178: Chapter 178 is upgraded! LV45 God-level Passive Skill - Choose One of Three! Brother Long, don't go!

The thirty-meter-tall body of the Flame Ancient Dragon charged over at full speed.

The ground shattered under its footsteps, and magma gushed out from The Rift.

The entire lava plain was trembling.

Lin Fan stood in place, spreading his arms wide, the smile on his face impossibly radiant.

"It's coming, it's coming! Charge, charge, charge!"

"Bang!"

This sound wasn't a dull thud. It was an explosion.

The Flame Ancient Dragon's entire dragon body slammed into Lin Fan's body, the shockwave spreading in a ring in all directions, instantly pulverizing all rocks within a three-hundred-meter radius.

Lin Fan's feet plowed two deep grooves into the ground, his body sliding back a full fifty meters, but he never fell.

The rock layer beneath his feet was ground into powder by his soles. Wait, no, he wasn't wearing shoes. It was the soles of his feet that ground the rock into powder.

The system notification sounds went wild.

[Ding! Sustained a full-speed physical collision from the Level 8 mid-tier ancient species "Flame Ancient Dragon"!]

[Defense +450!]

[Physical Resistance Experience +380!]

[Pain Conversion triggered! All attributes temporarily increased by 20%!]

[Thorn Armor triggered! Reflecting 300% True Damage! Additional Soul Shock attached!]

Four hundred and fifty points! Four hundred and fifty points from a single collision! Lin Fan almost jumped up while sliding.

Before, Dragon Breath was only three hundred and twenty points, and being stepped on for three minutes was only three hundred points. This collision was directly four hundred and fifty?

"Good stuff! Great hit! Do it again!"

The Flame Ancient Dragon had no intention of doing it again. Its entire right shoulder felt intense pain at the moment of impact. Reflection. It was that damn reflection again.

Moreover, this was a full-speed charge with massive momentum, and the reflected damage increased exponentially. Dense cracks appeared on the scales of its right shoulder, and dark golden dragon blood seeped out from the gaps.

What was even worse was the mental impact. Soul Shock made its brain buzz again, and its dragon body stumbled two steps.

It looked down at its bleeding right shoulder. Then it looked at the shirtless human who was still standing fifty meters away. It now deeply regretted turning back.

"Brother Dragon! Don't just stand there!" Lin Fan waved at it, "Hit me again! The angle just now was perfect!"

The Flame Ancient Dragon's golden vertical pupils twitched. It made a decision. Change tactics.

Since the reflection from the physical collision was too great, it would use technique. The Flame Ancient Dragon opened its massive maw, but this time it wasn't Dragon Breath.

A ball of golden fire, concentrated to the extreme, condensed deep in its throat. The temperature of the fireball far exceeded Dragon Breath, and blue arcs of plasma appeared in the surrounding air.

This was its second killer move. The ancient dragon race's spell attack—"World-Ending Dragon Cannon".

"Holy crap, a new move?" Lin Fan's eyes lit up.

The golden fireball shot out. The speed was extremely fast. It was so fast that the air hadn't even been pushed aside before the fireball was already in front of Lin Fan.

"Bang!" No. It should be "Boom!!!"

The explosion covered a radius of one hundred meters. A golden mushroom cloud shot up into the sky, reaching a height of over five hundred meters.

Five kilometers away. Xia Wanqiu watched the golden mushroom cloud in the distance, her fingers gripping the tablet turning white. The data on the screen was jumping frantically.

Heart rate: Normal. Body temperature: Normal. Vital signs: All normal.

She let out a sigh of relief, then tensed up again. It wasn't because she was worried about Lin Fan. It was because Lin Fan's heart rate was too normal.

If an average person was bombarded by a Level 8 monster, even if they didn't die, their heart rate would skyrocket to over two hundred, right? Lin Fan's heart rate was stable at seventy-two.

What does seventy-two mean? It's the heart rate of a normal adult male lying on the sofa watching TV.

"He wouldn't be enjoying himself again, would he?" Murong Yan pouted.

Xia Wanqiu didn't speak, but the corner of her mouth twitched. She knew the answer was yes.

At the center of the explosion. Lin Fan stood in a vitrified crater with a diameter of fifty meters. Golden smoke was rising from his body. His pants were shorter again. They couldn't be called shorts anymore. They should be called underwear.

"Good stuff!" Lin Fan patted the charred marks on his shoulders. The system notification sounds refreshed frantically.

[Ding! Sustained spell attack "World-Ending Dragon Cannon" from the Level 8 mid-tier ancient species "Flame Ancient Dragon"!]

[Defense +520!]

[Fire Resistance Experience +620!]

[Magic Resistance Experience +480!]

[Pain Conversion triggered! All attributes temporarily increased by 20%!]

[Thorn Armor triggered! Reflecting 300% True Damage! Additional Soul Shock attached!]

Five hundred and twenty points! The gains from a spell attack were even higher than a physical attack!

Lin Fan checked his experience bar. The LV44 experience bar, after the previous collision and this dragon cannon shot. It was full. It was completely full!

[Ding! Congratulations Host! Defense Level increased to LV45!]

[Physical body strength comprehensively increased!]

[All attributes +5%!]

[Ding! Congratulations Host! Obtained a God-Tier Passive Skill draw opportunity! Please choose one of three!]

It's here! A God-Tier passive every five levels! Lin Fan was so excited he almost jumped up.

Three options appeared in his consciousness.

[Option 1: Dragon Scale Incarnation (When attacked, a layer of dark golden dragon scales automatically generates on the body surface, reducing damage by an additional 30%. When attacked by the dragon race, the reduction effect doubles to 60%. )]

[Option 2: Damage Devour (Core Passive! All damage received has a 15% chance to be completely devoured and converted into self-health recovery. When the devour triggers, the Defense experience value for the next damage received doubles.)]

[Option 3: Indomitable Will (When health is below 10%, automatically triggers an invincible state, lasting 3 seconds. Cooldown: 24 hours. During the invincible state, all damage received is still counted towards Defense experience.)]

Lin Fan scanned the three options. Dragon Scale Incarnation? Damage reduction? Wouldn't that reduce experience income? No thanks.

Indomitable Will? Invincible for three seconds? Sounds cool, but the cooldown is too long, and it only triggers when health is below 10%. When has his health ever been below 10%? Useless.

Damage Devour? A 15% chance to devour damage and convert it to health recovery, and the experience for the next damage doubles after it triggers? Isn't this a double buff of sustain and experience acceleration?

"Choose two!"

[Ding! Congratulations Host! Obtained God-Tier Passive—Damage Devour LV1!]

Lin Fan felt a warm current surge through his whole body. His bones were restructuring, his muscle fibers were being tempered, and the golden luster on the surface of his skin brightened by another degree.

LV45. It had only been five levels since the last skill draw, but the value of these five levels was incredibly high. From the league to the volcano, from Zhao Gang's Hundred-Fold Gravity to the Flame Ancient Dragon's Dragon Breath. Every level was exchanged for his life. Although his life had never actually been threatened.

"Awesome!" Lin Fan moved his neck, his joints making a crisp "click" sound.

He looked up at the Flame Ancient Dragon. The Flame Ancient Dragon's state at the moment was not good. The reflected damage from the World-Ending Dragon Cannon caused severe tearing on the inner wall of its throat. Dark golden dragon blood dripped from the corners of its mouth. The reflection from the collision shattered a large patch of scales on its right shoulder. Two instances of Soul Shock caused its mental state to start becoming dazed.

But it was, after all, a Level 8 mid-tier ancient species. Its foundation was too thick. These minor injuries were far from fatal for it. However, the way it looked at Lin Fan had changed. It wasn't anger. It was fear. Pure, instinctive fear.

It couldn't beat this human. It wasn't that it couldn't beat him in terms of strength, but it couldn't beat him in terms of mechanics. Hitting him hurt itself. Burning him burned its own throat. Ramming him cracked its own shoulder. Bombarding him shattered its own internal organs. Every way it fought was suicide.

The Flame Ancient Dragon slowly took a step back.

"Don't go, Brother Dragon!" Lin Fan was anxious, "I just leveled up! My state is super good right now! Come, come, come, give me another shot!"

The Flame Ancient Dragon took another step back. "You're really leaving?" It took another step back. "Buddy, you're at least a Level 8 ancient species, don't you care about your face?"

The Flame Ancient Dragon turned around. Preparing to run.

Lin Fan looked at that massive back, a meaningful smile appearing on his face. "Run? You think you can run away?"

He raised his hand and patted his spatial ring, and a loudspeaker appeared in his hand. He pressed the play button. A pre-recorded voice exploded across the lava plain.

"Flame Ancient Dragon! You coward! You can't even beat a shirtless guy!"

"Are you even a dragon? You're a gecko, right?"

"If you leave, I'll tell every monster in the volcano that you were just pinned to the ground by me!"

The Flame Ancient Dragon's footsteps paused. But only for a moment. Then it kept walking. It had learned to be smart. It wasn't falling for it.

Lin Fan pressed the next recording. "By the way, that World-Ending Dragon Cannon of yours just now? The power isn't even as good as a fart I let out."

"If you give me another shot, I promise I'll stand still and let you hit me as much as you want. After you're done, I'll treat you to barbecue."

The Flame Ancient Dragon walked even faster.

Lin Fan frowned. It wasn't working. This dragon's intelligence was indeed high; after being tricked twice, it had become immune to Taunt. What to do?

He looked at the loudspeaker in his hand, then looked at the Lava Demon Ape still shivering in the corner in the distance. "Big monkey!"

The Lava Demon Ape shuddered all over. "Help me call it again." The Lava Demon Ape shook its head frantically.

"If you call, I'll give you two Level 6 inner cores." The Lava Demon Ape hesitated for a moment, then shook its head even more frantically. Level 6 inner cores were indeed tempting. But life was more important.

Lin Fan sighed. Forget it, don't make things difficult for this poor monkey.

He looked again in the direction the Flame Ancient Dragon had left, his mind spinning rapidly. Then, he noticed a detail.

The direction the Flame Ancient Dragon was walking was the volcano's core area. The core area. Mu Qing had said that the temperature in the core area exceeded five thousand degrees, and there was an unknown creature suspected to be Level 8.

But now this Flame Ancient Dragon was clearly the master of the core area. Therefore, the core area was its nest. What would be in the nest? Inner cores? Treasures? Cubs?

Lin Fan's smile slowly widened. "Brother Dragon, you're running home, right? Then I'll go to your house as a guest."

He lifted his foot and chased after the Flame Ancient Dragon.