187: incredible effect

The top-grade spirit artifact, the heavenly punishment token!

Lu Yuan took the exquisite wooden box handed to him by Fu Jingjie.

Inside lay a token with an ancient design, densely engraved with obscure and difficult-to-understand characters.

"Elder Zheng, what are the effects of the upgraded heavenly punishment token?"

Before Lu Yuan could speak, Fu Jingjie asked first.

A top-grade spirit artifact!

This level of spirit artifact was something only the Alliance Leaders were qualified to possess; it was unattainable for him.

Zheng Dinghan was still continuously wiping away sweat.

"Besides sharing spiritual power, it has added two effects that I consider heaven-defying," Zheng Dinghan said, perking up.

The heavenly punishment token had been upgraded by his hands.

To Zheng Dinghan, this was an outstanding work.

"First, it significantly enhances the Skeleton Monsters summoned by Dark Attribute Practitioners," Zheng Dinghan looked at Lu Yuan and said solemnly.

"Take the Skeleton Monsters summoned at the Transcendent Realm for example; using the heavenly punishment token, they can crush Domain Realm Skeleton Monsters!"

It was about the same as what Alliance Leader Chu of the Thunder Alliance had guessed.

Lu Yuan's eyes flickered; he was not surprised by the first effect of the upgraded heavenly punishment token.

This spirit artifact itself was tailor-made for Dark Attribute Practitioners, so enhancing the summoned Skeleton Monsters was within expectations.

"But Junior Brother Lu Yuan is a Puppet Master," Fu Jingjie corrected.

Zheng Dinghan rolled his eyes.

"So the effect will definitely be better when Lu Yuan uses the heavenly punishment token; his ghost puppet soldiers are ten or even a hundred times stronger than Skeleton Monsters!" Zheng Dinghan said with a firm tone.

"Once Lu Yuan breaks through to the Transcendent Realm, his ghost puppet soldiers will be able to instantly kill Domain Realm Skeleton Monsters—even at the peak, it won't matter!"

Speaking of which, Zheng Dinghan wrung out his towel.

Whoosh—

The towel, soaked with sweat, fell to the ground, emitting billowing white smoke.

"As for the Saint Realm, I am not sure, but in short, Lu Yuan is now the nemesis of Dark Attribute Practitioners!" Zheng Dinghan used a more appropriate description.

"A nemesis, huh..."

Fu Jingjie hadn't expected the upgraded heavenly punishment token to be this fierce.

Others might not know, but he was crystal clear about it.

Lu Yuan had consumed the grand void thunder wood and was immune to Thunder Attribute Spirit Skills!

In other words, Lu Yuan was now the nemesis of both Dark Attribute and Thunder Attribute Practitioners!

"What about the second effect?" Lu Yuan asked.

The top Artifact Refiner in Huaxia before him, hailed as a master of artifact refining, had repeatedly emphasized the word "heaven-defying."

Lu Yuan didn't feel that enhancing the strength of the ghost puppet soldiers counted as heaven-defying.

"The second effect is related to Dark Attribute Practitioners; it allows you to summon monsters through Dark Attribute Practitioners!" Zheng Dinghan cleared his throat, his expression indescribable as he looked at the heavenly punishment token in Lu Yuan's hand.

Three parts greed, four parts desire, two parts restraint.

"How strong the monsters are depends on the number and realm of the Dark Attribute summoners; if there are enough of them, defeating the strong with the weak and taking down a God Emperor Realm Expert is not a problem!"

Hiss—

Fu Jingjie gasped.

It was as if a sentence was written on Zheng Dinghan's face.

Is this effect heaven-defying enough?!

"It has to be a top-grade spirit artifact!" Fu Jingjie swallowed hard.

Zheng Dinghan had made it very clear.

With the heavenly punishment token, Lu Yuan had a chance to defeat a God Emperor Realm Expert!

Of course, the prerequisite was having Dark Attribute Practitioners to assist him; only then could the full efficacy of this top-grade spirit artifact be unleashed!

Lu Yuan's expression was strange; he never expected the second effect to be like this.

"Disappointed?" another Elder of the Flame Alliance asked.

He thought Lu Yuan felt that although the effect was heaven-defying enough, where could he find so many Dark Attribute Practitioners?

Come to think of it, this type of Practitioner was too special.

If it were other attributes, like Fire, Metal, Wind, or even a special attribute like Space, Lu Yuan wouldn't even need to ask.

The Alliance Leaders would definitely find a group of Practitioners to cooperate with Lu Yuan, but it just had to be Dark Attribute.

They were also very excited when they learned of the effects after upgrading the heavenly punishment token.

After the excitement, they quickly regained their rationality, thinking that Lu Yuan would most likely be disappointed.

It was like a chicken rib—tasteless to eat but a pity to discard!

Lu Yuan appeared very calm, while Fu Jingjie was the exact opposite, as excited as one could be.

"Elder Zheng, Elder Liu, you have been in the Divine Craftsman Mansion refining artifacts for years and are not well-informed..."

Fu Jingjie explained in detail that Lu Yuan was a Puppet Master who could reverse the aging of Dark Attribute Practitioners.

Upon learning that almost all Dark Attribute Practitioners in Huaxia above the Transcendent Realm had defected to Lu Yuan.

The three Elders responsible for upgrading the heavenly punishment token were struck by lightning!

"Isn't this equivalent to it being tailor-made for Lu Yuan!" Zheng Dinghan said.

At this moment, Lu Yuan only needed to give an order, raise the heavenly punishment token, and five or six hundred Dark Attribute experts would directly assist him.

Thinking of this, Zheng Dinghan's mouth twitched.

On the surface, Lu Yuan was at the Peak of the Law Realm, but his strength had long since far exceeded this realm!

"Thank you to the three Elders for upgrading the heavenly punishment token," Lu Yuan said, very satisfied with the two new effects of the heavenly punishment token.

"If you want to thank someone, thank the Alliance Leaders; we are just acting on orders," Zheng Dinghan shook his head.

"Can this sword be upgraded?"

In front of the many Elders of the Flame Alliance, Lu Yuan took out the nirvana sword.

"Just how many good things does Junior Brother Lu Yuan have!" Fu Jingjie was secretly shocked.

Even though he was a Core Elder of the Wind-Splitting Alliance, he only possessed one high-grade spirit tool.

In contrast, Lu Yuan kept pulling out one item after another; one would think he was the son of the boss of the Cangqiong Chamber of Commerce!

"Hmm, this sword can indeed be upgraded," Zheng Dinghan nodded.

"Here are three sets of upgrade materials; feel free to ask for however much money you need, Elder."

Lu Yuan got straight to the point.

Zheng Dinghan smiled, and the other two Elders at the Peak of the Saint Entry Realm also smiled.

"Are you worried that I don't have the money to pay the fees, or that I'm missing some kind of upgrade material?" Lu Yuan frowned.

"Little Lu, upgrading a top-grade spirit artifact is not as simple as you think. I advise you to be cautious, extremely cautious!"

The elder named Zhong Qingfeng said.

"You must have understood the rules before coming here; we take no responsibility for failed artifact refining, and you must both provide the materials and pay the fees." Zhong Qingfeng drank tea in large gulps, finishing a bottle that held 2000 milliliters of water in one breath.

"The reason the heavenly punishment token was successfully upgraded was because the Alliance Leaders made a great determination!" Zheng Dinghan added.

"Do you know the Grand Elder of the Department of Finance, Zou Xinrong?"

Lu Yuan nodded.

Not long ago, he had almost reached a cooperation agreement with the Duzhi Division.

"We went to the Duzhi Division treasury four times to retrieve materials for upgrading the heavenly punishment token. The first time, that old guy was still calm, but the second time, his expression was already wrong," Zheng Dinghan said.

"The fourth time we went to retrieve materials, Zou Xinrong got desperate, hugging the Supreme Alliance Leader's thigh and crying for his parents."

"Zou Xinrong claimed that we—no, you—were about to empty the Duzhi Division treasury!"

Zheng Dinghan emphasized that it was Lu Yuan, not them, after all, it was being upgraded for Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan: "..."

Thinking of the scene where Zou Xinrong hugged the Supreme Alliance Leader's thigh and cried poverty, why did he suddenly want to laugh?

"So three sets are definitely not enough. You'd better keep them, lest you ruin the nirvana sword you obtained with such difficulty," Zheng Dinghan advised, and the elder beside him also chimed in to persuade him.

They had Lu Yuan's best interests at heart.

"Take a gamble and turn a bicycle into a motorcycle!" Lu Yuan gritted his teeth.

"What does that mean?"

Zheng Dinghan didn't understand.

"Upgrade it! Even if the nirvana sword is ruined, I will have no regrets!"

The sound of iron being hammered continued incessantly, and the temperature in the Divine Craftsman Mansion was comparable to the scorching heat of summer.

This time, Zheng Dinghan understood Lu Yuan's words!