105: Fighting is never as fast as robbery.

"Ding! You have received a gift from the Azure Dragon. You obtained Flash +1."

Flash (Special Active Skill): 1-Star

Effect: You can perform short-distance teleportation within a fifty-meter radius.

Cost: 50 MP.

Cooldown: 1 minute.

Proficiency: (0/10,000)

(Note: This skill can only be enhanced using skill scrolls.)

Lin Yue's eyes lit up; the Flash skill was quite good.

Unlike Instant Movement, which is a long-distance transmission skill, Flash is a genuine spatial movement skill.

Instant Movement is undoubtedly a divine skill for traveling.

And Flash is also a divine skill when used on the battlefield.

A 1-star Flash can teleport to any location within a fifty-meter radius.

In other words, as long as Lin Yue wishes, he can Flash anywhere within a circular area with a diameter of one hundred meters.

And this is only at 1-star; if it were upgraded to 4-star or 5-star...

In just an instant, he might be able to teleport several hundred or even a thousand meters.

This skill would be terrifying.

However, like Vibrant Life, Flash requires skill scrolls to level up.

It seems that after finishing the ruins quest, he could consider grinding the Demon Dragon Mountain Instance a few more times.

"Just this little? Not enough!"

Lin Yue gleefully learned Flash, but the old man, on the contrary, was dissatisfied.

"This is still not enough?"

The Azure Dragon was dumbfounded. Flash was a rare special skill, and it only had this one.

"Wait, old man, the Person of Destiny hasn't even spoken yet. Why are you butting in?"

The Azure Dragon glared fiercely at Di Jiang. If it didn't know Lin Yue was an Adventurer, it would suspect Lin Yue was the old man's illegitimate son.

Is there such a thing as this kind of extortion?

Does it, a Divine Beast, not care about its Face?

"How about you just fight me instead?"

With the old man helping him like this, Lin Yue wasn't stupid; opportunities to fleece a sucker like this didn't come often.

Thus, the thunder punishment staff appeared once more, and dark clouds began to gather continuously in the sky.

"Wait, let's talk this out nicely. I still have other things."

The Azure Dragon flickered in front of Lin Yue, firmly pressing its claw down on the staff.

"Ding! You have received a gift from the Azure Dragon. You obtained equipment evolution scroll +1."

equipment evolution scroll: Special.

Effect: Can evolve one piece of your equipment.

Usage: One-time consumable item.

A special item!

Lin Yue raised an eyebrow. Like special equipment, special items were also very rare existences in the Land of the Final End.

Furthermore, the effects of some special items were even more Heaven-Defying than special equipment.

Because special items were basically one-time use items, and because they were one-time use...

...the power they granted was also exceptionally strong.

This was also a rare good thing.

Subconsciously, Lin Yue wanted to use the evolution scroll on the thunder punishment staff.

The thunder punishment staff was a gold legend growth-type staff. If he used the evolution scroll, it would at least become a dark gold epic, greatly increasing its value.

It could definitely be used until the Late Stage.

He decisively used it on thunder punishment, but the System's prompt left Lin Yue dumbfounded.

"Growth-type equipment cannot be evolved; use is invalid."

What a pity.

It seemed the System wouldn't let Lin Yue exploit such a loophole. After all, every growth-type weapon could continuously grow along with the player's Rank.

They were already Heaven-Defying on their own; if they could also be evolved, they would be invincible.

Since the weapon couldn't be evolved, Lin Yue could only turn his gaze to his three existing pieces of special equipment.

These were the Wings of Gale, currently the only wings capable of flight.

The swift boots, with its second effect being the Sprint skill.

The ability of Sprint had helped Lin Yue change the tide of battle many times, making it a very useful piece of equipment.

Finally, there was the heart-protecting mirror given by the old man.

The effect of this special equipment was mainly Super Armor. Although Lin Yue hadn't used it yet, he had a deep appreciation for the immunity effect of its second ability.

Without the 50% reduction of debuff effects from the second ability, Lin Yue might not have necessarily been able to defeat the Phoenix.

This reduction applied to all debuffs, and the effect was very powerful.

After thinking it over, Lin Yue decided to use the evolution scroll on the heart-protecting mirror.

The reason was simple: although the wings were special, there were other ways to obtain them, and the 50% speed boost from the Sprint attached to the swift boots was already sufficient.

The key point was crowd control immunity, which was very rare in the Land of the Final End. If he hadn't obtained it by chance from the old man...

Even with the experience from his past life, Lin Yue didn't know where else to find such special equipment.

"Ding! Do you wish to use the equipment evolution scroll on the xuan ming heart-protecting mirror?"

"Confirm."

"Ding! The xuan ming heart-protecting mirror has evolved successfully!"

xuan ming heart-protecting mirror (Special Equipment): No Rank restriction.

Effect 1: You gain the Super Armor state. Super Armor duration is 180 seconds. During Super Armor, all control skills are negated. Cooldown: 50 minutes.

Effect 2: You will be immune to 75% of debuff weakening effects, such as Slow, Curse, Poison, Burning Effect, bleeding, etc.

Durability: 100/100

Additional Trait: Non-droppable.

As expected of a special item, the effect of the evolution scroll was surprisingly powerful.

Not only was the Super Armor duration of Effect 1 extended to 180 seconds and the cooldown shortened...

...but the immunity effect was also increased to 75%.

Finally, it even added a trait: Non-droppable.

This completely eliminated the possibility of this equipment being dropped upon death.

Incredible!

Suckers like the Azure Dragon—please give me a dozen of them.

Actually, Lin Yue had to thank the old man. If it weren't for him, he wouldn't have been able to get these rewards at all.

However, while the Azure Dragon's ordeal was over and the old man let it off with a cold snort, the Phoenix, still recovering from its injuries in the distance, was now targeted by the old man.

"And you, stop playing dead."

With just one sentence from the old man, the Phoenix's Face turned pale with fright.

"Wait, I'm already like this, Mr. Di Jiang."

The Phoenix wanted to play the pity card, but the old man didn't care at all.

"I don't care how you are. Rules are rules. Do you want me to invite Lord Chaos over for a visit?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Phoenix didn't dare to utter a peep. Its entire body flared with fire, transforming into a streak of red light that flew into Lin Yue's hand.

"Ding! You have received a gift from the Phoenix. You obtained Rebirth from Ashes +1."

Hearing this skill, Lin Yue's eyes gleamed as he immediately checked it.

Rebirth from Ashes (Special Passive Skill): Cannot be star-upgraded.

Effect: After being killed, you will undergo Rebirth from Ashes, restoring 100% of your health. During the Rebirth from Ashes period, you will be in an invincible state. (Invincible: All forms of attack are negated.)

Cost: 50% of Mana.

Cooldown: 24 hours.

Proficiency: None.

Seeing such a Heaven-Defying effect, Lin Yue took a sharp breath.

Holy crap, isn't this just having an extra life?

Moreover, Rebirth from Ashes is different from priest-type Resurrection skills; Resurrection only restores 10% of health.

At the same time, after Resurrection, the Rank still drops as it should, and there's also a layer of weakness.

All attributes will be temporarily reduced.

But Rebirth from Ashes has no such impact. This haul could be described as incredibly lucrative!