory afterimages due to the extreme speed of his swings, and his entire person seemed to be caught in some kind of high-frequency vibration.

He did not choose to engage in melee combat, but instead transformed himself into a humanoid "Spell Gatling gun."

[ Blade of Storm ]! [ Blade of Storm ]! ...

Spells that originally required a one-second chant became instant-cast under the buff of the Nanofas gloves' [ Quick Casting ].

Coupled with the frequent triggering of [ Dual Casting ] driven by his Luck stat, within a mere three seconds, thousands of cyan wind blades visible to the naked eye condensed out of thin air within the Soul Domain!

Chi chi chi chi—!!!

The dense cutting sounds merged into a single ear-piercing roar.

Having lost his talent buffs, Rhys was completely unable to withstand this density of attacks; his multiple shields shattered like withered branches.

The wind blades frantically sliced at his skeleton, and his HP bar rapidly slid toward the dangerous 50% red line.

Only at this moment, being sliced by countless wind blades, did Rhys awaken as if from a dream.

The "scraping" damage that this human before him had dealt earlier was all a lie.

That was the hunter intentionally holding back to peel the prey's hide intact—it was just playing with him!

In despair, Rhys knew he could not escape death.

"Hahahaha! Even if my life ends here, you cannot stop the arrival of the Undead King!"

Rhys laughed wildly in the center of the storm, his eyes flashing with a light of mutual destruction: "All troops, heed my order! At all costs, charge and slaughter! Use your Souls to pave the way for my Lord's arrival!"

He frantically urged the Authority, issuing a desperate order for all the undead in the province to launch a suicide attack.

Not only that, he roared hideously:

[ Lich Curse ]!

He actually sacrificed 30% of his permanent HP cap as an offering to carve an indelible Soul mark onto Su Chen.

As long as the Undead King arrived, this curse would be the most conspicuous beacon!

However, Rhys's laughter came to an abrupt halt the next instant, and the flames in his hollow eye sockets trembled violently due to extreme fear.

Because, Su Chen, who had originally worn a look of worry, was now slowly curling his lips into a wicked arc.

Amidst the sky-filling, screen-flooding "MISS" and "Hit" notifications, an extremely special, brilliant golden System announcement was quietly floating right in the center of Su Chen's field of vision.

[ Ding! Congratulations to the player for triggering the [ Hand of Heaven Stealing ] passive effect [ Sleight of Hand ], you have successfully stolen: [ Undead Scourge ] (Divine-bestowed Authority)! ]

Success or failure hinged on this last, insignificant wind blade!

"This is impossible... That is the Lord's Divinity Fragment... It is the might of the gods... You, a mere Mortal, how could you possibly touch the Authority of God?!"

Rhys collapsed at the edge of the crater, his voice becoming fragmented due to the collapse of his worldview.

The Authority was bestowed by God.

Theoretically, even if Rhys died in battle, this power should traverse the Void Realm and return to the divine seat; it was absolutely impossible for it to be stolen by a Mortal.

"In this world, there is nothing I want to steal that I cannot."

Su Chen felt that vast, ocean-like power of death domination in his mind.

Possessing a portion of [ Class-bestowed Authority ], he had a natural affinity for this type of high-tier power.

He slowly raised his hand, his fingertips wreathed in a dim, deathly light.

Through this newly obtained Authority, he began to forcibly rewrite all the orders Rhys had just issued...