Chapter 888: Chapter 888

Having grasped the basics, the three of them continued studying and awaiting further evolution.

The Divine Manual was cryptic, with many sections that were incredibly difficult to understand. Finding the parts relevant to their own skill progression and then cultivating those was even more challenging.

There wasn’t much they could do; after all, this was intended for the people of this world, specifically for the believers. Even though the three of them constantly discussed it, their progress was still not very fast.

They couldn’t possibly disclose such matters, as the value of the Death God Manual was too high. If it were discovered that they had the Death God Manual, even major powers would certainly attempt to seize it.

Therefore, they could only study it privately and must never reveal it.

Even the techniques deciphered from the Death God Manual, once organized, could serve as the foundation for the development of a major power. Relying solely on Du You to improve the territory was not feasible.

A few days later, although they hadn’t deciphered anything new, Du You’s new skill had evolved. The Desert Death God statue merged with the Death Scorpion skill, and ultimately, the Death Scorpion evolved into the Death God Scorpion.

Death God Scorpion: Desert Sacred Beast, the messenger from the Death God’s chair as per Legend of the Sand People. Requires 24 hours to be summoned again after death. (Level 31, 10 stars)

Skills: Quicksand Armor, Desert Domain, Desert Storm, Sand Burrowing, Death Raid, Controlling Sand, Poison Sand, God of Death Descends

Quicksand Armor: The Death God Scorpion can condense sand onto its body to form a massive armor avatar, enhancing its combat and defensive abilities. Its size can evolve freely.

Desert Domain: The Death God Scorpion can transform everything within its domain into a desert, creating an environment conducive to its own survival.

Desert Storm: Within a desert environment, the Death God Scorpion can create a sandstorm to obscure the vision and perception of its enemies. Used in conjunction with the Desert Domain, it can accelerate the transformation of the surrounding environment.

Sand Burrowing: Freely navigates beneath the sands, becoming one with the sand.

Death Raid: The Death God Scorpion launches a powerful strike with its body, injecting its potent venom into the enemy, leading to mutual destruction.

Controlling Sand: Within the Desert Domain, it can manipulate sand to change form, strengthening the sand for attack or defense.

Poison Sand: A passive skill; when controlling sand, it can infuse its venom into it, enhancing the toxic effects.

God of Death Descends: Summons the blessings of the Desert Death God, greatly enhancing its own toxicity and greatly strengthening the effects against various poisons. Duration 5 minutes, cooldown 2 hours, followed by a state of extreme weakness.

While the earlier skills hadn’t changed much, their potency had significantly increased. Since Du You himself couldn’t enter the desert, he had to let the Death God Scorpion test its own strength from afar.

The size of the Death God Scorpion was still the same; its main body was only the size of a hand, and yet it seemed somewhat smaller than before its evolution. It didn’t develop in the direction of growing larger, but the quantity of sand it could control had increased immensely.

Now, with all its power in full operation, the Quicksand Armor it created from controlled sand made its scorpion form larger than its own Heavenly Disaster Demonic Dogs. In terms of strength, there was no comparison, but its massive shape was definitely enough to intimidate. Anyone who saw it would not think it was all show and no substance.

"If the toxicity of the Poison Sand skill is strong enough, combined with the earlier skills, it would be divine. This ability could turn all the sands of the Death God Scorpion poisonous, significantly enhancing its lethality," Lin Yucha commented.

Du You spoke up, "Indeed, it’s pretty good. Originally, the Death God Scorpion could only serve as a support and disruption, its own combat power wasn’t very strong, at best it could only perish together with the enemy. But now with Poison Sand, it can be considered a main combat Summoned Beast."

Du You hadn’t personally tested it, but through some experiments, he could tell how strong the toxicity of the Death God Scorpion’s Poison Sand was. Moreover, this toxicity even carried the effects of divinity poison, making it very difficult to neutralize.

"The last skill to increase toxicity isn’t bad, but it’s a pity that the side effects are too great and it lasts too short a time."

Du You said with a humorous expression, "No, you are mistaken. This skill is definitely not meant to increase the toxicity of Poison Sand." He rubbed Lin Yushi’s head; the girl hadn’t thought things through again.

Lin Yucha explained irritably, "With such big side effects, of course, it’s meant to be combined with Death Raid to deliver a fatal blow. Now that the Death God Scorpion has reached tier four, enhancing it with God of Death Descends and then using Death Raid, it’s likely that even tier five creatures would hardly escape death." This was the true method of using this move.

Now, Du You had added another terrifyingly lethal skill.

"It’s just a pity that after reaching tier four, pets’ equipment can no longer be used." Looking at the pet equipment falling off the Death God Scorpion, Du You shook his head with some regret.

If it were possible to match it with pet equipment, the power exerted would definitely be stronger. As strength increased and territory developed, though his own equipment was hard to find, it was relatively easy to find a few pieces of crafted pet equipment.

Unfortunately, as the level increased, no other Summoned Beasts except for the Unicorn could use pet equipment now.

Forget it, he was already at an advantage. If it were anyone else, they wouldn’t be able to use it before reaching tier four.

Speaking of which, it was still because the Summoned Beasts summoned by his own profession were a bit too strange. Du you continued to place the Thunder Dragon statue into the Skill Hall, this time corresponding to Lin Yushi’s Lightning Arrow skill.

This time the compatibility wasn’t low, so it took only two and a half days for the new skill to be completed.

Thunder Dragon Arrow: Uses one’s own Demon Extermination Power to condense lightning into Thunder Dragon arrows, replacing real arrows, with the power depending on the strength and level of Magic Power. The speed of the Thunder Dragon Arrow is five times faster. Accompanied by Dragon Might, it can kill spirits. (Level 31, 9 stars)

This skill accompanied by Dragon Might can damage spirits and also increased its shooting speed from three times to five times. It was a basic arrow skill type, enhancing all other skills, effectively doubling Lin Yushi’s strength instantly.

After the trial, the arrows released by Lin Yushi no longer looked like a bolt of lightning but had transformed into the shape of a dragon. The dragon’s head, along with two small wings, made up the arrowhead. The long tail formed the shaft.

The entire Thunder Dragon Arrow wasn’t as shiny and eye-catching as the previous Lightning Arrow, appearing much dimmer, but the power contained within was much more condensed and focused. The lethality that burst out upon hitting the target was even more terrifying.