webnovel Chapter 1058 - 253: This Death God Isn’t Very Serious (Part 2)
Chapter 1058 - 253: This Death God Isn’t Very Serious (Part 2)
The most classic example of a Divine Chosen One—that so‑called chosen of the Chaos Four Gods—is actually nothing special. He was originally just an ordinary man full of hatred, but simply because he carried the blessings of the Four Gods, stacked with a pile of buffs on his body, he became powerful enough to destroy the world.
This is what you call brute force creating miracles. Even if you yourself are just a farmer, once you’re carrying a few hundred blessing buffs, your combat power is enough to become a world‑saving hero, capable of slaying an Evil Dragon and sealing a Demon.
Not to mention Lin Rui. His own combat power is already extremely strong; give him a few hundred more buffs, and he can slaughter gods!
This kind of combat power is especially terrifying on the battlefield. He’s a General born to fight in war.
Maybe when he’s isolated he might not be a match for certain Assassins or Swordsmen, but once on the battlefield, those Assassins and Swordsmen don’t even have the qualifications to look up to him, let alone get close.
Once he starts large‑scale slaughter on the battlefield, enemies of the same tier will be directly blown apart just by the aftershocks of his attacks; no matter how strong the enemy is, they can’t withstand his focused fire.
When Lin Rui teleported back to his territory, he saw Audrey standing to the side with a bright smile, bending down and grinning at him as she said, "Father Emperor, I won~."
As for the bout with Audrey, Lin Rui honestly didn’t have much desire to win or lose.
Whether he won or lost didn’t matter at all—everyone was family anyway.
Lin Rui just looked at Audrey in astonishment and said, "I already insta‑killed my opponent, and I was still slower than you? Looks like your enhancement really is very effective."
Audrey giggled and said, "Of course. I’d never waste all the resources Father Emperor poured into me."
Lin Rui took the chance to look over her new Trait.
[Death’s Grasp · Legendary-level Strategic Trait: Death’s Grasp is the ultimate power bestowed upon Undead Creatures in the depths of their souls by mighty beings of the Netherworld. It symbolizes their absolute control over life and their profound reverence for death. The Commander’s Undead Creatures gain the[Death Control]bonus, as if holding the authority of death itself, causing both their attacks and defenses to carry the brand of death. Hitting the same target three consecutive times will reduce the target’s Life Limit by 30%. Defense Resilience +30%. Under the protection of Death’s Grasp, Undead Creatures gain a massive boost to Defense, better withstanding the enemy’s ferocious assaults. Soul Absorption +3: whenever Undead Creatures deal Critical Strike damage to enemies, they can briefly absorb 3 points of the target’s soul, strengthening themselves.]
[Attached Commander Trait 1 · Death Chain: Attacks from Undead Creatures have a 20% chance to trigger the Death Chain effect, firmly shackling the target, preventing it from moving or attacking for 3 seconds, creating a perfect opening for the Undead Creatures.]
[Attached Commander Trait 2 · Death Resonance: Each time Undead Soldiers trigger[Death Mastery], their Death’s Grasp will resonate, increasing Physical Attack and Physical Defense of all Undead on the battlefield by +1.]
[Attached Commander Trait 3 · Descent of Death: When any Undead Creature suffers a Deadly Strike, it has a 50% chance to trigger the Descent of Death effect, instantly restoring 30% Life Value and inflicting immense fear on enemies within 5 meters, causing them to be trapped in terror for 5 seconds.]
Lin Rui raised an eyebrow. Audrey was Tier Nine now too; at this point her strength was practically close to that of a Death God.
So her Traits were already showing words like Netherworld and Death God.
Strictly speaking, there really wasn’t much difference anymore. To the Undead Creatures under her control, her very existence was basically that of a Death God.
Those Undead Creatures serve her as their master, honoring her as they would a Death God.
The only difference between her and a Death God is that she’s still missing a Netherworld.
But once she ascends to godhood and gains a Divine Realm, the Netherworld will naturally be there as well.
All these Undead Creatures will migrate to the new Netherworld and live under her Spiritual Energy rule.
Lin Rui couldn’t help but seriously look at Audrey, finding it a bit hard to accept that the Death God of the Undead would be this kind of dumb‑goofy girl who giggles all day and is sunny and loves to laugh?
Saying she has a slim waist and long legs and is gentle and always smiling isn’t quite accurate.
The slim waist and long legs part is true; the "gentle and loves to smile" is her act, and at least only towards someone like Lin Rui.
Toward others, she’s a textbook delinquent black‑hearted girl: even though she laughs and jokes, she’s always up to no good.
Short skirt, boots, a trench coat over her shoulders, a baseball bat on her shoulder, a bunch of fierce‑looking little underlings behind her—she’s the head of the local black gang in the territory, that’s her.
Don’t think she’s just bluffing. When Lin Rui isn’t around, she really will personally lead the charge to brawl with other Knights in the Tavern.
Death’s Wings is so afraid of this stepmother because he was literally beaten into that fear.
Basically, whenever Violet doesn’t rein her in, she’s utterly lawless.
Of course, it’s not like there’s nothing she’s afraid of. Aside from Lin Rui, she’s also really intimidated by Wutong.
After all, if she truly enraged Wutong, she would actually die, and then could only rely on her dear Father Emperor to swallow his pride and beg Wutong to revive her.
But if things reached Lin Rui’s ears, she’d be even more scared. Compared to getting beaten, what she fears more is Lin Rui finding her troublesome.
Fortunately, though her thoughts run wild and her behavior is incredibly goofy, she’s actually very fair when handling matters, and she’s always generous. To those she’s close with, she genuinely cares.
In that regard, she’s actually quite similar to other Death Gods: values fairness and behaves in a lawful manner.
Lawful doesn’t mean no fighting; it means no random fighting. To put it another way, the Undead don’t not kill people, they just don’t kill randomly. Even when she wants to kill, there will definitely be a clear purpose—she might even have a clear strategic objective.
The line between lawful evil and chaotic evil is still very obvious.
Thinking about it this way, Lin Rui felt she actually fit the "Death God" persona quite well.
In many stories, the Death God is also a beautiful girl in a gorgeous black dress.
The Undead can only see that their master is a powerful black‑skirted, black‑haired girl with Spiritual Strength off the charts, who can destroy heaven and earth with a wave of her hand. If you don’t get close to her privately, who would know what kind of personality this Death God has in her personal life?
So Lin Rui stopped worrying about whether her personality matched the Death God Divine Position and instead studied her ability.
Strictly speaking, this ability isn’t an especially powerful offensive Trait. Of course, in terms of sheer offensive sharpness, Audrey’s previous Traits were already more than enough.
She deliberately chose this more support‑oriented Trait, with crowd control cranked to the max, and it will continuously refresh the status of all Undead on the battlefield.
Each time Undead Soldiers trigger[Death Mastery], their Death’s Grasp will resonate, increasing Physical Attack and Physical Defense of all Undead on the battlefield by +1.
The duration wasn’t written, but Lin Rui estimated it wouldn’t be very long; otherwise maintaining 100,000+ Physical Attack Power for the whole army would be a bit too ridiculous—one Little Skeleton could chop down a Knight.
That said, a skeleton army personally commanded by a Death God being able to crush a mortal Knight legion doesn’t sound that unreasonable.
Under this Trait, the most effective part is actually Soul Absorption.
Whenever Undead Creatures deal Critical Strike damage to an enemy, they can briefly absorb 3 points of the target’s soul, strengthening themselves.
[Flower of the Other Shore lv45: When the red‑black Flower of Death blooms, all the Undead beneath the Underworld can smell its fragrance. The flowers burn red like fire, paving a Path of Fire; the departed tread this flower‑scented road to the Netherworld Hell. Mark the target with an Other Shore Flower Mark, lasting 168 hours. While the mark persists, all Undead Summoned Creatures moving toward the target gain +40% Movement Speed, +120% hit rate, +200% Spiritual Damage, +100% Attack Speed, and their attacks carry True Damage equal to their own soul value. Cooldown: 3 minutes.]
The Flower of the Other Shore is Audrey’s skill; she just rarely uses it, so the level isn’t very high. Even this lv45 was raised using Universal Experience.
But it’s already very powerful. The mark she applies to a target will last for a full cycle.
During that cycle, whenever Undead Monsters launch attacks on the target, their combat power will be greatly enhanced.
If you pair that with Soul Absorption, her Ultimate Skill Death Finger can be used even against powerhouses far stronger than she is.
Because as long as the Soul Value gap exceeds 20, it becomes Instant Death Damage.