Thorn Shield, addicted to grabbing BOSS
The buddha statue was similar in size to a human.
It was a buddha statue made entirely of stone.
Its defense was very high, and its strength was extremely powerful.
If an ordinary tank went up against it alone, it would be very difficult to withstand.
Fortunately, this type of monster moved slowly and was very heavy.
When it walked, it made rumbling sounds.
Because of this, when Lin Xuan approached this foreign professional team, they did not discover him.
The team members fighting below were similar to those he had encountered before.
It was a five-person elite team.
Lin Xuan knew which country they were from with just one glance.
Yellow skin, short stature, with a mustache below the nose.
If these were not enough to confirm it, then adding the female priest holding a staff and wearing a kimono.
It perfectly fit the image of Sakura Country.
Seeing this, a surge of impulse rose within Lin Xuan.
Irena started with Dragon's Breath, the archers fired in volleys, and the cavalry charged.
After giving the command, Lin Xuan also immediately rushed over.
"Be careful!"
"Enemies are coming!"
"Baka! Enemy attack!"
The several Sakura Country professionals remained relatively calm.
They quickly turned their bodies.
However, this gave the Merman King BOSS behind them an opportunity.
Large waves formed behind him, pressing down fiercely on these five Sakura Country team members.
"Oh, not bad." Lin Xuan smiled slightly when he saw this.
He decided to leave this Lord-level BOSS with a complete corpse.
At the Fish King Pool, he had killed a World-Class BOSS in Lich King Form.
So, it was later converted into an Undead Merman King.
This prevented him from using the Undead Contract to convert it into a Contract Beast.
Fortunately, the Undead Merman King was also good.
He didn't need to level it up, and it retained its strength from before death; in fact, after being converted into an Undead, its strength even increased slightly.
The only drawback was its lack of intelligence.
This Lord-level one in front of him performed well.
After contracting it, it could add some strength to future underwater combat.
Thump, thump, thump—
Because it was a downhill charge towards the river, the Skeleton Cavalry's charge speed was very fast.
The moment the arrows fell, the Skeleton Cavalry had already closed in.
However, these people indeed matched Lin Xuan's suspicions.
They were an absolute elite team.
Under the three-pronged attack, one person in the five-person team stomped his right foot.
In an instant, a green giant python phantom appeared, coiling around the five people.
Then, all attacks were bounced off by this phantom.
"Is this a shrine?" Lin Xuan's eyes flashed, and he stopped.
Shrines were special items similar to the magical treasures of Xia Country.
They possessed extremely powerful strength.
Of course, their drop rate was extremely, extremely low.
Normally, between Level 70 and Level 100, only the top one thousand professionals globally could possess one.
One must know that the total number of professionals between Level 70 and Level 100 each year was over a hundred million people!
"Rich people, indeed."
Seeing that the special effect released by this shrine seemed to only have defensive capabilities, Lin Xuan smiled slightly.
He directly commanded all his summoned creatures to shift their attacks to the Merman King.
Almost instantly, the Merman King, which was already at low health, fell down.
"Bastard!"
"Xia Country's professionals are too impolite!"
Seeing the BOSS fall, the five professionals protected by the giant python phantom cursed loudly.
Lin Xuan didn't care what they said.
The Merman King was dead.
He could completely wait to deal with these few people before contracting it.
"What are they mumbling about?"
"Pray that your shrine won't be dropped."
Lin Xuan laughed heartily.
He directly self-destructed the Skeleton Soldierss and activated his Lich King Form.
"Not good!"
The five-person team's faces changed dramatically.
However, facing the effect of Lin Xuan's awakened skill, they had no way out.
In the blink of an eye, they appeared within the vast Frost Domain.
Inside this place, if one's Frost Resistance was low, they would continuously lose health.
Even if Lin Xuan didn't attack, he could still wear them down to death.
However, he didn't want these few people to die so comfortably without him even making a move.
He directly ordered the Undead Merman King army, which he had converted, to charge forward.
Once they were surrounded, he immediately released Corpse Explosion.
"What a pity, the shrine didn't drop."
Foreign shrines could not be used by domestic professionals, but they could be used to upgrade magical treasures.
Lin Xuan entered the Frost Domain, checking the items of the Sakura Country individuals, secretly thinking it was a pity.
"Oh, this shield is good."
Just as he was about to leave, Lin Xuan's eyes suddenly lit up.
This last piece of equipment was a purple epic item.
He hadn't even wanted to look at it, after all, for him now, orange equipment was very easy to buy.
But this last purple equipment brought a surprise.
【Equipment: Thorned Round Shield · Unique Drop】
【Quality: Epic】
【Effect: Defense +5000, Health +10000, Constitution +20】
【Equip Requirement: All professions above Level 70】
【Affix: Thorn's Prick】
「Thorn's Prick」: Generates a Thorn's Prick shield with a value equal to its own health. The thorns on the shield can automatically attack surrounding targets, and the shield has 50% all damage reduction and damage reflection.
Strong, very strong!
This was clearly a unique BOSS drop equipment from a Sakura Country dungeon, meant for the front-line warrior in the team!
It was entirely based on luck, something that could be encountered but not sought after!
"This affix attribute is probably better than many ordinary Mythic-grade equipment."
Lin Xuan put the round shield into his backpack.
He was actually a bit conflicted in his heart.
Every professional has two weapon equipment slots: main and off-hand.
Shield-type weapons can be equipped in the off-hand slot by all professionals.
However, his current health cap was too high.
It was so stable that he could completely face BOSS attacks and stand still while channeling Soul Fire.
Carrying a shield and hiding behind was no longer his current mindset or way of doing things.
"Selling is impossible; I'll keep it for now."
"Later, I can contract a flexible tank-type Contract Beast."
"With this shield and the previous Taunt Orb, it would be invincible."
Having dropped a top-tier piece of equipment, Lin Xuan was in a good mood.
He left the Frost Domain and went to the Merman King's corpse to use the Undead Contract to convert it into a Contract Beast.
It was a pity that this Lord-level Merman King only became a Mutated-grade after conversion.
Compared to Irena and the Golden Giant Crocodile's Rare-grade, it was a bit weaker.
But, it was still good.
Its intelligence was decent; it could communicate simply, much smarter than Silly Cow and the Frost Giant.
Compared to the quality of the Contract Beast, Lin Xuan valued the Contract Beast's intelligence more.
After all, if it's smarter, it can better farm and level up on its own in the future.
Moreover, the duration of the ruins was still long.
He might encounter Lord-level or even World-Class Merman King BOSSes later.
A lower quality didn't matter.
Of course, if he contracted a Divine Beast, that would be another story.
After passing the Fish King Pool, the right side of the mountain path on the surface of the Dragon Gate Grottoes transformed into hundreds of Buddha caves.
Lin Xuan kept moving, sweeping through with his Skeleton Soldierss and Contract Beasts.
buddha statues were much easier to find than Merman monsters.
Mermen would hide in the water.
For buddha statues, he only needed to look up and scan forward.
If he saw a large one, it was most likely a BOSS.
Therefore, many teams who had researched the Dragon Gate Grottoes beforehand would choose to rush forward quickly after entering.
They would first clear the buddha statue BOSSes.
"Oh, another low-health BOSS."
Just as Lin Xuan finished collecting the surrounding buddha statues that had been converted into Undead into the Frost Domain, he saw a dozen or so professionals in the distancesiege a ten-meter-tall giant buddha statue.
Judging by their team's appearance, they should be professionals from the European Continent.
As someone who had visited the Old Summer Palace in his previous life and seen its ruined landscape, Lin Xuan chuckled inwardly, "This size, at least Lord-level."
"I'll snatch it."
(My head hurts so much from being sick, and I don't dare to ask for leave from work. Tonight, there's only one chapter. The second chapter can only be posted during the day. Please bear with me, everyone.)