Chapter 637

"You all…"

Seeing the expressions on the elders' faces, Zhang Yue shook his head helplessly as well and said, "The seven southwestern provinces are indeed important, but the threat is nothing more than the Savage Forest. If you're truly afraid, you might as well let Luo Chenyu, after dealing with Demigod Feng Ji, completely settle the Savage Forest."

Such words left the several elders even more speechless.

Nothing more than?

That's all?

Easy for you to say. For hundreds of years, the Savage Forest has been threatening the borders of the seven southwestern provinces.

Beast tides appear every now and then.

Before Demigod Feng Ji rose to prominence, the seven southwestern provinces 083 were the region with the highest casualties within the entire Xuanlong Nation. With Demigod Feng Ji's rise, the frequency of sudden beast tides dropped considerably, but in exchange, a Tier 10 Beast King appeared.

It can be said that Demigod Feng Ji's existence is the stabilizing pillar of the seven southwestern provinces.

Although Demigod Feng Ji as a person really isn't much, his meritorious deeds are genuinely great.

Now…

Asking them to give up this meritorious "subject," both publicly and privately, truly cannot be justified.

At this very moment.

The conference hall fell into silence.

Seeing this, Zhang Yue laughed and said, "You all actually take merit and old ties into account — what a rare sight indeed!"

"Don't forget how Demigod Feng Ji once entered the capital, how he threatened you all!"

"The Luo family's grudge — would you think Luo Chenyu would let it go?"

"Wake up. The times have already changed!"

Along with Zhang Yue's words, the elders in the conference hall sighed one after another.

The leading elder shook his head and said, "Then… East Sea City is a bit closer to the seven southwestern provinces. Take some men and go over to take charge of the situation!"

"Regardless of the outcome, the stability of the southwest is in your hands!"

Zhang Yue: "…"

Stability of the southwest, my ass.

He was only a messenger; he never expected this group of old fogeys to also assign him a mission.

If Luo Chenyu makes a move, will the seven southwestern provinces still have any stability?

The outcome would inevitably be the entire southwest thrown into utter chaos.

This is absolutely a thankless task.

But then again…

He couldn't just ignore it.

After all, this concerns the hundreds of millions of Xuanlong Nation citizens in the seven southwestern provinces.

He had great faith in Luo Chenyu, knowing he wouldn't go hard against his own compatriots.

But…

What he wasn't at ease about was Demigod Feng Ji.

That guy's personality — pure solipsism. If pushed to the wall, he wouldn't care about those ordinary citizens at all.

"Fine, I'll set off right now!"

Zhang Yue spread his hands helplessly and said, "Let me say this in advance — I'm only responsible for Luo Chenyu. Don't expect me to handle anything else!"

"Alright…"

………………

While the entire Xuanlong Nation was watching Luo Chenyu.

At this moment.

Luo Chenyu had already arrived at a desolate island. The island was not far from the seven southwestern provinces; across the sea lay South Province.

It was also the only province bordering the sea.

At this very moment.

The reason Luo Chenyu had stopped was mainly for one reason alone.

That was, the sixth 【Adamantine Resolve】 had finished awakening.

In his mind, countless prompt messages appeared.

Those messages were all voices congratulating 【Adamantine Resolve】.

Even the 【Steel Shield】, still in its integration state, came out to congratulate 【Adamantine Resolve】.

Seeing his third anomalous skill awaken, Luo Chenyu's heart was also filled with excitement.

He couldn't help but open the skill panel to check the awakened state of 【Adamantine Resolve】.

The basic abilities hadn't changed much — only the stacking cap had been raised.

The improvement in additional effects, however, was plainly visible.

For example.

After five full-attribute enhancements, he could obtain a shield value equal to five times his HP, and it was a stackable state at that.

One must remember that the current full-attribute cap is twenty times.

If he is attacked twenty times, he can obtain a shield equal to twenty times his HP.

Moreover, it can also be detonated by 【Steel Shield】.

This greatly enhanced his controllability, boosting his survivability while also additionally increasing damage output.

The effect was extremely powerful.

And…

After awakening, when he has a shield, true damage reduction has already reached 60%.

Add in all sorts of miscellaneous bonuses.

Now, true damage can almost no longer hurt him.

Among them, what makes him happiest is...

The fusion effect, Blood Rage.

From the original 1% HP damage, raised to 5%, and that portion of damage cannot be recovered in any way.

The Judgment effect has also become forbidden!

Even deities cannot ignore the effect of Blood Rage.

Moreover, Blood Rage can be controlled at will, and can even make those with insufficient strength permanently unable to recover HP.

It's simply terrifying beyond words.

Besides this.

The awakening effect is not the skill's true form.

Rather, it is a special awakening state.

Awakening (Tier 1): When the main body (non-shield) takes damage, 50% chance to reduce 60% of the damage, return the reduced portion to the target, and put the target into a Disarmed state for 1 second.

"Interesting!!"

Luo Chenyu laughed heartily.

So this is the awakened state of a passive skill.

Although there is no skill true form, an awakened state effect can appear.

And it is also an effect that Can Advance.

And the way to advance is very simple.

As long as the number of triggers reaches a certain value, it can advance, no need for him to worry at all.

And the first evolution.

Requires 100,000 triggers.

Luo Chenyu did not feel speechless because of such a huge number, but instead was very happy.

Because...

This condition is very simple for him!

Remove all shields, find a place with lots of monsters, and just farm directly.

He can even restrict the appearance of the 【Steadfast and Unyielding】 shield.

Skill awakening mode.

Is his complete control over skills.