The Demon-Slaying Grandmaster

Chapter 176 Golden Bell Shield Max Level

Fortunately, some of the little demons who rushed to the back were still bewitched by the Azure Sea Tide Melody or fell into a deep sleep.

Moreover, these thousands of lesser demons were not chasing fast, so Li Jingxiao didn't even need to fly on his sword. He only needed to use his lightness skill to keep a sufficient distance from these lesser demons.

After running for a few minutes, only a few dozen of the little demons who were still chasing him remained.

Those little demons who were in a daze and confused could no longer see Li Jingxiao. When they woke up, they did not continue to chase after him, but returned to the valley.

After easily eliminating dozens of the lesser demons that were chasing him, Li Jingxiao flew back to continue luring monsters.

After going back and forth more than ten times, and spending more than an hour, they finally killed down to only seventy or eighty of the little demons around Xiao Zuanfeng.

Just as he gritted his teeth, intending to push forward and kill Little Drill Wind in one fell swoop...

As soon as he saw Li Jingxiao rushing towards him, this guy actually waved the command flag in his hand again.

Suddenly another gust of cold wind blew up, and when the wind stopped, thousands of small demons reappeared in the valley.

This time, Li Jingxiao was really cursing.

It's not because we can't beat them, but because it takes too long and the benefits are disproportionate.

Dozens of level 20-30 flying swords suddenly appeared around his body, and streaks of lightning also emerged from his body and attached to the flying swords.

Dozens of flying swords, flashing with lightning, flew at incredible speed toward the charging demons.

Upon contact, swarms of demons in the front row were instantly killed by the flying swords and lightning.

The lightning on the flying sword was not exhausted until nearly two hundred lesser demons were killed.

Seeing that the flying sword was attacking the little demon again, and that it would take two or three strikes to kill one, Li Jingxiao immediately commanded the flying sword to fly back.

The lightning within his body once again attached itself to the flying sword, increasing his killing speed once more.

After four rounds, Li Jingxiao quickly discovered that as long as the number of demons around Xiao Zuanfeng decreased to forty or fifty, the BOSS would shake the command flag in his hand again.

After the cold wind blew by, thousands of lesser demons surrounded him.

Li Jingxiao cursed again, but his hands moved quickly as lightning clung to his flying sword and shot out.

He also used his lightness skill, advancing instead of retreating, following behind the flying sword at a distance of more than ten meters from the group of little demons, constantly replenishing the flying sword with lightning power.

This time, the monster-clearing speed was even faster. Occasionally, when hit by archers, only a dozen or so points of health were forcibly deducted.

Li Jingxiao quickly cast a golden light spell on himself, enveloping his entire body in golden light. When he was hit by an arrow, the golden light would block it.

Looking at the golden light shield that was trembling from time to time, Li Jingxiao suddenly had an idea.

With a wave of his hand, the Golden Light Mantra disappeared, and he activated the Golden Bell Shield, creating a golden bell-like light shield around his body.

After the Golden Bell Shield was hit by the arrow, it actually gained a little bit of proficiency.

Li Jingxiao was overjoyed. After cultivating the Golden Bell Shield on the grassland, he had considered using external forces to increase the cultivation speed of the Golden Bell Shield.

Unfortunately, when Lu Erfu and his companions used long sticks to attack the Golden Bell Shield, their proficiency did not increase quickly; it was less than half of what they had achieved through meditation.

Therefore, rather than being beaten with a long stick, it is better to meditate, which is why this method was not used to cultivate the Golden Bell Shield.

But in the game, being hit by an arrow once increases your proficiency by one point, which is quite fast.

Li Jingxiao busily directed his flying swords to specifically attack the melee demons.

After killing thousands of lesser demons, leaving only seventy or eighty archers, the Golden Bell Shield skill had increased by more than four hundred points.

Proficient (830/2000)

Li Jingxiao didn't even rush to attack Xiao Zuanfeng. Instead, he retreated dozens of meters, sat cross-legged, and practiced the Longevity and Immortality Technique to restore his true energy while simultaneously releasing it to reinforce his Golden Bell Shield.

In just a moment, the Golden Bell Shield was upgraded to its highest level (1/5000).

Seven or eight minutes later, the internal energy in his body was being consumed quite quickly, leaving only half of it.

Li Jingxiao quickly took out a Dragon Beard Grass from the game and ate it.

When I meditated again, my internal energy recovered to a certain extent in a short period of time.

While enduring the pain, he intermittently ate six dragon beard grasses, maintaining his true energy at around 80%.

Li Jingxiao silently calculated that his true energy, if quantified, should be around 3000 points.

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly noticed the little demons who had been shooting arrows at him just a few dozen meters away.

Suddenly, a dozen or so people threw down their bows and crossbows, conjured swords and spears, and charged at him.

Just as Li Jingxiao was puzzled, several lesser demons paused for a few seconds, then suddenly threw away their bows and crossbows, conjured swords and blades, and charged forward shouting.

Li Jingxiao then realized that these little demons had a limit to the number of arrows they could carry; once they ran out, they would have to use knives to kill people.

I glanced at the proficiency level of the Golden Bell Shield; it's already at the Great Perfection level (1457/5000).
The little demons who rushed forward had their swords and spears blocked by the golden light when they struck the shield.

However, close combat requires slashing. Once a dozen or so small demons surround your body, the ones behind you can't hit the light shield.

Moreover, the Golden Bell Shield's counter-shock effect is quite strong; after only seven or eight strikes, some minor demons were killed by the counter-shock force.

Helplessly shaking his head, he could only use his flying sword to kill dozens of lesser demons who had run out of arrows before flashing backward.

After he retreated several dozen meters, Little Drill Wind indeed waved the command flag in his hand again, and after the yin wind passed, thousands of lesser demons reappeared in the valley.

But this time, Li Jingxiao didn't rush to kill the monster.

Instead, he flew to a large rock and sat down. When the lesser demons rushed up, only seven or eight of them could actually hit him, which did not affect the more than two hundred newly spawned archers attacking him.

Fortunately, the Golden Bell Shield has been upgraded to its highest level, making its defensive capabilities even stronger than when it was mastered.

It did manage to withstand the attack of more than two hundred arrows, so there was no need to fly onto the large rock to escape.

However, the rate at which true energy is consumed also more than doubles.

Li Jingxiao could only meditate while occasionally taking blue medicine to replenish his true energy.

In less than ten minutes, the Golden Bell Shield had been fully mastered (4510/5000).

There were also about a hundred lesser demons who were killed by the backlash.

After a while, the Golden Bell Shield suddenly expanded, upgrading to the Grandmaster level, with a larger defensive range and a significantly thicker aura.

Moreover, the recoil effect is stronger; previously, it would take seven or eight strikes for the little demon to kill itself.

Now, just four or five slashes are enough to kill someone with the recoil.

Looking at the skill bar, Golden Bell Shield - Grandmaster (16/2)
Li Jingxiao couldn't help but gloat, determined to push the Golden Bell Shield to its highest level.

Li Jingxiao only started fighting after the archers had run out of arrows.

The lightning within his body suddenly scattered and flew out in all directions, and the little demons around the electric points were charred black and crackling with electricity.

With the addition of sword control techniques, the speed of clearing monsters is not slow.

After clearing out the smaller monsters, Li Jingxiao looked expectantly at Little Drill Wind. As expected, the BOSS lived up to expectations, waving its command flag and summoning another 1 smaller monsters.

With a wave of his hand, Li Jingxiao collected all the level 40 equipment dropped by the 1 lesser demons into his inventory. This included hundreds of red and blue potions, and dozens of pieces of armor, shoes, hats, and other protective gear.

After replacing all his level 30 armor with level 40 armor, Li Jingxiao didn't just sit there this time.

Instead, he took out a level 30 Fish-Dragon Harp, drew a level 40 longsword, and swung it several times on the large rock behind him.

He made a simple stone platform, sat cross-legged, placed the Fish-Dragon Qin on the platform, and began to play the Seven-Stringed Invisible Sword.

The little demons surrounding him were now both injured by the recoil and attacked by sonic waves.

After repeated adjustments, Li Jingxiao maintained a balance between the speed at which he cleared melee monsters and the speed at which the archers consumed their arrows.

An hour later, the Golden Bell Shield once again emitted a dazzling golden light.

Li Jingxiao hurriedly looked at the skill bar and saw that the Golden Bell Shield skill had reached Legendary (7/5).
The light shield surrounding his body was so solid that the golden light stopped flickering when swords struck it.

Moreover, it only took two or three strikes for the melee demon to kill itself.

When the arrow hit the light circle, it broke off directly.

Li Jingxiao was overjoyed to see this, as the counter-shock effect had only occurred during close-quarters combat before.

While ranged attacks won't actually harm the enemy, breaking or damaging their flying swords or magical artifacts is a useful feature.

Of course, Li Jingxiao wasn't stupid. Outside of the game, he wouldn't stand still and let the enemy's flying swords and magic weapons hit him.

If the opponent's magic weapon is too powerful, and the Golden Bell Shield fails to defend against it, you will be the one who gets hurt.

However, the Golden Bell Shield's defensive circle is quite large, about three meters high and two meters wide, while Li Jingxiao himself is only about 1.7 meters tall and his shoulder width is only about 40 centimeters.

That was enough for him to deliberately use the edge of the Golden Bell Shield to bump into the enemy's flying sword.

Moreover, this aperture can shrink, eventually covering only a protective ring on the skin.

Two more hours later, the Golden Bell Shield was upgraded to Legendary (49990/5).
Li Jingxiao thought that the legendary level was already the highest level, but he didn't expect the light shield to emit a strong golden light.

Mythology - (5/10)
Many of the lesser demons around were instantly killed by the shockwave when they struck the golden bell, which had become as solid as a physical object.

Moreover, when the sword was slashed down, the golden bell emitted a ring of golden light. Li Jingxiao observed for a while before he understood what was happening.

The mythical-level Golden Bell Shield not only reflects the enemy back when attacked, but the reflection also causes area damage.

One slash, and a whole area is injured.

There's no need for Li Jingxiao to play the Seven-String Invisible Sword; it's as if touching it means certain death or injury.

Putting away the Fish-Dragon Zither, Li Jingxiao stood up and charged forward, killing all the little demons within a 120-degree radius in front of the Golden Bell.

If I suddenly use this move in a fight in the future, it will definitely give people a fright.

However, thinking about it, if I were to actually engage in close combat, I would definitely have activated my Golden Bell Shield long ago. The enemy would already know that I would counterattack, so the surprise move would not be effective.

Two hours later, Li Jingxiao in reality suddenly heard a rooster crowing.

Knowing it was already early morning, I glanced at my skill bar.

Golden Bell Cover - Myth (52287/10)
Li Jingxiao directed his game character to get up and crash directly into Xiao Zuanfeng, who had been busy all night.

Along the way, any minor demons that blocked his way were either knocked away or killed by him.

When it collided with Little Drill Wind, the BOSS was sent flying dozens of meters, and its head health instantly dropped by one-tenth.

Li Jingxiao frowned, about to take out his flying sword to kill him, when a thought suddenly struck him.

The golden bell shield surrounding his body shrank from a 3-meter-high, 2-meter-wide halo to the size of a full suit of plate armor.

Li Jingxiao leaped forward and grabbed Xiao Zuanfeng by the neck, who had already gotten up.

Sure enough, the BOSS waved the command flag in his hand and struck himself.

A golden light flashed around Li Jingxiao's body, and as expected, the counterattack reduced Xiao Zuanfeng's health by one-tenth.

Li Jingxiao grabbed the BOSS by the neck, letting him punch and kick him.

However, the effect of counter-attacks from punches and kicks is not as strong as that of the command flag.

After thinking for a moment, Li Jingxiao realized that the effect of the counter-shock damage was related to the damage force of the enemy's attack.

The stronger the attack power, the higher the counterattack damage.

Ignoring the attacks from the little whirlwind, Li Jingxiao focused his attention on the command flag in the little whirlwind's hand.

He reached out and grabbed it.

Unfortunately, although he managed to grab the command flag, no matter how hard Li Jingxiao tried, he couldn't snatch it from Xiao Zuanfeng's hands.

If the shaking is severe, Little Drill will lose health even faster.

As the little demons rushed in front of him and started hacking wildly, Little Drill Wind suddenly exploded with a loud bang.

Seeing a magical weapon shimmering with seven kinds of light land on the ground, Li Jingxiao quickly had a thought and swept the Demon-Subduing Mace around in a circle.

He instantly killed all the lesser demons around him, and with a swift movement, picked up the magic weapon.

The first thing you see is a fan that flashes with seven colors. It is not the command flag, but the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan (fake).

Although it wasn't a celestial artifact from the Investiture of the Gods, when he raised his hand and fanned the surrounding area, five beams of fire shot out in all directions, instantly burning a large number of minor demons to death.

Li Jingxiao was overjoyed, although the power of the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan from the Investiture of the Gods was many times weaker.

But even a counterfeit can be quite powerful.

Moreover, the five types of fire attacks not only deal significant magical damage, but are also more effective against demons.

He casually fanned the surrounding area a few more times, easily burning all the remaining little demons to death.

Li Jingxiao burst into laughter, played with the items for a while, and then picked up the other items that Little Drill had dropped.

Equip two level 40 emerald rings that increase spell power by 25% and grant +4 Constitution.

体质30、根骨26+8、悟性25+3
A level 40 'Wu Yue Sword' with +9 Sharpness and fire attack, with a certain chance to inflict fire poison on the target.

The moment the sword was drawn, wisps of fire shimmered on its blade; it was clearly a treasure.

But for Li Jingxiao, it was really nothing special.

+1的伏魔锏破甲+3、坚固+3、降魔+11、诛邪+11
The mere fact that it possesses the attributes of subduing demons and eliminating evil means that no matter how sharp the 'Wu Yue Sword' is, it is far less effective than the Demon-Subduing Mace in suppressing demons and evil spirits.

So Li Jingxiao didn't hesitate to use the level 2 spirit stones he obtained on the Demon-Subduing Mace.

+2伏魔锏，破甲+4、坚固+4、降魔+12、诛邪+12
The golden light emanating from the mace was three times brighter than before, and there were also streams of spiritual light flowing around it, making it look extraordinary.

Li Jingxiao opened his eyes and saw his wife Qin Keqing still fast asleep with her arm around his. He simply closed his eyes again and directed his game character back to the level 30 map to grind monsters.

With the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan and the mythical Golden Bell Shield, Li Jingxiao rampaged through monsters, flames erupting everywhere.

As soon as Benboerba and Baboerben appeared, they first used the Binding Immortal Rope to trap Benboerba, and then used the Five Fires and Seven Birds Fan to fan the monster more than a dozen times, quickly burning the immobile Benboerba to death.

(End of this chapter)