(Area-of-effect) attack damage, could…
A Class D dungeon might obtain a powerful one at once.
She immediately thought of the Thunder God and the Lightning Mother, who might provide a lightning AOE attack divine skill?
Hiss… It’s a bit risky.
Not to mention that she just fought a heavenly battle with the Three Saints in a certain sense, summoning the chief deities of thunder again……………… wouldn’t that be inappropriate?
Another dungeon that might have a crowd attack divine skill is the South Heavenly Gate dungeon, which would likely summon heavenly soldiers and generals.
But again, it’s still limited by the Class D level, so the attack power might not be very high, and there’s the same problem as before.
ughhh……
Su Fu thought of a “BUG.”
Who says attack divine skills must come from combat deities?
Cough, cough.
The Wind-Fire Wheels from the last dungeon with Nezha gave her a new idea.
If it’s something like the Three Pure Ones’ True Fire, then there’s a lot of potential!
Area-of-effect attack?
Once the Three Pure Ones’ True Fire is ignited, that’s AOE!
In this case, the Alchemy Palace dungeon is quite suitable.
A Class D dungeon is likely to summon Laozi’s Taoist boy.
The flame used by the Taoist boy for alchemy, the Six Ding Divine Fire, is one of the four great heavenly fires in the immortal realm, with immense power!
Moreover, the Taoist boy also has alchemy skills, and there might be a chance to obtain related buff divine skills, such as detoxification pills and truth-telling pills.
You never know what strange skills the candidates might have in the competition exam, which is a large examination room that can accommodate many people.
It’s not scary if the opponent is strong in combat; it’s scary if they are too underhanded.
She still remembered the last heavenly prison battle, where someone secretly cursed her at the beginning.
If it weren’t for Laozi’s Qingling Array automatically protecting her, she would have been directly affected.
“No way, I can’t fail in the gutter!”
She decided, she would go to Laozi’s Alchemy Palace!
Not to mention, she currently has Laozi’s Qingling Summoning Array on her, and Laozi has always been gentle, so it’s quite stable!
After thinking it through, Su Fu straightened her chest and declared, “I choose the Alchemy Palace dungeon!”
***
In the core area of the Wanqi Academy branch in Lingxiao Province, Zong Zhengmingjing was sitting, studying the latest divine artifact data while casually listening to the reports from her subordinates.
“Madam,” Zhou Bei, a subordinate, respectfully reported, “Everything has been done as you instructed.”
Zong Zhengmingjing nodded slightly.
Zhou Bei continued, “There’s another matter. The Divine Academy has sent a notice, asking us to provide the divine artifact rewards for this provincial final exam according to the list.”
He paused, “Su Fu chose the Class C divine artifact ‘Flowing Cloud Jade Slip’.”
Zong Zhengmingjing showed no reaction.
Zhou Bei quickly understood and said, “However, unfortunately, the ‘Flowing Cloud Jade Slip’ had some issues recently and is temporarily unable to be used. It needs to be postponed for processing………………”
“Madam, what do you think?”
He cautiously observed Zong Zhengmingjing’s reaction.
The divine artifact was, of course, fine.
It had been prepared and stored in the warehouse of the Wanqi Academy.
But…………… who let Su Fu offend the Zong Zheng family?
And coincidentally, Zong Zhengmingjing was the vice dean of the Wanqi Academy.
His excuse was so poor that it could be seen through at a glance, but Zong Zhengmingjing looked up at him and said, “These trivial matters, you can handle them as you see fit.”
“Yes, Madam.”
Zhou Bei bowed and exited the office.
He breathed a sigh of relief inside, glad that he had guessed correctly.
Inside the room, Zong Zhengmingjing was alone.
She looked at the divine artifact data in her hand and curled her lips.
“Summon me and I will arrive?”
What a favored divine blessing indeed.
Even such a lowly person could be favored by a deity, how…… absurd.
She let out a soft laugh, “Today, I will delay your certification and application. Can your deity back you up? Can a deity stamp for you?”
Commoners always think that being favored by a deity can lead to instant success, thinking that hard work and talent can change their destiny, but on what grounds?
“Su Fu, the world doesn’t work that way.”
Unfortunately, you live in the human world, where humans hold the power, not deities.
So the rules…… I set.
Zong Zhengmingjing no longer looked at the documents on the table, got up, and walked towards the inner room.
With the verification of divine power, the door slowly opened, revealing the huge star core furnace in the inner room.
It was a core resource available only to vice deans and above.
She walked past the material table, which was piled with various rare materials: Nine Heavens Cloud Mother, Star Sand, Solar True Flame, and blocks of Tianxuan Pure Gold.
All of these were materials for the divine artifact prepared for Zong Zhengwujiao.
She wanted to forge a divine artifact stronger than that so-called Ruyi Jingu Bang!
***
At Tianqi High School, in the competition review office.
Zhou Lu rubbed his sore eyes and continued to review the next set of documents.
He glanced at the name, Su Fu.
Just as he was about to routinely approve it, he suddenly noticed something amiss.
“The divine artifact is still under review?”
He frowned and looked at the timestamp, “It’s been two hours already……”
Normally, the Wanqi Academy’s divine artifact certification is just a formality, all relying on instrument detection, and it should be done within an hour at most.
Why would it take so long?
This clearly indicated that the Wanqi Academy was deliberately stalling.
He was puzzled, what did this person do wrong?
Zhou Lu quickly pulled up the applicant’s detailed information and searched for recent hot news.
As soon as he did, he was shocked.
“This candidate actually……………… offended the Zong Zheng family?”
He gasped, “This person has some nerve!”
No, it should be said that this person was courting death.
Then the review couldn’t be approved.
He withdrew the approval stamp and then ignored it and continued to review the next set of documents.
Sure enough, within half an hour, a private communication from above came through.
“Zhou Lu,” the other party’s tone was amiable, “You’ve worked hard on this review.”
“But no matter how hard you work, you must do your job properly, especially to strictly review and not let any suspicious points slip through.”
Zhou Lu immediately understood:
“Rest assured, I understand.”
After hanging up the communication, he immediately pulled up Su Fu’s application form:
[Review Result: Unqualified]
[Reason: Incomplete materials, divine artifact certification not completed]
Then, he pressed confirm.
The red words “Unqualified” instantly refreshed on Su Fu’s application form.
“Young people ah…………” Zhou Lu shook his head, “Being too showy is not a good thing.”
Competing with powerful families for resources, isn’t that courting death?
Now see what happens.
With just a slight move from them, your path to advancement is completely blocked.
The moment Zhou Lu operated, the Shen Yan data stream was quickly activated, and a set of data was transmitted to Kunlun.
[Warning: Unauthorized processing detected]
[Target: Su Fu from Kunlun Academy]
[Violation: Rejection of competition qualification review]
[Log record: According to the “Kunlun Nine Chapters Law,” the individual causal chain has been triggered, and all operation records have been automatically preserved. The silent evidence-gathering mode has been activated. The log has been archived]
All the information has been secretly transmitted to the Kunlun side, but Zhou Lu’s operation interface had no warnings or prompts.
He was completely unaware and then stretched, feeling extremely good:
“This month’s extra bonus is now secure.”
He even felt a bit regretful:
“If there were a few more young people who didn’t understand the rules………………”
Wouldn’t his bonus be earned in heaps?
Zhou Lu hummed a tune in a pleasant mood and began to process the next application material.
In the Alchemy Palace’s Room: The Dan-Swallowing Beast dungeon.
Su Fu had already gone through the summoning and obtaining of divine skills.
Finally, she sincerely “negotiated” with the two Taoist boys and directly obtained the [Six Ding Divine Fire Class E] divine skill.
Regarding this, the two Taoist boys stated that they absolutely did not sense the presence of the Great Sage and Laozi, but rather, it was because of Su Fu’s sincerity.
Su Fu also responded, “There is no need for the two of you to say more. I will keep it in mind!”
Come to think of it, she remembered in “Journey to the West,” there were two kings with countless treasures, one of whom had a purple-gold red gourd called something-something.
And those two kings were the Taoist boys sent down to the mortal world by Laozi to become demons.
So, in other words……………
She likes, likes gourds.
She must come to the Alchemy Palace dungeon more often!
Just at that moment, the scene before Su Fu began to change.
Suddenly, a huge rune appeared in her line of sight, and then the perspective quickly zoomed out.
A massive Bagua Alchemical Furnace stood right in the center of the Alchemy Room.
Su Fu realized what was happening—this was the [Alchemy Room].
However, the furnace was excessively large, occupying more than half of the space and immediately capturing her attention.
She focused her gaze and noticed that the furnace was covered in numerous runes.
At that moment, the furnace seemed to be refining something.
The Bagua Alchemical Furnace slowly rotated with the flow of the furnace’s energy, gradually increasing in speed.
The runes, under the scorching of the flames, began to flicker on and off.
“This furnace… something’s not right,” she muttered.
Sure enough, in the next moment, the furnace began to vibrate violently.
A shrill, grating hum filled the air as fine cracks appeared on the surface of the furnace, spreading like a spider’s web.
Not good!
It’s going to explode!
Boom—!
With a tremendous roar, the furnace exploded.
Countless pieces of the furnace, mixed with the incomplete refined and now toxic medicinal herbs, scattered through the air.
Strangely, these fragments did not fall to the ground.
Instead, they began to forcibly gather and reassemble in mid-air, gradually coalescing into a twisted, dark shadow.
From within the shadow came a bone-chilling, gulping sound.
Soon, the shadow solidified, revealing a grotesque and terrifying form.
It was a massive beast covered in bronze fragments, with purple-black medicinal toxins seeping from the gaps between the pieces.
This was the [Dan-Swallowing Beast!]
As the purple-black liquid dripped from the Dan-Swallowing Beast, it quickly congealed into human-shaped “Medicinal Toxin Puppets” upon hitting the ground.
These puppets let out shrill, piercing roars.
The more liquid that dripped, the more the number of Medicinal Toxin Puppets grew exponentially.
At this moment, the scene before her began to merge with reality, blurring the line between the virtual and the real.
Su Fu could almost smell the indescribable, nauseating odor—
The exam had officially begun.
The voice of the Shen Yan AI sounded:
[Assessment Scoring Criteria: Number of Anomalies Eliminated]
[Current Location: Alchemy Palace · Dan Room]
[Number of Nearby Anomalies: 188 (increasing by 2 per second)]
Su Fu tightened her grip on the Ruyi Jingu Bang and couldn’t help but marvel, “You Dan-Swallowing Beast really can reproduce. It’s only been a short while, and there are already 188 of them?”
Her vision was now obscured by the purple-black mist, with visibility less than two meters.
The air was filled with an odor, a mix of decaying flowers and the smell of rust.
The unformed medicinal pills on the ground turned into dark purple, viscous liquid, writhing on the surface.
The medicine cabinets were askew, and some precious spiritual plants, now polluted and twisted into a dark purple hue.
At that moment, she suddenly heard the rising and falling roars of the Medicinal Toxin Puppets—they had spotted her!
The swarm of Medicinal Toxin Puppets charged at her, the stench hitting her like a wave!
Su Fu calmly activated the divine skill [Buddha’s Light Illuminates All!]
Why deal with them one by one when she could solve them all at once?
Golden light burst forth from her location, forming a massive pillar of light.
Immediately, all the Medicinal Toxin Puppets were drawn towards it like mad.
No puppet could resist the pull, and they were squeezed together, densely packed into a single mass.
Su Fu looked at the scene with satisfaction.
Not bad, it was much easier to deal with them when they were all in one place.
She took out the Ruyi Jingu Bang, and in an instant, it expanded dramatically in the stormy winds.
She swung it down with force—
“Boom!”
The Ruyi Jingu Bang swept across, clearing a wide area!
One by one, the Medicinal Toxin Puppets were shattered by the impact of the Ruyi Jingu Bang, their purple-black toxic fluids evaporating into mist within the golden light.
The voice of Shen Yan sounded again:
[163 Medicinal Toxin Puppets slain!]
A mere Class D anomaly, dealt with in one strike!
Indeed, clearing a map was most satisfying when dealing with low-level enemies.