"Oh, you're looking at Beirut? That's a God-Devouring Rat, a very monstrous divine beast. Its innate divine ability, 'God-Devouring,' is specifically designed to target gods. Without a soul-defense artifact, there's no way to fight back against the God-Devouring Rat's innate divine ability." Resjing said, also showing some apprehension, shifting his body uncomfortably.
He is a purple crystal divine beast with a strong soul and body. He is confident that his defense is the best among the Asuras, which is why he asked the Purple Thorn God for a material attack artifact to enhance his destructive power.
But even the strongest spiritual attainments cannot compare to the innate divine abilities of that God-Devouring Rat.
It can be said that, below the Great Perfection level, the Devouring God Rat's innate divine ability is specifically designed to target those powerful individuals with extremely high soul attainments who, unfortunately, lack a soul defense artifact.
"Besides his innate divine abilities, Beirut's physical body... I've heard that the God-Devouring Rat can digest divine essence, refine it, temper its body, or forge divine weapons. Beirut's physical body is practically divine. Many Great Perfection cultivators probably can't compare to Beirut in terms of physique." Lei Hong was also amazed. Such a powerful being truly stood at the pinnacle of the gods, unmatched below the main gods.
“If we could have one of Beirut’s divine weapons as a material defense artifact, that would be quite nice,” Resjing said.
The hardness of a divine essence is such that even a high-ranking god cannot destroy it, making it an excellent choice for serving as a material attack artifact or a material defense artifact.
Therefore, divine weapons are highly sought after in many planes, second only to main divine artifacts.
Most importantly, divine weapons are different from main divine artifacts. They are not subject to the restrictions of the main god's covenant. If Beirut is willing, he can help you forge three to five divine weapons. As for main divine artifacts, even someone like Resjing, who is the son of the Zijing main god, can only be granted one main divine artifact because of the main god's covenant. There are no more.
Otherwise, why would Resjing bother going to the dimensional battlefield to plunder the commander's badge and then exchange it for a main artifact?
“A divine weapon…” Cao Ya murmured, then suddenly slapped his thigh, looking very regretful.
"What's wrong?" Lei Sijing and Lei Hong were taken aback.
"Sigh, Beirut and I are both from the Magnolia Plane. I even know him, and we're on good terms. Before I left, he told me that after I arrived in Hell, I could visit him at the Azure Palace. Wouldn't it be perfect to ask him to help me forge a divine weapon? That way, I'd have a material defense artifact sorted out. Just now, when the Supreme God asked me to choose a main artifact, I really shouldn't have chosen a material defense artifact; I should have chosen a soul defense artifact instead." Cao Ya was filled with regret.
While the defensive attributes of divine weapons are not as good as those of main divine artifacts in terms of physical defense, they are still far superior to those of high-level divine artifacts. Even an Asura or a Great Perfection expert would not be able to break through the defense of a divine weapon from a physical perspective.
His relationship with Beirut is indeed quite good, and Beirut would likely agree to his request.
However, others seem to have a different opinion.
“Cao Ya, you’re overthinking it,” Lei Hong shook his head. “I’ve heard that forging divine weapons is very difficult. Beirut himself only uses small items like daggers and gauntlets. He hasn’t even forged larger physical attack divine weapons like knives, swords, or guns. This shows that forging divine weapons is not so simple. As for physical defense divine weapons, that goes without saying. I’m afraid Beirut would spend tens of thousands of years and still not be able to forge a single piece of armor. After all, a divine essence is only so big, and the essence within it is even smaller. Moreover, digesting a divine essence also takes time.”
Cao Ya was taken aback.
He thought about it carefully and had to admit that Lei Hong's words made a lot of sense.
In the original story, Linley asked Beirut to forge a material defense artifact for him. Beirut's expression froze on the spot. After learning the inside story, Linley asked Beirut to forge a sword for him, which was a material attack artifact, and no longer mentioned material defense artifacts such as armor.
"Then let's choose the material attack artifact. That way, I'll only be missing a soul defense artifact," Cao Ya said with a smile. He planned to get as many good things as possible on his trip to Blood Peak Continent, which would also be a gift to Beirut, so he wouldn't take the divine weapon for nothing.
Although Beirut's strength might mean it doesn't care at all.
“I also want to choose a soul defense artifact,” said Lei Sijing. He already had a material attack artifact, and even though he was still missing a material defense artifact, his physical strength and the special nature of his innate divine ability made his material defense power astonishing.
The same applies to soul defense. However, skills like the Devouring God Rat's innate divine ability "Devouring God" are useless unless one has reached the Great Perfection or possesses a main soul defense artifact. Otherwise, other defensive artifacts, soul attainments, or defensive abilities are all useless, as if they were made of paper.
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Leisijing had seen Beibei before and knew that it was a God-Devouring Rat, which also possessed the innate divine ability of "God-Devouring".
Therefore, Resjing made up his mind that if he obtained ten Commander's Badges, he would choose the Soul Defense Main Artifact instead of the Material Defense Main Artifact first.
“But I want to choose the main artifact for material defense,” Lei Hong said.
"That's because you have a Soul Defense Artifact now." Resjing curled her lip.
Upon hearing this, Lei Hong simply smiled.
"A soul defense artifact..." Cao Ya murmured to himself, letting out a soft sigh.
After that, Cao Ya would occasionally collect amethyst in the Amethyst Mountains, either storing it in his spatial ring or refining it himself to strengthen his soul.
At the same time, he focused on cultivation, comprehending the laws of heaven and earth, and the six profound mysteries of the water element law. He had reached about 90% of the fusion. At this point, it would be extremely difficult to advance any further, even by 1% or 0.1%.
With no other option, Cao Ya had to focus most of his energy on the other six elemental laws, and he made considerable progress.
Sometimes, he would spar with Lei Jing and Lei Hong, but he would only go so far as to stop short of defeat.
Of course, Cao Ya was often at a disadvantage.
However, this situation began to change later on.
Because Cao Ya possessed two major laws, he made significant breakthroughs in both the darkness and lightning laws, comprehending the six profound mysteries of each, and thus became a high-ranking god.
Buzz~~
As the grand rules of heaven and earth descended, two divine avatars flew out from Cao Ya's body. Their divine sparks detached from their divine bodies and, under the influence of the rules of heaven and earth, were elevated to the level of superior divine sparks before returning to the bodies of his lightning and darkness divine avatars.
Watching Cao Ya's two divine avatars break through, Lei Sijing and Lei Hong were filled with emotion.
"Now, Cao Ya's strength has probably firmly established him as a high-level Asura," Lei Hong murmured. He was slightly inferior to Lei Sijing, but was considered one of the best among high-level Asuras. Now, the gap between him and Cao Ya had narrowed considerably.
Judging from Cao Ya's cultivation progress, it probably won't be long before he surpasses him, becoming comparable to a peak Asura and not inferior to Reisjing.
"No wonder this guy can comprehend seven types of laws. His comprehension is a bit too outrageous, isn't it?" Lei Sijing complained. When did it become so easy to comprehend profound mysteries?
It should be noted that only a few hundred years have passed since Cao Ya entered the Purple Crystal Mountains and became the chief messenger of the Purple Thorn God.
In the past, this amount of time wouldn't have been enough for Lei Sijing to take a nap.
The reason Lei Hong did not choose to remain in slumber is because the interdimensional war is about to begin and Lei Hong has arrived ahead of time.
That was a way to pass the time. Now that Lei Hong was there, and later Cao Ya also appeared, they sparred and competed with each other. Lei Sijing didn't feel tired or bored. He was in high spirits and naturally wouldn't fall asleep for no reason.
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