Chapter 71

Facing Ye Xingtong stared at Luo Chenyu's confused smile and was left speechless—she hadn't been this excited after her class transformation either!

Luo Chenyu's smile grew even brighter, "You succeeded in your class transformation—I'm naturally happy!"

He then opened his skill panel.

He checked the changes to his skills.

First was 【Defense Posture】; its effect hadn't changed much, only improving damage reduction and healing.

This slightly boosted his survivability during the skill's duration.

Next was the coward's 【Savage Charge】.

The changes to the skill were so drastic he could barely recognize it.

【Savage Charge】: Mutated active skill—rapidly charge in one direction, ignore all obstacles along the path, deal massive charge damage to the final target, and inflict brief stun.

Skill cost: 60 Mp!

Cooldown: 30s!

Stun duration: 2s!

Maximum charge distance: 100m!

Additional effect: Immediately after charging ends, gain a damage-absorbing shield equal to twice your maximum HP, lasting 10 seconds; this shield can stack with 【Steel Shield】 and can be detonated; during shield duration, the target loses 50% of its healing capability.

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Luo Chenyu blurted, "Damn!"

After all that learning, he'd just absorbed the shielding ability of 【Steel Shield】.

You're a charge skill—shouldn't you evolve toward offensive power?

Why the hell did you end up with a shield?!

But now, with multiple shields stacking, his defense and damage output both jumped several tiers.

At least, it evolved!

Finally, Luo Chenyu turned his gaze to 【Steel Shield】.

【Steel Shield (Greed)】: Mutated active skill—damage-absorbing shield, capable of absorbing up to 30 times your Constitution in damage; during duration, gain "Frenzy State" and "Taunt Aura"; after shield disappears, increase defense by 50% for 10 seconds.

Duration: 60s!

Cooldown: 10s!

Additional effect #1: When the shield disappears or is reactivated, deal AoE dark-attribute physical damage to surrounding targets; if your Strength exceeds the target's by 50% or more, guarantee a knockdown effect.

Additional effect #2: If allies are nearby, grant each a damage-absorbing shield equal to 50% of your own, up to five allies; if no allies are nearby, increase your own damage-absorbing shield by 50%.

Additional effect #3: When activating the skill, taunt the target with the highest Strength within range, reducing their defense by 50% for 8 seconds and taunting them for 1 second.

Additional effect #4: During shield duration, all attacks trigger "Blade Storm," dealing dark-attribute physical damage equal to 10% of current shield value to surrounding targets.

Frenzy State: All damage increased by 200%!

Taunt Aura: Range 50m, 8% chance to force targets to use only basic attacks and compel them to attack you, lasting 2s; can interrupt spellcasting.

Greed State: During skill duration, convert 10% of damage dealt into shield value, no upper limit!

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Brutal!!

Additional effect #1 added a new trigger condition—meaning when he reactivates 【Steel Shield】, the original shield automatically explodes, reducing his margin for error and maneuverability.

Especially with the newly added "Greed" state, combined with "Blade Storm."

Even more brutal!

He currently has 127 Constitution, so 【Steel Shield】's initial shield value is 3810; theoretically, each attack deals basic attack damage plus 381 dark-attribute physical damage, then multiplied by 200%.

Each attack grants him over a hundred shield points.

And this is just the early stage!

By late game, could it evolve into an "infinite shield" state?

Of course, the exact mechanics weren't clear yet—he'd need to test it to confirm.

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PS: Requesting data!.