"It seems like not much has changed."
Jiang Yan looked at the staff that had been fused together with curiosity.
The dark jade-colored staff was coated with a soft white light, and the originally scarlet eye sockets of the skull at the top had turned into a pale gold.
Despite being a divine artifact from the realm of the dead, it gave off a sense of pure goodness at this moment.
Jiang Yan gripped the staff, and a special fluctuation flowed into his mind.
The Redemption of All Beings and Natural Disasters
Rank: Dominator
Effect: Increases Necromancer and Holy Light abilities by 500%.
Inlaid gemstones: The destiny decision of the Holy Lord of Light.
Additional Ability 1: Instant Death: Consumes Death Essence to forcibly kill a living being. Cooldown time: 30 days. Ineffective against beings of God-level or higher.
Second bonus ability: Holy Light's Blessing: Undead creatures summoned through this artifact will gain affinity with holy magic.
Additional Ability 3: Choice: When casting an offensive spell through this artifact, it will randomly trigger a holy light or undead attack spell of equal power.
Overall rating:
Special note: The one who possesses this item is the newly appointed Holy Lord of Light and the Emperor of the Dead (soul-bound).
As Jiang Yan read the description, he unconsciously tightened his grip on the staff.
Dominator-level artifact!
Jiang Yan never imagined that two items with conflicting attributes could be perfectly fused together, something that had only appeared in a few scattered ancient texts.
Those 1000 Soul Crystals were well spent!
Not only did its ability increase by 200, but it also gained two additional abilities.
One perfectly resolved the conflict between angels and the undead, while the other greatly enhanced individual combat abilities.
Two spells with a 500x amplification are ten times the power. According to the theory of canyon relativity, if the enemy is not enhanced, it is equivalent to being weakened. This back and forth is equivalent to a direct 20x lead. How can we lose?
Jiang Yan suddenly perked up, wishing he could find a monster to fight one-on-one.
Yes, the guardian of the wasteland!
He immediately opened the map panel and found that the undead army led by Sheena had broken through the outer perimeter of the central area and was engaged in a fierce battle with the monsters and gatekeepers of the wasteland.
You must wait for me!
For the first time, Jiang Yan felt that having overly capable subordinates wasn't necessarily a good thing; it made him feel like he wasn't involved at all.
He immediately gave the order: "Move out! Full speed ahead!"
The giant scorpion led the way, surrounded by more than twenty angels, with the three-headed lizard and bandits close behind.
These subordinates were either undead without their own will, or angels with blind faith, or greatswordsmen lying flat on lizards without contributing anything. Therefore, no one objected to them rushing to the next battle immediately after the first one.
Jiang Yan deliberately had the Demon Scorpion unleash its full Gold-tier aura, and no creature dared to provoke it along the way.
Soon the group approached the central area.
"No wonder I felt there were few monsters in the wasteland; it turns out they've all gathered here."
Jiang Yan looked at the ground covered with flesh, blood, and bones, and suddenly realized what was happening.
Clearly, they have all answered the call of the Wasteland Guardians to fight against Sheena's undead army.
At that moment, a series of explosions came from the central area, followed by a muffled sound:
"A cowardly undead will only hide in the back and shoot arrows from behind. Although you have won the victory, you will never become a true strongman."
Jiang Yan looked up and saw a huge body made of sand standing in the distance.
However, the connection between its lower body and the ground had been almost completely severed, and there were many dense holes in its chest, indicating that it had clearly entered a weakened state.
A large group of skeleton warriors and some silver-tier creatures surrounded it, including a well-equipped bandit, presumably the bandit king controlled by the cursed seal.
"Xina, wait!" Jiang Yan called out hurriedly.
"The Emperor?"
Just as she leaped into the air, preparing to finish off her opponent with a barrage of shots, Sheena paused slightly, put away her longbow, and landed, a smile playing on her lips: "What brings you here?"
"Xina, come and see!"
As Jiang Yan spoke, he twirled the "Catastrophe" staff in his hand and waved it in front of her eyes.
It shook again.
"Isn't this your divine artifact 'Calamity'? What's wrong with it... Hmm? Why does it have a sacred aura? Has it betrayed us?" Sheena glanced over casually, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.
"It cannot be said, it cannot be said." Jiang Yan shook his head mysteriously: "I can only tell you that this divine artifact is now at the Dominator level!"
"I see." Sheena's expression returned to calm.
"Um...aren't you curious about how you did it?"
“I’m curious, but you are the inheritor of the greatest being in the Netherworld. Even the most incredible things are commonplace in your hands,” Sheena said matter-of-factly.
“That’s true…” Jiang Yan scratched his head, looking somewhat depressed.
"Oh, I understand!" Seeing Jiang Yan's smile fade, Sheena thought for a moment, then suddenly raised her head, looking up at him at a 45-degree angle, her arms crossed over her chest, creating a striking arc, and said in a slightly hushed voice:
"Wow, Your Majesty is amazing! You're incredible!"
"Is that so? Hehe..." Before she could finish speaking, Sheena couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.
Jiang Yan was momentarily speechless, then, after a moment's reflection, she couldn't help but laugh too.
The bandit king, who was being controlled by the cursed seal, stared wide-eyed and muttered, "Lady Sheena has this side to her too?"
"Hey, why did you two run so far?" He looked at his two colleagues, who had somehow ended up on the front lines again, with surprise.
—A golden rat and a giant eagle are shouting and directing an army of skeletons to besiege the dying giant sandman.
"Alright, Xena, leave this monster to me. I'll show you the power of a Dominator-level artifact." The laughter subsided, and Jiang Yan gripped his staff tightly, confidently stepping forward.
"Okay." Sheena's smile faded, and the longbow quietly slipped into her hand.
Boom!
The bowstring vibrated, and a black arrow silently pierced the body of the bandit king who was watching the show from the side.
We'll wait and see.
On the other side, Jiang Yan raised his staff, and two divine angels chanted incantations in unison, unleashing several empowering spells.
Feeling an unprecedented surge of power, Jiang Yan confidently activated his only offensive skill.
A stream of pure death magic flowed into the artifact staff through the source of power within his body.
Suddenly, the two eye sockets of the skull at the top of the "Catastrophe" lit up, and two beams of light shot out from the left and right.
One was a death finger filled with a dark aura.
The other is the divine power that comes with the choice.
The two were clearly distinct, and they attacked the giant sandman.
With a five-fold amplification, its power is comparable to a gold-level spell, and the Sandman, barely clinging to life, would have no chance against it.
The other party clearly sensed his impending death, let out a long sigh, and ceased resisting.
boom!
After a violent explosion, sand and gravel flew everywhere, leaving only a golden token shining brightly in place.
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