I gain permanent defense when attacked; even gods and demons can't hurt me.

The withered forest.

Less than half an hour later, Lin Yuan's figure reappeared on this quiet open space.

The King of Devouring Vines seemed to have sensed something.

Its crimson giant eyes slowly opened.

Lin Yuan looked at this "old friend" in front of him and a very villainous smile appeared on his face.

"Hehehe..."

"King of Ten Thousand Devouring Vine, I've come to find you again."

"Surprised? Unexpected?"

"I'm going to have to suffer this humiliation again."

The massive trunk of the Myriad Devouring Vine King was covered in utter bewilderment.

No, who are you?

Do I know you?

Each instance is independent, and the newly spawned Ten Thousand Devouring Vine King doesn't recognize Lin Yuan at all.

This time, Lin Yuan directly replaced the Rock Breastplate with the Myriad Devouring Vine Armor.

Lin Yuan's total health has officially surpassed the 1000 mark.

Lin Yuan was very satisfied with this. More importantly, the healing effect of the Myriad Devouring Vine Armor, combined with the instant healing of the Resilient Ring, made his endurance even stronger.

Lin Yuan glanced at his 90 mana points, then at the seventy-odd blue potions in his backpack.

"Skills have no cooldown, and ammunition is plentiful."

"This time, I'll show you what despair truly means."

Lin Yuan wasted no more time and stepped into the territory of the Myriad Devouring Vine King once again.

"roar--!"

The King of Devouring Vines reacted instinctively, sending eight vines hurtling towards him!

[Attacked by a level 10 Devouring Vine King, defense permanently increased by 16!]

[Experience Armor (lv2) triggered, gain 16 experience points!]

[Reflect Damage: -160!]

Eight vines, that's 160 points of true damage!

"roar?!"

The King of Devouring Vine was bewildered again.

What's going on? The opponent isn't injured at all, but his health points have decreased instead?

"Taunt (lv5)!"

Lin Yuan didn't give it a chance to think at all.

[Consumes 15 mana. Forces the target to attack you for 10 seconds!]

The Myriad Devouring King, now out of control, launched another attack.

[Defense Points +16]

[Experience points +16]

[Reflect Damage: -160]

10 seconds later.

ridicule!

Bang bang bang!

[Defense Points +16]

[Experience points +16]

[Reflect Damage: -160]

Ten seconds later.

Lin Yuan used the taunt skill as a basic attack.

The King of Ten Thousand Devouring Vine has been reduced to a perpetual motion machine that only knows how to whip.

Its health bar is dropping rapidly.

Meanwhile, Lin Yuan's experience bar was also rapidly increasing!

This monster-killing efficiency is more than twice as fast as last time.

……

Five minutes later.

Just after the King of Ten Thousand Devouring Vines attacked 105 times without stopping.

[Level upgraded to lv6!]

[Level: 6 (0/1500)]

He discovered that the attribute boost from this upgrade was completely different from that from level 1 to 5!

在5级之前，他每升一级：生命+100、法力+10、力量+5、敏捷+1、护甲+10、魔抗+5、体质+5、精神力+2。

This time, the upgrade went from level 5 to level 6:

生命+200、法力+20、力量+10、敏捷+2、护甲+20、魔抗+10、体质+10、精神力+4。

All attributes have doubled!

Lin Yuan instantly understood.

Level 5 is the first qualitative leap for a professional!

"Haha, great!"

He immediately opened the attribute panel, which was completely refreshed.

Name: Lin Yuan

[Class: Unbreakable Bulwark (Giant Shield Knight)]

[Talent: Undying]

[Level: 6 (0/1500)]

[Life: 800 (+400)]

[Mana: 100]

【Strength: 35】

Agility: 7 (+5)

Armor: 680 (+90)

Magic Resistance: 444 (+30)

Constitution: 50 (+30)

【Mental Power: 32】

Active Skills: Shield Bash (lv6), Taunt (lv6), Shield Defense

Passive Skill: Absolute Defense (lv1)

[Equipped: Rock Shield, Vine Armor, Swift Boots, Resilient Ring]

[Defense Point: 1118]

1200 health points!

"My counter-damage is high again."

Lin Yuan chuckled.

2% of 1200, 24 points of damage reflected per hit!

With a defense point of 1118, he didn't rush to add more, since adding more now wouldn't have much effect, so he might as well save it for later.

Moreover, his active skills have also undergone a qualitative leap.

【盾击（lv6）：消耗7点法力，造成（40+力量*2）点物理伤害，75%概率眩晕。冷却：0】

【嘲讽（lv6）：消耗10点法力，对25米範围发起嘲讽，强制目标攻击你15秒！冷却：0】

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up!

The mana cost of taunting has been reduced from 15 to 10, while its duration has increased dramatically from 10 seconds to 15 seconds.

He currently has 100 mana points and can cast 10 times consecutively, for a total duration of 150 seconds.

"roar!!"

Just then, the attack from the King of Ten Thousand Devouring Vines arrived again.

Bang bang bang!

[Attacked by a level 10 Devouring Vine King, defense permanently increased by 16!]

[Experience Armor (lv2) triggered, gain 16 experience points!]

[Reflect Damage: -192!]

Eight vines, 192 points of real damage!

King of Devouring Vine: Why is the damage I'm taking even higher?

This was a one-sided suicide.

Another twenty minutes passed.

"roar……"

The King of Devouring Vines shed tears of frustration, and its massive body collapsed with a crash.

It finally died.

Experience points (0/1500) -> (492/1500)

[Defeat a level 10 Devouring Vine King to gain 200 experience points; defeating a higher-level enemy grants an additional 100 experience points!]

Experience points: (492/1500) -> (792/1500)

Lin Yuan glanced at the time.

"Including round trip, it takes an hour each way."

"I can do about five more tries."

Lin Yuan rubbed his hands excitedly and stepped forward to touch the corpse.

This time, however, no silver-level items were found again.

There was only a pile of gold coins and a bracer that shimmered with bronze light.

[Equipment: Thousand Devouring Bracers]

[Quality: Bronze]

[Wearing Level: lv5]

[Attributes: Armor +35, Constitution +12]

[Special Effect: Resilience (When you are attacked, there is a 5% chance to reduce the damage you receive by 10%)]

"It's improved your physical condition, not bad."

Lin Yuan casually equipped it.

However, just as he put on the bracers...

He noticed a special message that he had never seen before pop up in the equipment menu interface.

The Myriad Devourer Set includes: Myriad Devourer Heavy Shield, Myriad Devourer Short Blade, Myriad Devourer Helmet, Myriad Devourer Vine Armor, Myriad Devourer Bracers, Myriad Devourer Leg Armor, and Myriad Devourer Boots.

Holy crap!

"A set?!"

Lin Yuan's breathing became rapid instantly!

He quickly looked down!

【Set Bonus (3/7)】:

(1) Constitution +20;

(2) Mana Drain (Passive): When you are attacked, there is a 10% chance to recover 2% of your maximum mana!

Lin Yuan's eyes widened instantly: "There's a chance to recover mana when attacked?!"

Doesn't this solve his biggest weakness?

He currently has 100 mana points, so 2% is 2 points.

It may seem like a few, but if you're attacked frequently enough and have a bit of luck, it can trigger quite a few times.

【Set Bonus (5/7)】:

(1) Constitution +30 (total 50);

(2) Spirit +10;

(3) Thorn Aura (Passive): Reduces the movement speed of all enemies within a 10-meter radius by 15%.

(4) Entangling (Passive): When you are attacked by melee, there is a 10% chance to summon ground spikes under the attacker's feet, immobilizing them for 1.5 seconds.

……

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