Chapter 44: The Month of Heavenly Punishment (Part 2)

  The information brought by the Moon of Heaven's Punishment caused Ling Chen's expression to change drastically. "The death energy, resentment, hatred, and bloodiness of the gods, demons, humans, demons, beasts, and spirits who perished in the Great War of Gods and Demons, as well as the residual power after their deaths" were forged into this ring. It was a combination of countless evils, bloodiness, resentment, and brutality, a body that combined endless negative factors... This crescent-shaped black ring actually had such a grand background, such a terrifying origin, and it was even related to the ancient era of the Forgotten Continent, and it was said that the highest moon god of the Moon God tribe in the past had personally forged it, it was an ominous object!

  His heart began to beat faster, its background and origin were unimportant to him, whether it was auspicious or ominous was even more unimportant. What he most wanted to know, of course, was the properties of this Moon God Chain with an astonishing background and origin... How powerful was it? Correct, this was a Moon God Chain! Its grade was determined as "Unknown", could it be that its grade was too high... High to the point where the system couldn't determine it?

  [Heaven's Wrath Month]: ... Maximum load of energy crystals and orbs: 15. The twelve holes can hold any level of energy crystal or orb, while the three middle holes can only hold exclusive sacred orbs.

  First slot: Empty. (Can be equipped with energy crystals or energy beads of any grade, exclusive divine bead: 【White Sheep Bead】)

  Second slot: Empty (can be equipped with energy crystals or energy beads of any grade, exclusive divine bead: [Golden Bull Bead])

  Third slot: Empty (can be equipped with any grade of energy crystal or energy bead, exclusive to divine beads: [Twin Beads])

  Fourth slot: Empty. (Can be equipped with energy crystals or energy beads of any level, exclusive divine bead: [Giant Crab Bead])

  Fifth slot: Empty. (Can be equipped with energy crystals or energy beads of any level, exclusive divine bead: [Lion's Bead])

  Sixth slot: Empty. (Can be equipped with energy crystals or energy beads of any grade, exclusive divine bead: [Maiden's Bead])

  Seventh slot: Empty. (Can be equipped with energy crystals or energy beads of any grade, exclusive divine bead: Libra Bead)

  Eighth slot: Empty. (Can be equipped with energy crystals or energy beads of any grade, exclusive divine bead: [Scorpio Bead])

  Ninth slot: Empty. (Can be equipped with energy crystals or energy beads of any grade, exclusive divine bead: 【Archer's Bead】)

  Tenth slot: Empty. (Can be equipped with energy crystals or energy beads of any grade, exclusive divine bead: [Capricorn Bead])

  The Eleventh Slot: Empty. (Can be equipped with any grade of Energy Crystal or Energy Bead, Exclusive Divine Bead: Aquarius Bead)

  Twelfth slot: Empty. (Can be equipped with energy crystals or energy beads of any grade, exclusive divine bead: [Double Fish Bead])

  Left Middle Slot: Empty (Can only equip Star God Bead)

  Central Hole: Empty. (Can only be equipped with [Moon Goddess Pearl])

  Central Right Hole: Empty. (Only compatible with [Solar God Bead])

  Ling Chen: "!!!!!!"

  The origin of the Heavenly Punishment Moon was followed by its attribute information as a Moon God Chain. Not having finished reading it all, Ling Chen was already shocked to the point of being speechless. He was so shocked that his brain felt a slight dizziness, making him repeatedly dare not believe what he saw was real.

  That's right, this is a Moon Goddess Chain... a Moon Goddess Chain forged by the highest Moon Goddess of that year.

  And it... can simultaneously inlay a total of fifteen energy crystals or energy beads! The twelve holes can be inlaid with crystals or beads of any level!

  At first, the novice village chief had mentioned with a look of yearning when introducing the Moon God Chain to him that the strongest Moon God Chain that appeared on the Forgotten Continent could load seven energy crystals and gemstones at once, and that Moon God Chain was already the strongest known to people, it can be said to be a legendary existence.

  And this one in his hand can load a full fifteen at once!! It's more than twice the strongest Moon God Chain from the village chief's mouth!!

  Every additional hole that can be inlaid on the Moon God Chain means it can add one more attribute, its effect is basically equivalent to equipping an extra piece of equipment. Therefore, even if there is only one hole difference, the value of the Moon God Chain will be like heaven and earth apart. Just like two-hole Moon God Chain and three-hole Moon God Chain are completely two different concepts, three-hole Moon God Chain and four-hole Moon God Chain cannot be mentioned on the same day. Seven-hole Moon God Chain... it is a mythical object that people can only look up to but cannot ask for. Fifteen-hole Moon God Chain... if this thing appears in the world, it would be enough to shock even an extraordinary master's soul out of their body... This is a thoroughly heaven-defying object. It can be imagined that if these fifteen holes are filled, a person's ability will surge to what a terrible degree.

  At the same time, these fifteen energy holes also have their own exclusive beads. The twelve holes are "Divine Beads" - twelve divine-level energy beads. The middle three holes are actually three "Sacred Beads" - Sacred Destruction Beads!

  Are they the scattered "pillars of power" mentioned in the origin of Tianxu's Moon?

  Ling Chen's wrist trembled slightly, he had been certain that this Tianxie Moon was not an ordinary object, but he never could have imagined it to be extraordinary to such a degree. A fifteen-holed Moon God chain... If he hadn't seen its properties with his own eyes, and instead had been told by someone else, he definitely wouldn't have believed in the existence of this heaven-defying object.

  In deep excitement, Ling Chen continued to look at its additional attributes...

  Additional attributes:

  【Heaven's Wrath】: Your level-up experience requirement is 200% of the normal state, your skill level-up requires 200% of the normal skill potential points. After death, your level will be directly reset to zero. The effect is locked and cannot be cancelled, dispelled or closed.

  Heaven's Wrath: The path of Asura is irreversible, once embarked upon, one must resolutely proceed alone and will inevitably suffer Heaven's wrath.

  Ling Chen: *silence*

  Ling Chen: "......"

  Ling Chen: "I!@#￥%……"

  Ling Chen quickly summoned his own attribute panel, and was shocked to find that the original 9th level 50% experience bar had changed to 9th level 25%! His mouth twitched slightly, and he hastily opened the skill panel, looking at the "Soul Sacrifice" skill... The required skill potential points for upgrading from LV2 to LV3: 10000.

  Ling Chen: (⊙o⊙)!!!!!!

  Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of the additional attributes behind, and Ling Chen's emotions became even more excited... Because when the village chief introduced the Moon God Chain, he didn't mention that there was a Moon God Chain with additional attributes. But when he saw those two additional attributes clearly, it was like a basin of cold water poured down, extinguishing his expectations completely, and even half of the great excitement before was also extinguished. He couldn't understand the statement "Heavenly Punishment", but that "Heavenly Bane" was absolutely the most cruel negative skill he had ever seen in his life.

  The experience required for leveling up has become 200% of the normal state, meaning that at the same level, his difficulty in leveling up is twice that of other players! If this can still be tolerated, then the skill points required for skill upgrades have also become 200%... This made Ling Chen almost lose his calm and curse out loud. This means that his upgrade speed for the same skill is only half that of other players. Looking at the "10,000" skill points needed to upgrade from LV2 to LV3, he had an urge to die. After killing a 10-level Xianling BOSS with great difficulty, he finally got 1,000 skill points... He didn't know when he would be able to accumulate these 10,000 points! Moreover, it's not just this one skill, all his skills require twice the normal amount of skill points to upgrade.

  The leveling speed is half that of other players, the skill upgrade speed is also half that of other players... As a Moon God Chain, its attributes are extremely terrifying, but as long as it's equipped, his growth speed will be severely dragged down. Although it can inlay up to fifteen energy crystals and orbs. However, at this early stage, he can only find the lowest-level energy crystals, and there is only one energy orb... which is the Absolute Pearl obtained from the Greedy Giant Clam. Apart from that, he knows it's extremely difficult for him to get another orb or higher-level energy crystal. As for the exclusive divine orbs and holy pearls of the Cursed Moon... who knows where they are, or if they still exist, it's all unknown. As a must-destroy object of the God Clan, its exclusive divine orbs and holy pearls may have been destroyed long ago.

  Therefore, at least for now, the negative impact brought by Tianxu's month far exceeds the positive impact. The negative impact is so cruel that no player can bear it.

  Ling Chen immediately tried to take off the Heavenly Punishment Moon... Without any luck, his ears rang with "Ding... Heavenly Punishment Moon forced equipment, cannot be taken off."

  The properties of Tianxian's Moon clearly marked the four words "Cannot be unequipped". Equipment with this attribute, Ling Chen had never heard of or seen before.

  "How can I take it off!" Ling Chen raised his head and stared at the demon girl. If he could remove it, then before getting enough high-level energy crystals or gems to add attributes that could offset its negative effects, he would never wear this severely hindering thing again.

  Her slender eyebrows curved, and she said with a smile: "Once the Heavenly Punishment Moon is conquered, it will forcibly attach itself to you. Now that it exists by relying on you, if it leaves you, it will 'die'. So, unless all its exclusive treasures can be found back, there's no way to take it off. But why does the young master want to take it off? Is he dissatisfied with it or thinks it's not beautiful enough?"

  "...Really can't take it down?" Ling Chen asked persistently.

  The pale moon's lips curled into a faint smile: "I just said that as long as it can find its 15 exclusive gemstones, giving it complete power and soul, the young master can take it down at any time. At that time, I can also exist independently from the Heavenly Punishment Moon."

  "...Can this 'Tian Duo' effect be turned off?!" Although he knew the hope of getting a definite answer was slim, Ling Chen still couldn't help but ask, and indeed, the negative effects were so overwhelming that they could drive someone crazy.

  "Of course not." Qiu Yue replied with a slight curve of her lips, a hint of a smile playing on the corners of her mouth. She naturally knew what Ling Chen was struggling with, and anyone would have this reaction when suddenly seeing the negative impact brought by Tian Xuan's moon, but...

  This answer made Ling Chen let out a soft sigh, but he had no choice. He fell silent for a while... Must he always carry such a negative influence in the Shén Yuè world from now on!? His leveling speed was always half that of other players, and his skill upgrade difficulty was twice that of others. A deep sense of suffocation accumulated in Ling Chen's heart, but it was soon dispelled. The "Heavenly Punishment" could not be removed, the effect of "Heavenly Bane" could not be turned off, so he could only endure.

  I should believe that even if I can only take a step less than half the distance of other players, I will never be inferior to anyone! On the contrary, I still have to surpass everyone! Although there are cruel negative effects, the power of Tianzhan Yue is undeniable. Although its negative impact far outweighs its positive effect in the early stage, it must show its invincible power in the later stage.