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overlord: Welcome the Birth of the King_chapter_0387_part_02
Chapter 533
chapter 387 part 2
[Experience Slot: 53,000,000 → 48,500,000 / 1,880,000]
[HP: 1125/1125 · MP: 918/918]
100 "Sixth-Tier · Greater Healing" Scrolls.
20 "Tenth-Tier · Heating" Scrolls.
3 "Tenth-Tier · Armageddon (Good)" Scrolls.
Tang Zheng spent nearly two days getting everything ready. In addition to the healing magic scrolls, he had consumed 23 of his stored tenth-tier scrolls.
Among the tenth-tier magic he currently mastered, only two counted as attack magic: one was "Heating," and the other was "Armageddon (Good)."
However.
Besides being usable only three times a day, each activation of "Armageddon (Good)" also consumed 1.5 million experience points.
Tang Zheng could only store an extra three scrolls. Of course, he hadn't used his "Mad Meditation" job skill today, which meant he could still use it three more times.
*Clang!*
The crimson Body Armament armor shifted with a soft scrape.
Tang Zheng stood up, cracked his neck, took a deep breath, and stared intently at the golden halo before him.
All necessary preparations were complete.
Further arrangements would be meaningless. The only regret was that he hadn't mastered many enhancement-type magic spells.
"Let's hope my luck isn't too bad."
Tang Zheng suddenly let out a soft laugh and stomped his front foot on the ground.
*Bang!*
The red figure shot out abruptly, making contact with the golden halo.
With a *swish*, Tang Zheng's figure vanished.
…………
A piercing golden light flooded his vision.
Tang Zheng felt his entire body go light and floaty, with no point of leverage, only a sacred, low chant like a Sanskrit hymn faintly reaching his ears.
*—All that has form is ephemeral and illusory.*
*—If you see all forms as non-forms, you will see the Tathagata!*
As the final word fell upon his ears.
The golden light in his vision instantly receded, revealing a vast great hall with a pure white stone floor, untainted by any impurity. Ahead, a stone wall was decorated with images and carvings of a White Jade Lotus Platform and a Gilded Buddhist Pagoda.
"So this is the Dungeon?"
The moment his vision returned, Tang Zheng immediately assumed a guarded stance while observing his surroundings.
He was currently in the very center of the area. Beneath his feet was a lotus platform pattern, and above him, a soft gilded radiance emanated, preventing the environment from becoming dim.
The white floor and the golden light from above complemented each other, imbuing the entire environment with a sacred Buddhist nature and majesty.
This gave Tang Zheng, standing in the center of the great hall, an inexplicable sense of smallness.
Vast and empty!
That was Tang Zheng's first impression. He looked up ahead, where a stone wall stood, emanating a golden, Buddha-like light.
But the most conspicuous thing was not the stone wall!
It was the two massive, burly colored stone statues, about five meters tall, standing on either side of the wall.
They were clearly devoid of any life.
Yet, the moment Tang Zheng saw these two colored stone statues, he felt an indescribable sense of pressure.
When he got a clear look at the faces of the two statues, Tang Zheng's pupils widened slightly as a strange sense of familiarity washed over him.
The colored stone statue on the left was entirely cyan, its face a wrathful, glaring visage of the same color. It wore Chinese-style armor and carried a treasured sword in its hand.
The colored stone statue on the right was entirely red, its expression one of red-faced majesty. It was dressed in the same style of armor, with a snake coiled around its shoulder.
"You've got to be kidding me."
Tang Zheng stared at the two giant stone statues before him and spoke in astonishment, "Aren't these the Growth Heavenly King and the Vast Eye Heavenly King from the Four Heavenly Kings?"
The overly Chinese style gave Tang Zheng, who had been in the Otherworld for a year, a comforting sense of familiarity.
"The Vast Eye Heavenly King is holding a snake, not a Purple-Gold Flower Fox-Diao. That means they're the Four Heavenly Kings of Buddhism, no doubt about it."
Tang Zheng's gaze fell upon the statue of the Vast Eye Heavenly King, observing it and confirming the information he had guessed.
There were different versions of the "Four Heavenly Kings."
The Four Heavenly Kings of Buddhism were very similar to the Four Heavenly Kings of the Celestial Court. Tang Zheng couldn't accurately distinguish them, but he could tell them apart by the pets they held.
"Besides these two conspicuous statues, are there no monsters to fight like in a normal Dungeon?"
After confirming that the two statues were not moving, Tang Zheng retracted his gaze and looked around. There was nothing.
Wait?
Tang Zheng's gaze focused. He saw white, reflective objects on the ground in the distance. He began to move, walking in that direction.
His steps were steady and slow.
As Tang Zheng moved, he continued to watch his surroundings. By the time he reached the location of the reflective objects, the entire great hall remained empty and excessively quiet.
And the white, reflective objects were now fully revealed.
They were white skeletons!
There were at least thirty complete ones, but most were shattered, and the ground was covered in a layer of white bone fragments.
There was not a trace of flesh, not even any leftover clothing or weapons. The shape of the skeletons belonged to the human race.
Looking at these skeletons and the broken bones bearing signs of being gnawed on, Tang Zheng fell silent for a moment, re-evaluating the vast, empty great hall. "No exit, no food. These people must have starved to death."
—The air returned to stillness.
"The Mandala of Two Realms is a term from esoteric Buddhism, a diagram of deities centered around the 'Mahavairocana Tathagata,' divided into the Vajradhatu Mandala and the Garbhadhatu Mandala."
Tang Zheng once again looked at the two conspicuous, towering stone statues of the Heavenly Kings.
"There are only two of the Four Heavenly Kings' statues here. If this isn't the only space, then there must be two more statues in another space."
"In that case, things aren't so complicated. The player needs to fight the Four Heavenly Kings' statues. So... if you don't defeat them, you'll probably be stuck here forever."
"Heh, truly the style of a World Item. It's a bit like the [Map of Mountains and Rivers]."
A faint, cold laugh escaped Tang Zheng's lips. As he looked at the two statues in the distance, his expression grew increasingly grim.
"The trigger is probably an attack."
Tang Zheng moved, stepping back towards the rear edge of the great hall while raising his palm towards the motionless stone statues in front of him, chanting:
"Seventh-Tier Magic: Chain Lightning Dragon!"
*RUMBLE!*
An astonishing, dragon-shaped blue lightning rapidly condensed on both of Tang Zheng's arms and shot towards the air.
The blue thunder instantly tore through the air in front of him, slamming into the top of the Growth Heavenly King's head. The area-of-effect attack also landed on the Vast Eye Heavenly King beside it.
*BANG!*
The thunder exploded on the two Heavenly King statues, letting out a muffled sound.
*Crack, ka... KACHA!*
Dense cracks suddenly appeared on the two colored stone statues, which then began to fall off like crumbling debris. The once-lifeless statues, at this moment, completely came to life!
*BOOM! BOOM!*
The ground shook simultaneously.
The two colored stone statues fiercely straightened their bodies, their immense auras surging forward.
In Tang Zheng's vision, semi-transparent information and a long Health Bar actually appeared above the heads of the two Heavenly Kings.
Growth Heavenly King (85Lv) · -90% Physical Damage
Vast Eye Heavenly King (85Lv) · -90% Physical Damage
Two pairs of icy eyes locked onto him in unison.
Tang Zheng looked at the information above the heads of these two Heavenly Kings and swallowed. "Damn it!"
(end of chapter)
[Experience Slot: 53,000,000 → 48,500,000 / 1,880,000]
[HP: 1125/1125 · MP: 918/918]
100 "Sixth-Tier · Greater Healing" Scrolls.
20 "Tenth-Tier · Heating" Scrolls.
3 "Tenth-Tier · Armageddon (Good)" Scrolls.
Tang Zheng spent nearly two days getting everything ready. In addition to the healing magic scrolls, he had consumed 23 of his stored tenth-tier scrolls.
Among the tenth-tier magic he currently mastered, only two counted as attack magic: one was "Heating," and the other was "Armageddon (Good)."
However.
Besides being usable only three times a day, each activation of "Armageddon (Good)" also consumed 1.5 million experience points.
Tang Zheng could only store an extra three scrolls. Of course, he hadn't used his "Mad Meditation" job skill today, which meant he could still use it three more times.
*Clang!*
The crimson Body Armament armor shifted with a soft scrape.
Tang Zheng stood up, cracked his neck, took a deep breath, and stared intently at the golden halo before him.
All necessary preparations were complete.
Further arrangements would be meaningless. The only regret was that he hadn't mastered many enhancement-type magic spells.
"Let's hope my luck isn't too bad."
Tang Zheng suddenly let out a soft laugh and stomped his front foot on the ground.
*Bang!*
The red figure shot out abruptly, making contact with the golden halo.
With a *swish*, Tang Zheng's figure vanished.
…………
A piercing golden light flooded his vision.
Tang Zheng felt his entire body go light and floaty, with no point of leverage, only a sacred, low chant like a Sanskrit hymn faintly reaching his ears.
*—All that has form is ephemeral and illusory.*
*—If you see all forms as non-forms, you will see the Tathagata!*
As the final word fell upon his ears.
The golden light in his vision instantly receded, revealing a vast great hall with a pure white stone floor, untainted by any impurity. Ahead, a stone wall was decorated with images and carvings of a White Jade Lotus Platform and a Gilded Buddhist Pagoda.
"So this is the Dungeon?"
The moment his vision returned, Tang Zheng immediately assumed a guarded stance while observing his surroundings.
He was currently in the very center of the area. Beneath his feet was a lotus platform pattern, and above him, a soft gilded radiance emanated, preventing the environment from becoming dim.
The white floor and the golden light from above complemented each other, imbuing the entire environment with a sacred Buddhist nature and majesty.
This gave Tang Zheng, standing in the center of the great hall, an inexplicable sense of smallness.
Vast and empty!
That was Tang Zheng's first impression. He looked up ahead, where a stone wall stood, emanating a golden, Buddha-like light.
But the most conspicuous thing was not the stone wall!
It was the two massive, burly colored stone statues, about five meters tall, standing on either side of the wall.
They were clearly devoid of any life.
Yet, the moment Tang Zheng saw these two colored stone statues, he felt an indescribable sense of pressure.
When he got a clear look at the faces of the two statues, Tang Zheng's pupils widened slightly as a strange sense of familiarity washed over him.
The colored stone statue on the left was entirely cyan, its face a wrathful, glaring visage of the same color. It wore Chinese-style armor and carried a treasured sword in its hand.
The colored stone statue on the right was entirely red, its expression one of red-faced majesty. It was dressed in the same style of armor, with a snake coiled around its shoulder.
"You've got to be kidding me."
Tang Zheng stared at the two giant stone statues before him and spoke in astonishment, "Aren't these the Growth Heavenly King and the Vast Eye Heavenly King from the Four Heavenly Kings?"
The overly Chinese style gave Tang Zheng, who had been in the Otherworld for a year, a comforting sense of familiarity.
"The Vast Eye Heavenly King is holding a snake, not a Purple-Gold Flower Fox-Diao. That means they're the Four Heavenly Kings of Buddhism, no doubt about it."
Tang Zheng's gaze fell upon the statue of the Vast Eye Heavenly King, observing it and confirming the information he had guessed.
There were different versions of the "Four Heavenly Kings."
The Four Heavenly Kings of Buddhism were very similar to the Four Heavenly Kings of the Celestial Court. Tang Zheng couldn't accurately distinguish them, but he could tell them apart by the pets they held.
"Besides these two conspicuous statues, are there no monsters to fight like in a normal Dungeon?"
After confirming that the two statues were not moving, Tang Zheng retracted his gaze and looked around. There was nothing.
Wait?
Tang Zheng's gaze focused. He saw white, reflective objects on the ground in the distance. He began to move, walking in that direction.
His steps were steady and slow.
As Tang Zheng moved, he continued to watch his surroundings. By the time he reached the location of the reflective objects, the entire great hall remained empty and excessively quiet.
And the white, reflective objects were now fully revealed.
They were white skeletons!
There were at least thirty complete ones, but most were shattered, and the ground was covered in a layer of white bone fragments.
There was not a trace of flesh, not even any leftover clothing or weapons. The shape of the skeletons belonged to the human race.
Looking at these skeletons and the broken bones bearing signs of being gnawed on, Tang Zheng fell silent for a moment, re-evaluating the vast, empty great hall. "No exit, no food. These people must have starved to death."
—The air returned to stillness.
"The Mandala of Two Realms is a term from esoteric Buddhism, a diagram of deities centered around the 'Mahavairocana Tathagata,' divided into the Vajradhatu Mandala and the Garbhadhatu Mandala."
Tang Zheng once again looked at the two conspicuous, towering stone statues of the Heavenly Kings.
"There are only two of the Four Heavenly Kings' statues here. If this isn't the only space, then there must be two more statues in another space."
"In that case, things aren't so complicated. The player needs to fight the Four Heavenly Kings' statues. So... if you don't defeat them, you'll probably be stuck here forever."
"Heh, truly the style of a World Item. It's a bit like the [Map of Mountains and Rivers]."
A faint, cold laugh escaped Tang Zheng's lips. As he looked at the two statues in the distance, his expression grew increasingly grim.
"The trigger is probably an attack."
Tang Zheng moved, stepping back towards the rear edge of the great hall while raising his palm towards the motionless stone statues in front of him, chanting:
"Seventh-Tier Magic: Chain Lightning Dragon!"
*RUMBLE!*
An astonishing, dragon-shaped blue lightning rapidly condensed on both of Tang Zheng's arms and shot towards the air.
The blue thunder instantly tore through the air in front of him, slamming into the top of the Growth Heavenly King's head. The area-of-effect attack also landed on the Vast Eye Heavenly King beside it.
*BANG!*
The thunder exploded on the two Heavenly King statues, letting out a muffled sound.
*Crack, ka... KACHA!*
Dense cracks suddenly appeared on the two colored stone statues, which then began to fall off like crumbling debris. The once-lifeless statues, at this moment, completely came to life!
*BOOM! BOOM!*
The ground shook simultaneously.
The two colored stone statues fiercely straightened their bodies, their immense auras surging forward.
In Tang Zheng's vision, semi-transparent information and a long Health Bar actually appeared above the heads of the two Heavenly Kings.
Growth Heavenly King (85Lv) · -90% Physical Damage
Vast Eye Heavenly King (85Lv) · -90% Physical Damage
Two pairs of icy eyes locked onto him in unison.
Tang Zheng looked at the information above the heads of these two Heavenly Kings and swallowed. "Damn it!"
(end of chapter)
