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Chapter 850 - 418 Tengu Eclipsing the Moon_2

Chapter 850: Chapter 418 Tengu Eclipsing the Moon_2

Mu You leaned on the front desk and watched its multitasking trick, speechless, "Why don’t you just come clean with your master?"

The creature had endured the whole day without touching electronic devices under Fuya’s supervision and was now in the phase of vindictive compensation.

Just the thought of it having to live this pretentious life every single day made Mu You feel sorry for it.

"No way, I can’t tarnish my glorious image in my master’s heart!" Cola said.

Mu You rolled his eyes, thinking what kind of ’glorious’ image do you actually have in your master’s heart? After seven years, surely they must know what you’re really like on the inside?

Turning away, Mu You didn’t bother with it anymore and went to check the pets in the zoo’s backpack with the record book in hand.

For the past couple of days, with Lin Xue home resting and the store closed for business, there were no customers to feed them, so the animals had to be fed and watered manually.

After a round of inventory, Mu You found himself missing the froggy.

The frog son and that ice-blue frog had been out gallivanting for so long without even sending a message home... Fortunately, based on the familiar’s column on the panel, Mu You knew it was still safe.

Mu You wasn’t really after the treasures it scavenged, but if it didn’t come back soon, the Bulbasaur Seed inventory at home would be all sold out.

A night passed without incident.

The next morning, Fuya arrived at the store even earlier than Little Ya.

The first thing she did when she arrived was to ask Mu You to pull her into the City of Dawn group, stating she wanted to grind the Underground City dungeon.

"Aren’t you going to see your parents?"

Mu You looked at Fuya’s dark circles with a weird expression, then down at Cola, who was pretending to be energetic but was actually nodding off while standing.

Because it couldn’t touch its phone during the day, Cola had spent the whole night binge-watching anime and gaming through the dark hours.

Looking at Fuya now, she must have done something similar, probably scouring the forums for game strategies all night, eager to join Sky City today.

"My parents aren’t in the Imperial Capital; I left them a message. They’ll contact me when they’re back," Fuya said nonchalantly, then a bit sheepishly looked toward Mu You, "Those strategies on the forum, you need to pay to unlock them. Could you lend me some money? I’ll pay you back later!"

"Sure."

Mu You nodded, casually transferred two million to her forum account. By now, that amount meant little to him, and even less to Fuya.

"Thank you!"

Grateful, Fuya could hardly wait to dive into the strategies.

Mu You could tell that she too was showing signs of electronic game addiction.

Shaking his head, he also logged into the game and brought his character back into the Tower of the Brave.

It was only six in the morning, not yet time for his appointment with Number One. Without the Eye of the Moon Goddess, Mu You didn’t expect to clear the tower; this time he was purely going through the motions and wanted to test a new idea.

This time, he chose Fire Element as his Primary Faith and Moon as his Secondary Belief, planning to focus on leveling up the Fire Element to see what Divine Arts would be unlocked once it reached god-level—a discovery not yet made on the forums, hence no available information.

The result pleasantly surprised him.

Upon ascending from ’Holy Spirit’ to ’Fire God’ within the Fire Element, an ability named ’Sacrificial Forging’ was unlocked.

The description of this Divine Art was a brief single sentence: The Fire God can forge Divine Artifacts and elevate them to an even higher level of ’Super Divine Artifacts’!

The limitation was that each Fire God could only use this Divine Art once in their lifetime, and after its use, their faith would drop three levels straight down to the rank of a Fire God Emissary. Furthermore, their vitality would be severely damaged, and they would never be able to advance further.

For Mu You, this was not a concern. Inside the tower, he purely used the Fire Element as a Blacksmith to forge Divine Artifacts. Once the Divine Artifact of Fire was completed, it would become useless to him. He could even erase it and switch to another Secondary Belief.

And so, Mu You naturally used this opportunity to forge a Divine Artifact on the Moon Scepter.

[You have used "Sacrificial Forging" on the ’Moon Scepter’! This forging drains most of your Divine Power, your Fire System Faith has dropped to Fire God Emissary, and you can no longer advance in rank for the rest of your life.]

[You have obtained the ’Lunar Eclipse Staff’!]

[Lunar Eclipse Staff: A supreme Divine Artifact. When held, the moon phase above your head is always in full moon status.

Active Ability ’Tengu Eating the Moon’: Summons Tengu to consume the moon, entering a state of eclipse lasting ten minutes. Ten minutes later when the full moon rises again, Tengu will forcefully annihilate all enemies around you!]

"!!!!"

Mu You was startled by the effect, his eyes suddenly gleamed with excitement, and the first thought in his mind was: There’s a chance!

He had originally been at a loss on how to battle the Demon King, but with the appearance of this ability, he saw a glimmer of hope!

To annihilate all enemies after the ten-minute eclipse, there were no mentioned restrictions, which implied that it could even annihilate the Demon King.

Of course, it wouldn’t be easy in practice. Even if the Demon God wouldn’t flee, after initiating the eclipse, he would lose all his moon-related bonuses, and his character would become unprecedentedly weak.

To survive ten minutes in the hands of the Demon God without dying while being extremely weak was actually quite difficult!

But difficult as it may be, it was still better than having no strategy at all.

The Demon King’s series of abnormal abilities made it nearly impossible to kill him with normal combat tactics anytime soon. Only a weapon like the eclipse, which operates on the Principle of Cause and Effect, could offer a slim chance to clear the level early.

As for the weakness after the eclipse, Mu You once considered whether to switch his Primary Faith to another system with the moon-based system as his Secondary Belief. After careful thought, it was still not feasible, because he needed the two Divine Artifacts and Divine Arts from the moon system to get through the first ninety-nine floors.

The moon system had to start as the Primary Faith! Then, to upgrade the Moon Scepter, starting with the Fire System as the Secondary Belief was also necessary.

However, once the Fire System reached the divine level and the mission to create a supreme Divine Artifact was completed, he could abandon it in favor of another belief system that could help him survive under the Demon King!

For this belief system, Mu You immediately thought of the ’Wind Element’!

The Wind Element’s Divine Arts are renowned for speed and evasion.

During the ten minutes of the eclipse, he didn’t need to inflict damage on the Demon King or even make any contact with him; all he needed to do was focus solely on running and dodging.

In doing so, he could directly avoid the effects of the Sin of Wrath, the Sin of Envy, and the Sin of Gluttony.

As for the Sin of Greed, being robbed of items by the Demon King, Mu You could completely ignore this with his pocket watch.

With this approach, the real concerns were the Sin of Lust and the Sin of Sloth, particularly the Sin of Sloth, which countered kite and dodge tactics exactly.

However, Mu You recalled that in a strategy guide for the Wind Element, there was an artifact known as the ’Wind God Boots’ available in the store, which appeared to maintain a constant speed for a certain period. However, he wasn’t sure how long it would last since nobody had actually bought and used it.

Collecting his thoughts, Mu You outlined a complete strategy for challenging the Demon King in his mind: Start with the moon as the Primary and fire as the Secondary Belief, then quickly elevate both systems to divine level, following which he could replace the Fire System, switching the Secondary Belief to a Wind God badge, and elevate it to the highest possible level!

That wasn’t the end of it. Before reaching the hundredth floor, he would need to find an artifact like the ’Wind God Boots’ in the shop...

Mu You looked over this process, and his expression became rather odd.

This strategy indeed provided a possibility to defeat the Demon King, but it raised the demands on his luck throughout his climb up the tower to an absurd level.