109: Absolute defense, a huge boost in strength!

During this time, Xuanwu also continuously cast auxiliary skills.

Including Weakness, Burning Effect, Poisoning, and so on.

It used every kind of debuff, but Lin Yue acted as if nothing was wrong; the impact was extremely minor.

The duration of the debuffs was also greatly reduced. Clearly, Lin Yue possessed treasures that could grant immunity to various low-level debuffs.

"It's no use, Baihu. My abilities have been weakened."

Xuanwu looked at Baihu with some anxiety. It was already giving its all, yet it still had no way to deal with Lin Yue.

Baihu remained silent. Being at the center of the battle, it understood Xuanwu's feelings perfectly, as it felt even more frustrated than Xuanwu right now.

Who could have imagined that not only was Lin Yue's damage output high and his health immense...

...but he also had so many ways to remove crowd control.

Purify, Super Armor, and even the ability to reduce debuff effects.

Even Bindings could do nothing to Lin Yue.

"Destiny is destiny. The fact that the outside world could send him here proves his strength is extraordinary. It is because we haven't fought an Adventurer in so long that we underestimated someone from the Land of the Final End."

Baihu's words explained a lot.

It had to admit that Lin Yue indeed possessed the qualifications of destiny.

"Giving up already?"

Lin Yue's brow furrowed slightly, his Spells never ceasing for a moment.

"I say, however powerful I am is my business. As the trial, you must face me with everything you've got. You there, turtle-head, hurry up and heal the little tiger. I haven't had enough yet."

The words were true enough, but something felt off.

"Who are you calling turtle-head?"

"You dare call this great one a little tiger?"

Baihu and Xuanwu were once again provoked by Lin Yue, recklessly unleashing their moves against him.

Rumble!

Five minutes later, his face charred black and even his whiskers curled from the electricity, Baihu dejectedly retreated from the battlefield.

During those five minutes, it and Xuanwu had tried every method to kill Lin Yue.

But the results told a different story.

Forget triggering Rebirth from Ashes; they hadn't even managed to trigger the passive of Vibrant Life.

He couldn't be killed!

He really couldn't be killed!

"Hey, wittle tiger, you're running away already?"

Lin Yue shouted toward Baihu, who was lying like a corpse in the distance.

“Ding! You have passed Baihu's trial. chaos jade butterfly fragment +1.”

Having received the System notification, Lin Yue didn't bother saying more and turned his attention to Xuanwu.

"Turtle-head, now that your weapon has run off, can you hold out?"

"You... if you're going to fight, then fight. Stop talking. I have never known fear."

"Good. At least you're stubborn."

The corners of Lin Yue's mouth curled up slightly. The reason he was mocking the other was for fear it would surrender like Azure Dragon.

With Xuanwu's support, Baihu had managed to last five minutes against Lin Yue.

In those five minutes, Lin Yue had stacked over 30,000 health points.

Compared to Baihu, Xuanwu had higher resistances and could clearly last longer. Moreover, Xuanwu's offensive capability was the weakest, posing no threat to Lin Yue at all.

Since Xuanwu wasn't surrendering, Lin Yue didn't hold back. Endless thunder gathered above Xuanwu's head and descended without hesitation.

Rumble!

Enveloped in thunder, Xuanwu gritted its teeth and launched its few offensive skills at Lin Yue.

If their power hadn't been restricted to that of a Level 50 Advanced Lord, none of the Four Divine Beasts would have been beaten so miserably.

From where it lay in the distance, Baihu no longer held any hope for Xuanwu. Three of them had already lost; Xuanwu's defeat was only a matter of time.

Baihu looked weakly toward Azure Dragon and the Phoenix. The former shook its head helplessly, while the latter looked like a defeated rooster, completely dispirited.

Ten minutes later.

Xuanwu wobbled back to Baihu's side, blood trickling from the corner of its mouth.

"You got beaten like this too."

Baihu said feebly.

"Although the Person of Destiny's Spells couldn't break my defense, the power of True Damage still gave me some internal injuries."

"Forget it. I didn't expect you to win anyway."

Baihu quietly closed its eyes, its heart filled with an indescribable complexity.

They had lost this trial completely.

Di Jiang walked up to Baihu with a smile. "The trial is over. It's time to fulfill the promise you and Xuanwu made."

"Wait a minute, old man. I didn't make any promises. That was Xuanwu."

Baihu leaped up. Upon hearing about giving rewards, its expression looked like it was at a funeral.

"Indeed, Baihu didn't say it. I did."

Xuanwu wiped the blood from its mouth with a bitter smile and began to cough violently.

Lin Yue also walked over at this time, reaching out toward Xuanwu. "My reward. Hand it over."

Xuanwu nodded and spat out a Skill Book from its mouth, which flew into Lin Yue's hand.

"Another Skill Book?"

Lin Yue frowned slightly. "Can't you give me an evolution scroll or something?"

"I don't have an evolution scroll. If you don't want it, give it back."

Xuanwu glared with its tortoise eyes. He was picking and choosing after being given a reward—did he really think it was a pushover?

"Fine, fine. A Skill Book it is."

Lin Yue waved his hand and focused on the Skill Book. A moment later, a hint of surprise appeared on his face.

Absolute Defense (Special Passive): 1-Star

Effect: Your dual resistances are increased by 50%, and you gain immunity to 20% of True Damage.

Cost: None.

Cooldown: None.

Proficiency: (0/10,000)

Another special passive skill, and it didn't conflict with his previous skills at all.

Increasing dual resistances and granting immunity to True Damage.

Lin Yue's original advantage was his health. Now, with increased resistances and True Damage reduction...

...the possibility of one-shotting Lin Yue was becoming lower and lower.

This was making Lin Yue's path as a HP-stacking tank wider and wider.

Items produced by Divine Beasts are bound to be high-quality.

This was also a rare and precious special skill.

"Not bad. I've passed the trial, right?"

"Of course."

The next second, a System notification rang out.

“Ding! You have passed Xuanwu's trial. chaos jade butterfly fragment +1.”

“Ding! You have completed the trial of the Four Divine Beasts. Rewards: Fame +10, free attribute points +50, Gold Coins +100.”

Since this was only a trial quest, defeating the Divine Beasts only granted basic rewards and no loot from their bodies, as they hadn't actually died.

In reality, with Lin Yue's current strength, while he could defeat Divine Beasts that were holding back, he likely still couldn't beat them in their complete forms.

He checked his gains from this trip.

Since entering the ruins of the Four Divine Beasts, he had first fought the old man and obtained the heart-protecting mirror.

Then he obtained Azure Dragon's Flash and an equipment evolution scroll, Vermilion Bird's Rebirth from Ashes, and Xuanwu's Absolute Defense.

One piece of special equipment, three special skills, plus an evolution scroll.

Every single item was something that could be used until the Late Stage. This haul was even comparable to the treasure of the gods.

As expected, while the ruins were difficult...

...the rewards were proportional.

He synthesized the four chaos jade butterfly fragments in his inventory into a single chaos jade butterfly.

Lin Yue hadn't forgotten his purpose for entering the ruins, which was primarily to obtain clues for the Chaos Class Change.

chaos jade butterfly: Records the method to obtain the Chaos Class Change.

Immersing his mind into it, Lin Yue soon obtained the information within.

"I didn't expect it to be so troublesome."

After seeing the information, Lin Yue's expression turned slightly grim.

This Supreme-level class change was much more troublesome than he had imagined.