200: Chapter 20 A New Challenge!

The attributes were authoritative, and the skills were all quite powerful.

On the surface, Lucifer was a Death Butler, but in reality, he possessed terrifying combat power that far surpassed the other Legion Commanders.

At this moment, Lu Yin became even more confident about the upcoming great war.

Subsequently, he gathered ten golden soul fragments, transforming them into a complete golden soul.

[golden soul]

[Usage: Contains the soul aura of a Golden Fighter...]

The golden soul, resembling a golden flame, burned quietly before him. He was in no hurry to extract it, instead placing it into his inventory.

After all, there was no suitable corpse right now. He intended to enter the Abyssal Passage in the future, slay a powerful demon, and use its corpse for resurrection.

Only then could the mythic grade death soul's effect be maximized.

Afterward, he took out ten stones of god and directly enhanced the blade of annihilation in his hand to its maximum level of 10.

[Ding! Enhancement successful!]

As the system prompt sounded again, the blade of annihilation let out a hum.

The appearance of the fully leveled blade of eternal silence hadn't changed much.

However, the dark luster on the blade seemed to possess life, flowing slowly as if breathing.

[blade of eternal silence (Exclusive Weapon)]

[Equipment Quality: Artifact (Advancement: 10/100)]

[Equipment Requirement: Lv1]

[Attack +1,800,000, Strength +5,000,000, Constitution +5,500,000]

[Effect: Death Soul Resonance: 10% chance for enemies to drop double souls of death upon death.]

[Active Skill: Annihilation Slash: Consumes souls of death to perform a slash on the target. Power is determined by the number of souls of death. Cooldown: 3 hours. Mana Cost: 100 points.]

[Active Skill: Death Flash: Delivers a certain-kill blow to the target, dealing absolute damage equal to (Skill Level × Attack) + 5 times Total Attributes. Cooldown: 3 days. Mana Cost: 800 points.]

[Passive Skill: Eternal Silence Mark: Each time damage is dealt to a target, one Eternal Silence Mark is gained. Each mark provides a 1% Attack increase, up to a maximum of 10 marks.]

[Active Skill: Eternal Silence Eruption: Injects all owned Marks of Eternal Silence into the blade to launch a devastating slash. Deals damage equal to a multiple of Attack + Total Attributes based on the number of marks. Cooldown: 3 days. Mana Cost: 1,500 points.]

[Active Skill: Execution Ground of Eternal Silence: Can execute the target, directly reducing the target's HP and Max HP by 3%. Cooldown: 10 days. Mana Cost: 50,000 points.]

The level 100 max-tier exclusive weapon was now worlds apart from before.

Five million Strength and Constitution, nearly twenty million additional Attack, and several additional skills.

All of these caused Lu Yin's power to undergo an earth-shattering increase.

"Next, I can use this to enhance the dream god set of three."

Lu Yin put away the blade of annihilation, making further plans in his heart.

Although his abilities in all aspects were currently quite abnormal, his next opponent would be a Sovereign within the Abyss.

He had the support of an exclusive artifact; the opponent certainly couldn't be without equipment of this level.

Otherwise, how could they have fought their way to the top in the violent Abyss?

Just as Lu Yin was thinking this and planning to exit the Dungeon, an ethereal female voice suddenly echoed throughout the temple.

"Mortal."

Lu Yin's movements came to an abrupt halt.

He slowly turned around, casting his gaze toward the depths of the temple, the source of the gradually dissipating light dust.

At the position where the Athena Projection had originally stood, a completely different kind of golden ripple was now appearing.

That wasn't a fluctuation of residual energy, but a kind of... gaze.

"You, with a mortal body, have slain my projection ten times within ten days. I shall subject you to a more cruel trial. Are you willing to accept?"

The ethereal female voice rang out again, and golden specks of light seeped out from the void.

They slowly converged, outlining a more solid and majestic silhouette.

Beside him, the newly summoned Lucifer took a step forward, elegantly and precisely blocking half a body length in front of Lu Yin.

His fingers under the white gloves lightly rested on his waist; although it appeared empty, Lu Yin could feel an extremely restrained and sharp sword intent awakening.

The other seven Legion Commanders also instantly entered a state of maximum alert, and the aura of the fifteen thousand Meidou Shi merged into one, as solid as iron.

Death energy surged silently, standing in opposition to the gradually condensing divine radiance.

Lu Yin raised his hand, stopping the Legion Commanders from taking further action.

"What trial?"

Lu Yin narrowed his eyes and asked.

The ethereal and majestic female voice did not answer, but the silhouette of Athena outlined by golden light suddenly brightened, as if a miniature sun were being born in the temple.

The blazing but not scorching light dispelled all shadows, illuminating the entire space in pure gold.

At the same time, a system prompt forcibly popped up, glowing with a dark golden luster quite different from the usual.

[Ding! Special event trigger detected!]

[Trial of God]

[Description: Defeat a wisp of the Will of Athena!]

[Reward: ???]

[Accept? Yes/No]

[Note: This event is a one-time special trigger. It will disappear permanently if rejected.]

Lu Yin's pupils contracted slightly.

The figure of Athena outlined by pure light specks did not attack like the projection, but instead quietly "watched" Lu Yin.

A vast, ancient pressure that transcended mortal understanding pervaded every inch of space like a silent tsunami.

Under this pressure, the combined death aura of the Meidou Shi flickered like a candle in the wind.

Lu Yin's gaze swept over the dark golden system prompt.

One-time, special trigger, permanent disappearance...

The combination of these words meant that both the risks and opportunities had reached an unprecedented height.

Furthermore, defeating a wisp of the Will of Athena... this was clearly not comparable to the projection he had repeated ten times.

"A more cruel trial..."

Lu Yin repeated in a low voice, a sharp arc slowly curling at the corner of his mouth.

The power within his body was surging like a tide; the newly acquired skills, the max-tier blade of eternal silence, the newly returned Eighth Legion Commander...

Everything was yearning for a true trial, one sufficient to measure his current growth.

Di Gulov was a Sovereign of the Abyss.

And before him was the will of a deity.

There was no better whetstone than this.

"Accept."

The moment he confirmed his choice.

Boom!

The "miniature sun" in the center of the temple suddenly erupted with indescribable light!

The silhouette outlined by light specks quickly solidified, transforming into a divine body far more real and majestic than the projection.

She still maintained the basic appearance of the Athena Projection, but her golden armor flowed with a divine radiance that seemed like a living thing.

Her gaze was no longer a detached indifference devoid of sorrow or joy, but a profound depth containing the birth and death of stars and the operation of laws.

As the solid divine shadow took a step forward, the entire temple trembled violently.

A golden arena appeared out of thin air beneath the feet of Lu Yin and the Will of Athena, isolating the two within a special space.