107: A ferocious attack that breaks shields in five seconds!

"Should I hit the turtle first, or the tiger?"

Lin Yue narrowed his eyes. After just one round of testing, he had already figured it out without even needing the Eye of Insight.

Xuanwu's dual resistances were extremely high, and it even had means to resist True Damage.

As expected of a thousand-year bastard and a ten-thousand-year turtle; this fellow indeed had some skill.

Baihu was different. Among the Four Divine Beasts, Baihu had the lowest resistances and was the one Lin Yue could kill the fastest.

However, despite this, Lin Yue could not ignore Xuanwu.

He wasn't clear on Xuanwu's skills and Moves yet. If Xuanwu was a support type, it might heal Baihu to full health after he spent ages attacking, putting him at a disadvantage.

"You're the turtle!"

"You're the tiger!"

Baihu and Xuanwu spoke in unison. Lin Yue hadn't spoken loudly, but they could clearly hear what he was saying.

"Xuanwu, give me a shield. Watch how this lord teaches him a lesson."

Before Baihu's words even fell, Xuanwu's Shield was already placed on Baihu's body; this was a tacit understanding from years of cooperation.

It was a pale green circular shield that, from a distance, looked like a turtle shell had been placed over him.

"A tiger wearing a bastard's shell. Interesting. I'll hit you then."

Seeing how arrogant Baihu's tone was, Lin Yue didn't bother thinking much more and decided to attack first.

In the Void Realm, endless lightning continuously condensed, crackling with a terrifying intensity.

The main reason he set aside the Chain Fireball was to prioritize the output efficiency and damage intensity of thunder magic.

One cast of Chain Fireball consisted of two Fireball Spells along with six Explosive Flames.

With a 4.5 Casting Speed bonus, theoretically, he could fire nine Fireballs and twenty-seven Explosive Flames in one second.

In other words, one second of Spell rotation resulted in thirty-six attacks.

The Thunder Cloud Spell was different; a single Thunder Cloud Spell could instantly drop twelve bolts of lightning.

The theoretical limit for one second was fifty-four Lightning Spells.

Not counting the passive triggers of the Thunder Punishment Staff, it was clear that the Thunder Cloud Spell could deliver more damage per Spell rotation.

Yet Lin Yue had never used the Thunder Cloud Spell while grinding monsters before.

First, the mana consumption of the Thunder Cloud Spell was too high; currently, a one-star Thunder Cloud Spell had a base cost of 100 MP.

Secondly, the lightning bolts dropped by the Thunder Cloud Spell were single-target.

This meant that if Lin Yue fought one monster, the Thunder Cloud Spell would drop twelve bolts of lightning on it.

If he fought ten monsters, the twelve bolts of the Thunder Cloud Spell would still fall on just one monster and would not spread out.

Therefore, when grinding ordinary monsters, it was still more cost-effective to use Chain Fireball to stack health, because the Explosive Flames and Fireballs could be dispersed.

Rumble!

The violent power of lightning poured out, all of it striking Baihu's turtle shell.

-4998!

-5001!

As Lin Yue expected, Xuanwu was a support type. After shielding Baihu, Baihu's dual resistances not only increased, but he also gained a True Damage reduction effect just like Xuanwu.

It seemed absurd, but everything was still within Lin Yue's calculations.

Watching the lightning crackling and jumping on Xuanwu's Shield, the middle-aged man who was Baihu's Incarnation narrowed his eyes as a white whirlwind rose from beneath his feet.

He charged toward Lin Yue, braving the violent thunder.

This was a skill similar to Sprint. In the instant it boosted him, Baihu had already become a series of afterimages.

"Arrogant boy, Fierce Tiger Descending the Mountain!"

Carrying the Aura of a tiger roaring in the forest, Baihu wasn't just running; he was practically leaping.

In less than a breath's time, Baihu was already closing in on Lin Yue.

After watching the battles of Azure Dragon and Phoenix, Baihu ultimately chose to engage Lin Yue in close combat.

In terms of Spells, he was inferior to Phoenix; in terms of speed, he was inferior to Azure Dragon.

But in terms of close-range output, he reigned supreme over the other Divine Beasts.

Massive tiger claws swung fiercely at Lin Yue. Lin Yue immediately dodged to the side, and lightning poured out subconsciously.

However, it was already too late.

After the speed boost, Baihu's speed was faintly approaching that of Azure Dragon, and with one leap in front of Lin Yue, the distance between them was too short.

-58888!

-58888!

...Massive damage numbers appeared. Baihu's damage was indeed somewhat absurdly high.

These values were already no weaker than the Bagua Palm used by the old man's Clone.

However, these claw strikes didn't affect Lin Yue in the slightest. The staff in his hand didn't stop, continuing its frantic output.

"Not dodging?"

"It seems Phoenix's Rebirth from Ashes gave you confidence. Unfortunately, you underestimate me too much."

As Lin Yue stood his ground and continued attacking without concern, Baihu instead revealed a smile.

Sharp gales entwined around the tips of Baihu's claws, even tearing the air apart.

"This Move is called Life-Taking Chain Claws."

Despite the plain name, as soon as Baihu finished speaking, the tiger claws wrapped in the power of the gale were already upon him.

Magic Shield!

A basic Mage shield that could reduce physical output by ten percent.

Duration: five seconds.

"You think you're the only one with a bastard's shell? No, I mean a shield."

Lin Yue grinned, nearly insulting himself in the process.

In an instant, the Magic Shield formed. Although it could only reduce damage by ten percent and only lasted five seconds, it was enough.

-31888X16!

The Life-Taking Chain Claws landed. Within a single second, Baihu swung sixteen claw strikes.

Combined with the damage previously dealt to Lin Yue, in these three seconds, Baihu had dealt nearly six hundred thousand damage to him.

Meanwhile, in those three seconds, Lin Yue had dealt 180 lightning attacks to Baihu.

That calculated to roughly eight hundred thousand health, with Spell Lifesteal recovering 240,000.

"It's useless. At this rate, even if you had a hundred lives, it wouldn't be enough for me to kill you."

Baihu roughly guessed Lin Yue's plan, intending to use lifesteal to make up for the lost health, but unfortunately, his own damage was higher.

"Is that so?"

Lin Yue smiled.

Flash.

Instantly, Lin Yue leaped fifty meters away, creating distance from Baihu.

At Baihu's speed, it would take him at least two seconds to close those fifty meters and reach Lin Yue again.

Those two seconds were enough for Lin Yue to deal over a hundred more lightning strikes' worth of damage.

Rumble!

Watching the lightning fall like raindrops onto Xuanwu's Shield, Baihu realized something was wrong.

The shield bestowed by Xuanwu was very strong, yes, but no matter how strong, it wasn't the main body; there was a limit to its strength.

In that moment of daze, Xuanwu's Shield seemed to endure extreme pressure, unable to hold on as it shattered into pieces.

In less than five seconds, Lin Yue had crushed Xuanwu's Shield.

As expected, it was just as Lin Yue had predicted.

Lin Yue's damage was still terrifying. Breaking a support shield in five seconds was no problem at all.

Exposed, Baihu instantly reacted and lunged fiercely at Lin Yue.

But Lin Yue was too fast; now that he was prepared, Baihu's pounce met only empty air.

Rumble!

Another hundred-plus lightning bolts descended.

The six hundred thousand health he had just lost was now nearly fully restored, without even needing to use Vibrant Life.

Let alone Rebirth from Ashes.

Just as Lin Yue thought everything was proceeding according to his calculations.

A massive magic formation suddenly appeared beneath Lin Yue's feet.

It was Xuanwu, hiding at the back of the battlefield, launching an attack!