Chapter 129

“Ding, you have automatically accepted the first trial of the [Magic Dragon Trial]!”

When Luo Chenyu entered the barrier, he appeared in a dim space.

A mysterious prompt appeared before his eyes simultaneously.

Following the appearance of the prompt.

A mission panel also emerged.

[Magic Dragon Trial (I)]

Trial Goal: Head to the entrance of the Magic Dragon Abyss and defeat the entrance guard, Magic-ized Triceratops.

Trial Time Limit: 60 minutes

Trial Reward: Dragon Blood Essence +1, S-rank special item treasure chest +1!

…

Luo Chenyu closed the prompt panel and looked around.

His brows furrowed tightly.

Currently, the place where he was located was filled with black mist, and visibility was very low.

And looking at the trial goal, he hadn’t reached the true Magic Dragon Abyss at all.

He turned his gaze to the Magic Dragon Abyss map.

On it, there was no prompt.

It seemed this thing was just the key to entering the barrier.

Luo Chenyu sighed and put the Magic Dragon Abyss map into his spatial backpack.

Just at this moment.

The little girl in red automatically canceled the possession state and climbed into Luo Chenyu’s arms along his leg.

“Daddy~”

Luo Chenyu looked at the little girl in red in surprise, puzzled: “Little Red, why did you come out?”

Without his order, she could actually cancel the possession state on her own; this degree of freedom was a bit strange…

The little girl in red reached out her small hand and pointed to the southwest: “Daddy~ there is a very annoying power over there, Little Red is very uncomfortable.”

Luo Chenyu was slightly stunned.

A power that could make even the little girl in red feel uncomfortable—this was interesting.

She was a taboo existence, so that power was at least taboo…

Luo Chenyu touched the little girl in red’s head and said: “You go back to the pet space first, just leave a possession for brother.”

Over there, it was highly likely the direction of the Magic Dragon Abyss.

Anyway, there was no other choice.

Luo Chenyu stopped hesitating and walked straight toward the target pointed out by the little girl in red.

Not long after.

He arrived outside a stone forest. The stone forest was composed of countless black boulders of various sizes. Even without the black mist blocking his sight, he couldn’t see the edge of the stone forest.

Apart from the stone forest, there was no road in the direction of travel.

Luo Chenyu discovered monsters wandering in the stone forest, took out the mace [Ba Tian], and rushed into the black stone forest.

Eye of Insight!

[Essence of Black Rock]

[Grade: Special Elite Monster]

[Level: ???]

[Attributes: ???]

[Strength: Sixth Rank]

So cold!

Luo Chenyu was simply speechless about the [Eye of Insight]; apart from the name and strength, he couldn’t see anything at all.

What use are you?

The next moment.

“Just rush through!”

With only sixth-rank strength, it couldn’t pose any threat to him at all; it was just right for stacking his shields.

Savage Charge!

His body turned into a purple lightning bolt and rushed toward the [Essence of Black Rock].

Bang!!

Close-quarters combat produced a dull sound.

Critical Hit -758821!

True Damage -156382!

Blood Fury -21526!

Three consecutive damage numbers popped up, making Luo Chenyu frown.

The [Essence of Black Rock]’s defensive ability was so high, and its health was so thick.

Such damage only dropped less than 5% of its health value.

That’s fine too!

Luo Chenyu showed a hint of a smile; the thicker the health, the better it felt for him to fight.

In Donghai City, he had endured very hard to control his strength.

Now…

Completely explode!!

The ferocious mace turned into a sky full of shadows.

With every strike, the damage increased, and his shield value also increased.

As the [Essence of Black Rock] woke up from the stun.

Countless earth spikes emerged from the ground, piercing Luo Chenyu, who had no precautions.

The damage wasn’t high, only a few tens of thousands.

The earth spikes didn’t disappear, making the terrain extremely complex.

Fortunately, Luo Chenyu wasn’t an assassin and didn’t need much room for operation; he just stood on the spot and fought the [Essence of Black Rock] head-on.

Twenty-plus seconds later.

Boom!!

The ferocious mace smashed into the body of the [Essence of Black Rock], smashing it into rubble.

“Ding, you killed the level 94 special elite monster [Essence of Black Rock], gaining 258,530 experience points!”

“Ding, your pet [Heart of Phantom (Little Red)] gained 356,450 experience points!”

“Ding, your pet [Heart of Phantom (Little Red)] leveled up by 2, current level LV.12!”

…

With a thought, he collected the drops from the [Essence of Black Rock].

He opened his spatial backpack.

Just as Luo Chenyu wanted to check the drops, he suddenly discovered that pile of skill books.

Only then did he remember that the treasure he had spent hundreds of millions to buy hadn’t been used yet.

“It’s all that bastard Leng Long’s fault!”

So, ignoring the dropped items, he learned all the skill books.

The next moment.

Information began to explode in Luo Chenyu’s mind.

[Prompt: Your skill [Steel Shield] cast a Devouring Vortex, devouring [Execution], [Leaping Strike·Heavy Blow], [Ice Body Protection], [Slash]… all of them, and the skill effect has been greatly improved!]

[Prompt: Your skill [Steadfast and Unyielding] secretly ambushed the skill [Elemental Antibody] and forcibly merged it!]

[Prompt: Your skill [Steadfast and Unyielding] secretly ambushed the skill [Shield Mastery], but it was dodged. Your skill [Steadfast and Unyielding] was furious, beat up the skill [Shield Mastery], and forcibly merged it!]

[Prompt: Your skill [Steadfast and Unyielding] gained enough skill energy, the skill began to transform, and gained additional effects!]

[Prompt: Your skill [Steel Shield] devoured skill energy and started a super evolution!]

[Prompt: Your skill [Steel Shield] shared pure skill energy and gave it to your other skills!]

[Prompt: Your skill [Combat Posture] was dissatisfied with your skill [Steel Shield] being stingy and argued with it, only to be pressed to the ground and rubbed by your skill [Steel Shield], and was saved by your skill [Goddess of Life’s Protection]!]

[Prompt: …]

One prompt after another rang out, making Luo Chenyu excited.

He didn’t continue forward, waiting quietly for the transformation of all his skills.

Fortunately…

Several mutated skills were also powerful and didn’t make Luo Chenyu wait long.

Accompanied by one “prompt” after another, eventually, all skills had their own gains.

He quickly opened the skill panel.

The first thing that caught his eye was the “super evolved” [Steel Shield]!

[Steel Shield (Greedy, Awakening, Super Evolution)]: Mutated active skill, damage-absorbing shield, absorbs up to 70 times the constitution in damage. While active, gains “Frenzy State,” “Taunt Aura,” “Rebound Effect,” “Ice Aura,” and other effects. After the shield disappears, increases defense value by 100% for 30 seconds, non-stackable.

Duration: Permanent!

Cooldown: 8S!

Additional Effect ①: After the shield disappears or the skill is reused, it causes huge dark-attribute mixed damage to a large range of targets. If strength is greater than the target’s 20% threshold, it is guaranteed to cause knockdown and knock-up effects, and ignores all health-locking effects below the ninth rank.

Additional Effect ②: Teammate shield, effect omitted!

Additional Effect ③: Taunt ability, effect omitted!

Additional Effect ④: During the shield’s duration, all attacks can trigger “Destruction Storm,” causing dark-attribute mixed damage equal to 20% of the current shield value to surrounding targets.

Additional Effect ⑤: During the shield’s duration, gain a charge state every 10 seconds, increasing the next normal attack damage by 300% (stacks up to 10 times), and causing that normal attack to gain the “Leaping Strike·Heavy Blow” effect.

Frenzy State: All damage increased by 300%!

Taunt Aura: Omitted.

Rebound Effect: Converts 30% of the damage received by the shield into true damage and returns it to the target.

…

Ice Aura: Omitted.

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Greedy State: During the skill’s duration, 10% of the damage dealt is converted into a shield, no upper limit!

Awakening: The skill possesses absolute freedom!

Super Evolution: Unique effect, consumes all shield values to summon [Steel Shield True Body] to participate in battle.

[Steel Shield True Body] will bear any damage for you (ninth-rank and below damage, including absolute damage). After [Steel Shield True Body] disappears, it returns 10% of the shield value of the damage dealt during that period!

[Steel Shield True Body] durability is equal to the consumed shield value and possesses all abilities of [Steel Shield], lasting up to 5 minutes. During the duration, you also possess all abilities of [Steel Shield]!

Cooldown 10 minutes!

…

When Luo Chenyu saw the skill, he was stunned.

The improvement of other skill effects was within his expectations.

But the super evolution effect [Steel Shield True Body] was simply too eye-catching.

[Steel Shield] summon?

As long as it is summoned, even a ninth-rank powerhouse cannot touch him at all.

And this duration lasts up to five minutes!

This is too fierce!!

Suppressing the urge to use the skill in his heart, Luo Chenyu reluctantly turned his gaze to other skills.

The one with the biggest change was [Steadfast and Unyielding]. This guy was very strong, but its consistent “old six” style had never changed.

After merging two skills and gaining the skill energy of [Steel Body], the effect was also greatly improved.

For example.

Permanently reduces elemental damage and effects by 30%.

All shield damage received is reduced by 25%, and gains 25% control resistance.

…

“Since [Steel Shield] has a true body, do other skills also have true bodies?”

Luo Chenyu was full of anticipation.

This point must be taken seriously. Based on the experience of [Steel Shield], he must find God Crystals of relative attributes for several skills to let them open the awakening state.

Perhaps the next one will be super evolution.

After checking the skill effects one by one.

Luo Chenyu looked at the drops of the [Essence of Black Rock], and a happy smile appeared on his face.

The level 90 [Black Rock Set] hat had very good attributes and characteristics.

It’s just a pity that he couldn’t see the set effect.

He vaguely felt that level 90 wouldn’t be too far away for him.

The Donghai beast tide was his opportunity!

“Start grinding!”

Luo Chenyu strode forward, and when he saw several [Essence of Black Rock] in the distance, his eyes lit up.

Summon!

[Steel Shield True Body]!

In an instant, the [Steel Shield] on Luo Chenyu’s body left his body and slowly condensed into an illusory shell, surrounded by purple lightning.

It looked exceptionally mysterious and domineering!

With the appearance of [Steel Shield True Body].

A wild and fierce aura spread out, and the range was exactly the range of the [Steel Shield] explosion.

And…

Luo Chenyu suddenly discovered that he could control [Steel Shield True Body] and could also let it self-destruct, with the effect exactly the same as the [Steel Shield] bombardment.

But the only drawback was.

During the duration of [Steel Shield True Body], although he could add two extra [Steel Shield]s to himself, the effect was the same as other defensive warriors’ ordinary [Steel Shield]s, without the mutation effect.

However…

This was enough!

“Kill them!”

Accompanied by Luo Chenyu’s voice, [Steel Shield True Body] disappeared from the spot and appeared again two hundred meters away.

[Steel Shield True Body] waved its arm.

Streams of purple thunder power emerged, instantly paralyzing the four [Essence of Black Rock] on the spot.

Immediately, its figure disappeared again.

One punch, smashed toward the forehead of one of the [Essence of Black Rock].

Critical Hit -1.522 million!

-568854!

-598521!

-601220!

Four damage numbers floated out, the damage seemed much higher than Luo Chenyu’s normal attack, but the gap wasn’t big.

And at this moment.

Luo Chenyu suddenly discovered that the “Greedy” effect still existed and could still increase the durability upper limit of [Steel Shield True Body].

Simply outrageous!!

High damage, strong life-saving ability, and possessing all kinds of abilities.

This time, he was truly invincible!

Thinking of this.

Luo Chenyu strode forward, and a [Savage Charge] rushed over.

His damage…

Didn’t decrease at all, and even increased slightly.

At the same time.

He also discovered another unique place.